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18101302843London: M. J. Godwin 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos 2 volumes; G; bound in patterned light brown cloth rebacked with brown cloth majority of previous spine preserved including back labels with gilt lettering; some chipping and rubbing to boards; with 20 engraved plates by Blake after drawings by Mulready including frontispieces one for each tale told within some plates offset onto the facing page including the title page for volume 2; Some foxing/spotting throughout; With the bookplate of English Novelist Hugh Walpole on front pastedowns of both volumes; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown of volume 1; Volume 1: xi 1 235 1 Volume 2: 4 261 3 pages; shelved case 0. Lamb says in his preface that he "wished to make these Tales easy reading for young children.for young ladies too it has been my intention chiefly to wrote because boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book";<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Hugh Walpole was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s with a large and varied output. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels five volumes of short stories two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre children's stories and historical fiction most notably his Herries Chronicle series set in the Lake District. He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield. As a gay man at a time when homosexual practices were illegal for men in Britain Walpole conducted a succession of intense but discreet relationships with other men and was for much of his life in search of what he saw as "the perfect friend". He eventually found one a married policeman with whom he settled in the English Lake District. Having as a young man eagerly sought the support of established authors he was in his later years a generous sponsor of many younger writers. He was a patron of the visual arts and bequeathed a substantial legacy of paintings to the Tate Gallery and other British institutions. wikipedia. 1302843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. M. J. Godwin hardcover books
1889103128Chicago: U.S. Publishing House 1889. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. Hardcover. Good. red cloth gilt lettering and design no dust jacket 716 pp all edges gilt black and white illustrations covers lightly worn <br /> <br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking or insurance / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. U.S. Publishing House hardcover
68-3649Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1925. . Dust Jacket Only. 8vo. Good with tears. $2.00 on flyleaf. First Edition thus. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1925]. unknown
68-3648New York: Macmillan 1934. . Dust Jacket Only. 12mo. Very Good. $1.75 on flyleaf. New York: Macmillan, [1934]. unknown
1796130600London: printed for the author; and published by Messrs. G. G. and J. Robinsons; J. Debrett; and Murray and Highley 1796. Shakespeare fan fiction First edition. The author James White 1775-1820 was a friend of Charles Lamb from their schooldays at Christ's Hospital. He so enjoyed Shakespeare's Henry IV to which he was introduced by Lamb that he developed an impersonation of Falstaff good enough to rouse the jealousy of professional actors and for which according to another school fellow John Mathew Gutch he was usually addressed by his friends as "Sir John". Original Letters was published the same year as the production at Drury Lane of William Ireland's Shakespeare forgery Vortigern and the preface to White's book has a dedication in black letter to "Master Samuel Irelaunde" the forger's father which was probably written by Lamb. Lamb puffed the book whenever he could inducing Coleridge to notice it in the Critical Review for June 1797 and writing his own appreciation to the Examiner for 5 Sept. 1819. He is also said to have purchased every available second-hand copy to present to his friends. The book was reissued the following year with a cancel title. Duodecimo pp. 2 v-xxiv 123 1. Engraved frontispiece by W. Leney. Without the blank A1. Early 19th-century half calf spine gilt in compartments black morocco labels marbled sides drab endpapers top edge gilt. Joints cracked at head but holding a few scattered spots a very good copy. ESTC T71574. unknown
1807168764London: printed for Thomas Hodgkins at the Juvenile Library 1807. A child's copy of the first great Shakespeare book for children First edition in a contemporary binding. Charles and Mary Lamb's retellings of Shakespeare's plays for children stand as "the first work for children of British authorship never to have been out of print. Its success established the retelling of classics of English literature to children as a worthy task" Grolier. Shakespeare's stories were adapted for a young audience from at least the 1790s but this work was the first to enjoy a great commercial success establishing "children's Shakespeare" as a subgenre. Though only Charles is credited as the author on the title page the collection was the result of a collaboration with Mary contributing fourteen adaptations and Charles the remaining six. The Tales are beautifully illustrated with engravings generally attributed to the Irish painter William Mulready 1786-1863. This was the copy of Angoulême Moira Forbes 1796-1810 the fourth son of George Forbes 6th Earl of Ganard with both title pages inscribed with his name and the date 1807. Angoulême Moira was 11 at the time and it seems likely that he received the books as a gift; the confident handwriting suggests that they were inscribed on his behalf. On the front pastedown of volume II is the later inscription of another member of the family one C. S. Forbes. This copy has Wise's points of first issue with the imprint of the printer T. Davison on the verso of p. 235 in volume and with the Hanway Street address in the final adverts. 2 vols duodecimo 160 x 99 mm. With 20 engraved plates. Contemporary black straight-grain half roan smooth spines divided by gilt fillets and lettered in gilt marbled sides and edges vol. II only retaining red silk bookmarker loosely inserted. Bound without last leaf of advertisements in vol. II. Shelf wear to board edges front inner hinge of vol. II partially cracked at foot the binding firm light foxing and marks to endpapers and occasionally to contents else clean. A very good set. Ashley III pp. 42-3; Grolier Children's 100 24. unknown
