Sir Charles Grandison by Samuel Richardson, First Edition (24 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. 164 pages. An unread fine copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Used - Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. 2 vols. Octavos. xxxiv, 303; x, 319pp. Original black cloth with gilt titles and illustrations, top edge gilt. Covers lightly worn and marked, otherwise a very good indeed set. Bookplates to pastedown. No jackets.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Three volumes. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. First edition. xliii,[i],482; [vi],485,[1]; [vi],681,[1]pp. Original dark blue cloth, scarlet lettering-pieces, gilt lettering and decoration. An EX-LIBRARY SET with non-removable label to foot of spines, 'withdrawn' stamp and several labels to endpapers, 1 inch stamp to title-pages, and small stamp to blank area of last textual leaves. Several labels discreetly removed from covers. Covers somewhat marked with small repair to lower edge of cloth at head of spine of volume. In all other respects a very good set, text clean and unmarked, covers sound, suitable as a working copy.(**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 3.1 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders: International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quotation).

First edition thus, first printing. Complete in two volumes. Original green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt to spine and front panel. Upper edges gilt. A lovely, very near fine set, the bindings square and firm with a little softening to the lower spine tips, the cloth and gilt sharp and bright. The contents, with toning to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Small closed tear to the outer edge of Vol. II, p. 295/6. A lovely bright set. 'Sir Charles Grandison', Richardson's final novel is, like its predecessors, 'Pamela' and 'Clarissa', an epistolary novel; and, like Clarissa, it is very long indeed, originally appearing across seven volumes between November 1753 and March 1754. Richardson's portrait of a "Good Man" (after the female protagonists of the earlier novels) has not endured either in reputation or print compared to the earlier novels but, as John Dussinger remarks, "in 1754 Richardson reported to Lady Bradshaigh [the] novel had much more success with the public than 'Clarissa', receiving enthusiastic responses from such diverse readers as William Cowper, who wrote an ode on its behalf, Edward Gibbon, and Lord Chesterfield". Jane Austen, another fan, dramatized scenes from the novel for family performance. Samuel Johnson famously remarked that "if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment", and this two-volume abridgement by the influential critic and literary historian, George Saintsbury, is an attempt to convey the sentiment without the length (to lose some of the bathwater without forfeiting the baby). The edition is also notable for its finely detailed illustrations (both within and adorning the cloth) by the English artist Christiana Mary Demain Hammond (18601900). A member of Hugh Thomson's Cranford School, Hammond's elegant pen and ink drawings are a perfect complement to Richardson's prose. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

1st edition. Good copy in a modern, gilt-blocked cloth binding. Inside, browning to the pages and scattered foxing. Edge-nicked pages. Physical description; (583, [1] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (engravings). Subjects; 1701-1800. Epistolary fiction, English ; Early works to 1800. Epistolary fiction, English. Samuel Richardson. 18th century literature. Pamela, 18th century. 18th century authors. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Shadow stained. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; unnumbered pages. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects; Sir Charles Grandison. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in a modern, gilt-blocked cloth binding. Inside, browning to the pages and scattered foxing. Edge-nicked pages. Physical description; (583, [1] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (engravings). Subjects; 1701-1800. Epistolary fiction, English ; Early works to 1800. Epistolary fiction, English. Samuel Richardson. 18th century literature. Pamela, 18th century. 18th century authors. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Shadow stained. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; unnumbered pages. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects; Sir Charles Grandison. 1 Kg.

pp302; 320, b/w illus. by Chris Hammond; 8vo, pictorial cloth gilt, top edges gilt. Spotting to leading edges, a few slight marks to boards - else very good in the superbly illustrated covers. A very attractive edition of one of the earliest English novels, first published in 1761.

