EIGHT OF SMEETON’S HISTORICAL TRACTS VERY NICELY BOUND IN A MODERN QUARTER LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED BOARDS. THESE WERE PUBLISHED AROUND 1820 AS REPRINTS OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TRACTS. BOUND WITH THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AT THE REAR. ALL IN VERY NICE CONDITION AND EACH WITH AN ENGRAVED PORTRAIT. THE TRACTS ARE: COUNT GONDAMOR’S TRANSACTIONS (1820 30 PAGES); THE COURTAND CHARACTER OF KING JAMES (1817 61 PAGES); THE SPANISH INVASION IN 1588 BY CLARK (1819 35 PAGES); JAMES THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH (1820 45 PAGES); GEORGE VILLIERS THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM (1819 54 PAGES); HUGH PETERS (1818 41 PAGES); THE KING’S DECLARATION TO HIS SUBJECTS CONCERNING LAWFUL SPORTS TO BE USED (1817 11 PAGES); THE LIFE OF HENRY THE THIRD (1820 21 PAGES).
SIGNED COPY OF 1ST ENGLISH EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH VERY GOOD DUST WRAP (SOME YELLOWING TO PAGE EDGES). THE AUTHOR CONDUCTS HIS READERS ON A HIGHLY PERSONAL TOUR OF MOROCCO. TRANSLATED BY STUART HOOD.
THIS IS A NICELY BOUND COPY OF A PAPER FROM THE HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL (pp 360-394). BOUND IN STIFF CARD NEW ENDPAPERS QUARTO TITLE TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. THE FULL TITLE OF THE PAPER IS ‘SOME ACCOUNT OF A COLLECTION OF ARCTIC PLANTS FORMED BY EDWARD SABINE….CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY DURING A VOYAGE IN THE POLAR SEAS IN THE YEAR 1823’.
1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY. NEAT INSCRIPTION ON FEP AND ALSO PAPER INSERT WITH MESSAGE DATED CHRISTMAS 1903. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE ONE PAGE OF ILLUSTRATIONS IS DETACHED.
FIRST EDITION 111 PAGES BOUND IN LATER RED CLOTH AND WITH WORN LEARHER LABEL. VERY GOOD PREVIOUS OWNER’S BOOKPLATE. VERY SCARCE. A DETAILED ACCOUNTOF THE ILLNESS OF GEORGE THE THIRD OF ENGLAND.
