F H Townsend Illustrator (16 results)

paperback. Condition: Fair. Townsend, F. H. (illustrator).

Condition: Good. No Jacket. Corners and spine ends bumped, spine a little faded and minor shelfwear - foxing to endpapers and edges of text block - some small minor marks to front cover - text block untrimmed - spine cracked but Book still solid, clean and bright - many b&w illustrations - blind-stamped decoration to maroon cloth with gilt titles - 260 pages.

Condition: Good. No Jacket. Corners and spine ends bumped, spine a little faded and minor shelfwear - foxing to endpapers and edges of text block - text block untrimmed - spine cracked but Book still solid, clean and bright - many b&w illustrations - blind-stamped decoration to maroon cloth with gilt titles - good + copy - 260 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Blue, lightly textured cloth over boards with the beautiful gilt stamping characteristic of Margaret Armstrong, including her initials stamped towards the bottom corner of front cover. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1910. 340 pages. In good condition. Slightly shelf-cocked. Covers are clean. Cloth at head and foot of spine is frayed. Lovely floral border stamping in green on all pages. Illustrations throughout by F. H. Townsend. Binding is strong.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Out of print and scarce early Oppenheim.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. Townsend, F H (illustrator). 104 pages. 7.00x0.44x10.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; iv, 311 pages; Original owner's name and date on ffep "Mary J. Foster? / Derby Line / Vermont / Xmas '98", otherwise contents clean and tight in original decorative green cloth binding with gilt lettering and floral pattern in red and gold. Wonderful b&w illustrations by Townsend throughout. Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861 â" 1922) was a Canadian author and journalist. After a brief period of teaching, Duncan got a job as a travelling writer for Canadian newspapers and wrote a column for The Globe, a Toronto paper. Afterward she wrote for the Washington Post where she also gained editorial experience. Duncan's column for The Globe, titled "Other People and I", was published under the pseudonym "Garth Grafton". According to her biographer Misao Dean: "her strongly defined progressive views on international copyright, women's suffrage, and realist fiction made her work remarkable in such conservative journals as the Globe and the Post". Duncan's first published book and her most successful is A Social Departure, which Warkentin describes as "cheerfully anecdotal . written with flair and self-conscious charm; it was written to sell, and sell it did". That book is a fictionalized account of her around-the-world travels with her friend and fellow journalist Lily Lewis of Montreal. Women did not travel alone in that era; so this trip was quite unconventional. Throughout their sojourn, both women filed stories to the Montreal Star. The book also contains the first description of the city of Vancouver in a work of fiction. According to Dean, the book "relies on the strengths of Duncan's journalism â" close observation, description of manners, and wry humour ." During a visit to India on this trip with Lewis, Duncan met Everard Charles Cotes, an Anglo-Indian civil servant, whom she soon married. Thenceforth, she divided her time between England and India, writing for various publications, eventually turning her hand to fiction. In the book offered here "The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib" (her fourth published), Sara Jeannette Duncan skillfully weaves a vibrant narrative that captures the nuanced experiences of a British woman living in colonial India. The novel, marked by its keen observations and engaging prose, employs a semi-autobiographical style that reflects both humor and pathos, effectively contrasting the exoticism of India with the mundane challenges of domestic life. Through the protagonist's eye, Duncan explores themes of cultural dislocation, identity, and the intricate interplay of empire and everyday existence, painting a rich tapestry of the British colonial experience that resonates with contemporary discussions on postcolonialism. Duncan, an accomplished journalist and novelist of her time, draws upon her own experiences as a memsahib in India, which served not only as the backdrop for her storytelling but also as a profound influence in shaping her perspectives on colonial life. Her interactions with both British and Indian cultures provide a unique lens to critically examine societal norms and personal relationships within an often rigid structure of colonialism. This compelling work is not only a fascinating character study but also an insightful critique of colonial attitudes. Altogether she wrote 22 works of fiction, many with international themes and settings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Original publisher's blue gilt beveled cloth. With all thirteen plates by Kerr and Townsend. An uncommonly well preserved copy, with tight hinges, no cover wear, bright gilt and no internal marks (there are a few foxing spots to the first 3 leaves). With an owl design bookplate on the free endpaper which appears easily. removable. Bleiler (1978), p. 90. Reginald 06534. Scott 35. Whatmore F23.6.c.

