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hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Leatherbound hardcover has seen some wear, concentrated largely at the board edges, corners, and spine. General crackling and fading to the spine leather, though the author's name and book title is still legible with gilt lettering. Gilt design to spine still apparent but faded and generally worn. General rubbing to boards with some very minor indentation. Text block edge discoloured. Some pencil markings on front pastedown. Previous owner's name on endpaper, dated 1810. One instance of pencil annotation in which previous owner appears to have made a correction, otherwise content is clear throughout and pages are generally clean. Binding is good, with pages fairly tight, considering age.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 116 pages. German language. 9.00x6.00x0.24 inches. In Stock.

23rd edition. Good copy in full contemporary aniline calf with worn spine and boards rubbed as with age, bumped corners, edge-nicked and dust-toned. Physical description; ([6],xv,[3],560,[16]p.,plates ). Subjects; Church of England Liturgy and ritual. 1701-1800 Festivals. Devotional exercises. Fasts and feasts Church of England. Festivals. Devotional exercises. Fasts and feasts Church of England. 1 Kg.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. The third edition of Oliver Goldsmith's narrative history of ancient Rome, tracing its foundation through to the fall of the Western Empire, complete in two volumes. In a contemporary full calf binding. The front board of volume II is fully detached, but present. First published in 1769, this is the third edition. Complete in two volumes. Goldsmith's accessible narrative history of ancient Rome, tracing the city from its legendary foundation through the Republic and Roman Empire to the destruction of the Western Empire in the fifth century. His stated aim was to provide a "concise, plain, and unaffected narrative" of Rome's rise and decline. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) was an Irish novelist, poet, playwright and essayist, and one of the leading literary figures of 18th century Britain. He is best remembered for The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village and the comedy She Stoops to Conquer. ESTC No.: T146146. An attractive early edition of Goldsmith's popular history of Rome, published only a year after his death. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally, front board of volume II is fully detached, but present.Armorial bookplate and small shelf label to front paste downs. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to calf. Loss to spine label of vol II. Slight rubbing and creasing to spines. Joints of vol I cracked, hinges starting. Slight cracking to lower rear joint of vol II. Internally, generally firmly bound.Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot and one or two minor handling marks, heavier to first and last few leaves. Slight age toning to margins. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

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2 volumes in 1; 8vo, pp. [576]; [544]; lexicon in double column; bound without the title page for volume II in recent half brown morocco over marbled boards, tan calf label on spine; title page with tear in the gutter neatly mended on the verso, else good and sound. From the library of the Johnsonian scholar, Gwin Kolb, with his book label laid in. Alston V, 202; Fleeman 56.1DA/12.…

Second London edition, and first authorized separate edition. Vol. 1: Frontis. portrait, extra engraved vignette of SJ to tissue guard, vii, (1), 480; vol. 2: iii, (1), 471; vol. 3: iii, (1), 462; vol. 4: iii, (1), 505 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. The first authorized separate edition of Johnson's Lives of the English Poets - they first appeared as the "Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets,"(10 vols, 1779-1781). A contemporary and uniform set of Johnson's masterwork of critical literary observations, all volumes uncut, in the original boards. The arms on the bookplate suggest that the previous owner who has signed and dated each title page "Fitzwilliam / 1781" is William, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (1748-1833). A subsequent owner has attempted to rub out the Fitzwilliam name and the crown on the bookplates. Courtney, 141-42; Fleeman 79.4LP/5. Provenance: [William, 4th Earl?] Fitzwilliam, with the Fitzwilliam's arms on the bookplate in 3 of the volumes; then from the estate of Huguette Clark Original blue-gray boards (8.75 x 5.25 inches), uncut. Engraved frontispiece portrait by T. Trotter after J. Reynolds, without imprint, additional engraved portrait cut and mounted onto tissue guard, uncut. Backstrips parished, but the volumes are solid. Frontispiece spotted occasionally and some light staining or dampstaining; housed in two cloth chemises and slipcases. Vol. 3 leaf Q1 torn Vol. 1: Frontis. portrait, extra engraved vignette of SJ to tissue guard, vii, (1), 480; vol. 2: iii, (1), 471; vol. 3: iii, (1), 462; vol. 4: iii, (1), 505 pp. 4 vols. 8vo Second London edition, and first authorized separate edition. Signed.…