A Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Letters by William Cobbett - 2009-02-11

Anne Cobbett, 1836. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1836. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Pages are mildly tanned & foxed throughout. Heavier to text block edges. Contains deckled text block edges. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Prominent ring mark to front board. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible Brown staining to boards.

New York: John Doyle, 1846. Hardcover. Good. 213 p. 16 cm. Brown cloth with blank impressing. Gilt on spine. Corners bumped, spine ends torn. Front free endpaper missing. Foxing throughout.

London: William Cobbett, 1835. Book. Fair. Boards. First Edition.. Unpaginated; Paper label on spine; Front board detached but present; Slightly soiled and lacks f.e.p. and shows foxing to some pages; Internally a good, tight and clean copy; Size: 12mo.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Charles Griffin and Company. New ed. Original dark green cloth with blind titles. Good copy, starting at ffep, clean throughout . Good. Hardcover. 1863.

London: published by the author, 1829. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 11cm), c. 250pp. Contemporary binding of purple cloth, gilt titling to the spine. There is some light sunning and marking of the binding; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. Used in English schools into the twentieth century, this 1819 publication by the indefatigable writer and reformer William Cobbett (1763-1835) provides concise and practical explanations of a range of grammatical terms. It also includes 'specimens of false grammar' from Samuel Johnson and 'errors and nonsense' from George III.

London: A Cobbett. This is a Good Copy of this Book in dark green paper covered boards with darker cloth spine,no title lettering present.The work was intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general;but more especially for the use of soldiers,sailors,apprentices and ploughboys,published in the form of six letters.Cobbett was the Son of a farmer and innkeeper, Cobbett joined the army when he was 21 but had to flee to America in 1791 after making accusations of military corruption. There he was stung into action in 1794 by the visit of Joseph Priestley, the scientist and radical. Convinced that Priestley was a traitor, Cobbett wrote the pamphlet that launched his journalistic career. For the next six years he published 12 volumes of diatribes against American democracy, his style securing him many enemies and the nickname 'Peter Porcupine'. After paying a heavy fine in a libel judgement, Cobbett returned to England in 1800.Removal of one bookplate from the front pastedown,no… Read More