titmarsh m a pseud (10 Ergebnisse)

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Antique ex-library. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Introduction by Edward Everett Hale. First thus. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Decorative brown cloth with design of mother reading to young boy and lots of different subject areas. 130 pp. Ex-library with pockets and stamps to rear endpaper, discreet stamping to title. Lightly soiled. Very nice, solid copy in very good condition.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition thus. G : in Good condition with foxed and chipped dust jacket. Spine darkened. Sellotape repairs to inner jacket. Scattered foxing within. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 128pp. B/w drawings.

Zustand: 0. Vermutlich erste dt. Ausgabe des lustigen und skurrilen Märchens, das Thackeray unter dem Pseudenym Titmarsh verfasste, illustriert mit den skurrilen Holzschnitten nach Zeichnungen des Autors. - Etw. gebräunt u. schwach stockfleckig. ge Gewicht in Gramm: 350 8°. Mit 57 (8 ganzs.) Holzschnitten im Text u. auf Tafeln. 128 S., Mod. marmor. Ppbd.

Front., engr. title, sepia plates. Orig. green cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. darkened. 46pp. Illustrated by the author.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original cloth-backed, colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly worn; spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: iv, 128 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Children's literature; Victorian literature; English fiction; Juvenile fiction. 3 Kg.

Front., engr. title, sepia plates. Rebound in full red calf, ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt; extremities rubbed, head & tail of spine a bit chipped. Ink ownership inscription on prelim blank: 'F.B. Frank Trin: Coll: 1847.' 46pp. Mrs. Perkins's Ball was Thackeray's first attempt at breaking into the Christmas book market, though the work did not sell particularly well. The party begins: 'following Mrs. Perkins's orders, the present writer made his appearance very early at Pocklington Square; where the tastiness of all the decorations elicited my warmest admiration.' Illustrated by the author; this copy with sepia-toned plates.

First edition, 8vo. (185x140mm), 54pp with 2pp ads. following text, coloured frontis., coloured title page vignette and 14 full page tinted hand coloured plates, original front and back card covers bound in after text, marbled endpapers, bound in full polished calf, boards gilt ruled, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt compartment motifs, author and title label with date label at tail, gilt inner dentelles, Bound by Root and Son with their stamp, front hinge lightly rubbed, otherwise handsome, attractive and very good indeed.

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. First. With numerous engravings on wood by the author. 2 vols., full polished calf, with leather labels, gilt spines and dentelles; some light foxing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First Edition. Thackeray's travel writing brought him early fame. He was in Ireland during the potato famine.

First edition; 8vo (18.5 x 14 cm); 16 hand-coloured engraved plates after the author, including separate illustrated title page, with engraved vignette to title, original wrappers bound in, bookplate to publishers blank, a touch of spotting to the publishers blanks, original wrappers rubbed; later full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, boards gilt ruled, board edges double-ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt, turn-ins gilt rolled, silk endpapers, upper corners a little bumped, spine edges rubbed with small split to upper headband; [4], 49, [2]pp. The third of a number of Christmas gift books by Thackeray using the Titmarsh pseudonym, describing the life of a fictional schoolmaster and his family.

128 S. m. 57 (8 ganzseitigen) Textholzschnitten nach Zeichnungen d. Autors. Hlwdbd d. Zeit m. Rverg. (Kanten stärker beschabt, berieben, etwas braunfl. , leichte Gebrauchssp.). Sehr seltene, wohl erste deutsche Ausgabe dieses anmutig-humorvoll erzählten Nonsense-Märchen (engl. zuerst auch 1855) William M. Thackerays, illustriert mit den skurrilen Holzschnitten nach Zeichnungen des Autors.- Nachgebunden: SAINT JOHN, PERCY B. Kitsi das Indianermädchen. Nach dem Englischen (übers.) v. Gottlieb Walter. Wien, J. Ludwig u. A. Zang, 1855. 64 S. (etwas braunfl.).- Wahrscheinlich erste deutsche Ausgabe dieser in Texas spielenden Erzählung, in die das Indianermärchen "Der Geist der Quelle" eingeschaltet ist. Der Autor war Mitarbeiter von illustrierten Familienzeitschriften.- Vorgebunden: DIE FRAU DES STRÄFLINGS. Scenen aus dem australischen Leben. Aus dem Französischen. Uebersetzt v. Karl Günther. Wien, J. Ludwig u. A. Zang, 1855. 160 S. (etwas braunfl.).- Alle drei Erzählungen ähneln in Druck und Papierqualität den billigen Kolportageromanen und dürften in einer Reihe mit anspruchsloser Unterhaltungslektüre für Haus und Familie erschienen sein. Sprache: Deutsch.