Leech John 1817 1864 Illustrator (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854. First edition. xi,[i],415,[1]pp. With hand-coloured frontispiece and three etched black and white plates by John Leech. §The author's brother MAURICE BERKELEY's (1788-1867) copy with his bold ink signature to front free endpaper. There was bad blood between the disputatious Grantley Berkeley, sportsman & bully, and his siblings. In his 'Memoirs' (1865), he dredged up the dubious circumstances of his mother's 1795 marriage to the Earl of Berkeley - a secret marriage amidst allegations that the Earl had actually bought his bride from her elder sister. Grantley Berkeley's motive appears to have derived from little more than a desire to antagonise his brothers, who responded with a printed denial in the form of the 1866 pamphlet 'Reply to Some Passages in a Book entitled "My Life and Recollections, By the Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley." By the Other Surviving Sons of the Late Earl and Countess of Berkeley' : a pamphlet generally attributed to Maurice Berkeley, only. Nineteenth-century ink ownership name regrettably erased from head of title-page to the point of illegibility; the residue of the name looks of similar date to Maurice Berkeley's signature and may have been that of another family member (this is speculation). Several facetious manuscript comments to text in pencil or blue pencil, and one in ink, in one or more nineteenth-century hands. The annotator(s) clearly read the text with a closely critical eye and one is probably Maurice Berkeley. Rebound in black late nineteenth-century half calf, slightly cropping one of the manuscript annotations (see illustration), pebbled cloth boards (latter showing some discolouration), gilt lettering and decoration (title misspelled on spine). Some general light internal soiling and occasional foxing. Loosely inserted is a slip of paper with pencilled note in one of the same hands, mentioning a sporting painting 'The Death of the Fox' depicting Earl Fitzhardinge, the Hon. Craven Berkeley, and others, seemingly left at a framer's. Touch of rubbing to covers and short external split to 1 cm. of external upper joints - hence the top of the spine is a little fragile and needs gentle handling, but covers otherwise perfectly sturdy. A good, sound copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 320, 304 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print on black banner, raised bands. Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards; wear to spine caps and edges, worn, exposed corners, toning to spine, mild scuffing to leather. Text block has marbled edges and endpapers; bookplate on front pastedown, cracked hinges, binding is stiff with puckering to pages, intermittent damp stain to edges of pages including the color plates. Illustrated: "With twenty coloured etchings, and two hundred woodcuts" title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1408839. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original British racing green 'engine turn' finished cloth covers, gilt title lettering and small vignettes to the spine, large vignette to the front cover, all page edges gilt. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains illustrated black and red printed title, (xii), 308 printed pages of text with 10 coloured steel engravings and numerous monochrome woodcuts throughout. Armorial book plate of previous owner (Joseph John Elliott) to the front paste down. Rubbing to the boards, corners and spine ends turned over, top margins dusty and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. HUMOUR (Satire, Cartoon). …

First Edition. Inscription from previous owner. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; x pages, 1 leaf, 408 pages, 13 col'd plates (including frontispiece) illustrations 8vo. Subjects; Wit and humor. English fiction, 19th century. Fox hunting. Etchings. Specimens. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Inscription from previous owner. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; x pages, 1 leaf, 408 pages, 13 col'd plates (including frontispiece) illustrations 8vo. Subjects; Wit and humor. English fiction, 19th century. Fox hunting. Etchings. Specimens. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Boards starting. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; xii, 308 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of colour plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Illustrated t.p. and 10 hand-coloured plates. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Wit and humor, English. Caricature and comic art, British. Rome History ; Humor. Rome History, Comic, satirical, etc. Rome (Italy) History ; Humor. Rome History ; Anecdotes. Rome (Empire). Rome (Italy) History. Rome History. History Ancient. History Italy Roman period. Genres; Bibliography. Histories - England - 1852. History. Humor. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Boards starting. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; xii, 308 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of colour plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Illustrated t.p. and 10 hand-coloured plates. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Wit and humor, English. Caricature and comic art, British. Rome History ; Humor. Rome History, Comic, satirical, etc. Rome (Italy) History ; Humor. Rome History ; Anecdotes. Rome (Empire). Rome (Italy) History. Rome History. History Ancient. History Italy Roman period. Genres; Bibliography. Histories - England - 1852. History. Humor. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

16mo, with the first three issues continuously paginated to 240, and issue V paginated 321-400. Each volume with a frontispiece by Leech, and numerous illustrations by him in text. Three of the four issues (I, III and V) with an initial four-pages of advertisements, and more advertisements on the wraps. The four volumes in fair condition, on aged paper, in worn wraps, with the first volume lacking its spine. Each with the small and neat ownership inscription of 'L Jackson' in the top right-hand corner of its front wrap. The magazine was short-lived, ending with the sixth issue in December 1851. Described, in the introduction to the first volume, as a 'light periodical', intended to 'beguile a railway or steam-boat journey, without any great tax on the attention' (I, p.3).…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 126 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1878. Text in English. This volume presents a collection of over 100 cartoons featuring Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, originally published in "Punch" magazine. The illustrations are by prominent Victorian artists Richard Doyle, John Leech, and John Tenniel, capturing the political and social satire of the era. The cartoons offer a visual commentary on Disraeli's career and the political landscape of 19th-century Britain. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. …

The caption reads "Mr. Briggs can't bear flying leaps, so he makes for a gap - which is immediately filled by a franctic protectionist, who is vowing that he will pitchfork Mr. Briggs if he comes 'galloperravering' over his fences - danged if he doant ! ".