E smith london (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 2nd.rev.ed. A very good copy with tight binding Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Undated but c.1890. "A small book on ferns for the benefit of fern lovers" by the owner of the London Fern Nurseries, Loughborough Junction, London, S.W.9. Original green cloth, titled on front cover "Ferns! Ferns!". 64 pp plus 7pp of advertisements. Illustrated. In lovely condition with no marks or inscriptions. …

No Binding. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. v 127pp disbound extracted from a collection of bound pamphlets, some foxing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 478 pages; 1906 Dutton: Smith Elder HC 1st edition. Solid well bound copy in original blue cloth. Contents bright and neat; no marks. Cloth at spine is dulled by some loss of the emulsion, presumably from some form of predation. Gilt dulled but legible and no effect to internals nor the strength of the hinges. Top edge gilt; solid copy with dulled spine. G++ to VG-.…

8°. [2] l., 60 p. Modern half-leather binding. Lowndes III, 2238. Waters, John Selden and his Table Talk, New York 1899. Wing S2437. - A very rare first edition. Numerous reprints have been published to this day. - "There is more weighty bullion sense in this book than I ever found in the same number of pages of any uninspired writer. O! to have been with Selden over his glass of wine, making every accident and outlet and a vehicle of wisdom" (S. T. Coleridge). - Selden died in 1654 and Table-Talk was posthumous, compiled by Richard Milward, his secretary, from notes of Selden's conversations. Milward probably completed his work before 1658 but publication was withheld until 1689, no doubt because much of it would have been offensive to the Stuart authorities, who had been overthrown in the revolution and exile of the previous year. Sir Frederick Pollock wrote of Table-Talk: "It is a book to be known . by everyone who makes any study of the political controversies of the Civil War and Commonwealth period or English political philosophy." In his Brief Lives 17th-century John Aubrey describes the writer: "He was very tall, I guess about six foot high; sharp oval face, head not very big, long nose inclining to one side, full popping eyes." Selden's advice to book collectors is often quoted: "The giving the bookseller his price for his books has this advantage, he that will do so shall have the refusal of whatsoever comes to his hand, and so by this means gets many things which otherwise he never should have seen. So 'tis in giving a bawd her price. In buying books or other commodities, 'tis not always the best way to bid half so much as the seller asks: witness the country fellow that went to buy two [shove] groat shillings, they askt him three shillings, and he bid them eighteen pence." The eminent English jurist and politician J. Selden (15841654) 'played an important role in the deposition of the Duke of Buckingham. In Charles I's Third Parliament, he was involved in drafting the Petition of Rights. When, in 1629, he joined other MPs in opposing the King's illegal levies, he was imprisoned in the Tower for eight months and subsequently in Marshalsea Prison. He then retired to Bedfordshire as Steward to the Earl of Kent. In 1640, he represented the University of Oxford as a Member of Parliament for a university constituency in the Long Parliament. There he again found himself in opposition to the King, advocating, for example, the preservation of the Protestant faith and opposing the exclusion of bishops from the House of Lords. He was appointed Keeper of the Records and Rolls for the Tower's archives and served on the parliamentary committee for the Admiralty." (Wikipedia). - As is often the case, the engraved portrait is missing; the page margins are partly closely trimmed (minor loss of text in the colophons and pagination); there are slight wormholes in the top margin; slightly brown-stained in places; otherwise well preserved.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. Woodhead, Allestree, and Walker's commentary upon the epistles of St. Paul, an informative work of theological study. The third edition of this very scarce work. The third edition of this very scarce work, first published the previous century. A substantial biblical commentary on the Pauline epistles combining paraphrase of the scriptural text with explanatory notes and theological discussion. The work aims to clarify the meaning of St Paul"s writings through textual explanation, doctrinal interpretation, and practical application, while engaging with questions of early Christianity, church practice, and theology. ESTC T170559 Retaining half title, which is bound prior to the preface. Inscription to front free endpaper. The work of Abraham Woodhead, with contributions from Richard Allestree and Obadiah Walker. In a full panelled calf binding. Lacking spine label. Rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints, with front joint starting and board tender, and rear joint head and tail starting with board firmly held. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot. Light worming to tail of final three leaves and rear pastedown, not affecting text. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. The seventh edition of William Darrell's informative early eighteenth century conduct book, offering guidance for young men of rank. The seventh edition of this work.A fascinating instruction work, aimed primarily at young noblemen, acting as etiquette guide to duties, correct behaviour, and obligations to family and God.ESTC T136515Former owner's inscription to head of front free endpaper.This piece of social history offers a fascinating insight into the social expectations of noble men and women of the early 18th century. In a contemporary panelled calf binding. Gilt detailing to back strip. Small losses of calf to back strip head and tail, with worm hole to back strip tail. Lacking spine label. Joints starting, with boards only a touch tender. Inscription to front free endpaper. Worming to tail of front free endpaper penetrating through to page 172, but not affecting text. Pages otherwise lightly age toned, with the odd handling mark. Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