First Edition. Finely bound in gilt-blocked, quarter contemporary aniline calf over marble boards. All edges marble. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Subjects; 1701-1800. English fiction. Conduct of life ; Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.

first edition thus 2 vols.[mr.hogg's new novelists magazine vols.ii/iii] 928pp+2pp ads.ills.[b/w copperplates all appear to be dated 1793] G (possibly original marbled paper boards w.half-leather poorly rebacked,rubbed and stained w.adhesive tape applied to spines,chipping and wear to extrems.,labels removed from front pastedowns,contents sl.foxed/soiled,plates also sl.foxed,spines cracked) rebind needed;contents generally tidy.

leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 375 pages. Contemporary unrestored binding sound; two blanks at front with tideline, none at rear. Contents clean. Volume 3 of 7 only.

leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 442 pages. Contemporary unrestored binding sound; two blanks at front and at rear a touch grubby. Volume 7 of 7 only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Seven volumes. 12mo. [178 x 105 x 190 mm]. Bound c.1990 by Period Binders of Bath in half calf, marbled paper sides, the spines divided into six panels by raised bands, lettered in the second on a red goatskin label and numbered in the third, plain endleaves and edges. The title-page to Vol.VII sates it to be the third edition, but Rothschild (1752) explains: "Portions of Vol.VII of the first and third editions were printed about the same time, and according to Sale either through accident or design, various combinations of sheets and title-pages were achieved when these volumes for the two editions were being bound". The final 20 pages present Richardson's lament at a pirated Dublin edition. Signature N in vol.5 is misbound. Titles and final pages with light marginal offsetting from original turn-ins and a few spots but a very good copy. Richardson's third and final novel, published at the age of 64, in response to Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, and in request "to give the world his idea of a good man and fine gentleman combined".

quarter leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x, 410 pages. 6.75 x 4.1 inches. First edition. Rebound with leather spine, marbled paper over boards, and new endpapers. Leaves toned - title page particularly so. Binding is sound. Title continues: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, and page, both in octavo and twelves, in the respective histories. To which are subjoined, two letters from the editor of those works: the one, in answer to a lady who was solicitous for an additional volume to the History of Sir Charles Grandison. The other, in reply to a gentleman, who had objected to Sir Charles's offer'd compromise in the Article of religion, had he married a Roman Catholic lady.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. Ballantyne's Novelist's Library, v. 6-8.[edited by Sir Walter Scott]. Three volumes bound in contemporary full polished calf, the backs with two brown calf labels lettered in gilt and three sections ornately decorated in gilt, printer's name in gilt at tail, edges marbled, prior owner name and small gift inscription in pencil, light wear at edges mild toning, approx. 25 pp. Vol. III with creasing, a Very Good Plus set. RARE, the last copy sold at auction 1972 (RBH). The first editions of these novels published 1740-1742. . "Pamela" is considered by most to be the first novel published in English. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for priority mail and international orders, please inquire before ordering. v. 1. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded. The History of Clarissa Harlowe in a series of letters -- v .2. The History of Clarissa Harlowe -- v. 3. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Bart. in a series of letters. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Six volumes (complete), octavo, bound in three-quarter pebbled morocco lettered in gilt; raised bands; top edges gilt; extremities scuffed. First edition, with portrait frontispieces (volumes 1 and 6), folding hand-colored frontispieces (volumes 2 and 3), tinted frontispiece (volume 6), folding facsimiles (volumes 5 and 6), and comprehensive index and publisher s catalogue (volume 6). ---- From the library of Elisabeth Walcott Kellogg, with her distinct bookplates in each volume. A philanthropist from Oneida County, New York, Kellogg was the wife of lumber entrepreneur Frederick S. Kellogg of Utica. A handsome set with a distinguished provenance.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. selected from the original manuscripts bequeathed by him to his family, to which are prefixed a biographical account of that author and observations on his writings by Anna Laetitia Barbauld, six volumes, contemporary full-leather, sensitively re-spined and re-cornered, decorated in gilt, leather labels, portrait frontispiece volumes I and VI, folding hand-coloured frontispiece volumes II and III, tinted frontispiece volume IV, folding facsimiles volumes V and VI, publisher's catalogue volume VI, sprinkled edges, occasional off-setting, very good, a handsome set. Rodd armorial bookplate front pastedowns; first edition; 192, 340, 332, 379, 348 and 317 pages including list of plates.

7 Bände. Barbier II, 735.- Erste französische Ausgabe des erfolgreichen Briefromans. Band 2 und 3 sind bei Weidmann in Leipzig erschienen, auch 1756. Selten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Uniforme Pappbde. d. Zt. (Kanten bestoßen).

