John Huckell (4 results)

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 70.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1811 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 68 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 68.…

First Edition. First edition, 4to, pp. 78, collating as in Gaskell (without the first blank and with the final leaf signed 2K); contemporary three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine with two raised bands; margins trimmed, bookplate of Lord Stanley of Alderley on front pastedown, old "Portico" rubber stamp on title page and several leaves; otherwise fine. The second book from Baskerville's press. Gaskell 3.…

First Edition. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1758. 4to, [3], 78 pp. Original wrappers bound into quarter red calf, a bit worn, occasional spotting or discoloration. Front pastedown with bookplates of Ralph Straus and Robert Hartshorne. § First edition -- K2 is signed 2K and the "O" of Poems in title is inverted as usual; "Cambden" is thus misspelt on p. 32, and "had" is omitted from the last line on p. 51. One of Baskerville's scarcest works, issued 1 June 1758 at 3s, approximately one year after his famous Virgil. "Though Avon garnered generally positive reviews from contemporary critics and portions of it were reprinted in the Gentleman's Magazine and in Dodsley's Annual Register that year, it gained equal, or perhaps greater, attention as an early specimen of John Baskerville's typesetting. 'Avon is nothing but a Type', Thomas Gray remarked (letter to William Mason, 11 Aug 1758)" (DNB). Ralph Straus was the primary contributor to the 1907 Cambridge University Press publication John Baskerville: A Memoir. Though listed as a co-author of this valuable reference (a good supplement to Pardoe and Gaskell), he "brought to the subject an intimate technical knowledge of the Baskerville types, enabling him to deduce new and interesting theories as to the extent to which these famous types were used; and by his independent researches he made good his claim to a share in the production of the 'life'.[with] the lion's share of the task falling upon [Straus]" (written by his co-author in the preface to the 1907 edition). Gaskell 3. Signed.…