Hamilton William Gerhard (3 results)

3., erw. Aufl... Titelportrait, 125 S., Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 310 21,5 x 14,5 cm, Ppbd. Name auf Voratz, sonst gut erhalten.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xlvi, 253, [1]; engraved frontispiece portrait; contemporary full polished calf, rebacked with old spine laid down, preserving the red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; extremities rubbed, good and sound, or better. Edited, with a biographical preface, by Edmond Malone from Hamilton's papers. Four odes by the author appear on p. 201-235. The 15-p. appendix consists of the first publication of Johnson's tract on the corn laws, as edited by Edmond Malone. The essay was written by Johnson in November, 1766 (as shown by both Malone and Greene), for his friend William Gerard Hamilton, at a time when corn was very expensive and there had been riots in the Midlands. Kress B.5371; Courtney & Smith, p.111; Fleeman 66.11CC.…

First Edition. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. xlvi, 253, [1]; engraved frontispiece portrait; contemporary quarter black polished calf over marbled boards, maroon morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; some rubbing and wear but generally good and sound. Edited, with a biographical preface, by Edmond Malone from Hamilton's papers. Four odes by the author appear on p. 201-235. The 15-p. appendix consists of the first publication of Johnson's tract on the corn laws, as edited by Edmond Malone. The essay was written by Johnson in November, 1766 (as shown by bothMalone and Greene), for his friend William Gerard Hamilton, at a time when corn was very expensive and there had been riots in the Midlands. Kress B.5371; Courtney & Smith, p.111; Fleeman 66.11CC.…