boyd william editor (22 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 251 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 221 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 251 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. Zustand: Very Good. Limited edition, 800 copies. Very good plus, no dust jacket as issued. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. 49 pp.

Zustand: leido. RUSTICA 349.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 346 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. A.S. Boyd (illustrator). A delightful old book, circa 1920s Miniature, bound in tartan fabric. Book plate on front verso, inscribed on half title and dated 19/7/23 otherwise unmarked. Decorative eps depicting scottish thistle. Fairly solid, sewn binding, front gutter wearing down to webbing but still firmly attached. Text is very clean and bright. Tatan cloth covered boards slightly frayed on spine edges and cloth has minor colour fading on spine . Gilt stamped title on front board. Text block edges all stained red.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 236 pages. 10.00x6.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 251 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 264 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 247 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 245 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 346 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Presumed First U.K. Edition. 340 pages. Footnotes. Index. Some discoloration to DJ. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Boyd Alexander. Includes Introduction; Note on the Manuscript; Acknowledgments; Glossary, Abbreviations, &c; Portuguese Journal 1787; Spanish Journal 1787-8; Appendix I: Marialva's Villa and Seteais; Appendix II: Genealogical Tables of the Connections of the Marialvas. Includes full page black and white drawing of William Beckford, aged 21, by Romney on the frontispiece. Also includes three full page black and white illustrations on pages 37-39; two pages of Beckford's Manuscript facing pages 36 and 140; and Illustrations of Henriqueta, Duchess of Lafoes, Mafra, a Map of Lisbon (fold-out), and a map of the Environs of Lisbon (fold-out). William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 - 2 May 1844) was an English novelist; an art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer, and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820. He is remembered as the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection. His other principal writings were Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters (1780), a satirical work; and Letters from Italy with Sketches of Spain and Portugal (1834), full of brilliant descriptions of scenes and manners. Boyd Alexander has edited the diaries, and provided an introduction and a large number of notes. In 1834, William Beckford of Fonthill, the author of Vathek, published an enchanting and highly polished work on which one volume described his travels as a young man in Spain and Portugal. The original journal is now for the first time printed. It covers a great part of his sojourn in Lisbon, Cintra, and Madrid between May 1787 and January 1788. In Lisbon, Beckford was ignored by most of the English colony, but being an accomplished and very wealthy man of 27, he captivated Portuguese high society. Known as the "Fool of Fonthill" for his eccentricity, William Beckford was ostracized by polite society after being accused of having an improper relationship with a young boy, and soon after was forced to flee England. In early 1787 he arrived in Lisbon, the first stop on a journey to his plantations in Jamaica, but due to terrible sea-sickness, he decided to stay. However, despite his popularity with the Portuguese nobility, the scandal that had forced him to leave England again forced him to move on to Spain in November 1787. Here, in true Beckford style, he became entangled with an older married woman, a young married girl, and a twelve-year-old boy all at the same time. The account of his Iberian sojourn is at times scathing but often witty, as Beckford in turns bemoans his lot and then rhapsodizes about a new love affair. The Journal of William Beckford provides a fascinating and entertaining account of Beckford's time in Portugal and Spain, while offering a tantalizing glimpse into the life of someone famous for his hedonistic and unconventional behavior.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 264 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 222 pages. 10.50x7.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Slipcase. 1st Edition. Yellow Cloth, Lettered In Gilt On Black, In Slipcase. The De Luxe Edition Signed By Hockney And Spender (Only), Printed On Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge. Fine In Fine Slipcase. With A Special "Compliments" Card From Peter Scott At Benjamin Rota. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Sheds light on the ancient past in a southeast Saskatchewan region about to be impacted by a power project. 137 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Diagrams. Maps. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy reference copy.; Anthropological Series No. 2; Sm 4to.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Hardcover. Brown paper over boards, printed with black lettering and a black-and-white illustration on the front cover. Title page dated 1875. 624 pages. Edges and corners are worn; corners are bumped. Boards are rubbed. Backstrip has been removed; library labels containing a shortened title and cataloging information are affixed to the spine. Signatures have been exposed at head and foot of spine. Hinges are cracked. Library markings on front free endpaper and title page; previous price is written in pencil on title page. Pages have toned. A handful of black-and-white illustrations. Directory of businesses for Washington D.C. from 1875.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1973 First Edition Hardcover Fine/No Dust Jacket Richardson, TX, 1973, 1st edition, limited to 800 copies, The Havilah Press, very fine condition, bound in hardcover cloth, protected with glacene, California History, Mountaineering, The West.