holcroft john (25 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

HRD. Zustand: New. Holcroft, John (illustrator). New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: good. Holcroft, John (illustrator). Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1 pages. 4.61x4.13x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. Holcroft, John (illustrator). nov pop sl edition. 30 pages. 4.75x4.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Holcroft, John (illustrator). pp. 30.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. Holcroft, John (illustrator). nov pop sl edition. 30 pages. 4.75x4.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. Holcroft, John (illustrator). box pop edition. 30 pages. 4.75x4.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In.

Tree Calf. Zustand: Good. Printed under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book, Still well bound with wear to extremeties. Interior in nice clean condition. Most of the plays have a single sided engraving. No names or inscriptions. Each play paginated separately. No dates shown but believed to be about 1810. See my other listings for more identically bound volumes in this series. Reduced combined P&P available on request. Picture of this book available.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Holcroft, John (illustrator). Neuware - Three-dimensional, accordion-fold pocket guides, each tucked inside an attractive slipcase, reveal favorite sites and fascinating subjects.Zoom in on a dozen key moments in the history of space explorationfrom Sputnik 1 (the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth) to the Curiosity rover, a car-size device sent to Mars to see if the planet has ever been able to sustain lifein this journey through the solar system and beyond.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A little foxing first couple of pages.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Holcroft, John (illustrator). Neuware 30 pp. Englisch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Seventeenth Edition, undated, late19th Century. Tightly bound in brown blind-stamped cloth with gilded titles. The edges and spine ends are rubbed and there are a few spots at the covers, remains Very Good. The contents include many B/W plates of sketched portraitures and illustrations. The plates show some foxing throughout. The inner hinges are loosening however the binding is intact. A previous owner's name is on the endpaper. Insured international shipping and domestic Priority Mail may require added postage charges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition with additions, Association copy Viscount Monk (first Governor General of the Dominion of Canada). Three volumes bound as four. full calf, hinges cracking but secure, surfaces cracked and spine decoration and titles worn, generally internally clean and bright and text blocks secure and tight, marbled end papers, ribbon markers. Volume 1: book plate of Viscount Monk on front end paper water stain on portrait frontis piece and off-setting to title page, Memoirs of the Life of Lavater, cxlix then242 pages with plates printedv recto only and throughout text and in a block of 23 at end of text. Volume 2: [2] title and contents then 324 pages with 115 plates. Volume 3: [6] title page and contents then 272 pages with some illustration in text and 62 plates.

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). An English translation of the important essays on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated throughout. A collection of the essays of Johann Kaspar Lavater on physiognomy, writings which helped to popularise the science.Illustrated with eighty plates.Physiognomy is a pseudoscience in which you can read a person's face and, from that, assess their character and personality. The science was popular with the ancient Greeks, falling into disrepute in the centuries after, until Johann Kaspar Lavater popularised it again in the late eighteenth century. The science, alongside phrenology, enjoyed a vogue throughout the nineteenth century.These essays influenced early criminological theory.Translated from German into English by Thomas Holcroft, the sixteenth edition of this translation.Including a life of the author.Collated, bound without the frontispiece. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, a little worn. Tear to the head of the front joint, the spine lifting a little. Fading to the spine and extremities. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is tender. Rear hinge is strained, rear endpaper is working loose. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Library stamp to the head of pages from the title to page viii. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+ condition. Ninth Edition. Octavo. cxxviii, 507 (1)pp., 81 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering on red leather label and gilt tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait engraving. Added is "One Hundred Physiognomonical Rules," a posthumous work by Lavater, and "Memoirs of the Life of the Author." "The revision, which will be found at the conclusion of the work, relates to this particular edition of the Physiognomical Fragments of Mr. Lavater, which was published under the inspection of his friend, John Michael Armbruster, in octavo, for the benefit of those who could not afford to purchase the quarto edition. The editor, Armbruster, has changed the order of the fragments, and has omitted some few superfluous passages." (Thomas Holcroft). Illustrated with eighty engraved plates and the frontispiece engraving of Lavater by Holl. Ninth edition with upwards of four hundred profiles, and other engravings. Contains descriptive list of engravings and index at rear. Some light wear along edges of binding with some scuffs on leather, and vertical streak on marbled paper of back cover. Previous owner's name inked to verso of frontispiece. Some damp-staining on first few pages and minor sporadic foxing in block.

First Edition. Binding copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Front board detached. Provenance; from the library of Moore with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; 392 pages. Subjects; Travels. Hamburgh. Westphalia. Holland. The Netherlands. Paris. Travel writings. 19th century travel writings. 3 Kg.

1/4 Leather. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Thus. Originally printed in 1799 in 2 volumes with illustrations. This is an abridged account and is unillustrated. Original drab boards. Spine renewed in leather. Corners have lost their leather. Inside, bookplate with crown and EVB monogram beneath. Pages tanned, margins clear. Occasional spotting or mark.

Leather. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first abridged edition of Thomas Holcroft's fascinating account of his travels in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th century. The scarce first abridged edition of this work, published in the same year as the lengthier unabridged two volume true first.Written by English dramatist Thomas Holcroft, and abridged by John Fulton.Holcroft stayed in the French capital from 1801 to 1803 during a pivotal period when the Old Regime was swept away by the Revolution and a new society emerged.The narrative blends vivid geographical description with cultural and social observation.In this work he provides a fascinating account of his early travels across Europe. In calf backed marbled paper covered boards. Back strip age toned, with significant rubbing to back strip head and tail and back strip, and to joints. Board perimeters age toned. Small worm hole to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with only the odd spot. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Noah Webster's Daughter's Copy - 6 plays bound together c.1810 Zara; A Tragedy By Aaron Hill. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy By Nicholas Rowe. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Deserted Daughter; A Comedy By Thomas Holcroft. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. First Love; A Comedy. By Richard Cumberland. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Siege of Damascus; A Tragedy. By John Hughes. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. The Provoked Wife; A Comedy. By Sir John Vanbrugh. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. About 85 pages each. Each play has an engraving or two. Bound in full leather. Title on the spine says, New British Theatre. Published around 1810. First signature is detached, but could easily be reinserted. Endpaper are a mottled orange/red I think they were originally light red or pink, but have aged unevenly. All these plays also say, on the title page, As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This copy with ownership name on the first blank page of Emily Webster Ellsworth. She is the daughter of Noah Webster, of dictionary fame. She married William Ellsworth in 1813 - he went on to become a Congressman and later Governor of Connecticut. Ellsworth was a classmate of Noah Webster at Yale. Mrs Webster Ellsworth's signature, at the top of the front endpaper page, is in a very neat script, as you would expect. Signed by Author(s).