augustus knight (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (Operetta, Mexican, Music) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: New. Almeida, Heraldo (illustrator). In.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Phiz; Browne, Hablot Knight (illustrator). Hardcover without jacket. Good condition. Wear to board edges and spine sides. Bumps to leading corners of boards and spine ends. Shelf-marks to boards, bookplate and small sticker to front pastedown. A couple of splits to FEP hinges and foxing to a few early pages. Small tears at side edges of pages 189-192 and 93-96. Three early pages are separating from binding a little near spine foot. Hinge break at pages 96 and 287. Minor marks on a few pages, contents are clear throughout. TA. Used.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Phiz [ Hablot Knight Browne ] (illustrator). viii, 416. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt, edges uncut. Wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the corners of the boards. Darkening to the spine and boards, clean and bright internally. Complete set of 26 steel engraving illustrations by Phiz the prominent Victorian illustrator; a tear to the edge of the plate opposite page 113 and the plate opposite page 153 is slightly loose. Former owners name to front endpapers. Written by journalist and author Augustus Mayhew who was brother to the noted social reformer Henry Mayhew. 8vo. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Frontispiece; Original Letters Tipped In (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xix, 379; Xi, 381. Red Cloth, Gilt. Two Volumes, With An Extra Volume I In Which Are Tipped In 10 Original Letters. A Lightly Used, Extra-Illustrated Set Of Memoirs Of The Great Reactionary Elitist Journalist, Who Cheered The End Of The Siege Of Paris And Of The Commune. Apparently From The Collection Of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Known For His Interest In Works Of Art, Autographs And Manuscripts. The Main Interest Of His Later Life Was In Autographs And Letters, Cataloged In 9 Volumes, And Also The Papers Of Hamilton And Nelson And The Correspondence Of Nelson And Lady Hamilton (First Printed There). In This Volumes, All Letters Except Sala's Are Tipped In At The Pages Where The Authors Of The Letters Are Discussed By Sala. The Letters Are: 1. Sala To Morrison, Dated 6/18/77 2. Sala To Kingston, Undated, With Sala's Caricature Of Himself With His Quill. W. B. Kingston Was A Writer Etc. And Foreign Correspondent For The Telegraph. 3. Two Page Note From Arthur Wellesley, 1St Duke Of Wellington, To Sir Francis Doyle, Date Appears To Be 1801 But Pencil Note 1831. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1St Duke Of Wellington, ( 1769 - 1852) Was An Anglo-Irish Soldier And Statesman Who Was One Of The Leading Military And Political Figures Of 19Th-Century Britain. His Defeat Of Napoleon At The Battle Of Waterloo In 1815 Put Him In The First Rank Of Britain's Military Heroes. Major-General Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Was Created A Baronet In 1828.4. Short Note From William Farren To Dr. Kenneth (?), Undated. William Farren (13 May 1786 - 24 September 1861), English Actor, Was The Son And Father Of Leading Actors Of The Same Name. 5. Letter From Edward Bulwer Lytton, Prolific English Novelist, To Pennell, Dated Feb 3, 1885. 6. Letter From Alexandre Dumas, Fils., Addressed "Cher Grande", Undated. Alexandre Dumas, Fils 1824 - 1895) Was A French Author And Playwright, Best Known For The Romantic Novel La Dame Aux Camélias (The Lady Of The Camellias) 7. Letter From Douglas Jerrold To Charles Knight. 8. Dion Boucicault, Letter 9/24/63 (?) To An Actress Or Her Agent. 9. Letter From Charles Knight To Hepworth Dixon Regarding The National Shakespeare Committee. William Hepworth Dixon (30 June 1821 - 26 December 1879) Was An English Historian And Traveler. He Was Also Active In Organizing London's Great Exhibition Of 1851. 10. Letter To Pennell From Martin Tupper, Dated Dec. 15, 1865. Martin Farquhar Tupper (17 July 1810 In London - November 1889 In Albury, Surrey) Was An English Writer, And Poet, And The Author Of Proverbial Philosophy. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. ROMANCE AND REALITY OF THE LONDON STREETS A visceral Dickensian descent into the criminal architecture of mid-Victorian London.This gritty, uncompromising descent into the mid-Victorian underworld, merges the investigative rigor of Henry Mayhew with the narrative flair of the 'Newgate Novel'. Originally published in 1852, this work follows the trajectory of a workhouse runaway through the criminal labyrinths of London. This 1872 edition is notable for its expansive suite of 26 plates by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), which capture the 'reality' of the Victorian street with a dark, atmospheric precision. KEY FEATURES +++ Visuals: Features 25 full-page plates plus a frontispiece by H. K. Browne (Phiz), all depicting the textures of London's high and low life. +++ Binding: Half-red leather over matching marbled paper boards and endpapers; spine with five raised bands, gilt-stamped titles, and decorative compartments; top edge gilt (TEG). +++ Content: A 'truthful account' of criminal life, poverty, and the survival of a workhouse child named Philip on the streets of London. +++ Imprint: London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1872. +++ Specs: Octavo (8.75 inches tall) / 408 pages. 