london john murray first edition (352 results)

8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xiv, 350, [ii] pp, 92 illustrations and plates from paintings and drawings including 20 in color, index. original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), near fine and clean. The wilderness adventures and discoveries of America's early naturalists by the former editor of Life magazine. A picture of this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. cloth hard cover.square 8vo.298 pages.very good copy in very good DUST JACKET.

Pp. xvi, 340, 8 plates. Publisher's decorated green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. A detailed biography of White. Faint to the first few pages, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.

Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm, viii, 264 pp, ills, 32 plates. Contents: I What Is a Book?; II Illuminated Books; III Scribes, Artists and Patrons; IV Paper, Binding and the Invention of Printing; V The First Printers in England; VI Libraries; VII Newspapers to 1702; VIII Newspapers from 1702 to the Present Day; IX The Beginnings of English Literature - I; X The Beginnings of English Literature - II; XI Modern Book Production; Index. Good.

Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm, viii, 264 pp, ills, 32 plates. Contents: I What Is a Book?; II Illuminated Books; III Scribes, Artists and Patrons; IV Paper, Binding and the Invention of Printing; V The First Printers in England; VI Libraries; VII Newspapers to 1702; VIII Newspapers from 1702 to the Present Day; IX The Beginnings of English Literature - I; X The Beginnings of English Literature - II; XI Modern Book Production; Index. Partly erased insription on front pastedown endpaper, a little spotting to fore-edges, otherwise Good.

Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm, viii, 264 pp, ills, 32 plates. Contents: I What Is a Book?; II Illuminated Books; III Scribes, Artists and Patrons; IV Paper, Binding and the Invention of Printing; V The First Printers in England; VI Libraries; VII Newspapers to 1702; VIII Newspapers from 1702 to the Present Day; IX The Beginnings of English Literature - I; X The Beginnings of English Literature - II; XI Modern Book Production; Index. An ex-library copy with a label on the front pastedown endpaper, stamps on the front free endpaper and verso of the title-page, mark to title-page, otherwise Good.

Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm, viii, 264 pp, ills, 32 plates. Contents: I What Is a Book?; II Illuminated Books; III Scribes, Artists and Patrons; IV Paper, Binding and the Invention of Printing; V The First Printers in England; VI Libraries; VII Newspapers to 1702; VIII Newspapers from 1702 to the Present Day; IX The Beginnings of English Literature - I; X The Beginnings of English Literature - II; XI Modern Book Production; Index. Good in used and torn dustwrapper.

Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, xiv, 193 pp, plates, ills. From the blurb: "Max Beerbohm and William Rothenstein first met in 1893, two precocious young men with their sights set on London. Their friendship warmed and prospered, though nmch of it was at a distance and took the form of letters. Thus it is preserved for us in one of the last great correspondences, a glortous relic of the pre-telephone age. The subjects on which they wrote were as multifarious as one could wish for-in particular their own and others' efforts in painting, caricature, drama and prose; the vagaries of the famous and infamous. Even after the First War, when the world in which they had made their names had gone for ever, their comments remain informed and acute. Rothenstein by then was head of the Royal College of Art and Beerbohm, although living in Italy, was still producing his inimitable caricatures. As well as explanatory notes, including many outstanding passages from Max's and Will's letters to other people, and Mary M. Lago's introductory essays discussing the letters and giving the necessary biographical detail, there are a number of little known or unpublished caricatures, paintings and photographs. In particular, the notorious Edwardyssey series by Max is reproduced here for the first time. A feast for Beerbohm enthusiasts, for lovers of the Nineties and the Edwardian Era, this is also a record remarkable for its continuity and its insights into fifty vears of English life." Near Very Good in a slightly used dustwrapper.

