Sterne Rev (14 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Good to Fair. Early American Edition. Leather boards detatched, taped to spine, fep missing, title page clean, minor foxing, text tight, 323 pgs. Index. scarce early copy. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pp 318 [2] (publisher's catalogue). Colophon gives James Clark, Aberdeen, as printer. Catalogue states that books are also sold by W Brittain, London, and J M Burton, Ipswich. Mauve blind-stamped cloth, gilt tooled spine. Light fading to spine but a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo, pp. 58; 140; 157, 125; vi, 88; 101, full calf with gilt lettering and devices to spine, titles and volume number on red leather labels, much scuffed and marked, corners bumped, small piece coming adrift at base of spine, interior with marbled end papers, bookplate to fep, light foxing and toning throughout, all plates present, handling creases and one instance of page being torn, not to the detriment of the text, binding sound.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good +. Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition, Vol. 153. 506 p. 16 cm. Blue cloth hardcover. "The Heugh" printed in gold on front cover. A little wear to spine.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardcover, dark green with gold lettering on the spine, corners and spine ends bumped and worn, chips and small tears on spine ends also, pencil mark FLEP, embossed stamping FLEP Smith & Son, foxing on frontispiece, closed tear on tissue page covering frontispiece, broken hinge, and a memoir by David Herbert M.A., loose, Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time.…

Leather. Condition: Good. The Tauchnitz edition of this biographical novel by Laurence Sterne, presented here in one volume. The Tauchnitz edition, being Vol. CLIII from 'Collection of British Authors'. First published in nine volumes from 1759-1767.Bound in quarter crushed morocco with cloth boards.This novel purports to be the biography of the eponymous character, however one of the central jokes throughout is that he cannot explain anything simply. It was written by Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric, Laurence Sterne.With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with cloth boards.Externally, with fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Rubbing and bumping to the cloth corners. Ink impressions of one V. H. W. Dowson and Margaret Joy Dowson to the pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, but generally clean, with previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to the first title page and the odd spot or tide mark. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Good. Two volumes bound into one being a translation of Voltaire's philosophical fiction Zadig; or, The Book of Fate and a copy of Sterne's A Sentimental Journey. Cooke's Edition. Two volumes bound into one. Illustrated with a frontispiece and portrait plate to each volume, with numerous engraved decorations. This volume contains: Zadig; or the Book of Fate, An Oriental History, 1800. A novella and work of philosophical fiction that tells the story of Zadig, a Zoroastrian philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The singular narrative and unique journey of Zadig still stands as a philosophical reference to "nothing is either good or bad without the comparison of one with the other." Written by Francois-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian famous for his wit. Translated into English from the original French. Dated from the University of York Libraries. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, 1798. Following the Reverend Mr. Yorick on a picaresque journey through France, narrated from a sentimental point of view. Yorick is a character from Sterne's bestselling previous novel Tristram Shandy, who also serves as Sterne's alter ego. Written by Laurence Sterne, an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric best known for his comic novels. Dated from the British Library. Previously held in the library of Captain Sir Henry Duncan KCH, a prominent Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century, operating with great success against French and Italian shipping and shore fortifications in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars. Bound in full tree calf. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with light loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Minor age toning to the extremities with the previous owner's bookplate and contemporary ink inscriptions to the front pastedown. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Small 8vo. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Bound in marbled paper-covered boards with green cal spines & corner points. Covers edge-worn, but solid. Interiors very good. 1st edition illustrated by George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank (illustrator).

, 3 uniform volumes, with 175, 192, & 179 pages, with dedication in volume 1 by Lydia Sterne de Medalle and preface, single-page publisher's advert at rear of volume 1 First Edition , front board of volume 1 detached, other joints split but boards held, marbled paper well rubbed and faded on all 3 books, few small ink marks to front board of volume 3, lacking title labels on volume 1 & 3, spines rubbed with chips at head and tails, owner's bookplate on front pastedowns, pages a little creased but text unmarked and complete, in fair condition , original quarter brown calf with marbled paper to boards, gilt titles on brown spine panel, 4 raised bands small octavo Hardback ISBN.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ad to front dated 1841. Bound in black half leather with blue cloth covered boards. Light wear, lightly scuffed, content clean and tight. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First Edition. 12mo, 3 volumes., 175pp., 192pp., 177pp. A very good or better set in contemporary brown calf. Some wear to the corners of the boards, but overall quite nice considering its age and unrestored state. Marbled endpapers. Text is clean, crisp, and bright, though there are a few contemporary pen annotations (filling in some names to the blanks in the text) and a few previous owner's markings on the first two free blanks.…

First Dublin edition. 216 pp. A series of 39 letters written by L. Sterne dating from July 1764 to August 1766. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Armorial plate of Esher on fep. Browning around margins of text only. Full brown leather with gilt rule on spine. Original spine replaced. No lettering on spine. Edges and corners of boards chipped and rubbed. Overall condition Good+.…

Very good, polished calf, gilt spine decoration, upper board becoming detached. Very good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. 6 vols. 16 mo. Mottled calf, covers and spines restored. Frontispiece after Hogarth. Publisher's ad: "a New Edition, complete in 6 vols. Price 18s. bound." Signed by and bookplate of William Henry Shirreff. Lowndes, Vol. V, p. 2510."Shirreff entered the Navy in 1796, was promoted to lieutenant in 1804 and to captain in 1809. Between 1817 and 1821 he commanded the Andromache in the Pacific, at the time of the Chilean War of Independence. He also despatched Edward Bransfield (ca.1783-1852), Master of the Andromache, in the hired ship Williams of Blyth to claim the South Shetland Islands, 1819 to 1820, for Britain. Between 1830 and 1837 Shirreff was Captain of the Port of Gibraltar under the Colonial Service. In 1838 he was appointed to Captain-Superintendent of Deptford Victualling Yard. He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1846.…