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Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance. Henry Colburn, 1843.
Price: US$16.35 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1843. Henry Colburn. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, black leather spine with brown card boards. Spine is very worn and rubbed. Also the spine is cracked. Previous owners name. 10x6
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
William Harrison Ainsworth. Windsor Castle. Henry Colburn, London, 1843.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: London: Henry Colburn, 1843. A sound copy of this new edition of this historical romance published 1843. Book has 324 pages with many illustrations, there is foxing throughout and some small marks to some pages, previous owners name on inside front board and on title page. Outer boards, leather spine and corners are worn as is the marbled paper front and rear covers. Though not perfect still a presentable copy of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot. 9 x 6 Inches. Hardcover.
Seller: Peter Sheridan Books Bought and Sold, West Molesey, Surrey, United Kingdom
Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle an Historical Romance. Henry Colburn, 1843.
Price: US$71.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: hardback, Royal 8vo, second edition being the first illustrated edition of the work in one volume, red fine-ribbed cloth ruled, decorated and lettered gilt, spine pictorially titled gilt-extra, rubbed and knocked to extremities, lower joint rubbed with a short split and glued repair, fore-edge rough-trimmed, bookplate of Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher to front pastedown, illustrated by George Cruickshank and Tony Johannot, x + 324pp. Loosely inserted title page of an edition published by Hugh Cunningham & a lithographed portrait of the author bu A.D'Orsay of 1844
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. Henry Colburn, London, 1843.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Handsomely bound in half black morocco, with marbled sides and edges.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 324 pages inc index & Harrison Ainsworth's signature on piece inside on FFEP to T Hatton Brighton Guardian Office. With 19 steel engraved plates 14 by George Cruikshank and 4 by Tony Johannot and a portrait frontis of the author by Daniel Maclise. + 87 woodcuts in the text by Alfred Delamotte, many almost full page + 3 birds eye plans of the estate and parks of Windsor. Bound in a period/contemporary half calf with gilt panelled spine and all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, blank before frontis, two title pages. Condition is good with issues, the engraved title page is browned and foxed as is the frontis, some plates are also foxed and have some light watermarks, the text is surprisingly free, the printed title is a little wrinkled. The original half calf is rubbed. A good copy only. *Printed same year as the un-illustrated 3 volume edition. ** In this work Ainsworth will appeal more to a modern reader as here he deals with the supernatural. It is mentioned in Bleiler; The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, Sullivan and the Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror, Clute & Grant's Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Wilson, Shadows in the Attic + Cohn's Life and Works of G. Cruikshank.
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
William Harrison Ainsworth. Windsor Castle An Historical Romance. Henry Colburn, London, 1843.
Price: US$250.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A three volume set of the historical romance novel 'Windsor Castle' by Windsor Castle The first separately published edition of this historical novel by William Harrison Ainsworth. With engraved frontispieces to each volume. Windsor Castle is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1842. It is a historical romance with gothic elements that depicts Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Intertwined with the story are the actions of Herne the Hunter, a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor woods. Ainsworth wrote Windsor Castle in 1842 while he was publishing The Miser's Daughter. During this time, he was constantly working in order to publish the novel by April, and Ainsworth only stopped when he mother, Ann Ainsworth, died on 15 March 1842. It was published in a serialized form in the Ainsworth's Magazine starting July 1842 and ending in June 1843. Including half-title to volume III only. Complete in three volumes. Rebound in green cloth bindings. Externally smart. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spines of each volume. A few marks to the front and rear boards. Bookplate of Leighlin Bridge Book Society to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered spotting throughout. The odd handling mark throughout. Ink signature to title page. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$277.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. x, 324. engraved frontis. portrait of Ainsworth by Freeman after Maclise, etched title by Thomson after Tony Johannot, & 18 etchings by George Cruikshank & Tony Johannot. 3 wood-engraved plates & numerous text illus. by W.Alfred Delamotte. untrimmed in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (recased with new endpapers, spine dull & bit frayed, occasional light spotting). Second Edition in Book Form but the First true Illustrated Edition (the first had only 3 frontispieces). This is the earlier issue, in blue cloth. Cohn 19. NCBEL III 912.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$282.21 + shipping
Description: Front. port., engr. title, 18 plates by George Cruikshank & Tony Johannof, designs on wood by W. Afred Delamotte; some foxing to plates. Original olive green vertical fine-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, front board & spine lettered & decorated in gilt; a little rubbed at head & tail. Bookplate of J.C. Frampton May. (xii), 324pp. See Sadleir 31 & Wolff 76a for the 3 volume edition 1843 which had only 3 plates by Cruikshank. See Wolff 76 & Locke p.26 for the part issue, 1844.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Description: First fully illustrated edition (stated "new edition"), preceded by the three-volume edition the same year which had only 3 plates, and the publication in Ainsworth's Magazine from August 1842 to December 1843. "This novel represents the most extraordinary collaboration between author and illustrator in the Victorian period. Ainsworth's original intention was to have the work illustrated by Tony Johannot, and he went to Paris to recruit the distinguished French artist. In the event, Johannot only supplied the first four illustrations to the novel (very detailed and naturalistic). George Cruikshank provided the subsequent fourteen full-page illustrations. They are very fine. The main story line is little more than a pretext for these artists' work. Historically, it follows the intrigues which lead to Catherine of Aragon's downfall (and Wolsey with her). Her successor Anne Boleyn is, in her turn, discarded and the narrative closes with her execution. More interesting, is the thematic dualism between Castle and Forest" (Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction, 1989, p. 675). Sadleir 32 and Wolff 77 for the three-volume edition. Octavo (235 x 145 mm). Early 20th-century green half morocco by Bayntun, spine lettered in gilt, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Original cloth bound at rear. Engraved title, frontispiece, and 18 steel engravings; woodcut illustrations in the text. Bookseller's ticket of George Gregory in Bath to front pastedown. Spine lightly sunned, colour skilfully retouched at extremities, light foxing. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle. Henry Colburn, London, 1843.
