Dodington George Bubb Wyndham Henry (40 results)

Leather. Condition: Fair. Third Edition. 15 + 504pp. Front board detached but still well bound from fep to rear board, spine tatty (see pic). . Some pencil written notes on rear of one of front blanks may be of interest or could be erased. Interior in very nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. A reading copy or for reb…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second Edition, xv + 506 + (2)pp blank, 8vo, bound in half calf with maroon boards, gilt decorated spine, title label inset on red brown morocco, gilt lettered, Provenance: with the name label (on title page) of John Dickinson of Abbots Hill [John Dickinson (1782 - 1869) invented a contin…

No Binding. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 24mo. Pp. 279. "With an Appendix. Containing some Curious and Interesting Papers, which are either referred to, or illuded [sic] to in this Diary. Published from his Lordship's Original Manuscripts by Henry Penruddocke Wyndham." The editor says the author displayed "selfish intrigue and li…

Leather. Condition: Good Only. An interesting diary focusing on the political scenes in the eighteenth century, written by George Bubb Dodington. This diary is one of the best sources on British politics in the eighteenth century, containing gossip of the government and significant figures within society at that time. George Dod…

Leather. Condition: Good. A calf-bound first edition of the diaries of George Bubb Dodington, offering an interesting source on 18th-century British politics. First edition. In a full contemporary calf binding. Bound with the half title and original endpapers. This important posthumous work provides a rich source of information…

Hardback. Condition: Good. First edition. An uncommon first edition of this important biographical work, in half calf. An uncommon first edition work, rebound in half calf and marbled boards, with red tinted page block edges.Blanks and endpapers renewed.An important biography of 18th Century British Whig politician George Bubb D…

First Dublin edition. 12mo, xiv + 346 pp. Good tight copy on lightly-aged paper. In original worn tree calf binding, with remains of red label gilt on spine and no free endpapers. Subtitled 'Now first published from his Lordship's original manuscripts. By Henry Penruddocke Wyndham.' Wyndham had inherited Dodington's papers from…

First Dublin Edition. in contemporary calf, joints cracking at head of spine, red morocco label lettered in gilt, with the contemporary heraldic bookplate of John Wallis. 12mo, xiv, 346, Dodington left all his property to his cousin, Thomas Wyndham of Hammersmith, who in turn left it all to Henry Penruddocke Wyndham. In addition…

Leather. Condition: Good. The political diaries of George Bubb Dodington, an insightful look into Whig politics of the eighteenth century. A new edition, published in the same year as the first.Half-title and final leaf of adverts present.ESTC citation number T144755.This intriguing diary is one of the best sources on British po…

First edition, handsomely bound by Kelly and Sons. The diary records "the intrigues of an apparently compulsive, self-seeking place-hunter who seemed equally attached to the sentiments of virtue and poetry. [and] has subsequently anchored [Dodington's] reputation as the archetypal eighteenth-century man of politics" (ODNB). The…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 300 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1828. An important historical diary covering the years 1749 to 1761, with an appendix of related papers referred to in the text. The volume offers a first-hand view of political, social, and perso…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 498 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1823. A substantial historical diary covering the years 1749 to 1761, offering a close view of political, social, and literary life in mid-18th-century Britain. The appended papers add further doc…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Langue : Latin. Environ 472 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1823. Cette reproduction moderne de The diary of the late George Bubb Dodington, baron of Melcombe Regis; from March 8, 1749, to February 6, 1761; with an appendix, containing some curious and interest…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1785 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt band…