dissertation parties letters caleb danvers von bolingbroke viscount henry john (6 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Fifth, carefully revised and corrected. Plain brown leather boards; rubbed and scuffed. Raised bands on spine; gilt rules above and below bands; slight wear to external hinges, and internal joints partially exposed, but binding otherwise intact. B/w frontis. Bolingbroke's scathing attack on Walpole's Whig ministry -- it's also a fascinating slice of English history, as this edition was not merely published within Walpole's lifetime, but while he was still First Lord of the Treasury, de facto Prime Minister (1721-42). ; 8vo (5" x 8"); 252 pages.

Leather. Zustand: Good. 3rd Edition. Caleb D'Anvers was a pseudonym of English poet and political activist Nicholas Amhurst who published a weekly periodical under the name D'Anvers aimed at the overthrow of Robert Walpole to whom this volume is dedicated. 248pp. Fullly bound in tree leather with gilt border to boards and gilt lettering (remains) and decoration to spine along with five raised bands. Light rubbing to extremities, heavier to head and foot of spine which has resulted in minor loss of leather to the head. Cut to head of upper and lower joints, not serious or damaging to integrity. Name (possibly A Eugene Tollemarche), dated 23.9.96 (century not stated but probably 1796) on free end paper which also has the stamp of Laystone House, Buntingford. Foxing to end papers. Text-block remains tight and in excellent condition.

7th Ed. Engraved frontis., dec. devices and initial letters. Title page and front f.e.p. adhered to frontis. along gutter hinge, sm. note to f.e.p., light browning, upper hinge cracked, contemporary mottled sheep, some wear, gilt lettered label to spine chipped with loss, upper joint cracked. ESTC T16281.With the signature of Edward Richmond Swales (1884-1965) writer and literary reviewer. US$74.

8vo. pp. xxxi, [1]ads, 252. engraved frontis. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary sprinkled calf (rubbed, front cover detached, spine label wanting, some light foxing). Fifth Edition, revised and corrected. Considered as the ablest of Bolingbroke's writings, the letters, constituting a continued attack on Robert Walpole's whig administration, originally appeared in The Craftsman. They were subsequently collected and published in this form, with a bitter dedication to Walpole. Goldsmiths' 8456. NCBEL II 1120.

8vo, pp. [2], liv, 316, [4] index; contemporary tree calf, rebacked in varnished buckram, manuscript label on spine; looks a lot nicer than it sounds; a good, sound copy. Goldsmith's Life was first included in the ninth edition of 1771, where it appeared anonymously. In this edition he is identified on the title-page. NCBEL III, 1199.