W Aldis Wright Notes Glossarial Index (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First printing in this format. Large paper edition, one of 500 copies printed on 29th November 1862. Title page and prelims foxed. Contemporary inscription on prelim with chocolate brown endpapers. Original green cloth with Golden Treasury series medallion stamped in gilt on front board. Minor splits to head and base of hinge of spine, otherwise a very nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic. They cover topics drawn from both public and private life, and in each case the essays cover their topics systematically from a number of different angles, weighing one argument against another. While the original edition included 10 essays, a much-enlarged second edition appeared in 1612 with 38. / This is a 'leather-bound' reprinted hardback in fair condition-the leather to the cover is rubbed & the leather to spine is damged-split / there are 2 book-plate's from the previous owner, who became an author later on in his life. (388 pages & 31 pages of introduction). Originally published 1597. …

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Custom binding by Bayntun, Bath, in full deep violet polished calf, 5 raised bands, spine lettering and central tulip device and corner accents on both covers stamped in gilt, gilt ornamentation on edges near corners and gilt borders on turn-ins, text block edged in gilt, geometric pattern endpapers. Front cover and spine panel have migrated to a dark burgundy, with original deep violet tone retained on most of back cover (lighter toward edges). Minor rubbing to corners and along front joint. xxxi,388 pp. 1926 ptg. of a revised and corrected edition dating to 1867. The binder's stamp does not mention Riviere, so the binding dates prior to 1939 and is likely about contemporaneous with issue. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.…

Reprint. Engraving on title-page, title-page printed in red and black Title-page cut a little close with text just shaved at foot, a little damage to sides and spine slightly darkened, a little foxing to end-papers, otherwise a very nice copy; book-label comprising two intertwined letter "S" surmounted by a coronet Full blue morocco, upper cover gilt sun-like ornament enclosing a coronet and initials "M.S", spine with raised bands and lettered and dated in gilt, turn-ins with gilt fillets and a roll of palmettes, by Worsfold. …