Illustrated Dickes (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Illustrated By C. Stanfield, R.A., And Engravings on Wood By Various Incl Harvey, Dickes, Phiz, Turner, R.A, Sir. W. Allan Etc Etc (illustrator). Abbotsford Edition. Looks like a volume two as pages runs 365 - 674 pages + two page publisher's catalogue - so probablly second volume of presumed two volume set. Superb B&W illustrations. Can't find publisher's name or date of publication but looks late Victorian and it is printed by Richard Clay of Bread Street Hill, London. Introduction date 1831 and a page about the book refered to as 'ground of' dated 1842. Larger format hardback edition without dustjacket. Clean bottle-green hardback binding with gold-coloured illustration to centre of both boards of what looks like an urn with a thistle on top with flag/banner to either side and an open book, goblet, helmet, mask etc. Gold-colour decorations of armorial and Scottish medieval weapons and a tartan and shield to spine. Light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Page-edges moderately browned and rough-cut as of period. Pages very clean and tidy,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New York: W. A. Townsend & Company, 1860. Title page dated 1860. Collection of aspirational biographies for girls, illustrated with engravings. Royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, all edges gilt, 7 inches tall. Some rubbing to the edges. cloth and gilt bright and clear, good hinges, sound text block, name and 1859 date on front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

, 6 volumes, illustrated throughout with charming engravings, First Edition , covers rubbed and a little marked, internally pages nice and clean, good condition. , half green calf and green cloth, gilt title on spine 26 x 18 cms Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Illustrated by William Dickes (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near Fine . In a Most Attractive light green/sumptuously bright gilt decorated full cloth binding. ( Green colour in photos is somewhere between the two shown) Now in a new protective, removable, clear film cover. ALL hinges TIGHT. All Page Edges Bright Gilt. The top and bottom of the spine are a little pushed and the very tops of the corners are very slightly 'turned' - all from circa 150 years of storage, but really negligible. SUPERB COVERS. SEE IMAGES. Internally, a very faint former owners name and location and a small dark stamped (? ) 'fleur de lys' on the front, dark brown, free endpaper (I had to get a magnifying glass out to read it! ) . This same 'fleur de lys' is stamped in purple on the top of the blank section of the first chapter on page 1. Otherwise NO marks or other notes, or similar, anywhere that I can see, in the book. No date but the introduction is by the author Edith Waddy, Endcliffe, BRISTOL, 1873. So the date is likely 1873/1874. Pages = I - viii +151. A Lovely full colour frontispiece and II other fine b/w full page illustrations, together with numerous b/w text illustrations. The illustrator, William Dickes (1815-1892) , was an English illustrator, engraver, printmaker and lithographer. Dickes specialised in illustrating books on natural history such as works by Anne Pratt and was a licensee of the Baxter Process of printing. The book is overall VERY CLEAN, TIGHT and BRIGHT. A Delightful little book, in one of those beautiful Victorian gilded bindings of which we see fewer and fewer now. SEE IMAGES. ; 12mo 6" - 7" tall.

Illustrated with over 200 woodcuts and numerous drawings throughout executed by Dickes and Vasey. (illustrator). First edition. Octavo. [vii]-xviii, 526. 8" x 5.75" Bell's classic work provides a comprehensive account of Britain's native four-legged and aquatic mammals. Known for its detailed descriptions and scientific rigor, Bell's History of British Quadrupeds became an essential reference for naturalists of his time, showcasing his careful observations and contributions to zoology. Illustrated with fine woodcuts, this volume captures the essence of British wildlife, reflecting the growing Victorian fascination with nature and species documentation. Bell was influential not only in the broader zoological movement, but in the development and solidification of Darwinian evolution. Bell was President of the Linnaean Society in 1858 when Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace first presented their theories on natural selection. Bell eventually retired to The Wakes in Selborne, former home of naturalist Gilbert White. Two period bookplates (Francis Wedgwood; Arthur Parson) front pastedown, prelims and rear endpapers foxed, horizontal split top of spine and gilt rubbed spine, edges scuffed, text block and illustrations bright, a very good copy. Rebound full diced calf, gilt rules and gilt decorated compartments, black spine label ("Bell's British Beasts"), all edges marbled, marbled endpapers.