John dunton ed (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A lavishly illustrated 144pp history of the club with clean text & plates, no inscriptions and binding tight. The illustrated boards display a small area of surface wear to rear cover otherwise just light rubbing - overall very presentable. Please see five pictures attached for a closer look.…

Zustand: New. This two-volume work, published in 1705 and reissued in its 1818 edition, contains an early example of English autobiographical writing. Editor(s): Nichols, John. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries. Num Pages: 454 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. A vanishingly scarce limited, privately published edition of four early eighteenth century extracts. A very scarce limited edition, privately published work.This copy is number 15 of 106 copies produced.This volume consists of five extracts made by A.W. Mathews from an unidentified collection published by John Dunton (1659-1733). Mathews' copy 'has no title page, nor are booksellers able to tell me about it'.With the inscription 'To Mrs Kitchen with love from Slister, October 1926'. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Majority of paper label to front board lacking. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip lightly age toned. Board perimeters lightly age toned. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with light spotting. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. First edition. A smart example of the very scarce first edition of this educational anthology of seventeenth century works, retaining the desirable engraved frontispiece. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by F.H. van Hove.Edited by the bookseller and publisher John Dunton, this is an eclectic anthology intended as an educational resource for students receiving a moral or classical education. The volume gathers short treatises, essays, dialogues, and discourses designed to instil knowledge in its youthful audience.Topics range from theology and philosophy to manners, history, and natural science. Many of the entries are abridged to be accessible to young readers.With individual title page for second part.With errors in pagination - as called for - throughout: pages 70, 71, 153 misprinted 66, 67, 159; page numbers 288-289 repeated; page numbers 317-320 omitted.ESTC R35551A2, a, [a]-[d]2, [e], A-3U2, [1], 4A-7D2. Collated, complete.With an index to the rear.Front free endpaper removed.Among the works included are: 'The Art of Navigation' by Deschalles; 'Micrographia' by R. Hook, and 'A Discourse of the Holy Eucharist'. In a full panelled calf binding. Rubbing to back strip tail, with small loss of calf to back strip head. Half of spine label removed. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Front free endpaper removed. A touch of worming to tail of gutter of front pastedown and first two blanks. Internally, firmly bound. Closed tear to tail of 2G. Pages lightly age toned, but generally clean, with only the odd spot or handling mark. Worming to tail of each index leaf, with some words of text obscured. Good. F.H. van Hove (illustrator). book.…