First Second Third Tour Syntax by Combe William (18 results)

hardcover. Condition: near fine. 3 volumes. 80 fine colored aquatint plates drawn and etched by Rowlandson. 272, 277, 279pp., tall 8vo, rebound in 3/4 blue crushed morocco, top edges gilt. London: Routledge, no date, ca. 1860. A beautiful set.

The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of a Wife, three volumes, complete, Nattali and Bond, N.d. but 1855, obvious wear to fore edge corner tips, less so to board edges, six compartments to the somewhat tanned spines. However, this, the 9th edition, has new extra hand colored plates and each of the three text blocks and full color Rowlandson plates are void of foxing, stains, moisture, etc. All in all, a vg copy bound in half calf with marbled boards, marbled end-papers and marbled page edges. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardbacks, recent brown cloth spines, gilt titles to spine. Original blind-stamped boards. Complete 3 volume set. Pp. 272; 277; 279. All 80 colour plates as called for. Ex-academic library copy, with usual library markings. Volume 2 does not have an illustrated title page. Boards slightly faded and marked, bumped to extremities. Minor spotting to contents. A pleasing set. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (an19). Rowlandson, T. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9th. [A Satire on William Gilpin, the famous English traveler in search of the "picturesque."] 3 volume set. Bound in publisher's pebbled orange cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Spines slightly sunned. v.1 has a discoloration mark on its rear cover. Clean, fresh, unmarked pages. 80 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 272, 277, & 279 pages, plus publisher's catalogue [4] at end of v.3. Vol. I: The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque; Volume II: The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; Volume III: The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. …

George Routledge and Sons. Ninth edition with new plates. No date, c.1880. Vol. I. 270 pages. Hand-coloured Frontis. and vignette title with tissue guard + 29 hand-coloured plates also with tissue guards. Vol. II. 277 pages. Han-coloured frontis + 23 coloured plates all hand-coloured with tissue guards. Vol. III. 279 pages. Hand-coloured frontis. and vignette title with 23 hand-coloured plates all with tissue guards. This makes a total of 80 hand-coloured plates. Original red publisher's cloth binding decorated in gilt and black. Small sections lacking to head of spines and tail of spines chipped. Upper joints and lower edges of boards rubbed. Contents remarkably clean and fresh. An unusually lovely set in the original cloth binding.…

CLOTH. Condition: VERY GOOD. CA: 1860. THE TOUR OF DR SYNTAX, IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE; A POEM NINTH EDITION WITH NEW PLATES IN THREE VOLUMES ~ VOLUME THE FIRST: THE FIRST TOUR OF DR SYNTAX, IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE; A POEM. VOLUME THE SECOND: THE SECOND TOUR OF DR SYNTAX, IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION; A POEM. VOLUME THE THIRD: THE THIRD TOUR OF DR SYNTAX, IN SEARCH OF A WIFE; A POEM NINTH EDITION WITH NEW PLATES ILUSTRATED WITH EIGHTY PLATES BY T. ROLANDSON. NATTALI AND BOND 1860 CATALOGUE OF ADS BOUND IN VOLUME 3. 78 FULL PAGE + 2 TITLE PAGE FOR A TOTAL OF 80 HAND COLORED PLATES OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND CONDITION. GOLD GILT LETTERING AND DECORATION ON SPINES. BLIND STAMP DECORATION ON FRONT AND BACK COVERS. A BIT OF WEAR TO TOP OF SPINES, STILL, AN EYE CATCHING SET. Size: OCTAVO. T. ROLANDSON (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Complete in three volumes. Volume 1: In Search of the Picturesque: Volume 2: In Search of Consolation: Volume 3: In Search of a Wife. Illustrated with 80 fine hand-colored plates by Rowlandson. Tall 8vo full polished calf by Root. Spines with 5 raised bands and with gilt decorations in compartments. Green and red morocco spine labels. Boards with triple gilt rules and with gilt-decorated turn-ins. Contents clean and fresh with the plates especially bright. Some light flaking to the joints and tips; front joint of volume one cracked but sound, else a fine set, beautifully preserved. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Ninth Edition. Book. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 volumes each bound in modern full calf in pristine condition, with five raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine, with red title label and black green label with Rowlandson name. 81 hand-colored plates. All volumes tight, with some minor soilage and occasional light fox marks inside. Plates are bright. Volume one has hand-sketched portrait of Combe, the author, along with neat handwritten biography on two leaves of preliminaries. Rowlandson, Thomas (illustrator).…

