Hervey Rev James (41 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. this copy is tight and square with a slight crack to the front hinge.the back hinge is totally secure.some siling to the cover and frayed edges.not dated.yellowed pages but clean of any marks.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Reprint Full leather bound hardback xxviii + 366 pages Half of the spine leather is missing Contents are in good condition but has to be rated Fair condition generally.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kelly's edition, Vol II only, embellished with Engravings. Boards bumped at corners, marks, spine splitting down edges but still in tact. State of eps suggest book has been stood in water at some point as up to 1" damp marking around edges. Foxing spots to both sides of frontis, declining over first half dozen pages leaving rest of book mainly clean and firm. 464pps then a list of bible texts referenced, plates and Kelly's ad. All five plates affected by foxing spots and have tanned the facing pages. Some text pages also tanned.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Early Edition. Full leather binding, gilt title, blind-stamped decoration, marbled endpapers, xiv & 15-448 pages. Stated by Caxton Press (address not stated), printed by Nuttall Fisher Liverpool. The 2- page dedication to Lady Frances Shirley is dated 1755, no other publishing or printing history stated. No inscriptions or bookplate. An unusual edition, not listed by British Library as far as we can see. Binding weak, virtually disbound. …

Condition: Good. In leather binding. Raised bands to spine with title label. Ninth edition and volume two only of two volumes. Contents Contemplation of the night, contemplations of the starry heavens and a winter-piece. Illlustration only facing title page. In very good condition except front board is rubbed and appears re-glued. No inscriptions or markings. Previous owner's book plate on fep. 12mo.…

Leather. Condition: Worn. Covers worn. Rear page loose. Previous owner's name inside cover dated September 27th, 1829; 448pp. Book.

Calf. Condition: Good. With 440pp and engraved plates, bound in old calf, boards rather frayed but hinges tight and strong, Fisher Son and Jackson, Llundain [London], 1828.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 116 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.27 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: Good Plus. New Edition. Contemporary full tree calf leather binding with mottled spine. Gilt decoration to spine, gilt border to boards. Slight wear to ends of spine, heavy wear to corners. Good solid binding. A little light foxing, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with engraved frontis and title page, followed by letterpress title page. Seven further plates. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper: 'Elizabeth Chappell, Badworth 1813'. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xl, 367.…

Contemporary Half Calf/marbled. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. Second Edition. Second edition, with large additions, xii, pp13-407, advertisement, occasional spotting, some page corners creased, bookplate to front fixed endpaper reads This volume belongs to the Herveian Collection of John Cole, contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, corners rubbed and worn, spine has attractive gilt decoration and lettering. Rev. James Hervey (1714-1758) was born at Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, and was Vicar of Weston Favell and Collingtree. Size: 6.75 x 4 Inches. Biographical.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Quarter leather, raised bands, title in gilt, spine & corners rubbed slightly, date of publication not stated, circa 1820's, later owners details in pencil (1877) text block is square & tight with light age spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 476 pages; 6.5 x 4", contemporary leather. Inked entries on first blanks. Front cover detaching. Contents clean and sound, published some time between 1755 and 1824.

Leather. 194p; 176p. A small hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Fair condition; the leather is heavily scuffed and the bottom of the spine is chipped. Pencil notations and scribbled on endpapers. Pages heavily foxed. Binding secure. A worn but readable copy. Two volumes bound as one. A collection of meditations by an 18th-century English clergyman with Methodist leanings. Measures approx. 5.9" x 4".…

