Oliphant Smeaton Introduction (12 results)

HC. 291pp First publsihed in 1587, newly written in 1625. Francis Bacon--Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans, but not Lord Bacon, as he is sometimes erroneously styled, left us this literary legacy of wonderful essays. Nice clean and tight copy. good+, cream cloth, teg, gilt stampings (hardcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. Firmly bound, orange cloth boards without a jacket, front free end paper missing, some marks and light handling wear.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1960 everyman paperback, spine creased and an owner's inscription. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Very good-plus clean crisp interior for the age with a black and white frontispiece and several stunning colour plates, no usage marks or inscriptions, gilt to top page block, faint tone to e/papers, very good clean firm boards showing only very light usage for the publish date.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1925 Reprint. J M Dent, London, 1925. Hard cover.orange boards, black titles. Book Condition : Very good, very clean text. No-notations. Appears little read. No 10 in the Everyman's series. Book will be sent by Uk postal service. Inventotory #014741. N/A (illustrator). N/A.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. dover ed edition. 200 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good book in green cloth with publisher's initials to bright gilt panel on front and gilt titles and elaborate design to somewhat sunned spine. Size 4" x 6". Interior very good with owner's name neatly to paste down; top edges of pages gilt. Edited by Hannaford Bennett. A book in the 'Carlton Classics' series.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1900 Hardcover, Rebound. Ex-Library Reference book. Text is clean. Binding is strong. B & W illustrations. Rough cut pages with gilt tops, lightly age-yellowed. Green cloth cover with original green cloth front cover with medalion attached. (This copy states "First published in 1597, Newly written in 1625." ).…

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Good ++/Very Good. No Dustjacket. Reprint. No dustjacket. lii(52) + 291 pages including appendix (indices & glossary). Attractively bound in cream calf with gilt logo to front & ornately gilt decorated spine with titles, slight surface soiling - may need a light clean. Very slight/minimal signs of wear to corners, page-edges are rough-cut of the perion and are FOXED, browning with light foxing to end-papers, light foxing to title-pages & to 6 tissue covered plated which are b/w. Brown stripe caused by bookmark to pages 28-29, light foxing spots mainly to upper margins/ page-tops intermittently throughout the text.Decorated capitals & endings in red leaf design to chapters & chapter endings. Text is otherwise very clean. Binding tight. A nice volume.…

Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 199 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Publishing year is an approximation. Occassional pencil markings on text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. From The Golden Poets Series. Frontispiece and vignette Title by A S Hartrick, Coloured Illustrations by A S Forrest. 286 pages. Well-bound, faded spine and faded marked front board leads to Good minus external grading.Good plus internal grading, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 8 colour ills. all present. Low price reflects its unprepossessing exterior.…

Hard. Condition: Good. Pages clean and bright. Binding firm. Light spotting throughout. Foxing to endpapers. Hard edges tanned. Light-moderate shelf wear to boards. Size: 12mo. King, Jessie M. (illustrator).