Comyns Carr J Editor (4 results)

On 5 x 11.5cm. piece of paper. In good condition, lightly aged. The text reads: 'When do you think I shall have a proof of the story? My collaborator Comyns Carr is getting very impatient! | Yours v truly | W. Outram Tristram'. In the 1880s Tristram contributed to the English Illustrated Magazine, then edited by Carr. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A charming piece of theatrical ephemera from the Lyceum Theatre production of Madame Sans-Gêne. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. This copy is the first souvenir edition of the celebrated historical comedy Madame Sans-Gêne, first performed in Paris in 1893 and later brought to the London stage. This volume is composed of thirteen illustrated plates by Albert E. Sterner and scenic designs by Hawes Craven, including character portraits and scenic designs, capturing both the dramatis personae and the visual staging of the production. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally, smart. One or two slight handling marks to wraps. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Joints slightly cracked, with paper slightly loose at tail of spine, but holding. Slight soiling to wraps. One or two spots of damp staining to rear wrap. Slight rust staining from stapled binding apparent to endpapers. Offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good. Albert E. Sterner; Hawes Craven (illustrator). book.…

Two pages, 8vo, good condition. "Messrs Macmillan have asked me ti undertake for them the Editorship of a new magazine to be established in October and I am anxious if possible to secure your cooperation in the work" He suggests as a subject "aspects of Old London illustrated partly by original drawings", suggesting sources. But he invites Dobson's own ideas of subjects and promises "worthy illustrating".…

,decorated title page, [4], 366 pages, 13 engraved black and white plates with tissue guards, including frontispiece. Numerous other full and part page illustrations throughout the text. Second volume of a publication that only ran between 1881 and 1883 First Edition , spine and front board heavily mildewed and faded, tears to top and tail of spine and corners, stains and marks to boards, cracking between front board and spine, light foxing on frontispiece, internally good condition, , red cloth on bevelled boards, elaborate gilt decoration to front board and gilt titles, , quarto, 39 cm x 29 cm Hardback ISBN.…