1st edition. Large 8vo. Page 239 - 242 ( 4pp ). 3 bw illustrations in text. Article begins at top of page with author & title. Binders marks along inside edge where extracted from bound volume ( could be trimmed ). Very clean & unfoxed with sharp corners. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x, 417, (5) pages; Original owner's brief inscription on first blank after blue endpapers. "Miss Augusta Wheelock / from her friend / Marietta L. Dingle / Oshawa 29/9/90" otherwise clean and tight in original pictorial binding of light brown cloth with gilt lettering at spine and front cover and image of two women riding donkeys in an arid landscape on front board and two women scrabling over large boulders at spine. Wonderful b&w illustrations by Townsend throughout. Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861 â" 1922) was a Canadian author and journalist. After a brief period of teaching, Duncan got a job as a travelling writer for Canadian newspapers and wrote a column for The Globe, a Toronto paper. Afterward she wrote for the Washington Post where she also gained editorial experience. Duncan's column for The Globe, titled "Other People and I", was published under the pseudonym "Garth Grafton". According to her biographer Misao Dean: "her strongly defined progressive views on international copyright, women's suffrage, and realist fiction made her work remarkable in such conservative journals as the Globe and the Post". The book offerred here was Duncan's first published and her most successful. Warkentin describes it as "cheerfully anecdotal . written with flair and self-conscious charm; it was written to sell, and sell it did". The book is a fictionalized account of her around-the-world travels with her friend and fellow journalist Lily Lewis of Montreal. Women did not travel alone in that era; so this trip was quite unconventional. Throughout their sojourn, both women filed stories to the Montreal Star. The book also contains the first description of the city of Vancouver in a work of fiction. According to Dean, the book "relies on the strengths of Duncan's journalism â" close observation, description of manners, and wry humour ." During a visit to India on this trip with Lewis, Duncan met Everard Charles Cotes, an Anglo-Indian civil servant, whom she soon married. Thenceforth, she divided her time between England and India, writing for various publications, eventually turning her hand to fiction. Altogether she wrote 22 works of fiction, many with international themes and settings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; x, 417, (5) pages; Previous owner's name on ffep "Alice Wood Daley / 146 Bay St / Stapleton" otherwise clean and tight in original pictorial binding of light brown cloth with gilt lettering at spine and front cover and image of two women riding donkeys, lettering faded at spine. Wonderful b&w illustrations by Townsend throughout. Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861 â" 1922) was a Canadian author and journalist. After a brief period of teaching, Duncan got a job as a travelling writer for Canadian newspapers and wrote a column for The Globe, a Toronto paper. Afterward she wrote for the Washington Post where she also gained editorial experience. Duncan's column for The Globe, titled "Other People and I", was published under the pseudonym "Garth Grafton". According to her biographer Misao Dean: "her strongly defined progressive views on international copyright, women's suffrage, and realist fiction made her work remarkable in such conservative journals as the Globe and the Post". The book offerred here was Duncan's first published and her most successful. Warkentin describes it as "cheerfully anecdotal . written with flair and self-conscious charm; it was written to sell, and sell it did". The book is a fictionalized account of her around-the-world travels with her friend and fellow journalist Lily Lewis of Montreal. Women did not travel alone in that era; so this trip was quite unconventional. Throughout their sojourn, both women filed stories to the Montreal Star. The book also contains the first description of the city of Vancouver in a work of fiction. According to Dean, the book "relies on the strengths of Duncan's journalism â" close observation, description of manners, and wry humour ." During a visit to India on this trip with Lewis, Duncan met Everard Charles Cotes, an Anglo-Indian civil servant, whom she soon married. Thenceforth, she divided her time between England and India, writing for various publications, eventually turning her hand to fiction. Altogether she wrote 22 works of fiction, many with international themes and settings.

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Very good, on lightly-aged paper, with small hole through both leaves at top inner corner. The letter begins: 'As far as I can remember I keep the Copyright of my late drawings in the Pall Mall Budget'. He refers Brodhurst to the magazine's editors, and apologises for his alte response.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. macmillan 1897 edition on red cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. F. H. Townsend(Illustrator) (illustrator). Reprint Edition. The Master Mummer by E. Phillips Oppenheim (Hubin Listed) Ward Lock File Copy A tight square copy. Slightly darkened edges and faint damp mark to back cover with some paper adhered. Bright gilt. "File Copy" label to front panel. No dust jacket present. No date, circa 1910. A Hubin listed Mystery. Red cloth, decorative gilt and embossing. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Margaret Armstrong (Binding designer) F. H. Townsend (Illustrator) (illustrator). 1st Edition. 10th printing.Original navy blue publisher's binding; bower of roses surrounding author/title, all stamped in gold; binding signed MA [Margaret Armstrong] ([4], ix, 426 pages) : color frontispiece + 7 full color plates,Cloth binding design, by Margaret Armstrong, was also used for author's The rosary. Cf. Gullans & Espey CONDITION: very slight fade to spine, ink sig. on front blank, else a very bright, tight, clean example of an American Trade binding Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: gut. Sherlock Holmes Werkausgabe in 9 Bänden Gebundene Ausgabe von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Autor), Gisbert Haefs (Herausgeber), Nikolaus Stingl (Herausgeber), Werner Schmitz (Herausgeber), Leslie Giger (Herausgeber), Hans Wolf (Herausgeber), Sidney Paget (Illustrator), George Hutschison (Illustrator), F.H. Townsend (Illustrator), Frank Wiles (Illustrator), A. Gilbert (Illustrator), Howard Elcock (Illustrator), Alec Ball (Illustrator), H.M. Brock (Illustrator), Gilbert Holiday (Illustrator) In deutscher Sprache. pages. Lizenzausgabe in weinrotem Leinen mit weinrotem Buchschnitt und Lesebändchen (1988).