Ridley rev william (3 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Paper covers with black lettering on front and spine, shelf wear to edges and corners. Small closed tears to spine-ends from both upper and lower edges. Text block binding sound. Clean pages. Crisp, clean fold out pedigree. Contents include: On a Ledger to the memory of James Bonwicke, Esq, in Mickleham Churchyard, Surrey, with Some Account of the Bonwicke Family, by Alfred Ridley Bax; Surrey Feet of Fines, by Ralph Nevill; Notes on the Parish of Charlwood, by the late William Young; Conventicles in Surrey in 1669, by Alfred Ridley Bax; The Church Plate of Surrey, by Rev T S Cooper; Surrey Wills, communicated by Frederick Arthur Crisp; Index to Volume XIII; etc. Contains black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53019071138. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Leather. Condizione: Good Only. Cooke's edition of William Dodd's powerful verses written between his conviction and execution at Newgate Prison, with engravings. Cooke's Edition. In a contemporary full tree calf binding, with gilt to the spine and borders. Marbled endpapers and contemporary blanks. Embellished with an engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title page, and two further engraved plates. Collated, plate facing p. 60 has been incorrectly bound upside down, however complete. Dated from imprints to the plates. Pagination error as issued. Bound with a reissue of the advertisement orginally prefixed to the first edition (1777), a Life of the Author, and a selection of other found papers and letters written by Dodd in prison. William Dodd was an English Anglican clergyman and a man of letters. He lived extravagantly, committed forgery in an effort to clear his debts, and was caught and convicted. Despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon, in which he received the assistance of Samuel Johnson, he was hanged at Tyburn for forgery. These verses were composed while in Newgate Prison and feature his reflections on the prison systems of the 18th century. In a contemporary full tree calf binding, with gilt to the spine and borders. Externally, front board is at risk of detaching with further handling. Rear joint is strained. Rubbing to the extremities, with loss and lifting to the spine. Remnants of label and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Pink ink line made to the outer margin of p. 60. Plate facing p. 60 has been incorrectly bound upside down. Good Only. R. Corbould; Ridley (illustratore). book. …

Original Cloth, Recased. Condizione: Very Good. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Inscribed by the author to his Alma Mater, University College, London with a couple of ownership stamps of that institution. With frontispiece and four plates. Consideration is given to songs, traditions, laws, and customs of the Australian race. Presentation Copy from the Aut.…