lessons thrift published general benefit (14 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Isaac Robert Cruikshank Ilustrador. Bound in full leather. Marbled endpapers. Both covers detatched. Spine missing. Binding still secure and full color plates are present.

1. edition. 240 pages, with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 8°, Half-leather binding, binding slightly rubbed, spine slightly damaged, inside slightly stained, generally good copy.

Full Leather. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Slight wear top and bottom of spine. Binding slightly loosening. Otherwise, very clean with no edge or corner wear. All color plates present.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 240 pages. Illustrated with 12 full color plates by Cruikshank of which 7 are present along with title page illustration. Also missing frontis. Scattered foxing though the plates are in excellent condition. Rebound with binding in very good condition. (P6).

Hand-colored engraved title and frontis + 11 (of 12) full page handcolored plates by Cruikshank, 9.5 x 6", recently rebacked half leather; marbled boards, 240pp, covers worn, extremities bumped and chipping (new spine nice but plain), pp foxed (esp. plates) and soiled, still and interesting and rather SCARCE title. The list of Members of the Save-All Club include Thin, Sparerib, Meagre, Gruel, Sleet, Bone, Skin, Calveless, Wiseacre, Creeper, etc.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition book. Marbled paper covered boards, leather on spine and corners. Four raised bands on spine with blind-stamped decorations on sections, gilt lettering on two, and gilt-stamped decorations at head and tail of spine. External page edges are marbled and soil-darkened. Tail of spine is chipped on the corners and missing 3/16" across width. Edges are rubbed through in several places, including fore-edge corners. Marbled brown end papers, front inside hinge is cracked, back hinge is partially cracked. Edges of end-papers are sunned. Two newspaper clipping referencing this work are attached to the first blank page after the FFEP. Previous owner's name in ink on the verso to the frontispiece. Engraved title page and 12 full-page hand coloured plates, including frontispiece. With red place-ribbon. Tissue-guards are missing from the frontispiece and the plates at pp. 184 and 216. The Contents pages includes: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38. (39-42), another after p. 86 (87-110), and a third after p. 162 (163-178). Some digressions occurred in this places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefor been withdrawn; but in consequence of a temporary absence of the author, the suppression too place after the work was printed. As the connexion of its parts is no disturbed, it is hoped that the liberty thus taken will be tolerated with indulgence." Blank pages before and after text are grubby. Text pages are smudged, foxing is most prevalent around plates and tissue-guards. Text block is stable. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. No Jacket. Cruikshank, Isaac Ilustrador. Hardcover; large 8vo; 240 pages. Colour etched title page + 11 plates (also coloured) by Isaac Cruikshank, pioneer of narrative comics and inventor of the speech bubble. Half green calf with marbled boards. Gilt slightly raised bands with gilt lettering on morocco label on spine. Edges rubbed, gently bumped. Bright and clean interior, some yellowing opposite plates. Edges red speckled. Bookplate on fep. VG+/--. Book.

Leather-bound. Condición: Very Good Plus. Cruikshank Ilustrador. First Edition. Octavo. Full contemporary butterscotch calf, triple ruled in gilt, with small medallions at corners. 24 cm. 240pp. 5 raised bands (six compartments) with floriated gilt devices in compartments 1, 4, 5 & 6. Compartment 2 bears title on gilt-lettered burgundy morocco, and compartment 3 "Illustrated by Cruikshank" in gilt-lettered, lighter butterscotch morocco. Date (1820) gilt on burgundy to bottom of spine. Gilt dentelles with floriated design, and all edges gilt. Hinge and joint reinforced., 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. light sunning to top of rear board. SIGNED BINDING by 19th century British binder W.T. (William Turner) Morrell, of London, (in gilt, upon dentelle, bottom of front pastedown). All edges gilt, and sewn-in silk marker ribbon. 12 stunning (and quite humorous!) full-page, hand-colored aquatints by I.R. Cruikshank, plus a hand-colored engraved title illustration. NOTE: Pages 39-42, 87-110, and 163-178 are omitted, apparently by design as noted by an amusing footnote at the end of Contents, to WIT: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38, another after p. 86, and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn; but in consequence of a temporary absence of the author, the suppression took place after the work was printed. As the connexion of its parts is not disturbed, it is hoped that the liberty thus taken will be tolerated with indulgence." A lovely copy of a humorous treatise, taken to the absurd, on the topic of a sense of economy." (Carrie Estelle Dohene Foundation), not only with stunning Cruikshank aquatints, but with the provenance of both Edward Laurence Doheny, and his widow Carrie Estelle Doheny. DOHENY BOOKPLATES Bookplates to front pastedown endpaper, and to front free endpaper. The first, a photograph of a mother, and three children surrounded by images of a country estate, a city home, an oil well, and a sailboat. The ribbons read: "Ex Libris" and "Edward Laurence Doheny". Doheny (1856-1935) was an oil tycoon and philanthropist who drilled the first successful oil wells in Los Angeles, and in Mexico, later expanding into Venezuela. He was implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal, having been accused of offering a bribe to U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall. Doheny was twice acquitted, but Fall fell. The second bookplate is that of Doheny's widow, Carrie Estelle Doheny, a giant among philanthropists, with a particular focus on St. Vincent and Vincentian-related charities. Carrie Estelle Doheny ".was a renowned collector of books with a particular interest in Bibles, most notably the Guttenberg Bible, which she owned for decades. In 1983, 25 years after her death, her gift to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles became unrestricted and was liquidated. During the two years of auctions in New York, London, and Paris, her collection at the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library ultimately realized upwards of $34 million." The bookplate depicts a lyre, candle quill and inkpot, an open book, and 9 books, upright upon the desk. ".Money! Money! my friends! Above all things get money, or, what is as important, learn to save it.There are a thousand ways of getting money, but only one of saving it, which is, not to spend it unnecessarily. This is the golden thread on which I have endeavoured to string my pearls of ancient and modern lore, of book-reading and of real life. I have read a great deal, and seen a great deal of all modes of existence.".

