Grego Joseph Intro (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Printing. 2nd printing 1843 in ruled pine green textured cloth covered boards with crossed fox brushes on center of frt board, bright gilt title spine and ruled borders at each lightly bumped end. Some light flaking of color on covers. Tips fairly sharp, lightly bumped and barely brushed. No names, tears or soil, hinges fine, pages crisp, one tissue-guarded plate loose and laid in without damage, else no fault. Robert Smith Surtees (1803-1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. Educated to be a solicitor, Surtees soon began to contribute to the Sporting Magazine, and in 1831 he published a treatise on the law relating to horses and particularly the law of warranty, entitled The Horseman's Manual. In the following year he helped to found the 'New Sporting Magazine'. To this periodical he contributed between 1832 and 1834 the papers which were afterwards collected and published as 'Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities'. This humorous narrative of the sporting experiences of a cockney grocer.…

Hardcover. Dec. cloth, stout quarto, 326 pp., illustrated throughout. Number 102 from a limited edition of 300. Contains Cruikshank's illustrations for Oliver Twist, The Miser's Daughter, History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803. Spine sunned. Minor edge-wear to boards and spine extremities, with slight fraying to spine extremities. Corners slightly bumped. Some foxing, rubbing, and minor soiling to boards. Foxing per usual to paste downs, leaves, and end papers. Illustrations remain in nearly impeccable condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Dark olive cloth, lettered and with front cover device in gilt. Firm binding, clean interior. Mild moisture spotting to cloth on both covers toward fore-edges, typically tanned text block edges. Mild foxing to endpapers, internally clean and unmarked. xxiv,272 pp., illus. w/ (30) hinged plates with captioned tissue guards, most color, also illus. secondary title page following frontis. (The plates of this edition are often mistakenly described as hand-colored.) Lacking dust jacket (if issued). Undated but likely ca. 1920s, definitely post-1912 (the year of the firm's relocation to Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane) by publisher's imprint as given. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. An attractive facsimile printing of the second enlarged edition of the amusing biography, including a colour title lead, and notes on Alken and Nimrod. A charming facsimile of the Second revised and enlarged edition of the Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, the influential biography on the Regency rake, eccentric and politician, written by sport journalist and author Charles James Apperley under the pseudonym Nimrod. Believed to have been printed in 1914, originally published in 1837. In the publisher's original green cloth, with a colour title leaf, frontispiece, and nineteen other colour plates by British painters Henry Thomas Alken and T.J. Rawlins. This particular facsimile contains an insightful introduction on Alken's illustrations, written by British art collector and journalist Joseph Grego, and an introductory notice on Nimrod written by H.C. A friend of his subject, Nimrod's biography on Mytton is perhaps more famous than the larger-than-life figure himself, and such is due to his brilliant recounting of Mytton's various exploits, including bribing voters into parliament, attempting to jump over a tollgate with horse and carriage, and many other wild stories In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with small marks to front board extremities and to the rear board, and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are bright and clean with minor signs of browning. Internally, firmly bound, with very minor wear to hinge between plate and p.51. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Henry Thomas Alken, T.J. Rawlins (illustrator). book.…

1st (and only) edition. Original publishers decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board. TEG. 9ins x 6.75ins, xxvi, 326pp plus 67pp tissue guarded colour plates and one black and white plate. Introduction by Joseph Grego. The illustrations are for Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, The Miser's Daughter by William Harrison Ainsworth and History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 by W.H. Maxwell. The text comes from these three books. Occasional light foxing to the text pages. The plates are printed on glossy paper are unaffected. A Good + copy. £70.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Limited to 300 copies this is number 57 signed by the publishers. 324 pages plus 68 coloured plates of Cruikshank's book illustrations including those for Oliver Twist. Each plate has a captioned tissue guard. In quarter canvas with marbled boards and leather title label. Top edge gilt with untrimmed page edges. There is some discoloration to the tissue guards as usual but they are smooth and firm and the text pages are in lovely, clean condition with no marks. Tightly bound with no fading or fraying. There is a small initial and date in ink. Payment by credit card through ABE. Paypal accepted.…

Condition: Good. Limited Edition 21/90. G+ : in good condition plus without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed with some edgewear and discolouration. Spine darkened. Teg. Contents VG. 320mm x 230mm (13" x 9"). xxii,158pp; viii, 198pp. Numerous plates in two states - both monochrome and hand-coloured by H. Alken, Phiz, and W. Heath. Large paper copies. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Quarter cream cloth over grey board cover.…