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Published by Legare Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015366279ISBN 13: 9781015366275
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Published by Legare Street Press 2021-09-10, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015041388ISBN 13: 9781015041387
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by London : David Nutt, 1890
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Roy and Nina Merley. Previous owner's signature. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Epistolae ho-elianae. Physical description: xv, 670 p. , 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 25cm. Subjects: Howell, James (1594-1666) ; Bibliography. English letters, 17th century. England ; Social life and customs, 17th century. 1 Kg.
Published by Printed by William Edwin Rudge for The John Day Company, New York: 1928., 1928
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 85p + Plus aquatone frontis. Full page plates. Ruled in red throughout. Top edge gold. Inked signature of Fred W. Goudy, 1/11/28, on front endpaper. Uncut. 8vo. Original quarter cloth over paper boards. Gilt lettered spine. Original slip case. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 1000 copies of which 800 copies are for sale. "The printing of this volume was a project in a course on graphic processes, given in the Fine arts department of New York university, with the cooperation of the American institute of graphic arts. The selection of the subject matter was made by Richard J. Walsh, with the assistance of Guy Holt, who also wrote the introduction. The typography was suggested by Frederic W. Goudy. Nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W32 x 2c 0.0.
Published by London : David Nutt, 1890
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Roy and Nina Merley. Previous owner's signature. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Epistolae ho-elianae. Physical description: xv, 670 p. , 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 25cm. Subjects: Howell, James (1594-1666) ; Bibliography. English letters, 17th century. England ; Social life and customs, 17th century. 1 Kg.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015392474ISBN 13: 9781015392472
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Published by London : David Nutt, 1892
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Epistolae ho-elianae. Physical description: xv, 670 p. , 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. At head of title : Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Subjects: Howell, James 1594?-1666 - Correspondence. Bibliography. English letters - 17th century. 1 Kg.
Published by London : David Nutt, 1890
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Epistolae ho-elianae. Physical description: xv, 670 p. , 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. At head of title : Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Subjects: Howell, James 1594?-1666 - Correspondence. Bibliography. Europe - Description and travel. 1 Kg.
Published by London : David Nutt, 1890
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Epistolae ho-elianae. Physical description: xv, 670 p. , 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. At head of title : Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Subjects: Howell, James 1594?-1666 - Correspondence. Bibliography. Europe - Description and travel. 1 Kg.
Published by London : David Nutt, 1892
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Epistolae ho-elianae. Physical description: xv, 670 p. , 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. At head of title : Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Subjects: Howell, James 1594?-1666 - Correspondence. Bibliography. English letters - 17th century. 1 Kg.
Published by J Darby Etc., London, 1726
Seller: Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Engraved Second Titlepage (illustrator). Ninth Edition. 518 pp. +index, engraved second tp, full early calf with raised bands, calf itself in vg condition,maroon label slightly damaged at corner, spineprofessionally restored reusing original leather, antiquarian, Howell wrote this seventeenth century book from the Fleet Prison, and many of the letters are imaginary making political, religious, travel and philosophical points Size: 8vo.
Published by London: Printed for J.Darby, A.Bettesworth., 1726., 1726
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 518, [10]. engraved frontis. by F.H. Van Hove. paneled calf antique (light dampstain to upper portion of leaves in several gatherings). Ninth Edition, Corrected. The letters were largely written to imaginary correspondents while Howell was imprisonned in the Fleet, 1643-51, as a Royalist or as an insolvent debtor is not entirely clear. It is the work upon which his reputation rests and may "be credited with an immediate literary influence in making the penning of fictitious correspondence a fashionable art." (DNB) "Howell is one of the earliest Englishmen who made a livelihood out of literature.but it is in his Epistolae.that his literary power is displayed at its best. Philosophic reflection, political, social, and domestic anecdote, scientific speculation, are all intermingled with attractive ease in the correspondence which he professes to have addressed to men of all ranks and degrees of intimacy." (Idem) The first volume was originally published in 1645, and all four appeared together for the first time in 1655. The letters include discussion of language, religion, wine, tobacco, witchcraft, and Sir Walter Raleigh and his expedition to Guiana (pp. 21-23, 383-88). European Americana 726/110. Sabin 33348. cfNCBEL I 2226.
Published by J. Streeter, London, 1657
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
4to., (10 5/8 x 6 6/8 inches). Title-page printed in red and black. Catalogue of Mr. Howell's works at end. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author leaning against an English oak by Abraham Bosso titled "Heictutus Obumbror" (mounted on slightly heavier contemporary stock), folding panoramic view of London by Wenceslaus Hollar (laid down on heavier contemporary stock, creased, small repair at fold, browning and spotting throughout). 19th-century calf gilt (covers detached). Provenance: Near contemporary ownership inscription on title-page dated 10th December 1661, and copious marginal annotations. First edition, the frontispiece portrait in Pforzheimer's fifth state. With a fine view of London before the Great Fire. James Howell was appointed Royal historiographer to Charles II in 1660 - the apex of a somewhat checkered career as a traveler, diplomat, linguist, writer, parliamentarian and spy. On the eve of the Civil War he was appointed Secretary of the Privy Council, a post he was never able to occupy, instead he was imprisoned in Fleet for eight years during the interregnum for his Royalist leanings. "Londinopolis" was written after his release and is mostly a condensed version of John Stow"s "Survey of London" published in 1598. Stow's book contained amusing anecdotes and descriptions but also detailed accounts of the buildings, social conditions and customs of London. Adams, "London Illustrated" 7; Pennington, "Hollar" 1012; Wing H3091.
