Trans Thomas Johnes (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 634 Pages, clean & unmarked if gingerly toned throughout; between pale blue endpapers, toned & chipping; & with lovely dedicatory poem handwritten at front, signed "Windsor Terrace 1884"; in heavily worn brown cloth, fraying at corners & spine ends; with weak hinges; & gilt titling on spine. European Literature in Translation; Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Introduced by Morris Rossabi, this is Bertrandon de la Broquière's account of his travels in 1432-33. At that time, the Holy Lands were under Ottoman control but some Europeans, among them Philip, Duke of Burgundy, entertained the possibility of reclaiming them for Christendom. Bertrandon was sent by Philip to gather information about the Ottomans' military strength. A resourceful and observant traveller, his report gives an invaluable account of the Islamic world in the early 15th century. Facsimile reprint of the 1807 edition. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This is a VG unmarked hardcover copy in brown cloth binding, gold spine lettering. 634 dense double column pages. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shippng.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None, as Issued. xvi + 634 pp. Brown cloth, gilt titles. 115 engravings. Complete in one volume. Includes a Life of the Author, an Essay on his Works, and a Criticism on his History, with an Original Introductory Essay on the Character and Society of the Middle Ages, by John Lord, LL.D. Binding mildly worn at corners; head of spine has a 1 inch tear in the cloth. Endpapers very mildly foxed, not affecting text pages. Front hinge solid but endpaper split; back hinge solid, but last signature starting between pp 632 and 633 (still holding well). Text block clean and bright. Small waterstain on lower corner of back endpaper only, not affecting binding or text block. This is a remarkably compact edition of the Chronicles, being one volume instead of twelve! Text is in two columns, clear and readable. Johnes's translation holds up very well today for thoroughness and readability.

A beautifully rebound 2 volume set, complete. Bound in half leather by Bayntun Bindery with 5 raised bands on spine and wonderful multi-color spine decor. Bindings are very strong and clean. No structural flaws. Very slightest wear to corners, a bit of wear to bottom edges, just a touch of blistering to cloth on front of each volume. Top edge gilt nice and clean on both volumes. Internally, some occasional foxing, more prevalent in the fore matter of each volume, Vol. I having more aggressive foxing on the color frontis and the title page. Please see attached photos to get a better idea of the condition. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

Hardcover. Cont half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt; worn, corners damaged. Bookpls of John Bruce Pryce of Dyffryn (1784-1872) & SPB Mais (1885-1975, author of novels & travel books). Atlas volume only, without letterpress, of Johnes' translation, published at his own Hafod Press 1803-10; here without the foldiing map and two or three further plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes 4to, later 3/4 morocco on dark brown pebbled cloth, spine titles in gilt. Bindings tight and square, front hinge cracked but firm, p.o. bokplates on both front pastedowns, text blocks a bit toned.

1/2 Leather. Condition: FR/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: J. Winchester/New World Pres. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. ca. 1845. . 1/2 Leather. 4to., 634 pp., foxing, gold title faded, hinges weakened some, cover frayed, .

Leather. Condition: Good Only. Sir John Froissart (illustrator). A two-volume Bohn reissue in half morocco, richly illustrated with Humphreys" illuminated plates, presenting Johnes"s classic English translation of Froissart"s chronicle of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining countries. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards.Complete in two volumes.This is a Bohn reissue of the 1844 W. Smith edition.A celebrated English translation of Froissart"s medieval chronicles, covering European history from the later reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV, with particular focus on the Hundred Years" War.Complete with a colour-lithographed title page to each volume, and two illuminated title pages with plates after medieval manuscripts, using designs by Henry Noel Humphreys. Originally produced for the 184445 W. Smith edition, the illustrations are drawn from celebrated manuscript copies of Froissart in the British Museum"s Harleian Collection and the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris.A landmark medieval chronicle by Jean (Sir John) Froissart (c. 1337-c. 1410), offering an expansive contemporary narrative of the Hundred Years" War and political life in England, France, Spain, and the adjoining regions from the later reign of Edward II through to the rise of Henry IV.Johnes"s nineteenth-century translation, long regarded as the standard for its clarity and scholarly corrections, remains the most important modern English rendering of Froissart"s Chronicles. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, fragile. Boards of volume II fully disbound and in need of sympathetic repair. Boards of volume I fragile, but holding, with cracking to joints. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to morocco. Slight discolouration to boards and spines with one or two minor handling marks. Slight rubbing to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edges and slight offsetting from plates. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, a very good copy in contemporary half calf, a little rubbed at the edges, with some spotting to the first few leaves, no markings or inscriptions.

