George mudie (6 Ergebnisse)

Half Calf. Zustand: Good. xi + 282pp, colour frontispiece by George Baxter, title vignette, bound in dark green half calf with marbled boards, elaborate gilt decorated spine, title label inset on red morocco, gilt lettered, raised bands, all edges marbled, minor foxing throughout, good condition, Francis Orr & Sons, London, 1839. BAXTER, George (illustrator). …

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Decorative brown cloth cover shows minor wear and tear. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. 8vo's, Vol I- xxiv + pp379. Vol II- pp391 plus Nineteen hand-coloured plates across both volumes. The vignette title pages being the very first successful specimens of G Baxter's desirable polychromatic printing. Both volumes have half leather binding with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Binding in fair condition with some wear and rubbing with spine a little split on Vol II. Inside both front hinges cracked, Vol I text block has separated from spine but is being held on by back cover. Inside both copies a little intermittent foxing but otherwise all pages clean and bright. George Baxter, (illustrator).…

Leather. Zustand: Good. The scarce first abridged edition to a collection of national folk songs from Scotland, dating back to the fifteenth century. The scarce and first abridged edition of the Songs of Scotland, a collection of traditional national folk songs, collected by musicologist George Farquhar Graham. Published by Wood and Co. in 1854. Containing all three volumes.In half morocco, half brown cloth. Contains in-text sheet music throughout. A binding stamp from Alex Banks Jr., based in Edinburgh, to rear paste down.Scottish national melodies are known for both their longevity and popularity, and this extensive collection celebrates this fact. Containing songs, such as Roslin Castle, My Ain Fireside and Oh Dinna Think, Bonnie Lassie, lyrics and music are recorded as well as numerous informative notes accompanying the songs which date back to the fifteenth century. In half morocco, half brown cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with the odd small mark to boards. Edgewear, with rubbing to the joints, heavier to the front joint with small signs of cracking, and to the extremities. Signs of creasing to spine. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Smudged marks to end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean and generally bright, with slight age toning. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

1st edition. Poor copies in the original half-calf over marble boards. Spines and boards torn, detached with loss. Scattered foxing with frowning to the pages. Physical description; 2 v., plates : ports. ; 22 cm (8vo). Notes; Volume I. [Jan.-June 1788]-volume III. [Jan.-Mar. 1789]. Imprints include years of publication in roman. Monthly numbers have added caption and running titles. Subjects; English literature 18th century History and criticism ; Periodicals ; Early works to 1800. Periodicals 18th century Great Britain ; Early works to 1800. Periodicals ; Early works to 1800. Scotland History 18th century ; Periodicals ; Early works to 1800. Great Britain Politics and government 1789-1820 ; Periodicals ; Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.…

Four folding engr. plates & one large folding plan; some neat paper repairs along folds. Contemp. full tan calf, spine gilt in compartments, maroon morocco label; neatly repaired short splits at head & tail of leading hinge, otherwise a bright attractive copy. The 1822 visit of King George IV to Scotland was the first by a reigning monarch since 1650, and was designed to curb the country's endemic radicalism, following the Scottish Insurrection of 1820. Sir Walter Scott was a central figure in organising the successful tour; his Waverley novels had popularised a romantic image of the Scottish Highlands, and his inclusion of plaided pageantry elevated the tartan kilt to part of Scotland's national identity in the popular imagination.…