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Published by New American Library (A Mentor Book) 1950
- Softcover
Seller: Berthoff Books, Harpers Ferry, WV, U.S.A.Berthoff Books
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. 222 pages, plus short introduction by Eduard C. Lindeman, who selected and edited the excerpts. First printing stated. The persons included are Lycurgus, Solon, Pericles, Alcibiades, Cicero, and Alexander the Great. Mass-market paperback with soil and wear to wraps, from which an outer glassine layer… is peeling, top edge dust-soiled, pages brown with age, crack along front of spine but backstrip firmly attached. Names of former owners written on ffep, pages unmarked.
More imagesThe Best After-Dinner Stories (The Folio Society)
Heald, Tim; Chaucer, Geoffrey; Shakespeare, William; Thackeray, William Makepeace; Johnson, Samuel; Purves, Libby; Walpole, Horace; Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville]; Manser, Jose; The King's Tradesmen; Chesteron, G.K. [Gilbert Keith]; Warner, Pelham; Barham, R.H.; Dickens, Charles; Ingrams, Richard; Grady, Henry W.; Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel Langhorne]; Holroyd, Michael; Herbert, A.P.; Churchill, Winston S. [Spencer]; Baldwin, Stanley; Fothergill, John; West, Mae; Parker, Dorothy; Marx, Groucho; Sitwell, Osbert; Baring, Maurice; Grenfell, Joyce; Waugh, Evelyn; Hoffnung, Gerard; Garland, Patrick; James, Clive; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Gordon, John; Lord Beaverbrook; Parris, Matthew; Brandreth, Gyles; The Think Tank; Kington, Mi
Language: English
Published by The Folio Society 2003
- 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: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various author…s, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.
Published by George Routledge and Sons, London
- Hardcover
Seller: Walk A Crooked Mile Books, Williamsburg, PA, U.S.A.Walk A Crooked Mile Books
Contact seller3-star sellerBrown Cloth. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. GRK 039317 Later edition, with no date anywhere that I could find, in a handsome brown cloth binding with bright gilt on front board and spine. Corners are worn (one through the cloth, while the remaining wear is mild. Front gutter is exposed but still tight. Interior is tight and cl…ean, save for previous owner's name on inside board. Includes, in the preface, the translator's argument for why Plutarch needed their translation.
Published by Harper & Brothers 1844
- Hardcover
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. New York, 1844; VOLUME IV ONLY; translated from the original Greek; with Notes, Historical and Critical; Carefully corrected and printed from the last London edition; leather covered boards; heavy corner wear with board exposed; covers and edges scuffed; crown of spine chipped with tip missing; hole i…n back strip; edges marbled; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; notations on end papers; interior foxed; Interior is clean and unmarked; 435 pages.
Language: English
Published by James Crissy, Philadelphia PA 1834
- Hardcover
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.R Bryan Old Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFull-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Classic literature. Volume 2 ONLY of 4 volume set. Leather covers scuffed, wear on the corners, covers bent. Vintage owner name on the first endpaper, interior clean, binding tight, pages tanned with some foxing.
Language: English
Published by James Crissy, Philadelphia PA 1834
- Hardcover
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.R Bryan Old Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFull-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Classic literature. Volume 1 ONLY of 4 volume set. Leather covers scuffed, wear on the corners. Vintage owner name on the first endpaper, interior clean, binding tight, pages tanned with some foxing.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers 1839
- Hardcover
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Bound in contemporary calf. Rubbing to leather, loss along spine edge. Hardcover. xx, 748 pages ; 23 cm.
Published by F. M. Lupton
- Hardcover
Seller: Rare Reads, Athens, GA, U.S.A.Rare Reads
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No date given. No dust jacket. Cover has some stains/discoloration near bottom. A little foxing on edge of pages. Erase marks on front end page. A few notes, spots, and dog-ears on pages. Very Good condition.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Plutarch's Lives, Translated From The Original Greek ; With Notes Critical And Historical, And A Life Of Plutarch. A New Edition, With Corrections And Additions In Eight Volumes - Volume III [only]
Plutarch & Langhorne, John - Langhorne, William [translators] & Wrangham, Reverend Francis [editor]
Language: English
Published by Printed for J Mawman; F & C Rivington et al 1810
- Hardcover
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United KingdomEastleach Books
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Condition: Good. a new edition. Full tree calf, G+. 357pp, leather rubbed at the egdes spine scuffed, Ex Library [ Eccles Hotel, Bantry Bay ] with Occasional ink stamp, a nice copy. Odd volume. Covers the lives of Paulus Æmilius, Pelopidas, Marcellus, Aristides, Cato The Censor, Philopmen, Titus Quinctius Flaminius & Pyrrhus. Po…pular translation on Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives' in which he give biographies of emminent Greeks & Romans & then offers comparisons on their virtues & morals. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus [ 46 - 120 ] 250 grams.
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Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Published by Ithaca, New York: Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, 1842 1842
- Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Later edition. Reading copy only. Boards nearly detached. Endpages missing. Dampstained. (greece, biography).
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Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Published by Philadelphia, PA: James Crissy, 1831 1831
- Hardcover
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.Pepper's Old Books
Contact seller1-star sellerLeather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Leather. No Jacket. Fair - Front loose -- Translated from the Original Greek with Notes, Historical & Critical & A Life of Plutarch.
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Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United KingdomRarewaves.com USA
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Published by J Richardson & Co. et al., London 1821
- Hardcover
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, , United KingdomTony Hutchinson
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Leather Bound Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Covers are poor, but all but vol 4 are still well bound together, these are ideal for reference or rebind. Vol 4 has front board and first couple of leaves detached. Interiors in nice clean condition. Owner's name on 1st blank in each. Marbled end-pages. PLEASE STATE VOL REQUIRED WHEN O…RDERING. Picture of this book available.
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Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.PBShop.store US
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Published by Thomas Tegg, London 1826
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United KingdomVictoria Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. front board missing spine poor. Book.
Published by George Routledge and Sons 1902
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. London and New York, 1902. Full leather with gold titles; 5 raised bands on spine; edges worn; Front external hinge cracking; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Marbled endpapers and edges; presentation plate on front pastedown; text in columns; no internal markings; 736 pages.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, New York,
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Seller: Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Ocean Tango Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. circa 1875 with vintage bookplate good condition hard cover, tight binding, no jacket, wear to spine ends, looks like a wet glass was put over a sheet of paper on top of book, causing some paper to stick in a round circle should wipe off , or rub off , brown cloth cloth , blank end papers g…ilt lettering , 435 pages with 8 pages of ads at rear.
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Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United KingdomRia Christie Collections
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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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More imagesPublished by Philadelphia: Hickman and Hazard 1822
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Seller: Braintree Book Rack, Cohasset, MA, U.S.A.Braintree Book Rack
Contact seller4-star sellerLeather. Condition: Poor. 8.5" x 5.5", 471pp. The pages are foxed with a stain on the lower corner of the last 50pp. The front cover is detached and the spine is mostly perished.
