Titmarsh Thackery (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Qtr calf with marbled boards. Title gilt on spine which is professionally laid on later spine & covers. All edges marbled.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 370pp. Looseness at both internal hinges, (paper cracked but held by the cloth). Interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. Illustrated with plartes. Cover scruffy. Undated, mid 1800s? Offered as a reading copy or for rebind. Picture of this book available.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. Fair, hardcover. Reasonably clean, bright and tight. Some marks and age tanning but otherwise in fair condition. Corners bumped and rubbed, spine cocked. No dustjacket, marbled cloth boards with gilt lettering to black title patch on spine. Foxing to opening and end pages.

Original Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition; First Impression. Previous owner bookplate 'John Wood'. Spine & outside edges of cover is sun-faded. Corners gently bumped. Foxing. ; Original publisher's green cloth boards with untrimmed edges & decorative blindstamp design on front & rear cover, border bands on spine & gilt letterring. Numerous engravings by the author throughout. The second volume of Thackerayâs lively travel account of Ireland, written under his pseudonym M. A. Titmarsh. Blending observation, satire & sympathetic curiosity, he records landscapes, towns & social life with the wit & sharp eye that would later define his novels. Part travel narrative, part social commentary, the Irish Sketch Book captures Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century through anecdote, character sketch & reflective humour. ; Octavo; 327 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. William Thackery (illustrator). Third Edition. 128pp. Green cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and blind. Pale yellow endpapers; 58 B&W illustrations by the author.Spine ends and corners lightly worn, damp-tain on the rear cover, spine a bit sunned, some slight internal foxing and hand-soiling. "A marvelously funny and witty tale, illustrated with equal humor. A March 2, 1854 entry in diary reads, 'Wrote these days in the Fairy tale.It is wondreful how easy this trickles from the pen.' The story follows the adventures of two young princes, Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo, who are both vying for the hand of the beautiful Princess Angelica. However, their plans are thwarted by the wicked fairy Blackstick, who has her own designs on the throne. Along the way, the princes encounter a host of colorful characters, including a talking rose, a wise old fairy, and a bumbling king. The book is filled with humor, adventure, and whimsy, making it a delightful read for both children and adults". Size: 16mo. Book.

Board. Condition: Reading Copy. H. Vizetelly (illustrator). First Ed. 20 illustrations, three of which have crayon marks, but the illustrations that are there are very funny, a couple are missing as there were 22.; the boards are quite worn and the book has been mended badly with tape. A reading copy. n.d. circa 1840's.

Hardback. The red gilt cloth binding is worn, the spine is present but detached, the hinges are weak. The frontispiece is partially detached and has some light foxing. There is some light edge foxing throughout with the first and last few pages more extensively affected. hand coloured frontispiece, xi + 221.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. William Thackery (illustrator). First edition, written and illustrated by William Thackery and published under the pseudonym M. A. Titmarsh. In original boards/wrappers, Corners and spine rubbed, tanned and spotted throughout inside.

Condition: Good. Different cover colours. Discolouration/scuffs/some staining to cover. Some cracks to hinges/binding. Rough cut pages with tanning/foxing. Text clear to read.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. William Thackery (illustrator). First edition, written and illustrated by William Thackery and published under the pseudonym M. A. Titmarsh. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Hand colored illustrations.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. William Makepeace Thackery (illustrator). First edition. A charmingly illustrated copy of M.A Titmarsh's Mrs Perkins's Ball, which is the first of many Christmas novels written by Thackery under a pseudonym. A charmingly illustrated copy of M.A Titmarsh's Mrs Perkins's Ball, which is the first of many satirical Christmas novels written by Thackery under a pseudonym. This copy is a beautiful facsimile of the original first edition, without the slip before the frontispiece.Humorously and beautifully illustrated by Thackery under the pseudonym M.A Titmarsh.Including twenty-two tinted illustrations and a fold-out double page tinted illustration.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with slight rubbing to the joints, discolouration to the spine and slight wear to the extremities. There are some light marks to the front board. Internally, generally firmly bound with some signs of starting. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in full leather Bayntun-Riviere binding. 1st edition.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good to Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Christmas Books by William Makepeace Thackery as M.A. Titmarsh. 6 vols, 1st eds, all bound in boards with original paper wrapers onlaid, tinted plates, vg to fine. Kickleberry's.1850, Dr. Birch, 1849, Our Street, 1848, Rose and the Ring, 1855, Mrs. Perkins Ball, 1847, Rebecca and Rowena, 1847. Covers have some scuffing and some stains, moderate edgewear, and some soiling to three, prev. owner's booklabel, Rose and the Ring lacks spine. In folding traycases, slightly faded, slipcased together.