Dickens doyle et al (6 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. pp.94. Nineteenth and twentieth century short stories. Orange glossy card covers with narrow strip of fading along bottom edges. Very good.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 358 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Edited by Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis. Octavo. 330pp. Bumping at the spine ends and small tear at the crown, near fine in very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing and extensive wear at the edges including creases, tears and nicks. A collection of short darkly atmospheric stories by a range of writers including, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, and others.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930); DICKENS, Mary Angela (1862-1948); ALLEN, Grant (1848-1899); et al. Contributing The Tragedy of the Korosko; [together with] A Child's Memories of Gad's Hill; [with] An African Millionaire. [In] The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly. Edited by Geo. Newnes. Vols. XIII-XIV. January to December. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1897. First Edition. FIRST APPEARANCES of Conan Doyle's The Tragedy of the Korosko and Life on a Greenland Whaler. The Tragedy of the Korosko appeared in eight installments, May through December 1897, with 46 illustrations by Sidney Paget, preceding the 1898 book edition. Life on a Greenland Whaler appeared in January 1897, illustrated with 13 photographs, and recounts Doyle's seven-month voyage as surgeon aboard the Arctic whaler Hope in 1880. Large Octavo (8vo). Two volumes, comprising the complete 1897 year of The Strand Magazine. Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, front boards and spines decorated and lettered in gilt and black; yellow endpapers. Volume XIII with all edges marbled. Profusely illustrated throughout with full-page and in-text illustrations. Volume XIII also contains Mary Angela Dickens's A Child's Memories of Gad's Hill, recalling her grandfather Charles Dickens and life at Gad's Hill. Also, includes the concluding five installments of Grant Allen's An African Millionaire, (completing the twelve-part serial begun in June 1896 and preceding its 1897 book publication); The Catch of the Season, illustrated by Sidney Paget; and For the Good of the County, illustrated by Claude A. Shepperson. Also included is Alice Longfellow's Longfellow with His Children, illustrated from photographs. Contents generally clean and unmarked, with occasional foxing or spotting. Bindings remain sound and square. Cloth with light to moderate rubbing and wear. A Very Good complete 1897 Strand pairing, containing the complete FIRST APPEARANCE of The Tragedy of the Korosko and of Life on a Greenland Whaler. Reference: Green & Gibson, A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; Illustrated; Two Volume Set.]. PAGET, Sidney (1860-1908); BROWNE, Gordon (1858-1932); et al. (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A charming collection of the illustrated first editions of four of Charles Dickens's Christmas books, all in the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the 1840s, Charles Dickens published five short festive works, termed his 'Christmas Books', which are known for blending moral instruction with sentimentality.The 1845 first edition, second state of 'The Chimes'. With publisher's name centred and in open letters to foot of engraved title page, beneath names of engraver and artist. Smith, page 35.Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and title page, and further vignette illustrations throughout from a variety of artists. Collated, complete.The 1846 first edition, second state of 'The Cricket on the Hearth', identified via the advertisement leaf to the rear. Smith, page 41.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page, and with further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.The 1846 first edition, fourth state of 'The Battle of Life', identified via absence of imprint to engraved title page, Smith, page 64.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page, and further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Advertisement leaf to rear.The 1848 first edition, first state of 'The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain', Smith page 68.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page,and further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.With the inscription of C. J. Partridge to the front free endpaper of 'Cricket', and the bookplate of George Fleming to front pastedown of 'Battle'.'Battle' and 'Haunted Man' rebacked, with back strip restored and boards laid down, and retaining the original endpapers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. 'Battle' and 'Haunted Man' rebacked, with back strip restored, retaining the original endpapers. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with minor losses of cloth. Light rubbing to 'Haunted' back strip. Handling marks to rear boards. Tail of front joint of 'Cricket' and head of front joint of 'Chimes' starting, with board firmly held. Inscription to 'Cricket' front free endpaper. Bookplate front pastedown 'Battle'. Hinges of 'Chimes' and 'Haunted Man' strained, with boards a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd handling mark. Very Good. John Leech; D. Maclise; R. Doyle et al (illustrator). book.…