Mr Joseph Addison (16 results)
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. zero edition. 580 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock. Boginski, Mr. Joseph (illustrator).
The Battle of Hastings, A Tragedy / Cato, A Tragedy / Tangred and Sigismunda, A Tragedy / Venice Preserved, or, A Plot Discovered, A Tragedy
Richard Cumberland, Esq. / Joseph Addison, Esq. / Mr. James Thomson / Thomas Otway
Published by British Library, London, 1793
- Hardcover
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, CanadaMontreal Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Full leather binding in very good condition. PO bookplate. Publication dates for plays are: 1793, 1791, 1792, 1791. Front Board detached as well as first few pages. Binding otherwise secure. All plays adapted for theatrical representation as performed at Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent Gard…en. Book.
More imagesPublished by William Durell & Co, New York, 1811
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. 12mo. Volume 4 (only) of: "The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, collected by Mr. Tickell." 12mo. 346pp., 8 engraved plates of medals. Contemporary full sheep. Both boards are scuffed and detached, old cloth tape along the front hinge, else a fair, sound copy with scattered foxing, suitabl…e for rebinding. A scarce early American imprint, printed by D. & G. Bruce in New York.
The Battle of Hastings, A Tragedy / Cato, A Tragedy / Tangred and Sigismunda, A Tragedy / Venice Preserved, or, A Plot Discovered, A Tragedy
Richard Cumberland, Esq. / Joseph Addison, Esq. / Mr. James Thomson / Thomas Otway
Published by British Library, London, 1793
- Hardcover
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.RPBooks
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Full leather binding in very good condition. PO bookplate. Publication dates for plays are: 1793, 1791, 1792, 1791. Front Board detached as well as first few pages. Binding otherwise secure. All plays adapted for theatrical representation as performed at Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent Gard…en. Book.
Language: English
Published by Tonson & Draper, London, 1753
- Hardcover
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United KingdomTony Hutchinson
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Add to basketFull Leather. Condition: Fair. Cracking to hinges but apart from vol 3 of which the front board is almost detached they are still welll bound. Apart from some light aging discolouration interiors in nice clean condition. Decorative armorial bookplate in all, owner's name on 1st blank in vol 1.
Language: English
Published by Jacob Tonson, London, 1726
- Hardcover
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United KingdomJ J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk
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Add to basketFull-Leather. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. First Edition .. "John Garratt" Bookplate on Detached front board and part spine missing one loose ffep .Please Email for further details. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾". Not Illustrated (illustrator). "John Garratt" Bookplate.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by J. Watts and Sold By J. Osborne, London, United Kingdom, 1736
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- First Edition
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, IrelandKelleher Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First UK Edition THUS, First Printing. frontis.Pp. 305.7. Bound in green boards, raised bands and label to spine. Red decoration to corners. From the library of Shane Leslie signed by him to the verso of front board and also with his library bookplate. Tightly bound and clean copy.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by William Durell & Co., New York, 1811
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- First Edition
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. First American Edition. SCARCE First American Edition. Six volumes in contemporary full Spanish calf, two black morocco labels with gilt back, marbled end papers and edges, the armorial bookplates of M. E. Knowles. Illustrated frontispiece Vols. I…, V, and VI. "British Classics" half-titles. Title page reads in full "The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, with the exception of his numbers of the SPECTATOR. Collected by Mr. Tickell, with a complete index. in six volumes." George Forman printer of Vol. !, Vols. II - VI printed by C.S. Van Winkle. Very Good Plus. moderate toning, light rubbing at the tips. A handsome set of an uncommon edition. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22148). ** A heavy set that will require additional postage charges for priority and international mail - please inquire.
Published by John Bell, British Library, London, 1791
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- First Edition
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.Quercus Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good (Minus). No Jacket. First Thus. London: John Bell, British Library, 1791. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy from John Bell's compilation of British Theatre. First Edition Thus. Full leather binding; spine has ruling and titling in gilt on black labels. The plays included are "She Stoops to Conquer"… by Oliver Goldsmith, "The Orphan" by Thomas Otway, "Cato" by Joseph Addison, and "Boadicia" by Mr. Glover. Internally this book is in excellent condition, with a clean and clear text; externally, the front cover is cracked at the spine; the foot of the spine has suffered a 1-1/4" loss; rubbed at the margins. While not the prettiest, the book remains sound, and would be an excellent candidate for a nice rebind. First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Published by London W. Strahan, 1777., 1777
- Hardcover
Seller: Antiquariat Hans Hammerstein, München, GermanyAntiquariat Hans Hammerstein
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Add to basket3 Halblederbände, 8°, 332/334/285 Seiten. Band 1 Rücken mit Fehlstellen, Bd. 2 und 3 stärker bestossen und berieben. Exlibris.Vorsätze leimschattig, sonst ordendlich.