Published by printed for Richard Lowndes at the VVhite Lion in S. Pauls Churchyard, neer the west end, London, 1651
First Edition
Full Calf. Condition: Near Fine+. Scarce first edition of Howell's appeal (in the guise of a plea to aid Venice) to the Rump parliament. Crown folio (270mm x 180mm): [8],55,[3],57-165,168-184,183-198,175-210,[8]pp, with two engraved full-page plates (an allegory and a portrait of the Doge), both by Robert Vaughan. "Of the princes, and dukes of Venice" has separate divisional title page; paginated erratically, but text continuous and complete. Full contemporary calf, covers paneled in blind, spine rebacked to style in six compartments preserving original end papers, red leather lettering piece gilt, title page printed in red and black with woodcut vignette of lion of St. Mark. Engraved armorial book plate of Sir Edward William Watkin (1819-1901), railway magnate and Member of Parliament, to front paste-down; more recent book plate (Christopher Rowe, collector of antiquarian books and specialist on seventeenth-century printing) to fly-leaf. Many quires toned and embrowned (several markedly so), few early minor marginalia, but an excellent example, tightly bound in contemporary boards. Pforzheimer 517. Wing H3112. Pine-Coffin 618. Lowndes II, 1129. Howell regarded the imprisonment, trial, and execution of Charles I as acts of an arbitrary and tyrannical government, driven by a base mob. This history of Venice, largely extracted from earlier authorities, is dedicated to the Rump regime, partly to obtain its lenient consideration but also "to impress the 'most noble senators' of England, the Rump MPs, by drawing parallels between the two republics. 'England hath reson to affect Venice more than any other, for in point of security ther is much resemblance between them, being both seated in the sea, who is their best protector.' The book casts further light on Howell's belief that a reassertion of aristocratic influence, of the kind that characterized Venetian government, would be necessary in the new Commonwealth if its descent into the chaos of a popular state was to be arrested." (ODNB) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by J. Streater for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, c. 1657, London:, 1657
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Edition : First Edition [with Dring?s name on the imprint], Skillfully rebacked full blind sheep, spine with five (5) raised bands, and gilt title on brown morocco label on two; all edges speckled red. , James Howell (c. 1594 ? 1666) was a 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer who is in many ways a representative figure of his age. The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol. In 1613 he gained his B.A. from Jesus College, Oxford ? he was to be elected to a fellowship at Jesus College in 1623, but he was never formally admitted and his place was taken by another in 1626. Later he traveled widely in Europe and learned to speak several languages, apparently with great facility. On the eve of the English Civil War he gained a secretaryship of the Privy Council, which according to one eminent critic, was "very close to the type of appointment that he had sought for 20 years". The conflict meant that he never took up the position, and at about the same time, he wrote his first book, or "maiden Fancy", Dodona's Grove, which represented the history of England and Europe through the allegorical framework of a typology of trees. It is worth noting that he started to publish at this time of ferment although he was already well established as a writer of what we would know today as 'newsletters' but were then known as 'tracts' or 'pamphlets'.He was the first writer to earn his living solely from writing in the English language. He was also the first writer of an epistolary novel, a novel of letters, in English ("Familiar Letters"). His "Lexicon Tetragloton" was not a dictionary in four languages, as its name would suggest, but in six; a dictionary of Latin vernacular (Romance language) proverbs. It is a highly respected work in the Portuguese and Spanish languages as well, quite apart from his native Welsh. He was a prolific writer. His "New English Grammar" is also considered, by modern historians of formal English, as a work of foreign language teaching and as the first work of its kind in the English language., Size : small folio (288x181mm)., Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of the author after Claude Melan by Abraham Bosse; red and black ink title; important double-page folding panorama etched birds-eye view of London by Wenceslaus Hollar; wood-cut initials. , two ex libris paste-in bookplates on upper pasted endpaper ? the first ?E. Beresford Chancellor?, the second showing code of arms with fleur des lis and 2 dogs. Endpapers watermarked, References : Grolier 487; Pforzheimer 515; Wing H3091., ex libris, bl. (3), frontispiece portrait, title, bl., poem in Latin and English in praise of London Bridge (2), to the City (2), adv. to the reader (2), the chiefest materials (2), folding panorama view, 1- 123, 128, 301-407, bl., index [8] pages, bl. (4). A near fine example. Mispaginations not affecting the content.