Rev david blair (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1919. hardcover. Good copy with some wear and tear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Good. 1919. hardcover. Good copy with some wear and tear. . . . .

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, red cloth, gilt title to spine. 14.5cm x 9.5cm. 391pp, [1]. Folding frontis. Numerous b&w plates. Spine slightly faded with crease down spine. A decent copy. (ar10).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Black hardcover in good condition. Scuffing to front and back cover, and corners and edges. Signature of previous owner and stamps on the beginning end papers. Edges of text block darkened due to age.

Zustand: DISCRETO USATO. Juvenile library INGLESE Opera incompleta, vol. II e composta da due numeri, 60-61, rilegati insieme, della Juvenile library, XII edizione. Brossura in cartoncino, scurita e segnata dal tempo, con leggera usura lungo i margini, con strappetti e piccole mancanze al dorso e lungo i margini. Pagine con legatura lievemente allentata, con ampio margine e fioritura sparsa, leggermente mosse ed irrigidite causa umiditÃ. Numero complessivo pagine 427 (206-221).…

No Binding. Zustand: Disbound. New Edition. '.Reading Exercises for the Use of School, on a New and Improved Plan; Being a Sequel to Mavor's Spelling-Book, and an Introduction to the Class Book, Speaker, Reader, and Pleasing Instructor'. Disbound. Illus. 8vo., iv + 188 pp. No date, but early C19th. First and last leaves loose. …

Zustand: Good. Plates (27 of 28) of machinery, planets etc. 138x87mm maroon roan leather (rebacked original spine laid on) iv +323pp slight signs of use, name to margin of Preface. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A charming nineteenth-century book of reading lessons for everyday from January to June, in a full tree calf binding. The fourteenth edition of this scarce work; two parts in one volume, in a full tree calf binding with marbled edges.Ink inscription to the verso of the title page, dated 1894.Reading lessons selected, arranged and compiled from various authors for every day by the English author Eliza Fenwick (1767-1840), under the pseudonym of the Revered David Blair. This is the fourteenth edition of this work grouped into four quarterly parts; this volume contains the first and second parts. The first part of this class book contains reading lessons from 1st January until 31st March. The second part of this class book contains lessons from 1st April to 30th June. Reading lessons include subjects such as world history, natural history, and the building of a good character, from authors such as Johnson, Addison and Hume. In a full tree calf binding. Externally smart, with rubbing to the joints and extremities. Gilt to spine remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional offsetting. Ink inscription to verso of title page has bled through a little. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Publication: London, Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, n.d. [c. 1800â"1815] Formatting: 8vo, pagination unverified, untrimmed text block. Condition Report: Good. The volume has been sensibly but plainly rebound in grey-blue paper over boards, presenting a tight, secure structure devoid of external embellishment. The text block remains entirely untrimmed, preserving its original rough-cut edges which display expected age-toning and moderate dust-soiling. Internally, the binding holds firm, though the preliminary leaves, including the frontispiece and title page, exhibit significant damp staining and prominent tide marks primarily localised to the lower gutter and margins. Intermittent foxing and scattered spotting are present throughout the text block, commensurate with the paper stock and provincial production of this era, yet the structural integrity remains uncompromised and the text is fully legible. Catalogue Note: This "Stereotype Edition" compiles Edward Youngâs profoundly influential blank-verse meditation alongside Robert Blairâs The Grave and supplementary verses, effectively gathering the period's most popular "Graveyard School" poetry into a single, accessible volume. The text is accompanied by an engraved frontispiece portrait of Young and several internal engraved plates executed by notable period craftsmen (including Neagle, Cooke, and J. Palmer), representing a solid example of nineteenth-century provincial illustration. The copy bears modest but interesting provenance markers, including early ownership signatures ("J. Burman" and what appears to be "John Forster") on the preliminary leaves. Having been rebound functionally in plain paper boards, the book stands as an authentic, unsophisticated survival of a heavily read printing. Such stereotyped editions, while historically printed in enormous numbers to satisfy the sweeping middle-class appetite for pietistic literature, are surprisingly scarce on the open market today in any condition, as they were overwhelmingly read to pieces rather than preserved in formal libraries. A quintessential cornerstone of the eighteenth-century "Graveyard School" of poetry, Edward Young's Night Thoughts was a spectacular literary success that defined the mood of Christian melancholia for generations. Written in profound grief following a succession of personal losses, this expansive blank-verse epic explores the transient nature of life, the inevitability of death, and the hope of immortality. This compilation also features Robert Blair's similarly influential poem The Grave, alongside other contemporary elegiac works, offering a comprehensive immersion into the era's fascination with mortality, mourning, and spiritual redemption. W.M. Craig; Cooke; Neagle; J. Palmer; J. James; J. Dudley; J. Taylor (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. Plates (28 incl. folding map) of machinery, planets etc. 138x87mm maroon roan leather (tips rubbed) iv +316pp. Lacks front endpaper and with slight signs of use, name to margin of Preface but a nice copy. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A smartly bound copy of David Blair's highly popular reference work, illustrated with numerous charming vignettes and folding plate. Bound in full calf, with the boards rebacked. The thirteenth edition. A popular reference work by the Rev. David Blair, with chapters on grammar, arts, sciences and many other aspects of "useful knowledge". Charmingly illustrated with numerous vignettes throughout, and a folding plate of the solar system frontispiece. While no collation is available for this edition, other editions contain a second folding plate of the earth, which this copy does not have.With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Bound in full calf, with the boards rebacked. Externally, very smart, with light wear only. Ink note to front paste down. Endpapers retained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd mark or small closed tear. Paper tape repair to the verso of the folds of the frontispiece. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…