Shoberl Frederic Editor (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. engraved second (gift) title, frontis, 360p. plus (12) unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Original gilt-decorated leather. 16 cm. All edges gilt. Backstrip and extremities rubbed. Endpapers darkened. Poetry and prose.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smart copy of this charming British literary annual for the year 1838, edited by English journalist Frederic Shoberl. A literary annual for the year 1838. With a frontispiece, an engraved title page, and nine plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. Forget-Me-Not was the first literary annual in English, originally issued at Christmas "for 1823", combining some aspects that had been seen in England with new ideas Ackermann had brought from Germany. Aimed primarily at women readers, each annual would contain engravings and accompanying poems or stories, with a historical review of the previous year, a royal family tree, and more. This volume contains contributions from Charles Swain, Major Calder Campbell, L. H. Sigourney, H. F. Gould, Mary Howitt, and many others. Edited by Frederic Shoberl, an English journalist, editor, translator, writer and illustrator. Best known as the editor of Forget-Me-Not and for his translation of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. In the original full crushed morocco with gilt. Externally, sound with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. A small crack to the front joint at the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor damp marking to the odd plate. With discolouration to the endpapers and minor age toning Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Twelve Colored Engravings (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xii, 352 Pp. 3/4 Blue Morocco Over Blue Cloth, Five Bands, Red Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt In All Compartments, Marbled Endpapers, Two Initial Blanks And Two Final Blanks. First Edition, Undated But 1824. A Clean, Unmarked Example, Gilt Brilliant, Slight Wear Along Top Edge Of Spine Panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator). 2 VOLUMES, xii + 161pp; 200pp, very well-illustrated with 32 hand coloured plates, 12mo, 5.5 x 3.5 inches / 14 x 9 cms, finely bound in contemporary green morocco, front and back boards embossed and triple gilt lined, gilt tooled and lined spines, gilt lettered, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, Provenance: previous owner's inscription inside both volumes: 'Elizabeth Thiophila and Sarah-Mary Spencer, the Gift of Mr. Richardson, dated 1825, VERY GOOD CONDITION, Printed for R. Ackermann, London, circa 1823. * mainly costume plates with a description of manners, customs, etc. A very pleasing small set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes 16cm x 10cm, xii - 161pp - 18pp of adverts + (iv) - 200 pp pages uncut, 32 full colour plates occasional offset from the plates to the text. Ownership signature dated 1827 to the front end papers, the contents clean and tight. Publishers blue paper covered binding old paper title label to each volume, faint tide mark to outer corners of vol one.Llight surface rubbing to board and edges the head of spine of volume one chipped. The bindings tight with no splits, a very good set in the original state. Abbey Travel 6; Tooley 515.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDThree volume set. Half calf over marbled boards. Illustrated with 30 colored engravings. Sound copies with tight bindings. Heavy wear to boards at edges, rubbed leather. Ex-library copies with markings from stickers on covers, one ink stamp on front free endpaper, Volume III. Published by R. Ackermann, London. 16mo. Rare. rm.

pp. 360, (xii) of adverts. Engraved Presentation plate, frontis, 9 plates. 12mo. Full calf wIth gilt decorations, all edges gilt. Hinges and edges slightly rubbed. Faxon 1315.

12mo, pp. [1-3] 4 [5] 6-7 [8-9] 10-356 + 4 pages of ads, flyleaves at front and rear, eleven inserted plates, including presentation plate and frontispiece, original decorated full brown leather, all panels elaborately tooled in gold and blind, a.e.g., yellow coated endpapers. First edition. This long-running annual was the first English gift book series, the first issue appeared in 1823, the last in 1847. Prose and poetry by William L. Stone ("Life in the Woods," a sketch set in northeastern New York state), Mary Howitt, James Montgomery, Douglas Jerrold, James Hoag (writing as "The Ettrick Shepherd"), and others. Faxon 1312. Leather just a bit rubbed, a very good or better copy with clean, attractive binding. (#136004).