First Edition. Worn set bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Provenance from the libraries of Charles Pole Stuart and Ralph Esme Stuart with the owner's respective bookplates. Physical description; two volumes. Subjects; Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Chronicles. 4 Kg.

First Edition. Worn set bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Provenance from the libraries of Charles Pole Stuart and Ralph Esme Stuart with the owner's respective bookplates. Physical description; two volumes. Subjects; Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Chronicles. 3 Kg.

1st ed. thus full leather Very Good lge. octavo xxxvi + 640, xvi + 552pp., text ills., index, Beginning at the Year MCCC where Froissart finishes and ending at MCCCCLXII and continued by others to the year MDXVI. Vol. 1 has nice decorated colour half-title. Rather worn tooled leather. 2 lower spine panels missing from vol.2 o/w nice tight set.

Hardcover. 2 vols. (books I-IV): xlvii, 768 + xiv, 733 p.; added chromo- lithographic title to vol. 1; 25 cm. Contents, vol. 1: Life of the author; Essay on his works; Criticism on the History of Froissart; book I, ch. 1-331; book II, ch. 1-138; woodcut text-figures 1-65 -- vol. 2: book II, ch. 139-179; book III, ch. 1-143; book IV, ch. 1-122; index (triple-column, p. [711]-733); woodcut text-figures 66-116. -- Earliest of several printings by William Smith. [This issue does not include the 72 plates found in some copies] -- A pencilled note at the end of vol. 1 appears to date the bindings at 1894. The linen front edges are lightly chafed, and the pages show moderate foxing -- Farrar and Evans 1655n. Good set brown morocco, joints lt. strained, maroon linen sides.

Hardcover. vol III with blank f. 4D4; - [plates vol]: (26.5x20cm). [8]pp, 51 engr pls, 1 folding. Text: Untrimmed in original boards, rubbed & marked, corners knocked, v I hinge cracked, spines backed with paper, 3 vols with original paper labels laid down; some spotting. Large ownership entries on paste-down of 'Charles Bodenham, Rotherwas' (Herefordshire, seat of the Roman Catholic Bodenham family, of which only the fine late 16C chapel, interior decorated by S W & P P Pugin in the late 19C, now survives); labels of P S Lewis. Plates: spotted; cont half calf, marbled boards, gilt, rubbed & scuffed, front cover loose; large bookpl of Thomas Hayward Southby of Carswell, label of P S Lewis. First edition of the first complete translation, handsomely printed at the translator's own press; the plate vol supplied from the 13-vol Longman reprint of 1810.

