Various george newnes ed (5 resultados)

Half-Leather. Condición: Good. Covers the period July -December. Half bound in black leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles and bands to spine with leather worn to top (repair) and base. Boards worn to edges. No previous owners' names. Firm binding. Light tanning to pageblock commensurate with age. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland. Various (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. (Ref. T1) Half calf leather bound to terracotta colour cloth boards. Rubbed at extremities, a little worn at corners, spine joint cracked and split at lower right edge. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Slight light foxing throughout. Cracked hinge at front endpaper but firmly bound.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. A smart copy of volume IV of George Newnes' 'The Strand Magazine', lavishly illustrated with vignette photographs and illustrations throughout the text. Featuring part of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel 'The Tragedy of the Korosko'. The Strand Magazine ran 711 issues between 1891 and 1950, and was founded by George Newnes. It comprised short fiction and articles regarding general fiction, and was immediately popular, circulating around half a million copies a month from the 1890s into the 1930s. Arthur Conan Doyle"s "Sherlock Holmes" saw their first publication in The Strand, as well as short stories by writers such as Agatha Christie and P. G. Wodehouse.Featuring chapter IV of Conan Doyle's 'Tragedy of the Korosko'.With contributors including Bret Harte, Mary Angela Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle and Grant Allen, and illustrators including Sidney Paget, H. R. Millar, Gordon Browne, Warwick Goble and Paul Hardy, to name a few.George Newnes (1851-1910) is considered a founding father of popular journalism; he was also a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party for twenty years.Covering the period of July to December 1897.Illustrated throughout the text with vignette engravings by various hands. In a contemporary full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a few scattered marks to the boards, slight bumping to the extremities and some wear to the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Various (ilustrador). book.…

Leather. Condición: Very Good. First edition. A smart, full morocco periodical, comprising six months of publications, including many short stories, and many illustrations. A richly illustrated title, collecting the monthly issues of The Strand Magazine published from January to June of 1899.Bound in full red and burgundy morocco, with gilt lettering and tooling to the spine, and marbled endpapers.Featuring six unlisted monochrome plates, and frequent vignette illustrations throughout. No other collation record available.Featuring first editions of several short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, under a section entitled 'Round The Fire' including 'The Story of the Jew's Breast-Plate', 'The Japanned Box', and 'The Story of the Latin Tutor'.The magazine also features a number of other recurring segments, such as 'In Nature's Workshop' and 'Curiosities'.Also featuring first edition serial publications of 'The Seven Dragons', by E. Nesbit. Bound in full red morocco. Externally, generally smart, with mild shelf wear. Moderate loss to front board. Mild rubbing to extremities. Slight fading to spine. Internally, firmly bound, with the odd area of mild strain. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd very small closed tear to page extremities. Very light cockling to text block. Very Good. Not Stated (ilustrador). book.…

Leather. Condición: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An exquisite set of The Strand Magazine from 1891-1895, containing the first publications of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, in half calf with marbled boards. Nine volumes of of The Strand Magazine in half calf bindings with marbled, gilt boards and speckled fore edges. Edited and published by George Newnes with Herbert Greenhough Smith.Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings and photographs. Volumes one and two with a leaf of advertisements to the rear.This collection includes the following:Volume I, January to June 1891Volume II, July to December 1891Volume III, January to June 1892Volume IV, July to December 1892Volume V, January to June 1893Volume VI, July to December 1893Volume VII, January to June 1894Volume VIII, July to December 1894Volume IX, January to June 1895Volumes II to VI include the very first appearance of The Memoires of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle's infamous detective series. Beginning with A Scandal in BohemiaandThe Red-Headed League in Volume II.This set includes a loosely inserted programme for The Crucifer of Blood, a play adapted from Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four, performed by at The Haymarket Theatre, London 1989. The cover design is a replica from the first cover of The Strand Magazine.A fantastic set with supplementary topical ephemera; this would make an excellent addition to any collection of popular nineteenth-century literature. Nine volumes bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, very smart. With the odd scuff to paper boards and rubbing to extremities and joints. Rubbing to volume IX most noticeable at head and tail of spine. Spines prominently faded. Fading to front board of volume VII. Hinges generally starting but firm. Strained at front board of volume I. Volumes II, IV and V more significantly strained towards rear leaves and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Scattered spotting. Dusting to fore edges. Very Good Indeed. Various (ilustrador). book.…