[Anthology] VINTAGE EDITION. Duodecimo (15 x 10cm), pp.[iv]; vi; 386. Boards in green illustrative card, with the matching green illustrative card box. Illustrative frontispiece and half-title page, 12 plates, embossed presentation plate in the style of Wedgwood Ceramics, all edges gilt. All plates are present, presentation plate has previous owner's name in black ink, card of spine has been lost leaving fabric of spine exposed, wearing to edges and corners, sunning and wearing to box, chipping and rolling to edges. Very good. An anthology of both prose and poetry presented in an intriguing little book and box with twelve illustrative plates throughout. The presentation plate is dated 1831 and is an embossed pattern emulating that of Wedgwood Ceramics. Although this edition is showing signs of wear, it is a very charming book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. From the library of Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-70), a princess of the Netherlands as the wife of Prince Frederick, with her ink stamp to the title page. The sixteenth volume in the series, with contributions by Mary Anne Browne, Lydia Sigourney, Mary Howitt, Isabell Hill, and others. 12mo: 360, [12, ads] pp. with a presentation plate, a frontispiece, and 9 plates, all steel engravings with tissue guards. In the publisher's crimson morocco binding, with blind-stamped ruled border and arabesque scrollwork; gilt-stamped titling, floral devices, and ornamental surround, and yellow coated endpapers. All edges gilt. The spine is a touch faded; else near fine. Faxon 1315. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin.

Hard Cover. 12 mo bound in sixes, pp. xi, [1], 352. 12 full page hand-coloured plates. Original publishers' paper-covered boards with printed paper label to spine. Spine and boards partially toned, with very slight loss to head of spine and joints cracked but holding; boards lightly scuffed with wear to corners; shelf mark at head of spine. Ownership inscription to ffep dated 1858; very light scattered foxing otherwise contents clean. Overall a Very Good copy. Part of the 36 volume World in Miniature series, covering Tibet, Bhutan, Burma and South East Asia. Scarce, especially in original binding.

