Edited by Paul Chatfield (4 results)

Full leather. Condition: Fair. 6 x 8 in. Full maroon calf. Gilt spine decorations and inner dentelle. Condition is FAIR ; both front boards are detached but present. Both title pgs are detached but present, edges chipped. Both text bindings are fine. Text bright, one or two pencil margin marks. Ess. Stax. …

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Small octavo. Paper wrappers. Sunned along the spine, near fine. A literary anthology with contributions from Harold Witt, Charles Edward Eaton, Daniel Hoffman, David Ignatow, William Matthew, Robert Mezey, Philip Booth, David Wagoner, Dugan Gilman, James Schevill, Ted Kooser, Larry Levis, Stuart Friebert, Dave Etter, Sonya Dorman, Mark McCloskey, Paul Zimmer, David Steingass, Joseph Bruchac, Lyn Lifshin, John Unterecker, Stuart Peterfreund, William Hathaway, Herbert Scott, Terry Stokes, Robert L. Jones, DeWayne Rail, C.G. Hanzlicek, H.L. Van Brunt, James Tipton, David Hilton, Tom McKeown, Wesley McNair, William Witherup, Hale Chatfield, Elton Glaser, James Craig, Alan Soldofsky, Danny L. Rendleman, Rochelle Ratner, Gena Ford, Ian Young, Felix Pollak, Phillip Hey, Robert Hershon, and Carolyn Stoloff.…

2 volumes of 2. 8vo (203 x 122). pp, xiv, (2), 295, (1); (4), 279, (1). Engraved frontspiece to volume 1. Age toned paper with edges uncut. Endpapers replaced. Green and gilt cloth with blind stamped decorated boards. Gilt titles rubbed and edges and corners bumped and worn. Both volumes with old reback. Paul Chatfield was a pseudonym of Horace Smith (1779-1849), humorist, poet, novelist and writer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed For Whittaker & Co., 1836, Edition. Two volume set, half leather binding, gilt titles, gilt bands, tissue guarded frontispiece in Vol. I. Spoof collection of amusingly offbeat remarks ethical, political & philosophical. The fictitious Chatfield's 'strange and sometimes startling notions', such as free medicine to the poor, are collected here in alphabetical order and headings. Horatio Smith was the novelist friend of Shelley and famously the co-author with his brother of Rejected Addresses. Vol. I xiv, 295pp Vol. II 279pp Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, gilt bands, very discoloured. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn with slight loss in places. Boards good condition half leather and marbled boards, some loss to the leather corners, general signs of wear. Page edges good condition top edges slightly darkened, all speckled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact on both volumes. Paste downs good condition plain, lightly tanned with some foxing. End papers good condition plain, lightly tanned with some foxing. Title good condition lightly tanned in both volumes. Pages good condition Vol. I has a tissue guarded frontispiece Paul Chatfield, M.D. , lightly tanned throughout each volume. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1836 Binding: Hardback.…