John Galt Esq (52 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dark red boards with green decoration. Slightly bumped on the corners, slight aroma of tobacco smoke.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This book is severely edgeworn. Heavily shelf worn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

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Leather Bound. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. 1/2 Leather and Marbled Boards. Foxing, spotting. 1 1/2 inch tear out of right lower corner of fep. Faded spine. Cracking along right of spine, especially over 1 1/4th inch from top. Flaking 1/2 inch from top. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 7.5 x 4.5", half brown leather, gilt bands and spine lettering, marbled boards, 444pp. Covers well worn, rubbed, scuffed/scraped, corners bumped and worn, armorial bookplate ("The Laird Of Altyr's Arms"), contemporary ink name on title page (M. Saltoun?), inner hinges cracked, scattered foxing else very good condition. Textblock tight. "A compilation.there are many gems, both in prose and verse.have long since ceased to be generally accessible.the book is likely to afford amusement." Some of the chapters: "Witchcraft", "African Sketches", "Falls Of Niagara", "Liberty Of The Press", "The West Indies". Scotsman John Galt, 1779-1839, was a novelist, political commentator, entrepreneur. Some of his adventures included hanging out with Lord Byron in Gibraltar, Malta and Greece. Later he published the first full bio of Byron, was appointed as secretary to the Canada Company in 1824 and later its superintendent 1826-1829. In Upper Canada (Ontario) he founded Guelph, co-founded Goderich and Galt was named after him. His son Alexander was one of the Canadian fathers of Confederation and its first minister of finance. An interesting book, and interesting author. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE.…

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Full Calf. Condition: Good. A nice copy of this very handsome edition in full-leather binding with 5 raised bands, a title-label in one panel, gilt fleurons along backstrip, gilt borders to covers, marbled feps and pastedowns, all edges marbled, and gilt dentelles along edges. Cover detached but present with partial split to front-joint from crown, and quarter-inch split to rear-joint at crown. Title- and half-title pages missing. Some rubbing to crown and foot of backstrip, and some corner-wear. Marbled edging faded, some occasional mild soiling to pages (not affecting legibility), and some very mild, very occasional evidence of dampstain to upper margins (not affecting text). Overall, text clean and binding solid. As is. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ].…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

First American edition. "Sold by Collins and Hannay, Collins and Co., G. and C. and H. Carville, O. A. Roorbach, White, Gallaher, and White, A. T. Goodrich, W. B. Gilley, E Bliss, C.S. Francis, N.B. Holmes, M. Bancroft, W. Burgess, M'Elrath and Bangs, J. Leavitt, G.W. Bleecker, and J.P. Haven; -Albany, O. Steler, and Little and Cummings". Original tan paper boards, quarter pinkish cloth, paper spine title printed black with black top and bottom rule, uncut. 12mo in 6's. pp. [vi] blank, [14] Ads (with Lawrie Todd ad bottom second page), [3-7], 8-203, [1] In Press Ad, [6] blank. Good/No jacket, as issued. Very good internally, foxing starting, board edges worn to exposure with splits in spine cloth, (pencil owner), top board partially detached with 4 worn punctures in spine cloth. Volume One only (Sabin 26456, Sauer: LAW02, Variant A). Verso of title [4] and preface [6] are blank. Collation: 12mo in 6's vol. 1: [a], [1], 2(13)-17(193). The later London edition was published in 3 volumes. …

Full Calf. Condition: Good. A nice copy of this very handsome edition in full-leather binding with 5 raised bands, a title-label in one panel, gilt fleurons along backstrip, gilt borders to covers, marbled feps and pastedowns, all edges marbled, and gilt dentelles along edges. Cover detached but present with partial split to front-joint from crown, and quarter-inch split to rear-joint at crown. Title- and half-title pages missing. Some rubbing to crown and foot of backstrip, and some corner-wear. Marbled edging faded, some occasional mild soiling to pages (not affecting legibility), and some very mild, very occasional evidence of dampstain to upper margins (not affecting text). Overall, text clean and binding solid. As is. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 16mo. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A scarce edition of The Bachelor's Wife; A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts with Cursory Observations a collection of essays and verse by John Galt. First edition. John Galt (1779 - 1839) was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Because he was the first novelist to deal with issues of the industrial revolution, he has been called the first political novelist in the English language. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound but with some wear to extremities, rubbing and marks to boards, splitting to cloth to joints. Hinges strained. Internally, generally firmly bound. Bright but with occasional spotting and handling marks and a small initalled label to front pastedown. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 216 3:B&W 7.5 x 9.25 in or 235 x 191 mm Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam.

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