FIRST EDITION. 170 x 100 mm. (6 3/4 x 4"). x, 410 pp. 19th century smooth calf by J. Leighton (stamp-signed on the front free endpaper), covers blind-stamped with armorial designs, raised bands, carefully rebacked, retaining much of the original backstrip, all edges dyed red. Each section with attractive woodcut headpieces and tailpieces, and with decorative initials beginning each. Bookplate of William Stirling on the front pastedown; a blue bookplate reading "A N A &c. KEIR" (Keir House being near Stirling in central Scotland) on the rear pastedown. Sale 47; Rothschild 1753; ESTC T58996. See Day, "History of English Literature 1660-1837," pp. 223-28. ?The spine a little scuffed and marked, some wear at corners and along edges, isolated light stains internally, but the text almost entirely clean. This is a compilation of wisdom from Samuel Richardson's three famous novels, "Clarissa," "Pamela," and "History of Sir Charles Grandison." Richardson (1679-1761) was a largely self-educated printer who loved to write letters and who, at the age of 50, began composing novels using the epistolary form. While undeniably moralizing, Richardson's novels are far more exciting than a modern reader might expect, featuring kidnapping, betrayals, ardent love, and even an instance of justified murder. All this is enacted by characters Day calls "the first in English prose fiction that must be acknowledged as complete and complex human beings." Among the many fans of Richardson were Samuel Johnson, Honoré de Balzac, Thackeray, Fielding, and Jane Austen. The present work was composed as a companion to the author's popular novels in response to requests from friends and admirers to have a handy "collection of maxims, aphorisms, &c. which they think would be of service to the world . . . as they relate to life and manners." While this book itself was not as popular as the novels--no further editions were printed following our 1755 first edition--it did have a notable impact on popular culture. It inspired the production of decks of cards with the sentiments printed on them, advertised as "Entertaining Cards. . . the whole designed, while they amuse and entertain, to establish the Principles of Virtue and Morality in the Minds of both Sexes." These cards were hugely successful, still being issued in 1771, when a ninth edition of them was put out. Our copy is distinguished because it belonged to Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (1818-1878), an art historian and bibliophile known for his impressive library. A Scottish M.P., Knight of the Thistle, and Chancellor of Glasgow University, he also collected paintings, engravings, ceramics, and silver, and he wrote several books relating to his interests, including "Annals of the Artists of Spain" (1848) and "An Essay towards a Collection of Books Relating to Proverbs, Emblems, Apothegms, Epitaphs and Ana." (1860).

In seven volumes. Pp. viii+315+[ii]+358+[ii]+376(last blank)+[ii]+ 302+[2]+[ii]+294+[ii]+372+[ii]+442, title page ornament in Volumes I-VI, decorative headpieces and initials; cr. 12mo; early calf boards with double gilt rule borders, modern calf spines lettered and ruled in gilt, with gilt lettered red morocco title labels, the boards rubbed and grazed, edges lightly worn, several of the fore-corners neatly repaired; bookplate of Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971, one of the founders of the Harvard Business School) on upper pastedowns, early inked signature (Audrey Wastell, dated 1754) on upper pastedown of Volume I, hinges occasionally starting, a few leaves slightly creased, a few small edge splits or chips, a little light foxing, browning and soiling; printed for S. Richardson, London, 1753-4. First edition. ESTC N469605; Rothschild 1752. *With the cancels listed by Rothschild in Volumes I-III, the advertisement leaf for Pamela and Clarissa at the end of Volume IV, and the additional wording on the title page in Volume VII. Volume VI is in the first state, with the uncorrected catchword 'My' for 'Well' on page 279. In 1753, some Irish printers began producing a pirated edition before the London edition was published, so Richardson had to employ several additional printers to speed up the official publication. In November 1753, publication of the official edition was advertised in The Gentleman's Magazine. Volumes I-IV were published in that month, V-VI in December, and although all volumes are dated 1754 on the title page, only Volume VII was in fact published in that year, a few weeks before the final volume of the pirated edition. Headed 'To the Public', pages 424 to 442 at the end of Volume VII comprise Richardson's denunciation of the unlicensed edition and of the 'Savages', who produced it.

First Edition. Six vols., 12mos; ccxii, 192, 340, 332, 379, 348, 317, [1]pp; frontispiece engravings in Vols. 1,2,3, and 6, including hand-colored folding plates in Vols. 2 and 3; nineteenth-century three-quarter polished calf gilt and marbled boards by Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool; a.e.g. A lovely set. Bound without half-titles; covers a bit rubbed at extremities.