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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 204 pages (complete). A stoic copy. Pocket sized. Astonishingly for a Scotsman Thomson is now best known for his composition of the lyrics of 'Rule Britannia'. In his day, however, it was his poetry that inspired the British Romantics and beyond. Full leather. The boards are considerably worn. The faces are scuffed, worn, marked. The contents are benign. The first free page has two previous owner notations (one dated 1825, the other 1962). The contents are amiable, convivial, clean, clear, benign, certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. with GREGORY Dr (John) 'A Father's Legacy to His Daughters' and PENNINGTON Lady (Sarah) 'A Mother's Advice to Her Absent Daughters' with an additional letter on the management and education of infant children, with biographical sketches of Mrs Chapone and Dr Gregory, original full-leather, raised bands, decorated in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, frontispiece and vignette title-page, marbled edges, ink inscription, very good. 240 pages; keywords: literary collections - letters;

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). Two comfortable books. Full leather. Gilt monogram of the 5th Earl of Essex (a most wealthy Earldom that allowed George Essex to safely and smoothly move from sinecure to sinecure; his wealth however enabled him to entertain, and commission from, artists such as Turner, Pugin, Horsley, David Wilkie and Landseer). Gilt borders and titling. The spines have wear about the seams and head and feet. The boards have shelving and handling wear about the edges and corners. The boards and spines are comfortable and steady. The contents are most pleasing - especially taking their age into account. They are fresh, clean, clear, only very occasionally smeared with shallow foxing, certain, companionable and assured, all very charming. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Two works rebound in one, cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g; rubbed, spine frayed; orig card cvrs (frayed & marked) bound in. Royal Inst of South Wales: Moffat Bequest label & remains of library bkpl on e-ps; Alex G Moffat label on 2nd item's cvr; R I Page bookpl. With extr from Mem Soc Roy des Antiquaires du Nord, c.1845 (16pp, lithogr pl), incl Description de la croix de la reine Dagmar, bound in.

Recently rebacked hard back binding in publisher's original full chestnut leather with new leather spine, the spine divided into six panels, black morocco lettered labels in the second and fourth, twin parallel line and tool details across the panels, elaborate gilt tools to the perimeters with floral gilt designs to the inside corners, blind diamond pattern to the sides, original end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains Tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, (lxxxiv), 434 pp. pp 1 begins 'Poems | Verses Written at Bath, On Finding the Heel of a Shoe, in 1748'. 23 line printed poem adhered to the verso rear paste down titled 'A Poem | Not published in his Works' first two lines reads: 'Doom'd as I am in solitude waste - The present moments and regret the past'. Spotting to the end papers, beyond which the text block is in clean condition, from the private library of H. J. ? Taylor with his small printed bookplate 'Qui Stat Videat ne Gadat | He who stands must see that he does not fall' to the front paste down and ink monogram by him beneath. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 352 pages(complete). An estimable copy. Full leather. Gilt monogram of the 5th Earl of Essex (a most wealthy Earldom that allowed George Essex to safely and smoothly move from sinecure to sinecure; his wealth however enabled him to entertain, and commission from, artists such as Turner, Pugin, Horsley, David Wilkie and Landseer). Gilt borders and titling. The spine wear about the seams and head and feet. The boards have shelving and handling wear about the edges and corners. The boards and spine are comfortable and steady. The contents are most pleasing - especially taking their age into account. They are fresh, clean, clear, only very, very occasionally smeared with shallow foxing, certain, companionable and assured, all very charming and dignified. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Two volumes (complete). Two comfortable books. Full leather. Gilt monogram of the 5th Earl of Essex (a most wealthy Earldom that allowed George Essex to safely and smoothly move from sinecure to sinecure; his wealth however enabled him to entertain, and commission from, artists such as Turner, Pugin, Horsley, David Wilkie and Landseer). Gilt borders and titling. The spines have wear about the seams and head and feet. The boards have shelving and handling wear about the edges and corners. The boards and spines are comfortable and steady. The contents are most pleasing - especially taking their age into account. They are fresh, clean, clear, only very occasionally smeared with shallow foxing, certain, companionable and assured, all very charming. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). Both copies are smart. Full calf leather. Stamped gilt cypher on the front boards. The spines have five ridges with different coloured leather patches for titling. The boards have blind stamped decoration, gilt borders. The inside rims of the boards have gilt decoration. The boards have shelving wear to the edges and corners. The spines have much wear all along the bodies, to the heads and feet. Nonetheless, the boards are handsome, steady and sure. The contents are most pleasing. They are fresh-faced, certain, agreeably healthy, clean and clear, convivial, neat, tidy, classy, with a pleasing jeunesse. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. with a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by Dr Johnson, eight volumes, contemporary full-leather, raised bands, decorated in gilt, leather labels (several chipped with loss), minor chipping to heads of spines, hinges and corners rubbed, portrait frontispiece volume I, marbled edges, a handsome set. from the library of Edward Odell with his armorial bookplate front pastedowns and ownership signature in each volume; 173, 333, 337, 365, 303, 339, 376 and 330 pages.

8vo. 6 x 9.25 inches. lxviii + 242 pp. Bound in original calf with decorated gilt borders; spine rebacked, in compartments with raised bands decorated gilt with contrasting maroon title label. Marbled endpapers. Some wear to boards, page edge tear neatly repaired and occasional light foxing; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 6 engraved plates, including portrait frontispiece and engraved title with vignette. The first full edition of The Seasons by the Scottish poet, James Thomson (1700-48) was published in 1730. The additional material appeared in the editions of 1762 with the Life by Patrick Murdoch (d.1774) and 1778 onwards, with the Essay by John Aiken (1747-1822), which was also published separately. This 1802 edition of the celebrated poem includes a new set of plates commissioned for it. ART / LITERATURE POETRY POETRY 18TH CENTURY ART / LITERATURE.

2 volumes, 16mo (6" x 3¼"), pp. [4], 463, [1]; [4], 475, [1]; uncut; inserted engraved frontispiece and vignette title page in each volume; original printed paper-covered boards; upper joint of volume I cracking, small piece at top of the spine glued down, some soiling and fragility, but still a very good, sound copy. Advertisements on both rear boards for Walker's British Classics. Ownership signature in each volume of "Math. Count. Galen.".