Wright Rev G N W (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued. The sixth volume of Wright's account of Wellington and his military life. 206pp. Black cloth boards with tooled decoration. Gilt regimental emblem to upper board. Rubbing to extremities of board. Corners lightly turned. There are several small stains to edges of upper board.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very well presented pair of works containing J. M. W Turner and George Cruikshank's illustrative depictions of Scotland and scenes from the Waverley novels, with descriptions from the Rev. G. N. Wright. Bound in half calf with moire cloth to the boards. Very scarce work. In two volumes. Dated using Jisc from copies of the work held at the British Library. This artistic endeavour presents historical landscape illustrations of different scenes described in Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels, such as The Pass of Bally-Brough, The Death of Porteus, Inverlochy Castle, and many others. Illustrated with nineteen plates and a frontispiece to Volume I and forty-three plates to Volume II. This works should contain ninety plates, some of which contain two illustrations. Lacking twenty-eight plates across the set.With an extra plate entitled 'The Rescue of Ivanhoe' to page 7 of Volume II, not mentioned in the list of illustrations.Illustrations are taken from drawings by J. M. W Turner, as well as a number of other contributors, with comic illustrations by notes Victorian illustrator, George Cruikshank. With descriptions by the Rev. G. N. Wright, to accompany each illustration. Bound in half calf with moire cloth to the boards. Externally, very smart, with light marks to boards and a little fading. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional area of light spotting. Very Good Indeed. J. M. W. Turner; G. Cruikshank (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. A striking collection dedicated to the illustrations of Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' Novels, being primarily the works of Cruikshank and Turner. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Undated, dated using Jisc. Uniformly bound in contemporary half morocco, with cloth boards and decorative gilt to the spines. Hinges reinforced. Volume I illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Scott and thirty-eight mounted plates, some of which contain two illustrations. Volume II illustrated with fifty-two plates, some of which contain two illustrations. Collated, complete according to copies held by the University of Oxford and the Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as previous auction records. A delightful exploration of the renowned illustrations completed for Sir Walter Scott's influential 'Waverley' novels. From drawings notably by J. M. W. Turner and George Cruikshank, as well as Balmer, Bentley, Chisholm, Hart, Harding, etc. This collection focuses on the landscape and historical depictions, including the Castle of Coningsburgh in 'Ivanhoe', Embarkation of Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich in 'Kenilworth', Cromwell and Lady Fauconberg in 'Woodstock', the Pass of Aberfoil in 'Rob Roy' and many others. With descriptions by Rev. George Newenham Wright, an Irish writer and Anglican clergyman. Uniformly bound in contemporary half morocco, with cloth boards and decorative gilt to the spines.Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to the extremities resulting in lifting to the leather. A few minor marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages with scattered spots throughout, typically heaviest to the plates. Very Good. J. M. W. Turner; G. Cruikshank (illustrator). book.…

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very scarce book of superb 64 steel engravings of the mediterranean towns, ports, city`s , & ruins, handsomely bound in a contemporary red leather binding with seven raised bands heavily decorated with gilt lines decorations and titles on a black label with blind decorations in the compartments, blind & gilt rulings edging the green buckrum boards. Includes the fold out map of the Mediterranean dated 1839. 156pp. Sir Grenville Temple, Bart, W. L. Leitch, Esq, Major Irton, & Lieut T Allen, R.E. (illustrator).…