Barbauld et al (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. 1846 edition, volume 6 only. Cover shows moderate to heavy wear, tear, rubbing, loss on the corners and spine ends. Contemporary gift inscription in the prelims. Pages are tanned with minor foxing nad tidemarks.

Hard cover. Zustand: Very Good-. Second Edition. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 251 pages; 1829 R Lockwood, NY. HC in printed paper covered boards and gilt ruled cloth backstrip. 2nd edition after and 1820 printing. An early American school book with intermediate level narrative pieces relating to American history, Scripture as well as charachter formation. Paper covered boards have bordered title printing at front and printer's advertisements on rear surface. Simple gitl ruling acros spine; unlettered, as issued. Sound clean copy has a prior ownership inscription to the front endpage. Cloth rubbed and just a little tender at spine edges. Moderate shelf soiling to board surfaces; expected light toning to paper stock. Sound and attractive. VG-.…

, xvi, 1008 pages, 4 books in 1, being sacred and moral; didactic, descriptive, narrative, and pathetic; Dramatic, chiefly from Shakespeare; & Sentimental, lyrical, and ludicrous, includes engraved title page at front and also before the 3rd part New Edition , few cracks to joints but holding firm, edges of binding a little scuffed, previous owner's name written to front free endpaper, few small ink stains at edges of pages, text is clean and complete, book in good condition , full brown calf with gilt titles on spine 24 x 15.5 cm Hardback ISBN. …

Leather. Zustand: Good. First edition. A charming sammelband in which eight works of poetry are bound together, including 'Select Pieces' by Benjamin Franklin, and Tomkins's 'Poems of Various Subjects'. An impressive collection of early nineteenth century poetical and devotional works, each individually paginated, and with engraved title pages to each.The first work is the very scarce 1802 'Devotional Pieces', featuring a number of hymns and prayers,The second is the very scarce 1801 short work of poetry and prose 'Moral Philosophy - Golden Verses of Pythagoras; The Natural Daughter; &c. &c.'.The third very scarce work is 'Amatory. The Invitation. Edwyn and Eltruda', with charming poems, prayers, and anecdotes.The fourth is a posthumously published circa 1804 'Select Pieces' by Benjamin Franklin, including a selection of the American Founding Father's essays, including 'Morals of Chess' and 'A New Mode of Bathing'.The fifth volume present is an 1801 edition of the poems of John Armstrong, including a short memoir of the life of the author.The sixth work is an 1800 collection of odes from poets including George Dyer, M. Robinson, J. Ogilvie, A. L. Barbauld and others. The seventh is an 1801 edition of 'Letters from Yorick & Eliza', the collection of ten letters Laurence Sterne wrote to Eliza Draper, with whom he fell in love.The final work is an 1804 'New Edition' of E. Tomkins's 'Poems on Various Subjects', a collections selected to reflect the 'Practice of Virtue', and to demonstrate the beauty of English poetry.With ink inscriptions to the rear endpaper.A wonderful collection of poetical, moral, and devotional works from the early nineteenth century. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail and boards. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscriptions to rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned, with instances of spotting. Closed tears and losses to perimeters of first title page. Inscription to head of front title page. Final title page partially hand coloured by a prior owner. Tide marks to fore edges of a number of leaves. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…