John murray 1843 (30 risultati)

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original blind bordered cloth with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age (with loss to the spine). Text remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Minor red pen underling throughout. Provenance; from the librayr of Chris Viveash with the the owner's book…

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original blind bordered cloth with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age (with loss to the spine). Text remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Minor red pen underling throughout. Provenance; from the librayr of Chris Viveash with the the owner's book…

First Edition. Near fine copy half aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; vi, [2], 404, [4] p. ; 218 mm. (Octavo.). Notes; The printer is named on the verso of the title page and in the colophon: 'London:…

First Edition. Near fine copy half aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; vi, [2], 404, [4] p. ; 218 mm. (Octavo.). Notes; The printer is named on the verso of the title page and in the colophon: 'London:…

[2 (blank)], 400 pp. Text double column. 32mo, signed in 8s. 5-1/8" x 4-1/4" "The first edition of the New Spelling Dictionary appeared in 1763; it sold, as did each of its successors, 20,000 copies. . Entick spent most of his life as a writer, mainly for the bookseller Edward Dilly (1732 - 79). It was no doubt thanks to Dilly's…

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. He begins by informing him that the accounts 'for sale of your works for the past year are being made out'., and that he hopes to send them in a few days: 'they have been delayed only until I could receive from the various newspapers the acc[oun]ts of advertising'. He contin…

4to (leaf dimensions roughly 27 x 21.5 cm): 1 p. Fifteen lines of text. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium, with the address on the reverse of the second leaf. Text complete and legible, on aged paper, grubby, worn and creased paper. An unusual and interesting letter of introduction, pointing out the international link…