Richard Doyle Illustrator (33 results)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The World's Best Reading)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Richard Lebenson [Illustrator]; Fred Strebeigh [Afterword];
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More imagesThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The World's Best Reading)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Richard Lebenson [Illustrator]; Fred Strebeigh [Afterword];
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 000-398: Hardcover without dustjacket. A clean, tight copy. Cloth Boards with Leather Spine. Boards have a little wear on top and fore edge. Marbled endpapers. World's Best Reading Paper laid in. No marks, crease or defects on pages. Published 1987 by Reader's Digest.

Flights into Fantasy: The Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection of Children's Illustration [Paperback] Kendra Daniel; Virginia O'Hara; Ludwig Bemelmans; Jean de Brunhoff; W.W. Denslow; Richard Doyle; Edmund Dulac; Wanda Gàg; Kate Greenaway; Johnny Gruelle; Lois Lenski; Peter Newell; Kay Nielsen; Beatrix Potter; Arthur Rackham; Ernest Shepard and Jessie Wilcox Smith
Kendra Daniel; Virginia O'Hara; Ludwig Bemelmans [Illustrator]; Jean de Brunhoff [Illustrator]; W.W. Denslow [Illustrator]; Richard Doyle [Illustrator]; Edmund Dulac [Illustrator]; Wanda Gàg [Illustrator]; Kate Greenaway [Illustrator]; Johnny Gruelle [Illustrator]; Lois Lenski [Illustrator]; Peter Newell [Illustrator]; Kay Nielsen [Illustrator]; Beatrix Potter [Illustrator]; Arthur Rackham [Illustrator]; Ernest Shepard [Illustrator]; Jessie Wilcox Smith [Illustrator];
Language: English
Published by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and Brandywine River Museum 2007
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Paperback. Condition: As New. Excellent, unread, like-new condition. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships securely in a box. Ludwig Bemelmans; Jean De Brunhoff; W.W. Denslow; Richard Doyle; Edmund Dulac; Wanda Gàg; Kate Greenaway; Johnny Gruelle; Lois Lenski; Peter Newell; Kay Nielsen; Beatrix Potter; Art…hur Rackham; Ernest Shepard; Jessie Wilcox Smith (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by John Murray, London 1911
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. reprint. In dust jackets. Shelf wear, page edges spotted, dusty, a whimsical bookplate of the librarian and bookman Joseph L. Wheeler, designed by the British artist C. Walter Hodges to front endpaper; jackets are worn with several tears, windows cut out at titles. Pu…blished for the centennial of Thackeray's birth. These are volumes 12 and 13 in The Centenary Biographical Edition of W. M. Thackeray's Complete Works. From Wikipedia: ".almost a miniature education in the Victorian era. Thackeray mentions poets, painters, novelists (some of the characters are reading Oliver Twist), politics, and other people, events and things both familiar and obscure to the 21st-century reader and does so in a natural way that enhances the story." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997 An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility. Doyle, Richard (illustrator) (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A 40-page illustrated book that pairs Doyle?s whimsical 1870s fairy scenes with classic poems from authors like Shakespeare and Keats, highlighting lush scenes of wee folk interacting with nature, suitable for readers of all ages. Doyle, Richard (illustrator).

Language: English
Published by Everyman's Library, London, United Kingdom 1999
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Thus. First of this edition. Wonderful example of a well-produced children's book. Blue cloth binding, gilt decoration with illustrated paste-down in four colors. Ribbon marker. Decorated endpapers by Ernest H. Shepard. Wonderful color il…lustrations throughout by Doyle. Gift quality. As new. Doyle, Richard (illustrator) (illustrator).

Language: English
Published by Everyman's Library, London, United Kingdom 1999
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Thus. First of this edition. Wonderful example of a well-produced children's book. Blue cloth binding, gilt decoration with illustrated paste-down in four colors. Ribbon marker. Decorated endpapers by Ernest H. Shepard. Wonderful color il…lustrations throughout by Doyle. Gift quality. As new. Doyle, Richard (illustrator) (illustrator).