Full leather. Condition: Very Good +. A mixed state --as is customary-- of William Combe's epic poem, complete in 3 volumes. Uniformly bound in a handsome, contemporary-to-the-period full-calf, with lovely gilt-bordering at the panels and fine-tooled gilt-decorations within the compartments. Vol. I ("The First Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of the Picturesque") is an 1819 stated 8th edition; Vol. II ("The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of Consolation") is a stated 3rd edition; and Vol. III ("The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax: In Search of a Wife") is the 1821 1st edition. All 3 volumes are clean and solid and VG+, with very light wear --and just a touch of light chipping-- along the front outer hinges. The Thomas Rowlandson hand-colored plates, running thruout and numbering 81 all told between the 3 volumes, are uniformly crisp and bright and beautifully-rendered. An impressive, well-preserved example of the 3 volume set. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator).…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. [Para pedidos desde fuera de España, por favor, consulte las condiciones de venta y envío, tipo A. / For orders to be delivered outside Spain, please, let you see our sale and shipping terms, type A. / Pour les commandes à livrer hors d'Espagne, s'il vous plait, voyez les conditions de vente et de livraison, type A.].- // 3 vols. (251x162mm.).- Vol. I, ".in search of the picturesque": [4], 272 p.; 31 grabados intercalados, incluyendo la anteportada grabada en la que figura la leyenda "Ninth edition with new plates"; grabadito en blanco y negro en última página de vol 1.- Vol. II, ".in search of consolation": [4], 277 p.; 24 grabados intercalados.- Vol. III, ".in search of a wife": [4], 279; 24 grabados intercalados, más una anteportada grabada con viñeta, no incluida en la lista de grabados del volumen, pero sí en el total de 80 anunciados.- Todos los grabados de todos los volúmenes son a la aguatinta coloreados a mano.- // Encuadernación original en tela, realizada por Edmonds & Remnants para la editorial, en color caldera -hay ejemplares en color verde-, con los planos gofrados en seco, el lomo decorado en dorados con la efigie del dr. Syntax y las guardas originales de cartulina amarilla. Mínimo desgarro en margen exterior de p. 264 de v. 1, reparado de época; algún leve principio de oxidación muy disperso. Muy buen ejemplar.- // La novena edición del primer volumen se hizo en 1819, mientras que el segundo y el tercer volumen nunca alcanzaron más de cuatro ediciones. En noviembre de 1854, "The publisher's circular" anunciaba (p. 472) que a partir del 1 de enero de 1855 saldría a la venta una reedición de los tres volúmenes en 12 entregas (una al mes), con 81 grabados. En todo caso, la plancha de la portada grabada del segundo volumen debió echarse a perder, porque nunca se suministró y tuvieron que corregir las portadas impresas.- // Refs.: NCBEL, 2, 648. Libro.…

Uniform matching hard back binding in contemporary smooth finest quality brown leather covers with different coloured leather inlaid to the the front and rear boards, raised bands with twin morocco labels to the spines, marble paper end papers, all page edges gilt and gilt dentelles. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 276; 277; 279 printed pages of text with single-sided coloured aquatint plates including coloured frontispiece and title page to each. First Tour is Eighth edition [1819] with new plates, Second Tour is Second edition [1820], Third Tour is First Edition [1821]. General light rubbing to the spine edges, one hinge has been repaired, some off-setting from the plates, but without any foxing to the paper which is particularly clean. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES. …

Paper-Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Early Reprint. Ninth Edition, complete in three volumes with 80 hand-colored aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson. (Eighty-one plates are called for on the title pages, but the plate lists contain a total of only 79, with the illustrated title page in Vol. 3 unlisted. Presumably, there was an illustrated title page planned for the Second Tour but never included.) Tall 8vo's: [6],272,[6, catalog of books published by Nattali and Bond]; [4],277,[1]; [6],279,[1]pp. Hand-marbled paper-covered boards, finely woven green cloth spines, matching morocco lettering pieces gilt, recently bound by Fitterer, a truly splendid production. Fine bindings; clean, wide-margined pages with only occasional offsetting; vibrant, deep, rich, fresh coloring. Abbey, Life, 265-67. Tooley 427-29. The three tours of Doctor Syntax, featuring the comic, skin-and-bone cleric at the mercy of all manner of misadventures, were supposedly based on an idea of Thomas Rowlandson's close friend, the actor Jack Bannister, and first appeared in 1812, 1820, and 1821, respectively. William Combe's verses for Rowlandson's illustrations, produced by the prestigious publisher and art dealer Rudolph Ackermann, earned Combe his soubrette, Doctor Syntax. "Combining a light-hearted satire of William Gilpin's theory of the picturesque in art with a central character modelled on Cervantes' Don Quixote and Henry Fielding's Parson Adams, Combe created a lovable eccentric whose misadventures on the road structure the Tour. [Other sources for Syntax, drawn from the picturesque tradition, were probably Le Sage's Gil Blas and Smollett's Peregrine Pickle, as well as Samuel Butler's earlier Hudibras.] For over a century the many editions and numerous imitations of the Tour attested to the popularity of Combe's humorous hero." (ODNB) "Combe's first Dr. Syntax book (originally published in the Poetical Magazine in 1809) and its successors . . . satirize the many 18th- and early 19th-century writers whose "Tours," "Travels," and "Journeys" were vehicles for sententious moralizing, uninspired raptures, and sentimental accounts of amorous adventures. The popularity of Combe's work owed much to the illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson." (Britannica) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).…

