Leech, Signed (41 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. The author inscribed and signed on the title page. The covers have edge wear and are rubbed, there is light soiling to the page edges and the pages are clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some rubbing and edgewear, the back cover has some sun bleaching. Book is signed by author on the title page. Title page also has an inscription from the previous owner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. The author inscribed on the title page. The covers have edge wear and are rubbed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Condition: Fair. 1993. First Edition. 195 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Flat signed by authors to title page. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to edges.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. The author inscribed on the title page. The covers have moderate wear, some pages have creased corners and there is light soiling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Condition: guter Zustand. Zustand, siehe Scan, 1995, 1995 - ca 9 cm X 12 cm.

Pappband. Condition: Gut. 292 Seiten, 2 Blatt. Orig.-Pappband. (Einband leicht berieben, ordentliches Exemplar). Mit fünfzeiliger, eigenhändiger Widmung der Übersetzerin.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Pp. 21. Illustrated. Extract from Gazette Des beaux - Arts. Inscribed presentation copy form the author to Evan Llewellyn. Occasional light wear & stains. Else good. Scarce. John Leech (1817-1864 in London) was an English caricaturist and illustrator. He is best known for his work for Punch, a humorous magazine for a broad middle-class audience, combining verbal and graphic political satire with light social comedy. Leech catered to contemporary prejudices, such as anti-Americanism and antisemitism and supported acceptable social reforms. Leech's critical yet humorous cartoons on the Crimean War help shape public attitudes toward heroism, warfare, and Britons' role in the world. John Leech was born in London. His father, a native of Ireland, was the landlord of the London Coffee House on Ludgate Hill, "a man", on the testimony of those who knew him, "of fine culture, a profound Shakespearian, and a thorough gentleman." His mother was descended from the family of Richard Bentley. It was from his father that Leech inherited his skill with the pencil, which he began to use at a very early age. When he was only three, he was discovered by John Flaxman, who was visiting, seated on his mother's knee, drawing with much gravity. The sculptor admired his sketch, adding, "Do not let him be cramped with lessons in drawing; let his genius follow its own bent; he will astonish the world"?advice which was followed. A mail-coach, done when he was six years old, is already full of surprising vigour and variety in its galloping horses. Leech was educated at Charterhouse School, where William Makepeace Thackeray, his lifelong friend, was a fellow pupil, and at sixteen he began to study for the medical profession at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he won praise for the accuracy and beauty of his anatomical drawings. He was then placed under a Mr Whittle, an eccentric practitioner, the original of "Rawkins" in Albert Smith's Adventures of Mr Ledbury, and afterwards under Dr John Cockle; but gradually he drifted into the artistic profession. His nickname also being "Blicky" stuck with him during his life, along with being famous. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Signed by Leech, with an iscription on ffep: "To George Barnett with Mr. John Leech's best compliments" Frontis and numerous hand-colored plates. Condition is POOR ; spine torn, inner joints loose, text partly loose - a good candidate for cutting out the plates, which are very good, with lovely colors. One plate has some tears to margin edges. Hum. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. LIMITED SIGNED edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). 1st LIMITED SIGNED UK edition, #108/500. Dust jacket is as new in a protective mylar sleeve. Book is fine. This is the only hardcover edition; the trade edition was only issued in softcover. A Young Sherlock Holmes novel by the Centurion Book Award-winning author of the Agent Without Licence (AWOL) series and The Six Directions Sequence. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Signed by Duane Lund on title page. Binding is solid, despite some looseness to front cover. Pages unmarked but slightly aged. Cover is soiled and has a little wear to edges. ; Signed by Author.

