Search Results: one hundred fables original and selected by northcote james

Paperback / softback. New.

BiblioLife, 2009-03-19. Paperback. Used:Good.

BiblioLife, 2009-03-19. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Hardback. New.

London, Lawford, 1828. . Die feinen und lebendigen Illustrationen nach Northcotes Entwürfen stammen vom englischen Illustrator William Harvey (1796-1866), der auch die Initialen anfertigte. - James Northcote, 1746-1831, englischer Maler und Schriftsteller. - Besitzvermerk von alter Hd. a. V. ("And. Bonar, 1829" = Andrew Bonar, 1810-1892, Pfarrer der Free Church of Scotland?). Einband bestoßen, der gebrochene Rücken lose beiliegend, Das vordere Deckelgelenk dilettant. angeklebt, das hintere Gelenk gelockert; Buchblock firm und sauber

London: Printed by J. Johnson. 1828. . First edition, [4], iii, [1], 272pp., large paper copy, outer portion of first leaf of 'Index to the Engravings' torn-away, frontis., 100 engravings throughout, nineteenth-century cloth, hinges torn.

London: Lawford, 1828. paper-covered boards as issued, spine lacking, binding otherwise good and tight, internally clean and sound, some occasional foxing, with 280 woodcut illustrations by the author. Owner signatures dated 1828. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Northcote, James.

Wentworth Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Lawford, 1829. hardcover. very good(-). 280 engravings on wood. viii + 272pp., 8vo, leather spine label; bookplate inside front cover; corners bumped, spine ends chipped, upper front hinge mended. London: George Lawford, 1829. A very good (-) copy.<br/><br/>

London: Geo. Lawford, Savile Passage, 1829. Rebacked with new paper spine label. Covers sunned, rubbed. Original yellow endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Title-page in black and red letters, with vignette. This book of fables is embellished with 280 wood engravings. The illustrations were first devised by the author, then drawn by William Harvey, and finally engraved on wood by John Johnson, of the Apollo Press. Each of the 100 fables has an engraving at the head and foot, with an ornamental first letter of the fable. Index of the engravings is found at the end of the text. Occasional light foxing is noted, heaviest on the frontispiece. A pleasing example of an early 19th-century English illustrated book of fables. 272pp.. Second Edition. Salmon Cloth. Moderate General Cover Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.

Wentworth Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

One Hundred Fables (Vol. 1) has marbled boards and endpapers. Very faint owners name (Joseph John Yates ?) above title. 280 engravings on wood. Some scuffs to book and spine edges. Raised ribs on spine. Original red silk bookmark. Hinge is in tact. Index to engravings in rear of book. Two pages of publisher ads after index. Dedication page to his His Royal Majesty. Pages are bright and clean. Fables: Original and Selected (Vol. 2) has marbled boards and endpapers.
Some scuffs to book and spine edges. Raised ribs on spine. Original red silk bookmark. Front board hinge is loose but still in tact. Pages are bright and clean. 280 engravings on wood. Raised ribs on spine. Original red silk bookmark. Dedication page to The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, The Second Series of Fables.
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London: John Murray, 1833. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. 3/4 leather lx + 248pp., engravings, index, With 280 wood engravings. Pages bright & white. Boards worn & spine partially stripped, but tight in binding, all edges gilt, & overall a very nice copy. Engraved bookplate of Elizabeth Mary Villiers on the front paste-down

1829. NORTHCOTE, James. NORTHCOTE, James, etc., etc. ONE HUNDRED FABLES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. Embellished with Two Hundred Eighty Engravings on Wood. Second Edition. London: Geo. Lawford, (printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick), 1829. First series. Engraved frontisp. portrait of Northcote. The head-pieces are designed by Northcote, with ornamental letters and tail-pieces designed by William Harvey, one of Thomas Bewick's favorite pupils. All of them were drawn on wood and prepared for the engravers by Harvey. viii,272 pp. At the end of the volumes, the "index to the engravings" lists the engravers. Offered with: FABLES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. By the late James Northcote, R.A. SECOND SERIES. Embellished with Two Hundred Eighty Engravings on Wood. [First Edition]. London: John Murray, (printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press), 1833. Wood-engraved portrait of Northcote on t.p. As above, the head-pieces are by Northcote and the ornamental initials and tail-pieces are by Harvey, who drew them on wood… Read More

