Published by J. M. Dent & Co., London, 1901
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1901. Title pages dated 1901. Attractive three volume set that was published as part of a larger set of Thackeray's prose works. Light olive cloth lettered in gilt and decorated with dark green, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, tissue protected frontis plate in each volume (volume I in black and white plus sepia tones, volumes II and III in vermilion orange), other plates in black and white or vermilion, smaller illustrations in black and white, books about 7.25 inches tall. Very light shelfwear, spines just barely a bit faded with the gilt printing bright and clear, good hinges, firm text blocks, clean pages with a neatly written name and 1902 date near the front of each volume and in the upper margin of one page in volume II, no other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Black and Son Ltd. London, 1903
Seller: ralfs-buecherkiste, Herzfelde, MOL, Germany
Leinen, Hardcover 20*25. Condition: Akzeptabel. 320 Seiten altersbedingt gebrauchter Zustand, Stempel + Einschriebungen im Einband, Einband abgenutzt/berieben/angestoßen, vielfach Flecken auf einigen Seiten, ein paar Seiten lose, seitlicher Goldrand, Inhalt ist gut lesbar 200310462 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1700.
Published by Dodge Publishing Company Circa 1912, New York, 1912
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Special illustrated edition (ND). Bound in sturdy red cloth with with delightful gilded animals and floral designs on the frlont boards and on the spine. Top edges gilt.The binding is shaken and somewhat worn with chipping and wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners. Name and date, Christmas, 1917 on the second free front endpaper. Lovely silhouette animal endpapers. While all the plates are present and in good condition, the hinges have been reglued and there is considerable wear along the spine ends and at the gutters where it hs been reglued as well. This copy is something of a wounded bird with the lovely Charles Robinson plates. Charles Robinson(18701937) was a prolific British bookillustrator. Born inIslingtonin October 1870, London,[1][2]he was the son of illustrator Thomas Robinson, and his brothersThomas Heath RobinsonandWilliam Heath Robinsonalso became illustrators.[3]He served an apprenticeship as aprinterand took art lessons in the evenings. He won a place at theRoyal Academyin 1892 but was unable to take it up due to lack of finances.The first full book he illustrated wasRobert Louis Stevenson'sA Child's Garden of Verses(1895) which includes over 100 pen and ink drawings. It was extremely popular, going through many reprints, and generated numerous commissions. He illustrated manyfairy talesand children's books throughout his career, includingEugene Field'sLullaby Land(1897),W. E. Cule'sChild Voices(1899),Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué'sSintram and His Companions(1900),Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1907),Grimm's Fairy Tales(1910),Frances Hodgson Burnett'sThe Secret Garden(1911), and books written by Walter Copeland Jerrold and himself.He was also an activepainter, especially in later life, and was elected to theRoyal Institute of Painters in Water Coloursin 1932. Robinson married Edith Mary Favatt in 1897 in Middlesex, England[4][5]and they were the parents of four daughters and two sons. (Wikipedia).