1779 1839 (37 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked blind-tooled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages; Physical desc. : xxxiv, 332 [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Notes: With ha…

Twenty-Fourth Edition. Good copy in the original half red leather over marble boards, now slightly scuffed and dust-toned. Spine with raised bands and a gilt-blocked black leather label. Corners, joints and endbands somewhat rubbed. Front hinge cracked, with free endpaper lacking; binding remains nonetheless very secure. Faint,…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xviii pages, 2 leaves, 3-287 pages ; 20 cm. Contents; The howdie.--Sawney at Doncaster…

First Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Novels ; vol. 3. Physical description: 467p. ; 19cm. Notes: Suggested date of publication. Subjects: Scotland -- Social life a…

1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Two small edge tears at top of spine. Dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Corners bumped. Light, scattered foxing in prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages; Physic…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Copy has previous owner's newspaer clipping pasted to front paste down. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages; Physical description. : xxxiv, 332…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. xv, 386 pp. engraved frontispiece map, offset onto title, early cloth, faded & rubbed, title gilt on spine, occasional foxing mainly to first and last few leaves, otherwise copy in good condition. This work contains the letters actually written by Galt while he was travelling in the…

1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages; Description: 254p. ; 19cm. Subjects: English litera…

Written in a neat, close hand (not Bernard's) on one page (the recto of the first leaf of a 12mo bifolium). Twenty-one lines. Text clear and complete. On aged, grubby and lightly-creased paper. The document gives four questions, with Bernard's reply following in quotation marks: 'Ladies who have been presented - do their husband…

Fifteenth Edition. Very good copy in gilt-tooled leather, with marbled edges and raised bands to spine. Slightly rubbed at the panel edges and spine bands. Margins lightly foxed, with a small marginal tear to pages 1 and 65 with text unaffected. Contemporary reader inscription to flyleaf. Remains tight, strong and well-preserved…

1st edition. Provenance: William Roughead's own copy with his bookplate and a lengthy manuscript letter taped down to free end-paper. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; xviii…

1st Edition in this form. Finely bound in modern gilt-blocked leather over marble boards. Raised bands. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Some light dust-toning evident to prelims. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 372 pages; Physical description: xii, 372 p. : frontis. (…

1st Edition. Good copy in gilt-blocked half leather. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: The bookplate of the Cardinal Wolsey. Physical description: xx, 268, ccxxxiii p. : front. (port.); 29 cm. Subjects: Wolsey, Thomas. History Great Britain Tudor…

1st Edition. 2 Volumes. Very good copies in contemporary calf binding with some edge wear. Gilt detailing. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 Volumes, various paging. Subjects: Galt, John 1779-1839. Galt, John 1779-1839 Biography. Nove…

See his entry, and those of his brother and the recipient, in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 4to. Bifolium. The letter had been torn in half, with loss of a strip of paper from the second leaf, resulting in damage to a couple of words from the valediction; it has been carefully repaired with archival tape, and is otherwise in fair conditi…