john james emerson (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. x, 358 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. ; LCCN 95050472 ; LC Z2014.P7 B39 1997 ; ISBN 9780847819584, 0847819582 ; OCLC 33818867 ; black and tan cloth in photographic dustjacket ; The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture ; Contents: Foreword / by Paul LeClerc -- Introduction / by Rodney Phillips -- The magical value of manuscripts / Dana Gioia -- Poems and papers. John Donne -- Alexander Pope -- William Blake -- Robert Burns -- William Wordsworth -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- Leigh Hunt -- George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron -- Percy Bysshe Shelley -- John Keats -- Emily Bronte? -- William Cullen Bryant -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Henry David Thoreau -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- James Russell Lowell -- Walt Whitman -- Emily Dickinson -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- Alfred Lord Tennyson -- William Makepeace Thackeray -- Lewis Carroll -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- Rudyard Kipling -- Thomas Hardy -- Charlotte Mew -- Hilaire Belloc -- Oscar Wilde -- Ernest Dowson -- William Butler Yeats -- James Stephens -- Robert Frost -- Edward Thomas -- Siegfried Sassoon -- Rupert Brooke -- Issac Rosenberg -- Humbert Wolfe -- Anna Wickham -- D.H. Lawrence -- Robert Graves -- Elinor Wylie -- Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Robinson Jeffers -- William Faulkner -- Wallace Stevens -- William Carlos Williams -- Ezra Pound -- T.S. Eliot -- Marianne Moore -- E.E. Cummings -- Vladimir Nabokov -- W.H. Auden -- Louise Bogan -- Kay Boyle -- Lorine Niedecker -- Louis Zukofsky -- Charles Olson -- Stanley Kunitz -- Jean Garrigue -- May Sarton -- Muriel Rukeyser -- Delmore Schwartz -- Dylan Thomas -- Randall Jarrell -- John Berryman -- Robert Lowell -- Elizabeth Bishop -- Howard Moss -- Richard Wilbur -- Jack Kerouac -- Allen Ginsberg -- Gary Snyder -- Robert Duncan -- Denise Levertov -- Robert Creeley -- James Schuyler -- Frank O'Hara -- Kenneth Koch -- Ted Berrigan -- Ron Padgett -- Anne Waldman -- Donald Justice -- Samuel Menashe -- James Merrill -- Amy Clampitt -- James Wright -- W.S. Merwin -- Anne Sexton -- Sylvia Plath -- Philip Levine -- Jean Valentine -- Adrienne Rich -- Imamu Amiri Baraka -- Mark Strand -- Louise Glu?ck -- Charles Simic -- Ai -- Dana Gioia -- Julia Alvarez -- The Prado of poetry : a history of the Berg Collection / Dana Gioia -- Suggestions for further reading -- Checklist of illustrations/permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Index ; Based on an enormously successful exhibition at The New York Public Library, The Hand of the Poet draws the reader into the real world of the poet - ink spots, tobacco stains, and all - by presenting a wide range of working drafts, letters, diary entries, photographs, and memorabilia. One hundred writers from the seventeenth century to the present day are represented. Biographies and portraits of each poet - alongside manuscripts of such legendary works as Yeats's "The Wild Swans at Coole" and W.H. Auden's "Stop All the Clocks"--Make up a mosaic that offers powerful and often surprising revelations of the person behind the poem ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJohn Emerson holds a Master level degree from the Sorbonne in Paris and a Ph.D. from The University of Adelaide. He has published widely and founded the University of Adelaide Press in 2009.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. xii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm ; OCLC 793852836; art nouveau design with thistles and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; missing first four pages (replacements provided); "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Contents: America -- Our native land -- The young witness -- Your first duty -- The blind men and the elephant -- Washington's rules of conduct -- The captain's daughter -- What do they say? -- The whistle -- My dog Blanco -- None of the beauty is wasted -- Arthur's prayer at Rugby -- All is beauty -- Life -- Woodman! Spare that tree! -- Why do bells for Christians ring? -- Expert dervice -- The Three Graces -- Professor Frog's lecture -- Flower in the crannied wall -- The High Court of Inquiry -- A prayer -- To a waterfowl -- The mystery of life -- Song -- Santa Filomena -- The country's call -- How t he crickets brought good fortune -- The flag -- In school days -- Four things -- The flag goes by -- A message to Garcia -- The Brook -- The barefoot boy -- The old Puritan lawmaker -- Work done squarely -- Is there a Santa Claus? -- Nathan Hale -- Kind hearts and simple faith -- De. John Goodfellow-Office Upstairs -- The procrustean bed -- The book our mothers read -- Horatius at the bridge -- True courage -- The house by the side of the road -- The eagle -- The name of Old Glory -- The North American