Percy thomas editor (26 Ergebnisse)

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

Zustand: Good. Original blind stamped and gilt lettered blue coth, dust jacket, India paper, 8vo.; Foxed (in particular first and last pages); edges dust jacket slightley frayed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. new edition. 290 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

8° , Hardcover/Pappeinband. Zustand: Gut. Oxford Edition. 912 pages, Ohne Schutzumschlag, Einband mit kleineren Gebrauchsspuren, Kapitale etwas angestossen, Schnitt gebräunt und etwas stockfleckig, Zustand zufriedenstellend bis gut Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 700.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Chandos Classics. A new edition. N.d., [ca. 1887 per WorldCat]. Orig. navy cloth, printed paper spine label. 438 pp. Spine sunned, label rubbed, some foxing to cloth, light wear to corners and spine foot. Bibliography entry tipped in to front pastedown. Foxing to edges of text block and front and end matter. Paper repair to lower corner of p. 433. 0.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. 6th edition. Four volumes in full gilt decorated calf, spines missing and boards loose and loosening, marbled edges, internally clean and bright and text blocks firm, previous (original) ownership on early blank in contemporary hand, volume 4 has a comprehensive glossary of obsolete English and Scottish dialect words, 329, 349, 360, 314. Reading/reference/binding copy. [QP].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. blue cloth. xxiii, 918 pp. Spine tilted, offset panels to boards, lightly rubbed to spine head. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Cracked at rear inner hinge at last page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Rather nice divinity style leather binding of Percy's famous collection of old Ballads, poetry and songs culled from a variety of sources including Pepys' Library and the mysterious Percy Folio. First published in 1765. Full leather with elaborate blind-stamped decoration. Raised bands to spine with vine leaves in gilt. Marbled end-papers. Engraved frontispiece. Printed in double columns. 8vo. Foxing to half-title. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents otherwise clean and binding tight. Good. …

Paperback. Zustand: As New. Still in shrinkwrap. 144 pp. Examining the diversity of work by Ravilious, with contributions from fellow artists, friends and admirers from 1927 to 2012 including Edward Bawden, Thomas Hennell and Enid Marx. Including the complete text of Ravilious' "Preface by the Engraver" from the 1929 Lanston Monotype Almanack - the only piece of writing he published in his lifetime. 4to.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 2nd edition. 360 pages. 9.69x6.88x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. A New Edition, Edited, with Additional Notes. pp. xxxvi, 452, (viii) of adverts. 8vo. Quarter cloth, boards, spine slightly darkened. Top edge gilt. 3rd edition.

Zustand: gut - gebraucht. geprägtes Leinen 438 S. altersentsprechend guter Zustand, Kanten etwas berieben, altersentsprechende Bräunung The Chandos Classics, erste und letzte Seiten etwas stockfleckig Zustand: 7, gut - gebraucht, geprägtes Leinen Frederick Warne, London , 1892 438 S. , Reliques of Ancient English Poetry consisting of old heroic ballades, songs etc., Percy, Thomas, walford, Edward (Editor).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 2nd edition. 360 pages. 9.69x6.88x0.63 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. ex library hardback in blue cloth, usual library stamps/markings, 1927 4th reprint of original published 1885 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., volume 3 only of 3, minor shelf wear and some page discolouration which is age related, light foxing to end papers, otherwise a good, clean, sound copy, will despatch immediately from UK. 19D*. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DJ as Issued. 3rd Edition. pp: [iv] i-xxxix [i] 1-359 [1]. THE THIRD VOLUME ONLY. Bound in mid-brown leather covered boards with the title in gilt within a red title piece on the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 8¾" Tall. Interior has faint to light foxing throughout, still bright and quite legible. Useful "A Glossary of the Obsolete and Scottish Words in Volume the Third" pp.350-9. and page 360 is "Additional Notes" with gravure followed by[ iv] BFEP. Total of 3 gravures in this volume. Spine panel chipped and rubbed, both boards detached but present, text block still well bound to the spine, in need of rebinding. Handsome "Iddesleigh" bookplate on FEP. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Ex library rebound hardbacks with no DJ's. Usual library stamps/markings. 3 Volume Set. Published in 1864 by James Nichol, Edinburgh. A good, clean set. Heavy set will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 19D*.