1. Volume 1 is 5th. Edition, Vols. 2 and 3 are 1st. Ed. 3 Volumes. 4. Frontisp., Bildert., III, 276,279,277 S., [1] Bl., farb. Taf. (Aquatintaradierungen) Schöne private Halbederbände m. marmoriert.Deckeln, leather binding, gilt title. innen stellenw.stockfl., sonst guter Zustand., inside some foxing, good condition. [Rad. Aquatintabl.] Sprache: Deutschu 3,000 gr.…

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). 3 volumes. Illustrated with 80 (of 81) fine hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, including the extra illustrated title pages in 2 of the volumes. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary 1/2 brown calf over marbled boards; ornate gilt-stamped spine with black leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges. London: Nattali and Bond, 1855. Ninth edition. VEry good (+). A uniformly bound set of the Syntax tours: I: The First Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. II: The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation. III: The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of a Wife.…

London: Nattali and Bond n.d. (circa late 1860's). Royal 8vo. Orig. green pebble-grained blind-stamped cloth (spine extremities strengthened). Spines gilt. Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson with 79 full-page coloured plates including 3 frontispieces and 2 additional engrv. illust. title-pages. Some soiling/foxing but overall a good complete set. NOTE: Whilst the title-page states there to be 80 plates the list of contents requires only the 79 plates as here included.…

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good Plus. Ninth Edition. An attractively bound full calf set of one of Rowlandson's most quintessential works, and easily his most popular into the twentieth century. 8vo. 25 by 16 cm. 81 hand-colored plates. All volumes with title leaves and a leaf with the list of plates contained therein. First and third volumes with two title leaves, one with a hand-colored illustration. (Second volume missing the primary title leaf -- the one with the vignette, as always the case with the ninth edition.) After each List of Plates begins the pagination of the three volumes, which is 272, 277 and 279 pp. Stamped in small print on otherwise blank preliminary is the name of Charles E. Lauriat Co. of Boston. The company was a highly successful bookstore chain that finally went under in the 1990s. We think it likely that the company was responsible for the binding, but we can not assert this with certainty. We also can't date the binding with any sort of precision but it is our sense that it is probably early 20th century. All volumes with two pasted ownership bookplates, one, an attractive armorial bookplate. The bindings have minor rub spots on their joints and along their edges. Early leaves in first volume have a fair amount of foxing, after which, there is negligible foxing in the remainder of that volume and the others. The set is mostly clean. The title leaves are more browned or age toned than one might want, but we have not seen a ninth edition without this issue. Generally the leaves retain a freshness. Thomas Rowlandson (illustrator).…

Ninth edition of this enduringly popular series, originally published between 1812 and 1821. The Tours follow the amusing misadventures of the titular character, a foolish clergyman and schoolmaster, and satirize contemporary travel writing. Rowlandson created the vivid, caricature-style illustrations of Dr Syntax's various mishaps, and Coombe composed the narrative poems that accompany them. 3 vols, large octavo (242 x 142 mm). Extra engraved titles and 77 hand-coloured aquatints by T. Rowlandson (complete thus - the title page mistakenly calls for 81). Contemporary red half straight-grain morocco, spines lettered in gilt, marbled sides, endpapers, and edges. Minor rubbing to bindings and spotting to contents: an attractive copy.…

First miniature edition. Rowlandson, Thomas. First miniature edition. Hand-colored engraved title pages and 81 hand-colored aquatint plates by ROWLANDSON. 3 vols. 16mo (5-7/8 x 3 3/4 in.). For handy pocket edition of Rowlandson's classic -- the first "miniature" edition, the plates were entirely re-engraved and reduced. Abbey Life 269; Tooley 430 Bound in full brown morocco, t.e.g., rest uncut, by Zaehnsdorf Hand-colored engraved title pages and 81 hand-colored aquatint plates by ROWLANDSON. 3 vols. 16mo (5-7/8 x 3 3/4 in.).…