Mackay Thomas Editor (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Clean, sturdy, unmarked copy. LS.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has light rubbing to covers, a dog eared page, light scuffs to edges and tips of corners. otherwise in great condition, tight binding, clean and unmarked text with bright pages; an overall sturdy, attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Good hardcover, no DJ. Library rebinding. Covers show light edge wear. Ex-Library (college) with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good copy. (see picture) 528 pages including index.Red silk page ribbon.Copy has hardly been used.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket. Later Printing. Later [5th] printing. An anthology of fiction, folklore and poetry about ghosts. Brown pictorial buckram binding, 187+ pages. Near Fine copy [purchase price and date partially erased from the rear-paste-down no dust jacket. clph.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Introduction by Herbert Spencer and essays by various writers. Large clip at top of title page, foxing on early and late pages, rear joint partially open. A heavy book, overseas shipping may be high. 414 pp.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original blind bordered cloth with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age (with loss to the spine). Text remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Minor red pen underling throughout. Provenance; from the librayr of Chris Viveash with the the owner's bookplate. Physical description; Subjects; Murray, John (1778-1843). John Murray (Firm). Authors, English ; Correspondence. Authors, English Correspondence. Publishers and publishing Great Britain History 19th century. Publishers and publishing Great Britain ; Correspondence. Publishers and publishing Great Britain ; Biography. Genres; Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [Interesting provenance, previously owned by Parke Godwin] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. Sunning to edges. Shelf wear. Front end pages starting to detach. Scattered markings. Small stain to edge. Contemporary signature of Godwin on title page. 446 p., 21 cm. "Parke Godwin, 1816-1904, was an American journalist and editor. He became associated, while working on the New York Evening Post, with William Cullen Bryant, whose daughter he married. He later published a biography of Bryant (1883) and edited his works (4 vol., 1883-84). He retained his connection with the Post for nearly 45 years, following Bryant as editor in 1878, but because of differences with the owners, he resigned in 1881 and became editor of the Commercial Advertiser. Godwin, sympathetic with Brook Farm and with Fourierism Fourier, wrote 'A Popular View of the Doctrines of Fourier' (1844), and for a time edited the Harbinger, the Fourierist magazine. He translated part of Goethe's autobiography (1846-47) and other works from the German." Contents: Progress : its law and cause.--Manners and fashion.--The genesis of science.--The physiology of laughter.--The origin and function of music.--The nebular hypothesis.--Brain on the emotions and the will.--Illogical geology.--The development hypothesis.--The social organism.--Use and beauty.--The sources of architectural types.--The use of anthropomorphism. Progress: its law and cause.--Manners and fashion.--The genesis of science.--The physiology of laughter.--The origin and function of music.--The nebular hypothesis.--Bain on the emotions and the will.--Illogical geology.--The development hypothesis.--The social organism.--Use and beauty.--The sources of architectural types.--The use of anthropomorphism.…

