Verlag: H.M. Caldwell Company, Boston
Anbieter: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 18mo. N.d., [19--?] Red Letter Library. Orig. green publisher's cloth, pictorial onlay to front board. Unlettered spine. Illustrated endpapers. xxxvi, 328 pp. Frontis. Spine sunned, extremities rubbed. Ink scribbles to rear board. A few pages unopened. Some foxing to title page. Starting to inner hinge at verso of flyleaf. 0.
Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Lower half of spine cover missing. Boards rubbed and edgeworn. Letterpress bookplate on f.f.e., with short poem. Pages spotted. (poetry, biography).
Verlag: Nabu Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1146945175 ISBN 13: 9781146945172
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2019
ISBN 10: 1011622459 ISBN 13: 9781011622450
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2019
ISBN 10: 1010562177 ISBN 13: 9781010562177
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New.
Verlag: Printed by A. Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1772
Anbieter: Keoghs Books, Skipton, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
, ix, 262 pages, with various poems throughout Second Edition , covers rubbed at edges, slight loss to head and tail of spine, title label faded, previous owner's inscription on title page, front hinge cracked but board held, front free endpapers missing, piece torn out from final page with some loss of text at left side of final poem, tear to contents page, book in fair condition , contemporary calf with raised bands to spine Octavo Hardback ISBN:
Verlag: LEGARE STREET PR, 2022
ISBN 10: 1018010769 ISBN 13: 9781018010762
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1357078250 ISBN 13: 9781357078256
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1358406383 ISBN 13: 9781358406386
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1357287968 ISBN 13: 9781357287962
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: ARKOSE PR, 2015
ISBN 10: 1346270694 ISBN 13: 9781346270692
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817, 1817
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
[Letters] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.viii; 303; [1]. Contemporary brown half calf recently re-backed, with the original marbled boards and the original spine laid over. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. Light occasional spotting. Heavy wear to boards and original spine leather, corners rubbed and worn. Good. Containing, among others, many letters from Alexander Pope, and three from Dr. Johnson, being addressed to Francis Fowke, Joseph Fowke and Samuel Richardson.
Verlag: Printed by Leon Lichfield, Oxford, 1731
Anbieter: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
JOHNSON, Samuel; HUSBANDS, John|POPE, Alexander (illustrator). contributor]. HUSBANDS, John, [compiler]. POPE, Alexander, [contributor]. A Miscellany of Poems by Several Hands. Oxford: Printed by Leon Lichfield, 1731. Full description: [JOHNSON, Samuel, contributor]. HUSBANDS, John, [compiler]. [POPE, Alexander, contributor]. A Miscellany of Poems by Several Hands. Oxford: Printed by Leon Lichfield, 1731. First edition of this title and Samuel Johnson's first appearance in print. His Latin translation of Pope's poem "Messiah" is printed on pages 111-117. Small quarto (8 x 5 inches; 204 x 138 mm). [148], 270 pp. With numerous other poems including a number by Husbands as well. With the 10 leaves "List of Subscribers." Contemporary acid-treated calf (?), rebacked with original spine laid down. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. All edges speckled red. Some minor chipping along edges and corners. Title-page lightly toned and some light foxing throughout. Previous owner's old ink signature dated 1745 on front free endpaper. A very small old ink signature to top of title-page. Overall a very good copy. "The Translation of Mr. Pope's Messiah was deliver'd to his Tutor, as a College Exercise, by Mr. Johnson, a Commoner of Pembroke-College in Oxford, and 'tis hoped will be no Discredit to the Excellent Original." - Preface, sig. a3v "As a youth in Lichfield, Johnson had first attempted Latin verse in a now-lost poem on the glowworm, but several of his Latin poems composed as college exercises survive. Of these the most important is a translation of Alexander Pope's Messiah (1712), made as a 1728 Christmas exercise at the suggestion of his tutor. The translation of The Messiah was received enthusiastically at Pembroke. Although the extant evidence is conflicting, one close friend said that Johnson's father had it printed without his son's knowledge and even dispatched a copy to Pope. Johnson, who had always experienced difficulties in getting along with his father, was furious at the interference, for he had his own plans for having the poem presented properly to the English author. Whatever actually happened in this connection, the translation was Johnson's first published poem, for in 1731 it was included in A Miscellany of Poems, edited by John Husbands, a Pembroke tutor." (Poetry Foundation dot org). Courtney & Nichol Smith. Griffith. Rothschild. HBS 68872. $3,500.
Verlag: Nichols and Son, London, 1812
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Leather. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A scarce set of The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose with a Selection of Explanatory Notes and Account of his Life by Dr. Johnson First edition thus. Seemingly the first edition to contain solely the notes of Samuel Johnson and The Life of the Author in this form. In eight volumes complete. With an engraved portrait of Pope to frontispiece to volume one. 'In this edition, it has been attempted to give (what the Public has long demanded) a correct text of Pope's works, in which the reader's attention is not divided, or his feelings interrupted, by the discordance of critical disputes and fanciful opinions, such Notes only having been preserved as are necessary to explain ambiguities in the text, or afford some information respecting the characters. The notes of Pope himself, being of this description, are generally retained. To the Life, written by Dr. Johnson, several particulars have been added from subsequent biographers.' London, December 1811. Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. In straight-grain morocco bindings. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities and odd marks to boards. Four hinges strained. Internally, firmly bound. Bright but with offsetting to title to volume one, occasional spotting and handling marks. Very Good. book.
Verlag: Leicester Fields. May 1st 1757?, 1757
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Piece of paper, 14 x 7.5cm, signature on reverse of marbled paper, perhaps endpaper of book, and an ownership signature. Good condition.