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19032263572Archibald Constable and Co Ltd 1903. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Edges rubbed hinges beginning to loosen ink name on front endpaper. 1903 Hard Cover. 333 3 pp. 8vo. A biographical account of the family behind Punch magazine who were contemporaries of well-known authors such as Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. Archibald Constable and Co Ltd hardcover books
106004London: Published at the Punch Office 85 Fleet Street 1847-8. Two vols 8vo. xii 1-320; xii 1-304 pp. title-page printed in black and red ten hand-colored etchings and 120 woodcuts to each volume including frontispieces. Contemporary half dark-blue calf ruled in blind marbled paper boards backstrip lettered and ruled in gilt. Scattered foxing and damp stains to both volumes backstrip has some minor chips and boards are a bit rubbed; otherwise a good copy with lovely color plates. Bookplate of H. V. Harris to first pastedown in both volumes. § First edition illustrations by John Leech. This extremely popular work was originally printed in parts. Gilbert Abbott À Beckett 1811-1856 was a comic writer and police magistrate The Comic History of England is one of his best known and widely reprinted works. His friends and contemporaries including Charles Dickens Douglas Jerrold George Cruikshank Sheridan Knowles and others. Published at the Punch Office hardcover books
1851800541851. LEECH John. A BECKETT Gilbert Abbott. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. Illustrated by John Leech. London: Bradbury Evans and Co. 1851. First edition bound from original parts. Illustrated with 10 full-page hand-colored steel etchings and with smaller wood engravings in text. Octavo. xii308 pp. Full calf skillfully rebacked with decoratively gilt-tooled spine with two green lettering pieces laid-down. Inside dentelles gilt green coated endpapers with bookplate on front pastedown. An attractive copy with only slight darkening of spine and edges of boards. Two leaves have short tears at edges and near the end there is a shallow dampstain at the top edge of some pages which does not affect text or illustrations; otherwise the interior is quite clean. Eight of the nine front wrappers from the original parts issue have been bound-in at the end missing only the cover for number six along with some of the advertisements such as 2 of 4 pp. of "Comic Rome advertiser no. 1 May 1851" and the 16 p. "Guild of Literature and Art. Prospectus of a new endowment" from the first issue and a couple of other slips advertising a new work by Dickens and Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. However the advertisements are not bound in order. Comic versions of serious subjects with appropriatly humorous illustrations became popular beginning in the 1840s. This work contains lovely and witty illustrations by John Leech one of the most popular artists of his day. Tooley 298: "More rare than the Comic History of England.". unknown books
185194242London: Bradbury Agnew and Co. Ld 1851. leather edges gilt five raised bands gilt lettering on spine. Guild of Women-Binders. 8vo. leather edges gilt five raised bands gilt lettering on spine. iv xii 308 pages. First edition Tooley 298. Not in Field. Illustrated by John Leech with 10 full-colored etchings and 98 woodcut vignettes. John Leech was a staff artist for "Punch" from its early issues in 1841. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was one of the original staff members for "Punch." One of the Victorian era's best-known comedies. This particular copy is bound in full Chocolate Crushed Morocco both covers blind ruled with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Title in gilt lettering on the spine between the first and second band from the top. Guild of Women-Binders ticket in gilt on the lower leather turnin on the front pastedown. Two faint scratches on the front cover. Spine lightly sunned. Leather offsetting onto free endpapers. Moderate foxing on preliminary pages with a majority of the text and colored plates being uneffected. Title page has small chip in top right corner. The binding while austere but as one would expect from the Guild of Women-Binders it is well executed. Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Ld unknown books
1847313830London: Published at the Punch Office 85 Fleet Street 1847. First edition. 20 colored etching and 120 woodcuts by John Leech. xii 320; xii 304 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in half calf with gilt spine and marbled paper boards. Loss of text on plates due to trimming in rebinding else very good. Leech John. First edition. 20 colored etching and 120 woodcuts by John Leech. xii 320; xii 304 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street unknown books
