ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES HISTORICAL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY WALTER SCOTT. 18 VOLUMES COMPLETE. OCTAVO FULL CALF ALL EDGES AND END PAPERS MARBLED GILT TITLES. VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND ONE VOLUME HAS A DETACHED BOARD BUT A VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT SET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DOUGLAS GRANT CHAIR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS WITH HIS SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. EACH VOLUME HAS THE ARMOURIAL BOOKPLATE OF BARON ST. JOHN OF BLETSOE BEDFORDSHIRE.
4 VOLUMES. FULL DICED LEATHER MARBLED END PAPERS AND PAGE EDGES. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN AND TIGHT WITH SLIGHT WEAR TO THE SPINES. WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. INCLUDES: TRISTRAM SHANDY; A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY; SERMONS; LETTERS. A NICE SET.
FOUR VOLUMES. PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE VOLUME 1 . TITLES SLIGHTLY BROWNED. BOOK PLATES ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER FINE CALF REBACKED WITH ORIGINAL SPINES LAID DOWN GILT WITH MOROCCO SPINE LABELS. OCTAVO.
FOUR VOLUMES 8vo. HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARDS. LEATHER IS SOUND BUT WORN. BLACK TITLE BLOCK WITH GILT EMBOSS. END PAPERS AND TITLE PAGES ARE FADED TO DARK WTIH AGE. OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE CRITICISM ON HIS WRITINGS ETC.
THREE VOLUMES IN BROWN CLOTH. NO DUSTWRAPS. THIS EDITION CONSISTS OF 1040 COPIES OF WHICH 1000 ARE FOR SALE. PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE IN EACH VOLUME. SLIGHT FOXING. A VERY GOOD SET.
FIRST EDITION CONTAINING AN EXCURSION THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF DERBYSHIRE AND YORKSHIRE….WITH ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES BY E. W. BRAYLEY. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. ENGRVED TITLE PAGE AND PLATES. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. OCCASIONAL SPOTS OF FOXING BUT A CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY.
SMALL FOLIO THIRD IMPRESSION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE COMPRISING SEVEN PARTS. INCLUDES: THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN (17 CHAPTERS PREFACE pp1-pp 187); THE CAUSES OF THE DECAY OF CHRISTIAN PIETY (PREFACE pp201-381); THE GENTLEMAN’S CALLING (PREFACE IN 9 SECTIONS pp 393-456). THE SECOND PART COMPRISING; THE LADIES CALLING (IN TWO PARTS pp1-99); THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE (PREFACE pp 105-172); THE ART OF CONTENTMENT (PREFACE pp 178-242); THE LIVELY ORACLES GIVEN TO US (PREFACE pp 242-324). PLUS INDEX (4pp). ENGRAVED FRONTIS. TITLE PAGE AND VIGNETTE TO EACH VOLUME. HALF TITLE TO EACH PART CONTEMPORARY CALF BOARDS WITH RECENT BACK STRIP AND FORE-EDGES NEW ENDPAGES. (A RATHER FUNCTIONAL BINDING BUT STURDY). SOME PAGES FOXED BUT GENERALLY VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT.
Author:
ALLESTREE RICHARD
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON AND OXFORD, ROGER NORTON FOR EDWARD PAWLETT,1695
COMPLETE IN 10 VOLUMES – HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. EXTENSIVE GILT DECOARATION TO THE SPINES MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES. FOUR OF THE VOLUMES HAVE DAMAGE TO THE LABELS SOME MINOR RUBBING TO THE LEATHER OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD SET CLEAN AND FIRM IN THE BINDING.
