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1844WRCLIT64147London: Edward Moxon 1844. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter morocco and marbled boards. Binding rather rubbed and edgeworn otherwise a good copy with Charles Dickens' lion bookplate and the Gadshill label at the front and with the bookplate of John Gribbel at the back. Old bookseller's description tipped in front. The second edition in which Procter took the opportunity "to strike out about forty of the poems of inferior quality contained in the old volume and to introduce in their stead nearly seventy Poems in rhyme besides a considerable quantity of Dramatic verse" - "Preface to the Present Edition" dated "April 13th 1844." A presentation copy inscribed on the title-page: "Charles Dickens / with the best Regards of / The Author." In THE DICKENS CIRCLE New York 1919 p. 169 J.W.T. Ley states: "We may take it as quite certain that Dickens came to know Procter through Forster. And from the first the novelist and the poet were on the best of terms. It was natural. Procter was a peculiarly lovable man with a peculiar gentleness 'childlike without being childish and an unfailing buoyancy of spirit.' Such a man could not but have a strong attraction for Dickens. From the beginning he loved the company of his friend who in the 'forties was one of the innermost circle with Forster and Maclise and Ainsworth. Procter was one of the little company at the Greenwich dinner in 1842 and until he grew too old he was twenty-five years older than Dickens they had frequent social meetings. For HOUSEHOLD WORDS and ALL THE YEAR ROUND he wrote a great deal and Dickens valued his contributions very highly indeed . . . As Procter grew old Dickens saw less and less of him but the friendship remained as deep as ever and in 1854 it was peculiarly sweetened by the discovery that the 'Miss Mary Berwick' who had contributed verses to HOUSEHOLD WORDS which had won Dickens's unstinted praise was really his old friend's daughter Adelaide whom he had known from her childhood." Edward Moxon hardcover books
18300001760CHATHAM CONNECTICUT EAST HAMPTON CT BRAZIL. Good. 1830. On offer is an interesting archive of five 5 manuscript journals dated 1830 through 1867 handwritten by Dr. Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall 1816-1903 who was from Chatham Connecticut today known as East Hampton. Cornwall was a fascinating character would become a medical doctor and then later a dentist who spent a great deal of time in South America a more detailed bio follows. The archive will be of interest to historians and researchers of the era as the combined writings details on one hand the personal thoughts as the young man entered adulthood but also a reflection on the education he received. The archive details as follows: 1 1833 Marbled covered Copy Book which is also a Day Book. The beginning pages are ledger style entries showing his expenses inventory of his belongings etc. Then there are several pages of copy book type entries showing heights and distances some drawings. Finally in the back 8 pages of diary entries. This journal is the largest in the bunch measuring about 8" x 13" which gives you a lot of information on each page. Total number of handwritten pages is 55. In this journal he also talks about a ship named the "Ocean." 2 1830 Ledger style journal with 21 handwritten pages. Also in the front are two pages of poetry one titled "On the Independence of South America; Sung in New York" and the other titled "The Nashville Tragedy." There are a lot of names in this journal. 3 1863-1867 Receipt type ledger with expenses. This one is in Spanish or Portuguese kept while he was in Brazil. 12 handwritten pages. 4 1833 Writing work book where he practiced his alphabet letters etc. There is also a handwritten essay in the back. This journal has 17 handwritten pages. 5 Lastly and 1830 Day Book with 43 handwritten pages; expense type entries also listing many names. Some of the many names mentioned are: James Young Denton and Smith James Kane John Jacob Astor Thomas Milner Temple and Camp Minerva Howland Nathan Swain Joseph Hastings Anthony Billings Edward Jones Thomas Grosvenor Samuel Green Jonathan Curtis Theodore Barrell Charles Long James Pitney Thomas Jenkins Elijah Pollack Henry Bell James Vance and so many more. Here are some snippets: "Washington College March 20th 1830 Half past 11 o'clock Have for several days been thinking to write a diary a practice which I have not followed since the first winter of beginning Greek at the goodly town of Cheshire. I wish I had continued it just for the pleasure of accounting to the many many pleasing and as a matter of course often unpleasing incidents of my stay there and to see again my daily progress in Virgil Cicero Sallust and the first elements of Greek which I used to set down with minimal regularity. I shall though never forget those scenes. They are engraved firmly on my mind and the place where I first learned to taste the beauties of