Later library cloth with contrasting spine-panel, 8vo, viii, 355 pp, plates. From the preface: "The appearance of the definitive Bonchurch Edition of Swinburne's Works (London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; New York: Gabriel Wells) makes this an appropriate time to publish a new estimate of the poet's genius and achievement. The present study dates, however, in its original form from more than a decade ago. It was set aside deliberately to await the publication, long announced, of the definitive edition; and consequently, while I have, I hope, profited by the various estimates that have appeared in recent years, my impressions and opinions were formed independently of all critical studies of later date than Sir Edmund Gosse's biography, the primary source of information on the poet's life and character. That I have devoted so much space to the tragedies and prose writings is due to the fact that heretofore these departments of Swinburne's work have been very strictly subordinated by critics to his lyrical, meditative and narrative verse. The chief emphasis remains, however, and must always remain upon Swinburne, the lyric poet." An ex-library copy with a gilt number on the spine, stamps on the endpapers, title-page and occasional other pages, waterstain to prelims, contents agetoned.

Cloth, 4to, 25 cm, xvi, 329 pp, ills, (some colour), maps. "When The World of the Ancient Maya was published in 1981 it immediately established itself as the best available guide to the rich and extraordinary Maya culture. Comprehensive, readable, concise, it was greeted as a wonderfully accomplished work. Now it is re-published with a completely revised text taking account of the mass of new information that recent research has made available. It also includes a wealth of new illustrations in colour and black - and - white. Henderson explores the ancient Maya from the earliest traces of settlement to the Spanish conquest of Central America in the sixteenth century. They were the only fully literate pre-columbian people in the Americas, and their texts are deciphered here to reconstruct their ways of life. Superb scientists, they developed highly sophisticated mathematics and an intricate and accurate calendar system. Theirs was one of the few complex societies to emerge in the tropical forest and adapt successfully to living there. Their architecture, sculpture and painting were compellingly beautiful. Henderson covers the full range of Maya culture, including religion and philosophy, and he also explores the interaction between different Maya societies, since they varied culturally according to their exact environment." - from the blurb. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, [6], 252 pp, [4] pp of plates, facs. From the blurb - "Lady Byron's determination to frustrate all attempts at reconciliation with her husband continued after the legal separation and her custody of their daughter Ada was achieved. How Annabella's attitude toward Byron changed into an elaborate and often virulent campaign of self-justification, aided by a curious group of sycophantic hangers-on, is the subject of this engrossing study which covers the years between Byron's self-imposed exile and his death in 1824. Malcolm Elwin's previous Lord Byron's Wife (also based on the Lovelace Papers) dealt brilliantly with the Byron marriage and its precipitate break-up. This book is a revelation of the intrigues with which Annabella was prepared to occupy herself to vilify Byron: but it is significant that her more serious accusations were always by implication and never by direct statement of fact. It is more than strange that anyone who had such apparent scruples about marital rectitude should show such indifference to the damage she might be doing to the feelings and reputations of others. She was systematic and it is the strategy she used in her relationships with husband, sister- in-law and daughter that lies at the centre of this book. She never destroyed anything that seemed to contribute to her case, often secretly copying letters, and it is her papers, sorted and copied by her grandson Ralph, Lord Lovelace, that provided unparalleled source material. Her duplicity and that of Mrs Villiers and others with Augusta Leigh, Byron's beloved half-sister - an affectionate woman without guile - under the guise of intimate friendship, is another of the irreconcilable factors in Annabella's behaviour, as is the way she was prepared to use her child Ada as a pawn, indulging at the same time all the postures of maternal affection. What really was the relationship between Lady Byron and Augusta? How significant is the pattern of jealousy and bewilderment discernable in the jagged and fitful correspondence of these two women whose temperaments contrasted utterly? Towards Byron, Annabella retained, for the most part, a stubborn silence, receiving and despatching news through Augusta Leigh. Malcolm Elwin has welded this material into a masterly book that is not only a composite portrait of the three females who composed Byron's family but gets near to some of the central truths that wrought havoc with Byron's ambivalent attempt at matrimony. Above all he shows the complexities of self deception of which human nature is capable." Name and date on front free endpaper, light spotting to top edge and prelims, otherwise Near Very Good in used dustwrapper.

1st ed. 242x162mm approx,black boards with silver lettering,no inscsp,book as new,368 pages-the dustjacket not price clipped,F/F- [Isbn 0 7195 5771 2]by the award winning biographical author of Eric Gill/Mathew Smith etc.also 9 Neo-Romantic Artiists.Mervyn Peake, a painter/illustrator/poet/dramatist/playwright.creator Titus Groan Triology .cult figure.an independent eccentric born China 1911.

Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm, viii, 264 pp, ills, 32 plates. Contents: I What Is a Book?; II Illuminated Books; III Scribes, Artists and Patrons; IV Paper, Binding and the Invention of Printing; V The First Printers in England; VI Libraries; VII Newspapers to 1702; VIII Newspapers from 1702 to the Present Day; IX The Beginnings of English Literature - I; X The Beginnings of English Literature - II; XI Modern Book Production; Index. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Good in a used and slightly torn dustwrapper which has a nunber on the front inside flap,

Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm, viii, 264 pp, ills, 32 plates. Contents: I What Is a Book?; II Illuminated Books; III Scribes, Artists and Patrons; IV Paper, Binding and the Invention of Printing; V The First Printers in England; VI Libraries; VII Newspapers to 1702; VIII Newspapers from 1702 to the Present Day; IX The Beginnings of English Literature - I; X The Beginnings of English Literature - II; XI Modern Book Production; Index. Labels removed from both endpapers leaving some gluemarks, otherwise Good.

Cloth, 8vo, xi, 199, [1] pp. Pulled and torn at hinges, covers marked, stamp on front free endpaper, fair.

Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm, 268 pp, ills. From the preface - "A hundred years have passed since the death (from consumption at the age of thirty-six) of W. M. Praed, but this is the first attempt at a full-length biography of one who, in his light vein, was probably our most accomplished political satirist, and who has never been equalled as a writer of graceful vers de société. England may have forgotten the 'bright creature' who once dazzled Eton and Cambridge; whose verses in the old 'annuals' made such an impression; who wrote those telling leaders in the Morning Post; whose maiden speech in the House of Commons was awaited with such impatience: but the legend of Praed, one feels, is not irretrievable; it needs only a little dusting and polishing to bring it to life; and the pages that follow have been written in the hope that he may still be allowed his rightful place among the most attractive figures of the nineteenth century." Slightly scuffed and marked, otherwise Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Photographic illustrations within the text; black cloth, spine titled in silver, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fromthe American sheets printed in Monotype Poliphilus at the Plimpton Press. Brown buckram, ornately gilt, spine dulled. A very good copy.

. (illustrator). Very Good/Good: solid and unmarked, one corner bumped lightly; jacket has light soil, wrinkles along edges and four 1" closed tears at edges. Hardcover in jacket, 525 pp. This may be the cheap edition, but it is well-bound on good paper, has the 6 photo plates and the fold-out map. Many songs, Spanish and English translations, including some melody lines. . .

Cloth, 4to, 25 cm, 119, [1] pp, colour plates. From the blurb: "All manner of dogs are on the loose in this mock-serious survey of man's best friend. Never before has the hound been treated so well as by distinguished art historian Robert Rosenblum, who has chosen images of dogs (people, if they appear at all, are in secondary roles) to illustrate major cultural and social changes from the flowering of eighteenth-century Romanticism to the machine age and Post-Modernism. In these sixty-one works Robert Rosenblum presents some of the greatest artists and their works of the past 250 years in a lively, utterly engaging narrative. Paintings, watercolours, drawings, photographs, and works of architecture and sculpture present us with a dog's-eye view of the world at large: truth and courage in White Poodle in a Punt by Stubbs; loss in Turner's Dawn After the Wreck\ fairy-tale charm in Gauguin's Still Life with Three Puppies ("one of the most surprising dog pictures of the late nineteenth century"). And, too, there is the domain of dog portraiture, ranging from a court musician's Pomeranian painted by Gainsborough, and a Japanese pooch named Tama, painted both by Manet and Renoir, up to portraits by artists of their own dogs: Picasso's Klipper; Warhol's Amos; Katz's Sunny; Wegman's Man Ray. What emerges, in short, is as much human as canine. Robert Rosenblum's The Dog in Art from Rococo to Post-Modernism is a wonderfully appealing, erudite, and thoughtful book, a real treasure for any reader. " Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 324 pp, foldout map of South Africa, extensive index. original cloth, spine lettering faded but just visible, very good solid copy. A description of the history and the country and its people, social life, government, industry, politics, etc. A picture of this book is available on request.