Condition: Very good. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt within black rectangle. Lightly soiled. 313 & [2] pp. Small stain to bottom edge of half-title. Illustrated in B&W with 23 plates, including 1 folding plate, & profuse full-page & textual illustrations. Very good. Originally printed for the author in an edition of 155 numbered, signed copies by the Bremer Presse, Munich, 1930.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. To Miriam from Celine inscribed on the totle page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pp. 67. Published November1969 in an edition limited to 350 copies.Signed and inscribed presentation copy from the author. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DOLBY, Edwin Thomas. (1824-1902) Autograph Letter Signed to Punch illustrator, John Leech, about illustrating for the periodical 'Once a Week'. Camden Square, N.W., 28 December 1859. Two pages, signed, folded as sent. Very good condition, light handling marks only. A professional letter from the travel and topographical artist Edwin Thomas Dolby to John Leech, written during the first year of publication of Once a Week. Dolby states that Messrs. Colnaghi of Pall Mall have introduced him to Mr. Bradbury 'with a view to my assisting in the illustrations of Once a Week,' and seeks Leech's consideration. He outlines his credentials, noting that he accompanied the 'Russian expedition in 1854, which I fully illustrated,' and that he possesses sketches and memoranda from Sweden, Denmark, North Germany, the Baltic, and elsewhere on the Continent. He offers references from 'all the principal artists and publishers of the day.' Dolby's reference to the Russian expedition relates to his large folio publication Dolby's Sketches in the Baltic (London: M. & N. Hanhart for P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 1854), issued during the Baltic operations of the Crimean War. That work, published under Colnaghi's auspices, established him as a draughtsman of war and travel subjects. The present letter shows him leveraging those published credentials in seeking illustration work for the newly founded weekly. Once a Week was established in July 1859 by Bradbury & Evans following their separation from Charles Dickens, and Leech was among its principal illustrators from the outset. Dated December 1859, this letter belongs to the immediate formation period of the journal, when contributors were being assembled for the new illustrated paper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Octavo, 3 Volumes. In Near Fine condition with Near Fine condition dust jackets. Volume 1 has a black spine with a reflective lightning design in the center and silver gilted and red lettering. Volume 2 has a red spine with a lightning and golden compass design in the center with white, silver, and black lettering. Volume 3 has an icy blue spine with a gold cracked design in the center and red and black lettering. Dust jackets are all wrapped in mylar coverings. Volume 1 contains a loose bookmark matching the cover art. Signed flat by author Andrew Lane on title pages of Volume 1 and 2 and on publisher's limitation page of Volume 3. Limited editions; Volume 1 #264/500, Volume 2 #391/500, Volume 3 #392/500. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "Death Cloud", 312 pages - Vol. 2, "Red Leech", 339 pages - Vol. 3, "Black Ice", 286 pages. Shelved in hallway. 1384215. Special Collections. First UK Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Death Cloud, Red Leech, Black Ice, Fire Storm, Snake Bite, Knife Edge. Signed UK first editions, first printings of the first 6 Young Sherlock Holmes novels. Books 1 to 3 are limited editions, numbered out of 500. The collection overall is in near fine / near fine condition. Book 2 is graded VG+ / VG+ and the condition photos uploaded to Abe are of this book. Further condition photos of the other individual books are available on request. Death Cloud (ISBN 9780230751965) UK 1st edition / 1st printing (Macmillan, 2010). Signed, numbered 54/500 Goldsboro Books ltd edition. Very near fine / very near fine condition with just a trace of general shelfwear. Protected dustwrapper Red Leech (ISBN 9780230755840) 1ST/1ST (Macmillan, 2010) Hardback, Goldsboro Books limited edition. Flatsigned to title page and numbered 76/500. VG+ / VG+ condition, with minor bumping to the base of the spine and a slight lean to spine (see photos). There is also a very small closed tear to bottom corner of the dustwrapper. Protected dustwrapper. Black Ice (ISBN 9780230760479) 1st/1st (Macmillan, 2011). Limited, signed, numbered 270/500 Goldsboro Books hardback edition. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. Fire Storm (ISBN 9780230758506) UK 1st edition / 1st printing (Macmillan, 2011). Flatsigned and dated 14 Oct 11 to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. Snake Bite (ISBN 9780230758865) UK 1st edition / 1st printing (Macmillan, 2011). Flatsigned and dated 14 Oct 11 to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. Knife Edge (ISBN 9780230758872) UK first edition, first printing (Macmillan, 2013). Flatsigned to title page. Fine / fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING Our descriptions are accurate. Photos are of the actual book(s) for sale. If you require additional photos, please ask. We will despatch your books rapidly (almost always within 24 hrs of the receipt of your order) using proper book wraps / boxes. For books sold for more than £50 we will use only despatch methods that are fully tracked, insured and will require a signature on delivery. Standard postage costs are included in our prices for UK customers. Priority UK rates are for Royal Mail Special Delivery, guaranteed by 1pm. For overseas customers, we have set a standard Abe postal rate, but will communicate direct with customers and charge the actual cost of postage and packing by tracked and insured delivery methods requiring signature. Please note that new EU regulations make it impractical for us to post books to the EU. Therefore, prospective customers from the EU are requested to email us before making an order so that we can discuss how best we might get the books they want to them. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. LEECH, John (1817-1864). 'Performers after a Respectable Funeral.' Original watercolour for Punch, c.1850-1853, published in Pictures of Life and Character, Second Series (Bradbury & Evans, 1854). Watercolour and pencil on wove paper, signed lower left, titled in the artist's hand at lower centre. Image 310 × 360 mm (sheet 330 × 510 mm). Unmounted, loosely housed in an archival sleeve; very light marginal toning only, the colours bright and unfaded. Very good. This original watercolour was the design for John Leech's Punch cartoon 'Performers after a Respectable Funeral,' later engraved for Punch, or the London Charivari between 1850 and 1853 and reissued in Pictures of Life and Character, Second Series (1854). The composition shows a group of 'professional mourners' relaxing in a tavern after a funeral. Their sombre top hats, black scarves, and grave expressions the props of their trade are replaced by laughter, drink, and smoke; the innkeeper stands to one side, half-amused, as the men discard the trappings of faux grief and fall into boisterous camaraderie. The published engraving, as reproduced in Pictures of Life and Character, carries the subtitle 'Costume: Mourning,' identifying it as part of Leech's series on the absurdities of fashion and custom. The finished wood-engraved version (executed by the Dalziel Brothers or Swain) tightens the linework and adds cross-hatching, but follows this original composition almost exactly, confirming it as Leech's working drawing for publication. Leech's Punch watercolours of this nature are held in institutional collections but rarely show up in commerce. Signed by Author(s).