Indian -- The glove and the lion -- How sleep the brave? -- The bloodless sportsman -- An old Armenian gate -- Press onward -- A defense of teh crow -- Our national banner -- The builders -- Nature's song -- Hail to the harvest -- The wonderful one-hoss seat -- Portia's plea -- The sport of my life -- The ship of state -- The landing of the Pilgrims -- Courage -- A psalm of life -- My mind to me a kingdom is -- The barmicide feast -- The man that wins -- Books -- Leonainie -- A parable on brotherly love -- A thing of beauty -- A boy's song -- The legend of St. Christopher -- The sandpiper -- The man wihtout a country -- The seed growing secretly -- Spartacus to the gladiators -- On his blindness -- The rising in 1776 -- We seek for beauty -- Somewhere -- A call to arms -- Dare to do right -- The burial of Moses -- Service -- Think for thyself -- Truth -- The prodigal sopn -- We thank Thee -- The bishop and the convict -- A call to courage -- The Christ of the Andes -- Dear land of all my love -- Antony's oration -- Three gates of gold -- True dignity -- Lincoln, the great commoner -- Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? -- Unweaponed peace -- For a that and a that -- Lo, the poor Indian! -- The vision of Sir Launfel -- My symphony -- The great stone face -- The shepherd psalm -- The Lord's prayer. ; authors: Samuel Francis Smith, C T Brooks, S H Hammond, David Starr Jordan, John G. Saze, George Washington, James T. Fields, Benjamin Franklin, J G Holland, William A McKeever, Thomas Hughes, Robert Browning, James Russell Lowell, George P Morris, Lydia Atery Coonley Ward, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sait Paul, MAL Lane, Alfred Tennyson, Samuel Wilberforce, William Cullen Bryant, John Ruskin, Henry Ladsworth Longfellow, Thmpson, PJ Stahl, George Hoar, Jphn greenleaf Whittier, Henry Van Dyke, Henry Holcomb Bennett, Elbert Hubbard, Robert E Lee, Charles A Dana, Francis Miles Finch, James Ball Naylor, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sam Walter Foss, James Whitcomb Riley, ;scarce ; FAIR. Book.

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See McCulloch's entry in the Oxford DNB. He was appointed Comptroller of H.M. Stationery Office in 1838. 1p, 16mo In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. Reads: 'Mr. McCulloch presents compts to Sir James and Lady Em. Tennent, and begs to thank them for their kind invitation to dine with them on the 5th proxo, which he has much pleasure in accepting.'.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Julian Brazleton (illustrator). Literary Classics Edition xiv, 655 p. illus. (facsim) 17 cm. LCCN 43051076 OCLC 944648 LC PS507 .W64 Dewey 810.82 ; grey-green boards with blue designs and lettering, in color dustjacket ; Contents: [1.] American fiction. The devil and Daniel Webster/ Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Tom Whipple / Walter D. Edmonds -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Missionary journeys / Willa Cather -- The duke and the daupin come aboard / Mark Twain -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- A preacher goes to war / John W. Thomason, Jr -- Uncle Remus / Joel Chandler Harris -- A last will / Williston Fish -- One arrowhead day / Harry Leon Wilson -- The skylight room / O. Henry -- Rupe Collins / Booth Tarkington -- Our new telephone / Ruth Gordon -- Some like them cold / Ring Lardner -- At the end of the car line / Ben Hur Lampman -- The Japanese / Ogden Nash -- Fifty grand / Ernest Hemingway -- The waltz / Dorothy Parker -- You mean common / Arthur Kober -- Address Unknown / Kressman Taylor. -- [2.] American verse. -- Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Death and General Putnam / Arthur Guiterman -- Home, Sweet Home / John Howard Payne -- To Helen / Edgar Allan Poe -- Annabel Lee / Edgar Allan Poe -- Battle hymn of the republic / Julia Ward Howe -- Nancy Hanks / Rosemary Bene?t -- Ethiopia saluting the colors / Walt Whitman -- As toilsome I wandered Virginia's woods / Walt Whitman -- Little boy blue / Eugene Field -- The last leaf / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement C. Moore -- American laughter / Kenneth Allan Robinson -- Plain language from truthful James / Bret Harte -- Little Willie / Eugene Field -- The mystery of Gilgal / John Hay -- I hear America singing / Walt Whitman -- The old man and Jim / James Whitcomb Riley -- John L. Sullivan, the strong boy of Boston / Vachel Lindsay -- Afternoon on a hill / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Miniver Cheevy / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- I have a rendezvous with death / Alan Seeger -- my sweet old etcetera / e. e. cummings -- Two-volume novel / Dorothy Parker -- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight / Vachel Lindsay -- The maid-servant at the inn / Dorothy Parker -- The death of the hired man / Robert Frost -- Lament / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Mending wall / Robert Frost -- Early moon / Carl Sandburg -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- Grass / Carl Sandburg -- Shenandoah Road / E.B. White -- Aged four / Mildred Focht -- Mr. Flood's party / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- To fight aloud is very brave / Emily Dickinson -- Song in exile / Alice Duer Miller -- Scum o' the earth / Robert Haven Schauffler -- My city / James Weldon Johnson -- Farewell, my friends / Clarence Day. -- [3.] American fact. -- The declaration of independence -- A letter from Franklin to Washington -- Under a cloud of sail / Richard Henry Dana -- Where I lived and what I lived for / Henry David Thoreau -- The hunting camp / Francis Parkman -- The only one / Maude Barnes Miller -- The death of John Quincy Adams / Carl Sandburg -- For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott -- The second inaugural address / Abraham Lincoln -- The Confederate army / John W. Thomason, Jr -- The first G.A.R. parade / Lloyd Lewis -- Three speeches / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr -- The Trawnbeighs / Charles M. Flandrau -- Thanksgiving proclamation / Wilbur L. Cross -- Mary White / William Allen White -- A wedding notice from the Fountain inn tribune / Robert Quillen -- A letter from Nicola Sacco to his son -- Mon pays / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Coon hunt / E.B. White --A visit to London / Frank Sullivan -- The turtle / Ogden Nash -- The Norse travel again / W.L. White -- First fig / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A talk to young men / Robert C. Benchley -- P.S. he got the job / Anonymous -- The new colossus / Emma Lazarus -- Inscription on the tomb of the unknown soldier ; FINE/VG. Book.

Original tan card cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and soiled. Spine darkened. Unopened. Two advert pages removed. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 272pp + ads.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 314 pages ; OCLC 927145016 (online version); art nouveau design with sunflowers and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Selections include: The American Boy -- The Light That Is Felt -- The Tiger The Brahman, And The Jackal -- A Kind Word -- Little Brown Hands -- The Lame Man And The Blind Man -- The Owl And The Pussy-cat -- September -- The Arab And His Camel -- The Shepherd Boy And The Wolf -- Needless Pain -- Because He Loves Us -- Marjorie's Almanac -- The Brown Thrush -- Truth -- God Bless Our Flag -- The Quails -- The Discontented Stonecutter -- The Cloud -- All Things Beautiful -- Labor -- The Matsuyama Mirror -- Work While You Work -- The Pen -- The Quest -- God Bless The Commonplace -- A Bright Chinese Boy -- The Grapevine Swing -- Beautiful Joe -- Forget-me-not -- October's Bright Blue Weather -- Daisies -- So Much Of Goodness -- The Breaking In Of Black Beauty -- The Children's Hour -- The Magic Mill -- The Corn Song -- Daniel Webster's First Case -- The Day Is Done -- The Image And The Treasure -- Somebody's Mother -- Look For Goodness -- The Code Barbarian -- The Discontented Pendulum -- True Success -- Which Loved Best? -- Hope -- The Story Of King Midas -- T Is The Last Rose Of Summer -- Home, Sweet Home -- The Fight -- A Simple Recipe -- The Angels Song -- A Visit From St, Nicholas -- Ring Out, Wild Bells! -- Beauty In Common Things -- Letters Of Recommendation -- A Song For Flag Day -- The Stone In The Road -- Answer To A Child's Question -- Paul Revere's Ride -- The Dream Of Home -- The Choice Of Hercules -- Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules -- After The Shipwreck -- The Lost Camel -- The Planting Of The Apple Tree -- We Should Smile -- The Humbug -- Sky-born Music -- The Pebble And The Acorn -- The Tree -- Service -- The Sleeping Beauty -- A Wholesome Tongue -- The Village Blacksmith -- Genuine Heroism -- The Legend Of Indian Corn -- Robert E. Lee -- The City Mouse And The Country Mouse -- Our Birth--The First Roses -- A Little Sermon -- Four-leaf Clover -- Love's Nobility -- A Prayer -- Casabianca -- Be What Thou Seemest -- Thor And The Giants -- The Spider And The Fly -- The Mouse And The Moonbeam -- The Schoolhouse And The Flag -- The Snow-image -- Index Of Authors ; Numerous Biblical references appear in Searson's Studies in Reading (1923), but the movement is toward secular stories with a moral emphasizing social values. This reader, published after World War I, begins with a poem, "The American Boy." It is a dialogue between a father and son about patriotism. According to the author of this reader, the influence of the story "The Poor Little Match Girl" "founded many an orphan home and organized hundreds of societies for relief of the worthy poor," which indicates an emphasis on philanthropy and social work during the era of the Social Gospel.80% of selections taught traditional values."-- Sharon Vincz Andrews ; signature of a youthful Gerald Grout, later a Kansas Ophthalmologist ; GOOD. Book.

