Meriton John (9 results)

Stapled Softcover Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Browning to the covers with some edge rubbing to the spine. The pages are a little browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes 'Price of £30,000 Diamonds was a Bicycle by John Brandon, Judy by David Wright and Peter Meriton and Rex Morgan M.D. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Wright, David; Bradley, Marvin (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The century before the mid 19th saw a rich outpouring of cheap popular literature; chapbooks of tales, histories, verses, primers and alphabets. This volume provides an analytical bibliography of the National Art Libraryâs substantial collection of such ephemera, a field made difficult by the rarity of surviving editions and the scarcity of detailed descriptions. Nearly 800 titles are recorded with enough precision to allow reliable comparison of editions, variants and states. The pamphlets are visually striking, and representative images from every item are reproduced here as a vivid reference resource. 1008 pages, illustrated. Original printed boards, covered in later laminate. Small split to the spine at the top of the front board. Contents quite clean throughout. Size: 17.5 x 25 cms. Category: Books on Books; New Arrivals; ISBN: 0712350217. ISBN/EAN: 9780712350211. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1007pp 1008 p. Book.

hardcover. 7 x 10 inches. hardcover. 1,008 pages. First edition. The hundred years prior to the mid-nineteenth century saw a flowering of ephemeral publishing often referred to by the shorthand "chapbooks." This book is an analytical bibliography of the National Art Library's collection of literary ephemera of the period. For the purposes of this book, this includes entertaining and broadly educational works, such as abridged novels, alphabets, ballads, cries, dreadful, fables and tales, nursery rhymes, fortune books, garlands, histories, and natural histories. The book excludes primarily proselytizing and moralizing texts, along with battledores, cabinet and miniature books, harlequinaids, tracts, panoramas, plays, primers, and propaganda pamphlets. Also excluded are more substantial and sumptuous publications with engravings on quality paper and bound in boards as they were considered insufficiently ephemeral. Nearly 800 titles are described here in significant bibliographical detail to allow accurate comparison and verification with editions, variants, and states in other collections. Examples of illustrations from all the books described are reproduced here, providing a visual feast and resource. The book will appeal to all librarians and owners of collections containing literary and educational ephemera. It will provide support for current research into literary studies and work on literacy and language development. John Meriton is Librarian of the National Art Library and Deputy Keeper of the Word and Image Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Carlo Dumontet is the National Art Library's Special Collections Bibliographer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition, large octavo, printed glazed boards (small flaws in the glaze), 1007 pages. ".analytical bibliography of the National Art Library's collection of literary ephemera (chapbooks) of the period (prior to 1850) comprises histories, tales, verse collections, primers and alphabets. Nearly 800 titles are described in significant bibliographical detail enabling accurate comparison and verification with editions, variants and states in other collections. Entries are illustrated." This is a heavy book (1.87kg.) and the price has been adjusted to include any additional postage required in the UK. Please contact us before ordering for a quotation for shipping at cost. [****HEAVY ITEM - MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE****] [QP]. …

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. First Printing Fine in a sew binding of black, illustrated paper covered boards with white text on the spine. A thick, heavy quarto measuring 10" by 7" with purple end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued. 1008 pages including several indexes, list of sources, glossary, appendices, bibliographic analysis, bibliographic method and text. Containing listings and bibliographical data for 761 children's ephemeral titles published between 1736 to 1850.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original lime green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, black border line to the front cover, green dyed top edge. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 288 printed pages of text followed by 63 pages of Spring Announcements. Softened and rubbed spine ends, rubbed corners, minimal dust marking to the closed page edges and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION. …

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover edition. Pamphlet published by Thomas Tegg, circa late 1700s to early 1800s. Rebound in green cloth, gilt title to spine. 23pp, tall 12mo. rebound covers clean, new endpapers, original pages lightly chipped along edges, mild foxing to inerior, text clean and legible, Very Good.…

First Edition. Pp. 1008, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the title page printed in red & black, tables, glossary, source list, index; thick cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, light bruise at head of spine; Oak Knoll Press/The British Library, New Castle, 2010. First edition. *An analytical illustrated bibliography of the National Art Library's large collection of chapbooks. Describes nearly 800 titles, including entertaining and educational works, abridged novels, alphabets, ballads, fables and tales, nursery rhymes, fortune books, garlands, histories, and natural histories.…