1869311016London: George Bell & Sons York Street Covent Garden 1869. New edition. Profusely illustrated by Cruikshank. viii 277 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half blue morocco with original covers bound in spine laid down by Root & Son. Cruikshank George. New edition. Profusely illustrated by Cruikshank. viii 277 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "To Chas. Kent Esquire with the best regards of George Cruikshank July 4 1870." opposite engraved title. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden unknown books
1852028146London: Bradbury Agnew & Co 1852. Octavo. hand-colored frotispiece and nine other hand colored plates pictorial title page in red and black xii 308 pages. In the middle of the 19th century there was a taste for humor with issues of Punch and in books by Lewis Carroll and Gilbert A Beckett which often had symbolical or allegorical overtones. The puns in this volume often bring a hidden delight along with the ten etched engravings by John Leech all of which are handcolored. Cicero Denouncing Cataline is issued as a frontispience instead of at the end of the book. Bound in 3/4 red polished calf over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers all edges marbled raised bands with lettering gilt and compartments fully gilt decorated edges rubbed. A clean bright copy without foxing names or bookplates. Bradbury, Agnew & Co unknown books
1847D4612London: Punch Bradbury and Evans 1847-8. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete set of 2 volumes. Lovely dark brown gilt-ruled morocco and blue marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering and detail in compartmented spine all edges gilt. Each volume complete with 10 hand-colored etchings 20 total as well as numerous woodcuts in text. Joints a bit scuffed; corners lightly bumped; otherwise a simply lovely set. <br/><br/> Punch [Bradbury and Evans] hardcover books
1846WRCAM37115Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1846. 94pp. including 5pp. of publisher's advertisements plus engraved frontispiece and titlepage after George Cruikshank. Dbd. 12mo. Small bookseller's stamp in lower margin of engraved titlepage. Foxed else very good. First American edition of the first part of the brilliant legal satire by Gilbert Abbott àBeckett after the first British edition of the same year. Beckett who here parodies the revered 18th-century jurist William Blackstone pursued careers as both a barrister and a comic writer - he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1841 the same year in which he helped found PUNCH as part of its original staff. THE COMIC BLACKSTONE was published in both its American and British editions in four parts between 1844 and 1846. The printed titlepage in the present copy refers to the work as whole without mention of the parts with 1846 as the publication date while the engraved titlepage states 1844. The publisher's advertisements are dated May 1845. Carey and Hart unknown books
1846WN40814London: The Punch Office 1846. Original blind stamped plum cloth gilt spine sunned and some soiling staining and bubbling of cloth. AEG. Ownership bookplate and signature on preliminaries. Author better known for his comic history of England. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Leech John. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade. The Punch Office Hardcover books
1850D14004Bradbury Agnew & Co. n.d. c. 1850. Hardcover. Very Good. Half gilt-ruled green morocco and green cloth gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands a.e.g.; 8vo; pp. xii 308 with illustrated title-page printed in b/w and red; plus 10 hand-colored steel-engraved plates numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text; collates complete. Spine sunned with tiny split at head of spine along front joint holding just fine; boards lightly rubbed. A little faint marginal foxing but text block is overall bright and clean and plates are in fine condition colors remain true. An excellent copy in a lavish binding. <br/><br/> Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. hardcover books
1850D14014London: Bradbury Evans and Co. n.d. c. 1850. Hardcover. Very Good. Half gilt-ruled green morocco and green cloth gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands a.e.g.; complete set of 2 volumes 8vo; pp. xviii 320; 304; with 20 hand-colored steel-engraved plates 10 in each volume numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text; collates complete. Spines sunned; boards lightly rubbed; corners a little scuffed. Internally bright and clean with plates in excellent condition colors remain true. Armorial bookplate of George Burnham Wells on front paste-down of Volume 1. A handsome set. <br/><br/> Bradbury, Evans, and Co. hardcover books
