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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1773. Volume 15. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1786. Fourth Edition. 105 p + 65 - 256 p + Characters 246 p. 8.5 x 5.5 , 8vo. FEATURING: Early English (British) Appearance of the Recollections by Phillis Wheatley page 214-5 p. In fair condition. Boards are normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine scuffed with small chips. Front hinge cracked, board attached via cording only. Rear hinge cracked at head with some exposed binding. Title and volume labels remain intact; gilt lettering and deco on spine overall bright and clean. Raised bands rubbed. Scuffing to leather. Edges of text-block speckled red. Normal toning throughout text-block with some sparse age-staining. Binding remains intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. The Annual Register (originally subtitled A View of the History, Politicks and Literature of the Year .) is a long-established reference work, written and published each year, which records and analyses the year's major events, developments and trends throughout the world. It was first written in 1758 under the editorship of Edmund Burke, and has been produced continuously since that date. In its current form the first half of the book comprises articles on each of the world's countries or regions, while the latter half contains articles on international organisations, economics, the environment, science, law, religion, the arts and sport, together with obituaries, a chronicle of major events and selected documents. Created in 1758 by the publishers James and Robert Dodsley. On 24 April 1758 the Dodsley brothers signed a contract with Edmund Burke (1729 97) to write and edit the material for The Annual Register. Born in Ireland, Burke had trained as a lawyer before abandoning this field and turning to writing. He was an up-and-coming member of the intelligentsia and had already written several notable works, published by Dodsley. By the 1760s The Annual Register had established itself as amongst the most respected journals in print. However, the immense scale of the work meant that its early years were characterized by frequent delays in publication. Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly (1753 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where she was bought by the Wheatley family of Boston. After she learned to read and write, they encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent. Volume 15 - including early British appearance of the Recollections by Phillis Wheatley. FORN-SHELF-0477-BB-2502-HK2304.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1770 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 49 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 49.