Language: English
Published by Everyman's Library, London, United Kingdom 1999
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Thus. First of this edition. Wonderful example of a well-produced children's book. Blue cloth binding, gilt decoration with illustrated paste-down in four colors. Ribbon marker. Decorated endpapers by Ernest H. Shepard. Wonderful color il…lustrations throughout by Doyle. Gift quality. As new. Doyle, Richard (illustrator) (illustrator).
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. This edition is published by Derrydale Books (a division of Crown Publishers)) in 1979 and is the first of this edition; includes "A" in the alpha line on copy right page. With the original full-color illustrations by Richard Doyle and the text of 'Th…e Princess Nobody' by Andrew Lang. note drawings originally appeared in 1869 as 'In Fairyland' . These drawings were reissued in 1884 with the Andrew Lang story - The Princess of Nobody, which he wrote around the pictures. Binding firm; interior pages clean, no writing, creases or tears. This book has the feel of NOT being read or handled often. Illustrated boards are clean and bright. This NOT an Ex-lib or remainder. DJ is NOT price clipped. DJ is colorful with light soiling along folds and back. DJ is now protected in mylar Jacket. See pictures. This book's is more than 46 years old and is excellent condition for a children's book this old. Note: We use "Fine" book condition judiciously; only when the book exhibits no flaws. A Fine book closely approaches -As New- condition and may not have been previously owned. Any flaws (writing, tears, creases) are exceptions to a Fine condition and will be clearly described for a book and dust jacket. Doyle, Richard (illustrator) (illustrator).

Published by Book & Magazine Collector, London 1993
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- Periodical
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Add to basketBooklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 10 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; All Under £15; Cosmo Books : 29 years on AB…E, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home
Dickens, Charles; Landseer, Edwin Henry [Illustrator]; Stanfield, Clarkson [Illustrator]; Doyle, Richard [Illustrator]; Maclise, Daniel [Illustrator]; Leech, John [Illustrator];
Published by Homewood Publishing 1900
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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
Thackeray, William Makepeace (Author); Pendennis, Arthur (Editor); Doyle, Richard (Illustrator)
Published by Harper and Brothers 1898
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book has very mild toning to spine, very mild rubbing to edges of spine, very mild rubbing to corners of cover, and very slight toning to pages.otherwise book is in excellent condition with a bright cover, clean pages, and a solid binding. Doyle, Richard (illustrator).

An Old Fairy Tale - The Sleeping Beauty - Illustrated by Brothers Dalziel
Doyle, Richard (Author)/ Planche, J. R. (Illustrator)/ Dalziel, Brothers (Illustrator)
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 62 pages. 7.00x0.25x10.00 inches. In Stock. Planche, J R; Dalziel, Brothers (illustrator).
Published by London: Bradbury and Evans, 11 Bouverie Street, 1855. 1855
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Contact seller5-star sellerVOLUME II ONLY of a two volume set. [4], iii-viii, 1-375 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.25cm. Contemporary half-leather binding; black leather spine with five fractionally raised bands; marbled paper covered boards with worn leather corners. Spine embellished with gilt tooled decoration to four compartments plus two compartment…s with gilt lettered brown leather labels for title and author/Vol.#. Spine ends worn with splitting and wear along joints; slight pliability to front hinge; old black cloth tape repair to rear hinge. Marbled text block edges; top edge darkened. Marbled endpapers; personal bookplate of H. Tootal Broadhurst [Lancashire cotton manufacturer Henry Tootal Broadhurst, 1822-1896] on front pastedown. Toning at margins of b/w frontispiece and pictorial b/w title leaf as well as to margins of interior b/w plates; slight foxing and toning to interior leaves with a few scattered stains. Text block is firm. A good+ copy.
Published by Lee and Shepard 1889
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Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, U.S.A.Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Acceptable hardcover. 1889 edition. Red boards with gilt lettering/design on front and spine, embossed back. Text is clean throughout, illustrations in fabulous shape. Bind is intact though loosening and close to splitting in middle. Spine is shook. Spine has signs of water damage, doe…s not effect text, bind, or gilt letters on spine. Edgewear, corners bumped. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Doyle, Richard (illustrator).
Published by Without date or place
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Add to basketOn 3.5 x 5 cm slip, laid down on slightly larger rectangle of paper, removed from an album. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. A neat, firm signature, on a small slip of paper. Presumably cut from a letter, in response to a request for an autograph.

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Richard Doyle (illustrator).

