The Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine: With a Full and Fair Account of All His Authoring Transactions; Being a Sure and Infallible Guide for All ... Wish to Make a Fortune by Writing Pamphlets de William Cobbett (Creator) - 2012-08-01

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. HC. good+, brown cloth spine (hardcover). color frontis. This is Number 938 of 1800 copies. Contents include: Preface to the Life and Adventures; The Life and Adventures; Preface to the Scare-Crow; The Scare-Crow; Remarks of the Pamphlets lately published against Porcupine; Talleyrnd: A Spy; Farewell to America; The Court-Martial; and, A Retrospect. 164pp.

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1970. Reprint. As New. William Cobbett (1763 â€" 1835) was an English pamphleteer, journalist, Member of Parliament and farmer He and a popular agrarian faction argued that reforming Parliament by abolishing "rotten boroughs", restraining wanton foreign activity and suppressing wages would promote domestic peace and ease poverty He coined the phrase "a red herring" This book is in pristine condition, with no marks or damage and could easily pass for new, No DJ, as issued.

London: The Nonesuch Press. Good/No Jacket. 1927. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall US HIST-Good regular size hardcover; tips worn, contents clean, #818 of 1800cc. brown w/gilt titles .

London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. ...with other records of his early career in England & America viz: Life and Adventures, The Scarecrow, Remarks of the Pamphlets Lately Published Against Peter Porcupine, Talleyrand: A Spy, Farewell to america, A Court-Martial, and A Retrospect. 163 pages (some pages unopened). Marbled paper on covers (edges scuffed), gilt lettering on brown spine; in Baskerville type on Arches paper, frontispiece is coloured through stencils by the Curwen Press, London.; #713/1800; 5 3/4 x 9 1/4 ''.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Hardcover. Octavo; Limited edition 1450/1800; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and marbled paper to boards, wear to corners and spine caps, light bump to bottom edge, light shelfwear; Text block has deckled edges, owner label on front pastedown, tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; 163 pages, frontispiece (color). 1333410. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in decorated paper over boards, brown cloth-backedwith 163 pp., plus colophon. Limited to 1800 copies of which this is #791. Scuffing to tips, extremities, toning to endpapers, else quite clean and bright of interior. Unexploded top edges, a few fore-edges, and illustrations at frontis in full color. Introduction by G.D.H. Cole.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Black cloth gilt with marbled paper-covered boards, 8vo., (iii), 163, (1) pages, frontispiece colored by stencil at the Curwen Press. One of 1,800 numbered copies printed on Arches paper. Page tips toned, moderate edgewear, else a very good copy in archival mylar.

London: Nonesuch Press1927. One of 1,800 numbered copies bound in quarter black cloth with marbled paper boards. Very good condition.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine:With a full and fair account of all his authoring transactions - being a sure and infallible guide for all enterprising young men who wish to make a fortune .

Paperback / softback. New.