Half-Leather. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Black half-leather with black pebbled cloth. 764 pp. A bound volume of this literary journal, covering January to June of 1876. With 'The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut,' and 'A Literary Nightmare,' by Mark Twain; 'I, The American,' by Henry James; a poem 'Boston,' by Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as work by John G. Whittier, Celia Thaxter and others. GOOD+ condition. Minor to moderate scuffing to the leather, mostly along the hinges. Light scuffing and fading to the cloth. Minor soiling, with a small area of staining at the lower front cover. Interior clean and solid with minor toning to the paper.

Zustand: New. Fuer den Ruhm! Fuer den Sieg!Spannende Schlachten verlangen nach spannenden Monstern! In diesem Band findest du ueber 400 Kreaturen, darunter Genreklassiker wie Elfen, Oger und voellig neue Drachen, wilde Tiere von Riesenameisen bis zu blutruenstigen Woelfen .

Paperback / Pamphlet. Zustand: Good +. Seventeenth Edition. [17th Edition]. 64 pp. 15 cm. Saddle-stapled in pink (faded from red?) printed wraps. IWW's circular emblem printed on the front. Frontis portrait of Joe Hill on page [2]; this edition features twelve of his songs. Staples (binding) are beginning to rust. Sporadic staining and dust soiling to covers. Minor signs of age-toning, internally clean. The IWW's famous "Little Red Songbook" which was originally published in 1909 and has never gone out of print. Fifty-two songs are printed here (pages 5-64) in this Seventeenth Edition from 1922. Some tune designations are given. Some short lyrical explanations are given. Musical notation is not printed. Includes an index of song titles at the front (pages [3-4]). IWW's "Preamble" is printed on the front inside cover. "We Are Going to Find Out" (six paragraphs of text raising awareness and support for imprisoned Wobblies) by the IWW's General Defense Committee is printed on the rear inside cover. An advertisement for future versions of the songbook, with the promise of printed musical notation to be included, is printed on the rear cover. IWW's address of "1001 W. MADISON ST. CHICAGO, ILL" is printed on the front cover, title page [1], and rear cover, which was the IWW's General Headquarters from July 1917 - March 1925. About The Little Red Songbook, Historian Philip Taft noted. "By far the most popular work produced by the Industrial Workers of the World, the Song Book has gone through many editions. In fact, some of its "Songs," especially one by Joe Hill, are known by many who are scarcely acquainted with the I.W.W. itself. [.] What first attracted me to the I.W.W. was its songs and the gusto with which its members sang them." Contains the following songs (in the order printed): The Rebel Girl; The Internationale; We Will Sing One Song; Workers of the World, Awaken!; One Big Industrial Union; The Red Flag; The Workers of the World Are Now Awaking [sic Awakening]; Harvest War Song; Workers of the World; John Golden and the Lawrence Strike; Scissor Bill; Dump the Bosses off Your Back; All Hell Can't Stop Us!; Up from Your Knees; The Tramp; Whadda Ya Want to Break Your Back for the Boss For?; The White Slave; The Big Question; Solidarity Forever!; The Dollar Alarm Clock; We Have Fed You All for a Thousand Years; I'm Too Old to Be a Scab; Mr. Block; The Industrial Workers of the World; The Workers' Marseillaise; "Remember"; Industrial Unionism Speaks to the Toilers of the Sea; The Preacher and the Slave; "The Popular Wobbly"; "Renunciation"; Don't Take My Papa Away from Me; When You Wear That Button; My Wandering Boy; The Everett County Jail; I Wanna Free Miss Liberty; May Day Song; They'll Soon Ring Out; Onward, "One Big Union"; Count Your WorkersCount Them!; Fifty Thousand Lumberjacks; Tie 'Em Up!; Joe Hill's Last Will; The Mysteries of a Hobo's Life; Workers' Memorial Song; Farewell, Frank!; The Commonwealth of Toil; A Worker's Plea; Organize!; There Is Power in a Union; Harvest Land; Hold the Fort; and Workingmen, Unite!

