Thomas Hardy Etc (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This is the descriptive catalog for the May 1965 auction of books, manuscripts, letters, journals and rare association Items held by Parke - Bernet Galleries, featuring the Journals of Ernest Thompson Seton; Political Letters of President John F. Kennedy; as well as superb collections of Thomas Hardy, Ernest Hemingway and Katherine Mansfield, as well as numerous other highly desirable literary items. The Seton material (which included Seton's lifetime Journals - 1879 - 1946 - Firsts, manuscripts, letters, book sets from his collection, watercolors and wash drawings, and one original oil painting) belonged to Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton. The Faulkner Collection (Firsts and association items) was that of Mark E. Fretwell. The Hardy Collection (Firsts, Correspondence, Presentation copy, manuscripts, etc.) had belonged to Joseph S. Sample. The Hemingway material includes letters, firsts and association items. The Kennedy material includes his correspondence with a political associate, as well as inscribed copies of "Profiles in Courage". There was presented a Katherine Mansfield Archive which includes her Notebooks, autographs, letters, books and magazines, etc. There are a considerable number of other items from important and collected authors and individuals, including several groupings of American Authors, British Authors, British Poets, Kipling, Erskine Caldwell, John Dos Passos, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aldous Huxley, John Milton, Ezra Pound, William Saroyan, Shaw, Steinbeck Robert Louis Stevenson, Thackeray, Thomas Wolfe, Virginia Woolf, Wordsworth, Yeats, and many others. This auction catalog does not include prices obtained, but does have a considerable amount of descriptive material. Such descriptions and the awareness provided of scarce items is invaluable, furthering ones bibliographical knowledge. EVENT : Public Auction TITLE : Seton's journals; Political Letters of John F. Kennedy; Collections of Hardy, Mansfield and Faulkner; Hemingway's Letters; Modern First Editions. Belonging to Mrs. Ernest Thonpson Seton, Mark E. Fretwell, Colonel Douglas Sharp, and Other Owners . IMPRINT : Parke - Bernet Galleries PLACE : New York DATE : May 4, 1965 PHYSICAL DETAILS : Paperback Format; contains four plate photographs arranged in a discrete section, plus one frontispiece photograph (all black-and-white); 43 pages plus 3 pages of back material; 6 1/4" x 9 1/2", printed wraps, stapled (two staples). Cover printed dark blue on grayish buff. Cover edges slightly extended. Unused bidding sheet laid-in (approx. 5 7/8" X 9", printed red on light yellow, on one side only). CONDITION -- GOOD PLUS -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR - Vague smudging and a touch of shallow creasing to front; toning to rear cover - else clean. BINDING - The cover has separated from the top staple (a judicious use of appropriate glue should fix this problem - but, hence the condition grade) - the bottom staple is firmly attached. INTERIOR - Clean and Unmarked. BIDDING SHEET : There is a small smudge on the back, else clean and unmarked. Ernest Thompson Seton (illustrator).…

Navy Blue Embossed Cloth. Condition: GOOD (BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Fifth Edition. Undated Circa 1920. Rubbed board edges. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES AND FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). Please e-mail for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Illustrated (illustrator). Signed by a "Constance Pavie 1.…

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Near Fine, Except First Page, Consisting Entirely Of Two Full Page B/W Ads, Is Half Torn Away. B/W Illustrations Throughout, No Color Illustrations But This Is First Year With Color Ads (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine, 225x160mm approx. xi + 148pp. Line Map and 25 illustrations as called for. Written by a respected author on Thomas Hardy who lectured widely on his subject this is an investigation into the identity of the spirited young Victorian beauty of whom Hardy wrote a deeply felt elegy in his poem "Concerning Agnes' and of their friendship of 30 years namely Agnes Geraldine Fox-Pitt (Lady Grove). The copy offered by us would be an appropriate addition to the bookshelves of any Hardy devotee in that it is inscribed Best Wishes and signed by the author to the title page in ink with no other name. VG/VG (Book- Light soiling to a few pages - not significant but worthy of mention. No previous owner name. Dust Jacket - laminate rubbed and scuffed in two places at bottom edge - front and rear panel of up to 10x5mm. No other notable defects to book or jacket- the latter now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. Signed by Author on Title Page.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dark brown stiff card covers, titled in silver.