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. None (illustrator). An illustrated copy of Froissart's extensive history of Europe in the 14th century in two volumes. Two volumes. Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout. With illustrated title page to volume one, lacking frontispiece. A collection of stories about the Hundred Years' War, starting with the events leading up to the deposition of Edward II, looking at the period up to 1400, recounting prominent events in Western Europe to the coronation of Henry IV. Written by Sir John Froissart, a medieval author and court historian who wrote several historical works, a long Arthurian romance, and a large body of poetry. Translated by Thomas Johnes, an architect, writer, and social benefactor who served as a Member of Parliament. From the library of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset. Raglan"s great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and hero of the Battle at Inkerman and Alma in the Crimean War. He also served as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He died in the Crimea in 1855. The house in which the library was situated, Cefn Tilla Court, was purchased by the Raglan Memorial committee for his descendants. Lord Raglan was a keen collector of anthropology and folklore, with many of the works in his extensive library focusing upon this topic. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Joints tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. Binding very loose to volume one, boards and spine may detach with further handling. Pages are bright and clean with scattered spotting. Much of the text block remains unopened. Good Only. book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The complete first edition of Thomas Johnes translation of Enguerrand de Monstrelet's important account of fourteenth century European history. The first edition, complete in five volumes.The first edition of Thomas Johnes's English language translation of the work. Published at his own press at Hafod House in Wales, Johnes's translation was the standard for most of the nineteenth century.Enguerrand de Monstrelet was a French chronicler who 'lived from 1337 to about 1410, and wrote chiefly of contemporaneous events. The "Chronicles" are universally considered as the most vivid and faithful picture we have of events in the fourteenth century. As a picture of the most favourable side of chivalry, the work has no equal' (Adams, Manual of Historical Literature, pp. 334-5).Illustrated with fifty-one plates to volume V.Collated, complete.The centre of each board is stamped 'Conservative Club', with their library bookplates to each front pastedown.This work includes an account of the latter part of the Hundred Years' War. Three volumes in half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards, and two volumes in calf backed cloth covered boards. Significant rubbing to joints. Worming to volume I joints, most concentrated to joint tails, with boards firmly held. Rear joint of volume III starting, with board firmly held. Significant worming to tail of front joint of volume IV, with board firmly held. Volume II hinges strained with front board tender. Volume III front hinge strained but firmly held. Volume V front hinge strained but firmly held. Library bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright. Instances of handling marks throughout, most concentrated to the fore edges of volume IV-V plates and text leaves. Very Good. book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). A handsome two volume set of Froissart's Chronicles, translated from the French by Thomas Johnes. In full calf bindings, with decorative gilt to the spines and the gilt crest of St. Paul's School in London to the front boards. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Jean Froissart, often referred to as John Froissart, was one of the most important chroniclers of Medieval France. Froissart's Chronicles are a 14th-century history of the Hundred Years' War. The Chronicles start by describing events leading up to the deposition of King Edward II in 1326, and continue up to 1400, recounting events in western Europe. While they contain some errors, the Chronicles are vitally important to the understanding of 14-century chivalric culture. Translated from the French by Thomas Johnes, with a life of the author, an essay on his works, and a criticism of his history. Accompanied by numerous engravings, and a colour title page to Volume I. In full calf bindings. Externally very smart, with only a little rubbing to the joints and extremities. A couple of marks to the rear board of Vol I. Small losses to the spine label of Vol II, not affecting the lettering. Front hinge to Vol I is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A beautiful set of The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Complete in two volumes. The full title of this volume reads: The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet; containing an account of the cruel Civil Wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the Possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the Kingdom of France, as well as in other countries. A History of fair example, and of great profit to the French. Beginning at the year MCCC., where that of Sir John Froissant finishes, and ending at the year MCCCLXVII., and continued by others to the year MDXVI. Translated from the original French by Thomas Johnes. There is a coloured frontispiece in volume I, and black and white engravings in both volumes. Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c. 1400 20 July 1453), was a French chronicle writer and author of the Chronique de Enguerrand de Monstrelet. He was born in Picardy, most likely into a family that was of the minor nobility. Monstrelet's own writings, dealing with the latter part of the Hundred Years' War, are valuable because they contain a large number of documents which are certainly, and reported speeches which are probably, authentic. The author, however, shows little power of narration; his work, although clear, is dull, and is strongly tinged with the pedantry of its century, the most pedantic in French history. His somewhat ostentatious assertions of impartiality do not cloak a marked preference for the Burgundians in their struggle with France. In half crushed Morocco leather bindings with gilt lettering to the spines, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, smart with just minor shelfwear. Corners are slightly bumped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.