Gilbert sir john illustrator (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Green boards with Gilt illustrations and black lettering. Spine is rounded. Some fraying at corners and spine. Brown page for FFEP. Donation label affixed on inside front cover. Label with the following inscription: Presented to Miss Kate Webster, St. James Sunday School. Christmas Tree, 1876". Kate Webster Signed first free page in pencil. First Free page is unglued. Web is still attached to the cover. No loose pages. Frontispiece is a black & white drawing : The Deserted Village. It is protected by a thin white page. Early signs of tanning, Spot on pages. Dull gilt on all 3 page's edges. Black/white illustrations. Contents, Index. Faint odor of old book. Sir John Gilbert (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Over-sized volume. 476 pages. Highly decorative covers with gilt embellishment. Gilt page edges. Includes many illustrations in both color and black and white. Fine throughout. (M1).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Octavo hardback, gilt edges, gilt decorated, blind stamped cloth. 339 pp. Black and white frontispiece + numerous other black and white original photographs and illustrations by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. Also eight original photos by G.W.WIlson of Aberdeen, tipped in. Slight wear at corners, especially on spine, small (2.5cm x 3cm) section of backstrip has become loose and been adhered back down, aside from this copy is generally Good condition. No dust jacket. Foster, Birket and Gilbert, John (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. London: George Routledge and Sons (1856). Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert. LXIV+478 pages+Ads. VeryGood Hardcover (DarkGreen cloth, Embossed Gilt/Black stamping, gilt 3 edges, no dj). Minimal wear and light rubbing to the extremities. Short gift inscription on the Flyleaf, light foxing to the title page and Frontispiece otherwise Clean unmarked throughout. Strong tight original binding. 7.5"x5.25"x1.25". be2x.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Charles and Mary Lamb were famous siblings who rendered Shakespeare's plays into "Tales from Shakespeare," a book for children (1807), are known for their contribution to literature. The present book is an early Japanese translation of their work, including Hamlet, King Lear, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth, Cymbeline, and The Merchant of Venice. The renowned Japanese ukiyo-e artist, Ogata Gekko (1859-1920), engraved copper plates after Sir John Gilbert's illustrations (1817-1897) for this book. The preface includes a short biography of William Shakespeare and Charles Lamb. The text is in Japanese. 17,8x11,8cm. (3)+(1)leaves+12+201 pp. 6+1 woodblock illustrations. Ex-owner hanko in red ink on the frontispiece and colophon. Occasional foxing. Original hardcover binding dyed with persimmon juice by the ex-owner. Near fine condition. Charles and Mary Lamb were famous siblings who rendered Shakespeare's plays into "Tales from Shakespeare," a book for children (1807), are known for their contribution to literature. The present book is an early Japanese translation of their work, including Hamlet, King Lear, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth, Cymbeline, and The Merchant of Venice. The renowned Japanese ukiyo-e artist, Ogata Gekko (1859-1920), engraved copper plates after Sir John Gilbert's illustrations (1817-1897) for this book. The preface includes a short biography of William Shakespeare and Charles Lamb. The text is in Japanese. 17,8x11,8cm. (3)+(1)leaves+12+201 pp. 6+1 woodblock illustrations. Ex-owner hanko in red ink on the frontispiece and colophon. Occasional foxing. Original hardcover binding dyed with persimmon juice by the ex-owner. Near fine condition. …

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged, with traces of glue from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded three times. The recipient is not named, but is clearly a book illustrator, and the letter provides an interesting view of the practices of book illustrators and engravers in Victorian London. Whymper begins by stating that he is sorry to have missed his 'Call', and to have been 'equally unfortunate this afternoon', when he left at his house 'Two pieces of wood & a little book I want you (if convent [sic]) to make me a Front[ispiece]. for by Thursday Morng. The subject to be from Page 10. where the stranger (who really is her father) plants the rose tree for her on her mothers grave. The Author has supplied me with a rough sketch (enclosed), as to the kind of scene wished. but which you are no further to be bound by than merely that it is chiefly wished to be a more landscape subject figures small. it shd be towards evening with a view over valley and on end of church as given otherwise you can alter. compose and make a pretty subject of it as you always do'. With reference to the future Sir John Gilbert he reports that 'Gilbert has done the vignettes for I did not know of yr return and I have left one at yr house that you may avoid any disparity in figures'. He has been 'daily expecting to call' on him, or he would have thanked him for his letter, and for 'leaving Hardings book for me'. The book is 'a great treat', which he wants to read 'with some diligence to read learn and inwardly digest it'. He wants to see what the recipient has 'done in the North', and hopes that he has 'returned invigorated'. He suggests a time when he will call, if he does not hear from him.…