Pictures of Life and Character Third Series by John Leech (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1886 punch bradbury edition on very worn half bound burgundy leather and stained cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'Pictures of Life and Character: Third Series & Fourth Series' by John Leech. Bradbury, Evans and Co 1865-1866. Third and fourth series bound together. large oblong hardback. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid over. Slight rubbing. Nice, firm binding. Good++.

Condition: Sehr gut. Contemporary half leather binding, 94 pages, over 400 illustrations, oblong folio, front cover loose, spine missing, the two blank pages at the front and the title page are loose with tears and small missing parts, the rest of the bookblock is in very good condition. Large and heavy book, additional shipping is therefore likely. Condition considered in pricing. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Original red cloth, gilt. 98 pp.; many satirical ills.; Large oblong sized book, 31.5x46 cm. Text in English. - (spine slightly damaged, cloth worn/ stained, some foxing/ spots, few pages with some small tears) Although still good, see picture 1240g.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dates of publication: 3rd & 4th Series published 1865; 5th Series published 1869. Oblong folios in pictorial paper-covered boards. B&W drawings. Condition: the boards are soiled with heavy rubbing to the edges; spines of all three books & the corners have been covered with red vinyl tape. Volume containing Series 3 has some smoke staining to edges; pp. 23/24 has had a portion of the page cut out & then taped back in with small loss of matter; several tape repairs throughout volume. Series 4 has had a part of pp. 63/64 cut out & then taped back in with some loss of matter; pp. 57-96 are loose. Series 5 has some smoke damage to edges. Overall, these volumes show wear and are a bit shaken; else in fair condition. Pages: Series 3, 96 pages; Series 4, 96 pages; Series 5, 94 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Presumed First Edition. 1st and 2nd Series bound in one volume, 3rd and 4th in a second volume. First Series dated 1863, 96 pages, including a two page index. Second Series, dated 1862, 96 pages, no index. Volume's front endpapers is mostly gone, the back endpaper is creased and has a closed tear in it, minor chips to some pages; cover is scuffed, lower three inches of the spine is missing; scratch on the cover. Third Series is dated 1864, 96 pages including 2 of index; Fourth Series, dated 1864, 96 pages without index; endpapers are soiled and creased. Cover is scuffed, glass mark on the front cover. Hinges on both volumes are cracked. A very good set of hundreds of these b/w caricatures from Punch, with a minimum of four and up to alt least eight images per page.

Ca 1870s (?). 5 volumes: [4], 93, [3]; [4], 95, [3]; [4], 93, [3]; [4], 95, [3]; [4], 93, [3] pp. 2 page Index concludes each volume. ~ 550 illustrations per volume, or ~ 2750 total. Oblong folio: 12" x 17-3/4" "The appearance of PICTURES Of LIFE And CHARACTER . brought him [Leech] even wider fame. [House, JOHN LEECH, p. 151]. Heavy set, extra postage will be assessed for shipment. General wear & soiling to bindings, with evidence of extremity damping to all volumes. Amateurish hinge repairs to Vols I - III, such that the ffep & first few leaves pull with the cover when opened. Most hinges starting. A Good to About VG set. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to front cover.

In two volumes. Pp. [196]+[94], profusely illustrated, index; oblong folio; uniform red half leather, spines lettered in gilt, green cloth boards, the upper boards lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly marked and worn (heavier at edges), with several small surface chips or grazes to the leather; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; hinges tender, a few small marginal damp stains, a couple of minor edge chips or splits, scattered light foxing and occasional soiling; Bradbury, Evans, London, n.d. *Series Three and Four bound together, with Series Five in a separate volume.

relié. Condition: DeCollection. Bradbury, Agnew & co, London, s.d. (vers 1860). 5 volumes in folio oblongs, (45 x 31 cm) reliure éditeur en percaline de couleurs différentes à décor doré, vol.1 : 2 f., 93 p., 1 f. d'index ; vol. 2 : 2 f., 95 p., 1 f. ; vol. 3 : 93 p., 1 f. ; vol. 4 : 95 p., 1 f. ; vol. 5 : 93 p., 1 f. Texte en anglais. Usures sur les coiffes et les coins, bon état général. En 1840 Leech fut employé en tant qu'illustrateur pour le London Magazine et le Bentley's Miscellany. L'année suivante, recruté par le nouveau journal "Punch Magazine", ses desssins humoristiques devinrent si populaires qu'il fut à l'origine du grand succès du magazine.In 1840 Leech was employed by the London Magazine and Bentley's Miscellany to supply illustrations. The following year he was recruited by a new journal, Punch Magazine, founded by Mark Lemon and Henry Mayhew. Leech's humourous drawings were extremely popular and was one of the main reasons the magazine became a great success.