ISBN: 9780860077404 - lord rochester's monkey. being the life of john wilmot, the second earl of rochester. (15 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Light rub, light tanning to edges o/w clean, unmarked copy with crease-free spine. BP/BritHist/CharlesII.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good+. 229pp, illustrations, some in colour. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. large paperback, pictorial gloss card covers, foxing to the edge of the first leaf, tightly bound and with a clean and unmarked text, illustrate din colour and b&w, 230pp.

Omega edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 231 p. : ill. ports., facsims. ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223) and index. Subjects: Rochester, John Wilmot Earl of 1647-1680. Poets, English 17th century ; BiographyGreat Britain Court and courtiers 17th century ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Reprint; First Printing. Minor shelf wear, light reading creases to slightly sunned spine. ; First printing in this edition with no other printings listed. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork portrait of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, attributed to Jacob Huysman. Large heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 232 pages; Biography of the noted Restoration rake and libertine, originally written by Greene in the early 1930s but due to its subject failed to find a publisher until nearly forty years later. Copiously illustrated edition with contemporary portriats, drawings and engravings.…

Omega edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 231 p. : ill. ports., facsims. ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223) and index. Subjects: Rochester, John Wilmot Earl of 1647-1680. Poets, English 17th century ; BiographyGreat Britain Court and courtiers 17th century ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 231 pages. Illustrated.

Paperback. Condición: Good +/Very Good. Reprint. 231 pages. Pictorial shiny paperback covers have some wear to corners, lightening to spine, light wear to spine-ends and edges, pages very clean and sound.

Paper covers. Condición: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Biography of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, an outstandingly immoral character. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Softcover. Condición: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. s/t: Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester "Lord Rochester's Monkey" was written between 1931 and 1934 and, because of the reputation of its subject, the notorious Restoration libertine and poet, the book failed to find a publisher. Rochester was the most prominent of rakes. He was also a fine lyrical and satirical poet whose work, in Greene's opinion, has been greatly underestimated, being overshadowed by his life of lechery and drunkenness, wild pranks and practical jokes. At court, Charles II suffered but respected Rochester's coruscating satires, joined in his erotic escapades and rewarded him with distinctions. Yet the last thirteen years of his life were "clouded by the fumes of drink" and literary quarrels. On his deathbed in 1680 - he was only 33 - he called for Dr Burnet and repented. His friend Etheridge wrote of him: "I know he is a devil, but had something of the angel yet undefac'd in him".…

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Paperback cover has a sunned spine. The contents are clean and flat with full-colour plates throughout. There is also a full-colour illustration on the half-title page and a full colour frontispiece.

Illustrated Soft Cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 231 pages. Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester. An Omega Book. Illustrated.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Thus. Subtitle:being the Life of John Wilmont,Second Earl of Rochester.Illustrated:Colour Plates/Black & White.Tiny bump to 1 crnr[front cover].

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.