Cunningham allan ed (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No date (c. 1840s?). Half brown leather over brown cloth, with black/gilt title label to spine. 180 x 258 x 45mm. (lxi) + 422pp. Marbled page-edges; 59 splendid engraved plates, of which two ('Bess and her Spinning-Wheel' and 'The Country Lassie') are missing; with Glossary. Leather worn and scuffed, though intact apart from 3cm split at bottom of spine; internal contents generally somewhat grubby, esp. front and rear endpapers; inner pages reasonably clean, though with occasional grubby marks/light spotting throughout; binding a little loose in places, but still secure. Overall a well-worn, well-used volume which shows its age, but may be considered to have all the more character for that. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive. W. H. Bartlett, T. Allom (illustrator).…

Reprint. G condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with wear and scuffing to leather along corners and spine. Inner hinges cracked. Occasional light (largely confined to borders of plates). Aeg. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). 18, lxi, 423pp, [xii] + plates. Steel-engraved plates with tissue guards. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown gilt illustrated hardback leather cover. …

Second Edition. Poor set bound in half leather over cloth boards. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 2 vols. ; illus. ; music ; 27 cm. Notes; Each volume has engr. added t.p. Subjects; Burns, Robert (1759-1796). Scottish Literature. Scottish Poetry. 3 Kg. …

Leather. Zustand: Good. A dictionary of the lives of eminent artists by Matthew Pilkington. New edition, revised and extended by Allan Cunningham. Including an introduction on modern painting. Matthew Pilkington (1701-1774) was the author of a standard text on painters, what would become known as Pilkington's Dictionary. His work was widely published through many editions, being renamed A Dictionary of Painters in the 1805 and 1810 versions of Henry Fuseli, before becoming commonly known in the nineteenth century as Pilkington's Dictionary. In a half-morocco binding. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing and a few marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with just the occasional spot (heavier to the first and last few pages). Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A charmingly illustrated poetical anthology containing the works of many prolific Scottish poets. Edited by Allan Cunningham and Charles Mackay. Adorned with numerous beautifully engraved plates, a frontispiece, and charming vignette to the title page. Volume one of the original two. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, sound, though with some light rubbing to the extremities and minor sunning to the rear board. Some straining to the front hinge. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, though with the odd instance of spotting. Very Good. Unamed (illustrator). book.…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. Londres, John Sharpe, 1829. In-8, plein maroquin vert Empire à long grain, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, plats, coupes et intérieur filetés, reliure du temps, 320 pages. Édition originale de ce Keepsake, comprenant notamment la « Letter on Economy » de Lord Byron, en édition originale, ainsi que des textes de John Clare et James Hogg, parmi d'autres. Orné de vingt-deux vignettes et gravures. Reliure un peu frottée, coins émoussés, bon exemplaire.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A collection of Scottish folk ballads, accompanied by humorous accounts of peasant traditions and superstitions. The first edition of this work, edited by and with an engraved title page from Robert Hartley Cromek, an English engraver, editor, art dealer and entrepreneur.Featuring numerous poems subdivided into sections such as 'sentimental ballads', 'humorous ballads' and 'Jacobite ballads', the work also has an appendix containing some fascinating accounts of Scottish customs and traditions, including Scottish Games, a History of Witchcraft and 'Character of the Scottish Lowland Faeries'.While this is ostensibly a collection of purely traditional Scottish ballads, aspiring poet and author Allan Cunningham secretly supplied imitation ballads of his own authorship. Cromek included these in the collection, despite allegedly doubting their authenticity.A label to the recto of the front free endpaper attributes the binding of this work to 'R. Nelson, Glasgow'. In a signed straight grain morocco binding with paper covered boards. Slight rubbing to joints and extremities and boards. Binder's label to recto of front free endpaper. Firmly bound. The odd mark, but pages generally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. A complete collection of Robert Burns's writings with charming engraved illustrations throughout, bound in half calf. The Poems, Letters and Lands of Robert Burns, a collection of the Scottish literary giant's work, with a new memoir by fellow Scottish poet Allan Cunningham. A complete set in two volumes. In half calf with green cloth boards. Both volumes each contain a frontispiece, and title vignette, and numerous engraved plates, eighty four in total, including by William Henry Bartlett and Thomas Allom. Collated complete. A pioneer of romanticism, Robert Burns remains celebrated as Scotland's national poet and among its greatest literary figures. This comprehensive collection contains his complete writings, from his correspondence to his poetry, as well as an insightful biography from fellow poet and great admirer Allan Cunningham. In half calf with green cloth boards. Externally, the odd small fading patch to boards and rubbing to edges and joints. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities. Creases to spines. A faint crack to head of I front joint, and a small closed tear and lift to II head of spine. Brown end papers are clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to plate extremities and leaves adjoining plates, as well as browning to frontispieces and title vignettes. Good. Various [inc. W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom] (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. "The Works of Robert Burns; With His Life" by Robert Burns and edited by Allan Cunningham. Complete in 8 vol. including 2 supplementary vol., 1834 first thus UK edition, half-title to vol. 1, engraved frontispieces and additional titles, engraved plate and folding facsimile of a song by Burns. Vol. 1 with signed presentation inscription from the author Cunningham to "Geo: Cruikshank",vol. 2 & 5 with frontispiece working loose, scattered foxing and light browning, mostly to peripheral ff., vol. 1 hinges repaired, original cloth, rubbed, some sunning and wear to spines, vol. 1 with small loss to spine and rebacked, vol. 8 with tear to spine head. Rare inscribed set. Signed by Author.…