Dictionary Anonymous Pseudonymous Literature Great by Halkett Samuel Laing Rev John (6 results)

Original Red Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-library, small stamps and a label on the front pastedown. Pages clean and square. Cloth on spine frayed at top and bottom, 3/4" x 1" strip at top is lost but no loss of lettering.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Three volumes (complete). Ex-library (Rand Club, Johannesburg) copy with consequent stamps, use, wear, labels. Rebound in half-leather by the library. Marbled boards and papertrims. For all three the leather corners and spines have shelving and stacking wear, scuffing. The boards are benign, scuffed. They are steady and sure. Volume 1: ABC-Eye. The front pastedown and frontispage have publisher's catalogue pages attached. Volume II: Fab-Nym; pub. 1883. The frontispage has a library label. Volume III: O Br-Tis; pub. 1885. The frontispage has a library label. The early pages have some mis-shelving (?) creases. The contents of all books are most agreeable. They are hale, very clean, clear, tight, fresh-faced, orderly, very confident. Please note that due to the weight of the weight of the books, should they need be posted to the outside of South Africa, extra postal charges may be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Four volumes: I (1882), A-Eye, 870pp., errata slip; II (1883), F-N, 872-1761; III (1885), 1764-2596; O-T; IV (1888), 2596-2853, ccccxxiii. Ex-library, in library rebindings. Volume I has been trimmed, but the other three volumes are untrimmed and largely unopened. Some minor dampstaining to the page heads and foots, but no other sign of water damage; some chips to the first page of volume three. Due to the large size and heavy weight of this four-volume set, additional postage will apply; please enquire. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good condition. NOT library discards (illustrator). First Editions. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1882. NOT LIBRARY DISCARDS. NOT LIBRARY DISCARDS. Covers are in Good condition only (finger soil, rubbed, spine ends a little frayed, corners bumped, spines uniformly sun-faded a shade or two, but all lettering remains clear). PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Internally VERY GOOD. Inner hinges are sound without any cracks. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked but for scattered brown speckles (mild foxing) on a few outer pages. Complete 4 volume set, published 1882-88. This title was part of a 1981 Grolier Club exhibition of bibliographical milestones. In the exhibition's catalog, BIBLIOGRAPHY, ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, Breslauer/Folter describe it as the "first edition of the best bibliography of anonymously or pseudonymously published English works." Because it was not available from the Grolier Club's own huge library, a set for display had to be borrowed from Harvard. Volume I: (vii), columns 1-870 + 25 page errata/ publisher's catalog/index; Volume II: (iv), columns 871 - 1762 + Note; Volume III: (iv), columns 1763 - 2596 + 16 page publisher's catalog; Volume IV: (vii), columns 2597 - 2854 + INDEX TO AUTHORS' PSEUDONYMS (columns i - ccccxxiv) + 16 page publisher's catalog. The four volumes are bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Oversize Hardcover. 6.75" wide by 10.25" tall by 7.5" thick (altogether). This heavy 4 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other 3 volumes at no extra cost. First Editions. Oversize Hardcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT library discards. 4 volumes, complete: 3,276 columns. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Condition: Very good. First edition. Four volumes, 8vo, with one half brown morocco, marbled boards with raised bands and gilt rules on spines. Marbled page edges. Volume I, columns 1-870; Volume II, columns 872 - 1761; Volume III: columns 1764 - 2596; Volume IV columns 2596 - 2853, with index ( i - ccccxxiii). First edition of the work was begun by Halkett, librarian of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh; it was completed after his death by Laing, librarian of New College, Edinburgh and was edited by Laing's daughter Catherine. The spines of the four volumes are lightly rubbed at the raised bands, at the tops of the spines and along the bottom edges. Internally very good with very light scattered fox spotting. Previous owner's bookplate, Herbert Henry Raphael, inside each front cover.

Royal 8vo, 4 volumes; original red cloth, spines soiled and discolored, t.p. of Vol. 1 detached, otherwise a fine, attractive copy.