C Warren Illustrators (2 results)

American first edition (per matching dates upon title and copyright pages). 103 pages. Hardcover; H 23cm x L 17cm. Dark brown cloth with beveled edges, bright gilt lettering and stamped decoration upon spine and front board, spine ends frayed, some rubbing to rear board with light soiling to front board, bumped corners. All edges gilt; dark brown endpapers. Black marker obscures past owner's narrow address label which is affixed over an older bookplate at top left of front pastedown. B/w frontispiece illustration of "Fair Rosamond" by Mary Hallock Foote with tissue guard; other full-page and inset b/w illustrations by F.T. Merrill, T. Moran, W.L. Sheppard, F.B. Schell, G. Perkins, E.H. Garrett, J.M. Cameron, W.H. Low, A. Fredericks, Martha Ritchie Simpson, J.W. Rix, F. Dielman, A.C. Warren, W.H. Gibson [William Hamilton Gibson, 1850-1896], J.F. Murphy, A.R. Waud, J.A. Brown, F. Hopkinson Smith, et al. All illustrations drawn and engraved under the supervision of A.V.S. Anthony. A very good copy.…

Original half leather boards. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition (english); First Impression. Visible cracking to spine & corners. Marbled boards are rubbed & scuffed. Corners are scuffed. Some staining & foxing. Tear on page 81-82 (>3 cm). Previous owner signature in ink on end paper.; Ex-libris William Gibton (of Mack, Williams & Gibton, a notable figure in Irish arts & commerce of the 19th century) as evidenced by personal bookplate. Original half-leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering & bands on spine & corners. Frontispiece, chapter headings & vignettes collaboration between T. Thurston ( Well-regarded artist & exhibitor at the Royal Academy) & C. Warren ( renowned engraver). A handsome early 19th century compilation volume of three German plays bound together & translated by Benjamin Thompson ( a key figure in the cultural exchange between Germany & Britain at the turn of the 19th Century).; 16.8 cm x 10 cm x 2 cm; 82 pages. …