Virgil and to enjoy the elegant productions of Cicero .But why am I that moralizing upon the classes and so pedant like talking of my own acquisitions in them I don't know but tis to make a beginning to my journal which would make but poor appearance over to self for whom alone it shall be written without and for a want of which it has been so long neglected I suppose." "March 30th 1830 Been very insolent all day as respects to study One week now and we shall be at liberty again. Next Wednesday afternoon will probably terminate my second term of college life. This term has passed rapidly with me and been very busy yet I find my mind frequently stretching to the end of it and welcoming its approach with an eagerness not a little unlike that of those who are less pleased with college than myself How swift are the transitions of thought! How constantly on the wing is our universal cheerer and consoler. Hope! Thus I am continually led into a train of moralizing and thus my consoling pen will run on ____ in publishing the wandering incipiencies of my brain ." The smallest journal measures about 6" x 7 ½" and the largest one 8" x 13". All of them have paper covers and most are in good shape with some foxing on many of the pages. The cover on one of them is very torn but all in all the pages and bindings look good. BIO NOTES: to Dr. Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall 1816-1903 was born in 1816. As a child he attended local schools and then at about 14 years of age Nathaniel was sent to the school of Reverend Asa Cornwall in Cheshire and after that he went off to school in Granby. In 1833 he went to Episcopal Academy in Cheshire. In 1835 began attending Washington College and graduated 1839. After college Nathaniel Cornwall attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York State from which he graduated in 1846. After medical school he accepted a teaching job in South America and within a year decided to go into the medical field in Brazil. After an accidental meeting with a dentist also from Connecticut he decided to become a dentist instead of having a medical practice and for the rest of his career kept that as his profession while living in South America for the next 20 or so years. In 1860 on a visit home to the States he got married to Mary and the couple then returned to South America where his 3 children were born. He had two daughters one of whom died in infancy and a son Edward who became a NY physician. Dr. Cornwall retired relatively early in 1869 at age 53 and lived the rest of his life in Gildersleeve which is now Portland CT on an estate near the trolley line. The family originally had settled in Middletown and nearby areas in the 1700s. An online search reveals the "Trinity College Bulletin" wherein there is an article titled "Reminiscences of Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall MD" and one will find an extensive history behind the man who owned these journals. ; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL CHESHIRE ACADEMY WASHINGTON COLLEGE 19TH CENTURY NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL CHATHAM CONNECTICUT EAST HAMPTON EDUCATION BRAZIL SOUTH AMERICA MEDICINE 19TH CENTURY MEDICAL PRACTICE DENTIST DENTISTRY NEW ENGLAND WASHINGTON COLLEGE TRINITY COLLEGE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL AMERICANA . unknown
18320001757CHESHIRE CONNECTICUT CT. Good. 1832. On offer is an original 1832 manuscript copy book handwritten by Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall specifically related to his study of sailing navigation and astronomy relative to a life at sea. The 44 pages include a number of drawings adding depth to this early 19th century study of nautical education. Mr. Cornwall 16 years old at the time of writing goes on to an interesting career as a medical doctor turned dentist. Further details follow. Overall G. BIO NOTES: Dr. Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall was born in 1816 d.1903. As a child he attended local schools and then at about 14 years of age Nathaniel was sent to the school of Reverend Asa Cornwall in Cheshire and after that he went off to school in Granby. In 1833 he went to Episcopal Academy in Cheshire. In 1835 began attending Washington College and graduated 1839. After college Nathaniel Cornwall attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York State from which he graduated in 1846. After medical school he accepted a teaching job in South America and within a year decided to go into the medical field in Brazil. After an accidental meeting with a dentist also from Connecticut he decided to become a dentist instead of having a medical practice and for the rest of his career kept that as his profession while living in South America for the next 20 or so years. In 1860 on a visit home to the States he got married to Mary and the couple then returned to South America where his 3 children were born. He had two daughters one of whom died in infancy and a son Edward who became a NY physician. Dr. Cornwall retired relatively early in 1869 at age 53 and lived the rest of his life in Gildersleeve which is now Portland CT on an estate near the trolley line. The family originally had settled in Middletown and nearby areas in the 1700s. An online search reveals the "Trinity College Bulletin" wherein there is an article titled "Reminiscences of Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall MD" and one will find an extensive history behind the man who owned these journals.