Thomas rowlandson illus (17 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1903. New Edition. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Missing front free endpaper. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges exposing netting…

Zustand: Good. 1903. New Edition. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Colour illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges wi…

First Edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-illustrated green cloth boards, now somewhat scuffed and rubbed along the edges. Bottom corners bumped. Endbands rubbed, with rear joint split and spine cover separating; tight, smaller tear to the front joint. Front hinge starting, with t.p.-p. iv loose. The text shows occasional ma…

hardcover. Zustand: poor. no jacket. n.d. (c.1869). (4), xlviii, 354pp., 16pp.(publisher's list for 1869. misnumbered as 19pp.). Bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt illus.to front board, gilt illus.and title to spine. A.e.g. Gray e.ps. Numerous coloured illus. 19.6x13.3cm. Front board worn at corners, rear board sl.rubbed and…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 p. 1., [iii]-xlviii, 354 p. col. front., 77 col. pl. 20 cm. Notes; "Bibliographical list of the works written by Wil…

Three-Quarter Leather. Zustand: Very good +. Replica of annotated edition of 1813. Limited edition of 260 copies; this copy has no number. xv, 215 p. 21 colour plates. Bound in half red leather with red paper boards, gilt trim. Repaired front hinge. Edges of free endpapers browned. Moderate thumbing. A couple of small spots on t…

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Title page loose. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 preliminary leaves, [iii]-xlviii, 354 pages color frontispiece, 77 colo…

First Edition. Scattered marginal foxing. Finely and [period] sympathetically bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Blind-tooled cross-bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. An exceptional set; of presentation quality - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Related names; Combe…

First Rowlandson edition. Royal octavo, two-volumes, pp., viii, 295, [5] index; [2], 296, [8] index. Complete hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and title-page plus, 72 further hand-coloured aquatints divided between both volumes, designed and etched by Rowlandson. Uniformly bound in contemporary diced Russia, titled and orname…

First editions. The Tours follow the amusing misadventures of the titular character, a foolish clergyman and schoolmaster, and satirize contemporary travel writing. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) created the vivid, caricature-style illustrations of Dr Syntax's various mishaps, and William Coombe (1742-1823) composed the narrative…

First edition of the first tour of Doctor Syntax, first published as a separate book in 1812 as Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. 4 vols, octavo. Contemporary straight-grain dark red morocco, labels renewed. Housed in a custom red cloth solander box. Light rubbing to joints, some toning to contents else clean. A very g…

First Rowlandson edition. Goldsmith's novel was first published in 1766. The publisher's introduction notes that the novel's "pictures of human nature, the virtues it inculcates, and the continuing interest of its story, must always render it a favourite with the good; and will consequently justify the expense which has been bes…

Mixed set, with ninth edition of vol. I and stated third edition of vols II-III. Octavo (26cm). Uniformly bound in mid-century orange cloth, stamped in blind on boards and gilt on spines, top edges gilt; pale yellow endpapers; I: [iv],[iv],276pp; II: [vi],277,[1]pp; III: [iv],279,[1]pp; illustrated with hand-colored aquatints, v…

First edition of Rowlandson's riposte to Beresford's Miseries of Human Life. The topics discussed include literature, the law, fashion, and politics. Small octavo. Stipple-engraved frontispiece and additional title each with coloured vignette, 5 hand-coloured etched plates after Rowlandson. Later 19th-century red half morocco, m…