Half-Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 378 Pages With The General Contents Index Of All Six Volumes In Rear Of Book. Pages Heavily Foxed And Yellowed With Page Edges Darkened. String Binding.Pages Intact To Outer Spine And Tight But Both Front And Back Leather Boards Are Separated From The Spine. Brown Boards Are Heavily Worn And Faded; Corners Frayed; Spine Creases Cracked And Flaked; Ends Frayed Inner Boards And End Pages Extremely Worn; Darkened With Age Toning And Frayed Edges. Vol 6 Contains Letter 29 Though 209; Along With Final Pages Entitled: "On The Death Of Hte Rev. Mr. James Hervey; Epitaph On The Rev. Mr. James Hervey;; To The Memory.A Character Of Mr. Hervey's Writings And Index Of The 76 Volumes. A Very Rare Vintage Copy. …

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original hand-coloured antique engraving , printed circa 1880. Hand-colouring not contemporary but delicately and expertly executed. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraving of the Birthplace of Rev. James Hervey - Hardingstone, Northamptonshire. …

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid hand-coloured engraving, printed circa 1850. Hand-colouring not contemporary but expertly and delicately executed. Mounted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraving - Birthplace of The Rev. James Hervey - Hardingstone, Northamptonshire. …

Condition: Fair. Blue card boards with mottled pattern, very worn and some loss. There are some rather melodramatic engravings. Volume includes Meditations among the tombs and the Life of the Author. Marbled endpapers. Pages are age tanned with occasional foxing and there is some rippling. Staining to frontispiece. Binding is tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Manchester: S. Johnson and T. Johnson, 1838. Reprint. Good. A scarce printing of this book for S. Johnson in Manchester and T. Johnson in Liverpool 'and all other booksellers'. Blind decorate cloth cover bumped and worn, corners bumped, interior with some pencil marginalia but otherwise crisp and clean, binding sound.…

Condition: Good. NY (c.1830) The American Tract Society. Sm.8vo., 12p., original illustrated wraps. Good, light soiling, light wear.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid engraved portrait, printed in circa 1820. Mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraved portrait.

Quarter leather and marbled pa. Condition: As Described. No Jacket. British Poets. An unusual small volume being a compilation of works printed and published between 1806-8 by W. Suttaby and others, containing works written by various British poets, namely: - The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. London, Printed for W. Suttaby, Stationers Court, and C. Corrall, 38, Charing Cross. 1806. 70pp;- The Poetical Works of James Hamond and Lord Hervey; with Biographical Sketches of the Authors. Published by W. Suttaby, Crosby and Co. and Scatcherd and Letterman, Stationers' Court. 1808. 65pp, with frontispiece;- Poems Upon Several Occasions by the Rev. John Pomfret. With the Life of the Author. Printed for W. Suttaby, Stationers' Court. 1807. x + 110pp, with frontispiece;- The Poems of Samuel Johnson. To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, by F.W. Blagdon, Esq. London: Published by W. Suttaby and B. Crosby, Stationers'-Court. 1806. 64pp, with frontispiece.- The Poetical Works of William Collins with the Life of the Author and Critical Observations by Dr. Langhorne. London: Published by W. Suttaby and B. Crosby, Stationers'-Court. 1806. 94pp, with frontispiece. Black quarter-leather and marbled paper. Raised bands, gilt-blocked title and decoration. Marbled page edges. Measures 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 1". Scuffing and wear to binding but reasonably clean. Rubbing at edges and on hinges and chipping to paper. Bumped and torn corners. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges contain some scuffing and marking, and a degree of fading to marbling pattern. Inscription to free endpaper prior to Goldsmith work and signature to endpaper prior to Johnson. Some page corners dog-eared. Top edge of page 65 of Hamond and Hervey has had the top piece cut off. Some foxing, staining and other marking throughout, with a little ink blotching to initial front endpapers of book, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. 70, 65, 110, 64, 94 pp. 1806-8. …

Disbound. Contents still nice and tight, engravings in place. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Hardback. N.d. To which is prefixed A Memoir of the Author by Rev D MNicoll A new and correct stereotype edition Illustrated with fine cuts Bound in brown leather with minor gilt decoration to boards and spine Red title band on spine with gilt lettering Extremities worn and rubbed esp at edges of spine boards also rubbed worse at back Front board fairly loose corners bmpd ow in fair cond Contents in fairgood cond. book.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine antique engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a dedorative and attractive portrait. C. 1790.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. (Volume 1 only of set of 6). Brown full leather boards with edge-wear. Age-toned but crisp clean pages. No inscriptions. Bindiing still firm.

