Humphreys Robert Editor (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Damage to bottom edge of rear cover. Pages tanned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Secondhand POD copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Like New. Deluxe Limited Edition. London: The Folio Society, 2015. Two-volumes in slipcase/clamshell case/solander box. Text volume bound in green Morocco leather, raised bands tooled in gilt, gilt lettering on spine and over red leather label. Commentary volume bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Plain green slipcase, no lettering. Limited edition, this is number 889. Still in original publisher's shrink-wrap. Very light bumping to bottom corners of box. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A beautifully illustrated new edition of this collection of poetry from Oliver Goldsmith. New edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous colour vignettes throughout. A collection of poetry by novelist and poet, Oliver Goldsmith, who is best known for works such as 'The Deserted Village', 'The Traveller' and 'The Hermit', all of which appear in this collection. Edited by Robert Aris Willmott, an English cleric and author. Illustrated by Myles Birket Foster, a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver, and Henry Noel Humphreys, a British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, and numismatist. In the original red cloth binding with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Very Good. Myles Birket Foster; H. N. Humphreys (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Good. First edition. A first edition of this collection of the poetry of Oliver Goldsmith with illustrations, a presentation copy inscribed by the editor. First edition. Inscribed by the editor to the front free endpaper in presentation to a Miss Harman, dated December 14th 1858. Illustrated throughout with forty engravings, many of which are in colour. A collection of the poetry of Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer who produced literary works in a variety of genres, and is regarded among the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. With titles such as: The Traveller, The Hermit, and The Gift to Iris, amongst others. Edited by Robert Aris Willmott, an English cleric and author. Illustrated by Myles Birket Foster, a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver, and Henry Noel Humphreys, a British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, and numismatist. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants. In the original tooled crushed morocco binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities and light fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound due to gutta-percha binding, with some pages to the centre loosening and page 73/74 detached but present. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with light age toning to the endpapers. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants. Good. Birket Foster; H. N. Humphreys (illustrator). signed by author. book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860. Tall 8vo. (measures 9.2 x 6.6 inches approx.). xxi,[i],161,[1]pp. With colour frontispiece, fifty-one colour vignettes, and black-&-white head- & tail-pieces throughout. Extra engraved title-page. All leaves with gilt border. Strikingly bound in original dark blue cloth, gilt lettering, covers elaborately decorated in gilt & blind, bevelled edges, all edges gilt, primrose endpapers. Sometime superbly restored, almost imperceptibly & to the highest level of craftsmanship, original endpapers preserved with 19th century binder's ticket of Bone & Son, 70 Fleet Street, to foot of final pastedown. Spine very slightly darkened. Scattered browning & foxing, and an old stain to lower inner margin (not serious) starting at page 75 (see illustration for example); in all other respects a very good copy, tight & sound. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 1.2 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders: International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quotation). Miles Burket Foster; H.N. Humphreys; Edmund Evans (illustrator).…