meadows douglas (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 608.

Hardcover. 4°. Original linen with gold and blind embossing and golden cuts. The cover is slightly bumped, the inner hinges have burst. Title page and colored title, 348 pages with numerous monochrome illustrations in the text and on plates. The binding is a bit relaxed. Overall clean and well preserved. --- Original-Leinen mit Gold- und Blindprägungen sowie goldenen Schnitten. Der Einband ist etwas bestoßen, die Innengelenke sind angeplatzt. Titelblatt und farbiger Titel, 348 Seiten mit zahlreichen einfarbigen Illustrationen im Text und auf Tafeln. Die Bindung ist etwas gelockert. Insgesamt sauber und gut erhalten. From the contents: Mark Lemon - Beaus of England / Albert Smith: Grubbe ' s night with Memnon / Robert Postans: Incident in naval life / Paul Prendergast: Poor child ' s hornbook / Sylvanus Swanquill: Quiet street. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Lesen Sie etwas Schönes auf einer Bank in der Frühlingssonne! Wir haben die passende Lektüre. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Illu.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 2nd edition. 586 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Meadows, Kenny (illustrator). viii, 400. Numerous labelled black and white engraved plates and other in-text engravings. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations and text on spine; blind embossed covers. Spine label sunned and gilt faded, ends rubbed. Covers worn with cloth rubbed through at places on edges. Corners worn and rubbed, board corners exposed. Previous owner's inscription on verso of first page. Very mild foxing to prelim pages, otherwise internally clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Pen portraits of the likes of the mid-19th century dress-maker, medical student, parish beadle, teetotaller, midshipman, common informer, pew-opener, chimney-sweep, stock-broker, maid etc.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good-VG for Age. MEADOWS, Kenny (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Blue blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettered and decorated sp., clean, fairly light sp. end and corner rubbing. f/piec + engr. t.p. +printed t.p. + viii + 400 + Part 2 f/piece + t.p. + vi + 385, 81 (I make it) engr. plates ex-pagination (one per character) plus numerous end-pieces; short 1917-dated gift inscrip. top fr. end-paper above recent owner's small circular colourless impressed ex-lib.stamp, clean but text-block some what shaky with a number of slight or incipient gutter openings. First published in 1841 in 2 vols., this seems to be 1st in this form, probably 1850. No obvious plate tanning as in some descriptions. First ed. separately published in U.S.A. 13 cm x 20 cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. X, 400; Viii, 385 Pp. Original Brown Cloth, Gilt, Decorated In Black, Black Endpapers. 1878 Dates On Title Pages. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant. Volume 1 Has Short Fray On Rear Spine Edge.

First Edition. Poor copies in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting; scattered foxing. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Subjects: England Social life and customs 19th century; Drawings; People; Social behaviour; Social history. 3 Kg.

1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in a contemporary cloth binding. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some surface wear to boards as with use and age. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Scattered foxing, mainly around prelims. and last few pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical description: 2v in 1: viii, vi, 400, 385p : illus., plates ; 20 cm. Summary: 2 volumes (bound in 1) of a popular work, to which Thackeray, Jerrold, Hunt, and others contributed some of their earliest sketches. These literary sketches were written to the pictures and not, as some have imagined, the pictures drawn in illustration of the letterpress. cf. Academy, 1874, II, 360. Subjects: England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. Notes: Includes essays by Douglas Jerrold and others, including Leigh Hunt and William Thackerary. Include "Preface to 1st series." Title page included for volume 1 / 1st series. Originally published: London : Robert Tyas, 1840-41. 3 Kg.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Meadows, Kenny (illustrator). 1840. Good condition with no wrapper. Second series in four volumes. Leather spines and corners, marbled boards. Drawn by Kenny Meadows, Engraved by Orrin Smith. Ex-library set with normal markings internally, bookplates and the like. Some repairs to joints. Volume 4 has front board LOOSE, but still present. Uneven fading and scuffing to covers - some chips. Volume 3 front board is nearly detached. Foxing and browning to pages throughout. A good reading set only. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hard back binding in publisher's original plainly embossed russet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, lemon end papers. Thick 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains (x), 400, pp; 385 pp with a total of 97 full-page monochrome illustrations throughout both parts. Pencil name to the front paste down dated 1855, spine a little sun faded, text block and plates are free from any foxing or age toning to the paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Kenny Meadows (illustrator). Kenny Meadows' witty caricatures of the English with essays by a variety of authors, complete in two uniformly bound volumes. Two volumes in half calf bindings with marbled end papers and edges. Illustrated with 108 illustrations. Collated, complete. A two-volume set containing Kenny Meadows' witty caricatures of various English stereotypes in the nineteenth century, including the Chaperon and the Debutante, the Old Squire, the British Sailor, the Radical M.P., the Medical Student, the Factory Child, and many more. These illustrations are accompanied by original essays by distinguished writers, such as William Makepeace Thackeray, Leigh Hunt, and others. In half calf bindings. Externally, generally smart, though somewhat rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Plate of 'lawyer's clerk' detached but intact. Very Good. book.

Early edition. Two volumes. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt pictorial spines. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and 87 further wood-engraved plates drawn by Kenny Meadows and engraved by Orrin Smith (complete). A very good set, the bindings square and secure with a little cracking to the front and rear hinges of volume two. The contents with a little toning to page edges and the odd minor mark to margins are otherwise in very good order, clean throughout and remain free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. An attractive set. A wonderfully illustrated mid nineteenth-century satirical guide to the English people, covering all notable characters from chimney sweeps, street conjurers and factory children to undertakers, pawnbrokers, politicians and debutantes. Each individual is illustrated with a portrait, with the accompanying essays supplied by a variety of hands, most notably including William Makepeace Thackeray (the fashionable authoress, Captain Rook and Mr. Pigeon), Leigh Hunt (the omnibus conductor, the monthly nurse,) and Douglas Jerrold (fifteen entries, including the auctioneer, ballad singer, hangman, postman and pew opener). The publishing history of the work is a little unclear; originally issued in parts, the first edition in book form was published by Robert Tyas in 1840, with the present edition likely issued around the same time. Pleasing in the original cloth. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Kenny Meadows (illustrator). A half morocco edition of Kenny Meadow's humorous work discussing people's features and how they denote personality, in signed bindings by Henderson & Bisset. An excellent example of this work, in half morocco signed bindings by Henderson & Bisset.This work looks at peoples faces, and discusses in a satirical manner how their features denote their personality.Some of the people described in the volumes include the Whig, the ballet mistress, the young squire, the poor curate, the quack doctor, the collegian, the dowager, the barrister, the waiter, and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece and illustrated title page to each volume.Volume I features forty-nine further plates, and volume II features fifty-two further plates. Collated, complete.Illustrated by Kenny Meadows, a caricaturist who is best known for his contributions to 'Punch'. His illustrations were known for a humorous bohemian style, and for the quality of his illustrations. This was his first major work. Contributors to the work, writing essays to accompany Meadow's illustrations, include William Makepeace Thackeray, Leigh Hunt, Douglas Jerrold, and William Howitt.With the illustrated bookplate of American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to each front pastedown. Carnegie, born in Scotland, emigrated to America as a child, and was instrumental in the expansion of the American steel industry, becoming one of the richest Americans in history, and a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. During the last eighteen years of his life, he gave away ninety percent of his fortune to charitable causes. In half morocco signed bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Light rubbing to board tails. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages of volume I exceptionally clean and bright. Ten plates of volume II feature major tide marks, with light tide marks to the heads of twenty further plates. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.