Cloth, small 8vo, 20 cm, viii, 264 pp, ills, 32 plates. Contents: I What Is a Book?; II Illuminated Books; III Scribes, Artists and Patrons; IV Paper, Binding and the Invention of Printing; V The First Printers in England; VI Libraries; VII Newspapers to 1702; VIII Newspapers from 1702 to the Present Day; IX The Beginnings of English Literature - I; X The Beginnings of English Literature - II; XI Modern Book Production; Index. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, name on front free endpaper, otherwise Good in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Set forth from her diaries and correspondence by her son H.R.H. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and edited with a preface and notes by Major Desmond Chapman-Huston. xxvii+407 pp. illustrated, three folding genealogical tables. Hardback, no dustwrapper, ffep removed, showing some wear but a fascinating account of life experiences among the Spanish and Bavarian Royal Families, before the next cataclysm to engulf them after 1933.

19.0 x 13.0cms, 224pp, b/w illusts, green cloth hardcover; sunned spine and loose back hinge When Frere asked Anna, her Lingaet attendant, to tell her the stories she told her grandchildren, Anna sat on the floor and narrated some long-forgotten melody. She had not heard any of the stories after she was eleven years old, when her grandmother had died.

Publisher's original maroon card covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 72 pp. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LATIN.

Publisher's original maroon card covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 74 pp. Foxing to end papers and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LATIN.

Publisher's original maroon card covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 72 pp. In near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LATIN.

Cloth, 4to, 336 pp, ills. "The first comprehensive reference work on twentieth-century book illustration in Britain, this dictionary covers over eight hundred illustrators whose work was first published in Britain. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and each includes biographical information, a brief discussion of subjects and style, lists of periodicals to which the artist has contributed and of books illustrated, and a detailed reference bibliography. Some three hundred and fifty of the entries are accompanied by an example of the illustrator's work. The scope of the dictionary is so wide that it includes not just influential illustrators ranging from Eric Gill to Mabel Lucie Attwell but also a multitude of less celebrated figures and artists whose work falls only in part within the hook's limits of subjects and timespan. The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators: The Twentieth Century will be an indispensable work of reference for book collectors and dealers, and for anyone who is interested in graphic art or simply enjoys illustrated books." - from the blurb. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

Cloth, 4to, 336 pp, ills. "The first comprehensive reference work on twentieth-century book illustration in Britain, this dictionary covers over eight hundred illustrators whose work was first published in Britain. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and each includes biographical information, a brief discussion of subjects and style, lists of periodicals to which the artist has contributed and of books illustrated, and a detailed reference bibliography. Some three hundred and fifty of the entries are accompanied by an example of the illustrator's work. The scope of the dictionary is so wide that it includes not just influential illustrators ranging from Eric Gill to Mabel Lucie Attwell but also a multitude of less celebrated figures and artists whose work falls only in part within the hook's limits of subjects and timespan. The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators: The Twentieth Century will be an indispensable work of reference for book collectors and dealers, and for anyone who is interested in graphic art or simply enjoys illustrated books." - from the blurb. Very Good in used and price-clipped dustwrapper.

Cloth, gilt cover-device, 8vo, 25 cm, xx, 389 pp, plates, facs. This reprints the Browning letters from several volumes which Thomas J. Wise had issued in small privately printed collections, and prints for the first time a number from other sources. Coming as it did just a year before Carter and Pollard's famous exposure of Wise as a forger, the editor no doubt regretted his words in the introduction: "It is with an overwhelming sense of good fortune in having been the first to ask the favor, that the editor expresses his gratitude for the freely granted privilege of publishing this collection of Robert Browning's letters. He has made full use not only of Mr. Wise's letters but of the many notes which Mr. Wise and the late Professor W. Hall Griffin prepared. Such scholars have always been concerned solely to further knowledge of the great poet." Spine-ends a trifle bumped, otherwise Very Good.