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL CHESHIRE ACADEMY WASHINGTON COLLEGE GEOMETRY ALGEBRA CALCULUS STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS CYPHERING TRIGONOMETRY CALLIGRAPHY MATHEMATICS NAUTICAL SEAMANSHIP MARITIME NAVIGATION SEAMAN MARINERS NAVAL HANDWRITING PENMANSHIP ARITHMETIC CIPHERING CYPHERING EDUCATION TEACHING MATHEMATICAL COMPLEX MATHEMATICS FEDERAL MONEY STATISTICS COMPLEX EQUATIONS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL AMERICANA . unknown
1897ST20739London and New York: Macmillan Company 1897. FIRST EDITION. 205 x 140 mm. 8 x 5 1/2". viii 391 pp. <br/> VERY PRETTY OLIVE GREEN MOROCCO GILT IN AN ARTS & CRAFTS DESIGN BY ZAEHNSDORF stamp-signed on front pastedown and with exhibition stamp on rear pastedown covers abloom with stylized flowers and twining vines gilt lettering on upper cover raised bands spine compartments with similar flower-and-leaves designs gilt lettering turn-ins tooled with gilt leaves red silk pastedowns and endleaves top edge gilt. With 66 illustrations by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson 26 of these full-page and a folding map. Front flyleaf with engraved bookplate of Ophelia Fowler Duhme. Spine and edges of boards sunned to a medium brown as expected with green leather a breath of rubbing to spine bands and extremities isolated thumbing but still a fine copy--clean and fresh internally and in a scarcely worn binding bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> This engaging account of Southwest England features a harmoniously designed binding by an important workshop. Our author British civil servant and writer Arthur Hamilton Norway 1859-1938 had an extremely varied literary output which included fiction travelogues and literary analysis. In the present work part of a "Highways and Byways" series produced by the Macmillan Company the author provides a delightful journey through the landscape history and folklore of his native Devon and neighboring Cornwall. The text is accompanied by a charming series of illustrations by Joseph Pennell 1857-1926 and Hugh Thomson 1860-1920; these alternate between cheerful sketches of the towns and scenery and romantic caricatures of the historic locals. The attractive binding is a fine example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest Hungary Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-86 served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman and then settled in London where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33 when the senior Joseph died and the firm flourished under the son's leadership becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders including the Frenchman Louis Genth who was chief finisher from 1859-84 and trained a number of others including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947 the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. Here a complex design of softly curving foliage and bright flowers mirrors the serene countryside described in the book's pages. The bookplate is most likely that of American heiress Ophelia Fowler Duhme 1854-1921 who had a handful of attractively illustrated bookplates made for her throughout her collecting life. Macmillan Company unknown
1843151339London: Robert Tyas 1843. Revised from the best Authorities: With a Memoir and Essay on his Genius by Barry Cornwall. Also: Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays by many Distinguished Writers. Illustrated with Engravings on Wood from Designs by Kenny Meadows. 1. Memoir and Essay Comedies 2. Tragedies 3. Historical plays Poems & Sonnets. All volumes sound and in good condition with rubbing and wear to cover corners and edges considering its age VOLUME 2 BINDING ERROR second title page "Tragedies" bound upside down. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Robert Tyas Hardcover