Leather. Zustand: Good. The eighth edition of William Darrell's guide to the conduct of young gentlemen in the early 18th century. The eighth edition of this work.A fascinating instructional work, aimed primarily at young noblemen, and serving as an etiquette guide. This being a later edition, the work also includes a supplementary section to the rear, aimed as ladies. ESTC No: T136514Rebacked, retaining the original endpapers.With the armorial bookplate of Richard Tylden to the front pastedown, and his inscription to the title page head. With the morocco bookplate of Robert P. Oreck, an early producer and patentor of the menstrual cup.This piece of social history offers a real insight into the social expectations of noble men and women of the early 18th century. Rebacked in a full calf binding, retaining the original boards. Joints starting, with boards generally firmly held. Small loss of calf to back strip head. Bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to title page head. Pages bright, with only the odd spot. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The very scarce first edition of this substantial collection of Thomas Brown's satires, poems and letters, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, smartly rebound. Rebound in modern quarter calf with paper covered boards, endpapers renewed. The first edition of this posthumous collection, gathering Brown's previously scarce and unpublished writings in prose and verse and intended to supplement his earlier collected works. The sheets were subsequently reissued in 1721 as The Fifth Volume of the Works of Mr. Thomas Brown. The register and text are continuous despite the jump in pagination from 240 to 265. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collated, complete. ESTC No.: T128762. A wide-ranging collection of Brown's writing inculding Mr. Brown's Legacy for the Ladies; or, Characters of the Women of the Age, a series of satirical female character sketches, and a key to his prophecies, dialogues, satires, fables and poems. Thomas Brown (1662/3-1704) was an English satirist, translator and miscellaneous writer, remembered for his irreverent verse. An extensive collection of the lively and often scurrilous writings of one of Restoration London's distinctive satirical voices. Rebound in modern quarter calf with paper covered boards, endpapers renewed.Externally, very smart. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Slight discolouration to perimeters of boards. Spine slightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if slightly age toned with one or two spots and handling marks. Ownership inscription to head of A2. Slight creasing to frontispiece; very minor wear to margins of the odd leaf. Silght cockling to leaves. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

pp. xvii, (i), 369, (iii). Chromolithograph frontispiece, 6 chromolithograph plates, 9 etched plates, 77 text woodcuts. Original cloth, spine faded, the etched plates faintly offset to text, initialled on the title by SIR GEORGE MURRAY HUMPHRY with his later gift label, a very good copy.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to, 28.5cm, first edition, in 2 parts, 24,80p., pages 4 & 80 incorrectly numbered and corrected by hand, in later (19th cent) half tan calf and boards, black ruled borders decorations on the boards and in panels on the spine, maroon label gilt, armorial bookplate, near fine copy, rare (cgc) Wing H.1809 (listing only the edition of 1684). BM copy is lost. - A very scarce book, particularly in the first edition. Edmund Hickeringill (1631-1708), English divine and pamphleteer, was convicted of slander in the year of this publication and was forced to relinquish his position as vicar of AllSaints, Colchester.…

4to, 28.5cm, first edition, in 2 parts, 24,80p., pages 4 & 80 incorrectly numbered and corrected by hand, in later (19th cent) half tan calf and boards, black ruled borders decorations on the boards and in panels on the spine, maroon label gilt, armorial bookplate, near fine copy, rare. (cgc). Wing H.1809 (listing only the edition of 1684). BM copy is lost. - A very scarce book, particularly in the first edition. Edmund Hickeringill (1631-1708), English divine and pamphleteer, was convicted of slander in the year of this publication and was forced to relinquish his position as vicar of All-Saints, Colchester.…