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In Fairyland: A series of pictures from the Elf-World.
Richard. Doyle; William Allingham; Andrew Lang; Introduction by Bryan Holme; Richard. Doyle [Illustrator]
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Published by RÜTTEN & LOENING 1983
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Gut. 1. 2 Bände. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Zustand: gut - sehr gut. ---.
Published by Bradbury & Evans 1st edition 1854, 1855, London 1854
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. Engravings (46) by Richard Doyle. Two Volumes octavo worn half calf (spine deficient & split/tips worn/lacks 2 labels and the other two chipped) viii+380 viii+375pgs each volume with engraved TP and plates with usual foxing mainly to the margins of the plates. Some light paper tanning to the text but text quite…clean and tight. Decorative initial letters with amusing Doyle caricatures. Worth rebinding. 2 volumes. Hardcover.
Published by Bradbury and Evans, London, UK 1854
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Add to basketLeather Bound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1854. 2 volumes complete. Black leather spine and board tips, gold decor. Dark blue-green cloth on boards. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Hinges reinforced with paper. Board tips worn. 380 + 375 pages. 6523.

Published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars (London) 1855
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Mark of ownership. Discolouration. Halflederen band English The Newcomes. A history of a most respectable family. Vol. 2 vervolgt het verhaal van de Newcome-familie, een Engelse middenklassefamilie die sociale status en respectabiliteit nastreeft in het Victoriaanse Engeland. In dit deel worden rel…aties, familiedynamiek en persoonlijke ambities verder uitgediept, met bijzondere aandacht voor de levensloop van Clive Newcome en de morele keuzes van de hoofdpersonen.
The Virginians. Two volume Set
William Makepeace THACKERAY [Arthur Pendennis] Richard Doyle Illustrator
Published by Bradbury & Evans 1858
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine binding. Red leather with black title compartments. 5 raised bands on the spine. Professionally rebacked retaining boards and enpapers. Marbled brown boards rubbed. 1st edition viii, 382 pp.; viii, 376 pp. Illustrated with 46 plates, wood-engraved pictorial initial letters and…vignettes throughout. First Issue, with "actresses" in line 33 of p. 207 and the misnumbered chapters 47 and 48. Some plates lightly foxed, mostly in the margins.
The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family / edited by A. Pendennis, Esqre. ; illustrated by Richard Doyle - [complete in 2 volumes]
William Makepeace THACKERAY [Arthur Pendennis] Richard Doyle Illustrator
Published by Bradbury Agnew & Co Ltd 1854
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine binding. Brown leather with black title compartments. 5 raised bands on the spine. Marbled brown boards. 1st edition viii, 380pp. + viii, 375pp. With two steel-engraved frontispieces, 44 plates collated and complete, decorated title pages and many other engraved illustrations and de…corations.
More imagesPiccadilly. A Fragment of Contemporary Biography
OLIPHANT, Laurence (1829-1888). [DOYLE, Richard, illustrator]
Published by Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870 1870
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. [Satirical novel] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[13] 328 [5]. With eight engravings, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece, by Richard Doyle. Gold vein marbled endpapers. Red half calf with gold vein marbled paper over boards and gilt rulings to red borders. Gilt embellishment as well as twi…n green morocco title labels to spine, raised bands. With top edge gilt. Interior is mostly clean with a few minor stains and toning to edges. Guttering is split to pages 326-327, although the binding remains firm. Ownership label to paste-down. Leather is rubbed and toned, especially to spine. A few marks and minor sunning to upper board. Very good. A keen travel writer from his adolescence, Laurence Oliphant served as secretary to James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and then later in his life, as the liberal MP for Stirling burghs. He wrote his novel 'Piccadilly' in the wake of his short-lived political career, having by this point formed the opinion that society is full of madness and hypocrisy.
[ Richard Doyle, illustrator ] Autograph Letter Signed "R Doyle" to unnamed correspondent about work for him.
Richard Doyle [Richard "Dickie" Doyle, illustrator of the Victorian era]
Published by 2 Savile Row Wednesday no date. Watermark The address of the Royal London Yacht Club 1860
