Makepeace Charles Author (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 116 pages. 5.50x0.24x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Smaller sized hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in good condition. Boards are marked and sunned. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block head is gilt edged, and face and foot are rough cut and tanned. Light foxing to the first and last few pages. Gutter break at page v, however binding remains sound, and pages are mainly clear. LW. Brock, Charles E. (illustrator). Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1879). VIII + 347 pages. Profusely Illustrated. Fine Hardcover (Embossed all over DarkslateGray cloth, Gilt / Black lettering and stamping, no dj).No Wear. Clean unmarked throughout, strong tight binding, perfect hinges. 7.9"x5.4"x1.1". be25204. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Complete in One Volume. Harper and Brothers (1903). XXXIX+568 pages. Illustrated by Author, Frederick Walker, and Charles Keene. NearFine hardcover, no dj. SteelBlue patterned cloth, Gilt spine title, Gilt top edge. No Wear. Clean Unmarked throughout with Uncut pages, Excellent binding and hinges. 8.4"x5.5"x1.8". be31722.…

Hardcover. An illustrated 28 volume set of the prose works of William Makepeace Thackeray. The set consists of the best-known of Thackeray's works, including "Barry Lyndon," "Henry Esmond," "The Virginians," and "The Newcomes." It also includes volumes 2 & 3 of "Vanity Fair" (vol. 1 is missing); as well as most of Thackeray's lesser prose works. Each volume illustrated by Charles E. Brock, and edited by Walter Jerrold. Each with a tissue-guarded plate, usually bearing an image of the author. --- In publisher's olive cloth 'flatback' binding, with green decorations and author name in gilt to covers, spine titling and decorations in gilt, illustrated endpapers, deckled fore- and bottom edges and TEG (top edges gilt). Publication dates range from 1901 to 1903. Volumes lack dust jackets. --- These books are in Fair to Very Good+ condition, with clean, unmarked interiors. 5 volumes with dark soiling to spines, some of the others with light spine soiling and a minor spine sunning. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall.…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, which states that he had two children - Charles Horace Kenney and the actress Rosa Kenney - by his marriage to Miss Rosa Stewart at the Paris embassy in 1859. 4pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. On bifolium, with thin strip of tape from mount adhering to the reverse of the second leaf. Folded once. Sixty-six lines of text, addressed to 'Dearest Wife' and signed 'Your affectionate husband / C. L. Kenney.' Begins: 'I dare say you have thought it unkind of me not to write for so many days, but the fact is I had nothing to say that was either interesting or particularly pleasant, for I have been very dull and [?] as well as out of health.' Besides a visit from 'Mrs Jeafferson' he has been 'engaged the whole time writing letters to and receiving visits of governesses. The number of ladies who were seen to enter my house on those days must have made the neighbours fancy I was indemnifying myself for your absence at a nice rate. You are sure to hear of it on your return.' A pigeon pie supplied by Mrs Jeafferson has been 'polished off in no time' by him and 'the boys'. He wishes he could have 'added my little quota' to her birthday presents, but 'Jack' brought something with him 'from the Exhibition'. He intended to have his 'photographic portrait done en carte de visite but the weather has been so dark'. He wants to 'bring Sallie a photograph of some statue in the Exhibition [?]. What would she like? The Reading Girl? The Dream of Joy? or what?' He complains of the weather, then refers to 'Mrs & Miss Jerdan'. He then writes: 'I have seen Dick Lee whom I took on Sunday to see the Picture Gallery. The same day I dined with Thackeray who was very kind in his enquries afer you & the babies., so were the Miss T's. Miss Crook asked also kindly for them. Kiss them both well for me and tell them I will bring them a penny toy or piece from dear old London - Also [same old?] of the [German Court?].'.…