Sixth Edition. 4 Vols, 12mo., bound in half dark green leather, with marbled boards, raised bands to spine and gilt letters; marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Two armorial bookplates to inside front cover and to ffep of each vol. Occasional light foxing. Edges of leather binding and marbled boards slightly rubbed, but a Good Set overall. (Shelf 4) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy SET (1.2 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

, Vol 1 - [8] xix [1] 245 [3] pages, Vol 2 - [8] 243 [1] pages, 53 black and white plates across both volumes ( engraved by Audinet) 43 of which are on Japon paper. Limited to 350 copies this copy is numbered 78, some unopened pages Tercentenary Edition , the books are slightly rubbed to boards, vellum spines are a little marked (Vol 2 is a little worse than Vol 1), pastedowns and end papers are foxed, presentation plate tipped to upper free endpaper of volume 1, previous book owner's plate tipped to pastedown of volume 2, Japon paper is tanned, very good condition , quarter bound vellum under green cloth with gilt blindstamped design to upper board and gilt design and lettering to spine, gilt text block head edge , large octavo, 26cm x 20.5cm Hardback ISBN. …

Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") beautifully bound by Maurin in 3/4 blue morocco leather and blue cloth with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, three raised bands, top edge gilt; xxiii, 918 pages. Fine in a lovely binding. Would make a wonderful gift.

Hardcover. Reprint. Beautifully bound by Lauriat of Boston in 3/4 navy blue morocco leather and blue cloth with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt. xxiii, 918 pages. Neat owner inscription on the front endpaper. Fine in a lovely binding.

Zustand: Good. 12mo, 8.5 x 15.5cm. Half contemporary roan with used marbled boards. 4 vols. in 2: xxxij-224 ; 263, 263 et 243 pages. 4 folding frontispieces. Tear without loss on one half-title.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:492467802:4 tomes ([1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-XXXII-224 p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) ; [1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-263-[1bl.] p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) ; [1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-263-[1bl.] p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) ; [1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-243-[4-1bl.] p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) : ill. ; in-12.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:492467802Contents:Argument d'une comédie chinoise, jouée a? Canton en 1719 (tome 4, p. 43-68)Fragments de poésie chinoise avec une dissertation (tome 4, p. 69-120)Recueil de proverbes et d'apophthegmes chinois (tome 4, p. 121-243)Notes:L'auteur est connu sous le nom de Ming kiao tchong jenTraduit de l'anglais en français par Marc-Antoine Eidous, d'après BabrierApprobation datée du 22 aou?t 1765 ; privilège daté du 2 octobre 1765 en faveur de Marc-Antoine Eidous, qui le cède a? Benoi?t Duplain, le 15 octobre 1765Marque aux titresSig. : [ ]2 a12 e4 A-I12 K4 ; [ ]2 A-L12 ; [ ]2 A-L12 ; [ ]2 A-K12 L4.Percy's adaptation of Hau Kiou Choaan from an original Chinese novel, and how the ways in which Percy interprets the Chinese novel signify his peculiar views of China. On the title page of Hau Kiou Choaan; or, The Pleasing History (1761), Thomas Percy quotes from Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's A Description of the Empire of China and of Chinese Tartary (1738): 'There is no better means of instruction on China than letting China speak for herself'. It remains questionable, whether by presenting an original piece of Chinese literature, Percy has really let China 'speak for herself'; it is reasonable to argue that Hau Kiou Choaan carries as much information about China as it does about Percy's own perceptions of this country. Whether Percy's works and views of China provoked louder criticism or higher praise, his input into the studies of China was a positive one, for it contributed to an increasingly vigorous debate that would increasingly perceive differences as a source of strength, not weakness. …

FIRST EDITION 1762, 2 volumes, complete set, edited by Thomas Percy. Small 8vos, approximately 160 x 100 mm, 6¼ x 3¾ inches, frontispiece of Chinese characters in Volume I, 4 engraved Chinese characters on each title page, pages: [22], [2], 3-232; [4], [4,] 5-248, [1] - Corrigenda, full contemporary calf, gilt lettered maroon labels, gilt volume numbers and rules between raised bands to spine, double gilt rules to edges of covers. Bindings slightly rubbed and stained, tiny crack to head and tail of upper hinge of Volume 1, and tiny chip to head of spine, small crack at foot of both hinges, covers still firmly attached, round ink library stamp (Societe de Lecture de Geneve) and small neat numbers in old ink below on title pages, pale foxing to title in Volume 1, pale staining to pastedown, endpapers and last 3 pages of Volume 1, pale staining to margins of pastedown, endpapers and title page of Volume 2, inner margin of frontispiece has pale stain, otherwise a very good tight set. Thomas Percy (1729 1811), chaplain to George III and later Bishop of Dromore in Northern Ireland, friend of Dr Johnson and James Boswell, is famous for Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) based on an old manuscript collection of ballads. Early in his career he published 'Hao Kiou Choaan, or The Pleasing History', a heavily revised and annotated version of a manuscript translation of the 'Haoqiu zhuan', which is the first full publication in English of a Chinese novel. The Miscellaneous Pieces tackles the language and drama of the Chinese, their social life, customs and their gardens, the progress of Christianity in that country. Some of the essays are drawn from the Lettres Edifiantes & Curieuses, Paris 1702-1758, written by the Jesuit missionaries from China. Volume I: A dissertation on the language and characters of the Chinese. Rules of conduct, by a Chinese author, from the French of P. Parrenim. The little orphan of the House of Chao: a Chinese tragedy from French translation of P. de Premare. On the Chinese Drama from Mr Hurd's Discourse on Poetical Imitation. Volume II: Authentic memoirs of the Christian church in China: from the German of J. L. de Mosheim. Of the art of laying out gardens among the Chinese, by Mr. Chambers, architect. A description of the Emperor's garden and pleasure-houses near Peking, from the French of Frere Attiret, Jesuit. A description of the solemnities observed at Peking on the Emperor's mother entering on the sixtieth year of her age, from the French of P. Amyot, Jesuit. See: The Catalogue of the Lowendal-von der Burg Collection, Volume 1, page 234, number 525; John Lust, Western Books on China Published up to 1850, page 29, No. 99. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured.…

