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Published by George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1894
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1894. Thick Octavo. 22×14cm, i-ii,[2],[iii-v],vi-xv,[1],(634)+[6 advertisement]pp. Red decorative buckram with gilt and illustrations to Spine, upper and lower boards. Binding slightly skewed. Very slight damage to top upper corner. Some spotting to edges, but clean inside. Name of previous owner inscribed on front free endpaper. Colour frontispiece. ?With reproductions of the 200 engravings by John Leech and twenty five page illustrations? A 'Good+' copy.
Published by Bradbury, Evans & Co. n.d., London
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
xviii, 304 pp. With twenty coloured etchings, and two hundred woodcuts by John Leech. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, a.e.g. Old ink signature; 1/4" chip at the top of the spine; tight and sound.
Published by Punch Office, England, 1864
Seller: Neil Shillington: Bookdealer/Booksearch, Hobe sound, FL, U.S.A.
1/2 leather. Condition: Good gilt, 20 color sketches. Illustrated by John Leech Illus. (illustrator). Board edges scuffed and worn, binding and tight page edges are all; c. 650 pages.
Published by Bradbury, Evans, and Co., London, 1867
Seller: B. B. Scott, Fine Books (PBFA), London, UK, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. John Leech (illustrator). pub.[c.1867]? With 10 hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech, and numerous wood engravings to the text. 8vo. Publisher's dark green decorative cloth, gilt embossed to front panel & spine, a.e.g., a little rubbed and edge-worn to the extremities, lacking the front endpaper, hinges are a little weak, a couple of bookplates to the front paste-down of Hugh Coleridge Kennard, and R. M. Gotch as well as a contemporary ink inscription above the preface, text is generally clean and the plates bright and all accounted for, a very respectable copy of this Victorian classic. xii, 308pp.
Published by Bradbury, Evans, and Co. no date., [London]
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
xii, 308 pp. Illustrated by John Leech, including ten hand-colored plates. 8vo, old 3/4 morocco. A dampstain affects the lower margin (only) of the text block; some isolated inoffensive foxing; corners and joints a little rubbed; tight and sound.
Published by Bradbury, Evans, and Co. n.d. (c. 1850), London, 1850
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Half gilt-ruled green morocco and green cloth, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments (5 raised bands), a.e.g.; complete set of 2 volumes, 8vo; pp. xviii, 320; 304; with 20 hand-colored steel-engraved plates (10 in each volume), numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text; collates complete. Spines sunned; boards lightly rubbed; corners a little scuffed. Internally bright and clean, with plates in excellent condition, colors remain true. Armorial bookplate of George Burnham Wells on front paste-down of Volume 1. A handsome set.
Published by Published at the Punch Office, London, 1864
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
2 vols. in 1. With twenty coloured etchings, and two hundred woodcuts by John Leech. 8vo, publisher's green gilt-decorated cloth, a.e.g. Tiny areas of rubbing to cloth at extremities; rear (inner) hinge just starting; contents fine.
Color, Black & White Illus. (illustrator). London, UK: Punch Office. Good plus condition-edges frayed, hinges cracked/No Dustjacket. 1864. 8vo., 304 pp. . Good plus condition-edges frayed, hinges cracked/No Dustjacket.
Published by Bradbury, Evans, and Co., London, 1867
Seller: B. B. Scott, Fine Books (PBFA), London, UK, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. John Leech (illustrator). pub.[c.1867]? With 10 hand-coloured engravings on steel by John Leech, and numerous wood engravings to the text. 8vo. Fine publisher's dark green decorative cloth, gilt embossed to front panel & spine, a.e.g., ink prize inscription from 1867 to front endpaper, else clean bright & tight, occasional bit of spotting to the plate margins, but generally bright and all accounted for, a fine and most superior example of this Victorian classic with the humorous yet beautiful illustrations by Leech. xii, 308pp.
