lectures art reading first part di sheridan thomas (5 risultati)

Leatherbound. Condizione: Fair. xii, 392 p. 22 cm. Full leather. From our As Is shelf. Book is splitting in two parts at pp. 176-7. Spine deteriorated, label chipped, corners worn, scuff to front board. Ink signature and notes from 1775 on front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good-. No Jacket. edition not stated. vi+257; top edge of t.p. excised above title, it also has a small hole and several patches of surface rubbing where ownership sigs (?) have been erased, this has caused loss of a couple of characters, tiny worm hole bottom outside corner extending as far as p.224, this actually begins on fr. endpaper where itis a little larger, as it is on succeeding blank fly, very early sig. top p. iii (i.e. leaf after t.p.), some cracking to end gutters but these remain tight, otherwise clean & unmarked. Full leather covers rubbed with some board exposure tp back bottom corner by joint and upper fr. beside fore-edge, panelled sp. has good label and gilt 'I' (Vol.number). Apparently very scarce in any condition.

, 392 pages First Edition , spine bumped with an open tear at the tail, upper board is partially detached, calf peeling from upper board, clsoed tear to rear board, open tears to board corners, rear hinge split, front pastedown is partially loose, small closed tear to edge of half title and title page, generally clean inside, in fair condition , bound in calf, 5 raised bands with gilt edges and gilt title on red morocco title label to spine, gilt decoration to board edges , Octavo, 21 x 13.5 cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Early Printing. Quarto. Contemporary full leather, with raised bands on spine. Sheridan was an Irish stage actor, educator, as well as a major proponent of the elocution movement. Godson of Jonathan Swift and father of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Very good, but covers are getting loose; prior owner's signature on front free endpaper; time-toned paper.

8vo, pp. xii, 392; contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, label a little chipped, but sound. Early inscription of C. Coates on pastedown. First edition. With two dedications, first to the clergy, and the second to 'All Master and Mistresses of Academies and Boarding Schools'. This is the first part only, of two, but the text seems to have been considerably revised and the dedication dropped from subsequent editions.