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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
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
1844105906London: Wm S Orr & Co 1844. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Kenny Meadows. Attractive three volume illustrated set of the works of Shakspere/Shakespeare" revised from the best authorities with a memoir and essay on his genius by Barry Cornwall; Annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by many distinguished writers; illustrated with engravings on wood from designs by Kenny Meadows." Foxing early and late particularly to titles and contents pages and toning to rough cut page edges but in general all is in good internal order with only occasional spotting. Numerous illustrations both in text and full-page tissue-guarded engravings. Attractive marbled endpapers to each volume and uniform black half leather bindings with burgundy cloth. Leather is well worn to edges with some splitting at hinges of vol.1 but all is holding firm. 4to. Vol.I Memoir and essay comedies. xxxii 602pp; vol.II Tragedies 570pp; vol.III Historical plays poems and sonnets. 488pp appendix. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church reg.10998431. <br/> <br/> Wm S Orr & Co 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
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
1860055177London: Macmillan And Co 1860. Original pictorial brown cloth gilt in tidy condition 264pp 24pp adverts contemporary previous owners name contents clean. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan And Co 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
18438247951Robert Tyas 1843. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Large brown cloth 8vo with decorative blind design mirrored on boards. Gilt lettering and large motif on sun faded backstrip. Backstrip is semi detached with some fraying and chipping. Bumped corners and some grubbiness to boards. Backstrip and front board has pulled away from backstrip. Grey end papers. Binding tight. A few pages have pencil markings. Foxing. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1450grams ISBN: Robert Tyas hardcover
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
1871028094London 1871 John Camden Hotten Hardcover
1877006148Boston: Roberts Brothers 1877 First American Edition. Brown cloth with blindstamped decoration in black gilt titles. Chocolate endpapers. Antique library bookplate hand-numbered and hand-dated. Frontispiece engraving protective tissue. Foxing to preliminaries rubbing to endpapers small tear to top of spine. Solid copy in good condition. Roberts Brothers hardcover
1860249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown
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
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
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
1847650378London: Robert Baldwin 1847. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 530 pages in good condition. From the "Library of Useful Knowledge" series. Extreme pages are foxed and spotted. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on the ffep and fpdep. Page edges are speckled with red publisher's stain. Darkened on the head edges. Half-bound in brown leather and marbled paper. Boards are darkened and scuffed. Spine is heavily worn and scuffed with a large chip on the tail end and a torn head. Labels are faded. Joints are worn but intact. Worn around the edges especially on the corners. 1ST EDITION. G <br/> <br/> Robert Baldwin 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
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
18505061London: Robert Baldwin 1850. New edition corrected" 8vo xvi & 530pp. spine faded and chipped at extremities otherwise a very good copy. Robert Baldwin unknown
18505061London: Robert Baldwin 1850. New edition corrected" 8vo xvi & 530pp. spine faded and chipped at extremities otherwise a very good copy. <br/><br/> Robert Baldwin unknown books
18607153London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Co. c. 1860. Lithograph 32.5 x 39 cms original hand-colour blank verso; prepared for William Colling Hobsons Fox-Hunting Atlas overprinted with the names of the hunts and the places of the meeting of foxhounds. Map Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. unknown
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.
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
18636364London 1863. Wood engraving 23.5 x 34.5 cms modern hand-colour English text on verso. Print unknown
