titmarsh pseud (14 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.

New Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked, paper-covered cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age; hinges starting. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 51 p. : illustrations, plates (1 folded) ; 19 cm. Notes; Illustrated by the author. Date from added title page. Author on front cover named as W.M. Thackeray. Subjects; Balls (Parties) Humor. Balls (Parties) Juvenile fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century Juvenile fiction. English wit and humor. Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century. Juvenile works. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 122 p. Subjects; Thackery, William Makepeace. Napoleon. 3 Kg.

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.

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated red cloth. Front and rear panels elaborately tooled in blind with detailed gilt vignette to front panel. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Gilt cross-bands. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221 pages; Physical desc.: xi, 221 p. ill., 18 cm. frontis (Steel-engraved with tissue guard). Subjects: Travel -- Memoir. Notes: 24 page publishers catalogue bound in at rear.

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. A fine copy in a gilt-blocked green calf spine and green cloth boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Complete with impressive, full-colour tinted illustrations, including frontis and to title-page. Description: 54 p. ;Subjects: Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811-1863. 3 Kg.

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.