Professor Ferrier (45 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Sixth volume only. Original blind-embossed brown cloth binding with amateur stitched repairs on both boards and spine. Gilt lettering on spine is much faded, tips are exposed, spine is damaged at top and bottom. Brown glazed pastedowns are split at hinges, and ownership information in pencil is unreadable on flyleaf. Interior pages are tanned and lightly spotted, but free of marginalia. Edited by Wilson's son-in-law, James Frederick Ferrier. John Wilson FRSE (1785-1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, and a professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University from 1820-1851. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 557 pages, 12mo.…

Hardcover. The cover is faded and worn, and the spine is visible on the inside; Ex-Library; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages Good cover, though still intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The cover is faded and worn; Ex-Library; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 433 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good edge. The cover is faded and worn, and the inside page is cut along the; Ex-Library; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 + 16 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Sixth volume only. Original blind-embossed brown cloth binding with amateur stitched repairs on both boards and spine. Gilt lettering on spine is much faded, tips are exposed, spine is damaged at top and bottom. Brown glazed pastedowns are split at hinges, and ownership information in pencil is unreadable on flyleaf. Interior pages are tanned and lightly spotted, but free of marginalia. Edited by Wilson's son-in-law, James Frederick Ferrier. John Wilson FRSE (1785-1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, and a professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University from 1820-1851. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 557 pages, 12mo.…

Condition: Fine. General wear to boards with gilt design. Light toning to pages with some spotting.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First Edition. 8vo. 384pp. Volume I only. Brown embosssed cloth, gilt lettering. spine sunned, rubbed and bumped, cloth torn at top of spine, corners bumped, front hinge tender. "The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh, Edited by his Son-in-Law, Professor Ferrier". Book. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are a little worn. The spine has faded somewhat, and is a little frayed at both the top and bottom. Past owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The odd bit of pencil marginalia and spotting throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1876. A new edition edited by his son in law, Professor Ferrier. Volume IV of four volumes. Good condition, brown boards with blind tooling, gilt lettering to spine. Moderate shelf wear, scuffing and fraying. Dark brown endpapers. Attractive ex libris bookplate of Archibald Buttar. Frontispiece with tissue guard is an engraving of the author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1876. A new edition edited by his son in law, Professor Ferrier. Volume III of four volumes. Good condition, brown boards with blind tooling, gilt lettering to spine. Moderate shelf wear, scuffing and fraying. Dark brown endpapers. Attractive ex libris bookplate of Archibald Buttar. Frontispiece with tissue guard is an engraving of the author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher - William Blackwood and sons, Edinburgh and London, 1876. A new edition edited by his son in law, Professor Ferrier. VOLUME 1 of four volumes. Good condition, brown boards with blind tooling, gilt lettering to spine. Moderate shelf wear, scuffing and fraying. Dark brown endpapers, front hinge loose. Attractive ex libris bookplate of Archibald Buttar. Frontispiece with tissue guard is an engraving of the author. Solid binding, 384pp. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher - William Blackwood and sons, Edinburgh and London, 1876. Vol. 2 of 4 volumes. Very good condition, brown boards with blind tooling to front and back boards and spine, gilt lettering to spine, corners and spine tips bumped and frayed. Dark brown endpapers. Attractive ex libris bookplate of Archibald Buttar to front paste down. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1855. Vol I Hardcover gilt titles to worn spine and embossed dark maroon cloth xxviii 384 pp, ex libris and tan spots to fep with tanning to extreme page edges but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD ++. Handsomely bound in a Nineteenth Century binding by Andy Grieve of Edinburgh, in three quarter leather and marbled paper, raised bands on gilt and blind stamped decorative spines, with all eight green and red leather spine labels intact (no chips), bindings and hinges tight. Small bookplate for Robert J. Hayhurst, purveyor of retail pharmacies based in Nelson, Lancashire. He was a collector of Naval History and 18th Century literature in fine bindings. There is also a label of entwined initials, unidentified. Lacking half title pages. xxviii, 384pp; xiv, 428pp; xiii, [1], 382pp; xi, [1], 368pp. SCOTTISH LITERATURE.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. 'A New Edition'. Dark blind-stamped cloth binding. Vol.1: engr.f/piece of Wilson+xxviii (inc.Preface by 'J.F.F.' - presumably Ferrier), no tissue-guard +384, t.p. of this vol.undated & does not credit Ferrier; Vol.2: engr. f/piece (John Gibson Lockart) w.tissue -guard+xiv+428; Vol.3:engr. f/piece (James Hogg, 'The Ettrick Shepherd') w. tissue-guard+xiii+382; Vol.4: engr. f/piece (Thomas De Quincey) w. tissue-guard+xi+368. 2 early prev.owners' sigs. top fr. fly leaves, one in ink early & pencilled through, the other R.J.Cooter's in pencil dated 1974; otherwise all internally clean & unmarked, fr.gutter Vol.3 cracked but tight, otherwise all undamaged with dark brown graphite endpapers, tissue-guards browned. Covers clean & quite bright with only v.minimal rubbing to sp.ends and some outer corners. An excellent set of this now scarce work reprinting Wilson's many contributions in humourous dialogue form to Blackwoods Magazine 1822-1835. One 1868 ed. listed at time of cataloguing apparently without Ferrier's Preface but also described a 'A New Edition'. Allow for additional postage especially outside UK.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 564 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume II - Willam Blackwood edition on faded burgundy cloth.

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. Dark green blind decorated cloth lettered in gold on spines. Published in 1863 (1-2) and 1864 (3-4). Books are generally in nice conditon and unmarked spines present very well. Minor spotting to text edges. and slight bleach spotting to covers. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2020 £8) Packed weight 2200g.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. True First UK Edition in English. 95 pp. Published by William Blackwood and Sons (1877). "An exceptionally scarce Victorian treatise; priced highly competitively against other international trade examples listed online at over £2,000." This signals to high-end buyers that they are getting a magnificent, beautifully bound rare book at a massive relative discount. Nicely bound in contemporary antiquarian half tan leather over vibrant marble-styled boards with elegant gilt-stamped spine lettering. Only with light handling and minor extremity rubs. Internally an exceptionally clean, tight, and fresh example. Crucially, this is Professor David Kaufmann's highly scarce, immediate contemporary appreciation of 'Daniel Deronda' which deeply moved George Eliot herself upon reading. Bound to perfectly match a 4-volume first edition set of Daniel Deronda currently available in our store; please see our separate listing for the matching novels to complete this exquisite Victorian collection. [ to follow soon ] Notes: This pairing is pure literary gold. When George Eliot published Daniel Deronda in 1876, its heavy focus on Jewish proto-Zionism and identity shocked many standard Victorian critics. However, Professor David Kaufmann, a brilliant Jewish scholar, wrote this impassioned 1877 defense praising her unparalleled emotional accuracy. George Eliot was so profoundly moved by Kaufmann's essay that she broke her lifelong rule of ignoring reviews, writing directly to him on May 31, 1877, stating: "Hardly, since I became an author, have I had a deeper satisfaction, I may say a more heartfelt joy, than you have given me.".…