Thackeray anne lady ritchie (12 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Nearly fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 291 pp., Bound in red cloth with gilt-decorated spine, just slightly faded, Gift inscription on a card affixed to the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Published in 1881, bound in a quarter leather binding bound by Birdsall and Son of Northampton, this copy bearing the bookplate of its original owner, Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 ? 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern print format of the Mabinogion, the earliest prose literature of Britain. Guest established the Mabinogion as a source literary text of Europe, claiming this recognition among literati in the context of contemporary passions for the chivalric romance of King Arthur and the Gothic movement. The name Guest used for the book was derived from a mediaeval copyist's error, already established in the 18th century by William Owen Pughe and the London Welsh societies. The book is a small slim format, marking to both boards, small piece missing from lower corner of rear board, internally noticeable foxing to endpapers a few creased page corners else in good acceptable condition. this is a lighter book, overseas shipping costs will be reduced at checkout where possible.…

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front. port. Orig. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. v.g. in dusted d.w. Extracts from Anne Thackeray's diaries, letters and reminiscences.

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition (?). First Printing. Birdsall & Son half brown calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering on burgundy panel on spine with two raised bands and gilt borders, marbled edges. Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, nee Thackeray (1837 - 1919), was an English writer. She was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. She was the author of several novels which were highly regarded in their time, and a central figure in the late Victorian literary scene. [Todd 677a][Not in Wolff]. Edges and corners very mildly worn, minor foxing on endpapers only, else fine, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. (ii), 264, (1) pp.…

Half title, series title, vignette title. Orig. grey-brown cloth, blocked & lettered in black & gilt; head of spine sl. worn. Ownership inscription of Dorothy Heatherston Birch, Nov. 1909; booklabel of Frank Seton. First published in 1868. Classic fairy tales retold and set in contemporary London. The five 'old friends': Sleeping Beauty; Cinderella; Beauty and the Beast; Little Red Riding Hood; Jack the Giant-Killer. …

Front. port., 6pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, front board dec. & lettered in darker blue, spine lettered in gilt; small nick in upper margin of front board. Essays and recollections. With the signature of the English novelist and critic, Roy Fuller, 1912-1991.

FIRST EDITION. Half title. Uncut in orig. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Booklabels of Phyllis Davies & Frank Seton. v.g.

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front., final ad. leaf. Orig. brown sand-grained cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in black & gilt; leading e.ps sl. marked. v.g. Not in Sadleir; Wolff 5886. Contains five stories: To Esther, Out of the World, Merry Making, Sola, and Moretti's Campanula.

FIRST EDITION. Half title, front., final ad. leaf. Orig. brown sand-grained cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in black & gilt. v.g. Not in Sadleir; Wolff 5886. Contains five stories: To Esther, Out of the World, Merry Making, Sola, and Moretti's Campanula.

FIRST EDITION. Front. & 5 plates by Frederick Walker. Contemp. half green morocco, gilt spine; edges a corners a little rubbed. A good-plus copy. Wolff 5887.

Front. & 5 plates by Frederick Walker, 4pp ads. Uncut in orig. dark green sand-grained cloth, pictorially blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. dulled, sl. wear to head & tail of spine. A good-plus copy.

Half title, front. (by Frederick Walker), 2pp ads. Original red-brown sand-grained cloth, bevelled boards, front board & spines blocked in black & gilt, lettered in gilt, back board in black only. Not in Sadler; Wolff 5886 (at Ritchie).