Published by BRADBURY, EVANS AND CO, LONDON, 1880
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: FAIR. JOHN LEECH (illustrator). Circa 1880 2 volumes in slip case, edges of pages gilt, decorative gilt on cover and spine, pages yellowing, color illustrations, hinges cracked, previous owners signiture on front end paper of england volume, some writting on inside of cover of rome volume, slip case worn and damaged, slip case 7x9.75, raised ribbed leather spine on slipcase DATE PUBLISHED: 1880 EDITION:
Published by Punch: London, 1855
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 vols. Illus. by John Leech including twenty colored plates, 9 x 5.5", gilt-ruled leather; teg, 320pp; 304pp, minor extremity wear, contents toned with some finger soil, wear and spotting else a handsome set. SIGNED BINDING BY ROOT & SON.
Published by Punch Office 1847-48, London, 1847
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Full tan calf, tooled in gilt at board edges, spine, and turn-ins, all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; xii,320pp; xii,394pp; xii,308pp; 30 hand-colored etchings and numerous in-text wood engravings by John Leech. Straight volumes, with faint staining to bindings at lower spine and board corners, not affecting interiors; lower joints splitting; internally clean, generally Good or better. A few original wrappers for the History of England bound in.
Published by London: The Punch Office (England); Bradbury and Evans (Rome), 1847
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First editions: the half-titles of the England volumes are printed in red; and the Rome volume lacks "and Co." after "Bradbury and Evans" on the title, its verso, and on p. 308. Tooley 295 and 298. Three octavo volumes in a brown cloth-covered slipcase. England Vol. I: xii, 320 pp; England Vol. II: xii, 304 pp. Rome: xii, 308 pp. Each volume has ten colored steel engravings, and numerous wood engravings throughout the text. Uniformly bound in brown cloth with designs blind-stamped on the margins; gilt designs on the front panel (the same design for the England volumes, a different one for the Rome volume). Gilt titling and designs on the spines. The spines of all three volumes have been skillfully restored with the original cloth spines laid down. Yellow end-papers renewed. The color plates are attractively colored and bright. Weight of the set is 5 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.
Published by Bradbury and Evans, [London], 1852
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
xii, 308 pp. Illustrated by John Leech, including ten hand-colored engravings on steel and numerous engraved text illustrations. 8vo, publisher's purple cloth, gilt- and blind-stamped. Early edition in book form, without the "and Co" added to "Bradbury and Evans" on recto and verso of title page. See Abbey, Life 435. Very slight sunning to spine and edges of boards; a beautiful copy. A Presentation Copy, inscribed (but not signed), "with the Compliments of the Author, March 19th 1852.".
Published by Bradbury, Agney & Co. Spine dated 1864, [London], 1864
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. xii, 308 p. 22 cm. Frontispiece in partial colour, engraved title page with red lettering, 9 other partial-colour plates. 98 b&w line drawings in text. Full leather with gold trim to edges and spine. Burgundy spine labels. 5 raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binding signed by Riviere & Son. Hinges and spine head repaired. A little scuffing to boards. Dent in rear fore-edge. Edges of free endpapers darkened. Small tear in half title inner margin and opposite. Plates darkened. A mid-Victorian comic look at Rome, which might be more appealing to some readers than drier, more serious works on the Eternal City. John Leech was a staff artist for "Punch" from its beginnings in 1841, while the author was one of the comic magazine's original staff writers. If Leech's illustrations appear more Victorian than Roman, the effect is purposeful, since the goal of the two men was to critique Victorian society itself. À Beckett displays both a gentle sense of humor and a deep familiarity with the content of the ancient sources. In his Preface he states "this work has been prompted by a very serious desire to instruct those who, though willing to acquire information, seek in doing so as much amusement as possible.".
Published by London: Punch Office, [and] Bradbury & Evans, 1846 & 1851-52, 1851
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First editions in the original monthly parts, of both of À Beckett's comic histories, with illustrations by Leech, both very popular in their day and frequently reprinted over the rest of the century. Abbey Life 434 & 435; Tooley 295 & 298. 2 works, 20 numbers in 19 monthly parts (England) and 10 numbers in 9 monthly parts (Rome), both as issued, octavo. Original blue wrappers printed in black. Housed in 3 custom blue morocco pull-off cases and chemises. Hand coloured plate in each and woodcut illustrations in text, by Leech. Bookplate of Alexander Byers to chemises. Some repair to wrappers, minor peripheral creasing or nicking, a few ink signatures or other minor marks, contents with occasional offsetting or light toning, still notwithstanding an excellent set.