Richard Barham; Charles Lamb; Lord Lytton

The Ingoldsby Legends, Last Days of Pompeii, Essays of Elia

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1950. Leather. A collection of three uniformly bound works of fiction and essays This three volume set contains; 'The Ingoldsby Legends' illustrated by Thomas Heath Robinson with a frontispiece and seven plates. Written by Richard Berham, 'Legends' is a collection of myths, legends, poetry, and ghost stories. They contain the stories 'The Tragedy', 'The Lady Rohesia', 'The Merchant of Venice', 'The Jackdaw of Rheims', 'The Dead Drummer', and 'Marie Mignot&apos. Thomas Robinson was a very popular book illustrator alongside his brothers Charles and Heath. He contributed illustrations to many books and journals, including 'Pall Mall Magazine', and 'The Strand&apos. 'The Last Days of Pompeii', illustrated by Arthur A Dixon with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. This was a historical novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, focussing on the time in Pompeii before the destruction by Vesuvius. It was inspired by the painting by Karl Bryullov. Arthur Dixon illustrated books by many popular authors, including editions of novels by Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens, Elsie Oxenham, and Alexandre Dumas. 'Essays of Elia' with a frontispiece and five plates. This is a collection of essays by Charles Lamb, including the essays 'The South-Sea House', 'Valentine's Day', 'My First Play', 'Poor Relationship', 'Sanity of True Genius', and 'The Tombs in the Abbey&apos. Lamb is best known for 'Tales from Shakespeare', which he wrote with his sister Mary. He also published 'The Adventures of Ulysess', 'Witches and Other Night Fears', and 'The Pawnbroker's Daughter&apos. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor shelfwear to boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Very light offsetting to the pastedowns, to the recto of the front endpaper, and to the verso of the rear endpaper. Light spotting to the fore edges. Internally, firmly bound, though 'The Ingoldsby Legends' is lightly strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just the odd spot throughout, mostly due to the spotting to the fore edges. Each volume has the ribbon marker intact. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Arthur Dixon; T.H.Robinson. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 603P26

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: ingoldsby legends elia pompeii legends lytton barham Arthur Dixon; T.H.Robinson;

BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE (LORD LYTTON)

The Last Days of Pompeii

New York: The Heritage Press, 1957. Hardcover. An attractive illustrated Heritage Press edition of Lord Lytton's historical novel, set in Pompeii before the disastrous eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. First published in 1834. With illustrations by Kurt Creamer. Includes an introduction by Edgar Johnson. Sandglass leaflet is missing. --- In full grey cloth-covered boards with patterned red period illustrations on covers; titling on black spine block in gilt, pale grey topstain. Book is housed in slipcase, which is covered in grey/brown paper. --- A tightly-bound, clean, sound copy but with discolored spine. Slipcase is torn along one corner, with general acidic staining and a bump to a corner, but mostly sturdy and able to protect the book.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xxi, 513 pages. Very Good .

Bluebird BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 85460

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Travel / Exploration / Adventure >>Illustrated Classics >>Heritage Press Editions

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle (Lord Lyttton, First Baron Lytton)

The Works, Containing: Alice; Devereux; Ernest Maltravers; Eugene Aram; Harold; the Last of the Barons Parts 1&Amp;2; the Last Days of Pompeii; Leila; Paul Clifford; Pelham; Rienze

G.J.Howell & Co., London, No date, c. 1900-10 12 volume set, 8vo., publisher’s half calf over pink boards, marbled endpapers, spines elaborately gilt with four raised bands, illustrations throughout by J.J.Waddington, top-edge-gilt, other uncut; occasional light foxing, slight rubbing to extremities but an attractive set.

The Minster Gate BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 34590

Catalogue: LITERATURE

Lord Lytton (illustrated by A.A. Dixon)

THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.

Collins' Clear-Type Press, ca. 1914 ; Conditie: In prima staat. Hardcover. 496 pp.

