Search Results: Titles starting with R from Charles Vivian Art & Antiques

Mosman, NSW: The author, 1992. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo, pp. 85, original stiff card covers, very mildly foxed, interior clean and crisp, hint of foxing to fore edge, one of 100 copies, binding tight.

London: William Heinemann, 1919. Hardcover. Good +. London: William Heinemann, 1919. First edition. Good +. Some minor staining to original green cloth with black decoration and lettering, boards slightly bowed, small dig on spine, corners ver mildly bumped, interior with ink signature on fep, otherwise bright and largely blemish free, binding tight.

Oldcastle, Co. Meath: Gallery Books, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, pp. 66, unclipped dust jacket with a few very light surface marks, otherwise bright, interior almost as new, binding tight.

London : Whittaker & Co., etc, 1849. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 16mo, pp.158, plus two pages of reviews of the first edition and 16 pages of advertising to rear, original blind and gilt stamped brick red cloth dirty and rubbed, a paper label to spine with title, cloth lifting to top right corner and frayed to edges, the interior is considerably brighter, there are a few foxing marks and the edges are dust-dulled, the binding is tight. The fold-out map at the front has been deliberately pasted onto itself and the fep as it was obsolete even a year after it was first published, such was the speed of development of the railway. The first edition was published in 1848, indeed there is an erroneous inked addition to the title page to state that this is the same date but the preface to the second edition is printed on the back of the page bearing the preface to the first and this is dated 1849. One assumes that the remainder of the text is the same as the earlier edition. An advertisement for… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1916. First thus . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. 560, original red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, this faded and lightly pulled at the top, blind stamping to cover, interior with a small split on front hinge, text crisp and clean, binding otherwise sound, lower edge uncut. Volume 7 of Heinemann's Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo, pp. xxii, 273, includes CD in pocket at rear, unclipped dust jacket and book in as new condition, binding tight.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Hardcover. Good +/Good. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First edition. Good +/good. Unclipped d.j. with wear to extremities and some minor loses, particularly to top of spine, tear on edge of rear, tanned spine, original green decorated blue cloth bright and crisp, interior with foxing to endpapers and prelims, bookplate to fep, otherwsie clean, pages uncut.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Francis Seymour Haden and the author. 8vo, pp. viii, [4], 190, quarter vellum over grey boards, these grubby and marked, damp stain to rear board which does not affect the pages therein, paper label on spine rubbed and marked, corners bumped, interior with unevenly toned end papers, otherwise largely clean and crisp, engraved frontispiece (very slightly foxed) and all woodcuts present, pages uncut, this being No. 55 of 100 limited edition large paper copies.

London: British Medical Association, 1910. First thus . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo, pp. 53, original fawn cloth covers, top right corner curled, some minor fraying, interior with owner's signature to ffep, two small notations otherwise clean, binding opening. An offprint from the British Medical Journal of January 1910 prior to the publication of the author's lengthier Recollections of an Irish Doctor.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1877. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pp. 212, 36 pages of adverts at rear, original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, corners bumped, small tears at head and base of spine, rubbed, interior with brown end papers, owners' signatures to half title and another to back of ffep, some light foxing to prelims and occasional foxing throughout, top edge dust-dulled, spine leans a bit, binding opening at front and rear hinge.

Tiverton: Tiverton Gazette, 1938. Hardcover. Good. Tiverton: Tiverton Gazette, 1938. Second edition. Good. With pencil signature of Ada Gregory, Hillside, Tiverton, Devon, the wife of the author, on ffep. Scarce association copy. Paper label to spine tanned, card cover tanned and edges worn, corners bumped, interior with some foxing, mainly to foredge, otherwise clean, sound binding.

London: Rivingtons, 1880. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, pp. x, 80, 31 pages of advertising at rear, original brick red cloth with gilt lettering, spine tanned, beveled boards, the slightest rubbing to top of spine, black end papers, foxing to prelims and advertising pages, interior otherwise bright and clean, bottom third of one of the advertising pages missing, binding tight.

London: Penguin Books, 1958. Paperback. Very Good. London: Penguin Books, 1958. First edition. Very Good. Now scarce. Spine tanned and the cover a little grubby, interior with yellowed pages otherwise fine and with tight binding.

Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, 1886. Hardcover. Good. Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, 1886. First edition. Good. Includes coloured map of Clonmacnoise as frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt lettering marked, wear to extremities, particulary the top and bottom of the spine, corners bumped, interior with old embossed scholastic library stamp on three pages, largely clean throughout, page edges toned, binding sound.

1948: Jonathan Cape. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo, pp. 223, unclipped dust jacket with tears and losses, spine faded, original fawn cloth with red lettering bright except last inch of base of spine which is toned, interior with foxing to end papers and adjacent pages and on fore edge, otherwise largely crisp and bright, binding sound, spine leans a little. Better known as an actor and playwright, this is Tomelty's first novel.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. 1st Edition, second printing . Hardcover. As New. 8vo, pp. viii, 348, unclipped dust jacket with mild creases to top of spine and on the back, original orange cloth with white lettering bright, small edge knock to fore edge of front cover, interior with presentation inscription and signature of author on title page, text clean, crisp and bright, binding tight.

London: Geoffrey Cumberledge Oxford University Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, viii, 61, green printed boards with unclipped glassine wrapper, this with losses, particularly to the corners, cover otherwise bright, except where the glassine is missing, interior with partial toning and very slight foxing to end papers, otherwise clean, bright and crisp, binding sound.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1938. Paperback. Very Good. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1938. First edition. Very Good. Some tanning to the spine, corners slightly bumped, front cover creased, otherwise clean and with tight binding.

London: His Majesty's Staitionery Office, 1909. Hardcover. Good. London: His Majesty's Staitionery Office, 1909. First edition. Good. The signature is that of C.O. Hezlet. Major Charles Owen Hezlet was born in 1891, the son of Lt-Col R.J. Hezlet R.A., and was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution. He was commissioned Lt in the The Antrim RGA Special Reserve 8 Feb 1912. He served in France and Belgium from 29 June 1915 to 11 November 1918, was mentioned in dispatches on three occasions and awarded the DSO (LG 18.7.18 – details 18.7.18). He married Anni Maitland Somerset in 1920 and they had one son, Charles. He was a distinguisheded golfer, Captain of the Royal Portrush Golf Club from 1915, having been runner-up for the amateur Golf Championship at Sandwich in May, 1914. In 1920 he won the Irish Close title and in 1926 and 1929 he won the Irish Open Amateur title. He played thirteen international matches for Ireland between 1923 and 1931 and was Ireland's first player to win… Read More

London: John W. Parker & Son and W. Clowes & Sons, 1859. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. London: John W. Parker & Son and W. Clowes & Sons, 1859. First edition. Good. Includes eight page advertising supplement bound in to front end papers, with signature of Lt.-Col. Henry Gore Lindsay (Aug 26, 1830 – Dec 15 1914), who fought in the South African Campaign between 1852 and 1853, the Crimean War in 1855 and in the Indian Mutiny in 1857, where he was mentioned in despatches. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Rifle Brigade and held the office of Chief Constable of Glamorgan, the office of Deputy Lieutenant of County Dublin, Deputy Lieutenant of Breconshire and Justice of the Peace for County Dublin. He lived at Glasnevin House, County Dublin. Rare. Blind decorated maroon cloth a little grubby, corners slightly bumped, some marks, ink signature and one inch tear to base of title page, crease to the fold-out illustration and ragged edge to same, otherwise… Read More