anecdotes observations characters books men de rev joseph spence (17 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 8 preliminary pages, 302 pages, good condition in half calf and marbled paper covered boards, corners of boards and top and bottom of spine rubbed, front joint cracked, a few marks on text pages but generally in good. clean condition. From the library of Maynard Smith and Outram Smith with circular ink stamp on preliminary page and reference number on spine.

Decorative Cloth. Etat : Good. Second Edition. Textblock very good subject to slight browning and occasional spotting , front hinge cracked but holding well, cover sound with moderate - stain on the rear board. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

hardcover. Etat : Good. 1958 red bound cloth edition.

Leather. Etat : Fair. None (illustrateur). First edition. A first edition of Spence's famous Anecdotes. Featuring an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. 'Now first published from the original papers, with notes, and a life of the author, by Samuel Weller Singer'. Joseph Spence was a historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, most famous for his collection of this work which was an invaluable resource for historians of eighteenth century English (Augustan) literature. In a calf binding with gilt borders. Externally, rubbing to the spine, and light marks to the boards. Loss to the spine label. Front board is detached, and rear joint is starting. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean, aside from foxing and tide marks to the first few pages. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Fair. book.

Etat : Very Good. 1820. Hardcover. From the library of Franz Pollack-Parnau. Lightly scored copy in half-leather over marbled boards with gilt title to spine. Covers showing some wear and tear at spine and corners. Previous owner's ex-libris plate to inside front cover. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Second Edition. 396 pages plus publisher ads. part of the Library of Old Authors series. rebound in beige cloth with leather spine label goldstamped "Spence's Anecdotes of Books and Men". ; 4 5/8 x 7 ".

Etat : Very Good. 1820. Hardcover. From the library of Franz Pollack-Parnau. Lightly scored copy in half-leather over marbled boards with gilt title to spine. Covers showing some wear and tear at spine and corners. Previous owner's ex-libris plate to inside front cover. Remains a very good copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Rebound in brown cloth over boards with gold lettering on the spine. Bright and strong. Clean pages. Frontispiece engraving. Some foxing on the engraving and the title page and a little sporadic foxing on some pages but most the text is bright and crisp.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Hardback copy bound in half black leather with marbled boards, gold gilt lettering and design to spine, no dustjacket as issued. 302pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions front board loose, missing bottom half of leather to spine and ffep. (15/4).

8vo, viii, 302pp, contemp. full tree calf, gilt decorated spine in compartments, with contrasting morocco label, a little rubbed on some extremities. A VG+ copy. Ex Libris Michael Powell with his engraved bookplate to upper pastedown.

Hardcover. First Edition, published simultaneously with the Singer edition. 5 x 8in. viii. 302pp. Bound in recent three quarters polished calf over marbled boards. Spine with leather title label and decoration. New endpapers. NEAR FINE. The text-block shows extremely light foxing at the earliest and latest parts of the text-block, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

Leather. Etat : Good. None (illustrateur). First edition. A smart first edition of this collection of humorous and insightful anecdotes, previously held in the library of American book collected Robert Borthwick Adam. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A humorous collection of literary and historical anecdotes, featuring anecdotes on Queen Anne, Buonaparte, Isaac Newton, Alexander Pope, and more. Collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time. Written by Joseph Spence, an English historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, best known for this collection which has become an invaluable resource for historians of eighteenth-century English literature. With notes and a life of the author by Samuel Weller Singer, an English author and scholar on the work of William Shakespeare. Previously held in the library of Robert Borthwick Adam, an American retailer and book collector who co-founded the department store Adam, Meldrum & Whiting. In the original half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with a split to the spine label. Light cracking to the joints with marks to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Further spotting and light age toning to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. Rebacked, with red morocco label and gilt lettering, retaining the contemporary marbled boards. Very Good, edges of boards rubbed, light toning at end papers. Frontispiece portrait engraving, xxxii, 501, errata pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

8vo (127mm x 207mm), ), rebacked saving the original half leather boards , tooled gilt rules, 5 tooled gilt bands in 6 compartments, crimson calf lable on 2, tooled gilt lettering and design on spine, pasted and free marbled end papers.All edges gilt., Size : 8vo (127mm x 207mm), , Illustrated with one portrait frontis, Ex Libris Abel E. Berland., P. Blank, Half Title, Printer info, Frontis, Blank, Title, Dedication, Editor?s Preface (vii-xv), Life of the Author (xvii-xxxix), 1-478, Index to the Letters 479-482, Index 483-501, errata (1). Some wearing to the boards but otherwise a very good copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. 1st edition. 501 pp. Leather boards with paste down title at spine; hinges expertly repaired. Deckled edges. Signed by Thomas Moore on FFEP. Notice pasted to front end page: "Collection of Books, Music, and Engraved Portraits from the Library of Thomas Moore, the Poet", from 1874. Rare.

Now first published from the original papers, with notes and a Life of the Author. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Spence. 1 vols. 8vo. Later half-calf. Some rubbing and wear to binding, very good Engraved frontispiece portrait of Spence. 1 vols. 8vo Now first published from the original papers, with notes and a Life of the Author.

First Edition. 4to, frontispiece, xxxix, 501 [1, errata]; contemporary three-quarter red leather and marbled boards. A contemporary and friend of Pope, Spence was a respected schoalr. His best known work is this posthumously published collection literary anecdotes that informed much subsequent scholarship on eighteenth-century literature. Foxing to frontispiece leaf, with offsetting to facing pages, including title; armorial bookplate, with small later ownership stamp above it; offsetting to endsheets from binding; tips heavily bumped; edges and hinges rubbed, but binding is sound and fully intact.