Handley cross (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Boards have little wear with faded spine, crack to front hinge. pages tannedwith some spotting.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean awith minor age tone. DJ with some edge wear, age tone and creasing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. London, no publication date stated c. 1858; red illustrated cloth covered black and gold embossed boards; corners and spine edges bumped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; end papers toned; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; Interior is clean and unmarked; 427 pages. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. original wraps show moderate to heavy wear, tear, chipping. pages tanned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Folio Society, 1983 Facrsimile Edition. 8vo. Illus by John Leech. Hardcover. Book condition: Like New in Very Good slipcase with wear to back corners. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket Corners and spine ends a touch rubbed with a small and faint white stain to the lower edge of the spine. Seventy woodcuts and thirteen coloured illustrations by John Leech. 541 pages. An unforgettable portrait of English county life, and of the hunting fraternity, originally published in 1858. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. New Edition. The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. ***New edition. With note to the fore stating 'This Issue is founded on the Edition published by Bradbury and Evans in the year 1858.' Illustrated with sixty-nine black and white woodcuts by John Leech and thirteen coloured plates including coloured frontispiece, as called for. ***Very good in dark red cloth-covered boards with black titles on a paper label to spine. An extra spare paper spine label (clean with no foxing still tipped into the rear). Contemporaneous owner's name and date in sepia fountain pen to top of front free endpaper: 'H. E. Maynard, 1910'. Very small surface split to outer cloth at top of spine. Edges of boards very slightly rubbed. Spine slightly discoloured. Spine tight. Sporadic foxing to prelims and pages. ***176mm x118mm. 525 pages. ***Ask Mamma is a Victorian novel, profusely illustrated with sixty-nine woodcuts by John Leech and thirteen coloured plates. It is about the romantic adventures and dalliances of two generations of the Pringle family, fox-hunting and local society. ***It may be a recommendation to the lover of light literature to be told that the following story does not involve the complication of plot. It is a mere continuous narrative of an almost every-day exaggeration interspersed with sporting scenes and excellent illustrations by Leech', written March 31, 1858 (Quote from the preface to the fore by the author). ***Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 ¿ 16 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer, more familiarly known as R. S. Surtees. ***First impression of this new edition, complete with all thirteen coloured plates and sixty-nine black and white woodcuts throughout the text. A nice edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. John Leech (illustrator).…

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. London, no publication date stated c. 1852; red illustrated cloth covered black and gold embossed boards; corners and spine edges bumped with board exposed; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; end papers toned; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; Interior is clean and unmarked; 408 pages.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. Phiz's illustrations bring the humorous adventures of hunting fanatic Thomas Scott to life in this first edition Novelist and sporting writers Robert Smith Surtees tells the story of fox hunting obsessive Thomas Scott in this comic tale. A first edition of this work, with eight delightful plates by Victorian illustrator Halbot Knight Browne, better known by his pen name, Phiz. Collated and complete. Surtees wrote several hunting novels across his lifetime, and his best remembered for his character Jorrocks, a tasteless but good-natured cockney grocer. Binder's sticker to the front pastedown. From 'Paton & Ritchie Booksellers & Stationers. 81 Princes Streets. Edinburgh.' Prior owner's Ink inscription to recto of front endpaper. 'Maylich Baulles. Letters on hound'. Two pages of contemporary publisher's adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt horse to the front board. Externally, a little worn. Rubbed to both boards and a little soiled to the front board. Rubbed to the spine with two chips in the cloth. Bumped to the head and tail of the spine with a small closed tear at tail of the spine. Front hinge starting and tender, rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound except for the first and last few pages which are tender. Frontispiece is disbound but present. Aside from a tea stain to the half title, pages are a little age-toned but clean throughout. Good Only. Phiz; [Hablot Knight Browne] (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. vi, [2], 392 (last blank) pages. 9 x 6 inches. Hand-coloured frontispiece plus 23 hand-coloured plates. Publisher's maroon boards with decorations in blind and gilt. Minor bubbling to the cloth on front cover. Spine sunned, top edges dusted. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A nice copy. Light overall wear. Cloth. John Leech and Hablot K. Browne (illustrator).…

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. xi, 412 pp. Full calf. Raised bands to spine with decorative gilt devices and maroon & brown leather title labels. Top edge gilt. Gilt turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Hatchards. With full-page hand-coloured plates by John Leech. In VG to Near Fine condition. 8vo. Illustrated. Leech, John (illustrator).…

Full Calf. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. vii, 391 pp. Full calf. Raised bands to spine with decorative gilt devices and maroon & brown leather title labels. Gilt turn-ins. Original cloth covers preserved at rear. Bound by Hatchards. With full-page hand-coloured plates by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. A very nice copy. 8vo. Illustrated. Leech, John and H. K. Browne (illustrator).…