White William M Compiler (3 results)

Later Edition. Octavo (20 cm); cobalt blue publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt and blind; viii,564pp. Spine sunned and slightly cocked; dampstaining to boards, with mild soiling and rubbing to extremities; (period) sticker on front pastedown; rear pastedown/endpaper gutter has small horizontal tear; textblock edges toned, interiors clean. Overall Very Good+. A dictionary of quotables from "chiefly the great men among the Anglo Saxon race", from Plato to the Pope, from Cicero to Shakespeare, to Longfellow, Emerson, and Byron, and more. Quotes are arranged by theme in alphabetical order. First published in London in 1852, this is a reprint of the 1853 American edition (Lippincott), which highlights a higher proportion of maxims from distinguished "Anglo Saxon" countrymen.

Condition: fine. First compiled in 1852 featuring Shakespeare, Dryden, Pope, Johnson, etc. "There are few minds but might furnish some instruction and entertainment out of their scraps, their odds and ends of thought. may at least produce a patchwork, which may be useful, and not without a charm of its own." (Compiler, William White). 16mo. 16cm, Sixth Edition, viii,560pp., in contemporary full fine morocco grain brown calf, raised black ruled raised bands jointed over the spine edges, with elaborated black blind-stamped decorations and borders and in the spine panels, gilt title, beveled edges, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt goffered, the upper hinge has been expertly restored, in fine condition, sound, a pleasing contemporary copy in fine antique binding.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. 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. Pages: 582. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1868 edition. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Volume 1868 Language: English Pages: 582 Volume 1868.