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1844réf. 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
1844réf. 105906London: Wm S Orr & Co 1844. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Kenny Meadows. Attractive three volume illustrated set of the works of Shakspere/Shakespeare" revised from the best authorities with a memoir and essay on his genius by Barry Cornwall; Annotations and introductory remarks on the plays by many distinguished writers; illustrated with engravings on wood from designs by Kenny Meadows." Foxing early and late particularly to titles and contents pages and toning to rough cut page edges but in general all is in good internal order with only occasional spotting. Numerous illustrations both in text and full-page tissue-guarded engravings. Attractive marbled endpapers to each volume and uniform black half leather bindings with burgundy cloth. Leather is well worn to edges with some splitting at hinges of vol.1 but all is holding firm. 4to. Vol.I Memoir and essay comedies. xxxii 602pp; vol.II Tragedies 570pp; vol.III Historical plays poems and sonnets. 488pp appendix. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church reg.10998431. Wm S Orr & Co hardcover
1846réf. 157997London: William S. Orr 1846. Nice copy. large octavo. cloth binding xxxii 602 568 488 132pp. engravings text ills. glossary With hundreds of engravings & text illustrations. Some light foxing mainly to prelims o/w a very nice set which has been very nicely rebound with new end papers in green buckram with raised bands at spine & red title-labels. All edges marbled. Quite a handsome set William S. Orr hardcover
1843réf. 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
réf. 1432895338.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part I - Events attending the siege and fall of Urfa where 500 French troops held out against the overwhelming force of Mustapha Kemal Pasha's rebel Kurds and Turks - article with photos; The World's Largest Ice Cavern - in the mountains of Tyrol in Austria - article with photos; The Three "Little People" of St. Gwendron - an odd story from the wilds of Cornwall involving the occult - article with photos; The World's Most Thrilling Sport - photo-illustrated article on the rock climbers of Tyrol; A Man's Luck - Part VII - a man tries to build an Alaska home for the girl of his dreams but keeps being jailed; The Loneliest Briton - Ernest Davies spent eight years in the Paumotus, three thousand miles from the nearest Australian or American ports; Photo of a thirty foot python; A Treasure-Hunt in the Land of Thirst - Part II - description of an exciting trip into the practically unknown region to the north of Cape Colony, sometimes called the "Mysterious Richtersveld"; Bill's First Lion - things didn't go as planned; The Man Who Fooled a Continent - "Lord Gordon Gordon" nearly brought about an international incident between Great Britain and the USA; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part IV - documenting what was probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interests of the movies; "Moonshine Valley" - account of a raid on a stronghold of moonshiners in Strawn, Texas; The Death-Trap - A Texas cowpuncher's night of horror; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1916Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - Part II - an American businessman is also secretly a member of a lawless tong/Chinese secret society; How We Foiled "U 39" - H.O. Read, Late First Officer S.S. "Anglo-Californian", a horse transport, explains what happened when his vessel was attacked by a German U-Boat; Our Wanderings in Northern Africa - another of the popular "Penelope" articles covers Tunis, Kairouan, and Algeria (includes photo of Tunisian Jewesses in towering head-dresses intended to make them, all fat to enhance their marriage prospects); The Trapped Diver - Charles Margerison recounts his terrible underwater predicament working for the City of Toronto's Department of Works; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part I - Mary Roberts Rinehart explores the new Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Old Man of Tregennon Lodge - a very remarkable ghost story from Cornwall, England; From Job to Job Around the World - Part VIII - two young Americans begin broke in London but soon Mr. Fletcher travels to Norway under contract to do Arctic coal-mining; A Boy Hero of the Midi - translated from the diary of Eugene Escloupie, a 14-year-old French boy who smuggled himself to the front and took part in some hot WWI fighting; Our Fijian Field-Day - three young white men compete in sports contests against sport-loving Fijians (with nice photos); The Great Wire Mystery - copper wire was constantly stolen from South-East Pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies until the elusive culprit was caught; Fishing With Spades and Ploughs for the sand eel on the Normandy coast; and more. pp. 9 [ads], [2], 484-576, 10-16 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1930Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
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réf. 0548844445.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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2008réf. DADAX0548844445Kessinger Publishing 2008-02-21. paperback. New. 6.00x1.05x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
19498vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 116 monochrome plates on 64, 5 illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Heritage' series.
19498vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges.
1917Illustration Features: Miss D. Truscott, of St. Veep, Cornwall; The Marvel of Three Years - article by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; King George visits Vimy where Canada won glory; Fragments of fighting from four fronts; One the Marne Battlefield - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Italy sweeps Austria from the Adriatic Sea; Canadians enter Avion through fire and blood; Using bullet-proof shields; Ready for all emergencies afloat; The Long Arm of the Navy - it's wonderful to work in the seven seas (article by Percival Hislam); Miss Matilda of 'The Scrubbs' - article by Harold Ashton; Allied Artillery of Assault - 'Tanks' in action; Greece girds on her sword for war; Keeping Fit in the Navy - the Friendsly boxing bout; The Seaforth Highlanders - article with photo of officers. Above-average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. Book
réf. 1165152568.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1437343937.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1356896529.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2020réf. 1-1250310407Roaring Brook 2020. SAL. New. 40 pages. 9.25x9.25x0.75 inches. Roaring Brook unknown
2000réf. G0312231512I4N00Palgrave MacMillan 2000. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Palgrave MacMillan hardcover
2000réf. DADAX1349422401MACMILLAN 2000-09-29. 1st ed. 2000. paperback. New. 6.10x1.15x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. MACMILLAN paperback
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