Wright T Homas (5 results)
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Published by London : printed by J. Rider. Sold by J. Scatcherd; and by all the London booksellers, and by Mrs Jones, Oxford 1799., 1799
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Seller: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, United KingdomRoger J Treglown, ABA.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Format, Octavo, 195mm. Physical description, [4], [1] 2 - 95 [1] blank. Plates III, folding. Title page dusty, lightly spotted and lightly soiled, last leaf similar, otherwise the contents are clean. Occasional somewhat acerbic light pencil noes by a previous owner. Sometime reboun…d in grey paper over boards, the spine with a new title label lettered in gilt. Overall, a very good copymof a book that is not often see for sale. This is the second of the Rev. Thomas Wright's (dates unknown) books on the subject. The water meadows in south Gloucestershire fascinated the Rev. Wright when he was appointed to the church in South Cerney , so much so that he published - An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows by Art as practised in the County of Gloucester, 1789. The book was so successful he went on to publish the book offered here ten years later. Nine years later when he had been appointed to a church in Northamptonshire he published - On the Formation and Management of Floated Meadows, 1808. The Library HubDiscover (on-line11/024) locates nine copies. See also the Rothamsted Catalogue p.161; and Fussell,1731 to 1793, p.122. ESTC unavailable.
More imagesPublished by Printed for P. Byrne, J. Moore, J. Jones, J. Rice, R. White, and R. McAllister, Dublin, 1792
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Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Antiquarian Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerFull Leather. Condition: Fair. First Irish Edition. 12mo; [4], 288 pages; Full contemporary calf binding quite worn; boards detached, leather pieces chipped away at spine ends, rubbed through at corners and edges, lettering rubbed through on leather title label at spine, peeled at lower part of rear board. Text block securely st…itched with much of backstrip intact; lacks ffep. 18 leaves have some paper loss at lower inner corner; of which, two leaves have some loss to bottom two lines of text. Extant text block begins with half-title bearing ownership signature "W. W. Lewis / Feb 21 1882"; followed by titlepage with earliest ownership "Jno. Alex Binns / July 25th 1811 / Leesburg Virginia" ESTC N22768. OCLC 994060207 ; OCLC 17381929. Listed in Summers, A Gothic Bibliography, p. 509. SYNOPSIS: At the very heart of this "Eastern Tale" is an interesting conversation between a Brahmin (Ibrahim) and a Muslim (Zadah) on issues of faith vs. scientific/material reason, whence the subtitle of the book "The Sceptic Convinced - an Eastern Tale." Ibrahim has traveled the world as a merchant and been swayed to the rational enlightened, scientific thinking of the West and is somewhat mourning his loss of faith. Zadah presents counterbalancing arguments from his own unfloundering faithful perpective on divinity. A most interesting and curious tale constructed by an Englishman Thomas Wright, whose exposure to Eastern and Near Eastern culture and philosophy is unrecorded. PROVENANCE: John Alexander Binns, c.1761â"1813, American agriculturist, b. Loudoun co., Va. He was one of the first to experiment with gypsum as a fertilizer and to convince others of its efficacy. Partly through example and partly through his pamphlet, Treatise on Practical Farming (1803), what came to be known as the Loudoun system of soil treatment spread rapidly throughout Virginia and Maryland and ultimately into other states. In the 1780s Virginia farmers in Loudoun County, Virginia were having trouble with degrading agricultural production from their over-farmed lands. Binns was not inclined to move westward, so explored rejuvenating the soil. He learned of the use of gypsum and clover for that purpose. In 1780 he began his experiments, using not only the gypsum and clover and also practicing deeper ploughing and rotating crops. As his methods began to produce greater yields, he purchased other worn-out farm properties and in some few years was profiting from his application of enhanced farming methods, which he passed along to his neighboring farmers by milling and selling gypsum. In 1803, he authored a volume detailing his methods titled A Treatise on Practical Farming, By John A. Binns Of Loudoun County, Virginia, Farmer. It was published at Frederick-Town, Maryland, and printed by John B. Colvin, Editor of the Republican Advocate, 1803. Thomas Jefferson was impressed with Binn's Treatise and sent copies to Sir John Sinclair, the head of the English Board of Agriculture and Mr. William Strickland also on the Board of Agriculture of England. [Bay Journal Nov 1, 2002 and the Legends of Loudoun: An Account of the History and Homes of a Border County of Virginia's Northern Neck (1938) by Harrison Williams].
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Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller(KENTUCKY REGIMENTAL). WRIGHT, T[homas] J. History of the Eighth Regiment Kentucky Vol. Inf., during Its Three Years Campaigns Embracing Organization, Marches, Skirmishes, and Battles of Command, with Much of the History of the Old Reliable Third Brigade, Commanded by Hon. Stanley Matthews, and Containing Many Interesting and Am…using Incidents of Army Life. St. Joseph, MO: St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, 1880. 1st ed. 286pp. Later 3/4 cloth and paper-covered boards. Light scattered foxing, else a very good copy. HOWES W-708. With ownership inscription of Ed W. Anderson on front endpaper. Anderson had been a sergeant in the regiment and is mentioned on page 220. "A rich memoir of service in the West; author was a Federal officer who compiled his account shortly after the war and made constant reference to his wartime diary" Nevins I, p. 183.
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Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller(KENTUCKY REGIMENTAL). WRIGHT, T[homas] J. History of the Eighth Regiment Kentucky Vol. Inf., During Its Three Years Campaigns Embracing Organization, Marches, Skirmishes, and Battles of the Command, with Much of the History of the Old Reliable Third Brigade, Commanded by Hon. Stanley Matthews, and Containing Many Interesting an…d Amusing Incidents of Army Life [with] Canvasing copy. St. Joseph, MO: St. Joseph Steam Printing Co., 1880. 1st ed. 12mo. 286, [2] pp., errata slip. In orig. cloth with orig. printed paper label lacking. Light rubbing to the binding. Bookplate and stamp of Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois. Very good. Howes W-708. Not in Zinnman. Autograph presentation from the author. Complete with errata slip. "A rich memoir of service in the West; the author was a Federal officer who compiled his account shortly after the war and made constant reference to his wartime diary." Nevins I, p. 183. Here offered with a very nice example of the salesman's canvasing copy. While this salesman's sample only has about a dozen printed leaves, it is filled out with numerous blanks which have been partially filled with penciled remedies, likely early 20th century. Both housed in a single slipcase. Rare to find these two together.
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Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller(KENTUCKY REGIMENTAL). WRIGHT, T[homas] J. History of the Eighth Regiment Kentucky Vol. Inf., During Its Three Years Campaigns Embracing Organization, Marches, Skirmishes, and Battle of the Command, with Much of the History of the Old Reliable Third Brigade, Commanded by Hon. Stanley Matthews, and Containing Many Interesting and… Amusing Incidents of Army Life. St. Joseph, MO: St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, 1880. 1st ed. 286 pp. Orig. cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, else a very good copy. HOWES W-708. "A rich memoir of service in the West; author was a Federal officer who compiled his account shortly after the war and made constant reference to his wartime diary." Nevins I, p. 183.