1843807R35London: Robert Tyas 1843. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7". Kenny Meadows. A lovely illustrated collection of the works of William Shakespeare with wood engravings by Kenny Meadows. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout the text designed by Kenny Meadows.Ownership inscription of Charles M. Bishop to the front endpaper.Volume I contains a memoir an essay and his comedies being The Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona The Merry Wives of Windsor Twelfth Night Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing Taming of the Shrew Comedy of Errors Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night's Dream Love's Labour's Lost As You Life It Winter's Tale and All's Well that Ends Well.Volume II contains his tragedies being Macbeth Troilus and Cressida Timon of Athens Hamlet Cymbeline Romeo and Juliet King Lear Othello the Moor of Venice Coriolanus Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra.Volume III contains his historical plays sonnets and poems being King John King Richard the Second King Henry the Fourth King Henry the Fifth King Henry the Sixth King Richard the Third and King Henry the Eighth. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally very smart; slight occasional rubbing to the joints raised bands and the heads and tails of the spine and extremities. Ownership inscription to the front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Robert Tyas hardcover
184431953London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Very Good. London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Early edition with the Meadows illustrations. Three quarto volumes. Full engraved plates throughout with numerous in-text illustrations. Bound in full contemporary brown morocco; five raised bands; gilt decoration to front rear and spine; all edges gilt; maroon endpapers. Light wear and minor scuffing to boards; corners bumped. Bindings sound. Contemporary gift inscription to an Isabella Downer dated 1847 to volume I preliminaries; "Western Supply Co." stamps to preliminaries of each volume; light spotting and smudging; interiors else unmarked. A Very Good and attractive set notable for the appearance Kenny Meadows' illustrations. Though his Shakespeare work received mixed reviews in England it was much lauded in Germany in particular his depiction of Falstaff.<br /> <br /> Everitt Graham. "English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century." pp. 356-361. Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co., Paternaster Row unknown
1857779A11London: The London Printing and Publishing Company 1857-1859. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 7.5". Kenny Meadows. A set in five divisions of William Shakespeare's complete works richly embellished with numerous plates by Kenny Meadows. A collection of works by the national poet William Shakespeare; three volumes over five divisions containing all his Comedies Tragedies and Historical Plays Poems and Sonnets. Dated 1857-9 from Jisc. With a memoir and an essay on his genius by Barry Cornwall as well as historical and critical studies of Shakespeare's text characters and commentators annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by Richard rant White and various other distinguished writers. William Shakespeare is regarded to this day as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist; he is known as England's national poet and "the Bard of Avon." His plays have been translated in every major language and performed a great amount. His works are studied and reinterpreted constantly. Usually found in three volumes this set is in with five divisions in the original publisher's cloth binding however is lacking the title page of each volume except volume one which includes the frontispiece and illustrated title page vignette. With Comedies in the first two divisions; Tragedies to divisions III and IV and Historical Plays Poems and Sonnets to the last volume. Lacking part of volume III which counts 270pp. of 590. Richly illustrated in text with beautiful engravings by Kenny Meadows as well as right full page plates to div. I II five to div. III six to div. IV and six to div. V. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. internally the hinges are slightly loose to the occasional leaf particularly to the front and rear boards; otherwise firmly bound. With the occasional minor faint scattered spotting particularly to the first and last few leaves as well as to the leaves of plates as usual; Otherwise the pages are generally clean throughout. Illustrated with numerous beautiful engravings and full page plates by Kenny Meadows. Very Good The London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover
184355336London: T. G. March 1843. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. W. & E. Finden. A beautiful book containing 61 extremely fine engravings The text was written to accompany the images "expressly for the work" by a number of eminent hands. Full green leather with elaborate gilt decoration. The green has softened and toned with age and there are one or two bumps and rubs but this book presents as a very impressive and lovely thing. Size: Folio. Illustrator: W. & E. Finden. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 55336. . T. G. March hardcover
186510891Paris, Dunod, 1865 ; 2 tomes : texte in-4 et atlas in-folio ; demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs très décoré à froid et doré, titre doré, roulette décorative dorée sur les plats (reliure de l'époque) ; XV, (1 bl.), 496 pp. ; atlas de 47 planches doubles représentant plusieurs centaines de figures.
