2 Books: Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon , and Washington Irving's Sketch Book [Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics]

New York: Macmillan Two pocket-sized hardcovers, same size but with different covers; Bacon's Essays, 1905, later (1919) printing, plain brown cloth covers with bright and clear gilt lettering on front cover, lxxi + 318 pages; light shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends, crease down centre of both covers, otherwise gently used, tight in binding, ink signature on free front endpaper and scattered ink notations and/or underlinings on approximately 12-15 pages, otherwise very clean and unmarked, no foxing, overall Very Good - condition;---Irving's Sketch Book, 1900, later (1914) printing, green cloth covers with a plain back cover but an elaborate decorative motif covering the front cover, xxv + 371 pages; light shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends, faded pale old waterstaining to back cover, otherwise gently used, tight in binding, scattered light pencil markings on approximately 15-20 pages, otherwise very clean and unmarked, no foxing, also overall Very Good - condition. See also our listings for Four of Macmillan's Pocket Kipling: Soldiers Three and Other Stories (The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black & White); Kim; Life's Handicap: Stories of Mine Own People; The Day's Work, or for more essays, and who can get enough?, see also our listing for The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection From the Works of the Great Essayists from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin, With Introduction, Biographical Notices and Critical Notes.. Hard Cover.