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original blind bordered cloth with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age (with loss to the spine). Text remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Minor red pen underling throughout. Provenance; from the librayr of Chris Viveash with the the owner's bookplate. Physical description; Subjects; Murray, John (1778-1843). John Murray (Firm). Authors, English ; Correspondence. Authors, English Correspondence. Publishers and publishing Great Britain History 19th century. Publishers and publishing Great Britain ; Correspondence. Publishers and publishing Great Britain ; Biography. Genres; Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 2nd Edition. 416pp. Quarter bound in brown cloth over burgundy cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Bumped corners and spine ends. Dusty top text block edge; edges tanned; untrimmed. Endpapers starting to tan; bookplate on front pastedown, red biro 'room 29' on front free endpaper. Hinges cracked. Small corner cut front half-title page. Page margins tanning, text block unaffected. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Protected with plastic cover, not adhered. 8vo. Introduction by Herbert Spencer and essays by various writers. Essays include: The Impracticability of Socialism; The Limits of Liberty; Liberty for Labour; State Socialism in the Antipodes; Working-Class Discontent; Investment; Free Education; The Housing of the Working Classes and the Poor; The Evils of State Trading as Illustrated by the Post Office; Free Libraries; The state and Electrical Distribution; The True Line of Deliverance. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. Pages slightly brown. Hinge cracked. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of spine rubbed and bumped. Spine brown.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Early. New York: Appleton, 1865. Herbert Spencer, Illustrations of Universal Progress; A Series of Discussions. With a notice of Spencer's "New System of Philosophy". 12mo. Bright blue cloth binding, elaborately blindstamped, gold titles with decoration, top edge gilt. Antique ex-library purchased from the historical collection of one of the USA's oldest libraries and bearing a hand-numbered (1157) and hand-dated (May 1, 1869) bookplate. 451 pp. followed by prospectus for subscription to Spencer's philosophical works (10 pp., including a list of subscribers with their city and state), and 6 pp. of advertising. "Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) British philosopher and sociologist, was a major figure in the intellectual life of the Victorian era. He was one of the principal proponents of evolutionary theory in the mid nineteenth century, and his reputation at the time rivaled that of Charles Darwin. Spencer was initially best known for developing and applying evolutionary theory to philosophy, psychology and the study of society -- what he called his "synthetic philosophy" (see his A System of Synthetic Philosophy, 1862-93). Today, however, he is usually remembered in philosophical circles for his political thought, primarily for his defense of natural rights and for criticisms of utilitarian positivism." (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). This book contains the American notice of the "new system of philosophy". That is followed by the editor's preface. The book is a series of essays first published in English periodicals, mainly around the subject of Evolution. An early edition of a very important book. Chipping to top and bottom of spine, spine faded (but legible), gilt faded, front hinge open, watermarks on about 1/3 of the pages. Light foxing. Text block tight and readable, overall good plus condition. …

Blue Boards. Condition: Very Good Plus. xviiipp; 380pp. Illustrated with several portrait plates throughout the book. A super copy, being very fresh and clean. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Slight nicks to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. The upper fore edges are slightly soiled. Apart from these faults the book is in extremely good condition. A lovely copy. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. A scarce new edition of this fascinating history of London and its celebrated residents from English antiquarian John Thomas Smith. New edition. Scarce work. A historical compilation of stories and anecdotes of notable figures who lived on or were associated with some of the most famous streets in London. Being a guide to the city's past that provides insight into the rich tapestry of the social landscape through time. Referencing figures from the Duke of Wellington, Sir Richard Steele, and Miss Linwood, to Sir Thomas More and Anne Boleyn. Written by John Thomas Smith, also known as Antiquity Smith, an English painter, engraver and antiquarian. Edited by Charles Mackay, a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and board edges with spotting to the boards and the odd small mark. Splits in the cloth to the joints as well as the head and tail of the spine resulting in minor loss. Hinges starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front pastedown and front free endpaper. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

xxiv + 414pp + 2p ads. 'Essays By Various Writers'. Cloth boards, little bumped and scuffed. Page edges foxed. End papers and outer pages browned and little foxed. Name on front free end paper, a few annotations to the text. 23x15cms.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. new edition. pressed boards are worn and the top and bottom of the spine are frayed and torn and have been repaired. there is a previous owner's bookplate (Mary Elfreda Kelly) under the front board. the paper is darkened and there are age related marks in the text. the binding is strong. condition is given in terms of the book's age. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 1st edition. Leaves toned with darkening to edges of over-opened text-block; light foxing to end-papers. Spine gently shaken. Bubbling to darkened cloth boards; scuffing to edges and spine with some fraying. VG.

Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. Khaki green cloth with gilt lettering. xx, 292pp. Very good. Internally tight and fine, with very faintest of binding wear; lightly shellacked spine with hand-lettered paper shelf label near foot. This superb, bright and tight first edition features essays by Henry Dunning MacLeod, William Maitland, St. Loe Strachey, J.W. Fortescue, Wynnard Hooper, W.M. Acworth, Bernard Mallet, Alfred Lyttelton and Mackay himself. Given the subject matter, it shouldn't surprise that this primo copy hails from the collection of William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years, he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown notes "This book is part of Allison Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs. Jennie A. Brayton" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. Notes Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics," Allison owned "hundreds of books on government, economics, history, banking, finance, and the tariff. An omnivorous reader, Allison doubtless read most of these volumes, if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation.".…

London, John Murray, 1891, xxii pp + 414 pp, publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, binding a bit loose, spine with signs of use, flyleaves browned, small tear in halftitle, notwithstanding these defects still an acceptable copy of the first edition.