lady whitehead (2 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce first US edition of this fascinating tale from French author J. H. Rosny, translated from the original French by Lady Whitehead. First US edition. Scarce work. A tale of prehistoric days, following the wanderings of Aoun, son of Urus, and his friend Zouhr who are the last of the Red Dwarfs. s they search for a new country, they find themselves in primeval forests, meet strange tribes, and battle with giant animals. Written by Joseph Henri Honoré Boex and Séraphin Justin François Boex under the pen name J. H. Rosny, Belgian novelists and short story writers known for their series of prehistoric and fantasy novels. Translated by the right honorable Lady Whitehead, a British courtier and translator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and slight fading to the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in light loss to the head of the spine and front panel. The odd small closed tear with a 1" closed tear to the rear panel. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Full Leather. Zustand: Very Good binding. Ten specimens of British poetry, almost all First Editions, bound together in one volume. Tenth Edition of Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The First Edition thus, edited by Moncrief, of Lady Elizabeth Wardlaw's Hardyknute, which appeared previously in shorter Scottish editions, without notes. All other works are First Editions, and all works collate complete. Paul Whitehead's satire of Walpole, The State of Rome under Nero and Domitian, and Thomas Gray's Odes [1757]. Also with John Gilbert Cooper's Epistles to the Great, and The Call of Aristippus; Mark Akenside's Ode to the Country Gentlemen of England; William King's Oratio in Theatro Sheldoniano; Thomas Warton's Mons Catharinae, Prope Wintoniam; Robert Nugent's Epistle to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole. Most of the collection were published by Robert Dodsley, an eminent bookseller, talented author in his own right, and "martyr in the fight for a free British press" (Solomon p. 88). Some trimming to the Epistle to Walpole, and the Folio sized leaves of The State of Rome are slightly and neatly cut near the gutter and folded to size. Bookplate of Walter Bagot, and 'Egerton Bagot' written in ink on the front pastedown; Rev. Walter Bagot was a friend of the poet William Cowper. Holograph list of works on the front endpaper, by a contemporary hand. Late 18th century vellum with decorative gilt borders, and faded title in ink on the spine. (ESTC T32883; T4714; T42023; T71260; T129421; T36010; T135699; N4802; T32871; T48587. Foxon W215; E426; S725. NCBEL II, 1978, 575, 637, 555, 690. DNB IV, 1071. Harry M. Solomon The Rise of Robert Dodsley. ). Very Good binding.