ritchie hester anne thackeray ritchie (4 résultats)

Hard Cover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green H/B with pink patterned unclipped dustwrapper. Very minor foxing to endpaers and edges o/w very good. D/W is a little scuffed with light grubbiness to back cover. B/W frontis of Anny. The letters of Anny thackeray as compiled by her daughter and first published by John Murray in 1924. An additional lettter - "The Robert Browning Letter" is also included as well as quotes from Virginia Woolfe and Edward Gosse. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Ex-library with evidence of a label removed from the spine, ink stamps to head of text block and front pastedown. Spine ends bumped and somewhat worn, tail corners bumped, joints rubbed. Spine and the head edge of front cover sunned. Small dark spot to front cover. Lacks the dust jacket.; The personal correspondence and journals of Anne Thackeray Ritchie, daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. Provides a very revealing first-person account of her father's turbulent home and married life and the unusual circumstances of his children being raised by his own parents. The letters of both Anne and William show the workings of their daily lives, writing processes, and social and world views. Frontispiece of John Singer Sargent's pencil drawing of Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Includes previously unpublished line drawings by both Anne and William, the latter's drawings accompanying facsimiles of his holograph letters. Includes a Preface by the Editor Hester Thackeray Richie, Anne's daughter. Sections include Principal Dates in the Life of Anne Thackeray Richie, letters written from 1837 through 1919, and an Appendix, that being a Chronological List of Lady Richie's Books. Red cloth on boards, gilt title to spine. This copy is ex-library and the "B-Y" line on the copyright page indicates printing in February (B) 1949 (Y). Ex-library and withdrawn, but internally clean and more presentable than VG- would suggest.; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages.

hardcover. Etat : good. With a few b/w illustrations. viii, 318pp. 8vo, worn grey cloth-backed boards. London: John Murray, 1924. Worn and with damp stain on exterior of spine; still a good copy.

8vo. pp. viii, [ii], 314. 4pp. undated advertisements. Portrait frontispiece of Anne Thackeray Ritchie from a drawing by John Singer Sargent and four full-page illustrations. Further illustrations in the text. Original publisher's grey cloth-backed boards, paper label on spine. Preface by Hester Ritchie. Signed presentation copy: 'For my mother's dearest E. P. from Hester Ritchie March 5th 1924'. E. P. refers to Elizabeth Merivale née Pittman. Her husband, the poet and dramatist, Herman Merivale (1839 1906), moved in literary circles, and was friends with William Makepeace Thackeray. Loosely inserted 'The Cornhill Magazine. November 1919'. pp. 359-468. An article concerning Anne Isabella Thackeray (Lady Ritchie) by Howard Overing Sturgis. Slightly nicked at head and foot of spine, light wear to boards. VG. Light wear and slight rubbing otherwise very good.