Decorated stapled card wraps. Without dustwrapper as issued. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Contains: The Doings of Vigorous Daunt, Billionaire by Ambrose Pratt. Final three episodes in serial/sequence. Was She Worth It by Marie & Robert Leighton. Complete serailisation. The Red Trianle Being Some Further Investigations of Martin Hewitt: Investigator by Arthur Morrison. Final 3 episodes in serial/sequence. Short stories include: A Mere Interlude by Thomas Hardy, Mrs Skelmesdale in Fairyland by H. G. Wells, The Guest of Honour by Frank Norris, The Daughter of the Tumbrils by Walter E. Grogan, The Great Fortuna Mine by E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Face in the Dark by L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace. Early C20th dark green leather over green cloth-covered board, lettered and decorated in gilt on spines; pale brown endpapers. Corners lightly rubbed, light foxing, repaired cracks to hinges, now good. A heavy volume which will require additional postage outside the UK. Book. …

very good - fine lower spine chip, corner crease.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cream cloth covers, green title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Contains 188 pp with black and white frontispiece portrait, plus 24 plates (17 colour tipped-in and framed), black and white text illustrations, music scores throughout. Ink message dated 1928 to the front paste down, off-setting to the end papers, slight soiling to the pale cream cloth covers, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book). …

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Volumes 1 Through 6 (All Published). A Matched Set In Blue Cloth With Wavy Lines In Gilt On Cover And Spine; Gilt Title On Front Cover, Gilt Title, Volume Number, And Publisher On Spine. Correct Publishing Dates At Foot Of Title Page (Volumes 1 Through 4 Dated 1885, Volumes 5 And 6 Dated 1886, All Are First Printings). Contains A. Conan Doyle's First Published Story, "Bones", In Volume Iv ( With 1885 Date At Foot Of This Title Page, A Point Of Issue). A Bright, Clean Set. All Gilt Lettering And Designs Strong. A Few Points Of Fraying At Top/Bottom Of Spines. Vol. Vi Has A 1/4" X 1/8" Gouge On Front Cover, Not Affecting Lettering Or Design. A Few Small Water Stains To Covers: 1 Square Inch On Bottom Of Rear Cover Of Vol. I, 1/4 Square Inch Top Corner Of Front Cover Vol. Ii. Partially Detached Signature Vol. V. Bookplates Of H.C. Allen And Small Signature Of Helen Cobb In Each Volume. Matched Sets Of The Six Volumes, Which Were Issued Over Two Years, Are Scarce In Decent Condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Archive Of Photographs And Correspondence In Tibet, By Albert Leroy Shelton ("Als"), Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922. The Archive Contains 6 First Printings Of Books By Or About Him, 1912-2004, A Paper "A Bibliographic Essay On American Missionaries To The Tibetans Prior To 1950" (1998) With Related Correspondence From William Martin, Also Shelton's 146 Photographs 1903?-1922? Of Which 85 Are Annotated In White Ink, One Photograph Printing Plate (Zinc?) Of Als And His Wife Flora And Two Daughters Dorothy And Dorris (All Of Which Accompanied Him), 7 Sets Of Reprint Sheets With 2 Photos Per Sheet Also With One Original Photo And One Original Negative, 3 Annotated Negatives 10" X 8" Plus Three Photos On One Sheet 10" X8", 3 Negatives Annotated On Wrapping Paper And On Original Annotated On Reverse, 34 Photos 7"X5" Of Which 26 Negatives And 8 Proofs All Annotated On Envelopes And With Transmittal Letter From Dr. William Hardy 1987, 47 Large Copies Of Photographs 14" X 10 7/8" With Pencil Annotations On Reverse Signed "J.B., Fine Scenes Of Tibetan People And Group Activities And Buildings, Including One Annotated "Remains Of Tibetan Murdered By Chinese- Boiled To Death In A Large Cauldron- Bones Scattered To Be Scavenged By The Dogs- J.B.", Computer Printouts 6 Pp And 10 Pp With Chronology Of Als'S Life, About 44 Letters To And From Als And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton, 