Jackson Smart (4 results)

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 90 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 90 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

4to, pp. 33; bound without the half title, else a very good, large copy bound in old marbled boards, neatly rebacked and recornered with calf (later endpapers, but in the style of the period). Booklabel of John Sparrow. First and only edition of this charming poem set in Reading, Berkshire, celebrating the beautiful young women to be seen at a ball presumably (though this is not actually stated, except in the title) held on the occasion of the races at the town. The fiction is that Zeus comes down, attended by Hermes, to choose a mortal bride from among the belles at the assembly, and that he takes the form of a handsome soldier the better to view the young ladies. Most of the girls are named, and among them are several well-known local surnames, such as Englefield (no doubt a sister of the local antiquary, Henry Englefield, who was born about 1752), Hoare, Churchill and the Loveday sisters. These last two are probably Penelope (1759-1846) and Sarah (1761-1832), daughters of the traveller and scholar John Loveday (1711-89), who lived at Caversham just over the river from Reading. This is a rare poem: ESTC records copies at three locations in Britain (BL, Bodleian and Reading UL) and five in the USA (Princeton, Berkeley, Cincinnati, Pennsylvania and Yale). Jackson, Annals, p. 57. …

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Reading Races; Or, The Berkshire Beauties. 1777 First and Only Edition, Printed for Carnan & Smart, Willis, Newbury, Blakeney, Russel, Cooks, Wells and Jackson. The Volume is in Very Good Condition with clean, amply margined leaves, with light foxing and mild toning throughout, and with some tearing ot the lower corner of the final leaf. Bound without the half title. The volume is paginated as follows: [i]-iv, 5-33. The volume collates as follows: A-C4, D5. Each leaf measures about 255 mm. By 210 mm. Provenance: The name Ann Bushnell has been inscribed, inverted, at the top of the verso of the final leaf. Visit our website for More Images and/or Binding Spins.…