Pye john william (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. . 1993 booklet, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover, 44 pages. Limited edition, #48 of 250. Binding is square and tight, and the crimson cloth cover is richly colored, with no fading. Gold emblem on front and gold lettering on spine are clear and shiny. Pages are crisp and bright. Illustrated with black and white portraits of Mr. Fields, poem manuscripts, and other literary documents. A biography of publisher and poet, James T. Fields.…

Hardcover. 8vo, 21.5cm, 44p., number 128 of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, frontis portrait, 7 plates, appendix, red gilt decorated cloth, fine (bks). ~ A tribute to American writer and publisher, James Thomas Fields (1817 1881). Includes his poem "Boating, Massachusetts Bay" published for the first time in a book.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Partially sunned and edge-worn original wrapper covers - internally bright and complete - private collector's bookplate otherwise no markings.

Hardcover. Octavo, iii-xv, 414 followed by plates, [22]. Good; bound in contemporary leather with dark red spine label and gilt titling, some slight wear and discoloration to covers; front hinge compromised but binding else tight; text block slightly age toned; plates present, including folding plates, but some torn or otherwise compromised; MF consignment. 1359329. Special Collections.…

Hardcover. Mixed Editions. Octavos, iii-xix, 435 with plates, [6] (Vol. 1); iii-xvi, 424 with plates, [12] (Vol. 2); iii-xvi, 418 with plates, 18 (Vol. 3) iii-xv, 414, followed by plates, [22] (Vol. 4); v-xv, 405, followed by plates, [23], xv (Vol. 5). Good- to Good; bound in contemporary leather with varied spine labels, some with gilt titling, surface scratches and wear to most covers, torn away area to lower spine edge of Vol. 5 and potential bite damage to back cover upper edge of Vol. 1; bindings tight; age toning to text blocks; plates present, including folding plates, in all volumes but some torn or compromised; first page of text of Vol. 5 has lower edge torn away impacting text; MF consignment. Shelved 1100. 1359295. Special Collections.…

Pye was an active figure in nineteenth-century British art. According to his entry in the Oxford DNB he was the engravers' 'best spokesman', hoping 'to raise the fortunes, status, and public profile of engravers by means of professional association and co-operation'. He was the author of a number of works, including 'Patronage of British Art' (1845). His collection of prints after Turner was acquired by the British Museum in 1869, and the proofs of Turner's 'Liber Studiorum' followed in 1870. His notebooks are in British Library. 1p, 4to, on the recto of the first leaf a bifolium, with the address, with fragment of a red wax seal, on the reverse of the second: 'William Carpenter Esqr / No 10 Nottingham Place / New Road'. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, folded five time. Signed 'John Pye'. He confirms that he is offering him his vote 'at the forthcoming election for Sec[re]t[ar]y of the Artists' Annuity Fund'. The 'good feeling' he has always entertained towards Carpenter, whom he now informs him is withdrawing from the contest, 'would have led me to do this earlier had I not given a promise in favor of Mr. Wood before I heard of your being a Candidate': 'By this change of circumstances your position as a Candidate becomes very much strengthened: for, I esteem the friends of Mr. Wood in this affair as being your friends'. He concludes: 'If I can say or do anything for you at the meeting for election or support of your hitherto more active friends, command me'. See image.…

Print. Zustand: Very good condition. First edition. The view of Sydney from Mathew Flinders' "A Voyage to Terra Australis". The panorama of Sydney Harbor is the backdrop for an intimate scene of an aboriginal man and woman sitting around a fire next to xanthorrea and banksia. Published London Feb. 12, 1814, black & white copper engraved print, image size 23 x 16 cm on paper 31 x 23 cm, excellent condition. Flinders was the first to circumnavigate Australia and he is credited as giving Australia its name. His narrative has become scarce and the prints are rarely seen separately. From "A Voyage to Terra Australis; Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of That Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator". Trove 7746475; Ferguson 57; Findley ill. p.30; Flower p.75; Taylor p.226-231, ill. p. 230; Wantrup 138-144. …

First edition. View on the South Australian coast from Matthew Flinders' "A Voyage to Terra Australis". Flinders was the first to circumnavigate Australia and he is credited as giving Australia its name. His narrative has become scarce and the prints are rarely seen separately. The foreground shows an aboriginal hut next to a gum tree (which looks suspiciously lush for a gum) with the hills rolling out to the South Australian coast at Port Lincoln in the background. Copper engraved print, image size 23 x 16 cm on paper 29.2 x 22.5 cm, excellent condition.…