1903-1922, With Details Of Events And How They Were Impacted In Particular By The 1918 Fighting Between The Tibetan Armies And The Chinese Armies, A Letter From The British "Bengal Secretariat" Inventorying His Effects After His Death, 1922, And Another Long List Of Items Purchased From The Estate By Dr. Hardy, And Two Long Newsletters About The Continuing Ministry In Tibet Which Are Undated But 1920'S, Two 6 And 8 Pp Copies Of Letters From The Morse'S October And November 1922 Describing Dr. Shelton'S Death In Detail And Current Events Since, 2Nd Page Of Original Letter From Flora Describing Events Just Prior To Departure For Tibet, 1903, 71 Pp Clipping File Of Newspaper Reports And 1903-1922? By Sheltons And Others (Pasted Into A Book) With Loose Notes By Daughter Dorris. Also, A Large Format 51 Pp. Scrapbook Of Ephemera And Newspaper Reports From Before And After His Death, With Letters From John D. Rockefeller And An Aide To Als 1920 Regarding Purchase Of Art For $1000 (The Majority Of His Art Was Sold To The Newark Museum To Form The Bulk Of Their Important Tibetan Art Collection), Official Letters To Or About Him Regarding His Being Taken Hostage, The Als Death Certificate By Dr. Hardy, Photocopy Of The Dalai Lama'S Pass/Permit For Als'S Last Trip, And Memorial Service Brochures, Also Two Additional Original Photographs Of Shelton And 4 Original Photographs Dated 1907, One Of Which Shows The Stone Bridge Which Was Then The Boundary Of Tibet. [An Archive Of Material About Her Father, Her Own Experiences In Tibet, Etc., By His Other Daughter Dorris Shelton Still, Is Available Separately, As Are Manuscripts Of His Wife'S Unpublished Novel And An Early Draft Of Her Unpublished Memoir Of Her Own Experiences There Together With A Photocopy Of A Later And Much Longer Draft). Original Photographs 1903-1922 Including Many Negatives (Most Annotated), Copies Of Photographs (Most Annotated), Original Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Books By And About Him 1912-2004, Etc. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

1ª edición. 21 x 29 cm.208 pp. Arpillera editorial algo deslucida.Multitud de ilustraciones fuera de texto e intercaladas. 12 colour plates, 145 other plates and illustrations.Artists include Cecil Aldin, C.E. Brock, Frank Reynolds, Hablot K. Browne and many reproduc IMPORTANTE. Lea Nuestras Condiciones de Venta y Gastos de Envío. Contrareembolso 6 eur.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cream cloth covers, dark navy title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Contains 188 pp with black and white frontispiece portrait, plus 24 plates (17 colour tipped-in and framed), black and white text illustrations, music scores throughout. In Very Good clean and bright condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A first edition of this tribute to King Albert, with contributions by important public figures and authors and illustrations by popular artists. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth.Illustrated with a frontispiece, monochrome plates and sixteen coloured plates. Collated completeA tribute to King Albert the Belgian King and the people of Belgium at the start of the First World War, with morale-boosting contributions from statesmen, artists, novelists and other important figures. The work includes poems and prose from Edith Wharton, Jack London, Winston Churchill, Claude Debussy, Rudyard Kipling, H. Rider Haggard, Thomas Hardy and G. K. Chesterton, as well as colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish, Edmund Dulac, and Kay Nielsen, among others.Undated, dated by copies held on Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with marks to the boards, bumping to the extremities, a very slight lean, a closed tear to the head of the spine and very small damp stains to the rear board. Offsetting to the endpapers with a past owner's name in ink to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with occasional light spotting and light age toning. Tipped in plate facing pp. 32 loose but present. Very Good. Arthur Rackham; Edmund Dulac etc (illustrator). book.…

