James Thew (9 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Undated. No jacket. Only minor wear to cover, but spine faded. Some foxing to edges. A tear to half title page and final four leaves inc rear endpaper. Clean, clear pages throughout.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. EXLIBRARY; NO MARKING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition, but gift inscription inside is dated 1895. Firmly bound, maroon boards without a jacket, bright gilt title on the front, gilt title on the spine sightly dull and rubbed, a little wear on the corners and at the top and base of the spine which is very slightly faded.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THERE IS BUMPING AND SMALL TEARS TO THE EDGES, CORNERS AND BOTH ENDS OF THE SPINE. THE EDGES OF THE SPINE ARE SCUFFED. THERE IS CREASING TO THE SPINE. THERE IS SOME RUBBING TO BOTH BOARDS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEATLY INKED WHITE MARKS TO THE SPINE. THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN THE BINDING. THE HINGED IS CRACKED AT A COUPLE OF POINTS IN THE BOOK. THERE ARE NEATLY INKED NAMES TO THE FFEP. THE PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY DISCOLOURED BUT GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. BOARDS RUBBED WITH SOME BLACK TRANSFER MARKS TO FRONT ALTHOUGH GOLD TITLE WRITING REMAINS BRIGHT. SPINE IS FADED AND RUBBED. BINDING IS TIGHT. CRACK TO FRONT HINGE AND ALSO AT POINTS WITHIN BOOK. PAGES 193-196 ARE LOOSE ALTHOUGH OTHERS REMAIN INTACT. PENCIL/PEN MARKS UNDERLINING ON SOME PAGES. LIGHT TANNING TO PAGES HOWEVER GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Vintage reference photograph from a 1961 re-release of the 1927 silent film, showing actors Margarita Fischer and Mona Ray. With manuscript annotations regarding layout on both the image and the verso, and a date stamp reading FEB 12 1961 to the verso. Based on the 1852 novel, following a southern African American family torn apart by the horrors of slavery and the Civil War. Set in Kentucky, Arkansas, and Louisiana, shot on location in Arkansas, Mississippi, New York, and Pennsylvania. 10 x 8 inches. Good, with manuscript annotations regarding layout to the image.…

Vintage portrait photograph of a menacing James Rennie from the 1931 film. Ann and Dick live happily together out of wedlock due to Ann's "modern" beliefs about love. After marrying due to social pressure, both prove to be unfaithful, and attempt to salvage their love by separating and dating. Stanwyck's first starring role, and the screenwriting debut of Robert Riskin. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and pinholes at the corners, and a faint vertical crease to the upper left. …

Original copper engraving (60 x 44 cm, overall sheet 69 x 55 cm). Some foxing to margins, two small (3cm) tears to left margin, not affecting plate. From "A Collection of Prints. Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare." published by Boydell, London, 1803. In 1789, the publisher John Boydell opened the Shakespeare Gallery, an exhibition space in London's Pall Mall showcasing paintings that exclusively represented scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The Gallery was a bid to revive 'history painting' (the practice of depicting scenes from the Bible, mythology or the classics) in contemporary British art, a genre thought to be of great public benefit because of its morally instructive messages. What better unifying theme for such a project than the works of Shakespeare, which had become so popular and so integral to British identity by the mid-18th century? The Gallery opened in May 1789 with 34 canvases by 18 British artists. By the next year there were 55 paintings and in 1796 the total was 84, along with dozens of 'Small Pictures'. Once the exhibition was mounted, reproductive engravings of the paintings produced by an in-house team of 46 printmakers were available to purchase, either as a large portfolio of 90 prints or as a luxurious illustrated edition of the plays. (The British Library).…

Original copper engraving (44 x 60 cm, overall sheet 55 x 68 cm). Tissue guard to verso. Some foxing to outer edges of margins, small dampstain to upper margin, neither affecting plate. From "A Collection of Prints. Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare." published by Boydell, London, 1803. In 1789, the publisher John Boydell opened the Shakespeare Gallery, an exhibition space in London's Pall Mall showcasing paintings that exclusively represented scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The Gallery was a bid to revive 'history painting' (the practice of depicting scenes from the Bible, mythology or the classics) in contemporary British art, a genre thought to be of great public benefit because of its morally instructive messages. What better unifying theme for such a project than the works of Shakespeare, which had become so popular and so integral to British identity by the mid-18th century? The Gallery opened in May 1789 with 34 canvases by 18 British artists. By the next year there were 55 paintings and in 1796 the total was 84, along with dozens of 'Small Pictures'. Once the exhibition was mounted, reproductive engravings of the paintings produced by an in-house team of 46 printmakers were available to purchase, either as a large portfolio of 90 prints or as a luxurious illustrated edition of the plays. (The British Library). …