Gordon n ray editor (18 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. The lightly tanned pages have some underlining and margin marks. The cover has some creases. The spine is darkened. 236 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. no dust jacket. This hardcover edition of "Masters of American Literature" shows signs of library use, including typical markings and the absence of a dust jacket. The binding is intact, though the cover exhibits some wear consistent with age and handling. Internally, the pages are clean, though a few have minor tears and creases. Overall, it remains a sturdy and usable copy for study or collection. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Jacket Has New Mylar Cover. -----------Dark red cloth, gilt spine letters and cover design, very thick book, 2 1/4" thick, and 9 1/2" tall. 853 pages, with frontispiece and 25 other illustrations.NEAR FINE CONDITION- - dust jacket chipped, torn and rescued now and protected. …

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood copy with clean pages. Wear to head. Corner on top edge frayed. Previous ownership stamp on front paste down. 8vo. 227 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 'Now first reprinted'. The first reappearance of Thackeray's reviews and articles for the Morning Chronicle, that he published anonymously before finding fame and unlike his other anonymous writing, was never republished by him. Contains reviews of Disraeli's Coningsby and Sybil among others. Quarter cloth with decorative paper. Mild shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good.…

Large 8vo. x + 585 pages with illustrations. Maroon clothbound with gold lettering. Fine without dustjacket.

Large 8vo. vii + 695 pages with illustrations. Maroon clothbound with gold lettering. Fine without dustjacket.

Zustand: Very Good. None. 695 pages. Hardcover. Volume 3 of 4. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Boards bound in red, gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover. Some age wear, light tanning. Inlaid: Map of the West End from Weale's "London Exhibited in 1852". Correspondence of British novelist, author and illustrator. Record # 31221.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959; stated second impression; 272pp. VG/VG- hardcover in VG dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of tan cloth boards, black titling remains bold; previous owner inscription on front end page, text very good throughout. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Cloth. Zustand: G to G+. No Jacket. 522 + 853 + 695 + 586 pp, b/w illustrations and fold-outs, the pages are clean and tight, the owner wrote has name and a date on the front free endpapers and 3 have another owner's bookplate, the endpapers and fore edges of the pages are lightly foxed, the covers are solid and tight, they have sun faded spines and some light wear on the extremeties, these 4 volumes cover Thackeray's period of 1817 to 1863, this is a very usable and solid set.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Light foxing to dust-jacket. Price sticker on rear panel of dust-jacket.; xxxiii, [1], 432, [2 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 233 x 155mm. "Gordon N. Ray (1915-1986) - professor of English at the University of Illinois from 1946 to 1960 and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from 1963 to 1985 - was one of the major book and manuscript collectors of his time. His two great Morgan Library catalogues, on English and French book illustrations, are monuments both to his collecting and to his scholarship, which were inseparable aspects of his life. Over the years he wrote a number of essays and addresses on book collecting, the book trade, libraries, and the role of books in life." - from dust-jacket blurb. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 4 volumes. Some fading of boards and spines.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Fine condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dust jackets, as issued. First Edition. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1994. 2 volumes, complete. Both appear unread. Very Fine condition. No owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 1994. First editions. Subtitle: "A Supplement to Gordon N. Ray, The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray." 2 vols: 1,662pp. From the preface: "Readers of these volumes will find 1,713 letters, 1,464 new ones to and from Thackeray and 249 with texts that have been edited from newly available manuscripts, and that thereby replace texts that were printed in Ray from inaccurate and incomplete sources. Over three hundred of the letters are addressed to Thackeray's English publishers. They document the creative and professional activities of this major author and provide material for studies of his works and of their origins." Also included are letters to friends and acquaintances such as Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, Charles Lever, Ivan Turgeniev, the Carlyles, Leigh Hunt, J. T. Fields, the Ticknors, etc. Harden has added valuable annotations, footnotes, and handy cross references. Reproduced here are 170 drawings that Thackeray sketched as part of these letters. The two volumes are uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. Hardcover (heavy). This thick, 2-volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Hardcover (heavy). Very Fine condition/No dust jackets, as issued. 2 vols: 1,662pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

1st Edition. [i-vi] vii-xxxiii [1 blank] [1-2] 3-432 pp. B/w frontisportrait 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" With original prospectus laid-in. A pleasing Nr Fine / Nr Fine copy. Full red cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, and original buff dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1946. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Fine in a very good dust jacket, which is spine darkened and lightly chipped at ends, with a few small perforations to the spine and front panel. Bound in original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt WMT monogram on front board. Quarto (9.5 x 6.5 inches). viii, 853 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece facsimile, additional plates, drawings in the text, and a fine folding map at rear, fully attached. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Volume II of the definitive four-volume edition edited by Gordon N. Ray, covering Thackeray's correspondence and personal writings from 1841 to 1851the period of his greatest literary achievement, including the publication of "Vanity Fair," "Pendennis," and "The History of Henry Esmond." The work includes extensive scholarly notes, appendices, and facsimile reproductions of Thackeray's manuscripts, along with maps and a genealogical table. William Makepeace Thackeray (18111863) was among the most influential novelists of the Victorian era, best known for "Vanity Fair" and "The Newcomes." Gordon N. Ray (19151986), professor of English and later president of the Guggenheim Foundation, was the foremost Thackeray scholar of the twentieth century. Signed by Author(s).…

reprint of the Harvard UIniversity Press set ed. hardback very good condition in blue cloth.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. T-Thack; Ex-Library.

Unknown Binding. Zustand: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Volume 3 only. Hardback (1946) in good condition, with fading or discolouring to spine and book covers due to age. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.