History adventures atom two (15 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

pt. in-8vo, 1 engraved front. + 98 p. + 1 engr. plate; 80 p. + 1 engr. plate, both titles with engr. vign., hardbound couvered with faincy paper. (Fine copy with 3 engr. plates). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

8vo, pp. 83, [1]; collating A-K4, L2; text in double column; 2 engraved plates by Heath and Walker, both after Henry Corbauld; contemporary marbled wrappers, cream paper shelfback lettered "Atom" in manuscript; light wear and rubbing but generally very good. Stab holes are evident so the wrappers - contemporary though they are - are not original to the text block. Possibly an extract from The Novelist's Magazine (London, 1780-1789) in 23 volumes, where Atom also appeared. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. USEDGoodcondition Printed for P¿W¿Wilson MDCCXLIX [but 1769], London, Full Calf. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Issue (with the erroneous date 1749 on the title page). 12mo; viii, 227; [ii], 247pp. the pages very lightly and evenly toned, collated and complete. "If indeed he was author of The History and Adventures of an Atom, published about 1 April 1769, then he must have been working on it in 1768. There is no reference to it in his letters or those of his correspondents, but it was attributed to him in the London Chronicle (8--11 April 1769). With echoes of the humour of Rabelais, it is a rumbustious, at times scatological, satire on British political life, transposed to Japan. [The 'atom' is the supposed narrator, a witness to the events and somehow able to communicate them to modern listeners. ] It may be that Smollett, sensing that his remaining days were few, revived his vituperative energies to target enemies, including Pitt, Cumberland, Mansfield, and Wilkes. If his, it was a pungent valediction. He took his leave of Hume in an affectionate letter of 31 August 1768 before going into ¿a perpetual exile¿ (Letters, 136)." (ODNB). NagX02-01.…