Reading thackeray (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED* Very good paperback.

Zustand: Good. 1891. Limited Edition. 66 pages. Paperback with brown paperback. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Limited edition of 321 copies. Un-numbered copy. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Paper cover has mild edge wear with creasing and minor tearing. Heavy foxing and tanning to all surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Sixty pages, all edges uncut. "Privately printed opuscula issued to members of the Sette of Odd Volumes. No. XXV11. This copy one of 321 copies only, unsigned. This copy in original glassine wrap. Perfect. Many other titles from The Sette, please see our Antiquarian & Rarities catalogue.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Printed parchment covers printed in red and black with decoration on front and 'cartouche' on rear (reading 'There is Divinity in Odd Numbers'). pp vii, 66. Uncut. No. 61 of the privately printed opuscula issued to members of the Sette of Odd Volumes. This is one of limited edition of 321 copies signed by Charles P. Johnson. Printed parchment covers somewhat blotched and browned otherwise nVG with no chips or nicks. Signedes.…

New Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Bumped edges. Scattered foxing internally and the edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiv, 494 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811-1863 Books and reading. William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated. Pictorial Puns. 20th century sketches. 19th century sketches. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0814319874.…

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0814319874.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. A scarce first edition copy of this sketch by Thackeray, one of the limited edition from the 'Sette of Odd Volumes' privately printed for members of the Sette. The first edition of this work in the original pictorial parchment wraps, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. One of 321 limited edition copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece drawn expressly for this volume by W. D. Almond. In 1878, prominent bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) created an exclusive gentleman's dining club called The Sette of Odd Volumes. The name is derived from the book-collecting term describing bound volumes which were not paired with the others in their 'set'. Members included Sir Edward Sullivan, John Lane, Sir Alfred Edward East, A. J. A. Symons and Vyvyan Holland, and the club welcomed distinguished guests such as Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Walter Crane, Aubrey Beardsley, George Bernard Shaw, and Max Beerbohm. This sketch by the renowned author William Makepeace Thackeray is No. XXVII of the privately printed opuscula for the club, and was communicated to the Sette by Brother Charles Plumptre Johnson at a meeting at Limmer's Hotel in 1891. In original pictorial parchment wraps, with original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, parchment wraps are very smart, with some age toning and a little offsetting from the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just some offsetting to the end papers, though many are uncut. Dust wrapper is age toned, with some small losses to the spine, extremities, and folds. Very Good Indeed. W. D. Almond (illustrator). book.…