thackeray sir (107 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. (Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural). A haunting, inspiring anthology of some twenty-six ghost stories, some of which are classics, while others are les-known. Here, Sir Walter Scott keeps company with Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu, John Lang, Edith Nesbit, and Oscar Wilde, among others. 289p.

Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Original ed. VERY GOOD CONDITION. Black with faded red spine titles on white spine title paper label, which is faded and scratched .Solidly bound ,CLEAN COVER & TEXT PAGES.glossy ILUSTRATIONS IN TEXT and all pages still quite nice ; dark green textured cloth hard covers.; Glossy COLOR ILUSTRATIONS; 434ps pages; Popular AUTHORS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.With full page glossy ilustrations, each protected by translucent protector sheet.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Paul Ashby; Barrington Barber; (illustrateur). First Printing - First Thus. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with minor creasing on a flat spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Barrington Barber; cover by Paul Ashby. This anthology contains: The Ghost Detective by Mark Lemon; The Story of the Unknown Church by William Morris; The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell; The Captain of the Pole-star by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Furnished Room by O. Henry; The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde; The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe; The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott; An Account of the Strange Disturbances at Aungier Street by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; The Last Drop by Sarah Bernhardt; The Horla by Guy de Maupassant; The Romance of Some Old Cloths by Henry James; The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards; The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray; Teigue of the Lee by T. Crofton Croker; The Haunted Mill or the Ruined House by Jerome K. Jerome; The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens; The Case of the Reverend Mr Toomey by S. B. T.; The Spectre of Tappington by Thomas Ingoldsby; The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Lady of Rosemount by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson; Grey Dolphin by Thomas Ingoldsby; Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman by Wilkie Collins; The Homing Bone by Conell Cearnach; The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton; Napoleon and the Spectre by Charlotte Bronte; The Story of the Moor Road by E. and H. Heron; Man-size in Marble by Edith Nesbit; The Last Squire of Ennismore by Mrs J. H. Riddell; The Bagman's Story by Charles Dickens; The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy; The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce; and Ghosts That Have Haunted Me by John Kendrick Bangs. Size: 8vo. Book.

Etat : New.

good not front cover, some spine chipping.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

1st edition of 5000 copies. Square 8vo. 191pp. + adverts. Some slight browning, original gilt armorial light blue cloth, corners slightly rubbed, spine darkened with tear to tail, t.e.g. US$22.

Etat : New.

Etat : Sehr gut. First Edition. 8°. 191 pages including an Index. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes: Some Calcutta Graves / Thackerays Grandfather in Bengal/ Thackerays Uncles in India / Thackerays Father in Bengal. William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray (1 September 1781 13 September 1815), was secretary to the Board of Revenue in the British East India Company. His mother, Anne Becher (17921864), was the second daughter of Harriet Becher and John Harman Becher, who was also a secretary (writer) for the East India Company.[citation needed] Richmond, died in 1815, which caused Anne to send her son to England in 1816, while she remained in India. The ship on which he travelled made a short stopover at St. Helena, where the imprisoned Napoleon was pointed out to him. Once in England he was educated at schools in Southampton and Chiswick, and then at Charterhouse School, where he became a close friend of John Leech. Thackeray disliked Charterhouse, and parodied it in his fiction as "Slaughterhouse". Nevertheless, Thackeray was honoured in the Charterhouse Chapel with a monument after his death. Illness in his last year there, during which he reportedly grew to his full height of six foot three, postponed his matriculation at Trinity College, Cambridge, until February 1829. Never too keen on academic studies, Thackeray left Cambridge in 1830, but some of his earliest published writing appeared in two university periodicals, The Snob and The Gownsman. Thackeray then travelled for some time on the continent, visiting Paris and Weimar, where he met Goethe. He returned to England and began to study law at the Middle Temple, but soon gave that up. On reaching the age of 21 he came into his inheritance from his father, but he squandered much of it on gambling and on funding two unsuccessful newspapers, The National Standard and The Constitutional, for which he had hoped to write. He also lost a good part of his fortune in the collapse of two Indian banks. Forced to consider a profession to support himself, he turned first to art, which he studied in Paris, but did not pursue it, except in later years as the illustrator of some of his own novels and other writings. Thackeray's years of semi-idleness ended after he married, on 20 August 1836, Isabella Gethin Shawe (18161893), second daughter of Isabella Creagh Shawe and Matthew Shawe, a colonel who had died after distinguished service, primarily in India. The Thackerays had three children, all girls: Anne Isabella (18371919), Jane (who died at eight months old) and Harriet Marian (18401875). Thackeray now began "writing for his life", as he put it, turning to journalism in an effort to support his young family. He primarily worked for Fraser's Magazine, a sharp-witted and sharp-tongued conservative publication for which he produced art criticism, short fictional sketches, and two longer fictional works, Catherine and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. Between 1837 and 1840 he also reviewed books for The Times.[4] He was also a regular contributor to The Morning Chronicle and The Foreign Quarterly Review. Later, through his connection to the illustrator John Leech, he began writing for the newly created magazine Punch, in which he published The Snob Papers, later collected as The Book of Snobs. This work popularised the modern meaning of the word "snob". Thackeray was a regular contributor to Punch between 1843 and 1854. Tragedy struck in Thackeray's personal life as his wife, Isabella, succumbed to depression after the birth of their third child, in 1840. Finding that he could get no work done at home, he spent more and more time away until September 1840, whe.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Paper. Etat : Good. First Edition. An Original Hand Written Letter and Signed by Politician Sir William Thackeray Marriott. Dated 1896. A letter arranging a meeting. Sir William Thackeray Marriott 1834-1903, was a British barrister and Liberal and later Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1893. Size is 204mm x 124mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Light gum marks to blank rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17795. Signed by Author(s).

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Etat : Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Etat : New. Index 1st Cosmo Print.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Etat : New. Print on Demand pp. 38.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Lancelot Speed; C. E. Brock; Chris. Hammond (illustrateur). Three smart illustrated volumes from important novelists of the nineteenth century. Three volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. This set includes: Hypatia or New Foes with an Old Face, 1897. A fictionalised account of the life of the philosopher Hypatia, which tells the story of a young monk called Philammon who travels to Alexandria, where he becomes mixed up in the political and religious battles of the day. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. Illustrated by Lancelot Speed, a coastal painter and a British illustrator Ivanhoe: A Romance, 1897. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel offers colourful descriptions of a tournament, outlaws, a witch trial, and divisions between Jews and Christians, Normans and Saxons. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock, a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., 1897. A historical fiction telling the story of the early life of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England, set against the backdrop of late seventeenth and early eighteenth century England. Written by William Makepeace Thackeray, an English novelist and illustrator. Illustrated by Christiana Mary Demain Hammond, known as Chris Hammond, was an English painter and illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm to Ivanhoe. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper or pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of Henry Esmond. Very Good. book.