Merrythought (18 results)

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. facsimile edition. paperback, facsimile reprint of a work dating from 1857, this reprint undated but possibly circa 2000 (this reprint has plain card covers and uses whiter paper than an earlier reprint by the same publisher). Red covers lettered gilt and with gilt vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, illustrated throughout, 31pp.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. facsimile edition. paperback, facsimile reprint of a work dating from 1857, this reprint undated but possibly 1980's (this reprint has pressed card covers in imitation of the original). Red covers lettered gilt and with gilt vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, illustrated throughout, 31pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lumley, Savile (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1926 as per prize label, presumed 1st edition. Very Good/None. Soft pictorial card covers but for minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, minor creasing. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling. 'Nestle's Baby' prize label inside front cover. Lovely colour illustrations by Savile Lumley throughout. Daniel Defoe's perennially popular tale about castaways adventures, retold in verse for smaller children.

Reprint. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 31, [1] pages: illustrations; 14 cm. Subjects; Carving, cooking. Diners-out, tutorials. Instructions, cooking. Cooking manuals 19th century. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Edition. Originally published by Groombridge, 1857. Carving made easy, or practical instructions for Diners-out illustrated with engravings of Fish, Flesh and Fowl, and appropriate instructions whereby a complete and skilful knowledge of the useful art of carving may be attained, and the usages of the dinner table duly observed. 32pp, gilt edged.

Reprint. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 31, [1] pages: illustrations; 14 cm. Subjects; Carving, cooking. Diners-out, tutorials. Instructions, cooking. Cooking manuals 19th century. 1 Kg.

Illustrated card cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dustjacket. Covers with creasing and edgewear. 310mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). [20pp.]. Full page colour illustrations throughout.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Dark green cloth covered stiff card; rubbed and moderately age dulled but still in great shape, no splits, no creases, showing well. Contents just slightly tanned otherwise clean and tidy with no pen-marks and not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Size: 160mm x 100mm; collation: pp. 60, [4] publisher adverts. Numerous illustrations and figures within the text. Thus a scarce item in very good condition.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Andrew Low, n.d. c.1999. Maroon card gilt decoration, all edges gilt. 31pp. A fine copy. Woodcut illustrations with instructions for the carving of many different cuts of fish, meat, game poultry etc. (Still useful today.) (Light item postage charges will be reduced.).

Condition: Fair. Full page colour plates (8) by Savile Lumley + other full page illustrations by Lumley. Folio glazed pictorial cover (small corner of cover lacking green surface/edges slightly rubbed) [21]pp. Presentation plate to inside of cover to William E. Hocking by NESTLE'S MILK & Milo Food dated August 1918. A very large Toy Book. 1 volume. Softcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edith B. Holden (illustrator). Merrythought, Matthew. Animals around us / with illustrations by Edith B. Holden. London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1921. Hardback, VG. Green cloth with some colour fade to front edge, bumped to corners, the spine also a little faded with light damage to top. Binding strong. Light tanning to endpapers. Rectangle cut from the top of ffep (presumably removing a signature). Colour frontispiece. 124pp. of animal verse with b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Now very scarce. Matthew Merrythought was the pseudonym of the renowned chess player Arthur James Maas (1857-1933). Edith Blackwell Holden (26 September 1871 - 15 March 1920) was an English artist, writer and art teacher. She was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and specialised in painting animals and plants. While collecting flowers from a riverbank at Kew Gardens, Holden drowned in the Thames in 1920. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Daws, F. & Lumley, Savile (illustrator). Very good condition. The Young Briton Toy Books. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Flexible covers. Condition: Good. Expanded Edition. 18mo; 60, [iv] pages, embossed publisher's cloth, shaken, tear in fore-edge leaf 15/16 The original 1857 edition had 31 pages. Extensively illustrated. The second half focusses on The Dining-Room and Decoration of the Dinner Table, with a portion on Things in Season.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. Undated circa 1871. Later expanded Edition: (The original 1857 edition had 31 pages) 60 pages plus 4 page Groomsbridge Shilling Practical Manual catalogue and 16page publishers catalogue. Extensively illustrated. The second half focusses on The Dining Room and decoration of the dinner table, including napkin folding, there is also a section on "Things in Season." Original covers, decorated end papers. Minor loss on front end paper, pages age toned, contents clean. A nice copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4319.

Condition: Good. 19 inches tall. Moveable joints and head. Typical nose with dropped stitching; brown ribbon around neck; printed label on foot; working growler. Good condition with some fur loss to seat, lower back, and back of right arm. Lovingly used from a smoke-free home.

Condition: Good. 19 inches tall. Number 418 of a limited edition of 1,000. Moveable joints and head. Typical nose with dropped stitching; printed label on foot. Good condition with some fur loss to back of head, arms, back and legs. Lovingly used from a smoke-free home.