4th Edition. CONDITION: Very Good. The bindings are tight and square, providing a solid shelf presence. The red leather remains vibrant, though it shows moderate shelf handling wear including rubbed corners and spine tips. The text block is clean with light, even age-toning and a small, isolated spot on the front fore-edge. The 26 plates remain crisp and well-defined. A handsome, unsophisticated copy of a title often found in much poorer condition. SCHOLARLY FEATURES +++ Socio-Historical Context: Augustus Mayhew, brother to the famous social investigator Henry Mayhew (London Labour and the London Poor), utilized his sibling's ethnographic research to craft this 'unfashionable' novel. It serves as a bridge between Victorian journalism and fiction. +++ Literary Influence: The work is deeply indebted to the 'London' style of Charles Lamb and Charles Dickens, prioritizing the sensory 'Reality' of the streets over romanticized melodrama. +++ Artistic Merit: 'Phiz' was at the height of his powers here; his illustrations of the workhouse and the London slums provide a primary visual document of 19th-century urban squalor. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --- Paved With Gold matters because it represents the mid-Victorian obsession with the 'Criminal Classes' and the failure of the New Poor Law. By focusing on a child who flees the workhouse, Mayhew forced his contemporary readers to confront the 'miseries' that existing social structures were meant to solve. This 1872 Routledge edition represents the enduring popularity of the work. While the first edition appeared in parts, this single-volume octavo in a leather binding was intended for the 'Standard Library' marketoffering a durable and decorative format for a story that was becoming a classic of Victorian social realism. SUBJECTS: London History, Victorian Slums, Workhouse History, Criminal Life, Hablot Knight Browne, Phiz, Augustus Mayhew, Social Realism, 19th Century Fiction, Newgate Novel, Social History, Fine Binding, Illustrated Book. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Sadleir 1685 (for 1st); Wolff 4683.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne] (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of the Brothers Mayhew's charming work of children's fiction, illustrated throughout by Phiz. A scarce first edition, in the very scarce publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.With a frontispiece, engraved title page, and with ten further plates by Hablot Knight Browne, better known as Phiz. Collated, complete.An entertaining children's work described as a 'tale of a young monkey'.With the bookplate of Sir Edward Bullock to the front pastedown, and with twelve pages of advertisements to the rear.The work of brothers Henry and Augustus Septimus Mayhew. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Small losses of cloth to back strip head and tail, with back strip age toned. Boards bright. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, but with instances of light spotting throughout, and small areas of foxing to plates. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Hablot Knight Browne; [Phiz] (illustrator). First edition. The first edition in book form of this interesting social reform novel by Augustus Mayhew, complete with plates by Phiz. The first edition in book form.A novelised study on the lives of those less fortunate living in London, an interesting look at social conditions in the mid-Victorian era.Parts of this work were written at the behest of the author's brother, the important social reformer Henry Mayhew.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and twenty-five plates, by Phiz.Collated, complete.Augustus Mayhew was a journalist, and often wrote in collaboration with his brother Henry, one of the co-founders of 'Punch'.Bookplate of Christopher Knox to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is faded. Light marks to the boards, with a larger mark to the head of the rear board. Crack to the head of the front joint, a few smaller cracks to the rear joint. Small chip to the spine. Front hinge is strained. Bookplate to the front paste down. Two book seller's labels to the rear paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and spotted, spotting heavier to the plates. Good. book.

An interesting letter, attacking the serving Tory Prime Minister Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), who had stood against the Duke of Sussex (noted for his liberal sympathies) in the election for President of the Royal Society of Arts. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded three times. The recipient is not named, but is identified in an endorsement on the reverse of the second leaf as 'Earl St Vincent'. Written in a hurried, untidy hand. The letter begins: 'My Dear Lord | Our excellent friend Miss Knight informed me how kind and how anxious You had been about my election as President of the Society for the Promotion of Arts Manufacture and Commerce; You will therefore I trust excuse my intruding upon your time to express the Gratitude for Your Lordship's friendly exertions on the occasion.' Referring to the Prime Minister Lord Liverpool he continues: 'Through the Kindness of my friends my triumph over the Premier has been complete.' His pleasure over his rival's failure 'has not been small on the Occasion, for his Lordship opposed himself, knowing that my name had been up Three Weeks, and even his Vote had been solicited at that period [] Could I prognosticate a further decline in public Opinion I should be most happy for a Minister of England who ventures to establish a Succession by Fraud against the General Wish of Nation is not well calculated to inspire confidence as to his Constitutional [?]'. He ends by sending his regards, and in a postscript asks for an enclosure to be 'delivered to Miss Knight'. Ellis Cornelia Knight (1757-1837) is present among Jervis's mourners in his 1838 biography as 'Miss Knight, formerly, sub-governess to the Princess Charlotte of Wales'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.