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Add to basketOne page, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. "Since I saw you last I hve not neen well, and have in consequence not been able to make progress with the work, on the completion of which depended my being able to undertake and illustrations for you book. | I regret that it is so, but am obliged to say that it is not in my power to fu…rnish any drawings for your work before Christmas. | Your book, howevere, is so very well supplied with illustrators of note that the absence of my name in the list cannot be of any consequence. Wishing you every success [.]" In a postscript he says he is returning the "proof sheets". Note: [Watermark 1860] He contributed to Bon Gaultiers "Book of Ballads" about this time (published 1861) with Leech and Crowquill. No evidence found that he eventually returned to a project if it wasn't Bon Gaultier.
More imagesThe Return of Sherlock Holmes [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 26, 27 and 28, complete. Also featuring: Dixon's Return [and] The Ebony Box [and] Eyes of Terror [and] Gervais of Blois [and] The Iron Maiden [and] The King and I [and] The Land Ironclads [and] Lawyer Quince [and] Liar and an Elephant [and] The Phoenix and the Carpet [and] Point of Law [and] The Country of the Blind [and] Dialstone Lane [and] Echo [and] Golden Bars [and] Sadi the Fiddler [and] Billy the King [and] The Diver's Story [and] The Girl on the Sands [and] An Irish Gentleman [and] The Messenger in Mufti [and] The Mistress of the Chateau [and] The Ring and the Lamp [and] A Splendid Rogue [and] The Temptation of Samuel Burge [and] That Brute Simmons
VARIOUS; DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930); JACOBS, W.W. (1863-1943); MASON, A.E.W. (1865-1948); MEADE, L.T. [pseudonym of SMITH, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade] (1844-1914); PEMBERTON, Max (1863-1950); WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946); PAIN, Barry (1864-1928); NESBIT, E. (1858-1924); MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874-1965); MARSH, Richard, [pseudonym of HELDMANN, Richard Bernard (1857-1915); MORRISON, Arthur (1863-1945), et al. [PAGET, Sidney, illustrator]
Published by London: George Newnes, July 1903 to December 1904 1904
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Add to basket[Literary Magazine] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST APPEARANCES. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 27cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 724; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations, including Paget's famous illustrations for the Holmes stories. Handsomely bound in brown half morocco, with raised bands, twin green title labels lettered in gil…t, matching cloth over boards, t.e.g., other edges speckled. Contents a little toned as expected else clean, covers unmarked. Attractively presented in a recent leather binding. A significant collection, containing all thirteen parts of Doyle's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' and all twelve parts of Nesbit's 'The Phoenix and the Carpet.' Also featuring a selection of short pieces by Jacobs, Mason, Meade, Pemberton, Pain, Nesbit, Maugham, Marsh, and Morrison, and a vision of the tank from Wells more than ten years before it was deployed on the battlefields of France.
More imagesTHE NEWCOMES: MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY [24 Parts in 23 Volumes, as issued]
Thackeray, William Makepeace [Author]; Doyle, Richard [Illustrator]
Published by Bradbury and Evans 1853-1855, London 1853
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- First Edition
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Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. First Edition. Octavos, 24 parts in 23 volumes, as issued. In Very Good condition. Housed in quarter leather and brown cloth slip case and matching chemise. Gilt lettering to spine. Bound in publisher's yellow printed wraps. Tearing along edges of wraps, with material loss to most spines. Light scuffing and soiling to… wraps. Age toning as expected, with heavy foxing to plates. Top edges of textblock uncut in numerous volumes. Volume I: Missing "The Governing Classes" advertisement slip. Volume III: Duplicate of "The Respirator" advertisements. Volume VII: Front wrapper-second plate separated; rear cover torn off but present. Volume IX: "Waterlow's Patent Improved" advertisements loose but present; Crystal Palace leaf and slip missing. Volume X: Missing "Price One Shilling" slip. Volume XII: Advertisements in front loose bu present. Volume XIV: Missing "Punch's Pocket Book" slip. Volume IXX: Wrappers loose. Volume XXIII/XIV: Library sticker adhered to front cover. Shelved in Case 2. William Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. "The Newcomes" was originally released serially by Bradbury and Evans in 24 monthly installments before being published in two complete volumes in 1854-1855. "The Newcomes" makes mention to characters that appear in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," and it is narrated by Arthur Pendennis, of Thackeray's "Pendennis." 1409273. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.