Leather Boards. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. Boards in poor condition, some detattchment but extant. PP however are in great, clean condition for age Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Containing Vol.I Meditations among the Tombs. Reflections on a Flower Garden. And a Descant on Creation. Vol.II Contemplations on the Night. Contemplations on the Starry Heavens. And a Winter Piece. Two engraved frontispieces, two engraved title-pages and 11 plates. Two volumes. 8vo. [242 x 147 x 31 mm]. lxviii, 284 pp; vii, [i], 312 pp. Bound in contemporary straight-grained red goatskin, the covers with a gilt double fillet border and the initial C surmounted with a coronet at the centre. Smooth spine divided into six panels by gilt double fillets and blind pallets, lettered in the second and numbered in the fourth, the others with a gilt flower-head and blind fronds and fleurons, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt broken fillet, the turn-ins with a gilt roll, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. (Spines a little rubbed). First published in 1746 and frequently thereafter. Some light spotting or foxing, but a distinguished copy, belonging to Edward Bligh, Lord Clifton. Born in 1795, he attended Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and served as MP for Canterbury from 1818 until 1830. He was styled as Lord Clifton until 1831, when he succeeded his father as 5th Earl of Darnley. He was Lord Lieutenant of Co. Meath from 1831 until his death in 1835. The Darnley family seat of Cobham Hall in Kent was sold in 1955.…

In Englisch. 1 gestoch. Titel, Innentit. m. gestoch. Titelvign., mit 8 gestoch. Taf. (dav. 1 Front.), HLdr. d. Zt. m. Rückengoldpräg., etw. berieb., schwache Kratzspuren am Rückendeckel, marmor. Vorsatzpapier.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The significant first work of the Reverend James Hervey, beautifully illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title and four further plates. Lacking two to four plates. Prefaced by a biographical introduction and a sermon on the author's death by the Reverend William Romaine, best remembered for his triology The Life, The Walk, and the Triumph of Faith. The significant first work of the Reverend James Hervey, including the popular "Meditations among the Tombs", inspired by Robert Boyle's Occasional Reflexions on various Subjects. Penned in Hervey's characteristic lyrical style, the text was praised by William Blake, who painted Epitome of James Hervey's Meditations among the Tombs after this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Inscription from a previous owner to the front free endpaper, dated 1937. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth and edge wear. Spine and boards subtly faded with a couple of odd marks. Internally, firmly bound. A fairly bright and clean edition, especially for its age, lightly age toned with scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Attractive 1839 edition of the highly influential 18th-century English devotional work first published in two volumes between 1746 and 1747, which blends solemn Christian theology with a poetic appreciation of natural beauty. Small hardback beautifully bound in full black calf with gilt lettering on the spine, all edges of boards and pages gilt, original yellow endpapers (which do not show well in the photographs) . In very good condition, very minor rubbing of ends of spine, edges and corners, owner's inscription, Mary Frances Lear, dated 1845, some minor foxing to frontispiece, tissue guard, which is detached, title page and final few pages, otherwise bright, tight and clean. This C19th edition includes an introductory Sketch of His Life to provide readers with biographical context on Hervey's brief but pious existence, which is included in the initial xxivpp together with a very detailed list of the contents, then 360pp plus 12pp Scott, Webster & Geary publisher's catalogue. The main text incorporates both of the C18th volumes, Volume I: Earthly Mortality & Beauty, which includes Mediations among the Tombs, which is considered a cornerstone foundational prose text for the "Graveyard School" of poetry and early Gothic literature, and Volume II: Celestial and Seasonal Wonders.…