R s robert paltock (3 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Dean and Munday, London, 1822
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, USADennis Holzman Antiques
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EUR 70,95
EUR 6,03 VersandVersand innerhalb von USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Size: 16mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Green paper over boards, engraved frontispiece, two title pages, one with an engraved illustration, "A New Edition, Revised and Corrected", 252 Pages. Paper on boards i…s extremely worn such that printing on front and back is faded and nearly unreadable, spine is virtually gone, repaired with some sort of black tape with two holes cut in, one of which reveals the title on original spine, corners worn and rounded off, gift inspection written in ink on front paste down, previous owner name in pencil on front paste down, previous owner name embossed on front paste down, title page and frontis have a damp stain and foxing, interior pages have some random light foxing and other sorts of stains, damp stain in bottom gutter throughout a good portion of the text. Originally published in 1751, this story is early science fiction; Wilkins is shipwrecked in the Antarctic and reaches a land where the inhabitants - including the beautiful Youwarkee - can fly. The frontispiece shows the "winged people" carrying Peter Wilkins off into the sky to their Country. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 6 oz. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 010217.
Weitere BilderThe Novelist's Magazine: The Female Quixote; Journey from this World to the Next; Life of Joe Thompson; Adventures of Peter Wilkins
Mrs. Lenox [Charlotte Lennox]; Henry Fielding; Edward Kimber; R.S. [Robert Paltock]
Verlag: Harrison and Co., London, 1783
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Zustand: Gebraucht
EUR 1.137,69
EUR 22,10 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Good Only. The very scarce twelfth volume of the popular series republishing classics, containing novels now very scarce in commerce. The very scarce twelfth volume of the Novelist's Magazine, containing four similar scarce classic novels from the eighteenth century, all bound in one volume. Rebacked in quarter c…loth, with marble boards. Calf decorative spine visible beneath cloth. Contemporary end papers, with a missing title leaf. From the publishing partnership between James Harrison and Samuel Brooke, the Novelist's Magazine was a popular series offering readers literary classics enjoy, spanning twenty-three volumes between 1780-1788. This particular volume is special compared to others for the works within them happening to be very scarce, with no insittutional copies of Lenox's satire other than that seen in this magazine. - The Female Quixote; or the Adventures of Arabela, by Mrs. Lenox, or Charlotte Lenox. Eight books, originally bound in two volumes. Contains all four plates, with plate III bound after plate IV. Collated complete (1783, first published in 1752).- A Journey from this World to the Next, by Henry Fielding. Very scarce. Contains all three plates. Collated complete (1783, first published in 1749).- The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson: A Narrative Founded on Fact, by Edward Kimber. Originally bound in two volumes. Very scarce. Contains all four plates. Collated complete (1783, first published in 1750).- The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, A Cornish Man: Taken from his own Mouth, in his Passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector, by R.S., a Passenger in the Hector. Contains all six plates. Collated complete (1783, first published 1751). Rebacked in quarter cloth, with marble boards. Calf decorative spine visible beneath cloth. Contemporary end papers, with a missing title leaf. Externally, browning to cloth joints with loss to cloth spine, with cracked calf decorative spine visible beneath. Cracking to front joint, with rubbing to edges. Minor loss to marble board extremities. Cloth reinforcement to front end paper hinge, with the odd spot to end papers. Internally, mostly firmly bound, with hinges pp.14-15 of Thompson and pp.176-177 starting. The odd small crease to extremities of final leaves. Fading to the marble boards with browning to board extremities. Age toning and faint spotting, with offsetting to leaves adjoining plates. Good Only. Stothard, [eng. by Walker] (illustrator). book.
Verlag: A.K. Newman & Co, London, 1822
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USALorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
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EUR 121,96
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In den WarenkorbRevised Edition. Octavo (15cm); black paper-covered boards, w/ handwritten spine label; 252pp. Ex-library/withdrawn. Boards well-rubbed, extremities rubbed and bumped; spine a bity sunned. Textblock toned and foxed; hinges cracked at preliminaries; deckled edges; sticker residue on rear pastedown; ownership signature on front pa…stedown. Good. A Cornish man who strikes up a more peaceful life at sea, only to escape a life of slavery at the hands of French privateers. He and his crew eventually wind up in Nosmnbdsgrutt, home of a race of winged women. Originally published in 1751; this is one of a number of early 19th-c. reprints.
