Anna brownell murphy (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo hardcover volume in blue embossed boards. Spine and boards tight and bright with almost no wear. Spine bright. Endpapers not split or marked. Inner rear end papers have 2 nice pencil drawings. 352 pages are tight and very clean. There is a engraving in front of title page. A lovely copy.…

P., Vaton, 1847. 2 tomes en 1 fort vol. in-12 demi-chagrin fauve époque, dos à 4 faux nerfs orné signé J. G. en queue, titre doré, X-281-510 pp., 7 [sur 12 annoncés au titre] portraits gravés, dont le frontispice. /33A Bel exemplaire malgré les manques signalés.

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. The first edition of this richly illustrated study on the beautiful women who were at the court of King Charles II, including some of his mistresses. The first edition.A striking series of portraits showing the beautiful people at the court of King Charles II. Each portrait is accompanied with a brief biography on the subject.Portraits in this work include Catherine of Braganza, Nell Gwynn, and the Duchess of Devonshire.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twenty plates.Collated, complete.By Anna Brownell Jameson.Bookplate of George Baird to the front paste down. George Alexander Baird was a race horse owner and breeder and amateur jockey. He was a controversial figure, being implicated in a prize fight fixing scandal, being named as co-respondent in two divorce cases, and having an relationship with actress of former mistress of the Prince of Wales, Lillie Langtry. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, damp stained, a little heavier to the rear board. Cloth is lifting to the tail of the boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. A little rubbing to the leather. Fading to the spine and joints. Label remnants to the rear joint. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Tide mark to the tail of the text from the front endpaper to page 55, including to the plates, tide mark is heavier to the first few pages. Small closed tear to the tail of the frontispiece. Good Only. Various (illustrator). book.…

8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 314. contemporary half calf (bit rubbed). engraved bookplate of Frank B. Pidgeon, Omemee, by Leslie Victor Smith, dated 1946. armorial bookplate oh John Ginshaw. Abridged from Winter Studies And Summer Rambles in Canada (1838), omitting the more personal observations. Mrs. Jameson came to Toronto in 1836 to visit her husband, a judge of the court of King's Bench of Upper Canada, and during her eight month stay, travelled widely throughout the province and parts of Michigan. She met with Colonel Thomas Talbot and also had the opportunity of meeting the distinguished American ethnologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. A considerable portion of this work is devoted to a sympathetic portrayal of First Nations life and manners. Sabin 35728. TPL 2166 & Lande 1875 (2 parts with separate titles; our copy without the half-title & second title found between pp. 144 & 145).…