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Full calf, 9 1/2 inches tall. An elegant full calf by Riviere with gilt raised bands, label and very fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt corner tools and triple fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With an engraved title page and 12 hilarious full page hand coloured plates. With the armorial bookplate of Edmund Lacon. Rubbing, in particular to the upper joint, some scuffing and slight foxing to the preliminaries, but overall a fine copy of the first edition. This copy, as with all editions had pp. 39-42, 87-110 and 163-178 omitted, a footnote appears on p. xvi explaining: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38, another after p. 86, and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn".

Hardcover. Condición: Near fine. Cruikshank, Isaac Robert Ilustrador. First Edition. Quarto size, 212 pp. (not matching pagination, see below), with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The writing, although very much a parody, contains many nuggets of truths which illuminate how little the world has changed in the about 200 years since the book's publication: "Money, money alone, though it has been unaccountably neglected by authors, strangers perhaps to its very name, and still more to its practical use and management. . .is the mainspring of all human action, want, wish, and desire." The author goes on to state that it is the desire of "the Save-all Club" to keep "the Kind and Benevolent Reader" out of the grip of poverty through thrift. The "Rules of the Club" provide amusing proof of such virtue: Rule VI, "The smallest superfluous expense is not only a reproach to a member, but he may be fined by the Committee, for the use of the poor"; and Rule IV, "As a new coat never fails to attract animadversion in the Club, the members are requested to avoid that singularity as much as possible. If it prove that the coat is only turned, the owner shall dine that day GRATIS". Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1759-1856) was a popular English caricature artist and cartoonist, and like his brother George, is known for his pioneer work in the history of comics and comic strip cartoons. He collaborated often with George, who is better known for his work with Charles Dickens. This edition was originally issued in boards, and had pp. 39-42, 87-110 and 163-178 omitted, as is the case in this edition (and all known editions) and which is explained in a footnote appearing on p. xvi: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38, another after p. 86, and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn; but in consequence of a temporary absence of the author, the suppression took place after the work was printed. As the connexion of its parts is not disturbed, it is hoped that the liberty thus taken will be tolerated with indulgence." Additionally, this copy has plate no. 11 bound as the frontis instead of being bound at p. 186. Each plate is marked, "Designed and Etched by I. [which appears as a "J" at this date, in keeping with the Latin tradition] R. Cruikshank," and bears the imprint, "Published by Thomas Boys Ludgate Hill, London Dec. 1 1819." ___DESCRIPTION: Custom bound by Bennett Book Studio, NY (with their binder's stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper), in quarter blue morocco and marbled paper covered boards, backstrip stamped in gilt, top-edge gilt, fore- and tail-edges uncut, engraved title page with the coloured vignette of a three-pronged candlestick (which is thrifty as one can burn a candle down to the base), twelve aquatint plates including frontis; quarto size (10 1/8" by 6 5/8"), pagination: [i] ii-xvi [1] 2-38, 43-86, 111-162, 179-240 pp., first edition. ___CONDITION: A near fine copy, the marbled paper boards clean and unrubbed with only a few, light stray marks, the leather shelfback smooth with a few light spots of rubbing and the gilt bright, straight corners, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean, and the volume is entirely free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the spine, light rubbing to the corners, some of the plates have toned with corresponding offsetting to the opposite text pages, one leaf (pp. 221-222) with the fore-edge bottom corner torn (loss of about an inch, only in the ample margins, with no loss of text); still overall a near fine copy. ___CITATION: Tooley, no 165, this copy without the final advertisement leaf, which "is however usually wanting". ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

With 12 hand-colored aquatint prints by Isaac Robert Cruickshank. Ilustrador. Near fine (covers nice & bright; little foxing to endpapers, else text nice & bright). A very nice copy! Tall 8vo., crushed Morocco leather with gilt ornamentation and borders; five raised-leather bands on gilt-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. . Binding by Robertson First Edition. A humorous collection of sketches exalting, through parody, the merits of the thrifty.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Full morocco, 10 inches tall. A wonderful tall late Victorian binding by the great firm of Bedford in pristine condition, inside and out. With gilt raised bands and luxurious floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt triple fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. With an engraved title page and 12 hilarious full page hand coloured plates by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. From the library of a Scottish Gentleman. As fine a copy as one could possibly find of the first edition of this hilarious work advising much scrimping and saving.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Full morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. A superb Victorian binding with gilt raised bands and very fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt corner tools and triple fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With an engraved title page and 12 hilarious full page hand coloured plates . With the armorial bookplate of Alexander Lawson Duncan. There is some discolouration on the upper board, otherwise a fine copy of the first edition.
This copy, as with all editions had pp. 39-42, 87-110 and 163-178 omitted, a footnote appears on p. xvi explaining: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38, another after p. 86, and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn".

Edition : 1st edition, contemporary ½ calf with marbled boards, spine with 6 compartments of raised bands, black morocco label on two., Size : 8vo, 12 hand coloured aquatints plates by Isaac Robert Cruikshank, hand coloured engraved title., References : Tooley 165; Abbey Life 276, P.frontis, engraved title, blank, i-xvi, 1-240 Occasional mild browning otherwise a very good copy.