1/2 Leather. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Color Plates (illustrator). London, UK: R. Ackermann. G/NO DUSTJACKET. ca1825. 1/2 Leather. Containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character, and Costumes of the People of that Empire . 16mo., v. p., rebound with new covers and hinges .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated with 20 coloured engraved plates as printed. Full brown calf binding with spine dated 1823. Volume III only. Edition not dated. First and only printing exists of 350 copies.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good to very good copy in contemporary half leather binding with hand coloured frontispiece and 11 further hand coloured plates. Undated but 1824 and part of the World in Miniature series. The binding has gilt-lined raised bands to spine and title and volume labels. Boards are marbled and page edges have matching marbling. The boards have light scuffing and there is wear to edges and the leather corners with leather loss at the tips. The spine has light wear to ends. Contents: frontispiece; title; preface pp iii-viii; contents list ix-xi; directions for plates 1 p; text pp 1-352 with 11 plates. The contents are generally clean with some light spotting - mainly at the top margin - and the occasional mark. There is offsetting from the plates. The frontispiece has slight loss to the top edge; p121/2 has lost the bottom corner tip; and a number of pages have old corner turn creases. Pale blue endpapers unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete. Red 3/4 leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Both volumes include beautiful engravings hand-colored in watercolor. No date, circa 1824. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." All pages of both volumes, complete. Vol. I: 320 pages and eleven plates. 325 pages and fifteen plates. Many of the plates show portraits of Indigenous men and women of the Pacific Islands. Two and four of the plates in Vols. I and II, respectively, show Indigenous women who are topless. Each volume has two former owners' bookplates tipped in on front pastedown and front free endpaper. One of the bookplate designs reads, in part, "Michael & Dawn." Pages are very clean and intact overall except for slight age toning and occasional offsetting from the illustrations. Covers are very clean and intact overall except for light to moderate rubbing to front, back, spine, and extremities. Binding is tight. Very Good copies. A beautiful two-book set about the people and cultures of the Pacific Islands. Contents are listed as follows. Vol. I: "Introduction," "The Friendly Islands," "Sandwich Islands," and "The Marquesas." Vol. II: "Easter Island," "Society Islands," "The Feejee Islands," "New Zealand," "Radack Islands," "The Caroline Islands," "New Caledonia," "The New Hebrides," and "Pitcairn's Island." Edited by Frederic Shoberl (1775-1853), also known as Frederick Schoberl, an English author, journalist, editor, translator, and illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. Complete in 2 volumes, with 27 (of 27) hand-colored stipple engravings. Abbey Travel 6; Tooley Color Plates 515. Full brown leather. The books are clean and tight. All volumes have been professionally rebacked, retaining the original spines. Some relatively minor edgewear; pages and plates are clean and bright. The engraved bookplate of Pearl Haggins (designed by Spenceley) is affixed to the front pastedown endpaper in each volume. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Book.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good copy in 2 volumes in contemporary full green calf binding with 32 hand coloured plates. Undated but 1821. The bindings have an oval red leather label at the top of the spine with 'The World in Miniature' in gilt. A gilt design then continues with volume numbers further down the spine. Vol I has lost it's volume number label although the volume number is clear. Boards have gilt lining around the edges with gilt designs at the corners and gilt lines to the inner board edges. The bindings are clean with fading to spines and edges and turned corners. There is some scuffing and light marking to the board surfaces. Both volumes have yellow endpapers and the armorial bookplate of Frederic Fane to the front pastedowns - there is a little splitting at the front endpaper joint of both although the bindings are sound. Contents: Vol I: frontispiece; title; contents listing for both volumes; plate list for both; advertisement; introduction; text pp 1-166 with 10 further hand coloured plates. Vol II: frontispiece; title; text 1-144 with 20 further hand coloured plates. Both volumes have an old signature to the top of the title page and both have offsetting from the plates. Vol I has light toning to edges and the occasional mark. Vol II has some very toned sections and some foxing.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in 2 volumes in contemporary half calf bindings complete with 27 hand coloured plates. Undated but 1825. The bindings are sound and clean. The spines have lost their title labels which were in a section at the top. The remainder of the spines have elaborate gilt decoration. The boards are marbled and there is wear to corners (with leather loss), spine ends and light rubbing to joints. Page edges marbled. Contents: Vol I: frontispiece, title, preface, plate and contents list viii; text 303 pp with 10 hand coloured plates. Original page marker present. Vol II: frontispiece; title; text 281 pp plus 15 hand coloured plates. The contents are overall in very good clean condition. The paper is lightly toned, particularly to margins and there is occasional light marking. There is occasional offsetting from the plates. In Vol I the initial blank has some tearing at the gutter; there is some loss from the bottom margin at p 85/6; and some text pages are cut shorter at the bottom. Vol II has a stain at the top corner tip of p 57/8; and remnants of the old page marker at p 130.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. Complete in 2 volumes: 161 and 200 pages plus 32 (of 32) hand-colored stipple engravings. Abbey Travel 6; Tooley Color Plates 515. Full brown leather. The books are clean and tight. All volumes have been professionally rebacked, retaining the original spines. Some relatively minor edgewear; pages and plates are clean and bright. The engraved bookplate of Pearl Haggins (designed by Spenceley) is affixed to the front pastedown endpaper in each volume. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Book.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in 2 volumes in contemporary half morocco bindings with 26 hand coloured plates. Undated but 1824. The bindings have gilt compartments with titles and volume numbers in gilt and gilt designs in the top and bottom compartments. Boards are marbled. The bindings are bright and clean with some scuffing to surfaces, including spine ends, and wear at the corners. Page edges lightly speckled. Both volumes have 2 bookplates: Vol I has a crown and entwined initials to the front pastedown, and an upside down armorial bookplate to the rear free endpaper with the motto 'aquila non capit muscas' and the names Michael and Dawn; Vol II has both these bookplates at the front endpapers. Contents: Vol I: frontispiece; title; list of titles printed (this title is not included); preface; contents and plate list; text 291 pp with 13 plates. Vol II: frontispiece; title; text 289 pp with 11 plates. Contents generally in very good clean condition. There is some offsetting from the plates and some spotting/toning to margins - particularly the top margin. The final text page in Vol I is partly attached to the rear free endpaper at its base and the endpaper has lost a small portion of the top edge at the corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1823 (dated to the plates), FIRST Edition, in two volumes. Attractive half leather binding, with gilt titles to red labels, red floral gilt decoration with a red leather onlay, marbled paper covered boards and gilt page edges. Illustrated with 30 (including the frontispieces) hand coloured engraved plates. In good condition. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Pagination: Vol I xiv, 208pp; Vol II 257pp Approximately 5 ¾ inches tall (14.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to red labels, red onlays to small gilt flowers to the compartments, five raised bands, rubbed and worn. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition rubbed and worn. Boards good condition half leather with marbled paper covered boards. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all edges gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled paper. End papers good condition marbled paper, subsequently tanned. Title good condition tanned, offsetting from the frontispiece. Pages good condition tanned throughout, some offsetting from the plates. Binding good condition. See photos.

