Wilson John Pseud Christopher North (5 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo, 23cm, 307p., engraved frontis portrait the author in his hunting jacket, printed in double columns, in the original half drak brown calf, tall raised bands, double black leather labels gilt, small blind deice decorations in the panels, marbled boards and endpapers, some wear at the edges, very good attractively bound copy (Lds). - A selection, originally published in 1842, of John North's essays published in "Blackwood's Magazine". Wilson was one of the founders of the magazine in 1817 and as a contributing editor wrote under the pseudonym Christopher North.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1854. 367 pages. Engraved frontispiece: 'Christopher North in his Sporting Jacket'. Text in 2 columns. 9.5 x 6", gold lettered, blind decorated black cloth, tiny ticket: 'Bound by B. Bradley & Co, Boston'. From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Corner chewed, few bugholes, tips worn, text clean, tight, else VG.…

307pp. + catalogue. Black & white frontis engraving. Double columned text. of a series: Modern British Essayists. Title page cracked along gutter, binding lightly cracked at page 303, spine top has 2" tears, pages 277-300 have 5/16" tears mid fore-edge margins: VG-.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First British Edition. A series of 71 imaginary colloquies, that appeared in Blackwood's Magazine from 1822 to 1835. Blackwood released Wilson's works in a series between 1855 and 1858, each volume with a uniform binding that were consecutively numbered with roman numerals. According to the advertising information contained in this book, this 4 volume set was the first part of "Blackwood's Prof. Wilson Series," and is complete in itself. Original blindstamped cloth, spine extremities frayed with tearing, chipping, etc. The spine of Volume 4 is split at one side and in the middle--this set is a candidate for rebacking. Spines & some joints, with some cover rubbing, contents are clean. Books are tight. This appears to be the first British publication of his collected works. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

first edition, 1856). Half titles (not vol. IV), front. ports. Orig. dark green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; leading inner hinge sl. cracked vol. I, spines a little dulled. Monogram bookplate vol. I: 'M.H.' A nice set. John Wilson, 1785-1854, Scottish advocate and critic. A series of 'imaginary colloquies' first published in Blackwood's Magazine 1822-1835. With the preface from the first collected edition, signed J.F.F., 1855.…