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Book number: 152123879

Lytton, Lord

The Last Days Of Pompeii

The British India Publishing Company, Calcutta, nd c 1940, reprint. Faux leather, VG. 510pp, b/w frontis, 4 b/w plates, binding bright, a nice copy. The text block is that of Collins' Illustrated Pocket Classics series, here called the 'Masterpieces of Literature' & intended for the colonial market. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Pocket edition of Lyttons fictional account of the last few days before the destruction of Pompeii.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 51025

Keywords: literature, rome, fiction

Lytton, Lord Illustrated by Geo. Morrow:

The Last Days of Pompeii;

.London, H. Virtue, 1902; Hardback. The Turner House Classics series. Good- condition. 6.5" x 4". xii, 455pp with frontis & title page illustration by Geo. Morrow. Red decorated endpapers. Lacks ffep. Faint stamp on front pastedown for K.W. E. O. Military Library. Hinge cracked & tape repaired. Decorated worn boardswith faded title.

Wheen O' BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 20728

Catalogue: Classic

Keywords: Classic

LYTTON, LORD

The Last Days of Pompeii

London, Marshall Cavendish Books Ltd. 1976. (ISBN: 0856852503) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, very faint mark to lower front end and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Appendix plus 101pp. Originally written in 1834, this novel is based on the lives of people who were known to have lived at Pompeii at the time of the earthquake in AD79. Near Fine/Fine.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 017027

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction, History, Italy, History 0856852503

Lytton, Lord:

The Last Days of Pompeii.

London, T. Nelson & Sons, n.d. (c. 1913) H/B blue cloth bds, Good, discoloured, spine sunned, front hinge cracked, b/w frontis., pp535, name and date (20/10/13) on prelim., pges tanning. A reading copy.

Little Owl BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 2922

Keywords: fiction, Pompeii, Romans, story, novel, historical, history

LYTTON, LORD

The Last Days of Pompeii (Regents Classics Series)

London, Thames Publishing Co. 1900. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover without dust jacket. No publish date printed, presume circa 1908. Front board lightly sunned at upper edge and 2 light marks near lower edge. Corners, spine ends lightly worn and a few faint marks to spine. Page block and page edges tanned, light foxing to page block. Internally clean and unmarked. AD. Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 523074

Catalogue: History - Europe

Lytton, The Rt Hon Lord

The Last Days Of Pompeii.

Amalgamated Press, 1905. Hard Cover, 431pp, red cloth covered boards with impressed art nouveau design, gilded to spine, no dustjacket. A little sun faded to spine, otherwise clean. Part of the 'Harmsworth Library' edition of classics... Very Good /No Jacket.

Hessay BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6452

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Harmsworth

Lytton, The Right Hon. Lord

The Last Days of Pompeii. The Stevenage Edition.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1834. 19, 5 x 13, 5 x 3, 5 cm; 500 p.; hardcover - goed

Antiquariaat De WoudduifProfessional seller

Book number: 68103

Catalogue: Old Rare Books

Keywords: . .

LYTTON, THE RIGHT HON. LORD

THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.

London, Walter Scott, Dark blue cloth/Gilt to spine, 19cmx13cm, Not dated. Ca. 1890. With a preface to the edition of 1834. Illustrated. 330 pag.

Festina Lente italiAntiquariaatProfessional seller

Book number: 013924

Catalogue: Novels - stories - set in ITALY

Keywords: italia pompeji titus

LYTTON, EDWARD BULWER (LORD LYTTON)

The Last Days of Pompeii in Two Volumes

Boston, Estes and Lauriat NONE. [00no date]. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xix, 216; vii, 235pp. 8vo. Quarter bound, ornate gilt decoration to red cloth, with ivory boards. Gilt top edge to each volume. Black / Sepia and white photographs with tissue guards. Starting in various places in each tome and some pages have separated though are still present. A novel that describes, as the title implies, the cataclysmic destruction of Pompeii brought about by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeiian edition.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 129721

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: British Literature, Collectible Books, Historical Fiction, Literature - Britain

Lytton, Lord

The last days of Pompeii

Cassell and Company, 1906. Verlag: Cassell and Company Verlag: Cassell and Company Einband: Leineneinband. 412

Celler VersandantiquariatProfessional seller

Book number: 6c1732

Keywords: Literatur

Lord Lytton

The Last Days of Pompeii

Nelson Doubleday 1946 Hardback. No DJ, some foxing. Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1241122

Catalogue: General

Keywords: History