procter bryan waller barry cornwall (26 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2-volume set. Ex-library copies with usual markings. Volume 2 is rebacked, covers show minor wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, soiling. Pages show minor scattered foxing.

hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1877; brown cloth boards with gold spine title; covers are discolored and marked; wear to edges of covers; no jacket; markings and tears to pastedowns; front endpaper is missing; interior hinges are cracked; few internal markings; 306 pages; 12mo, 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" Tall.

Full Leather. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 190pp. Still well bound but with wear to extremeties including top & bottom of spine (see pic). Tooling to front,back & spine. Gilt titling. Interior in nice clean condition with just the very occasional spot. Marbled edges, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Stuart of Torrance Owner's name on 2nd blank.

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Good. First American Edition. First American Edition. Brown cloth with blindstamped decoration in black, gilt titles. Chocolate endpapers. Antique library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated. Frontispiece engraving, protective tissue. Foxing to preliminaries, rubbing to endpapers, small tear to top of spine. Solid copy in good condition.

12mo: 1 p. Very good. 14 closely-written lines. 'A friend of mine was asked by our dear old kind friend Chorley to assist in procuring for a Protege of his a musical education. I think the young person was originally introduced to him by Lady Devonshire. A sum was promised for two years, and the time is approaching for the payment to be made.' Asks if she can tell her 'anything about this'. 'You will be glad to hear I know that my husband is still well - His birthday the 21st. Novr. found him 84.'.

Charles Lamb; A Memoir, by Barry Cornwall (the pen name of Bryan Waller Procter), offers an early and affectionate account of one of the most distinctive figures of English Romantic literature. Drawing on personal acquaintance and contemporary recollection, the work presents a vivid portrait of Lamb's life, character, and literary circle, capturing both his humour and his enduring influence as essayist and critic. First published in 1866, this edition reflects the Victorian revival of interest in Lamb and his circle, and remains an engaging contemporary perspective on the author of Essays of Elia. Charles Lamb; A Memoir. By Barry Cornwall. Published by Edward Moxon & Co., London. 1866 first edition. A handsome volume bound with brown leather spine and corners. With gilt ruled decoration, and raised bands to spine with gilt tooling. With russet cloth over boards. Soundly bound. Covers with light wear and mild bumping. Leather to spine is darkened. Provenance: Attractive bookplate to first pastedown from George G Stevenson depicting a maritime scene. With marbled endpapers with gilt metallic veins. Text is good throughout - the majority is clean and bright, with offset spotting on plates spreads and some page darkening and staining from pages 192-198. Text with some age toning. All 5 plates present as called for (including frontispiece). Text in English. viii + 252pp + Plates.  Dimensions: approx 220mm high x 150mm wide x 29mm deep.  Weight: approximately 768g (unpacked).

On upper half of a piece of quarto paper, unevenly torn to make a piece roughly 11 x 18.5 cm. Fair: on aged paper. Part of address from previous letter to 'W. Jerdan | 267 Strand ' on reverse, which is docketed 'Procter | Miss Proby | Cornwalls poems'. Reads 'I inclose you a note left here for you | George says he will review the book for you next week - in the meantime give a flourish in your notice - 'The time does not admit of doing just to the vol. &c &c We are all a Party in this success -'. Jerdan acquired the premises at 267 Strand with his purchase of 'The Satirist' from George Manners, and retained them during the early days of his editorship of the 'Literary Gazette' (beginning circa 1819).

One page, 12mo. Very good. Docketed in pencil at head. 'I have no knowledge of Mr Tupper [presumably the poetaster Martin Farquhar Tupper, 1810-89] or of his address. I was in hopes that the madness of collecting autographs had subsided - but I am sorry to perceive, from your letter, that this is not yet the Case.'.

Orig. royal blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a little rubbed, marked on front board. First published 1832. This is the 1844 text, printed within borders.

Illus. by Tenniel, Birket Foster, Thomas Dalziel, &c; sl. spotted. Contemp. half black sheep, pink glazed boards; rubbed, some loss of glazed paper on following board, corners worn. Signature of Thomas W. Frith. 1888; Renier booklabel. 404pp. The sheets of the London edition, with New York titlepage, printed in London by Bradbury & Evans.

Front. port. Orig. brown cloth, blocked in blind. A v.g. bright copy. Spine lettered 'Dramatic Poems'. 368pp. This edition was printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is re-set from the UK printed edition, without illustrations.

Proctor was a much loved individual in literary circles, from the days of the London Magazine to the mid-Victorian period, in which he was the dedicatee of both Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' and Wilkie Collins's 'Woman in White'. His reputation as a poet was international: he was thought highly of by Pushkin. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse. The letter reads: 'Dear [Harris?] | Pray tell me where [?] I can have some conversation with you about some patients of the name of [Lealer? Lester?], whom you know. If an interview be difficult, then you will perhaps tell me what you know about them (their Conduct I mean) particularly about Miss Anne [Lealer? Lester?]' From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.

FIRST EDITION. Half title. Disbound. (AN) First staged at Covent Garden with Macready & Helen Faucit on 9th January 1821.

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front. port. Orig. purple/brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a little dulled, spine darkened & a little worn at head & tail. Ex-library copy: shadow of library label on front board, and tiny fragment of library label on half title. Edited, with a preface, by Coventry Patmore, best known for his idyll of married life, The Angel of the House.

FIRST EDITION. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; front board a little stained, head of spine sl. rubbed, bumped corners carefully strengthened. Contemp. signature 'Charles Milner' on front board. A generally well-preserved clean copy.

FIRST EDITION. Half title. Disbound. v.g. The play was first staged at Covent Garden with Macready & Helen Faucit on 9th January 1821.

Second edition. 12mo. ( 179mm. ) Pp. [7] viii, [5] 6 - 176 [2], including a half title. Contents occasionally lightly spotted, in other respects a clean copy. Contemporary cloth backed boards lightly soiled and sunned, corners bumped, red title label lettered in gilt, green grey endpapers, upper hings cracked, recto of leaf before half title with a presentation inscription in ink to a previous owner. The first edition of this book was also published in 1820 it was greetd with come warmth by Lord Jeffrey in the Edinburgh Review, January, 1820 - " There is a great deal of the diction of Wordsworth and Coleridge, and some imitation of their beauties ; but we think the natural bent if his genius is more like that of Leigh Hunt than any other author . We hope that this is not to be our last meeting with Mr. Cornwall. " Brian Waller Procter ( 1787 - 1874 ) . He was a lawyer and was called to the Bar as a Member of Gray's Inn, 1831, and Commissioner in Lunacy for thirty years. He also published a number of poetical works which were quite popular at the time. All his publications were issued under the pseudonym Bryan Waller Procter. For more details of Procter see ODNB.

20 lines in black ink on first side only of 4pp 4to, integral address leaf, post-marked & retaining wax seal; lightly folded for posting, sl. torn at seal. Procter writes to Mr Harrison, not further identified but presumably a post-master in Ryde, to enquire after the current status of an errant letter. Although 'of no consequence', and not requiring an answer, Procter is keen that it does not 'come before the authorities of 'The Dead Letter Office' for their criticism'. He asks, therefore, that Harrison 'intimate to Mr. Tennant, where this treasure [value twopence, as the pleaders say] is at this present moment lying hid'. As an afterthought, he instructs Harrison to pass on the present note to Tennant, 'having of course the proper address'. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

16 lines in black ink on first side only of 4pp 8vo, integral address leaf, retaining orig. wax seal. In declining an invitation to dine with Thomas Talfourd, Procter explains 'I am confined to my room - & in fact unable either to sit down or get out of my chair without help'. He continues, philosophically, 'Such is the lumbago - a Devil that spares neither age nor sex - neither lawyers nor poets'. He advices Talfourd to take care of himself, and to 'gather the roses while you may - for tomorrow comes lumbago, & various other things too unpleasant too mention'. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

30 lines in black ink on first & second side of 4pp 8vo, integral address leaf; lightly folded for posting, torn at seal retaining wax. A warm letter in which Procter asks his friend to 'stand for my little boy as godfather'. Aware that this may be considered an imposition, Procter adds, 'If there be anything unpleasant in this, or you have any scruples that stand in the way of you doing, what I am sure you will wish otherwise to do, I hope you will mention them without the least hesitation'. Should Atkinson decline the request, Procter assures him he will 'shake [him] by the hand quite as cordially as before'. Whether Atkinson accepted the honour, we have been unable to ascertain. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

13 lines in black ink on first side only of 4pp 8vo, integral address leaf; lightly folded for posting, sl. torn at seal. Procter sends Talfourd his memoir of Edmund Kean, hoping for a favourable review, and believing him always to be 'very sincere'. His Life of Edmund Kean, published in 1835, was the first comprehensive biography of the great Shakespearean actor. Talfourd's thoughts on the work are not documented, but if they echoed those of the London Quarterly Review in July 1835 - 'a very worthless book' - Procter would have been truly disappointed. Signed 'BW Procter'. The note has been continued later in the day, with Procter asking Talfourd if they could 'club for a vehicle', as they are both invited to Macready's next Sunday. This additional note is signed with initials. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

1 page. 16mo. Zustand: About fine. 1 page. 16mo.

