1 contents art and architecture 1-124 british - Francis Edwards

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From the books of Eric Korn: ‘Skilled fore-edge painting by Martin
Furst.’
A medieval image, set in front of a lake with trees to the rear, flowers in
the foreground, from left to right a squire holding a shield and a lance
with three winged angels onlooking, a knight kneeling in front of an open
wooden door of a small chamber, open sided, in which raised up is a
table with a golden cup and facing the knight the other side of the table
are three draped figures with halos praying.
537. (Tennyson). Lang, Cecil Y. and Shannon, Edgar F.
(Editors). THE LETTERS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON.
Clarendon 1982-90.
1st Ed. 3 vols. Ex.-libris Eric J. Thompson, good in d/ws. with
d/w. to vol. 1 sl. repaired in parts to verso. £75.00
538. Thackeray, W.M. pseud. Titmarsh, Mr. M.A.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Mrs. Perkins’s Ball. Our Street. Dr.
Birch. Smith, Elder & Co. 1866.
New Ed. in one vol. [x] + 52pp. + 56pp. + 52pp. Folding frontis.,
additional illus. t.p., numerous plates by the Author. Ex.-libris
Edith Countess of London Baroness Hastings and Canon Denton,
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towards tail of t.p. to Mrs. Perkins’s Ball and the facing page,
dec. gilt lettered blind embossed cloth with some minor soiling,
sl. wear to corners and head of spine. £85.00
539. Thackeray, William Makepeace. THE WORKS. Vanity
Fair (2); Pendennis (2); Yellowplush Papers; The Great Hoggarty
Diamond; Barry Lyndon; Contributions to “Punch” (2); Esmond;
The English Humourists/The Four Georges; The Newcomes (2);
Christmas Books; Ballads/The Rose and the Ring; The Virginians
(2); Philip (2); Roundabout Papers; Denis Duval; Paris Sketch
Book; Irish Sketch Book; Catherine; The Knights of Borsellen;
Miscellanies. With Biographical Introduction by his Daughter
Lady Ritchie. John Murray/Smith, Elder & Co. 1910-19.
Centenary Biographical Ed. 26 vols., complete. Mixed Eds.
Engraved port. frontiss., profusely illus. through by the Author,
George Cruikshank, John Leech, Richard Doyle and many others.
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£150.00
540. Thirza, John. CAPTAIN KIDD’S CATS (OR TALES OF
THE SEA). Presented by the Columbia Children’s Music-Story
Group, Music by Mario Altiero. Columbia Recording
Corporation 1939.
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throughout. With 3 LP Records. Head of inner margin to first leaf
sl. chipped, some sporadic light browning, original cloth backed
cold. pictorial boards rubbed with sl. wear to extremities, tail of
upper joint splitting, silver lettered title to sl. rubbed spine. £75.00
An Arabam Hall Story. Columbia Records - Set No. J-2.
541. Thomson, Hugh (Illustrator). AS YOU LIKE IT
Shakespeare’s Comedy. Hodder & Stoughton N.d. [1909].
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ills. Some light browning, faint remains of inscription to front
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board, spine sl. discoloured. £85.00
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542. Thomson, Hugh (Illustrator). THE SCHOOL FOR
SCANDAL. By Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Hodder & Stoughton
N.d.
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543. Twain, Mark. THE £1,000,000 BANK-NOTE And Other
New Stories. England Chatto & Windus 1893.
1st UK Ed. [viii] + 311pp. + 32pp. publ. list (March 1893). Some
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£100.00
544. Twain, Mark. THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. England
Chatto & Windus 1892.
1st UK Ed. xi + 258pp. + 32pp. publ. list (dated May 1892). 81
Illustrations by Dan Beard and Hal Hurst. Some light sporadic
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£85.00
545. Twain, Mark. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. With an Introduction
by Albert Bigelow Paine. Harper & Brothers Publishers 1924.
1st Ed. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. xvi + 368pp. + [vi] + 365pp. + [ii]
adverts. Photogravure port. frontiss. Ex.-libris J.W. Hill, original
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546. Twain, Mark. FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR. A
Journey Around the World. Hartford Connecticut American
Publishing Co. 1897.
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browning, original bright gilt lettered cloth with dec. gilt spine sl.
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Twain embarked on an around-the-world lecture tour in 1894 to pay off
his creditors in full, although he was no longer under any legal
obligation to do so. He visited Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand,
Mauritius, South Africa, etc.
547. Twain, Mark. ROUGHING IT. Hartford Conn.:
American Publishing Company ... 1872.
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548. Twain, Mark. ROUGHING IT AND THE INNOCENTS
AT HOME. George Routledge and Sons 1882.
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very light browning, dec. e.ps., ex.-libris John W. Hill, original
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549. Twain, Mark. A TRAMP ABROAD. Chatto & Windus
1880.
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(dated August 1880). 314 ills. by W. Fr Brown, True Williams, B.
Day and other Artists-With Also Three or Four Pictures made by
the Author of this book Without Outside Help; In All. Some light
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