Hardcover. 181, 294, 204 and 267 pages. 3-5/8 by 5-5/8 inches. Complete in four volumes. Illustrated with 72 hand-colored engravings. Originally published in monthly volumes. Full calf with gold lettering and decoration on the spines. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Some foxing, offsetting, most pronounced at endpapers and title page. Volume I with hinges cracked and bibliographic info pasted to front pastedown. With former seller's small stamp on rear pastedown in all four volumes. A nice little set.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good 6 volume set in contemporary half calf bindings with 73 hand coloured plates. A scarce title in the World in Miniature series which ran to 43 volumes. Undated, but published in 1821. The bindings are matching half calf with marbled boards. The spines have 5 small gilt-lined raised bands with title and volume labels in 2 compartments and gilt decoration in the remaining 4. Date in gilt at the base of the spine. All are bright, clean and sound with light wear to corners and edges including spine joints. Page edges freckled. Brown endpapers. Each volume has a frontispiece and title page. Contents (excluding title and frontispiece): Vol I: advertisement pp i-iv; contents v-x; plate list xi-xv; preface pp 1-14; text pp 15-211 with 1 plate. Vol II: text 264pp with 1 plate. Vol III: 264 pp with 15 plates. Vol IV: 309pp with 16 plates. Vol V: 234 pp with 8 plates. Vol VI: 244 pp with 26 plates. The contents are in very good clean condition. There is occasional toning and light foxing to paper; some offsetting from the plates; and the occasional light mark to margins.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good 4 volume set in contemporary half calf bindings with a coloured vignette title, 2 folding colour maps, and 44 colour plates of which 7 are folding. A scarce title in the World in Miniature series which ran to 43 volumes. This is the second in the series, undated, but published in 1821. The bindings are matching half calf with marbled boards. The spines have 4 small gilt-lined raised bands with title and volume labels in 2 compartments and gilt decoration in the remaining 3. All are bright, clean and sound with light wear to corners and edges. Contents: Vol I: frontispiece; vignette title; letterpress title; advertisement; preface; contents and plate list for all volumes; folding map; text 180pp with 8 plates. Vol II: frontispiece; title; folding map; text 170 pp with 11 plates of which 3 folding. Vol III: frontispiece; title; text 168 pp with 14 plates of which 2 folding. Vol IV: frontispiece, title, text 184 pp with 7 plates (one a sheet of music) of which 2 folding. Contents are very clean with the occasional light mark or spot. There is some offsetting from the plates. P 67 in Vol II has lost the bottom corner tip.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. Complete in 4 volumes, with 72 (of 72) hand-colored stipple engravings. Abbey Travel 6; Tooley Color Plates 515; Catalogue Russica S1294. Full brown leather. The books are clean and tight. All volumes have been professionally rebacked, retaining the original spines. Some relatively minor edgewear; pages and plates are clean and bright. The engraved bookplate of Pearl Haggins (designed by Spenceley) is affixed to the front pastedown endpaper in each volume. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Book.

