Search Results: pencillings by the way by n p willis

T. Werner Laurie, 1942. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

London, UK: T Werner Laurie, 1942. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 522pp, portrait frontispiece. Purple cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed rear corners and spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges tanning. Endpapers starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

T. Werner Laurie Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. T. Werner Laurie Ltd undated edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

Auburn & Rochester: Alden, Beardsley & Co. /Wanzer, Beardsley & Co.. Very Good-. 1854. Hardcover. Covers have light wear to the spine ends and slight wear to the outer corners. Owner's name written on front free endpaper. Contents are bright. .

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". None. A beautifully illustrated new edition of this collection of tales from Willis' journey across Europe. Second edition. New edition with additions. Illustrated with 3 plates and illustrated frontispiece. Collated complete. Travel writings from across Europe. Written by Nathaniel Parker Willis, an American author, poet and editor who worked with serveral notable writers including Edgar Allan Poe. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities and some fraying to the head and tail of the spine. One small mark to the rear board. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Good

New York, ET AL: Morris & Willis. Poor. ca. 1844. Hardcover. Front cover is detached but present. Rear hinges mostly split. Foxed. Covers have slight general wear. Private book plate on front endpaper. ; Four titles bound together: 1) Pencillings By The Way, N. P. Willis, 216 pages, "first complete edition", BAL 22782. 2) Letters From Under a Bridge, N. P. Willis, 32 pages, The Mirror Library, BAL 22776. 3) [The Rococo] containing The Culprit Fay by Joseph Rodman Drake and other poems, with notes by N. P. Willis, 16 pages, The Mirror Library, BAL 22777. 4) The Passion Flower, 32 pages. .

Morris & Willis, New York. 1844. France, Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, Turkey and England. Hardcover. Good

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A beautifully illustrated new edition of this collection of tales from Willis' journey across Europe. New edition with additions. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, vignette title, and three plates. Collated complete. Travel writings from across Europe, with details of Paris, Nice, Florence, Naples, Rome, Pisa, Vienna, Greece, Austria and the Alps, Switzerland, Paris, London, Edinburgh, The Highlands, and more. Written by Nathaniel Parker Willis, an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable writers including Edgar Allan Poe. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Small splits in the cloth to the joints and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good

Three volumes. John Macrone, London. 1836. Second edition.. Hardback.. Series of letters describing travels through Europe. Leather spine and corners, with gilt decoration and spine labels. Marbled boards. From the library of MP Denis Healey, and signed by him. G+ to Very Good- (head of Volume 1's spine bumped).

London: John Macrone Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1835, three volumes, pages xi, 340; 368; 258, xx, index. Three quarter leather and marbled boards, raised bands and gilt embossing. Hinges are tight, volumes one and three are dampstained (how volume two escaped is a mystery) primarily at the fore-edges and extending to many pages, although not affecting text, the marbled boards are worn at the edges and a small section is missing from the lower corner of volume three, still a handsome set. BAL 22737. The author's reminiscences of residency and travel, primarily in Europe. Three volumes; requires additional shipping charges..

New York: Morris & Willis, 1844. First complete edition. Hardcover. Good and tight, free of extraneous marks but with foxing to most page edges. Bumps to corners and wear to cover edges.. Marbled brown boards with quarter leather and gilt lettering. Decorative end papers. Bound by R. Hathaway, Bennington, New Hampshire. 216 pp. with no illus. 139 letters written by Willis and originally published in the New York Mirror to much severe criticism. Subsequently, a publisher in London printed a portion of the letters, to better reception, in several editions. This volume is a copy of the first, complete and unabridged edition. ("Offensive" sections were deleted for the American printings.) Letter I starts with Willis's departure from Philadelphia, past Cape Henlopen and out to sea, and the final letter ends with a return to England, where he remained in London for the winter.

Original 3/4 blue leather and marbled boards are edge worn, slightly worse on volume one. Bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Bindings are all tight. A handsome set with numerous engraved plates.