A FINE COPY. BOUND IN QUARTER MOIRE PURPLE SILK AND HAND-MARBLED BOARDS PRINTED ON MOULD-FREE PAPER TOP EDGES GILT GLASSERINE WRAPPER INTRODUCED BY COLIN WARD 74 PAGES SOME UNCUT.
TWO VOLUMES IN GOLD EMBOSSED BLUE CLOTH – THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN REBOUND WITH A NEW SPINE AND THE ORIGINAL FRONT AND BACK BOARDS USED IN THE REBIND. NEW ENDPAPERS. SOME FOXING TO FRONTISPEACE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE ART OF POTTERY IN ENGLAND BY ELIZA METEYARD. FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND FAMILY PAPERS WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
SEVENTH EDITION REVISED BY THOMAS ROSCOE OCTAVO FINE BINDING IN FULL CALF MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINES. A FEW SPOTS TO THE LEATHER VERY CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. FRONTIS. AND FOLDING PLATE WITH TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW EDITION COMPLETE IN 10 VOLUMES. FULL POLISHED CALF RED AND GREEN LABELS ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINES MARBLED PAGES EDGES UPWARDS OF FIFTY FINE ENGRAVINGS. WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES BYJOHN WILSON CROKER TO WHICH ARE ADDED TWO SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES OF JOHNSONIANA. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A FINE AND HANDSOME SET.
FIRST EDITIONS. TWO BOOKS BOUND IN ONE. QUARTO FULL LEATHER REBOUND AT SOME STAGE USING PART OF THE ORIGINAL SPINE. THE LEATHER IS WORN IN PARTS BUT THE BINDING FIRM AND SOLID. JOHN HOUGH (1651-1743) WAS SUCCESSIVELY BISHOP OF OXFORD LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY AND WORCESTER. CONTAINS MANY OF HIS LETTERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SEVERAL PERSONS WITH WHOM HE WAS CONNECTED. FRONTISPIECE OF HOUGH PREFACE (xvi) LIFE (387 pp). ALSO BOUND IN IS THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT BY JOHN WILMOT 1802 PRINTED BU LUKE HANSARD AND SOLD BY T CADELL. SIR JOHN WAS LORD CHIEF JUSTICE 1766 – 1771. FRONTISPIECE OF SIR JOHN TITLE ADVERTISEMENT 77pp FULL ENGRAVED PLATE OF SIR JOHN 3pp BLANKS. THE BOOK CARRIES AN INSCRIPTION ‘MARIA MASON WILMOT FROM HER AFFECTIONATE FATHER 24TH DEC. 1811’ PRESUMABLY FROM JOHN WILMOT TO HIS DAUGHTER. ALSO THE TITLE PAGE OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN WILMOT IS SIGNED ‘JOHN WILMOT’. (THE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK NOT BEING PRINTED ON THE TITLE PAGE).
NO DATE – BUT VICTORIAN. CONSIDERS THE LIVES OF RICHARD BENTLEY MARVELL LORD FAIRFAX ANNE CLIFFORD WILLIAM MASON JOHN FISHER AND RICHARD ARKWRIGHT. OCTAVO 480 pp. ORIGINAL BLIND STAMPED BEVELLED BOARDS SOME LOSS AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND TWO INCH CRACK IN THE JOINT. SOME FOXING TO EARLY PAGES BUT OTHERWISE A TIGHT AND CLEAN COPY.
1ST EDITION. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF QUEEN VICTORIA. SMALL FOLIO. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH WITH GILT DECORATION BEVELLED BOARDS PREVIOUS OWNER’S BOOKPLATE. 396 PAGES. VERY GOOD AND RICHLY ILLUSTRATED. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
