John wilson croker ed (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp.vii, 397 pages, a very good plus hardback, publisher's original brown cloth binding with bright gilt lettering to the spine and a coat of arms in equally bright gilt to the front cover. NOT FROM A LIBRARY and indeed completely clean from any former owner markings.…

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age (spine torn). Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Provenance; previously from the Dona Torr Library with its presentation bookplate, being presented to the Communist Party, 1957. Physical description; volume II (only): 593 pages. Subjects; George II king of Gt. Britain. 1 Kg.…

New ed. Abridged from the 1884 first edition. Dust jacket worn, with some loss at top edge. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket.

Zustand: New. Published in 1884, Tory politician and writer J. W. Croker's papers are an important source of information on nineteenth-century political and literary history. Editor(s): Jennings, Louis J. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520. . 2012. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Zustand: New. Published in 1884, Tory politician and writer J. W. Croker's papers are an important source of information on nineteenth-century political and literary history. Editor(s): Jennings, Louis J. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566. . 2012. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. London: John Murray, 1860. New edition, thoroughly revised, with much additional matter. Edited by John Wilson Croker. xxiv+674p. 12 plates including frontispiece and engraved title-page. Paper tanned, foxing to one or two plates but not to text. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Bound in full brown calf, rubbed and worn at extremities, partly faded. Double gilt line to borders of boards, five raised bands to spine, elaborate gilt decoration in compartments. Owner's name on blank page after front endpaper.…

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. James's Boswell's important biography on the popular English writer, Samuel Johnson, edited by John Wilson Croker and bound in full calf. The new edition.Bound in full calf.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece featuring portraits of Johnson, and an engraved title page.This volume features John Wilson Croker's edited version of James Boswell's biography on the popular author, Samuel Johnson. This new edition includes the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Bound in full calf. Externally sound with rubbing to the joints, extremities and spine, slight marks to the boards and front joint tender and rear starting to the tail. Hinges re-enforced. Internally, firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd spot to the front. Good Only. None stated (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson in five uniform volumes edited by John Wilson Croker. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson, often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by John Wilson Croker. Complete in five volumes.Also featuring Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait to each volume. Collated, complete.Samuel Johnson was an English author, well-known in the literary world for his many lasting contributions to various areas of humanist art, including poetry, essay-writing, biography, and more. He is described by the 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies' as the most distinguished man of letters in English history.This biography is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation, compiled through Boswell's acquaintance of Johnson since 1763. Originally published in 1791. Featuring facsimile of the original title page.Bookplate to front pastedowns from 'MacDonnell.' In uniform full straight up grain morocco with decorative embossing to boards, gilt to edges, five raised bands, titles in gilt to spine. Externally a trifle rubbed with chipping and rubbing to extremities, occasional minor loss to head and tail of spine. Rear board vol. I and front board vol. IV loose but present. Joints rubbed, starting to vol. III. Back strip vol I lifting. Text block firmly bound. Light offsetting to title page from frontispiece, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. The second edition of Croker"s revealing diaries and correspondence, chronicling his political and literary life from inside the Tory establishment, handsomely bound in half morocco by Bickers and Son. In a handsome half morocco binding with marbled paper boards, bound by Bickers and Son. Second edition, revised. Published the year after the first edition, this revised edition gathers the extensive correspondence and diaries of John Wilson Croker, tracing his long public and literary career through the major political controversies and personalities of his age. Volume one contains a record of Croker's life from birth, through his education and political career, until 1828. With diary entries from an intended duel between Peel and O'Connell, a journey to Scotland, and dinners with Sir Walter Scott. Volume two contains commentary on the new police force, the illness of the King, the First Reform Bill, a history of the Reign of Terror, and discussions on Croker's character in private life. Volume three contains Croker's opinions on railroads, the potato disease, commentary on the duties of a party-leader towards his followers, general correspondence at the death of Sir William Follett, recollections of Robespierre, and Croker's declining health. John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was an Anglo-Irish politician, author and influential Tory man of letters. He served as Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830, was associated with the Quarterly Review from its foundation, and produced the 1831 edition of Boswell"s Life of Johnson. The editor, Louis J. Jennings (1836-1893), was a journalist and Conservative politician who had served as an American correspondent for The Times and later as editor of the New York Times. In a handsome half morocco binding with marbled paper boards, bound by Bickers and Son. Externally, lovely. Very slight fading to upper perimeters of boards and spine. One or two very minor handling marks. Pencil inscription to verso of front free endpaper of volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just one or two very light spots and handling marks to fore edge. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A lovely ten volume edition of Boswell's life of Johnson, in half morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout. An attractively bound ten volume edition of this work by James Boswell, featuring additions from J. Wilson Croker and John Wright.Illustrated with an engraved title page and frontispiece to all volumes aside from volume IX, which has a frontispiece only, and with five plates to volume I, two of which are folding; four to volume II, two of which are folding; two to volume III, one of which is folding; two to volume IV; two to volume V; two to volume VI, one of which is folding; four to volume VII, two of which are folding; three to volume VIII, one of which is folding; two plates to volume IX, one of which is folding, and two folding plates to volume X.Collated, lacking only an engraved title page, to volume IX.Whilst Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763, when Johnson was fifty four years old, Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The most admired and best remembered portions of the book are Boswell's first-hand accounts of Johnson from the last twenty-one years of the subject's life.A landmark work in the development of the modern biography in English, many have claimed this to be the greatest biography ever written. Nevertheless, this biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life, with Boswell making various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censoring his comments.With the inscription of G. Bell to the front free endpaper of each volume. In half calf bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Gilt detailing to back strip. Externally, very smart, with rubbing to centre of front board of volume X. Inscription to head of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…