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Edité par Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York:, 1855
Vendeur : About Books, Henderson, NV, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Near Very Good condition. First American Edition. New York:: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855. A square, tight copy of Vol 2 (of 2). Light fraying to spine ends. Front endpaper darkened. Rear free endpaper neatly removed. Light scattered foxing in text. A better copy than this sounds. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original brown cloth, with blind-stamped decorations. Gilt lettering on the spine has faded some but is still legible. The following quotation comes from Smith's entry in the DNB: "His drollery produced uproarious merriment. Mackintosk is described as rolling on the floor, and his servants had often to leave the room in fits of laughter. A MEMOIR OF THE REVEREND SYDNEY SMITH, by his daughter, Lady Holland, with a selection from his letters, edited by Mrs. Austin, 2 vols, 1855. contains many anecdotes collected by Smith's widow, and after her death, prepared by his daughter." . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good condition. 8vo. 511pp.
Edité par Harper & Brothers, New York, 1855
Vendeur : Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, Etats-Unis
Full Cloth. Etat : Fair. Full blind stamped decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, light wear. Pervious owner's name sticker on behind the front cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Edité par Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1855
Leather. Etat : Good Only. None (illustrateur). A second edition of Volume 2 of A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. Sydney Smith (1771 1845) was an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric. Smith's reputation among his contemporaries as a humourist and wit grew to such an extent that a number of the observations which are now attributed to him may be of doubtful provenance. Lord Houghton recorded that he never, except once, knew Smith to make a jest of any religious subject, "and then he immediately withdrew his words, and seemed ashamed that he had uttered them". To be set against that encomium is one of Smith's best-known lines, to the effect that his friend Henry Luttrell's idea of heaven was eating pâté de foie gras to the sound of trumpets. Long after his death, he is often quoted in English literary life and is remembered by homemakers in the United States through his rhyming recipe for salad dressing. In a quarter-calf binding with marbled boards. Externally a trifle rubbed with some wear to the spine which is lifting. Internally hinges are starting but firm. Pages bright and clean throughout with the odd spot, although with some foxing to the first and last few pages as usual. Ink inscription to page opposite the title page dated 1898. Good Only. book.
Edité par Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London, 1855
Vendeur : AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. A biography and selection of letters of the influential reverend and man of letters. Bound in half leather with marbled boards with matching marbling to end-papers and page edges. Some heavy rubbing to leather. But bindings sound and contents clean. Good. *Due to size and weight, extra fees may apply to overseas orders*.