[] William Makepeace Thackeray. Doctor Birch and His Young Friends. Chapman and Hall, London, 1849.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 1st edition. Thackeray writing under the pseudonym M. A. Titmarsh. A.e.g. Mild bumping and edgewear to boards, mildly rubbed at joints. Darkening to spine and to margins of boards, very slightly bowed. Front hinge cracked. Rear hinge starting. Slightest foxing throughout, especially to title page. VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.76 + shipping
Description: Good copy only bound in half aniline leather over marbled boards with a red morroco gilt-blocked label to spine. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's signature. Physical description; 49 pp., 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Notes; Added title page, engraved; title vignette; illustrations by the author. Epilogue in verse. One of the Christmas books. Subjects; Teachers England ; Fiction. Boarding schools England. Satire. Social life and customs 19th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
. Doctor Birch 1849 Wm. Thackeray First Ed. illustrated leather book Victorian Lit. , 1849.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (Old Books, 19th Century Books, Leather Books, Victorian Lit, William Makepeace Thackeray, Illustrated Books). Doctor Birch and His Young Friend, by M. A. Titmarsh [William Makepeace Thackeray]. Published 1849, London by Chapman & Hall. First Edition.49 pages. Text in English. Illustrated with sixteen engraved plates, including frontis & half title. Attractive antiquarian 1/2 leather binding, raised & gilt bands, gilt title lettering & compartment decorations, marbled covers & end papers. Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Binding gently age worn but still appealing, leather and joints slightly rubbed but still supple, remains overall very attractive as an object. Text block paper is gently age toned as typical, internally book remains mostly clean, tight and sound. A book which has been taken care of but may/ does not look like new. Still attractive on the shelf. Book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in rather nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws seem easy to overlook or forgive. Please review photos for more detailed attempt to present this book as it survives. We often over-describe any flaws that many sellers would not even bother to mention since most people would overlook them as minor and unworthy of comment. Many people tell us the books they receive from us are nicer in person than they appears on the screen. We want you to be clear about what you are buying, so we take numerous photos and try to describe it openly and honestly. Book Measures c. 7 1/2" H x 5 3/4" W. [B8905].
Seller: RareMapsandBooks, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy only bound in half aniline leather over marbled boards with a red morroco gilt-blocked label to spine. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's signature. Physical description; 49 pp., 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Notes; Added title page, engraved; title vignette; illustrations by the author. Epilogue in verse. One of the Christmas books. Subjects; Teachers England ; Fiction. Boarding schools England. Satire. Social life and customs 19th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: During his lifetime, William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) published 386 magazine articles and three books under several pseudonyms, including Major Gahagan, Charles James Yellowplush, and Michael Angelo (M.A.) Titmarsh. Using the M.A. Titmarsh name, he authored Christmas ÒgiftÓ books for Chapman and Hall. These works, small in size and illustrated, were called Ògift booksÓ and meant to be given as presents. Doctor Birch and His Young Friends tells the story of schoolmaster Dr. Birch, his family, his associates and students, including the ÒpriggishÓ Jack Birch, Anny Raby, and George and Patrick Champion. Small quarto. [4], 49, [1, colophon], [1, ads] pp. Printed title-page with hand-colored engraving, chromolithographic title-page, fifteen color plates, including frontispiece, and fifteen black-and-white plates. Contemporary full green morocco ruled and elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt spine in six compartments. Gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Red silk doublures. Original pink wrappers illustrated and lettered in blue bound in at rear. Spine and upper edges of boards toned, light offsetting from plates. A few plates very slightly foxed. A very good, tight copy. In a slightly worn green-cloth covered slipcase. First edition, one of a number of Christmas ÒgiftÓ books by Thackeray (using the Titmarsh pseudonym) and published by Chapman and Hall, which also included Mrs. PerkinsÕs Ball (1847) and Our Street (1848).
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.24 + shipping
Description: A very smart collection of two of Thackeray's beloved Christmas books. First edition. Two of Thackeray's Christmas books. Written and illustrated by Mr A Titmarsh, or William Makepeace Thackeray, a British novelist, author and illustrator best known for his satirical works and portraits of British society. The Knickleburys on the Rhine, 1850. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, title page, and thirteen plates. Collated complete. Doctor Birch & His Young Friends, 1849. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, title page, and fourteen plates. Collated complete. Rebound in half green straight grain morocco with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's book plate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom