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6341230Taylor & Francis Group pp. 248 . Papeback. New. Taylor & Francis Group unknown
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and line illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Collects favourite passages from sixteen volumes of the immensely popular Minack Chronicles, published between 1961 and 1990.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and line illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects favourite passages from sixteen volumes of the immensely popular Minack Chronicles, published between 1961 and 1990.
045160668X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1846263119London: William S. Orr and Co 1846. Books have heavy exterior wear. Worn at edges and corners of boards. Wear at head and tail of spine. Two tears at top of volume two's spine. Shelfworn. Small marks and rubbing on spine and boards. Split binding between front paste down and FEP of volume 1. All volumes have tanned pages with small marks throughtout book especially on first and last dozen or so pages. Pages foxed and grubby. Volume 1 is soiled on half title page leaving a faint mirror-like copy of the picture on the previous page. Large liquid stain on back of contents page on volume 2. Wear and creasing to some pages. Gilt page block slightly grubby. J. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Used. William S. Orr and Co Hardcover
1843003351Robert Tyas 1843. Hardcover. Fair. Meadows Kenny. Robert Tyas 1843. Volume 2 out of 3 vol set. Entitled: TRAGEDIES. Illustrated with engravings by Kenny Meadows. Book in overall Fair condition. Has been rebound at some point in time half-publisher's full black morocco with raised bands gilt titles and extra gilt to spines; marbled boards. Works included: Macbeth Troiles & Cressida Timon of Athens Hamlet Cymbeline Romeo & Juliet King Lear Othello Coriolanus Julius Caesar Antony & Cleopatra. VERY RARE Robert Tyas hardcover
69219edward moxon london 1838. ex-lib.first edition thus 819pp b/w frontis.portrait VG rebound in burgundy cloth w.burgundy half leatherraised stamped bands to spinemod.rubbed and soiledboards sunnedsl.wear to extrems.usual libr.stamps and labelsprelims.sl.foxedmarbled eps and content edges edward moxon london 1838 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
rarshakeRobert Tyas Paternoster Row London 1843. 1st edition. 4to. Vol I : 6 xxviii 4 602 2. Vol II : 6 570 2pp. Vol III Plays : 6 ' unpaginated but circa 600 ' 2pp. Numerous engravings in text. All edges gilt. Contemporary half brown leather binding brown floral cloth covered boards gilt separation along leather edges raised bands gilt floral design between gilt lettering on spine. lettering on front gilt lettering raised gilt bands gilt scrolls between on spine. Original yellow eps. Edges to all 3 books has scuffs Vol I has front cover coming away. Vol III has 1cm tear to top spine. Obviously pages are tanning with age but all 3 volumes in very good cean tight condition. Despatched within 24 hours by next day GAURANTEED DELIVERY. FULL REFUND IF NOT SATISFIED. YOU MAY TELEPHONE TO DISCUSS CONDITION FURTHER. F. Hardcover. 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
2022SONG14328953382022-03-09. Large type / Large print. library. Used: Good. 5.50x1.75x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. unknown
1432895338.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part I - Events attending the siege and fall of Urfa where 500 French troops held out against the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks - article with photos; The World's Largest Ice Cavern - in the mountains of Tyrol in Austria - article with photos; The Three "Little People" of St. Gwendron - an odd story from the wilds of Cornwall involving the occult - article with photos; The World's Most Thrilling Sport - photo-illustrated article on the rock climbers of Tyrol; A Man's Luck - Part VII - a man tries to build an Alaska home for the girl of his dreams but keeps being jailed; The Loneliest Briton - Ernest Davies spent eight years in the Paumotus, three thousand miles from the nearest Australian or American ports; Photo of a thirty foot python; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part II - description of an exciting trip into the practically unknown region to the north of Cape Colony, sometimes called the "Mysterious Richtersveld"; Bill's First Lion - things didn't go as planned; The Man Who Fooled a Continent - "Lord Gordon Gordon" nearly brought about an international incident between Great Britain and the USA; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part IV - documenting what was probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies; "Moonshine Valley" - account of a raid on a stronghold of moonshiners in Strawn, Texas; The Death-Trap - A Texas cowpuncher's night of horror; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - Part II - an American businessman is also secretly a member of a lawless tong/Chinese secret society; How We Foiled "U 39" - H.O. Read, Late First Officer S.S. "Anglo-Californian", a horse transport, explains what happened when his vessel was attacked by a German U-Boat; Our Wanderings in Northern Africa - another of the popular "Penelope" articles covers Tunis, Kairouan, and Algeria (includes photo of Tunisian Jewesses in towering head-dresses intended to make them, all fat to enhance their marriage prospects); The Trapped Diver - Charles Margerison recounts his terrible underwater predicament working for the City of Toronto's Department of Works; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part I - Mary Roberts Rinehart explores the new Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Old Man of Tregennon Lodge - a very remarkable ghost story from Cornwall, England; From Job to Job Around the World - Part VIII - two young Americans begin broke in London but soon Mr. Fletcher travels to Norway under contract to do Arctic coal-mining; A Boy Hero of the Midi - translated from the diary of Eugene Escloupie, a 14-year-old French boy who smuggled himself to the front and took part in some hot WWI fighting; Our Fijian Field-Day - three young white men compete in sports contests against sport-loving Fijians (with nice photos); The Great Wire Mystery - copper wire was constantly stolen from South-East Pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies until the elusive culprit was caught; Fishing With Spades and Ploughs for the sand eel on the Normandy coast; and more. pp. 9 [ads], [2], 484-576, 10-16 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
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0548844445.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1164201433.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 116 monochrome plates on 64, 5 illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Heritage' series.