319037The Temple Press 1939. Super octavo green buckram boards gilt lettering to spine gilt lettering & illus to front board frontispiece xii 304pp illus VG light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems light to moderate staining to spine & boards light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps minor bruising to page edges occasional sl foxing to pages The Temple Press 1939 hardcover
190978724London and New York:: J.M. Dent; E. P. Dutton 1909. First UK trade edition. publisher's green moire and ribbed cloth decorated in gold; t.e.g. Tiny 1909 ink gift inscription on half-title page; endsheets tanned; spine very slightly darkened; tight and sound. 8vo. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. J.M. Dent; E. P. Dutton, hardcover
350716J M Dent & Co / E P Dutton & Co 1909. Super octavo green buckram boards gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board illus eps & prelims frontispiece xii 304pp illus/plates VG- moderate rubbing to spine moderate scuffing & chipipng to spine extrems light to moderate scuffing to board corners minor chafing & soiling to boards light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps prev. owner's name in ink to ffep moderate cracking to front gutter minor occasional cracking to gutters sporadic moderate foxing throughout J M Dent & Co / E P Dutton & Co 1909 hardcover
1996330384Norwalk Connecticut: Heritage Press 1996. Heritage Press. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Slipcase. 10x7x1. Arthur Rackham. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Published by Heritage Press 1996. With Sandglass pamphlet. Very good hardcover with slipcase. xii 304pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration on front cover. Text and illustrations are unmarked and clean pages bright and crisp. Binding is tight sturdy and square. Exterior of book looks great and is pretty much near fine. Slipcase has only very minor shelfwear. From a private home collection. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Heritage Press hardcover
29534London: George Allen and Unwin. c.1920s. Early edition with George Soper's illustrations. Early edition with George Soper's illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth with titles and decorations to the spine and upper board in dark blue in the dustwrapper with an illustration plate laid to the front panel. Illustrated endpapers. With 16 colour plates and further black and white line drawings by George Soper. A very good copy the binding square and firm the cloth rubbed at the spine and board corners. There is toning and offsetting to the endpapers and some spotting to the closed text-block edge and occasionally to the margins the contents are otherwise clean and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the toned nicked and creased original dustwrapper that has a few marks to the front panel and some short closed tears to the edges mainly around the spine and flap folds. Not price-clipped Four Shillings and Sixpence on the front flap. A beautiful edition of Lamb's 'Tales From Shakespeare' illustrated by the painter etcher and illustrator George Soper 1870-1942. Soper made a name for himself early in his career with his adept work for illustrated gift books of such as 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'The Water Babies'. Later in life he dedicated his talents to making paintings and etchings of the rural way of life that was continuing to decline under industrialisation. Soper's youngest daughter Eileen took after her father and at 15 became the youngest person ever to exhibit at the Royal Academy. She went on to become famous for her prolific illustrative work for the writings of Enid Blyton. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: George Allen and Unwin. [c.1920s] hardcover
57518827-20O'Mara Books Limited Michael. Used - Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. O'Mara Books, Limited, Michael unknown
18101302843London: M. J. Godwin 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos 2 volumes. Volume 1: xi 1 235 1 Volume 2: 4 261 3 pages. In Good Plus condition. Bound in patterned light brown cloth rebacked with brown cloth. The majority of previous spine preserved including back labels with gilt lettering. Some chipping and rubbing to boards. Includes 20 engraved plates by Blake after drawings by Mulready including frontispieces one for each tale told within some plates offset onto the facing page including the title page for volume two. Some foxing/spotting throughout. With the bookplate of English Novelist Hugh Walpole on front pastedowns of both volumes; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown of volume one. shelved case 0. Lamb says in his preface that he "wished to make these Tales easy reading for young children.for young ladies too it has been my intention chiefly to wrote because boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book";<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Hugh Walpole was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s with a large and varied output. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels five volumes of short stories two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre children's stories and historical fiction most notably his Herries Chronicle series set in the Lake District. He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield. As a gay man at a time when homosexual practices were illegal for men in Britain Walpole conducted a succession of intense but discreet relationships with other men and was for much of his life in search of what he saw as "the perfect friend". He eventually found one a married policeman with whom he settled in the English Lake District. Having as a young man eagerly sought the support of established authors he was in his later years a generous sponsor of many younger writers. He was a patron of the visual arts and bequeathed a substantial legacy of paintings to the Tate Gallery and other British institutions. wikipedia. 1302843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. M. J. Godwin hardcover
