Lord binning (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Reprint. 'London, 1824' [False imprint: in fact an undated (1883) reprint]. i-xiii,[2],14-216pp. Rose 2107. Kearney 852/853. §The known nineteenth century versions of Haddington's verse tend to pair him with another similar versifier, in this case his son, Lord Binning. 'The Duke of Argyll's Levee' is attributed to Joseph Mitchell. This is an undated (1883) reprint of the 1824 version, perhaps published by John Camden Hotten. Neatly bound in original or slightly later half-morocco, gilt lettering & decoration, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled boards. Modern ownership name to fly-leaf. Old bookseller's catalogue entry tipped onto front pastedown. Outer joints a little tender, but holding. In other respects, a very good copy.…

See Canning's entry, with that of Sullivan, in the Oxford DNB, and Binning's in the History of Parliament. The signatures ('Geo. Canning / Binning / John Sullivan') are in a column on one side of a 10 x 7 cm piece of watermarked laid paper. In good condition, lightly aged, with slight discoloration on reverse from the mount. The date is given in pencil on the front, and the back carries the following fragment of text: 'It is to be a [.] / that every contribution [.] / is to be perfectly & precisely [.] / the names only of those [.] / contribute, (& not of those [.]'. See Image.…