2 volumes. First edition of a collection of essays, a tragedy and other works compiled by Thomas Percy (1729-1811). The first volume includes the first appearance of Percy's Dissertation on the Language and Characters of the Chinese. The eight texts collected in the present work are a combination of original works and translations, the latter excerpted from the vast collection of Jesuit Lettres Edifantes and Curieuses dating back to 1702, which essentially were epistolary reports of their work in the Far East.The present first volume of Percy's anthology on Sinology starts with his own work on Chinese language and linguistics and furthermore includes Rules of conduct, by a Chinese author, The little orphan of the house of Chao: a Chinese tragedy - both translated from a near contemporary (18th century) French versions of these texts - and On the Chinese drama from Mr. Hurd's discourse on poetical imitation. The second volume contains texts on subjects like church history, Chinese (imperial) garden design and the festivities in Peking (Beijing) in essays titled as follows: Authentic memoirs of the Christian church in China, Of the art of laying out gardens among the Chinese, A description of the emperor of China's gardens and pleasure-houses near Peking, A description of the solemnities observed at Pe-king when the emperor's mother entered on the sixtieth year of her age.Contemporary heraldic bookplate of Lord John Somers (1st Earl Somers, 1760-1841) on the front paste-down of both volumes. The front board of volume 1 is detached, the other hinges are cracked but still holding and the edges and corners of the boards show slight signs of wear, some very slight browning to the head margins of volume 2. Otherwise in good condition.l Cordier, Sinica vol. 1, col. 53'; ESTC T143275; Löwendahl 525; Lust 99; WorldCat 16073820, 832498603, 832177575, 520758091, 460461342, 907594972, 977573876; cf. G. Clingham, "Johnson and China: Culture, Commerce, and the Dream of the Orient in Mid-Eighteenth-Century England", in Kevin L. Cope (ed.), 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, volume 24 (2019), pp. 178-242; Kitson, Forging Romantic China: Sino-British Cultural Exchange 1760-1840 (2013). Contemporary sprinkled calf, sewn on three supports with 5 false raised bands on the spine, gold-tooled volume numbers and double-fillet lines on the spines, gold-tooled board edges, red edges. With an engraved frontispiece with Chinese characters in volume 1 and a quote from Confucius in Chinese characters and a Latin transliteration and translation serving as a vignette on both title-pages. Pages: [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [15], [1 blank], [2], 232; [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], 248 pp.…

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good. A smartly bound Oxford edition of this collected poetical works of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Oxford edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, an English writer considered one of the major English Romantic poets, who became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death. Edited with textual notes by Thomas Hutchinson was a scholar and editor. Bound in quarter vellum with cloth boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor discolouration to the spine, as is typical with ageing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with a school prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

First edition thus. First edition thus. With engravings . executed by . Branston and Wright, from designs by Harvey. Frontispiece, 5 plates, title vignette and tailpiece. 30 pp. + 2 pp. s. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco, marbled boards. Extremites lightly rubbed, else Fine With engravings . executed by . Branston and Wright, from designs by Harvey. Frontispiece, 5 plates, title vignette and tailpiece. 30 pp. + 2 pp. s. 1 vols. 12mo.…

3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. cxiv, [2], 385, [1]errata; vii, [1], 439; vii, [1], 428. with half-titles. Uncut in original bds. (joints cracked, spines chipped). Fifth Edition. Percy's compilation (first: 1765), in which he was aided by numerous literary contemporaries, including Grainger, Birch, Farmer, Warton, Garrick, Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson, created "an epoch in the history of English literature" (DNB), and stimulated the revival of interest in old English poetry. NCBEL II 243. cfGrolier, One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature, 45. …