George westall (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] 160 pp. ; illustrations (some in color), maps ; 20 x 26 cm. ; ISBN: 1855852748; 9781855852747 ; LC: DA87.1.N4; Dewey: 359.03092; 923.5 ; OCLC: 36292054 ; black cloth with gold lettering and color illustrated dustjacket ; artwork featured, by Lemuel Abbott, Giacomo Guardi, J P Knight, P.-J. de Loutherbourg, Thomas Rowlandson, J. Fairburn, F G Fuger, J C Stadler, William Beechey, M E Cotman, Thomas Bardwell, Dominic Serres, Samuel Buck, Nathaniel Buck, Edward Orme, Gi lbert Stuart, Richard Westall, John Francis Rigaud, John Augustus Atkinson, Benjamin West, John Downman, Daniel Orme, Nicholas Pocock, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Samuel Shelley, David Allan, James Gillray, George Romney, Vigee Lebrun, John Thomas Serres , Leonardo Guzzardi, Johann Heinrich Schmidt, Isaac Cruikshank, Richard Cosway, and Thomas Baxter ; VG/VG. Book.…

1st edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn, stained and somewhat scratched; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Title page, copy right page, and first page of text taped to the spine. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 263, xxiii p. : ill., map (folded) ; 22 cm. Notes; "With illustrations and map of the principal waterways, itineraries of boating tours, distance charts, locks, tolls, etc."--t.p. Subjects; Canals Great Britain. Rivers Great Britain. Great Britain Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Good. Volume 4 only; 24mo, viii, 352 pp., 5 plates (of 6), small illustrations in text; ex library, quarter leather binding rubbed, general age toning and some leaves have a light red stain, working copy. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Zustand: Fair. First edition (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), 263pp, 1pp erraata, xxiii (index). Frontispiece and 24 plates, but lacks the map. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. A label has been removed from the foot of the spine, taking some of the cloth covering with it, there is some scuffing of the endpapers, and pp 5/6 are torn (and repaired). Nonetheless, the book is tightly bound, and the contents are clean, and this copy is in fair to good condition overall. A rare and important work on the history of British Inland Waterways - inter alia, this book details the condition of individual waterways at the date of publication (1908).…

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. A practical guide to boat cruising, illustrated and complete with a folding map at the start of the work. This work describes boat cruises through the rivers and canals of England, their navigation and distances.Written by George Westall.Illustrated with a folding map to the front endpaper and plates through the text.The first edition of this work.With the ownership inscription and bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews, a British zoologist known for his work on marine mammals. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a prolific author. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a little bumping to the extremities and tidemarks to the boards. Loss as a result of bumping noticeable to the tail of the spine. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound; the binding is exposed at both hinges, which remain firm. Pages are a little spotted, particularly to the plates. Good Only. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A decoratively bound collection of the works from the renowned poet and surgeon George Crabbe, bound in full calf. A complete eight volume set.Illustrated with four monochrome copper engraved plates to all but volume I, which has three. Collated, lacking the frontispiece to volume I.A collection of works by George Crabbe (1754-1832), who is best remembered for his employment of realistic narrative, and for his realist depiction of working and middle class people and everyday life. Having apprenticed and trained as a surgeon, Crabbe made the life-changing decision in 1780 to move to London to pursue a career as a poet. His most significant works include 'the Village,' 'Poems,' 'the Borough,' 'Tales,' and 'Tales of the Hall.'Bound in full calf. Bound in full calf. Externally, faded to the spines and extremities of the boards, and slight marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with occasional light spotting, slightly heavier to 'Vol I', and to the verso of the plates. Very Good. R. Westall; et al (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Good. Folios. 31.3 x 41.3 cm. 9 volumes. Original calf with gilt dentelles along the edges of the covers; gilt spine and edges; the heavy covers reattached with matching binding material by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. . Scattered foxing, mainly light.few pages with tears. Total weight about 140 pounds. Will be shipped in 3 heavy boxes.OCLC 5503043: Contents: v. 1. Prefaces of Pope and Johnson to the Dramatic works of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure.v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream.v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well.v. 4. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John.v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V.v. 6. King Henry VI ; King Richard III.v. 7. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra.v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Titus Adronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline.v. 9. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.Notes:Originally issued in 18 parts in 1791 and 1802 [i.e. 1803?]The edition is based upon the 1790 Malone and 1793 Steevens editionsVolume title pages, with "volume" designation, are all dated 1802With a dedication leaf "To the King's most excellent majesty" dated June 4th, 1803, signed John Boydell, Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol; advertisement signed "G.N." in v. 1Letterpress printed.Plays are paginated separately, have no signatures, and are bound in no designated order.Each play has a colophon reading: From the Shakspeare Press, by W. Bulmer & CoNo table of contents or list of plates is given, but the plates correspond with the list given in "Boydell's Graphic illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakspeare," a separate issue of the plates, except that the latter lacks a variation of the first plate in Richard III (Gloster and the princes) while it has in addition (as frontispiece) "Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy, " a portrait of John Boydell, a variation of Juliet's supposed death, and a second plate in Titus Adronicus (Lavinia nursing her young nephew, by T. Kirk)."Boydell's Graphic illustrations &c." must not be confused with their "Collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare," London, 1803, two large folios containing larger plates (100, including the portraits of the King and Queen prefixed, and the two title-vignettes) most of which are entirely different from these smaller platesPlates, dated 1791-1803, are mainly by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who executed the greatest number of plates are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James Heath.…

Zustand: Good. Folio. 13 x 17.5 inches page size. Contemporary half calf, and marbled boards, gilt spines; later brown endpapers, expertly refurbished. Royal folio, 9 vol., half titles, c. 90 only of 97 engravings after Reynolds, Northcote, Porter, Bunbury, Opie, Westall, Smirke, Stothard, Hamilton, and other eminent British artists, tissue guards, leaves uncut, heavy foxing, especially the margins of the plates and the tissue guards, and intermittent dampstaining, mainly at gutter of leaves.Printed from the types of W. Martin at the Shakespeare Printing Office.Lowndes, Vol. 4, p. 2263 right columnVery heavy volumes about 150 pounds. …

Zustand: Good. Portfolio of matted original etchings in various sizes. Mats are 14 x 20 inches. No table of contents or title page. 11 of 12 etchings. Original fabric portfolio. Includes the etching by Meryon: "Bain-Froid Chevrier." Delteil-Wright, 44; Schneiderman, 93V. Minor foxing in the image and more specks in the margins. May not be OCLC Number: 145382593 which is American prints whereas this one contains European artists.…