Allom Thomas Wright Rev G N (17 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if youâre not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Nicholson Ltd, Hong Kong (second impression, 1989). Landscape-format hardcover. Some light foxing / spotting to top edge of text block but overall this book is in very good condition with clean, unmarked pages which are free from notes and underlining and minimal wear to dustjacket which has been covered with clear dustjacket cover. Not an ex-library copy. Dispatched from UK within three days.

Full Calf. Condition: Good. Text by Wright & illustrated. Partial loss to spine ends. Internally generally clean.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Thomas Allom Esq. (illustrator). Two volumes in one: Vol 1 and Vol 2. Four raised bands and ornate gilt titles and decoration of leather spine. Leather corners and spine show light edge wear. Darkened canvas cloth front and back. Marbled end papers. Page edges gilt all around. 62 full page steel engravings all with protective tissue intact. 1845 date is a guess since no date is given. Illustrations all on heavy weight paper show some foxing but mostly on outside of white margin.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Thomas Allom (illustrator). sans date(vers 1850) VOLUMES 1 & 3 comportant chacun 32 gravures(piqures de rouille principalement sur les marges) reliures usagées,le premier cahier du vol 3 se detache les 2 volumes sont neanmois complet.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO30331820: Non daté. In-4. Relié cuir dos-coins. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos frotté, Papier jauni. 80+60+63+228 pages. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, hors texte. Plats et contre-plats et tranches jaspés. Coins frottés, émoussés. Epidermures sur les plats. Accrocs au dos, dos frotté. Nombreuses rousseurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co., The Caxton Press., [1850], First Edition. Vol I ONLY of a two volume set. Half leather binding with buckram cloth boards, gilt titles to the spine, gilt page edges, rubbed and worn, with illustrated and letterpress title pages. Vol I 152pp with 73 plates including the title page and frontispiece. Provenance: signature for Francis Leteux to the front. Approximately 11 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition structurally sound, worn marked and scratched leather, gilt titles. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped rubbed and worn. Boards good condition buckram cloth and leather boards, rubbed marked and worn. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all other edges gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition yellow, tanned and marked. End papers good condition yellow, tanned and marked. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition damp stained, tanned and gently foxed throughout. Binding good condition sound. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: [1850] Binding: Hardback.

Cloth. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Drawings; 4to 11" tall; 184, 140 pages; Blue/Purpleish cloth which is richly gilded. Volume I outer coth covering has detached from spine along one crack. Vol II is intact and VG. 160 fullpage engravings of exquisite detail portraying landscapes, cityscapes, social activities, criminals for China and a few Korea and Japan. One of the overland routes from India. Completely useable.

[Travel] Four volumes bound as two. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[2] 96; 72, pp.68; 56. Illustrated with 124 black and white engraved plates, as called for. All four title pages present. Contemporary half navy blue calf, gilt, over marbled paper-covered sides, marbled edges and endpapers. Text leaves clean, plates browned to margins as expected, covers rubbed with some wear to joints and headbands. Very good indeed, attractively bound. The standard steel-pate book on China, written by the Irish topographer and clergyman George Newenham Wright, and illustrated from drawings made in situ by the English artist and architect Thomas Allom, a founding member of what became the Royal Institute of British Architects and whose projects included The Houses of Parliament.

Four volumes 28.3 x 22 cms, 4 engraved vignette title-pages and 124 black and white engravings after drawings by Thomas Allom, 72 + 96 pages; 72 pages; 68 pages; 56 pages; contemporary half morocco over pebbled cloth boards, spines gilt lettered with raised bands and decorated in compartments, all edges gilt, morocco a trifle rubbed and scant foxing affecting one of the title pages and a handful of plates, but a very good remarkably clean set, the fine engravings bright with great depth of tone. A very handsome example of an influential work. The fine illustrations are by Thomas Allom (1804-1872), who at the time of this publication was a well-known and highly regarded topographical artist, having produced a series of English views as well as illustrating celebrated works on Turkey and the Middle East. The author of the text (who gets second billing) the Rev'd George Newenham Wright (c. 1794?1877) was an Irish writer and Anglican clergyman who had never travelled to China and despite Allom's travels to Turkey and the Middle East there is no convincing evidence to suggest that he ever made it there either. Wright's text was drawn from his research performed at the British Library, and Allom's illustrations drew on earlier works. The majority of the views show southern China, including images of Hong Kong, Canton and Macao, reflecting the limited British access to China at the time. However, there are also some images and descriptions of Peking, Nanking and Jehol visited by the Macartney Embassy almost fifty years before. Very popular at the time of publication, "China Illustrated" answered a European demand for news of the "exotic Orient" and it gives keen insight into British attitudes towards China in the early 19th Century. It ran to a number of editions including a German edition in 12 parts with smaller plates which appeared shortly after the English edition. Cordier 80-81; Lust 363; Lowendahl 986.

