Roberts Col David (7 results)
More imagesPublished by Printed by Patrick Martin, London, UK, 1816
- Hardcover
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.R & G Bliss Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of His Campaign on the Peninsula, and in Pall Mall: with Sketches by (Thomas) Rowlandson. Second edition. 8vo. half-title, tp, Dedication, 1-78pp., 81-188pp. Page 78 is the End of Part II; page 80 is the first page… to Sequel to the Military adventures.It does not look like any content is missing to it may be a matter of miss-numbering. Twelve hand-colored aquatint plates by Rowlandson, labeled Frontispiece, 1-11 and 14. Other listings have indicated 15 plates, thus 12 and 13, are missing. Very good minus book with new spine. Half-leather with blue marbled paper. Most edges are rubbed through. A number of pages have repairs of archival paper to the fore-edge margins. Several pages, including verso to frontispiece, tp, and Dedication have penciled notes and random jottings. Front paste-down has several small ink notes. Both free-endpapers have shadow transfers. A few internal smudges, intermittent foxing, some very grubby pages and some very clean. Text block is sound due to new spine. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
More imagesPublished by Patrick Martin, London, 1815
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.Circle City Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hand colored; 8vo; 188 pages; New 3/4 leather and marbled boards binding. This has been bound keeping the original front and rear covers. 15 hand-colored plates drawn and etched by Rowlandson. Some light offsetting from the plates. Illustrated by Tho…mas Rowlandson (illustrator).
Published by Printed for Patrick Martin, London, 1815
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller[3] 188 pp. With fifteen fine hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 8vo, later 19th century half calf. First edition. Head of spine very slightly chipped; light wear to extremities; internally clean and fine.
More imagesPublished by Printed for Patrick Martin, London, 1816
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. Second edition. Rowlandson, Thomas. Second edition. 15 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 188 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 5-3/8 inches). A beautiful copy. Tooley 418 Full maroon morocco binding with gilt spine and crossed epee emblems. Gilt top edge. Faint offsetting from plates; light rubbing…to spine edges of binding, else near fine 15 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 188 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 5-3/8 inches).
More imagesPublished by Published for the Author, and sold by Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, London, 1816
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. Second edition. Rowlandson, Thomas. Second edition. 15 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 188 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-14 x 5-3/8 inches). A beautiful copy. Tooley 418 Contemporary full straight-grained morocco, gilt, a.e.g. Light rubbing to binding, else near fine. Bookplate 15 hand-colored aquat…int plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 188 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-14 x 5-3/8 inches).
More imagesPublished by London: Printed for Patrick Martin, 1816, 1816
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerFifteen Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Drawn and Etched by Thomas Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [ROBERTS, Lt. Col. David, author]. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of His Campaigns on the Peninsula, and in Pall Mall: With Sketches, by Rowlandson, and Notes. By and Officer. Second Edition.…London: Printed for Patrick Martin, 1816. Second edition. Octavo (8 9/16 x 5 3/8 inches; 218 x 137 mm). [4], 188 pp. Fifteen hand-colored aquatint plates drawn and etched by Rowlandson, including frontispiece. Lower margin of pp. 65/66 replaced just affecting one letter on verso. Small hole (1/8 inch) on pp. 111/112 just affecting one letter. Some minor offsetting from plates to text and some scattered light foxing to text. Bound ca. 1930 in full dark red crushed levant morocco, covers with triple gilt-rule borders, spine with two raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt-decorated board edge corners, triple gilt-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Original purple cloth covers and spine bound in at end. "To the Subalterns of the British Army. Gentlemen, I shall , I trust, be acquitted of any servile view, when in dedicating this humble Essay to the Subalterns of the British Army, I adopt the only means in my powers of shewing how much I honour and admire them. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, With the greatest respect, Your most obedient Servant, The Author." (Dedication) Abbey, Life 378 (First edition, 1815); Tooley 418; Hardie, p. 158; Prideaux, p. 305.
More imagesPublished by London: Printed for Patrick Martin, 1815, 1815
- First Edition
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Fifteen Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Drawn and Etched by Thomas Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [ROBERTS, Lt. Col. David, author]. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome. With an Account of His Campaigns on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall: With Sketches by Rowlandson; and Notes. By and Officer. Lon…don: Printed for Patrick Martin, 1815. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 210 x 130 mm). [4], 188 pp. Fifteen hand-colored aquatint plates drawn and etched by Rowlandson, including frontispiece. Handsomely bound ca. 1900 by Rivière and Son in full dark red crushed levant morocco, covers with triple gilt-rule borders, spine with five raised bands, elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt-ruled board edges, decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Small neat and almost invisible repair to lower blank margin of title-page, some very minor offsetting from plates to text otherwise a very fine example in a fine early twentieth century binding. "To the Subalterns of the British Army. Gentlemen, I shall , I trust, be acquitted of any servile view, when in dedicating this humble Essay to the Subalterns of the British Army, I adopt the only means in my powers of shewing how much I honour and admire them. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, With the greatest respect, Your most obedient Servant, The Author." (Dedication) Abbey, Life 378. Tooley 417. Hardie, p. 158. Prideaux, p. 305.