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London, Henry Colburn, New Edition (first one volume edition), 1843. Illustrated with etchings by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot and wood engravings after W. Alfred Delamotte. Pp. x, 324, four-page publisher's catalogue at back. Large 8º (235 x 143 mm.). In a magnificent (but unsigned) mid-20C. full morocco binding, raised bands lined in gilt, lettered direct, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, wide richly-gilt inner dentelles, silk endpapers and marker. Internally the odd scattering of light foxing, mainly to the etched plates, otherwise clean, the binding in pristine condition.
Seller: Richard Smith, Aldershot, United Kingdom
Price: US$384.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Illustrated Book Edition, original blue cloth pictorially gilt. Roy.8vo, c.pp236 uncut, spine just slightly sunned, vulnerable binding lightly bumped or marked here and there, but very good. Endpaper with ticket of original 19thC bookseller Weller of Croydon. With portrait by Maclise + etched title by Johannot + 14 engraved illustrations by Cruikshank + 4 by Johannot and + 87 woodcut illustrations by Delamotte. Rare in the original gilt-decorated cloth binding. Excellent copy in the original cloth binding, and with text and plates very clean & crisp. The first fully illustrated Book Edition : it is this 2nd Book Edition 'which is most sought after' [Locke]. Originally issued 1842-43 in Ainsworth's Magazine : followed by the 1st Book Edition issued in 3 vols but illustrated only with three Cruikshank frontispieces : followed by this 2nd Book Edition, fully illustrated as per the Ainsworth Magazine issue but with the addition of the portrait + etched title : followed by the Part Issue 1843-44 in 11 parts. Extremely popular novel about Henry VIII and his wives Catherine and Anne Boleyn. 'This novel represents the most extraordinary collaboration between author & illustrator in the Victorian period' : with 'very detailed & naturalistic' illustrations by Johannot : 'very fine' plates by Cruikshank, particularly the famous nocturnal designs : and 'numerous photographically accurate woodcuts' by Delamotte of Windsor Castle & grounds [see Sutherland : Victorian Fiction]. See also Lock pp25-28; and Cohn 19. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.
Seller: Adam Mills Rare Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
William Harrison Ainsworth. Windsor Castle An Historical Romance. Henry Colburn, London, 1843.
Price: US$384.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A beautifully illustrated copy of Windsor Castle, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. The first edition in one volume. With an engraved frontispiece, etched title page, 18 full plate etchings, 3 wood engraved plates and numerous vignette illustrations throughout the text. It has been said that the wonderful illustrations dominate this text. Tony Jahannot, a French illustrator, began the illustrations. After four illustrations for the Ainsworth's Magazine he was replaced as Cruikshank as the illustrator for the remainder of the work. Windsor Castle was originally published in serial form in 1842. It is a historical, yet gothic, romance which depicts Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Alongside the main storyline there is a sub plot with the story of the actions of Herne the Hunter, a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor Woods. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the joints and spine. Small loss to head of spine. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are slightly age toned with the odd spot throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. x,324pp. Bound in red morocco with gold border and spine tooled in gold. Expertly rebacked, retaining original spine. Raised bands. Floral Dentelles. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of author. Ornamental title-page border. Superb mid-nineteenth century publication on Windsor Castle. The former medieval castle, now royal palace, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is notable for its long royal history and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror, and since the time of Henry I it has been used by a succession of monarchs; it is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. Contents: Anne Boleyn. Herne the Hunter. The History of the Castle. Cardinal Wolsey. Mabel Lyndwood. Jane Seymor. Illustrated with etchings by George Cruikshank & Tony Johannot and wood-engravings by W. Alfred Delamotte. Two-inch split on joint at rear board along head of spine, three-inch split along lower joints of front board, firmly holding. Offsetting from inside of binding at edges of front- and rear endpaper. Slight age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Tight copy in very good condition. Tipped-in at blank page in front is an original handwritten 2 page signed letter (dated May 10th, 1880) by the author W. H. Ainsworth, complaining to his binder (?) about his work on "Now Monthly" (?). Letter in very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$705.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, the original three-volume set here bound into a single volume. The author's own copy, with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown, and some correspondence. 8vo. Period binding of half red leather with cloth sides, with hand- and tail bands, five raised bands and decorative gilt rule and lettering. Top edge gilt. With the three George Cruikshank-illustrated frontispieces retained (these are the only illustrations which were included in this original edition; later issues included further drawings by Cruinshank and others). Laid in is an autograph letter from the author to the noted Irish painter Daniel Maclise, R.A.: "My dear Maclise, Not half what you deserve, but perhaps it may serve you better than stranger praise. At all events if you are satisfied my aim will be accomplished. At all times calculate upon the best devices of your sincere friend - W.Harrison Ainsworth. Kensal manor House, Harrow Road, May Thirty. 1844" (a decade earlier Maclise had painted a portrait of Ainsworth, now held by the National Portrait Gallery, which was included in later editions of this text). Mounted on a blank preliminary is an envelope addressed in Ainsworth's hand to W.Alfred Delamotte who would produce illustrations for a later edition of this work. An engraved portrait of the author is also tipped into the second volume. Some light chafing to the gutters, and the leather a little rubbed and chafed at the corner tips and several other extremities. The front hinge cracked. An area of staining to the head of one text leaf. A very good copy of the author's gothic historical romance, detailing the pursuit of Anne Boleyn by Henry VIII. It was originally serialised in 'Ainsworth's Magazine' between July 1842 and June 1843, with this three-volume bookform edition following shortly after the conclusion of the serial.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom