Kitton Fred (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. lacking top cover, bottom board detached, loss on the spine. pages shaken, tanned, and stained.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Some tanning, general wear to covers. Pages clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine condition. No jacket, as issued. 1971 reprint of the 1886 original. New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1971. Appears unread. Very Fine condition. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1971 facsimile of 1886 edition. A bibliography of writings about Dickens and his works, often with extensive extracts quoted in the descriptions. Covers critical essays and reviews relating to Dickens, poetical tributes, musical and dramatic works, anthologies, plagiarisms, notes and queries, etc. Illustrated with a portrait of "Boz" from a drawing by Samuel Lawrence. Complete with errata. Bound in the original gilt-stamped light brown cloth. . 1971 reprint of the 1886 original. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxxii, 512pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. …

hardcover. Condition: very good. Frontis. 510pp. 8vo, brown cloth, several pages slightly wavy in right margins. New York: Haskell House, 1971. Very good. Facsimile of the 1886 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. This is from the overseas collection at the National Library of New Zealand. A clean copy. One of only 500 printed. Bookplate of Charles L Gardiner. Some cracking to the hinges. 510pp + Publishers ads at the rear.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Booklet. 32pp. With a portrait frontis and numerous illustrations. Spine ends frayed, covers slightly foxed. Minor foxing to contents. Scarce. (q36).

Original wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. 32pp,octavo illustrated. Front wrapper torn along the spine and ripped at the corner, internally repaired crudely. Contents very good Laid in is a program for the annual dinner New York Public Library Celebrating Charles Dickens and Browne with an illustration tipped into the program. loose.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS DECORATED PAPER WRAPS, SEVERAL BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS FULL PAGE & AMONG TEXT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 5 INCHES WITH 32 PAGES. MINOR COVER WEAR, OCCASIONAL SEPARATION AT INNER MARGINS BUT ALL PAGES ARE WELL ATTACHED. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.…

8°, gebunden. Condition: Gut. 510 Seiten Einband an Ecken und Kanten etwas angegriffen, Bindung stabil, Schnitte gebräunt, vordere und untere Kante ungeschnitten. Seiten leicht nachgedunkelt, mit vereinzelten Anstreichungen im Text, insgesamt jedoch gepflegtes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 794.…

London: George Redway, 1886. First edition (NCBEL v.3, 780). Original green cloth, gilt-lettered, edges uncut, frontis portrait of Dickens, 510 pages. Contemporary bookplate, some rubbing to cloth, frontis tissue guard browned. A Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth 8vo. First Edition. Gilt title. Spine starting. 510pp. Dedicated to Charles Dickens. In Good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Slim 8vo.pp. 32. Original publisher's wraps in grey, lettered Black with a small Portrait illustration of 'Phiz' on the front cover. /Hablot Knight Browne (1815Ð1882) was a British artist and illustrator. Well known by his pen name, Phiz, he notably illustrated books by Charles Dickens. Near very good. Very slight wear & tanning of covers. Small loss to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Pp 32. Plates. Half calf, rubbed. Original front wrap bound in. Scattered foxing.

Rilegato. Condition: molto buono. prima edizione, edizione limitata. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. Hardcover. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered, frontis portrait of Dickens, Octavo (8vo). Pages (xxxii)-510, followed by [i] errata and [i] blank, followed by 24 pages of publisher's advertisement. Limited to 500 copies. A bibliography of writings about Dickens and his works, often with extensive extracts quoted in the descriptions. Covers critical essays and reviews relating to Dickens, poetical tributes, musical and dramatic works, anthologies, plagiarisms, notes and queries, etc. Illustrated with a portrait of "Boz" from a drawing by Samuel Lawrence. Complete with errata.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. including a selection from his correspondence and notes on his principal works, original pictorial paper wrappers, covers dust-soiled, illustrated, a nice copy. first edition; 32 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A Selection from his Correspondence and Notes on His Principal Works. This copy has the remains of the original wrappers bound into a later soft card matching colour card wrapper. The work has 32 pages with a two page note of biographical details provided by a relative and not included in the 1st impression. According to the author this was a "striking of a few extra copies" which allows him to insert this addendum. It lists the works of this illustrator/artist. with 7 full page plates and 1 full page woodcut and other woodcuts in the text. Portrait frontispiece. *The wrapper states George Redway as publisher, the title page lists W. Satchell & Co. Were they taken over at this time? Slim octavo. Phiz. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. including a selection from his correspondence and notes on his principal works, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, illustrated, scattered spotting, newspaper obituary of Kitton tipped-onto front pastedown, mss poem entitled 'Phiz' verso of front free endpaper, good. from the library of E Edge with his bookplate; first edition; 32 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Not Issued. 1st Edition. Green cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges. Limited to 500 copies. A few minor surface marks to cloth, corners and spine extremities a bit rubbed. xxxii,511,24 pp. Tape ghosting along binding edge of frontis. plate. Hinges show evidence of repair but are firm, as is binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Octavo. xxxii, 510, [2], 24 (ads) pp. Frontisportrait. Original green cloth. Binding extremities lightly rubbed, light dampstain at fore-margin of back cover (not extending to text), one gathering sprung. Bookplate. A good, clean copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An excellent first edition of this remarkable Hablot Knight Browne's illustrated biography by Fred Kitton. A remarkably well preserved first edition of this short biographical sketch of the illustrator known as "Phiz", being Hablot Knight Browne. By Frederick George Kitton. Originally published for Punch in the same year as the publication in the wraps.Browne was mainly known for illustrating the books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever, and Harrison Ainsworth.Four of his illustrations were issued as stamps by the Royal Mail in 1012. A fascinating memoir, including a selection from his correspondence and notes on his principal works.Illustrated with a portrait to the frontispiece, and seven plates. Collated, complete. In a full contemporary cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a portrait to the frontispiece, and seven plates. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed. Phiz (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Bound in green quarter leather without original wraps. pp 32. Frontis portait & numerous illustrations. Presentation copy: 'To my father, with the author's kind regards 1882.' Slight rubbing at extremities else clean VG with clean text.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

VERY HEAVY 20x VOLUME SET, octavo half bound grey/brown cloth boards & brown leather spines, gilt lettering to spines, illus. (colour frontispieces and further illustrations within each volume), most are VG- (light soiling and scuffing to boards, generally moderate to heavy rubbing, scuffing and chipping to leather of spines, splitting to spine of vol. 9, splitting & cracking to spine of vol. 10 (G+), small chip to spine of vol's. 11, 13; light to moderate foxing within).…

1st edition. 32 pp. Frontis. 7 inserted plates. Cuts. 8vo. 8-9/16" x 5-1/2" Age toning to wrappers. Minor wear. A pleasing VG+ copy. Original publisher's printed grey paper wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Portrait and seven plates. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED With 11 mono and 3 hand coloured plates. A very good clean copy, finely bound in Nineteenth century full red calf binding. Spine with raised bands, brown title label, the compartments fully decorated in gilt. Three line gilt border on boards. Gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Previous owners bookplate on front paste down. Some staining to the boards (which doesn't extend inside the book) and a little rubbing to edges but still overall an attractive and finely bound book with original paper wrappers bound in at end.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. First Edition. xxxii, 510 pages of text, followed by [i] errata and [i] blank, followed by 24 pages of publisher's advertisement. Full navy leather binding by Zaehnsdorf for E.P. Dutton & Co. Three maroon leather spine labels and raised bands. The original green cloth of the front and rear boards, and the spine, are mounted and bound-in following the text. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Book.…

Full Morocco. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound handsomely by Bayntun in crushed red morocco, with gilt ruled decoration, raised bands, gilt devices within spine compartments, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Extra-illustration includes about 75 portrait and excerpted caricature and book illustration plates, some hand-colored, from the works of Leech. These are in addition to the 10 plates that were a part of the original publication. 8vo. 22.5 by 15 cm. With half-title, 10 plates, numerous in-text illustrations. Leech, among his many accomplishments, was the first illustrator of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", and so it is fitting that Kitton, his biographer, was also an illustrator of Dickens' works and an author of numerous works about Dickens and DIckens' other illustrators. Condition: Some spotting on the morocco cover, and a touch of darkening or staining on the upper edge of the rear cover. Some scattered foxing, occasionally heavier -- all relating to the particular plate and its chemical vulnerability to such. A few small chips as well. Overall a very handsome, and special, copy of this work.…