18953London: printed for Thomas Hodgkins at the Juvenile Library. 1807. First edition first issue with the T. First edition first issue with the T. Davison imprint on the verso of p.235 of volume 1 and the earlier address of Hanway Street on the advertisements in volume two. Two volumes. 12mo. Superbly bound in full blue morocco by Lortic of Paris with extensive gilt decoration including gilt vignettes of Puck to each corner of the boards. The spines with five raised bands and compartments with decoration and titles in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 20 engraved plates after drawings by William Mulready. A near fine set the bindings firm and bright with a slight split to the head of the upper joint of the first volume and minor rubbing to the extremities of each. The contents with the bookplates of Robert Hoe and Robert J. Collier to the front pastedowns of each volume and a little scattered foxing are otherwise clean throughout. A beautiful set of the first edition of this important work which formed the first attempt to make Shakespeare accessible to a young audience. The Tales were chiefly the work of Charles's sister Mary Lamb who produced 14 of the 20 adaptations with the rest by Charles under the suggestion and encouragement of William Godwin who had hired Thomas Hodgkins to run The Juvenile Library on his behalf. "Originally the Tales were to be anonymous but Godwin persuaded the unreluctant Charles to have his name printed on the title-page" Mary's name did not appear until the seventh edition in 1838 St Clair The Godwins and the Shelleys. It was "the first book which appealing to a general audience and to a rising generation made Shakespeare a familiar and popular author" and went on to become a perennial favourite remaining in print ever since Cambridge History of English Literature. Ashley III.42; Gumuchian 3614; Muir English Childrens' Books 102-3 Grolier Club One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature 24. Provenance: from the library of Robert Hoe 1839-1909; first president of the Grolier Club; the library of Robert J. Collier 1876-1918. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: printed for Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library. 1807 hardcover
19018London: J. M. Dent and Co. 1909. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Signed deluxe edition. Publisher's original white buckram with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. All four original red cloth ties present as called for. Illustrated with 13 full page colour plates two full page black and white illustrations 20 chapter headings and 14 tail-pieces by Arthur Rackham. An excellent example the binding square and firm with just a little light marking to the cloth. The contents with some patina to the vellum endpapers the bookplate of Amy Beatrice Huntington to the blank reverse of the front endpaper and another of H. C. Drayton opposite are otherwise fine clean and bright throughout. Housed in a bespoke blue cloth solander case. Limited to 750 copies of which this is hand numbered 178 and signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. This deluxe edition contains an additional colour plate not included in the trade issue. A beautifully illustrated collection of 20 comedies and tragedies retold in the prose of Charles and Mary Lamb aimed at making Shakespeare accessible to younger readers. Comprising The Tempest; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Winter's Tale; Much Ado about Nothing; As You Like It; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merchant of Venice; Cymbeline; King Lear; Macbeth; All's Well that Ends Well; The Taming of the Shrew; The Comedy of Errors; Measure for Measure; Twelfth Night; or What you Will; Timon of Athens; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet Prince of Denmark; Othello; and Pericles Prince of Tyre. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: J. M. Dent and Co. 1909 hardcover
1890020442New York and Cincinnati and Chicago: American Book Company 1890 New York Cincinnati Chicago: American Book Company 1890. 12mo. Green olive cloth binding 270 pp. Illustrated throughout with engravings. Titles in black with relief design to front board. Early reprint from Harper & Brothers. Ownership signature from 1906. Pencil notes on free front end paper. Rear hinge cracked. Good. American Book Company hardcover
190162313London:: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1901. publisher's white gilt cloth t.e.g. in publisher's flexible cloth wrappers. A beautiful bright set. 8vo. Illustrated by Harold Copping. With Introductions and Additions by F. J. Furnivall. Raphael Tuck & Sons, hardcover
64738London:: Ernest Nister n.d. publisher's pictorial gilt cloth a.e.g. A beautiful copy very fine except for the very of use to the spine. . 8vo. With 6 Colour Plates and 70 Half-tone Illustrations by W. Paget. Ernest Nister, hardcover
2022x-1621907139Univ of Tennessee Pr 2022. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Univ of Tennessee Pr hardcover
1967RO40153220Gründ. 1967. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 248 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins en couleur hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1967213281967 Paris, Gründ, 1967, grand in-4 de 249 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur de pleine toile rouge illustré d'un motif à froid sur le premier plat figurant des masques de comédie, titre au dos, avec sa jaquette illustrée en couleurs conservée, bon exemplaire.
1922RO60074172J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd - E. P. Dutton & Co.. 1922. In-16. Relié. Etat passable, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Mouillures. 256 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en page de titre. Ouvrage très abîmé (in poor condition). Couverture se détachant. Nombreuses annotations dans tout l'ouvrage (ouvrage de travail).. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
20051168052005 Editions Naïve - 2005 - Petit in-8, cartonnage illustré de l'éditeur - 179 p. - Nombreuses illustrations in et hors texte en couleurs
1909RO40251115Chatto & Windus. 1909. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 81 pages. Dessins en noir et blanc en frontispice et en page de titre. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Etiquette de code sur la couverture. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