4 volumes bound in 2. Large 4to. (28 x 21 cm). Contemporary full pebble-grained red morocco, sides richly gilt with foliate panel design, spines in six compartments with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In total 128 steel-engraved plates including 4 engraved vignette title-pages, all with tissue guards. I: pp. 96, with additional engraved title ('China, its scenery, architecture, social habits, &c. illustrated') and 31 plates; II: pp. 72, with additional engraved title and 31 plates; III: pp. 68, with additional engraved title and 31 plates; IV: pp. 56, with additional engraved title and 31 plates. Light foxing to some of the plates, a little toned, some light shelfwear, overall a very good copy in particularly handsome red morocco bindings. Thomas Allom (1804-1872) the noted topographical artist, at a time of increased interest in China, presented the Western world with the most complete portrait of China and Chinese culture up to the middle of the nineteenth century. Captioned in English, French and German, the plates encompass Hong Kong, Beijing, Nanjing, Macao, Guangzhou, and Xiamen, among other locations, and depict, inter alia, harbours, temples, palaces, mountains and rivers, military engagements, punishments, the cultivation of tea and rice and the manufacture of silk, the Great Wall of China, cat merchants, and 'playing at shuttlecock with the feet'. As well as his own observations, Allom includes some images based on the work of earlier artists such as Lieutenant Frederick White, R.M., Captain Stoddart, R.N. and R. Vaughan. The text was by George Wright, a protestant missionary who had spent a considerable time in China. Cordier 80-81; Lust 363; Lowendahl 986.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A Most Attractive Quarto Set. 4 volumes bound in 2. Half Contemporary Brown Calf and marbled boards with raised bands and gilt to spines. Embellished with 4 Vignette Title-pages and 124 Stunning steel-engraved tissue-guarded Plates. A.e.gilt. An unusually clean and fresh set with minimal spotting / foxing. (ref. Cordier 80 - 81 ;- Lowendahl 986 ;- Lust 363.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ALLOM, Thomas (illustrator). Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture. Not dated, but c. 1860's. 2 volumes. Beautiful black full leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and covers. Stunning books. 0.

Condition: Good. 4to. 21.1 x 27.2 cm. 4 volumes bound in 2 . Half-brown morocco with small morocco corners, embossed percaline covers, smooth spine decorated (contemporary binding).128 plates engraved on steel from drawings made on site by Thomas Allom, including 4 engraved titles. Complete. Very good. Cordier 80-81; Lust 363; Lowendahl 986. OCLC shows no complete sets of the first edition.

4 Volumes in 2. Large Hardbacks, 11 x 8.5 inches. In full red morocco leather fine bindings, beautiful decorative gilt paneled boards and spines. Lettering to front boards, numbered at bottom of spines. Marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor dark marks and handling marks to boards. Some minor rubbing to corners. Small chip to leather on top rear corner of spine on vol.1, and top front corner on vol.2. Some minor darkening to engraved title pages, penned inscription ?L.J.Stapley, 1925.? to verso corners of engraved title pages. One or two minor handling marks else pages all very clean and tight. Plates not tissue guarded, some occasional areas of minor and mild foxing spots, else plates overall all very clean and bright. Else very good clean and tight copies. 80+ 60 + 64pp & 228pp. 148 fine steel-engraved views Allom. Including decorative title pages and frontispieces.