Cornouailles

61 résultats

Trier parTitre A - Z

Pertinence Auteur A - Z Auteur Z - A Titre A - Z Titre Z - A Prix croissant Prix décroissant Libraire A - Z Libraire Z - A

Par page25

25 50 100

Filtres

Dickens Charles: Cornwall Barry pseud of B. W. ProctorABAA

ENGLISH SONGS AND OTHER SMALL POEMS

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

(BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). (TRAVEL IN BRITAIN, DEVON AND CORNWALL). NORWAY, ARTHUR HBiblio.com

HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN DEVON AND CORNWALL

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

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis1 456,00 $US≈ 1 231,92 €

William Shakespeare; Barry Cornwall; Richard Grant WhiteBiblio.com

The Complete Works of Shakespeare: Revised from the Original Editions With a Memoir and Essay on HIs Genius

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

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni550,00 £GB≈ 627,99 €