18 lines in black ink on first & second side of 4pp 8vo; lightly folded for posting. A nice clean example. A businesslike letter from Procter to James Bertrand Payne, manager of the Moxon publishing house, in which he intimates dissatisfaction on the part of his friend John Forster with regards to the publication date of his [Procter's] memoir of Charles Lamb. Procter has evidently conveyed information to Forster suggestive of Payne's uncertainty in the matter, but this surprises Forster, who is under the impression the matter has been settled. Procter tells Payne that Forster has asked to read Payne's letter on the subject, but Procter has judiciously 'declined to show it to him without [Payne's] permission', explaining that Payne would 'regret the tone' which he made use of in it. Forster was an interested party as he had helped Procter research the memoir. Procter intended to dedicate the work to Forster, but Payne declined to print Procter's appreciation in the published work, further eroding relations between the two men. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

20 lines in black ink on first side only of 4pp 4to, integral address leaf, post-marked & retaining wax seal; lightly folded for posting, sl. torn at seal. A nice letter from Procter to the Scottish poet Allan Cunningham, 1784-1842, requesting some verses for the William Harrison Ainsworth, editor of the new annual publication The Keepsake. Procter tells Cunningham, 'it is to be published without names & to stand upon its own merits', further advising him, 'You will have to quarrel neither with your compassion nor with the remuneration, although the last is a point that I know you do not stand up so stoutly for, as persons of less wit & good nature'. Procter asks for 'songs, because your songs are what I like, & because they will give you the least trouble perhaps'. Despite Procter's friendly solicitations, it appears Cunningham did not contribute to The Keepsake. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

20 lines in black ink on first side only of 4pp 4to, integral address leaf; lightly folded for posting, a little dusted, torn at seal with no loss of text. A warm letter from Procter to Talfourd, thanking him for some friendly criticism of an unnamed work. Procter tells Talfourd, 'You must write a book some of these days & I must turn critic in order to shake off if possible a portion of my heavy load of debt'. A clear admirer of Talfourd, Procter continues, 'the principal principal [sic] pleasure which I have felt since I turned scribbler has arisen from the criticism of such men as yourself whose high talent does not prevent them from being good natured towards poor authors'. In an additional note, written in the top-left corner, Procter advises that he's just received Talfourd's letter and will meet him for breakfast. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

2pp & 3pp 8vo, both letters clean & readable, lightly folded for posting. A fine pair of letters from Procter to the landowner and liberal politician Charles Tennant, 1796-1873. The earlier letter is of a personal nature, and indicative of a trusted friendship. It is augmented with a 14-line poem, 'A Word in Favour of Lady Hope', written out in full on the third page, and signed 'B Cornwall'. The poem, which as far as we can ascertain is unpublished, starts with the line 'Clouds light and high; clouds low, deep, dark, and cold'. At the end of the poem, preceding his pseudonymous signature, Procter has written 'done between Southampton & Winchester this bright 22nd of August 1846'. In the body of the letter Procter mentions this 'flywheel piece of verse' which he hopes will arrive safely. Elsewhere he writes of the difficulty in finding a house to buy in Ryde: 'I looked over half a dozen houses, but Ryde is so pretty that all good houses (i.e. good & cheap homes) have gone'. The second letter is slightly longer, and relates to matters of business. Procter thanks Tennant for his letter 'touching the Indian matter' and indicates he will 'thankfully avail [him]self of [his] kindness'. He goes on to discuss, in his capacity as a metropolitan commissioner for lunacy, the grounds on which the construction of an asylum might successfully be opposed. Procter informs Tennant that the role of the commission is to ensure the 'buildings, plans &c are proper for the lunatics - who are our charity', intimating that he is not privy to information that might be used as grounds for refusal. Procter advises that a theoretical argument against any given project, might be to query its location: 'If we knew that an asylum was about to be erected close to a manufacturing town we should probably say 'This will be detrimental to the health of the patients' - & at all events should raise the question in that way'. Tennant is evidently concerned about an asylum that is being constructed near Neath, but Procter assures him that he has 'no reason to fear its being injurious'. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.