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1843rif. 807R35London: Robert Tyas 1843. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7". Kenny Meadows. A lovely illustrated collection of the works of William Shakespeare with wood engravings by Kenny Meadows. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout the text designed by Kenny Meadows.Ownership inscription of Charles M. Bishop to the front endpaper.Volume I contains a memoir an essay and his comedies being The Tempest Two Gentlemen of Verona The Merry Wives of Windsor Twelfth Night Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing Taming of the Shrew Comedy of Errors Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night's Dream Love's Labour's Lost As You Life It Winter's Tale and All's Well that Ends Well.Volume II contains his tragedies being Macbeth Troilus and Cressida Timon of Athens Hamlet Cymbeline Romeo and Juliet King Lear Othello the Moor of Venice Coriolanus Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra.Volume III contains his historical plays sonnets and poems being King John King Richard the Second King Henry the Fourth King Henry the Fifth King Henry the Sixth King Richard the Third and King Henry the Eighth. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally very smart; slight occasional rubbing to the joints raised bands and the heads and tails of the spine and extremities. Ownership inscription to the front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Robert Tyas hardcover
1844rif. 31953London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Very Good. London: Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. Paternaster Row 1844. Early edition with the Meadows illustrations. Three quarto volumes. Full engraved plates throughout with numerous in-text illustrations. Bound in full contemporary brown morocco; five raised bands; gilt decoration to front rear and spine; all edges gilt; maroon endpapers. Light wear and minor scuffing to boards; corners bumped. Bindings sound. Contemporary gift inscription to an Isabella Downer dated 1847 to volume I preliminaries; "Western Supply Co." stamps to preliminaries of each volume; light spotting and smudging; interiors else unmarked. A Very Good and attractive set notable for the appearance Kenny Meadows' illustrations. Though his Shakespeare work received mixed reviews in England it was much lauded in Germany in particular his depiction of Falstaff. Everitt Graham. "English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century." pp. 356-361. Published by Wm. S. Orr & Co., Paternaster Row unknown books
197948 pages. Features: Great cover photo of a fully occupied Royal Albert Dock in 1958; Photo inside front cover of HMS Jersey (P275) in 1977; Full-page pre-war photo of a spritsail barge in the West India Dock, Port of London; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Big Ships; News From Portsmouth - a photo report; HMS 'Ganges' - a last look; Bosphorus Shipping; Vintage Thames Shipping Photos - part 1; Guide to Ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy; New Ship News; European Commentary; Freak Ships (2) - The 'Ross Winans'; "Invincible" goes to Sea Trials; Readers' Album - Atlantic Liners; Ship Sales; Letters; Ship Societies - The Coastal Cruising Association; Nice photo of the HMS 'Cornwall' in 1936 inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
rif. 1391131673.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1396499555.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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17758vo., 42pp, on laid paper, with a fine copper-engraved plate of Forde Abbey, Devon; newly bound in blue cloth, uncut and partly unopened, original blue printed wrappers preserved, a remarkably clean, crisp copy. This early part-work was issued in regular parts, each enhanced by a well-executed engraving. The pagination of this part runs from p.201-p.240. Pp.201-207 complete Devon, covering Okehampton, Crediton, Tiverton, Barnstaple, Bideford, Northam, Hartland, Clovelly, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Appledore and Lundy Island. Pp. 202-240 begin Cornwall, beginning with a general introduction and covering St. German's, Fowey, Tregony, Lostwithiel, Liskard, Grampound, Truro, Penryn, Falmouth, Pendennis, St. Maud, Heston, Market-Jew, Penzance, St. Buryan, Godolphin Hills, Isles of Scilly, Launceston, Camelford, Boscastle, Tintagel, Wadebridge, Padstow, St. Michaels, Kellington, St. Neots, Bodmin and Saltash. Original parts of this compilation are extremely rare, especially in this condition.
19621st edition. VG hbk in blue cloth, gilt. Cover spine sunned. Front endpaper removed. 16894. eng
19648vo., Twenty-Third Edition, with numerous photographs and a double-page map in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
19868vo., First Edition, with coloured photographs in the text; original coloured photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.