London: Geo. Lawford and John Murray, 1829 & 1833. Second Edition and First Edition. 3/4 morocco. Very good. octavo, illustrated with 280 engravings on wood in each volume. Handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 morocco and marbled boards. bookplate. Very good

London:: Geo. Lawford,, 1833.. Third edition.. old gilt morocco, a.e.g.. Inoffensive darkening to the gilt spines; a little rubbed at joints; but tight and sound; an attractive set.. Small 8vo,. Embellished with two hundred and eighty engravings on wood..

London: Geo. Lawford & John Murray, 1833. Second & First editions. Hardcover. Contemporary crimson cloth decorated in blind, backstrips elaborately decorated in floral gilt motifs. Very good. 2 Vols.. 272 , 248 pages. 20 x 12.5 cm. The illustrations, "the greater portion of which are of my own invention," with his headpiece designs for each one and with initial letters and tailpieces by William Harvey, pupil of Thomas Bewick." James Northcote was one of a number of prominent painters of the 18th century. Today Northcote is chiefly admired for his portraits, though his paintings of animals found favor in his lifetime. In his later years he devoted an increasing amount of time to history paintings, including some scenes from Shakespeare s history plays which were exhibited in Boydell s Shakespeare Gallery. The Second Series of the Fables was published posthumously, Both volumes with Index To The Engravings. Small owner stamp of Rev. J. Troy and small ex-library stamp top right corner of title page,… Read More

London: Geo Lawford, 1828. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 4.5". William Harvey et al. A very bright copy of this beautifully illustrated collection of fables. The first edition. Embellished with two-hundred and eighty engravings on wood. William Harvey designed the ornamental letters and tail-pieces, but northcode designed the main engravings. Northcote worked as an assistant in Joshua Reynolds' studio and to the preface he states 'a chief inducement in making this collection, was the amusement and employment it afforded me in the way of my profession as a painter, in sketching designs for each fable'. Prior owner's inscription tipped in to recto of front endpaper 'Frances Buchanan Wollaston with his Aunt Kath H Wollaston's Love Oct 1828'. The same inscription to the front pastedown in pencil. This collection of fables has some original and others selected from other authors. A very smart collection. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very… Read More

London. George Lawford, Saville Passage. 1828. Hardcover. tall8vo, 24cm, firstedition, iii,272,[8]p., ads., engraved frontis portrait, rubricatedtitle-page, 280 woodcut engravings (head & tail, first letter), in fullcross grain crushed brown morocco, doubled gilt ruled raised bands, giltdecorations and gilt decorated borders in the panels, elaborated giltdecorated borders on the boards, quadruple ruled borders on thedentelles, inner leather hinges, all edges gilt, some foxing to thepreliminaries, a fine copy in fine binding by "Lauford". (Lt) Theportrait of Northcote did not appear until the second edition of 1830.The portrait in this copy is dated 1839 and is engraved from an originalpainting by Harlow. An index to the extensive engravings lists theengraver for each illustration. Northcote in his Preface credits WilliamHarvey with drawing the illustrations on wood. In very attractive bindingwith the binder's stamp - "Lauford", which is fading. Printed by JohnJohnson at the Apollo Press.

London: Geo. Lawford (and) John Murray, 1829, 1833. First volume is the second edition; second volume is the first edition. Light wear to joints; evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown in both volumes, old embossed stamp to title pages. 2 volumes, contemporary half green morocco and marbled boards; octavos; viii, 272; liv, 241 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, 183 wood-engraved vignettes, and 100 wood engraved initials (first volume); 177 wood-engraved vignettes and 101 wood-engraved initials (second volume). James Northcote (1746-1831) was a prolific English painter and draftsman whose career was much advanced through his apprenticeship with Joshua Reynolds, for whom he worked for about 5 years, beginning in 1771. In his foreword to the first volume of Fables, Northcote states: "Although the original invention and designs for the prints at the head of each Fable are my own, yet they have been most excellently drawn on wood, and prepared for the Engravers, by Mr. William… Read More