Thomas Edwards (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Dust Jacket. Slight damp staining to the lower spine corners and adjacent edges, at least 2", of covers, first few and last few pages. Endpapers replaced? Spine has chipping to the ends, a split to the front edge, a hole in the lettering, and an area of wear to the rear edge. Book is cocked. Covers have light wear to the outer corners and a few dark spots. Name and year written written on front blank. Illustrated by Leech, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. A K Newman, Simpkin and Marshall, Thomas Tegg and Edwards and Nibbs also Griffin and Co 1821 hardback, fourth edition, half leather with marble boards, xii 279 pp with b/w frontis, cello tape repair to keep front board attached, most leather to spine missing but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. The printed white paper wrappers on this item contains 3 plans/maps of the collection of dwellings and properties up for sale, each plan has coloured sections highlighted and measurements printed, they are large folding in the wrappers measuring 36 inches in length on plan 1 & 3 and a little smaller on the other plan, some closed tears at folds due to opening poorly, wrappers creased and with splits along the spine areas. foolscap or folio size.…

Full leather binding. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. 3rd edition. Handsomely bound in red leather with gilt marginal lines, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt title. Whorled marbled end papers. Mild foxing to periphery of frontispiece (portrait of the author), the remaining pages free of foxing. All edges gilt. All folded plates intact save for small tear in folded map facing p. 1. A rich mine of information on the townships of Furness, north-eastern Lancashire and adjacent Yorkshire, published in a very limited edition, the third edition having been revised and enlarged with additional engravings, some based on the drawings of J.M.W. Turner. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Folio (14 3/16" x 10 1/8", 360mm x 257mm): binder's blank, ?2 a-d2 e2 (-e2) B2-3P2 ?2 (-?2), binder's blank [$1 signed; -B1, H1, 2I1, 2R1, 3K1, 3Q1]. 164 leaves, pp. [4] (half-title, blank, title, blank) i ii-xviii (18pp preface) 1-3 4-241 [1] (blank). With 9 engraved plates and 14 engraved vignettes. Bound in red straight grain morocco. On the spine, 6 panels. "DRYDEN'S / FABLES" gilt to the second panel, "BEAUCLERC'S / DESIGNS" gilt to the fifth. Gilt floral and greek tau meander rolls to the boards. Superlibros of a bull encircled by a belt with the inscription "PRODESSE QUAM CONSPICI" gilt to the boards. Gilt dentelles. All edges of the text-block gilt, with a concealed fore-edge painting of the London harbor. Presented with a blue silk marking ribbon. Extremities and joints worn. Starting at the tail. Offsetting to the plates and vignettes. Rear binder's blank slashed vertically. Armorial bookplate of S.B. Boulton to the front pastedown. John Dryden (1631-1700) was an influential English poet, satirist, playwright, and critic who dominated the literary scene of Restoration England. Born in Northamptonshire and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, Dryden rose to prominence with his poem Heroique Stanzas (1659), commemorating Oliver Cromwell. His loyalty shifted with the monarchy, and he was elected Poet Laureate in 1668 following the Restoration of Charles II. In Walter Scott's 1963 biography of John Dryden, he describes the Fables as a complete miscellany. An atemporal collection, the fables span time and place to bring Homer, Ovid, Bocaccio, and Chaucer together as contemporaries. Throughout his career, Dryden often explored how people and societies act within the natural rhythms of history, finding his moral ideas in that process. In Fables, however, he moves away from strict historical order. Instead, he creates a world that recognizes and reveres history but does not depend on it. Here, moral meaning comes not from progress through time, but from an equilibrium -- a universe defined and united by ongoing change rather than fixed direction. This late XVIIIc release of Dryden's Fables is richly illustrated by Lady Diana Beauclerk (here "Beauclerc," 1734-1808). Born into the aristocracy and a line of formidable women -- her great-grandmother being Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Malborough -- Lady Beauclerk was known as something of a minx, with her very public divorce on the grounds of "criminal conversation" (adultery) warranting an Act of Parliament. Both her vivacious personality and artistic talents earned her a place in the public's heart. Walpole and Reynolds were among her admirers, and several of her drawings were engraved by Bartolozzi. In addition to her works on paper, she designed bas reliefs for the now iconic Wedgwood company. Samuel Bagster Boulton (1830-1918) was born in London and rose to prominence through his success as a timber merchant and later in the chemical and allied industries. Boulton was the first baronet of Copped Hall, a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England, Lord of the Manor of Totteridge, Justice of the Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. Copped Hall was later known as Darlands but was demolished in 1928. A plaque commemorating Samuel Boulton remains in St. Andrew's church, reading "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." Cataloged by G.R. Murdock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. In publishers' original, paper covered boards with untrimmed page edges. Paper spine label. Frontispiece copper engraving and two folding charts. This is the fifth edition: 'The whole corrected and considerably enlarged'. The charts show the counties, recommended inns, the distances between them and the attractions. In clean, tight condition with only slight rubbing at the board edges and pristine pages. The book appears not to have been used and is in the original binding from the publishers (prior to the new owner taking it to have it bound.) Remarkable condition considering it's age and rare in this state. Payment by credit card through ABE. Paypal accepted.…