brock washington (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

First Edition. Good pamphlet copy with plate pasted to front cover; edges slightly dust-toned and edge-nicked. Prelims foxed, and scattered foxing within. Frontis plate is loose; binding otherwise secure and copy remains well-preserved overall. Series; Envelope books ; 4. Physical description; 34 pages, [4] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 17 cm. Contents; The old Christmas -- The old stage coach. Subjects; Christmas England. Country life England. 3 Kg.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Brock, C. E. (illustrator). Hardcover (no jacket; gilt decoration and titles on pale boards and spine). The Series of English Idylls; 267pp, with 24 colour illustrations by C. E. Brock. Marks on boards; minor edgewear; corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block is rough; endpapers are tanned; gift dedication penned on reverse of FEP. Occasional minor marks within. All content is clear. TS. Used.

Green Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. BROCK, C. E. (illustrator). xvi + 267pp, 24 coloured illustrations by C.E. Block, pale green cloth with elaborate gilt decorations, top edge gilt, VERY GOOD, Dent, London, 1906. * a delightful book to read and own or indeed to give as a Christmas gift to a loved one.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. H. M. Brock (illustrator). 128 pp all original 12 x 19 cm, all edges gilt, bound in soft green reverse calf. With 17 full page color illustrations by H. M. Brock tipped in (see images). A lovely copy. Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories. [To view all our very latest additions, viewers need to go to any ABE page and click on "Sellers" (top right of your screen). Then find and click on "Sanctuary Bookshop, Lyme Regis" and so reach our ABE "Home Page". Then click on "View this Sellers Items" (bottom left of your screen). The entries are then in date order, the topmost being our latest discoveries. Thank You].

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Kl.-8°, Hardcover/Pappeinband. Zustand: Sehr gut. 121 Seiten Sehr guter Zustand mit goldgeprägtem Einband. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 293.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition thus. Paperback. Original olive green covers with colour illustration inset on front. Light wear with slight splitting to upper spine hinge, slight foxing to fore-edge, otherwise very good. Envelope Book series. No date, c.1910s.

Book Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1927. 1st Edition . Very Good/Fair. No date, but published c.1927. Book in VG condition, with only light wear or rubbing. Top edge gilt. Dust-jacket is worn and rubbed, with edge-tears, some pieces missing, creasing and marking. Internally clean, 15 coloured illustrations by C. E. Brock. 267pp.

First edition with these illustrations. Original grey paper wraps with titles in green to the spine and front panel and a colour illustration plate to the front panel. Illustrated with 5 colour plates by Brock. With the publisher's Christmas greetings slip loosely laid in. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the paper lightly toned and creased, with two very light marks to the front panel and three tiny marks to the rear panel. The contents, with light spotting to the prelims and Christmas greetings slip, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. A short Christmas story by Washington Irving, who has been credited by some for popularising traditional Christmas celebrations in the United States. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. C. E. Brock (illustrator). Beautifully bound in the publisher's original cloth with gilt detailing, and illustrated with colour plates by C. E. Brock, present here are two classic works of 19th century literature. Both of these volumes are illustrated by popular English painter and illustrator Charles Edmund Brock.The first of these, published in 1904, is Elizabeth Gaskell's charming 'Cranford', with a colour frontispiece and title page and twenty-three further colour plates.Collated, complete.The second volume is a 1906 edition of Washington Irving's 'The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall', with a colour frontispiece and title page and twenty-two further colour plates.Collated, complete.Former owner's inscription to front pastedown of Cranford, and a front blank of Bracebridge.Charmingly illustrated popular works of literature, uniformly bound. In the publisher's original decorative cloth bindings, with gilt detailing. Externally, bright. Light mark to tail of Cranford back strip, with minor marks to head of Bracebridge front board. Inscription to Cranford front pastedown, and a front blank of Bracebridge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Charles E. Brock (illustrator). A beautifully presented collection of books by Oliver Goldsmith, Mary Russell Mitford and Washington Irving, highly illustrated by Charles E. Brock. In the publisher's original cloth binding, highly decorated with gilt to the front board and to the spine. First editions thus with illustrations by Charles E. Brock. These works are part of The Series of English Idylls collection. This collection is comprised of the following: 'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1904) by Oliver Goldsmith, first published in 1766, surrounds ideas of family endurace and the drama concerning the Primrose family. With twenty-five colour illustrations. Collated, complete.Mary Russell Mitford's charming collection of sketches of rural life in Victorian England, in 'Our Village' (1904), first published in 1843. With twenty-five colour illustrations. Collated, complete.'The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall' (1906) by Washington Irving, first published in 1822. With twenty-four colour illustrations. Collated, complete.The charming, colourful illustrations present in these works are by widely published English painter and illustrated, Charles E. Brock. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt to the front board and to the spine. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities and to the spine. A touch of darkening to the spine and the occasional light mark. Light offsetting and age toning to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. C. E. Brock (illustrator). A series of five decoratively bound and beautifully illustrated works set against idyllic English rural backgrounds. The first with these illustrations.A set of five volumes from the publisher's 'Series of English Idylls', comprising a charming selection of English literature set against the background of picturesque rural villages.Uniformly bound in the publisher's gilt-decorated cloth.Each volume contains twenty-four colour plates, comprising lovely illustrations from C. E. Brock, a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator.Collated, complete.This set comprises the following titles:1904 Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford - A collection of around one hundred literary sketches of rural life, first appearing in The Lady's Magazine and based upon the author's life in Three Miles Cross, a hamlet in the parish of Shinfield.1904 The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith - One of the best known novels from this Anglo-Irish writer, concerning a Vicar's family life in a country parish.1905 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot - A simple but popular tale of a linen weaver who travels to settle in the Midlands in Warwickshire, this novel is noted for its strong realism.1906 The Household of Sir Thomas More by Anne Manning - An account of life in the house of one of England's most famous men, offering fascinating insight to the larger social and political context of 16th-century England.1906 The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving - A charming collection of short stories that portray old-fashioned Christmas customs at a quaint English manor. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Darkening to the spine and a few marks to the boards of 'The Keeping of Christmas' and 'Our Village'. With the bookplate of one David Gould to the front pastedown of ''The Keeping of Christmas'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers, heaviest to 'Vicar of Wakefield', and 'Household'. With the odd spot to the contents. Very Good. book.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition. Covers scuffed and marked. Edge-wear. Slight fading to spines. Some hinge cracking. Sporadic light foxing. 380mm x 280mm (15" x 11"). xviii, 592pp; xv, 606pp; xvi, 664pp; xvi, 625pp + plates. 244 sepia plates. Volume I - The South-West of England; Volume II - The South-East, East and Eastern Midlands of England; Volume III - The North-East, and Western Midlands of England; and Wales; Volume IV - England ( North), Scotland, and Ireland. Published 1908-1911. Very heavy set significant extra shipping needed for overseas. Red hardback half-leather covers.