Rainey william illus (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Navy blue covered boards with gilt lettering. Beautiful black, brown and blue graphic cover art. Complimentary cover art and gilt lettering on spine. Minor shelf wear and some wear to spine.

ix, 380 [26, ads] pp. With ten illustrations by Wiliam Rainey and three maps. 8vo, publisher's pictorial red cloth. Spine a little tanned; slightly shaken.

383 pp. plus pub. cat. With twelve illustrations by William Rainey. 8vo, publisher's pictorial red cloth. First edition. Light use to cloth.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 384, 32 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm. Bound in publisher's handsome pictorial cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. George Alfred Henty was a prolific English Victorian novelist and war correspondent (1832-1902). Henty volunteered for the Army Hospital Commissariat when the Crimean War began. He was with a well traveled war correspondent, following the Austro-Italian war of 1866, accompanying Garibaldi at Tirolese. Also he journeyed with Lord Napier through Magdala and Lord Wolseley to Kumassi. He was at the opening of the Suez Canal. He reported the Franco-German War, starved in the the siege of the Paris Commune, and then went to cover the Carlist insurrection in the Pyrenees. "He was in Asiatic Russia at the time of the Khiva expedition, and later saw the desperate hand-to-hand fighting of the Turks in the Serbian War. " Ency. Brit. Vol. 13, p. 303. Henty went on to write over 112 books and over 80 for a juvenile audience. Many of his books feature boys or young men in tumultuous times. Henty was an important popular writer for the advancement of British Imperialism. Kathryn Castle states that, "Henty.exemplified the ethos of the new imperialism, and glorified in its successes," Reading Colonialism through children's books and magazines. Manchester, 1996. p. 55. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket as Issued. 1st. 1stv printing; Library of Congress surplus stamps; Hrdlicka library plate; black c w/gilt decorations/titles; 391 clean, unmarked pages/photos, figures, maps, appendices. B/w Illus; Diagrams, (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. red cloth, gilt lettering and design, no dust jacket, 674 pp covers worn spine sunned and soiled. Rainey, William (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 288. Original publishers illustrated red cloth, lettered gilt on spine and black on front cover. Prize label on the front endpaper, dated 1916. No date, circa 1914. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Slight foxing in preliminaries and faint mark at lower front edge, otherwise very good indeed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 306, six plates. Original publishers illustrated red cloth, lettered gilt on spine and black on front cover. Prize label on the front endpaper, dated . No date, circa 1912. From the collection of illustrated juvenile fiction (1890- 1930) of Brian Mills (ÕThe DreamerÕ) (1939- 2011). He left no signs of of his ownership but they are distinguished by their excellent bright condition in a genre that often shows up rather wornÉhe was known to constantly upgrade his collection. Novel set in South Africa. Neat name on first blank page, dated 1915, otherwise very good indeed. Exceptional condition.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 184. Original publisher's illustrated blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover with bevelled edges and all edges gilt. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Neat name dated 1891 on front endpaper, otherwise very good indeed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No DJ. Published: n.d. [c1900]. 1st Thus. DESCRIPTION: Original blue cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front. Cloth decorated in blue, green and white Art Nouveau design by Talwyn Morris. Six illustrations by William Rainey. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and chipped spine end edges. Lightly rubbed cloth with minor marks and gently dulled spine. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Spotting to front and rear fly pages and pages i to x. Occasional other spots to primarily to the top corner of early pages. Toned text block edges. Prev owners name to ffep. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages xxiii, 591. Size: 20.5cm by 13.5cm. RAINEY, William (illustratore). …

The Imperial Edition. Good set in the original cloth with a gilt-blocked label to the spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Imperial edition. Physical description; 16 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club ; Sketches By Boz ; Great Expectations ; Charles Dickens: a critical study by George Gissing ; Nicholas Nickleby ; Christmas Books ; Bleak House ; Oliver Twitst ; David Copperfield ; Dombey and Son ; Little Dorrit ; The Old Curiosity Shop ; A Tale of Two Cities ; Martin Chuzzlewit ; Hard Times and Master Humphrey's Clock ; Barnaby Rudge. Subjects; Charles Dickens (1812-1870). English fiction 19th century. 16 Kg. …

The Imperial Edition. Good set in the original cloth with a gilt-blocked label to the spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Imperial edition. Physical description; 16 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club ; Sketches By Boz ; Great Expectations ; Charles Dickens: a critical study by George Gissing ; Nicholas Nickleby ; Christmas Books ; Bleak House ; Oliver Twitst ; David Copperfield ; Dombey and Son ; Little Dorrit ; The Old Curiosity Shop ; A Tale of Two Cities ; Martin Chuzzlewit ; Hard Times and Master Humphrey's Clock ; Barnaby Rudge. Subjects; Charles Dickens (1812-1870). English fiction 19th century. 16 Kg. …