Reflections Death Bound Thoughts Prison by Dodd William (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New Edition. 146 pp + 4 pages of index, xviii / 148 pp, engraved vignette title page to each part, bound in full brown calf, gilt decorative borders to covers, title and gilt ornaments to spine. Leather rubbed and worn with superficial damage, front edge of backstrip splitting, spine ends and corners a little scuffed, vignettes a little spotted pages clean and firmly held.…

Calf. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. New Edition. vi + (2) + 176 + (4 pages of index) BOUND WITH iv + 186 pages. The first volume has a frontispiece illustration by A Carse, and the second a portrait of William Dodd by James Hopwood. 2 separate volumes bound as one, the first being printed by G Millar in Dunbar, and the second by Mundell & Son of Edinburgh. The first is an early provincial printing - Power's Checklist gives 1812 as the first printing in Dunbar. Bound in full leather with worn gilt decoration to spine, hinges cracked but firm with wear to corners and head and foot of spine. Early ownership signature on first free endpaper of William White. William Dodd (29 May 1729 - 27 June 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman and a man of letters. He lived extravagantly, and was nicknamed the "Macaroni Parson". He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, was caught, convicted, and, despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon, became the last person to be hanged at Tyburn for forgery. " He descended so low as to become the editor of a newspaper" (DNB).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Cooke's Edition. 2 volumes bound as one. 135pp + index; xiv, 125pp; 4 full page engravings, decorative engraved endpieces. Original marbled boards with leather spine and corners (half-calf). Minimal rubbing to binding. Some minor damp stains on plates and occasional margin. Generally a tight clean copy. No date but engravings dated 1798 and 1800 so c1800. Size: 12mo.…