More imagesPublished by J. Robertson, Edinburgh, 1769
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. A very scarce copy of this collection of miscellaneous works of Joseph Addison, compiled by Mr. Tickell. Uniformly bound in full calf. A later edition. First published in 1721. Complete in four volumes. Comprised of the miscellaneous works of English essayist, poet and playwright, Joseph Addison, w…ho was a co-founder of The Spectator Magazine. This collection contains a wide variety of Addison's popular works, including 'Cato: A Tragedy', 'Dialogues Upon the usefulness of the Ancient Medals', 'Remarks on Several Parts of Italy', as well as various poems. With vignette illustrations to accompany Addison's work on ancient medals.Edited by Mr. Tickell, an English poet and man of letters. Uniformly bound in full calf. Externally, generally smart, with slight rubbing to the extremities and joints. Bumping to the extremities, with the odd mark to leather. Rubbing to the head of volume III and IV. Small patch of worming to the first few pages of volume II, including title page and endpapers. The odd mark to endpapers, with chipping to extremities of endpapers to volume I. Ink inscription to the front paste down to volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a little age toned, with the occasional handling mark or small ink mark. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesTHE COMMITTEE; or The Faithful Irishman; SIR COURTLY NICE: or It Cannot Be; THE PROVOK'D HUSBAND: or A Journey to London; TAMERLANE: A Tragedy; TIMON OF ATHENS; THE BEAUX STRATAGEM; THE DRUMMER; or The Haunted-House; THE LATE TRYAL AND CONVICTION OF COUNT TARIFF; THE WHIG-EXAMINER, Nos. 1-5; THE FAIR PENITENT; THE TRAGEDY OF THE LADY JANE GRAY. (A Collection of 9 Plays and 6 Essays bound in 2 Volumes)
HOWARD, Sir Robert; CROWN, Mr; VANBRUGH, Sir John and Mr. CIBBER; ROWE, N; SHAKESPEARE; FARQUHAR, Mr; STEELE, Richard; and ADDISON, Joseph
Published by London J. Tonson; G. Strahan; J. Watts; Jacob Tonson 1733, 1731, 1735, 1735, 1735, 1710, 1726, c.1713, 1710, 1733 and c.1715, 1735
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Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United KingdomChaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB
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Add to basketA collection of 9 Plays and 6 Essays bound in 2 Volumes. 12mo. (approx. 16.5 x 10cm) hardbacks bound in 18th century style quarter tan calf with raised bands, dark brown morocco title labels, gilt to spines and marbled boards. All except the Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray have titles pages and most of the plays have engraved frontisp…ieces excepting Sir Courtly Nice, The Beaux Stratagem and The Drummer. Small modern bookplates to each front pastedown and elegantly hand-written list of contents to early blanks. Occasional light foxing. A VERY GOOD SET. (Shelf 4) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
More imagesPublished by J. and R. Tonson, London, 1736
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. Four smart full calf volumes of the works of Joseph Addison, featuring his miscellaneous works in three volumes, and the fifth edition of his Italian travelogue. Four 1736 volumes of the works of English essayist, poet, playwright and politician Joseph Addison, the founder of periodical 'The Specta…tor', alongside Richard Steele. Present here are four volumes of Addison's 'Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose', alongside the fifth edition of his account of his travels in Italy.The three volume edition of Addison's works include a biography of the man by Mr. Tickell, numerous examples of his verse and prose, and thirty illustrated pages of medals in volume III, printed to accompany his 'Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, Especially in relation to the Latin and Greek Poets'. Collated, complete. ESTC reference T89164First published in 1705, in the fifth edition of his 'Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years, 1701, 1702, 1703', Addison discusses his love of Italy, prefacing the work with the notion that there 'is certainly no place in the world where a Man may travel with greater Pleasure than in Italy'.ESTC reference T84077With the stamp of Cornwell House to each front free endpaper. In full calf bindings. Light rubbing to back strips, most concentrated to spine heads and tails. Front joints of volumes I and IV starting, with boards holding firm. Hinges lightly strained, but firm. Stamp to front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesTHE CAMPAIGN: A Poem (1713); ROSAMOND: An Opera (1713); HENRY THE SECOND, KING OF ENGLAND with The Death of Rosamond: A Tragedy (1720); THE SUCCESSFUL STRANGERS: A Tragi-Comedy (1719); THE WILD GALLANT: A Comedy (1735); THE SIEGE or LOVE'S CONVERT: A Tragi-Comedy (1651) 1 POEM AND 5 PLAYS BOUND IN 1 VOLUME