8vo. viii, 512pp, engraved portrait frontis, 32 plates, pictorial capital. Later half blue calf gilt signed binding by H. Wood, raised bands, decorated compartments, spine lettered direct, marbled sides and eps, teg. Spine and part of front board sun-faded; extremes lightly rubbed; light soiling to title-page and dedication; occasional light spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, issued without a dustjacket, condition is AS NEW with a tight as if unread binding, sturdy black cloth with bright gold titles, signed "William B. Fetters" by the author on the first blank end-paper, includes many maps and other illustrations, a substantial "Notes and References" section, and a Selected Bibliography, this is Family 5 in the author's compilation of 6 pioneer families of Columbiana County, Ohio ; 777 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Author inscribed title page. First in the series of book presenting the author's paternal ancestors. William Fetters and his wife Mary Leech left the Philadelphia area and settled in Columbiana County, Ohio during the 1820s. Some allied surnames include Alloway, Andersen, Burt, David/Davies, Hayes, Jones, Lewis, Madera, Sheldrake, Webb, Young. Index. ; MCN34767; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pp; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. SIGNED. Black buckram, lettered in gold foil. Slight surface rubbing to covers, mild soiling from use along text block fore-edge, otherwise nearly as issued. xviii,258 pp. Signed by author on front flyleaf. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Spine edges worn. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

SIGNED by the publisher. 8/100 "One hundred copies of this large paper issue have been printed." Printed at the Chiswick Press. xii, 113, [1] p. : front. ; 23 cm. In original red/brown cloth, vellum spine with gilt titles. Foxing to edges and frontispiece, pages uncut. Otherwise clean, bright and tight. A pleasing rare edition. 12488. SIGNED.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. William John Leech (illustrator). First edition. A lovely first edition, signed copy of this work on the painting and life of William John Leech. A first edition.Signed and with a dedication by the author to the title page.William John Leech was an Irish painter. This volume is a retrospective catalogue that documents his reclusive life abroad and confirms his standing as a major Irish artist.With many in-text illustrations, many in colour.Collated, complete.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Signed and with a dedication by the author to the title page.Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is also lovely. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Small 8vo. pp x, 308, [13] leaves of plates. Handsomely bound in half green leather over marbled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt at the spines. Author's own copy with a presentation on the first blank page (without a signature), "From the author, to himself." Somewhat rubbed at spine and corners with head of spine slightly frayed, otherwise very good. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: F+. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. "Meet the Cure for the Human Disease" Ennes's debut novel a fine copy in a fine DJ, now with a brodart cover. Dealer price sticker on the back over the barcode, and square security sticker on the back endpaper. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Limited Edition. brand new hardcover, signed by author, number 267/500, Uk Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A decent hardback 2-volume set without dust jackets. Brown cloth with gilt title lettering to upper covers and spines. Top edges gilt. The rear hinge of volume 1 is cracked but holding, and there is foxing throughout both volumes. Some leaves remain unopened (in approx 15 places) along their fore edges in volume 2. (I have not noticed any unopened leaves in volume 1, but have not done a page-by-page check). All the illustrations are present and correct. Overall, a decent hardback set. Signed by author. This heavy item will require extra postage if ordered from overseas. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First edition. Beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated bibliography of John Leech's works, one of 19th century's finest illustrators. A limited edition, number 30 of 150, signed by Field and privately published at the Bremer Press, Munich 1930. Small folio, 315 pp includes full page and text illustrations. Quarter tan cloth and blue hardboard covers, paper title label on spine, very slightly worn at base of spine. Housed in a disintegrating slip box. Printed on Zanders handmade paper, all edges uncut. The etchings and phototypes printed by Franz Hanfstaengl & J. B. Obernetter.