D6454Bradbury Evans and Co. n.d. Hardcover. Very Good. Half red morocco and cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine. With illustrated title-page printed in red and black numerous wood engravings in text and 10 steel-engraved plates printed in full color. A few small scuff marks on spine otherwise a lovely copy with previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. First steel-engraved plate detached but laid-in and a bit chipped along the edges. <br/><br/> Bradbury, Evans, and Co. hardcover books
1969149677N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1969 US sexploitation film. With the stamp of Israel Film Archive on the verso. <br/><br/>A wealthy Hollywood couple searches for new sexual partners. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown books
196826650Paris: Georges Visat 1968. First edition. Arikha Avigdor 1929-2010. Wrappers in publisher's chemise and slipcase. One of 154 copies on Rives total edition. Illustrated with six colored etchings by Avigdor Arikha each signed. Fine. "The colored etchings for L'Issue reveal the subtle and intuitive feeling with which Arikha approaches Beckett's work" Mitchell Beyond Illustration: The Livre d'Artist in the Twentieth Century 53; "The etchings and aquatints in this volume are in Arikha's earlier abstract style. Dark and moody in feeling they are reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism and visually convey the somber outlook of Beckett's literary vision" Johnson Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 160. <br/><br/> Georges Visat unknown books
198537417Paris: Hermann 1985. First Edition. First printing. Quarto; cloth boards hardcover; dustjacket; 223pp; illus. A few tiny specks of white paint crayon to cloth boards else Near Fine in lightly soiled dustwrapper with a few closed nicks to extremities VG. 189 of Arikha's works reproduced; includes 3 essays on the artist's work by Samuel Beckett; other contributions by Robert Hughes Richard Channin André Fermigier Jane Livingston and Barbara Rose. Hermann unknown books
1967011684Jerusalem: Tarshish Books 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Issued withoutd dustjacket. An apparently unused copy. Fine all over. Tarshish Books hardcover books
57361Hamilton: The Beckett Paper Company n.d. stiff paper wrappers. Paper Specimens. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Various printed examples of the four items constituting the Buckeye Text line are found in this advertisement. The printed specimens are examples of the kinds of work printers most likely will be asked to do. The Beckett Paper Company unknown books
2009UBECGEN00LAWHoughton Mifflin Harcourt 2009. Very Good. Beckett Bernard. Genesis. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009. 150pp. 12mo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped corners and small smudge on lower corner of front cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. In dust jacket protector. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover books
198239956London:: Orbis Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0856133477 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine small remnant of a removed sticker on rear panel dust jacket. . Orbis Publishing, hardcover books
2017033880London: Corvus. 2017. Signed by the author in the month prior to publication. The British scifi author takes on a future America where droughts hurricanes and floods have created a humanitarian crisis at the border between northern and southern states and the politicians find a way to blame Canada. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a label indicating the book is a "BBC Radio 2 Book Club" selection. Beckett's Eden trilogy was highly praised and the author -- who is also a sociologist -- is well-regarded for using the science fiction genre as a way to explore social political and theological issues. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Corvus hardcover books
1980BL2653Newton Abbot:: David & Charles nd circa 1980. 1980. 8vo. 222 pp. Illus. index. Gilt-stamped brown cloth dust jacket. Burndy bookplate. Near Fine. ISBN: 0715319739 David & Charles, [nd, circa 1980]. hardcover books
1969BL2804London:: Paul Hamlyn 1969. 1969. 8vo. 191 pp. Frontis. illus. index. Gilt-stamped black buckram dust jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. Paul Hamlyn, (1969). hardcover books
1984BL3623Newton Abbot:: David & Charles 1984. 1984. 8vo. 239 pp. Frontis. illus. bibliography index. Gilt-stamped black cloth; dust jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0715382691 David & Charles, (1984). hardcover books
2015UBECCLE00jknHaus Pub. 2015. Fine. Beckett Francis. Clem Attlee: Labour's Greatest Reformer. London: Haus Pub. 2015. 490pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Fine. Haus Pub. paperback books