ADDISON, Mr.; [Joseph ADDISON and Thomas CLAYTON]; Will. MOUNTFORT; William MOUNTFORT; Mr. DRYDEN; Mr. William CARTWRIGHT
Published by London Jacob Tonson; J. Tonson; G. Strahan and W. Mears; G. Strahan and W. Mears; J. Tonson; Humphrey Moseley 1713; 1713; 1720; 1719; 1735; 1651, 1735
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Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United KingdomChaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB
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Add to basket12mo. (approx. 16.7 x 9.6cm) hardback in original 18th Century full calf, raised bands, gilt rules and number 5 to spine, and gilt rules to boards. [4], 19pp., with engraved frontispiece; [2], pages numbered 25-74, with engraved frontispiece; [12], pages numbered 421-491; [16], pages numbered 97-176 including 2pp. Epilogue; 82pp…., plus 2pp. Epilogue, with engraved frontispiece; [6], pages numbered 97-180. Cast Lists to second and third plays. Contemporary ink initials to ffep. The last play (Cartwright 1651) has occasional contemporary handwritten ink notes (and decorative scrolls) throughout, some illegible. It has also been trimmed rather tight to top and foredge with slight loss to top word of title page and to some of the handwritten notes at the foredge. Occasional light foxing and browning to pages, particularly second and fourth plays. Some light wear and rubbing to spine and boards with small areas of scuffing to top surface of calf at lower edge (please see photos). Overall a Good+ Copy. This is one volume of a large collection of uniformly bound mainly 18th century collections of plays (generally 4 or 5 per volume) from the collection of the Vaughan Jenkins family of the Manor of Priston in Somerset. They were mostly bought at the time of publication in London (c.1713 - 1765, but some as early as 1655) and uniformly bound. Many of the volumes have the initials MCJ (Mary Caroline Jenkins, 1731-1790) or ED (Elizabeth Davis, nee Jenkins, 1736-1810) who were the daughters of Elizabeth Jenkins (1712-1766) and William Jenkins (1688-1774), who became Lord of the Manor of Priston in 1757 when the family moved from London. These books all remained at Priston until being inherited by the uncle of the vendor of the collection. (Shelf 4) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
More imagesCHINESE TALES: Or, The Wonderful Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam. Related by Himself, To divert the Sultana, upon the Celebration of her Nuptials.; Written in French by M. Gueulette. And Translated by the Rev. Mr. Stackhouse, Author of the History of the Bible and Body of Divinity with Some Thoughts concerning Transmigration. By the Late ingenious Mr. Addison
Gueulette, M. [Guellette, Thomas - Simon 1683 - 1766]. Stackhouse, Rev. Mr. [Thomas. 1706 - 1784] - Translator. Addison, Mr. [Joseph. 1672 - 1719] - Contributer
Published by Printed and Sold by W. Sleater, Dublin, 1765
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Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller2nd Dublin Edition. [2], iv, [2], 239, [5] pp. Adverts last 5 pp. Frontis. Head- and tailpieces. 12mo: A4 B - L12 M2. 6-5/8" x 4" Overall VG (joints starting, though board solidly held by cords/spine label chipped/period ownership signature in the top margin of the t.p./bpt evidence to front paste-down). Period full calf with ma…roon leather title label to spine.
More imagesPublished by H. Hills 1695-1709, London, 1695
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketDisbound. Condition: Good Only. A very scarce publication containing three poetical works from the later seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Very scarce. Published and sold at H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the waterside. Comprised of the following three poems: 'A Letter from Italy, To the Right Honourable Charles, Lord H…alifax', (1701) written by English essayist, poet and politician, Joseph Addison. The first publication of this work, subsequently published in other forms. 'Mourning Muse of Alexis. A Pastoral. Lamenting the Death of our Gracious Queen Mary' (1695), written by William Congreve. The first edition of the work. 'Despairing Lover' (1709), written by William Walsh. A single-paged poem to the final page of the work. Collated, complete with page 1 containing the title page, page 2 being a blank, pages 3-8 containing 'A Letter from Italy', pages 9-15 containing 'The Mourning Muse' and page 16 containing 'The Despairing Lover'.Disbound. Disbound. Externally, sound, with edge wear to the spine where pages have separated. Wraps are a little age toned with the odd mark. Internally, a few pages still holding together. Pages bright and clean. Good Only. None (illustrator). book.
