Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra. Two Volumes de JUNIUS [attributed to Sir Philip Francis] - 1797

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976. Very good (some light sunning to the covers including a faint impression of the dust jacket image from sunning; one tiny nick and some light soil to top cover edge, one slightly bumped corner--lower rear) in very good, lightly edgeworn and rubbed dust jacket with one 1/2 inch shiny spot from some clear substance stuck to jacket (see scan). SIGNED by author on title page. Author's 6th book, 2nd novel. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:

Modern Library, New York,, 1933. HBDJ, 1933, Stated First ML Edition on Copyright pg, VG+/VG, AS-IS, 225 titles MENTIONED ON BACK & Inside DJ with 95 cents per copy; Very Good+ condition with minor fading to spine and light wear and at spine extremities.Solid binding, bright gilt, attractive lightly faded brown topstain. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text.; dust jacket is also Very Good with minimal chipping to spine extremities and corners., 279 pages NO ADS IN BACK, bright cover and gilt; Toledano # 211.1; Style 7 binding in Brown with Bright Gold gilt Streamer Man on front cvr & Titled in Gilt on spine,; Titles on Blue, B/W DJ date from Spring 1933 and are accurate for a First; mild edge wear to DJ with TINY chips to top and bottom edge; TINYchips to head and heel of DJ spine; Small4.25 X 6.75 IN.Interior nice tight clean light Fox Thruout ,It is the central story, that of Melanctha, the Negro girl, which is the most original and compelling of the… Leer más

London: How and Parsons, 1842. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Cruikshank. 12mos. 322, (2), 315 pages. Two volume set. Hardcovers rebound in full red leather by Riviere. Signed "Bound by Riviere" in type on the verso of the front flyleaves. The cloth from the original bindings is pasted onto the rear flyleaves of each volume. Marbled endpapers. The bindings are rubbed, especially at the hinges, and the headcaps of the spines have some brief chipping. There is a larger chip at the headcap of the spine to Volume I. A sound set with some light foxing to the text. Frontis pieces by George Cruikshank. Rare.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear. Fresh clean copy, gray boards have no fading and sharp corners. The author's third book and one of his best. Winner of the 1979 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished work in the field of Natural History. National Book Award Finalist. Lannan Literary Award. Guggenheim Fellowship.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976. Very good (some light sunning to the covers including a faint impression of the dust jacket image from sunning; one tiny nick and some light soil to top cover edge, one slightly bumped corner--lower rear) in very good, lightly edgeworn and rubbed dust jacket with one 1/2 inch shiny spot from some clear substance stuck to jacket (see scan). SIGNED by author on title page. Author's 6th book, 2nd novel. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:

Modern Library, New York,, 1933. HBDJ, 1933, Stated First ML Edition on Copyright pg, VG+/VG, AS-IS, 225 titles MENTIONED ON BACK & Inside DJ with 95 cents per copy; Very Good+ condition with minor fading to spine and light wear and at spine extremities.Solid binding, bright gilt, attractive lightly faded brown topstain. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text.; dust jacket is also Very Good with minimal chipping to spine extremities and corners., 279 pages NO ADS IN BACK, bright cover and gilt; Toledano # 211.1; Style 7 binding in Brown with Bright Gold gilt Streamer Man on front cvr & Titled in Gilt on spine,; Titles on Blue, B/W DJ date from Spring 1933 and are accurate for a First; mild edge wear to DJ with TINY chips to top and bottom edge; TINYchips to head and heel of DJ spine; Small4.25 X 6.75 IN.Interior nice tight clean light Fox Thruout ,It is the central story, that of Melanctha, the Negro girl, which is the most original and compelling of the… Leer más

London: How and Parsons, 1842. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Cruikshank. 12mos. 322, (2), 315 pages. Two volume set. Hardcovers rebound in full red leather by Riviere. Signed "Bound by Riviere" in type on the verso of the front flyleaves. The cloth from the original bindings is pasted onto the rear flyleaves of each volume. Marbled endpapers. The bindings are rubbed, especially at the hinges, and the headcaps of the spines have some brief chipping. There is a larger chip at the headcap of the spine to Volume I. A sound set with some light foxing to the text. Frontis pieces by George Cruikshank. Rare.

A Treatise on Military Finance with an appendix.London 1797. Printed for T. Egerton. In 3 parts plus the appendix, and 4 pages of adverts for military subjects. In Part I, The Present State of the British Forces, includes the history from the period of Henry VII to the present day. Also extensive material on the rates of pay of all the forces for all occasions, and the equipment and clothing to be issued.Part II, Of the purchase and sale of commissions, Detailed information covering aspects of this topic.Part III, contains a report on all the details involved in establishing the army. Subjects covered are: Clothing the army, Widow's pensions, Of the stock purse or non-effective fund, etc.Appendix: extensive data on supplying the needs of the army for the year 1797. The condition of this attractive copy is about Fine. The binding is tight and shows no wear or markings, and the text is clean and bright save for slight browning of the first two endpapers. The book is complete including the… Leer más