Paperback / Pamphlet. Zustand: Very Good +. Seventeenth Edition. [17th Edition]. 64 pp. 15 cm. Saddle-stapled in red printed wraps. IWW's circular emblem printed on the front. Frontis portrait of Joe Hill on page [2]; this edition features twelve of his songs. A previous owner's 3" x 5" index/notecard is laid-in with a paragraph of cursive text written in black ink. A nice, clean copy with just a bit of wear to the covers. The IWW's famous "Little Red Songbook" which was originally published in 1909 and has never gone out of print. Fifty-two songs are printed here (pages 5-64) in this Seventeenth Edition from 1922. Some tune designations are given. Some short lyrical explanations are given. Musical notation is not printed. Includes an index of song titles at the front (pages [3-4]). IWW's "Preamble" is printed on the front inside cover. "We Are Going to Find Out" (six paragraphs of text raising awareness and support for imprisoned Wobblies) by the IWW's General Defense Committee is printed on the rear inside cover. An advertisement for future versions of the songbook, with the promise of printed musical notation to be included, is printed on the rear cover. IWW's address of "1001 W. MADISON ST. CHICAGO, ILL" is printed on the front cover, title page [1], and rear cover, which was the IWW's General Headquarters from July 1917 - March 1925. About The Little Red Songbook, Historian Philip Taft noted. "By far the most popular work produced by the Industrial Workers of the World, the Song Book has gone through many editions. In fact, some of its "Songs," especially one by Joe Hill, are known by many who are scarcely acquainted with the I.W.W. itself. [.] What first attracted me to the I.W.W. was its songs and the gusto with which its members sang them." Contains the following songs (in the order printed): The Rebel Girl; The Internationale; We Will Sing One Song; Workers of the World, Awaken!; One Big Industrial Union; The Red Flag; The Workers of the World Are Now Awaking [sic Awakening]; Harvest War Song; Workers of the World; John Golden and the Lawrence Strike; Scissor Bill; Dump the Bosses off Your Back; All Hell Can't Stop Us!; Up from Your Knees; The Tramp; Whadda Ya Want to Break Your Back for the Boss For?; The White Slave; The Big Question; Solidarity Forever!; The Dollar Alarm Clock; We Have Fed You All for a Thousand Years; I'm Too Old to Be a Scab; Mr. Block; The Industrial Workers of the World; The Workers' Marseillaise; "Remember"; Industrial Unionism Speaks to the Toilers of the Sea; The Preacher and the Slave; "The Popular Wobbly"; "Renunciation"; Don't Take My Papa Away from Me; When You Wear That Button; My Wandering Boy; The Everett County Jail; I Wanna Free Miss Liberty; May Day Song; They'll Soon Ring Out; Onward, "One Big Union"; Count Your WorkersCount Them!; Fifty Thousand Lumberjacks; Tie 'Em Up!; Joe Hill's Last Will; The Mysteries of a Hobo's Life; Workers' Memorial Song; Farewell, Frank!; The Commonwealth of Toil; A Worker's Plea; Organize!; There Is Power in a Union; Harvest Land; Hold the Fort; and Workingmen, Unite!

Zustand: Fine. Handsomely bound collection of "modern" essays, illustrated with portraits of each author "in permanent photography." A late Victorian production meant for a casual literary audience, anthologizing some of the most respected critics of the era: Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Compensation" (first his first book of ESSAYS), De Quincey's "Conversation," Washington Irving's "The Mutability of Literature," Thomas Carlyle's "On History," and more. What distinguishes it from many others of its kind in this era is the inclusion of photographic portraits of each contributor (including photographs of paintings or drawings for those whose photos were never taken). This particular copy further boasts a beautifully finished full morocco binding by Bickers & Son. A stunning representative of the era. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Contemporary full navy crushed morocco by Bickers & Son, triple-gilt rules and elaborate floral border, raised bands, gilt-stamped spine. Gilt edges, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 12 photographic portraits of contributors. With half title. [10], 395, [1] pages. Ink owner name dated 1897. Only a few traces of rubbing.

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Addressed to 'Sir John F. Burgoyne. | Bart:'. He is sending 'a copy of the Abstracts from Meteorological observations taken at our Foreign stations, in which Sir Emerson Tennent will find the abstract from the observations taken at Columbo in the year 1853-4'. He is also sending abstracts from subsequent years which 'have not yet been printed'.