Birket W (42 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48pp. Small oblong format. Clean and unmarked. Traditional home-made confectionary: cinder toffee, tablet, coconut ice etc. Birket Foster, RWS (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/unclipped price; 638 cleanh, unmarked pages/bibliography/index. B/W Photos (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; blak c w/gilt titles; 638 cleanh, unmarked pages/bibliography/index. B/W Photos (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First US Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards with gilt text on front and spine exterior show spotting and soiling along with edge and corner wear, spine shows some sunning. The internal binding has hinge cracks at both boards but the text pages are good. Front and rear end pages of chipping because the paper is brittle. Front end page also contains original 1908 owner name and date. Text pages are printed on heavy bond paper with 25 plates tipped on brown card stock bond. Each image is protected with tissue guard and all have been verified as being present. No other markings found other than the 1908 signature, no bookplates, no library markings. Paper is toned due to age and there is some light scattered foxing present. No publication date listed for the Philadelphia edition but George W. Jacobs & Company lists the title as a gift book in the Publishers'Weekly of September 28, 1907 (page 932). Uncommon to find the US printing. Birket Foster (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Cover worn, Text block good.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Foster, Birket, W. L. Sheppard, W. L. Taylor Et Al (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Soft cover staple binding, top corner p.13 folded, otherwise without flaw. Oblong 6.75 X 4.75" 47 pages + Metric Conversion Table. Throughout the world Britain is famous for its delicious hot puddings, the traditional end to a hearty meal. This delicious assortment of 34 recipes is drawn from the best selling Favourite Recipes series of regional cook books. Birket Foster RWS (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/unclipped price; 638 cleanh, unmarked pages/bibliography/index Size: 8 vo. B/W Photos (illustrator).

Flexible Binding. Condition: Book VG ++. First Edition. 80 pages. B&W illustrations/diagrams. Covers in strong, protective plastic - ideal for taking out in the field. A very clean, very tidy copy. Size: 7" Tall (Approx).

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 1st Edition. 128 pp with 25 tipped in colour plates on heavy stock with tissue guards, red cloth with gilt titles , gilt top. Plates all clean and bright, otherwise a worn copy, spine much marked and faded, covers show water marks, ink spots and marks, endpapers tanned and marked. Birket Foster (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. First English Edition. London, UK: Methuen & Company Ltd. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1936). First English Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 250 pp., spine and edges faded, corners frayed, front hinge cracked, endpapers toning, page toning, label on flyleaf . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tight binding, solid green beveled boards with gilt and black illustration to front and to spine strip, gilt edges, tissue protected frontispiece, previous owner's name to front end paper, otherwise clean and unmarked. 1879 to copyright page, otherwise undated. John Gilbert; R.A.W.J. Linton; Birket Foster; Henry Dalziel; Kenny Meadows; Hablot K. Browne (illustrator).…

