James Thomson Robert Bell (6 results)
Language: English
Published by Griffin, Bohn, and Company, London 1861
- Hardcover
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.Mountain Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good Minus. Scarce hardcover. Maroon cloth with paper label spine on spine that is torn, some wear and signs of age. We ship fast.
More imagesScience for All [Volume 2 of 5]
Brown, Robert; von Tunzelmann, George W.; Dickie, George; Mann, Robert James; Wilson, Robert; Lloyd, W.A.; Wilson, Andrew; Barff, Frederick S.; Lowe, F.R. Eaton; Hepworth, T.C.; King, J. Falconer; Lebour, G.A.; Proctor, R.A.; Kesteven, W. Henry; Prithcard, H. Baden; Scott-Moncrieff, William Dundas; Durham, William; Ackroyd, William; Wallace, Alfred Russel; Nicholson, H. Alleyene; Denning, W.F.; Duncan, P. Martin; Callaway, Charles; Alston, Edward R.; Butler, Arthur G.; Barrett, W.F.; Rudler, F.W.; Dunman, Thomas; Thomson, John; King, C. Cooper; Bonney, T.G.; Bell, F. Jeffrey; Allen, Grant; Duncan, P. Martin; Woodward, B.B.; Jones, T. Rupert; Moss, Edward L.; Dallas, William Liscombe
Language: English
Published by Cassell & Company, Limited 1890
- Hardcover
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some loss from spine head, light stain on bottom fore edge corner of a few pages, a few pages dog-eared, front and rear endpapers faintly foxed. Binding tight and square. 1890 Hard Cover. viii, 384 pp. Color frontispiece of an arctic aurora, monochrome plates, and hundreds of black-an…d-white illustrations in text. A collection of scientific articles contributed by numerous authors, including: The Northern Lights; The Mathematics of Plants; How the Wind Changes; Dreams; Why the Sea is Salt; The Anatomy of a Lobster; Rust; A Glass of Wine; Voyages in Cloudland; The Chemistry of Water; Nuggets and Quartz; The Sun Our Fire, Light, and Life; A Fish in the Water; A Microscopical Biography; Firing a Shot; What is 'Power'?; History Out of Refuse Heaps; What Is in the Interior of the Earth?; How Sunshine Warms the Earth; What Are the Stars Made Of?; The Protective Colours of Animals; Great Sea Reptiles; Shooting Stars; Continental Islands, and How They Were Formed; Teeth; How the River Severn Cut through Wenlock Edge; Moles and Mole-Hills; The Mariner's Compass; Spiders' Webs; Glaciers; Diamonds; The History of a Hen's Egg; Growth; The Magic Lantern; A Primrose; A Cannon Shot; Why the Rain Falls; The Story of a Volcano as Told in History; Can Science Conquer Rust?; How the Airs Were Discovered; What is 'Work'?; The Hand; How Glaciers Move; Dust; A Piece of Rock Salt; Protective Mimicry in Animals; The Physics of Music; Touch; Animal Colonies and Co-operation; Colour-Blindness; Oceanic Islands and Their History; Modern Explosives; The Gravel on the Garden Path; A Peat-Bog; A Piece of Iceland Spar; Polar Ice; Rubies and Sapphires; Weather Telegraphy; Lodgers and Boarders in Lower Life.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Griffin, Bohn, London 1861
- Hardcover
Seller: Kilmaree Books, Strathcarron, United KingdomKilmaree Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Contains The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence. 16mo. pp 272. Maroon cloth boards, with printed spine label. Yellow endpapers. Boards rubbed and with several spots; corners bumped; spine and part of front board faded; spine label discoloured and with minor loss. Bookplate to front pastedown. Intern…ally with occasional light spotting. Most pages unopened. Gutter starting to crack at head in one place.
Published by London: Griffin Bohn and Company Ca 1865
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Seller: Richard Roberts Bookseller., KILMARNOCK, , United KingdomRichard Roberts Bookseller.
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1st. thus. Pocket 8vo. (17cm. tall x 10cm.). 206pp. plus 2pp. publisher's list. In the original pink flecked black cloth. Blind embossed title within circular decorated border adorns the front board. Small split to tail of rear hinge, else a very good hardback copy with no annotation or underlining.
More imagesPublished by Charles Griffin, London 1864
- Hardcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. A lovely edition of James Thomson's two most popular works of poetry, in a contemporary imitation malachite binding. A lovely edition of the two best known works from Scottish poet James Thomson; 'The Seasons' and 'The Castle of Indolence'.In a contemporary imitation malachite effect lacquered papi…er-mache binding, sometimes termed 'malachite-ware'. The Victorian Web notes that 'rarities today, these books exemplify the publishers" attempts to refresh their products'.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and three further steel-engraved plates. Collated, complete.'The Seasons', a lengthy blank verse poem reflecting on the landscape of the countryside, was highly influential and much liked for at least a century after its writing, and first published between 1726 and 1730.'The Castle of Indolence', first published in 1748, is written in the form of the Spenserian stanza, and is considered to have been influential upon the later Romantic poets Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, and John Keats.With a school prize inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper, awarding this work to Miss Jessie Atherton in 1864. In a contemporary calf backed binding, with malachite-effect lacquered papier-mache boards. Gilt detailing to back strip and front board. Light rubbing to joints, with front joint starting and a touch tender to the tail. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot or light handling mark. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
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- First Edition
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1777. A 1777 Robert Bell Philadelphia Imprint with Contemporary Annotations by a Loyalist Relating Shakespeare and Richardson to the American Revolution Thomson, James [1700-1748]. [Murray, John (1726-1800)]. The Seasons: Containing, Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter. With Poems on Several…Occasions. To Which are Added, An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, 1777. [x], 251 (i.e. 253), [3] pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece of Thomson. Text followed by 3 pp. of publisher advertisements. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/2"; 18.6 x 11.5 cm). Contemporary sheep, raised bands, blind fillets and blind-stamped "T" to spine. Light rubbing to boards, some shallow scuffing near edges, moderate rubbing to extremities, spine ends chipped, corners bumped and worn, hinges cracked. Toning and light foxing to interior. Later bookplate and shelf label of Amedo Alaimo to front pastedown, later ink owner stamp of the Comte de Ludolf to foot of title page. Owner signatures of John Murray to pp. 3, 44 and 160, underlining, marks to margins and brief annotations in his hand throughout, brief annotations to pp. 75 and 76, longer annotations to recto and verso of rear endleaf, pencil annotation in Alaimo's hand to rear pastedown. Housed in a handsome dark blue quarter morocco clamshell case. A notable edition with a fascinating provenance. $7,500. **THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION.** * First Philadelphia edition, and the first edition printed in the independent United States. Published in four parts from 1726 to 1730, The Seasons, a celebration of country life, was one of the most popular poems of the eighteenth century. It inspired several subsequent works, including Haydn's oratorio The Seasons and paintings by Gainsborough, Turner and Fuseli. The very rare first American edition was published without an imprint in 1764, most likely in Boston. Bell, the publisher of the second edition, specialized in inexpensive editions of important English books. One of these was the first American edition of Blackstone's Commentaries. He was also the first publisher of Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Murray, the annotator of our copy, was a staunch Loyalist. A member of a landed Scottish family in Philiphaugh, and a Member o. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1777. (illustrator).
