Jerrold, Douglas

WORKS Of DOUGLAS JERROLD.; With an Introductory Memoir by his Son, W. Blanchard Jerrold

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1863. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 1149). Original plum-colored cloth with gilt lettering/design. 4 volumes. Illustrated with frontispieces to each volume, 12mo. VG+ (some fading to spines/light wear at the extremities/a couple minor spots to frnt board of Vol II). Overall, a nice set. Preceded by an 8 volume set of Writings in 1851-4.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 3685

Catalogue: Literature

Douglas Jerrold; W. Blanchard Jerrold

The Works of Douglas Jerrold with an Introductory Memoir by His Son

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1863-1864. Leather. A smartly bound complete four volume set of this collection of works from English dramatist and writer, Douglas Jerrold. Complete in four volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece. Volume one contains St. Giles and St. James, and Punch's Letters to His Son. Volume two contains The Story of a Feather, and Cakes and Ale. Volume three contains Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures, Men of Character, and Punch's Complete Letter Writer. Volume four contains A Man Made of Money, Sketches of the English, The Chronicles of Clovernook, and The Sick Giant and the Doctor Dwarf. Written by Douglas William Jerrold, an English dramatist and writer. With an introductory memoir from his son, William Blanchard Jerrold, an English journalist and author. With the bookplate of William Alfred Westropp Foyle, a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 with his brother Gilbert Foyle. Previously held in the library of Christopher Foyle, a British philanthropist and chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London. Bound by Root & Son. Bound in half tan calf with marbled boards. Externally, with some rubbing to the extremities and light fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Loss of the spine labels to volumes I, II, and IV. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown with bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Bound by Root & Son. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 912T74

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Works Jerrold Douglas William Jerrold Foyle Not Stated

Douglas Jerrold; W. Blanchard Jerrold

The Works of Douglas Jerrold

London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co, 1863-1864 . Leather. A beautifully bound four volume edition of the works of English dramatist and writer Douglas Jerrold, published within a decade of his death. Volumes I-IV of the works of Jerrold are present here. A fifth volume, which was published later, is not present here.In bright half calf bindings.Present here are such literary pieces as 'Punch's Letter to his Son', 'Men of Character', 'A Man Made of Money', and 'Sketches of the English&apos.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.With a memoir of the author by his eldest son, William Blanchard Jerrold.From the library of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex. Beeleigh housed his library, one of the largest private libraries in England. In half calf bindings, with gilt detailing to back strips. With marbled paper covered boards. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to volume IV and II back strip heads. Internally, firmly bound. Light offsetting and spotting to title pages, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 911F56

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: The Works of Douglas Jerrold Douglas William Jerrold St. Giles and St. James Punch's letters to his son Douglas William Jerrold w a foyle beeleigh abbey Not Stated