Swift jonathan franklin benjamin (8 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. GOOD/NO DUST JACKET. [no date] 36 pp. Text clean and unmarked, except for former owners' names on front pastedown, dated 1949. Pages yellowed. Three illustrations in pink and grey. Pink and blue decorated paper over boards with pink spine, spine and top edges slightly faded, small dent and tiny marks at top front corner. Minor edgewear only. Binding firm and stable. Franklin's piece is "Advice to a Young Man on Early Marriage; Swift's is "Advice to a Young Woman on her Marriage".…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Limited. A wonderfully clean, tight copy. Pages are crisp and clean with no marks, tears or folds. Spine shows slight rubbing to ends. Corners are sharp with little wear. Dust jacket (which is rare)has minor soiling and discoloring to edges and spine. Small 1/4" tear to top of DJ on the back cover. This is a limited edition printed by the Peter Pauper Press. No year given. Contains Ben Franklin's 'Advice to a Young Man On Early Marriage' and Jonathan Swift's 'Advice to a Young Woman on Her Marriage'. Contain silhouettes drawn by Paul McPharlin. 36 pages. McPharlin, Paul (illustrateur).…

Etat : NUOVO. Firenze, Edizioni Clichy cm.11,5x17,5, pp.160, brossura, Collana Père Lachaise. Scritti tra il 1708 e il 1709, questi opuscoli sono tra le opere più curiose e attuali di Swift: una satira corrosiva dell'astrologia, all'epoca diffusissima anche presso i potenti, tanto da rendere certi astrologi vere e proprie celebrità pubbliche. Fingendosi anch'egli astrologo (con il nome di Bickerstaff), Swift rivolge i propri strali contro il famoso John Partridge - specializzato nel predire la morte di sovrani e uomini comuni - del quale profetizza a sua volta la morte con argomenti tanto grotteschi quanto efficaci, espressi nello stile tipico degli astrologi suoi contemporanei. L'opera ebbe grande rinomanza nel XVIII secolo e non solo in Inghilterra: fu infatti ricordata con divertimento persino da Voltaire; un successo testimoniato anche dall'imitazione che tra il 1732 e il 1740 ne fece l'americano Franklin.…

Etat : NEW.

FRANKLIN, Benjamin and SWIFT, Jonathan. On Marriage: Advice to a Young Man on Early Marriage, by Benjamin Franklin. Advice to a Young Woman on Her Marriage, by Jonathan Swift. Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, [n.d.]. 36pp. Orig. fancy paper-covered boards. Spine lightly sunned, faint scattered foxing to endpapers, else very good.…

Paperback. near fine digest size.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Limited Edition. Book: Near Fine/, $89.14. Reduced From. ADVICE ON MARRIAGE, to a Young Man on Early Marriage. Advice to a Young Woman on her Marriage. Published for the Enlightenment of Both Young and Old. FRANKLIN, Benjamin; SWIFT, Jonathan PETER PAUPER PRESS Limited Edition Tall H/c. Grey Spine, With Title In Black Letters, Hard Cover Book: Near Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 36 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Paper, In Fine/ Condition, Lightly Viewed, Clean, And Tight To The Spine. No Prior Owner`s Name Or Book Plate. D/j: None. Description Applies To This B00K, Only, Which Is Hard To Find, And Will Be = Packaged And Shipped Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift For The Collector / Reader. WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. Paul McPharlan, Silhouettes by. Book: Near Fine/, (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Sehr gut. 135 Seiten Das Buch enthält ausgewählte Essays von englischen und amerikanischen Schriftstellern des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Die zweisprachige Ausgabe bietet Einblicke in philosophische und humorvolle Betrachtungen. Zustand: Einband mit stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren, Seiten geringfügig gebräunt, insgesamt GUTER Zustand. HC1-598-5/8-00582121 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 341.…