Search Results: the rose and the ring or by thackeray wm

John Murray, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. Reprinted. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light brown staining to boards. Book is slightly forward leaning.

Smith, Elder and Co., 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Minor pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with fraying to cloth. Heavy splits to joints with top of spine strip loose. Mild sunning to spine and edges.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Written by Thackeray, as Titmarsh. Illustrated by Gordon Browne (12 two-color plates, numerous b&w). Six-color ink-stamped decorative cover; on green cloth boards. Cover slightly discoloring in spots. Front hinge feels a bit wobbly. Lower half of inner rear hinge discolored; some discoloring at hinge occasionally throughout book. Binding cracking at pp. 36-37. , also pp. 106-107. Pages tanning somewhat. Illustrated endpapers. Full color frontispiece illustration. A flawed but still attractive copy.. Hardcover. Fair to Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Browne, Gordon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

MACMILLAN Children's Books a division of Smith Elder & Co.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 128pp, 5 x 7 inches, inscription

The Folio Society, 1964. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

London: Chatto & Windus, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Gordon Browne. Hardback. A very good copy in decorated boards. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and little foxing. Pp.xiii,159. Colour frontispiece, full-page plates and illustrations in the text. A nice copy.

London: Macmillan, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small octavo Hardback. Red cloth pictorial gilt cover. Illustrated by the author. 220 pp. Fine condition in Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. Nice copy

NY: St. Martins, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Uncredited black and white illustrations in the style of Tenniel. Small format book is "A Fireside Pantomime for Great and Small Children.".

New York: Harper & Bros., 1855. 1st Edition thus? . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Art by the author. 38015 shelf. Small 6.75" high x 5.5" wide. Slightly soiled gold-stamped embossed red cloth. 1864 name FEP, clean text. No dust jacket. With many wood engravings. Solid.

Macmillan and Co, Limited. 1911 Reprint.. 6.0 x 4.0 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Slight browning to edges and endpapers. Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1912. Occasional small marks inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 212 pp. With b/w plates and line drawings in text. Reprint of The Rose and The Ring, which is a satirical work of fiction written by William Makepeace Thackeray and originally published at Christmas 1854. It criticises, to some extent, the attitudes of the monarchy and those at the top of society and challenges their ideals of beauty and marriage. Set in the fictional countries of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, the story revolves around the lives and fortunes of four young royal cousins, Princesses Angelica and Rosalba, and Princes Bulbo and Giglio. Each page is headed by a line of poetry summing up the plot at that point and the storyline as a whole is laid out, as the book states, as “A Fireside… Read More

Lond. Folio Society., 1964.. Or.qt.cl. & dec.bds. 125pp. Colour plates. Fine in the slip-case. 1st Folio ed.

London. Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Company. 1911. Hardcover. 21.5cm, ix,128p., with 11 colour plates mounted on heavy stock paper, numerous text drawings & decorations, in the original red gilt decorated cloth, illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., some slight fade speckling, very good copy (lt). ~ A reissue of Thackeray's Christmas Childrens' book originally published under his pseudonym, W.A. Titmarsh in 1855. An attractive new edition delightfully illustrated in vivid colour.

G.P. Putnam's Sons. Knickerbocker Nugget. Very Good+. A "White and Gold" "Knickerbocker Nugget." A lovely small volume bound in white and trimmed in gold, with gold cover design and gold-gilt edges. 209 pp. with eight pages of ads in the rear of the book. The cover is slightly soiled and the spine slightly sunned, otherwise a lovely solid copy. Would make a very sweet gift for a rare book collector. "The Rose and the Ring" was written just two years before the release of Thackeray's "The Virginians," which was released by the well known Bradbury & Evans. "The Rose and the Ring" carries Thackeray's characteristic criticisms of monarchy, high society rules and the status quo notions of beauty. The original edition contained illustrations designed by Thackeray himself, who had once dreamed of a career as an artist/illustrator. Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki chose this title in 2010 for his list of 50 essential children's books. William Thackeray is best known for his satirical masterpiece… Read More

Xerox University Microfilms. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 10 X 7 X 0.50 inches .

Xerox University Microfilms. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 10 X 7 X 0.50 inches .

London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1855 [but 1854]. First edition. The last of Thackeray's Christmas stories, a satirical fairy tale, wonderfully illustrated with Thackeray's own numerous sketches. "But in the meanwhile, and for a brief holyday, let us laugh and be as pleasant as we can. And you elder folks - a little joking and dancing and fooling will do even you no harm. The author wishes you a merry Christmas, and welcomes you to the Fire-side Pantomime". Crown 8vo (177 x 129mm). iv,128pp. Eight plates. Numerous illustrations in text. Bound in a handsome early twentieth-century full tan calf, banded in gilt, by Riviere; red labels; all edges gilt; inner gilt dentelles; marbled endleaves; slight scratch to rear board; some internal marks and spots; one leaf with a short repaired tear, but still an attractive copy in a fine binding.