Titmarsh M a Pseud (23 results)

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Antique ex-library. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Introduction by Edward Everett Hale. First thus. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Decorative brown cloth with design of mother reading to young boy and lots of different subject areas. 130 pp. Ex-library with pockets and stamps to rear endpaper, discreet stamping to title. Lightly soiled. Very nice, solid copy in very good condition.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition thus. G : in Good condition with foxed and chipped dust jacket. Spine darkened. Sellotape repairs to inner jacket. Scattered foxing within. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 128pp. B/w drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. illustrated, advertisement leaves, minor wear to extremities to lightly sunned spine, ownership signature front free endpaper, very good; 212 pages.

hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. slipcase shows signs of wear xiii, 119 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. original leather-backed boards (with Chapman & Hall upper cover), spine chipped, corners rubbed, nick at upper edge of upper cover, illustrated, feintly spotted, good. 51 pages; keywords: fiction;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. original decorated cloth, spine bumped, uncoloured (tinted) illustrations, a nice copy. from the library of Percy Livingstone Dickson with his pictorial bookplate front pastedown; first published 1847; 46 page; keywords: fiction;

Soft cover. Condition: Good. original pictorial paper wrappers, upper cover re-inforced, later lower wrapper, illustrated (upper corner missing from frontispiece not affecting illustration), advertisement leaf, leaves tanning at edges, good. the facsimile with four stars on page 120 instead of five; 'The plates are not referred to in the work, were probably added later, and were not by Thackeray, the illustration on the cover only being his'; 122 pages; keywords: fiction; Van Duzer 194.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. original glazed boards, re-spined, corners rubbed, tinted illustrations, advertisement leaf, sprinkled edges, occasional spotting, good. first edition; 87 pages; keywords: fiction;

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. original pictorial glazed boards, rebacked with original backstrip relaid, advertisement leaf, coloured illustrations, all edges gilt, shelf-wear, good. 54 pages; keywords: fiction; Van Duzer 157.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. contemporary full-leather, raised bands, both hinges starting, a trifle rubbed, lacking spine label, illustrated by the author, some spotting and dust-soiling, good. first edition; 128 pages; keywords: drama;

Condition: 0. Vermutlich erste dt. Ausgabe des lustigen und skurrilen Märchens, das Thackeray unter dem Pseudenym Titmarsh verfasste, illustriert mit den skurrilen Holzschnitten nach Zeichnungen des Autors. - Etw. gebräunt u. schwach stockfleckig. ge Gewicht in Gramm: 350 8°. Mit 57 (8 ganzs.) Holzschnitten im Text u. auf Tafeln. 128 S., Mod. marmor. Ppbd.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. original glazed boards, badly rubbed, re-spined, coloured illustrations, advertisement leaf, all edges gilt, some spotting and dust-soiling, good. WMT's second Christmas book; first edition; 54 pages; keywords: fiction; Van Duzer 157.

Front., engr. title, sepia plates. Orig. green cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. darkened. 46pp. Illustrated by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. original decorated glazed boards, re-spined, corners rubbed, illustrated in colour (two plates uncoloured), advertisement leaf, all edges gilt, feintly spotted, shelf-wear, good. second issue with undated title-page, letterpress at base of frontispiece, coloured plates and advertisement leaf; first edition; 46 pages; keywords: fiction;

First Edition. Very good copy in the original cloth-backed, colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly worn; spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: iv, 128 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Children's literature; Victorian literature; English fiction; Juvenile fiction. 3 Kg.

Front., engr. title, sepia plates. Rebound in full red calf, ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt; extremities rubbed, head & tail of spine a bit chipped. Ink ownership inscription on prelim blank: 'F.B. Frank Trin: Coll: 1847.' 46pp. Mrs. Perkins's Ball was Thackeray's first attempt at breaking into the Christmas book market, though the work did not sell particularly well. The party begins: 'following Mrs. Perkins's orders, the present writer made his appearance very early at Pocklington Square; where the tastiness of all the decorations elicited my warmest admiration.' Illustrated by the author; this copy with sepia-toned plates.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original cloth-backed, colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards slightly worn; spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: iv, 128 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Children's literature; Victorian literature; English fiction; Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.