The artist William Hatherell's collection of letters and documents relating to his work as an illustrator in the 1890s-1920s. Among c70 items is Hatherell's retained copy of a famous letter to him by Thomas Hardy praising his 1895 illustrations for Jude the Obscure, which the novelist wrote 'to express my sincere admiration for the illustrations of "Jude at the Milestone". The picture is a tragedy in itself & I do not remember ever before having an artist who grasped the situation so thoroughly Thomas Hardy' (see Hardy, Collected Letters Vol II). Much of Hatherell's considerable success in Britain and north America flowed from Hardy's high praise for his work and it is notable how much of this correspondence from editors in London and New York deals with Hatherell's refusal to lower his standards. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Folio Album (38x29cm) bound in original green roan and pebbled cloth; structurally sound but lightly worn with cracking to the leather outer hinges at head and tail of spine. Bookseller's ticket of 'W Straker' London to front pastedown. 54 leaves in total; 46 used, mostly rectos for a collection of letters and ephemera, c70 items in all. NARRATIVE: The album begins with a letter from Dean Cornwell - 'The Dean of Illustrators' - President of the Society of Illustrators in the USA, announcing Hatherell's election as a member and stating that 'There is no living man whom we men in American feel a greater debt to, than yourself, for all you have done to raise Illustration to a high plane.' Later America correspondents include Richard Harding Davis discussing a commission, Charles Dana Gibson (also on Society of Illustrators business) and Edward Russell (McClure's Magazine) who expresses disappointment 'because my suggestion for the picture was not taken into account at all'. In a later later letter Edward Russell writes on Players Club of NYC headed paper to apologise for a short deadline 'but the call of the Editorial Department must be obeyed and sometimes they have me on the hip' as well as making suggestions for Hatherell in a forthcoming story he is to illustrate. Other correspondents include Queen Mary (printed letter and ticket to the Palace of Arts British Empire Exhibition which included Hatherell's work), Florence A Kirkpatrick; E F Sharie from the Strand Magazine on his choice of media: 'I do not want to hamper you in any way, but pencil drawings are extremely difficult to reproduce.' Hugo Tyerman (The Children's Newspaper); William Babington Maxwell (Hatherell illustrated his stories in The Strand), Robert Percy Hodder Williams (publisher) Agnes Ethel Conway (Women's Work, Imperial War Museum, about Hatherell's Edith Cavell painting) A E Johnson (artist's agent on commissions) and three letters from Sydney Boot about illustrations for Sheila Kaye Smith. George Robey (3 letters) the music hall performer writes about an illustrated programme for a memorial concert - with the programme laid in and Rutherford Crockett re illustration of his story. Other publications represented by letters include The Graphic; The Associated Illustrators (Henry S Fleming, Broadway) and there is real emotion from some correspondents: 'I wept over your picture in last years Academy' from Florence T Nicholson. Alfred Scott-Gatty (composer) writes about the purchase of a picture. Hugh Stowell Scott - actually novelist Hugh Merriman - praises 'a sense of the dramatic' in Hatherell's work. Also letters from George Clausen, founder member of the New England Art Club; Stanhope Forbes (Newlyn Artist); novelist Mary Cholmondely with costume changes recommended by a friend who has viewed pictures in the company of 'The King and the Prince of Wales'. A letter from Clement Phillipson in Australia recalls meeting Hatherell in 1890 in the goldmines of Tetulpa when he was touring the country on a commission from Cassell to illustrate a book about the country. William Hatherell (1855-1928) studied at the Royal Academy and despite working in oils and other media achieved his most notable success as an illustrator. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…