Wraps. Condition: Good. Article contained in Man: A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science. Original printed wrappers. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: VG- (Very Good Minus). No Jacket. Mustard yellow cloth with elaborate imagery to front in black and gilt. Minor edgewear and light soil, and lightly bumped spine ends. Binding somewhat tender at first few pages, otherwise sound. All edges gilt, still bright. B/w illustrations. Early prev owner name and simple bookplate to front pastedown. Small number in ink to lower edge of rfep verso. No stamps. Not ex-library. Unpaginated. Birket Foster, W. L. Sheppard, W. L. Taylor, Francis Miller, et al (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Nice clean early Victorian children's book, author is a pseudonym, but the 70 etchings that illustrate the book are vividly and brilliantly done by a number of well known Victorian artists including Harrison Weir, "the father of cat fancy who created the first cat show in 1871, Birket Foster, and L, Huard. Harrison Weir, L Huard, Birket Foster, F W Keyl (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. - Color pictorially decorated HARDCOVER with Red cloth spine and gold blindstamped title and decoration on cover, VERY GOOD; light wear. ILLUSTRATED, ENGRAVINGS- Poetry, Poems. Beautiful, Vintage Hardcover Book. Decorated Endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Decorated brown leather boards. Gilt closed page edges. Scuffing mainly on the spine. Front inner hinge cracked in most part. Marks on the end papers. No jacket. illustrated with nearly to hundred and fifty engravings from designs by Birket Foster, John Gilbert, G.H. Thomas, John Absolon, etc. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Very Good Hardback, in excellent condition for age, lovely cover and also beautiful illustrations throughout ; B&W Illustrations; 7" x 9 1/4". Illustrated by Birket Foster, W. L. Sheppard, W. L. Taylor, FrancisMiller, and Others (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Orangish cloth cover with gilt and black blind stamped decor is frayed and bumped at corners with general wear and soiling but in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gilt text block edges scuffed. Gift inscription on front end sheet dated 1881. Frontispiece protected by tissue. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. 2 columns per page. Many b&w plates.; The "Arundel Poets". Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert; R. A. ; W. J. Linton; Birket Foster; HenryDalziel;kenny Meadows; Hablot K. Browne (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 318 pp. Original red decorative cloth covers, moderately soiled and rubbed. All edges gilt. Spine a bit sunned. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ engravings from original designs. Charles W. Cope; John C. Horsley; Samuel Palmer; Birket Foster; George E. Hicks (illustrator). …

Hard Back. Condition: Good Clean Cond. No Dust Jacket. Ffep Removed. Hardback : hard cover edition in good condition, wear and some fray to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Map and laid down clips and details. As found. Some b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. First edition. The first edition of a collection of much-loved ballads from celebrated poets, brought to life by beautiful colour illustrations. The delightful first edition of A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads: Choice Pictures and Choice Poems by various celebrated poets including William Wordsworth, Mary Howitt and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Published by Ward, Lock, and Tyler in 1865.In the publisher's red decorative cloth, with a frontispiece of The Old Green Lane. Contains all twenty-three beautiful colour illustrations, all printed and engraved by Edmund Evans. Collated complete.This charming collection of ballads is the product of brilliant collaboration between the artists and Edmund Evans, as these celebrated poems are masterfully brought to life with beautiful illustrations. In the publisher's red decorative cloth. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to head and tail of the spine, and the occasional small sign of rubbing to boards. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, a number of loose leaves, including pp.1-4, 19-20, 43-44, 49-50 and 57-60. Signs of wear to hinges on other leaves. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the occasional leaf leaves pp.2-3 and pp.42-43, heavier spotting to leaves pp.4-5. A faint large mark to center of p.65. Good Only. C.W. Cope, George H. Thomas, Edward Duncan, Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, William Harvey, George Dodgson and A. Solomon (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. xvi, 336pp, with 79 woodcut illustrations by various leading illustrators of the era and initial letters and ornaments by W Harry Rogers. Rebound in with leatherette, retaining original leather panels front and black, original spine strip heavily chipped and worn away, richly decorated in gilt over bevelled boards, all edges gilt. Large 8vo. Replacement endpapers. Very occasional, mild spotting. A handsome, robust volume. A selection of Thomas Moore's poetry generously illustrated. Foster, Myles Birket; Maclise, D; Pickersgill, F R; Cropsey, Jasper; Weir, Harrison; Read, Samuel; Thomas, George; Topham, F W; Horsley, J C; etc (illustrator).…

Hard. Condition: Good. First printing. Good. Publishers cloth with gilt tooling and lettering. Slightly foxed. Gilt edges. Illustrated with 20 b/w engraved plates by Birket Foster. (illustrator).

Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NO DJ, Decorative red cloth Gold Gilt designs & title, Poetry, stated 6th edition, no date early, 1850s style cloth gilt decorated binding on bevelled boards, NF+/GOOD+, NOJACKET, AS-IS, Cvr light rub, wear Extremities , Front & Back cvrs nice Conditon , Spine Cvr Beveled edges rub, wear edges & ends & gold gilt slight Fade, Interior nice tight with few small Stains, light FOX, 102 pgs , Notes, ADS Outer pgs edges gold gilt, approx 7.5 X 5 in., light tears along spine edge, corner bumps wear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good book in bevelled edge green buckram covers with bright gilt titles to spine front; decorated with floral vignettes and decorative border band with pattern of divided circles in gilt and maroon. Internally very good; inscription to half title page; profusely illustrated with engraved sketches of various parts of Britain, the first four sections being on Windsor, Eton, North Wales and Warwick and Stratford; title page in red and black; binding tight; no foxing; black end papers; all edges gilt; xii + 288 pp + 8pp adverts. No date c 1894. A most attractive copy especially with regard to its age. Photographs available on request. Various - Birket Foster, S Read, P Skelton et al (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A beautifully colour illustrated collection of poems from noted writers such as Tennyson and Longfellow, with illustrations by Birket Foster and many other talented artists. A very scarce illustrated collection of poems.Illustrated with a full colour frontispiece and twenty-two colour plates. Collated, Complete. The decorative ornaments are by Albert H. Warren, with illustrations drawn by Birket Foster, C. W. Cope and others, all engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.This work features a collection of poems written by celebrated poets such as Longfellow, Burns, Coleridge, Tennyson and many others, all wonderfully accompanied with colour illustrations.Bound in the original decorative cloth, rebacked. In the publisher's original decorative cloth, rebacked. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the extremities, marks to the boards, heavier to the rear, and a very slight lean. Internally firmly bound with very slight strain between pp. 82-3. Pages lightly age toned with spotting throughout. Very Good. C. W. Cope; Birket Foster; William Harvey; et al. (illustrator). book.…

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & decoration with gilt tooling to spine front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, cxi + 254pp + unpaginated publisher's list to rear, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing, bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, moderate soiling to rear board, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown- historical, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page- historical, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout).…

Leatherbound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. 1st. 1st thus edtion in full rich brown leather w/embosing and gilt decorations;titles; all edges gilt; marbled end papers; lite foxing; some rubbing; 112 clean, unmarked pages; Illustrated in color by Birket Foster throughout, colored initials throughout are hand-painted. A superlative work, the first book engraved and printed in color by Edmund Evans. who was a prominent English wood engraver and colour printer during the Victorian era. Evans specialized in full-colour printing, which, in part because of his work, became popular in the mid-19th century]. Size: 8 Vo. Birket Foster; w/engravings By Edmund Evans (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A strikingly illustrated edition of Walter Scott's popular poem, complete with mounted albumen print plates. 'The Lady of the Lake' is a narrative poem set in Scotland. It tells about the love rivalry between three men for Ellen Douglas, the feud between King James V and James Douglas, and a war between lowland and highland Scots. It is composed of six cantos. A beautifully illustrated edition with a mounted albumen print frontispiece, mounted albumen print vignette to the title page, nine albumen print plates, and many wood engravings by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. The photograph plates depict the Trossach district.Twenty pages of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete.Decorative ink inscription of A. R. Gillett to the verso of the front endpaper, dated 1871. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing and fading to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the front board. Hinges are starting but firm. Ink inscription to the verso of the front endpaper. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good. Birket Foster; John Gilbert; J. W. Whymper; Edmund Evans (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Folio 14.5" x 11.5". Full brown morocco leather bound cover with 5 raised bands, gilt stamping, and blind stamped decor is worn at extremities and frayed at corners but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Leather has been treated with professional leather cover preservation treatment to stop and prevent deterioration. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Marbled end sheets and paste downs clean and vibrant. Frontispieces and plates throughout protected by tissue with only a hint of toning and no foxing and very sparse, modest soiling from handling. However, first 20 pages have an old faint damp stain in the lower margin along the bottom and side of the pages (not affecting the text and engraved areas) becoming only a small faint damp stain in the bottom margin of the rest of the pages. Pages are otherwise lightly toned with sparse, modest soiling from thumbing but overall in very good condition. .…