trans thomas wright (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good/very Good. 1st Edition. xviii+408, ex-lib. but only an engr. donation label fr. pastedown, faint & innocuous sm. embossed stamp top t.p., a few numbers verso, and loan sheet removal ghost fr. free end-paper, no spine labels; end gutters repaired, clean, tight & unmarked internally. Blind-stamped dark cloth covers clean with some edge & extremity bumping which has not generally affected cloth,a couple of tiny holes to cloth on sp. edges. Gilt sp. lettering (series binding). Despite the minor faults, which sound worse for being listed, an attractive above average copy.

Hardcover. Modern red morocco-backed bds; sps rubbed. Rolls Series 47.

Leather. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A second edition French translation of Thomas Wright's history of grotesque figures. A second edition French translation of Thomas Wright's history of grotesque figures. With 238 illustrations. As a corresponding member of the Institute of France, Thomas Wright allowed his work to be translated and published in France. He was known on both sides of the Channel as a well-respected archaeologist, historian, and critic. His research ranges from the origins of caricatures and grotesque figures in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and spans the centuries to more contemporary painters, such as Hogarth, and political caricature artists. In a quarter calf binding with gilt details and marbled boards. Externally, smart with some rubbing. Ex libris bookplate to front board. Library sticker to spine. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with some spotting. Good. book.

Hardcover. Blue half morocco, gilt lettered & ruled, marbled bds & e-ps; t.e.g., others untrimmed (22x14cm); sl scuffed, sps little faded. J L Stevenson name on fly-l. Handsome set. Gesta Romanorum.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Gilbert James; Alan Wright; Vernon Stokes; Thomas Maybank (illustrator). Six beautifully illustrated literary works from Routledge's Photogravure Series. Six works in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front boards.Ink inscription to the front free end paper of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', 'The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs' and 'Rosalynde'.A lovely collection of illustrated literary works from the Photogravure Series of George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Including favourites such as Edward Fitzgerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Washington Irving'sRural England, this selection offers a delightful mixture of poetry and prose.This collection comprises: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald, with twelve photogravures by Gilbert James (1904, first edition)The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs edited by W. S. W. Anson, with twelve colour plates by Alan Wright and Vernon Stokes (1905; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library)Rural England by Washington Irving, with five colour plates by Alan Wright and Vernon Stokes (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library)Faust: a Drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Anna Swanwick; with eight photogravures by Gilbert James (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the University of Cambridge Libraries)The Story of Patient Griselda: from the Clerk's tale of Geoffrey Chaucer, done into modern English with a few notes by Walter William Skeat; with eight photogravures by Gilbert James (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the University of Manchester Libraries)Rosalynde: A Novel by Thomas Lodge, with eight photogravures by Thomas Maybank (1907; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library) Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light shelf wear, more so to 'Patient Griselda' and the 'Christmas Book'. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages, and offsetting to the end papers. Four of the plates to the 'Christmas Book' are coming loose but remain intact. Very Good. book.