First edition, 8vo. (185x140mm), 54pp with 2pp ads. following text, coloured frontis., coloured title page vignette and 14 full page tinted hand coloured plates, original front and back card covers bound in after text, marbled endpapers, bound in full polished calf, boards gilt ruled, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt compartment motifs, author and title label with date label at tail, gilt inner dentelles, Bound by Root and Son with their stamp, front hinge lightly rubbed, otherwise handsome, attractive and very good indeed.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. First. With numerous engravings on wood by the author. 2 vols., full polished calf, with leather labels, gilt spines and dentelles; some light foxing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First Edition. Thackeray's travel writing brought him early fame. He was in Ireland during the potato famine.

First edition; 8vo (18.5 x 14 cm); 16 hand-coloured engraved plates after the author, including separate illustrated title page, with engraved vignette to title, original wrappers bound in, bookplate to publishers blank, a touch of spotting to the publishers blanks, original wrappers rubbed; later full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, boards gilt ruled, board edges double-ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt, turn-ins gilt rolled, silk endpapers, upper corners a little bumped, spine edges rubbed with small split to upper headband; [4], 49, [2]pp. The third of a number of Christmas gift books by Thackeray using the Titmarsh pseudonym, describing the life of a fictional schoolmaster and his family.

128 S. m. 57 (8 ganzseitigen) Textholzschnitten nach Zeichnungen d. Autors. Hlwdbd d. Zeit m. Rverg. (Kanten stärker beschabt, berieben, etwas braunfl. , leichte Gebrauchssp.). Sehr seltene, wohl erste deutsche Ausgabe dieses anmutig-humorvoll erzählten Nonsense-Märchen (engl. zuerst auch 1855) William M. Thackerays, illustriert mit den skurrilen Holzschnitten nach Zeichnungen des Autors.- Nachgebunden: SAINT JOHN, PERCY B. Kitsi das Indianermädchen. Nach dem Englischen (übers.) v. Gottlieb Walter. Wien, J. Ludwig u. A. Zang, 1855. 64 S. (etwas braunfl.).- Wahrscheinlich erste deutsche Ausgabe dieser in Texas spielenden Erzählung, in die das Indianermärchen "Der Geist der Quelle" eingeschaltet ist. Der Autor war Mitarbeiter von illustrierten Familienzeitschriften.- Vorgebunden: DIE FRAU DES STRÄFLINGS. Scenen aus dem australischen Leben. Aus dem Französischen. Uebersetzt v. Karl Günther. Wien, J. Ludwig u. A. Zang, 1855. 160 S. (etwas braunfl.).- Alle drei Erzählungen ähneln in Druck und Papierqualität den billigen Kolportageromanen und dürften in einer Reihe mit anspruchsloser Unterhaltungslektüre für Haus und Familie erschienen sein. Sprache: Deutsch.

Condition: Fine. Half calf, 7 inches tall. A charming copy of one of Thackeray's popular Christmas books in a Victorian half calf with raised bands, extra gilt panels and label. Embellished with 13 full page colour plates. A humorous look at this respectable English family voyaging in foreign climes.

Thackeray (illustrator). 5 vols. Small 4to and 8vo. Uniform late 19th-century crushed green morocco, original glazed paper covers to each volume backed and bound-in, t.e.g., by Matthews; spines faded, light wear to extremities Mrs Perkins's Ball. London: Chapman and Hall, [1847]. Pictorial title and 21 plates (1 folding), all hand-colored, after Thackeray. [2], 46, [2] pp., with half-title. First edition. Our Street. London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 14 engraved plates, all hand-colored, after Thackeray. 54, [2] pp. First edition.Doctor Birch & His Young Friends. London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 14 engraved plates by Thackeray. [iv], 49, [1], [2, ads] pp. First edition, later issue with plates uncolored.The Kickleburys on the Rhine. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1851. Frontispiece, pictorial title and 13 engraved plates, all hand-colored, by Thackeray. [iv], xv, [1], 87, [1], [2, ads] pp., with half-title. Second edition.The Rose and the Ring; or, the History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855. Frontispice, title-page vignette, 7 engraved plates, 48 woodcuts to text by Thackeray. [ii], 128, 16 (ads) pp. First edition.Attractive uniformly bound collection of the five canonical Thackeray Christmas stories with illustrations by the author. Does not include Rebecca and Rowena (1850) which Van Duzer notes is sometimes included as it was advertised as "A Story for Christmas" but did not include illustrations by Thackeray.REFERENCE: Van Duzer 140, 157, 51, 106, 185.