Author 1827 (27 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards quarter bound with brown cloth to spine and brown paper to boards. Wear to spine caps and corners, light peripheral toning. Text blocks have tanning to endpapers. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Books I-II (321 pages) - Vol. 2. Books III-V (353 pages). […

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Minor stain on inside of dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xlvi, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-300) and index. Subjects; Chelmsford, Fred…

Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes in slipcase. In Good minus condition in a Fair slipcase; slipcase in red paper, edge wear, stains/blemishes, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Spines are red or blue with gold print. Boards in red or blue cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spines, light shelf wear. Text block…

Hardcover. Special edition. Octavo, xvi, 686 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is red with gold print, raised bands. Boards in red leather. Text block has gilt edges, marbled endpapers, red ribbon marker. Illustrated: b&w drawings, photographs, facsimiles. Reprint of third edition, revised published by the Clarendon Press, Ox…

On one side of piece of 13.5 x 8.5 cm piece of paper. Aged and worn. Reads: 'know when I shall have an evening to myself, for in the last fifteen days or so, I have only dined at home twice, and as far as I see, that much of vagrant life seems rather on the increase than otherwise. But the first evening that I have, I will dedic…

1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. He states that the 'Certificate' of 'M. Meryon [sic] du Mersan' has been 'signed by Lord Aberdeen', and that he wishes to 'get the signatures of Mr. Gurney and Mr. Hamilton to it'. If he does not 'or rather cannot' send it to Akerman beforehand, he asks him if 'yo…

British evangelical divine (1772-1827) and author. Slip of paper roughly seven and a quarter inches by two. Discoloured and heavily creased. Stitched to larger piece of paper. Reads ' & thereby lengthen the period for the cultivation of acquaintance amongst us. Give my sincere regards & grateful acknowledgments for past kindness…

Hardcover. New edition. Octavo, xix, 632 pages. In Fair plus condition with a . dust jacket. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth, gilt stamped image on front. Wear to spine caps and corners, bump to rear bottom edge, light shelf wear. Text block has has gilt top edge. Cracked front hinge, name in ink on front pas…

Hardcover. Octavo, Three volumes continuously paged: l, 1972 pages. In Very Good condition. Spines yellow with gold print on brown banners. Boards in yellow cloth. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait in each volume, b&w text illustrations. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Ec…

Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 651 pages. In Good condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth, mitred edges, gilt stamped design on front. Mild wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has inscription in ink on front endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings including plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column I (ND-I)…

See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. Lurid claims of three-in-a-bed adulteries put a paid to Dilke's political ambitions (he had been touted as a future prime minister), and rendered him the butt of musical hall jokes. 16mo, 2pp. On bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and folded once. 'Dear Bourke / If you are in t…

Sullivan and Edward Compton have entries in the Oxford DNB, and Compton's wife Viriginia is noticed in the entry for her father Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman. The fourth signatory of this item Lewis Ball appears to have also had theatrical connections. From the collection of nationalist autographs of Miss Burgess of Norwich. From t…

Zustand: Good. Titlepages (3) each with a large vignette. Three Chapbooks in one volume, worn tan roan covers 48pp + 24pp +48pp. Each book begins on the back of the titlepage. Ownership H. Dod on flyleaf, edges of 1st titlepage browned & rubbed, a few other signs of use but complete and generally clean throughout. *A neat tight…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with that of the recipient Lady [Maria] Theresa Lewis (1803-1865), who lived in Kent House in Knightsbridge with her second husband Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), Bart, Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer, her first husband having been the novelist Thomas Henry Lister (1800-1842). 1p, 12…

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, aged and worn. Forty lines of text. He has been 'looking out for the review in the D[aily]. T[elegraph]. but never a review at all I seen. [sic] I suppose that these politics &c, squeeze out any matter which can bide its time'. He recalls their previous meeting: 'last time was on a Sunday…

Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. He is sending "the three Reports of the Dante Society" in reponse to Toynbee's request. "In the last Report you will find a list of such publications on Dante or his works as have been made in America, which I truct may be useful to you. The 'Concordance' of which I sent yo…

Sullivan, Webb and Mangan all have entries in the Oxford DNB. The present item is referred to in a letter of 18 January 1890 (offered separately), where Webb explains that he is sending it to 'Miss Burgess' (of Norwich), with three other Irish nationalist autographs, describing it as 'unsigned but vouched by me'). 1p, 4to. In fa…

8vo. Together 3 pp. on 2 bifolia. One with autograph address. To the editor of the Boston Traveller: "I send you the promised Christmas story to-day. I had to make it a little longer than I intended; these things get the better of me sometimes, but I suppose you will not object to this sort of fault. If you need it condensed how…