The Prig (29 results)

Condition: Fair. 1892. No Edition Remarks. 280 pages. No dust jacket. R%ed and black cloth. Rough-cut pages. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has board covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Covers are marked and edgeworn. Backstrip is ripped at the top and shelfworn. Binding is loose. Pages are ageworn and slight…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. A collection of four pieces by Longueville, all previously published. Black cloth boards with red edges and gilt title to spine and red title to front cover. There is a one inch closed tear to the top of the rear hinge. Chipping to bookcloth along spine ends and hinges. Minor browning…

Fair ex-lib., lacks most of shelfback. [5], 142 p.; 18 cm. A satire on Mr. Turncote's troubles with the established Church of England From the Preface: `The object at which an immense proportion of our fellow-creatures are aiming is so evidently the pleasing of self, that it is a matter of legitamte surprise that scarcely any tr…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Red lettering on front board. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a s…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. 8vo. Re-bound in brown cloth. Binding tight, pages clean. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actu…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 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,…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 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,…

Hardcover. First American Edition. First American Edition. 12mo, publisher's black and red cloth over boards with red lettering on cover and gilt lettering on spine, and full deckled edge. Annotated selections of The Venerable Bede's The Ecclesiastic History of England in translation. Very good, light shelf wear, especially to r…

Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good Minus. 280pp. Bound in black and red cloth boards. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine, which is lightly sunned. There is rubbing to the head and tail of the spine with a little loss of the cloth. Light rubbing to the board corners. A little bubbling to the cloth of the rear board. The book ha…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A scarce first edition copy of this Anglican work, with a signed dedication to a relation of the author. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work. With a dedication from the author to the front blank: 'R Longueville From The Author T.L 8 Ju…

Vellum. Condition: Very Good. An interesting collection of moral short stories, by Thomas Longueville. In a lovely vellum binding. Written by 'The Prig' which is defined as a self-righteous moralistic person. 'The Prig' is a pseudonym for Thomas Longueville, an author of several works including Pryings among Private Papers, and…