Pindar Peter Pseud John Wolcot (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; dj w/lite wear only, in mylar; 70 clean, unmarked pages.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Seventh (Dublin) Edition. Disbound. No outer wrapper or half title. (i-iii) iv (5) 6-38 (1). Odd pagination, but complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later vellum backed boards. 50 pp. Soiling to vellum and boards. Shaken, resewn in an amatuer hand. Foxing and soiling to pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2, 50pp. 4to, disbound. Early and late leaves lightly spotted, otherwise very good.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Dublin Edition. Disbound. No outer wrapper or half title. (i-iii) iv; (1) 2-43.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Dublin Edition. Disbound. No outer wrapper or half title page. Ink notation on title page. (1-5) 6-46.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Dublin Edition. Disbound. No outer wrapper or half-title. (1-5) 6-54.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Dublin Edition. Disbound. No outer wrapper or half title. (i-iii) iv; ((5) - 45. Odd pagination, but complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. 4 volumes. The set is well read. All boards are off. Spines and boards are dry, with chipping at spine edge of volume I and heal of volume III, but title and volume labels are intact and legible. No former owner marks. Texts are in very good condition. Engraved frontispiece portraits in volume I. A period piece of value. John Wolcot (1738 ââ?¬â?? 1819) was an English satirist, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Peter Pindar". In 1780 Wolcot went to London and began writing satires. The first objects of his attentions were the members of the Royal Academy. These attempts being well received, he soon began to fly at higher game, the King and Queen being the most frequent marks for his satirical shafts. Among his other famous objects of his attack was James Boswell. Wolcot had a remarkable vein of humour and wit, which, while intensely comic to persons not involved, stung its subjects to the quick. He had likewise strong intelligence, and a power of coining effective phrases. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges to apply for international shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 71, [1]p. Bound in plain boards with the title hand-written to the front board. Small closed tear at head of title; one or two other marginal closed tears, old repair to pp.35/36.

1st ed of part 2, 2nd ed of part 1. ii, 24p; 25, [1]p. An unsophisticated copy in the original wraps. Crumpled closed tear to the first leaf; corners turned. Last leaf of part 2 detached and chipped without loss to text. First and last leaf dust soiled / age darkened; internally clean and unmarked. Rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 4to. Fifth Edition. Bound with: Lousidad: an Heroic Epic Poem Canto I, Canto II (4th Ed.), and Canto III (1791); A Poetical and and Congratulatory Epsitle to James Boswell, Esq. on his Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with the Celebrated Dr. Johnson (1789, 10th Ed.); Bozzy and Piozzi.(9th Edition), Ode Upon Ode.(1789); An Appologetic Postscript Upon an Ode; Instructions to a Celebated Laureat (n.d.); Brother Peter to Brother Tom: An Expostulatory Epistle (1789, Fifth Ed.); Peter's Pension: A Solemn Epistle to a Sublime Personage (1789, New Ed.); Peter's Prophecy.(Third Ed); Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco: A Tale (4th Ed.); A Poetical Epistle to a Falling Minister (1789, New Ed.). Seperate pagination and title-pages. Handsomely recased with yellow marbled boards and calf-spine, with new leather spine label and endpapers, 47pp (1), 50pp (2), 43pp, (1), 22pp, (1), 57pp, (1), 79pp, (1), 32pp, 31pp, (1), iv, 49, (2), 47pp, (2), 52pp, 27pp (1), and 30pp (2). Illustrated with 5 engravings. Some image-text offsetting, foxing and occasional smudging on leaves, two tape repairs one on pp. 19 of Appologetic Postscriptic Upon an Ode and title page of Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat (text unaffected), o/w near fine. John Wolcot English writer of a running commentary in satirical verse on society, politics, and personalities, 1778-1817 (Encyclopedia Brittanica).

3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2] 444, [8]; 487, [7]; 423 [7]; engraved title pages, frontispiece portrait of Peter Pindar, Esq. in vol. 1; later half calf over pebbled cloth, gilt-ruled spines in six compartments, red morocco labels. A very good set with minor rubbing to the exterior, owner's signature on free front endpapers, and occasional age toning to the leaves. Includes 36 works by the satirist, under the pseudonym of Peter Pindar, including Bozzy and Piozzi, a Town Ecologue, and A Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell. Two subsequent volumes were published in 1796 and 1801. NCBEL II, col. 695.

4 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], 444, [8]; 487, [7]; 423 [7]; [2], 500, [8]; engraved title pages in each, frontispiece portrait of Peter Pindar, Esq. in volume 1; contemporary full speckled calf, gilt-decorated spines laid out in 6 compartments, morocco labels and numbering pieces in 2; joints cracked, but holding, front free endpaper excised from volume I, all volumes lightly rubbed; a good, sound set, or better. Includes 41 works by the satirist, written under the pseudonym of Peter Pindar, including Bozzy and Piozzi, a Town Ecologue, and A Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell. Wolcot (1738-1819) trained as a doctor, took Holy Orders, dropped his ecclesial career, returned to medicine, and then went on to become one of the most effective satirists of the late 18th century. A subsequent volume was published in 1801. NCBEL II, col. 695.

Tenth edition, slim 4to, pp. [4], 22, [1] (publisher's ad); recent calf-backed marbled boards, maroon gilt-lettered spine label; new endpapers. Includes half title, and the list of Pindar's works at the back. ESTC T80823.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1805 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: 125 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: 125.

Fifteen works in one volume, first work first edition, others later editions, 4to. Four works with frontispieces, contemporary signatures to fly leaf and title page of the first work, light foxing and some ink spots to early leaves. Modern black half calf over near contemporary marbled boards, spine label retained from the earlier binding.

First collected edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, pp. 444, [8]; 496, [6]; 432, [6]; [2], 500, [8]; uncut; engraved frontispiece in volume I, engraved title pages in each volume; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfbacks, orange paper labels on spines; corners rubbed, volume IV with a stain on upper board, occasional light foxing, last few gatherings of volume II creased; very good. The first three volumes were issued together in 1794, and the fourth followed in 1796. A subsequent volume was published in 1801. Includes 41 works by the satirist, including Bozzy and Piozzi, a Town Ecologue, and A Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell. Wolcot (1738-1819) trained as a doctor, took Holy Orders, dropped his ecclesiastical career, returned to medicine, and then went on to become one of the most effective satirists of the late 18th century. NCBEL II, col. 695.

3 vols., strip torn from head of title-page of vol. ii without loss of text but removing a signature (the signature present on both other titles), minor dust-staining, pp. [i], 252; [i], 253-490, [1, Direction to the Binder]; [i], 252, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, extremities worn, sound. This, the first American edition, is a scarce book, ESTC recording just 3 copies, 2 in the American Antiquarian Society and 1 in the Huntington. 'It would be a mistake to regard Wolcot's satires as signs of any fully-developed political philosophy. His friend Cyrus Redding observed that he"'could scarcely be called a politician. He did not trouble his head about foreign affairs" (Redding, Past Celebrities, 1.237). His dislike of social injustice drew him to democratic systems of government, but what fuelled his satire was personal animus against fools or rogues in high office. "Kings were his shuttlecocks", he told Redding (ibid., 1.264). When asked by a lady if he had been a good subject to George III, he is said to have replied "I do not know anything about that, Madam, but I do know the King has been a devilish good subject for me"' (Redding, Recollections, 1.258)' (ODNB). He is perhaps best remembered for his satires on Boswell, and the Royal Academicians. (ESTC W34129).