Seasons by Thomson. James - 1790

A forward -"An account of the life and writings of James Thomson" , by P. Murdoch,D.D..F.R.S., provides a through account of the life of the authorThe book, completely detached from the front and back boards, has a previous owners name and a year(?) on a blank page. No other writing's but aging is very evidentEach season is accompanied with an artist rendition of that particular season

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1854. Green boards are chipped, very scuffed, rubbed to board on edges. Fep, bep are missing. Pages have small amount of foxing and light pencil markings.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Nonesuch Press, 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with small tears on spine edges. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Chiswick Press. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (poetry, seasons) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Philadelphia: T. and G. Palmer, 1811-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 16mo. 236p. Bound in contemporary leather. Good binding. Boards are absent. Chipping and loss to spine. Clean, unmarked pages with tanning.

R Jennings, 1820. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1820. No Edition Remarks. 211 pages. No dust jacket. Full bound leather. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Inscriptions to fep. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.

New York:: Published for the Trade,, 1836.. original cloth-backed boards with printed paper label on spine.. Scattered light foxing; minor use to binding; tight and sound.. 16mo,. With engravings by Anderson.. To Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author by P. Murdock.

George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1939. Hardcover. Good. 1939. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.

London: James Nisbet and Co, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, 1859. Gilt-decorated cloth hardcover, all edges giilt, 228 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good ex-library copy with typical treatments (bookplates, stamps, etc.), light soiling or discoloration to some pages, owner's signature on the half-titlepage, wear to the edges of the covers including splitting and loss to the spine-ends, no dust jacket.

MP3 Audio CD. The Seasons Crown'd with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf, While Autumn, nodding o'er the yellow plain, Comes jovial on; the Doric reed once more, Well pleased, I tune. Whate'er the wintry frost Nitrous prepared; the various blossom'd Spring Put in white promise forth; and Summer-suns Concocted strong, rush boundless now to view, Full, perfect all, and swell my glorious theme. Onslow! the Muse, ambitious of thy name, To grace, inspire, and dignify her song, Would from the public voice thy gentle ear A while engage. Thy noble cares she knows, The patriot virtues that distend thy thought, Spread on thy front, and in thy bosom glow; While listening senates hang upon thy tongue, Devolving through the maze of eloquence A roll of periods, sweeter than her song. But she too pants for public virtue, she, Though weak of power, yet strong in ardent will, Whene'er her country rushes on her heart, Assumes a bolder note, and fondly tries To mix the patriot's with the poet's… Read More