1822931Q37London: Henry Colburn 1822 . First edition. Leather. Good Only. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A very scarce complete collection of Bryan Procter's poetical works writing under his pseudonym Barry Cornwall. The first edition. Complete in three volumes. Volume II and III are bound in half calf with marbled boards while the spine to volume I has been rebound in cloth. A very scarce collection of poetry from English poet Bryan Procter who wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall. Procter began his career as a lawyer however changes profession to author in his late twenties contributing to various periodicals and writing a number of poems and plays.A vast selection of Procter's works including 'The Falcon' 'Marcian Colonna' and 'A Sicilian Story'. With the bookplate of J. O. Edwards. Volume II and III are bound in half calf with marbled boards while the spine to volume I has been rebound in cloth. Externally sound with rubbing and loss to the extremities and paper covering boards. Both boards detached to III with loss to spine head and tail. Hinges strained to II. Hinges reinforced to I. Bookplates to paste downs. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd mark or spot. Pages 33-40 to II trimmed to the tail not affecting text. Good Only Henry Colburn hardcover
1873005660Philadelphia PA: Willett Cornwell. Very Good. 1873. No Binding. Brightly colored 2 piece master pattern on heavy boards measuring 19x16 and 18.5x11.5 inches. A few pencil markings to pattern some light wear and soil overall. Offered with two additional pieces of dressmaking ephemera: Godey's Presentation Sheet of Embroideries etc. January 1870. With a variety of designs for embroidery including an alphabet and botanical motifs. 12.5x19 inches. Pattern is folded creased along edges wtih some foxing. Also offered with: Advanced studies for those using the Dressmakers' Magic Scale a New Book Profusely Illustrated. and Supplements 1 2 and 3 to Advanced Studies for those Using the Dressmakers' Magic Scale. Three volumes in one. Both volumes 8vo with printed and illustrated wraps.; Ephemera; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall . Willett Cornwell unknown books
1857906F48London: Chapman and Hall 1857 . Leather. Near Fine. 8" by 6". The Brothers Dalziel. A beautifully bound edition of the poetical works of Barry Cornwall the pseudonym of English poet Bryan Procter. Beautifully bound in half morocco with gilt detailing to back strip.First published in 1819 this is a charming collection of nineteenth century poetry.With vignette illustrations throughout engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.Including illustrations by John Tenniel Birket Foster J. R. Clayton and others. In a half morocco binding with gilt detailing to back strip and marbled paper covered boards. A touch of rubbing to the head and tail of front joint otherwise externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine Chapman and Hall hardcover
1866L014532Edward Moxon 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A UNIQUE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY. This unique fine bound copy is extra-illustrated with the insertion of 36 19th-century portraits and views mainly engravings most expertly inlaid to size a few tipped-in on special leaves. Bound in full tan 19th-century calf spine with raised bands brown morocco label and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments covers bordered with twin gilt rules and gilt floral devices at corners gilt inner dentelles brown marbled endpapers all edges gilt. wear chiefly to spine edges; some bumping to corners particularly top edges. viii 252plates extra illustrations.5 Engraved Plates 36 Extra Plates. Edward Moxon hardcover
1860249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. ABOUT NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown books
1860249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown
183971346London: John Murray 1839. First and only edition 12mo pp. xii 132; original drab paper-covered boards paper label on upper cover boards loose but present. With an early ownership inscription on the title page of George H. Piper of Ledbury; and a second ownership inscription on the front pastedown of W. Leyson May 1899. Leyson has added information about Piper noting "F.G.S. Registrar C. C. of Ledbury." Tipped-in newspaper clipping on the verso of the half-title on "The Language of the Countryside" and about 30 or so annotations amplifications and/or corrections to the text in both pencil and ink in two different hands likely Piper and Leyson. "Mr George Henry Piper a well-known Herefordshire solicitor died at his residence Court House Ledbury after a short illness the cause of death being Bright's disease. The deceased who was 78 years of age has practiced in Ledbury over half a century and for the last 30 years was Registrar of the Ledbury County Court. He was a prominent Freemason a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a well-known archaeologist. He had held the office of president to the Malvern Field Club and the Woolhope Field Club and local hon. secretary to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. Deceased was unmarried" ledburyhistory.ukdotcom. John Murray unknown