First edition; Four volumes in two, 12mo (14.5 x 9.5 cm); 72 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, light offsetting from plates; contemporary brown cloth, blind stamped borders to boards with gilt motifs to upper boards within, gilt lettering to spines, a touch of fading, joints expertly repaired with upper inner hinge of vol. 1 cracked but firm, a very good set; xvi, 181, [ii], 294; [ii], 204, [ii], 267pp. An attractive first edition set of the Russia volumes of Shoberl's great The World in Miniature series. The series was produced as an informative and exhaustive collection of the "various branches of the great family of Man" as well as serving as a useful guide to the "juvenile student". While the series was never finished, with demand tailing off as the series progressed, forty three volumes were nevertheless produced all to a high standard. The seventy-two costume plates have kept their lovely colour and depict the typical dress of all stratas of Russian society, including the northern nomadic peoples such as the Samoyed, Chukchi, Kamchatka, and Oonalashka people. Abbey, Travel 6 (p.14); Colas 2727; Hiler 797; Cat. Russica S 1294; Solovev Kat.105, 337 (35 rub.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12mo. pp. xiii, [1]plate list, 286. 20 hand-coloured engraved plates (incl. frontis.). modern quarter morocco (corners worn, large ownership entry in red on title). First Edition. Abbey, Travel, 6 (pp. 12-13).

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4 volumes. 12mo., (5 4/8 x 3 3/8 inches). Hand-colored engraved frontispiece to each volume, additional hand-colored engraved title-page to volume one, two fine folding hand-colored engraved maps, and 44 plates, including 20 aquatints and 7 folding (EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT). Fine contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt extra (extremities a little scuffed). Provenance: from the library of Jacques Levy, his sale, Sotheby's, 20th April 2012, lot 340 First edition in English, the text by Villeneux first published with very similar illustrations by Nepveu in Paris in 1814. The second title in the series "The World in Miniature" edited by Shoberl for Ackermann between 1820 and 1828 in a total of 43 volumes. Ackermann's reputation as the publisher of colour-plate books of the highest quality was established with the publication of "The Microcosm of London", which appeared from 1808 in parts, completing publication in 1810, and containing 104 large folio hand-coloured aquatints. The text of the last volume was by Combe, better known as the author "Dr. Syntax" who continued to work on a series of topographical and historical works for Ackermann, including "Westminster Abbey" (1812), "York" (1813), "Oxford" (1814), "Cambridge" (1815), "Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster" (1816), and "Madeira" (1821). Abbey Travel 6; Tooley 515.

12mo.pp.ix+ 241.18 handcoloured engravings.Fine half dark green calf,raised bands tooled in gilt,marbled boards.very attractive.a little offsetting of plates else very clean and fresh.Abbey Travel.No.6.p.13. Tooley:English Books with Coloured Plates:515.p.417. "The Proper Study of Mankind is Man" Pope.

First edition. A COPY WITH FINE PROVENANCE, FROM THE DOHENY COLLECTION WITH THE FINE MOROCCO LABEL GILT OF ESTELLE DOHENY AT THE PASTEDOWN. Illustrated with eighteen hand colored engraved plates. 12mo, in the scarce original boards backed in red cloth, the spine with a printed paper label, untrimmed pages, now housed in a handsome morocco-backed clamshell box. ix, 241. A very fine copy, the original boards and paper label all well preserved. VERY SCARCE IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, AND THIS COPY FROM ONE OF THE FINEST AMERICAN PRIVATE LIBRARIES EVER ASSEMBLED, it is also an outstanding copy with fine and clear impressions and colouring, and in wonderful condition. Ackermann was one of the leading publishers of colourplate in England. His "World in Miniature" series was edited by Shoberl who also contributed artwork for it. Featuring peoples from many cultures, the purpose of these charming works was "to increase the store of knowledge concerning the various branches of the great family of Man.".