FRANCIS, LORD BACON ED JOHN BUCHAN (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG first edition (Blanchard B1). A collection of essays by the great Elizabethan writer and philosopher. The lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first appearance in print. xxxiii + 244 pp + adverts (see below) Dark green cloth; gold lettering and decoration; top edge gilt. Amongst the lengthy adverts at the rear is a list of titles in the Scott Library series and it is generally accepted that in the true first impression this list ends at number 89. In this copy the list continues to number 100. The binding is clean and bright but the ends of the spine are rubbed. Internally very good. There is a name on the front paste-down.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG first edition (Blanchard B1). A collection of essays by the great Elizabethan writer and philosopher. The lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first appearance in print. xxxiii + 244 pp + adverts (see below) Dark green cloth; gold lettering and decoration; top edge gilt. Adverts at the rear for the Scott Library finish at no. 116, The spine is a little faded and the gilt top edge is slightly dull. Otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition (Blanchard B1). A collection of essays by the great Elizabethan writer and philosopher. The lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first appearance in print. 244 pp + adverts (see below) Dark green cloth; gold lettering and decoration; top edge gilt, others uncut. Amongst the lengthy adverts at the rear is a list of titles in the Scott Library series and it is generally accepted that in the true first impression this list ends at number 89. In this copy the list continues to number 121. Bright and clean although the spine ends are rubbed. There are a couple of small bumps along the bottom edge. Internally bright and undamaged. Name on front fly-leaf.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG first edition (Blanchard B1). A collection of essays by the great Elizabethan writer and philosopher. The lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first appearance in print. xxxiii + 244 pp + adverts (see below) Dark green cloth; gold lettering and decoration; top edge gilt. Amongst the lengthy adverts at the rear is a list of titles in the Scott Library series and it is generally accepted that in the true first impression this list ends at number 89. In this copy the list continues to number 94. The binding is clean and bright but the ends of the spine have slight wear. Internally very good except for a couple of turned page corners and 2 leaves which have damage to the outer edge. In the past someone has stuck a gold address label onto the title page!.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. VG- first edition (Blanchard B1). A collection of essays by the great Elizabethan writer and philosopher. The lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first appearance in print. xxxiii + 244 pp + adverts (see below) Dark green cloth; gold lettering and decoration; top edge gilt. Adverts at the rear for the Scott Library finish at no. 108. Spine ends and corners rubbed. Slight discolouration on part of the gilt decoration. A few small water stains on the rear cover. Bright internally with a firm binding.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG first edition (Blanchard B1). A collection of essays by the great Elizabethan writer and philosopher. The lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first appearance in print. 244 pp + adverts (see below) Dark green cloth; gold lettering and decoration; top edge gilt. Amongst the lengthy adverts at the rear is a list of titles in the Scott Library series and it is generally accepted that in the true first impression this list ends at number 89. In this copy the list continues to number 100. The corners and spine ends are lightly rubbed. There are a couple of white streaks on the front. Bright and clean internally. There is a name on the fly-leaf.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG first edition (Blanchard B1). A collection of essays by the great Elizabethan writer and philosopher. The lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first appearance in print. xxxiii + 244 pp + adverts. Scott Library adverts to no. 100. The endpapers are lightly spotted and 2 consecutive leaves have a creased top corner. Very good otherwise. There is a name on the fly-leaf.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG- First impression. Blanchard B1. A collection of over 50 essays by the great Elizabethan writer together with numerous apothegms (very short anecdotes). the lengthy introduction by John Buchan is his first commercially published work written whilst still an undergraduate at Oxford. Olive green cloth; gold lettering and decoration; top edge gilt, others uncut. i-xxxiii; 1-244pp 24pp adverts with the Scott Library list ending at no.89. Generally very good throughout but the spine is scuffed in places and rubbed at the ends. The rear endpapers have some notes on Bacon made by a previous owner and the front fly-leaf bears the signatures of two former owners. On the front paste-down is the bookplate of G Sidney Paternoster who was himself the author of several novels. Rare.