1846157997London: William S. Orr 1846. Nice copy. large octavo. cloth binding xxxii 602 568 488 132pp. engravings text ills. glossary With hundreds of engravings & text illustrations. Some light foxing mainly to prelims o/w a very nice set which has been very nicely rebound with new end papers in green buckram with raised bands at spine & red title-labels. All edges marbled. Quite a handsome set William S. Orr hardcover
186453790London: London Printing and Publishing Company 1864. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes royal octavo 26.5 by 18 cm. 4 lxviii 640; 4 586; 8 xvi 641 1 blankpp. Each volume with steel-engraved frontispiece tissue guards present in vols. 2 and 3 and title followed by letterpress title; each play with full-page steel engraving and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary polished calf double-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands and gilt morocco lettering pieces. Marbled edges and endleaves; gilt dentelles. Housed in fine later forest green slipcase. Covers mildly stained and rubbed. Contents clean and fresh apart from moderate foxing at the steel plates and surrounding leaves. A very good set. Vol. 1: Comedies. Vol. 2: Tragedies. Vol. 3: Historical Plays. Full title and imprint: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Revised from the Original Editions: with a Memoir and Essay on his Genius by Barry Cornwall. Also Historical and Critical Studies of Shakespere's Text Characters and Commentators and Annotations and Introductory Remarks on the Plays by Richard Grant White R.H. Horne and Various Other Distinguished Writers. Illustrated with Engravings on Wood and Steel from Designs by Kenny Meadows. The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited 26 Paternoster Row London; and 55 Dey Street New York. London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover
1824019991J. Carpenter and Son 1824. First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good. 69 large full page plates with a page of decription next to each. Contemporary binding of quarter burgundy leather with marbled boards show a little rubbing. Pages and plates on the whole white with light sporadic foxing to around one third of the pages. A Rare odd volume J. Carpenter and Son hardcover
184659193London: William S. Orr and Co. 1846. Green leather which has been tanned and rubbed to panelled spines. Gilt armorial shields to boards and spines AEG inner dentelles. Tiny 'Bound by Wiseman' stamps to front pastedowns. Some scuffing or tearing to leather mainly to vol 2. Vol 1 - memoir essay comedies vol 2 - tragedies vol 3 - historical plays poems. Occasional foxing otherwise contents are clean and tight. Full Leather. Very Good Minus. Illus. by Meadows Kenny. 4to. William S. Orr and Co. Hardcover
1880288551Providence R. I.: The London Printing And Publishing Company Limited 1880 Green/Gilt Embossed 3/4 Leather. Gilt Top Edge. Wear At Spine Edges With 2 Inch Slit. Boards Are Tight. Marbled End Pages. Contents Excellent. Vol. Ii Only. Illus. by Illustrated With Engravings On Wood From Designs By Kenny Meadows; Ans 100 Steel Plate Portraits Of Eminent Actors Etc. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Leather/cloth. Very Good. The London Printing And Publishing Company, Limited hardcover
1839013434Cornhill: Smith Elder & Co 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. New marbled boards rebacked with original leather spine laid over cloth. A.E.G. xii 384 pp. Illustrated with 10 engravings. Light foxing owner inscribed on half title otherwise near fine. Includes 3 poems by English poet Bryan Procter under his pseud. of Barry Cornwall 1787-1874 Sunset A Song for the Queen and a London Lyric. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1851j7410Philadelphia: John B Perry. G : in good condition. Ex-lib. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Some foxing. 1851. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 110mm 6" x 4". 283pp. . John B Perry hardcover
18701757London: Bell & Daldy 1870. Second edition. Leather Bound. Very Good/near fine. xl and 284 pages. Original red leather with four bands - school presentation binding with prize inscription of London School Schola Civitatis Londinensis` School of the City of London crest in gilt to front leather board ruled in gilt at edges. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Pen inscription "Midsummer 1876 Beanfay Medal and book awarded to L Jacob from Cuthbertson LLD. late fellow 0f Corps. chi coll fam Head Mathematical Master CLS <br /> <br />and owner name in blue pencil Celia S morytho <br /> <br />dated 1870 "Preface to the present edition - 1856 preface to the first ed. 1832" the first edition was titled English Songs and Other small Poems by Barry Cornwall reads : " A new impression of these poems having been required I have thought it well to add a few pieces of verse; some of which have alredy appeared in print. The additions thus made constitute ' Part the First ' of the present Edition ." <br/><br/> Bell & Daldy hardcover
