Fitz Cook (13 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Previous owner inscription to fep. 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). [48pp].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. H Fitz-Cook and J C Whymer (illustrator). APPEARS LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to large hard back book. Pages are clean, bright and tight.Dark green boards with gilt design/titles. No name or inscription.Front and rear hinges have cracked and right f.e.p. has been removed.? date 1868.

Numerous scarlet bordered engravings by J C Whymper, illustrating this well loved story. All edges gilt. Green cloth with gilt borders and motif on upper cover and gilt decorated spine. Some damage to head & foot of spine, but otherwise a VG copy. 4to. unpaginated.

Cloth. Condition: Good. H. Fitz-Cook (illustrator). Illustrated edition of William Cowper's comic ballad, with designs by H. Fitz-Cook. Comic ballad by William Cowper, an undated illustrated edition with designs by H. Fitz-Cook. Dated from copies held on Copac. Concerning John Gilpin and his ride on a runaway horse, it was originally published anonymously in 1782 and proved very popular.This edition seen both in blue and green cloth bindings.Awarded from Stepney Grammar School to H. Riches in 1872, with bookplate to front pastedown. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, with gilt to spine and front board. Externally sound with shelf wear, bumped to extremities of spine and boards, general light soiling. Bookplate from Stepney Grammar School to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. H Fitz-Cook (illustrator). William Cowper's comic ballad. llustrated throughout, with numerous vignettes and several plates designed by H Fitz-Cook and engraved by J C Whymper. Undated, dated using Copac. William Cowper was an English poet and hymndosit. He was one of the most popular poets of his time. He was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. The Diverting History of John Gilpin was a tale told to Cowper from his friend Lady Austen. Gilpin was said to be a wealthy draper from Cheapside of London. The poem tells how his wife and children become separated during a journey to the Bell Inn, Edmonton after he loses control of his horse and is carried to Ware, a town ten miles further. In original green cloth binding with gilt stamping to front board. Externally, generally smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Small loss to cloth at the head and tail of spine due to rubbing. Front hinge is tender. Binder's stamp to rear pastedown, Edmonds and Remnants. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with spotting to the first and last few pages. Instances of light spots throughout. Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. H. Fitz-Cook (illustrator). A scarce telling of the journey taken by the fictional character John Gilpin, written in rhythmical verse. Illustrated throughout by H. Fitz-Cook and engraved by J.C.Whymper. There are a number of sites commemorating the exploits of John Gilpin, most notably Gilpin's Gallop, a street in the village of Stanstead St Margarets said to be on the original route taken by John Gilpin on his unintended journey. The poem was originally published anonymously in the Public Advertiser in 1782, and then published with The Task in 1785. It was very popular, to the extent that pirate copies were being sold all across the country, together with Gilpin books and toys. In original cloth binding with gilt motif to the front board. Externally, sound with light rubbing to extremities and shelfwear to the spine. Both hinges are slightly strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages. Light scattered foxing to the first and last pages. Copperplate ink inscription to endpaper, and previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 82.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A rare pamplet from the well known Graphotyping Company, On The Graphotype: A Process for Producing from Drawings Blocks for Surface Printing by Henry Fitz-Cook, followed by a Discussion; Opinions of the Press; Testimonials (from the likes of Charles Kingsley, George Wallis and Charles Terry); and adverts. 27pp. Fine paper wraps with a pencil inscription to back; light foxing throughout.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Goss, G.W.; Hiley, F.E.; Gillett,Frank; Skelton, J.R.; Briault, S.; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Dewar,W.; Carruthers, G.P.; Carruthers, G.P.; Eyles, D.C.; Holloway, Cyril;Goss, G.W. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August (Aug.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 328 - Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano / Two Years in Borneo Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man'.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1865 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 83 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 83.