James Thew (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. BOARDS RUBBED WITH SOME BLACK TRANSFER MARKS TO FRONT ALTHOUGH GOLD TITLE WRITING REMAINS BRIGHT. SPINE IS FADED AND RUBBED. BINDING IS TIGHT. CRACK TO FRONT HINGE AND ALSO AT POINTS WITHIN BOOK. PAGES 193-196 ARE LOOSE ALTHOUGH OTHERS REMAIN INTACT. PENCIL/PEN MARKS UNDERLINING ON SOME PAGES. LIGHT TANNING TO PAGES HOWEVER GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THERE IS BUMPING AND SMALL TEARS TO THE EDGES, CORNERS AND BOTH ENDS OF THE SPINE. THE EDGES OF THE SPINE ARE SCUFFED. THERE IS CREASING TO THE SPINE. THERE IS SOME RUBBING TO BOTH BOARDS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEATLY INKED WHITE MARKS TO THE SPINE. THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN THE BINDING. THE HINGED IS CRACKED AT A COUPLE OF POINTS IN THE BOOK. THERE ARE NEATLY INKED NAMES TO THE FFEP. THE PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY DISCOLOURED BUT GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Vintage portrait photograph of a menacing James Rennie from the 1931 film. Ann and Dick live happily together out of wedlock due to Ann's "modern" beliefs about love. After marrying due to social pressure, both prove to be unfaithful, and attempt to salvage their love by separating and dating. Stanwyck's first starring role, and the screenwriting debut of Robert Riskin. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and pinholes at the corners, and a faint vertical crease to the upper left.

Original copper engraving (60 x 44 cm, overall sheet 69 x 55 cm). Some foxing to margins, two small (3cm) tears to left margin, not affecting plate. From "A Collection of Prints . Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare." published by Boydell, London, 1803. In 1789, the publisher John Boydell opened the Shakespeare Gallery, an exhibition space in London's Pall Mall showcasing paintings that exclusively represented scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The Gallery was a bid to revive 'history painting' (the practice of depicting scenes from the Bible, mythology or the classics) in contemporary British art, a genre thought to be of great public benefit because of its morally instructive messages. What better unifying theme for such a project than the works of Shakespeare, which had become so popular and so integral to British identity by the mid-18th century? The Gallery opened in May 1789 with 34 canvases by 18 British artists. By the next year there were 55 paintings and in 1796 the total was 84, along with dozens of 'Small Pictures'. Once the exhibition was mounted, reproductive engravings of the paintings produced by an in-house team of 46 printmakers were available to purchase, either as a large portfolio of 90 prints or as a luxurious illustrated edition of the plays. (The British Library).

Original copper engraving (44 x 60 cm, overall sheet 55 x 68 cm). Tissue guard to verso. Some foxing to outer edges of margins, small dampstain to upper margin, neither affecting plate. From "A Collection of Prints . Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare." published by Boydell, London, 1803. In 1789, the publisher John Boydell opened the Shakespeare Gallery, an exhibition space in London's Pall Mall showcasing paintings that exclusively represented scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The Gallery was a bid to revive 'history painting' (the practice of depicting scenes from the Bible, mythology or the classics) in contemporary British art, a genre thought to be of great public benefit because of its morally instructive messages. What better unifying theme for such a project than the works of Shakespeare, which had become so popular and so integral to British identity by the mid-18th century? The Gallery opened in May 1789 with 34 canvases by 18 British artists. By the next year there were 55 paintings and in 1796 the total was 84, along with dozens of 'Small Pictures'. Once the exhibition was mounted, reproductive engravings of the paintings produced by an in-house team of 46 printmakers were available to purchase, either as a large portfolio of 90 prints or as a luxurious illustrated edition of the plays. (The British Library).