Walter Severn (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 16pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 drawings and photographs, including several after the life mask of Keats by Haydon, and several facsimile letters in Keats' hand, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume L, No. 6, October, 1895. Housed in protective mylar report. Harry Fenn, Walter Severn (illustrator).…

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. hardback, 4to, unpaginated, (184pp), 38 plates only (of 45), lacks plates nos. 1, 5, 7, 23, 41, 43, 45. many tissue guards creased or frayed, scattered light foxing, including on some plates, hinges cracked, lacks prelims before title page, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed and scuffed, Fair condition (INCOMPLETE). …

1 December 1894. Walter Severn (1830-1904) was skilled in art furniture, and needlework and embroidery, as well as becoming a talented water colour artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Embossed cloth gilt, beveled boards. Contents loose in binding. 6 color litho plates by W. Severn with illuminated lettering, plus illuminated title page and dedication page. Some creasing, foxing and soil to pages. Boards stained, edges exposed. Circa 1872.; quarto.

A successful member of an English artistic family. See the Oxford DNB entries on his father Joseph Severn, brother Walter Severn and sister Mary Newton. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium on grey wove paper. In good condition, lightly aged, with traces of paper from mount adhering to the blank verso of the second leaf, and details typed at head. Folded once. Addressed to 'Dear Fulleylove' and signed 'Arthur Severn.' He invites him to dinner, on behalf of himself and his wife (Joan, a cousin of John Ruskin, born Agnew): 'dinner will be at 7.30 or 8 and I thought if you came out early enough we might have some bowls in the garden'. He gives directions from London, adding: 'Of course come in any dress. / I have asked [?] and Linton'. He ends: 'If it is bad weather I shall only expect you to be here at 7.30 but can do as you like about that, welcome at any time'.…

Erste Ausgabe. unpaginiert, 16 Seiten, illustriert von Walter Severn Einband berieben, Ecken bestoßen, Besitzeintrag auf Vorsatz, eine Seite lose, Vers-Seiten mit Seidenpapier geschützt, sehr seltenes Exemplar Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 463 4°, Hardcover/Pappeinband, dreiseitiger Goldschnitt.…

A successful member of an English artistic family. See the Oxford DNB entries on his father Joseph Severn (who nursed John Keats in Rome in his final illness) and sister Mary Newton. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of glue from mount to inner margin, and details typed at head. Folded once. Reads: 'Dear Mrs FitzSimon / I have much pleasure in sending an autograph of my dear friend Sir F. Leighton. I send also the portrait of Keats. It is photogravure by Hollyer from one of my father's pictures / Yours sincerely / Walter Severn'.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Purple embossed cloth with gilt title and decoration to front. Attractive illustrations with decorated text and paper guards. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Previous owner's name and date and ink to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. Some light foxing but contents generally bright and clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Severn, Walter (illustrator). …

Hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, front board with elaborate gilt lettering and signs of the zodiac around a circular paper onlay, four three-pointed colour paper onlays around the zodiac signs, duplicate blind tooling designs to the lower board, all page edges gilt, bevelled edges. Folio 14½'' x 11¼'' unpaginated. Twelve floral colour plates with an engraved scene containing the months of the year in which chromolithography, etching, and letterpress type all appear together. The leaves of the book are all loose, the covers being secure and complete with rubbing across the corners, snagging across the spine ends with 25 mm splitting of the cloth to upper spine edge. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 1859, First Edition. Pictorial boards, worn and rubbed with loss to the spine, corners bumped, six illuminated illustrations. Scarce volume. 16pp. Provenance: no signatures or bookplates. Approximately 11 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine fair condition no titles, faded, chipped and worn with loss. Joints good condition worn and rubbed. Corners good condition bumped and worn with loss. Boards good condition pictorial boards, marked and worn. Page edges good condition all edges gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition tanned. End papers good condition tanned. Title good condition blue, gilt and red text. Pages good condition illustrated, colour text. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1859 Binding: Hardback.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1890 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 94 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 94 Language: English.…

12 leaves illustrated with copper etching and color chromolithograph after water-color by Severn. 1 vols. Folio. An interesting volume. Though the authors are (deservedly) obscure, the chromolithos and gilt illuminations are attractive enough. Green gilt pictorial cloth with onlaid paper floral designs, with large centered circular zodiac, a.e.g. Extremities rubbed, else extrenally bright and attractive. Disbound, but leaves in very nice condition. there is some spotting to text leaves at rear, but chromos clean and bright 12 leaves illustrated with copper etching and color chromolithograph after water-color by Severn. 1 vols. Folio.…

Watercolour, 17 x 10cm. Laid down on part of a page from an Autograph Album presumed to have been compiled by Marie Eveleen (Mariette; 1871-1933), daughter of the novelist George Meredith and his daughter Marie Eveleen (Mariette; 1871-1933). This album also contained letters to Meredith from major writers including Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, R.L. Stevenson, and Henry James, AND Pencil Sketch of Young Woman, Head and something of her shoulde by Lawrence Alma-Tadema described elsewhere on my inventory.…