Essays

Charles Tilt, 1836. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1836. No Edition Remarks. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned with visible markings throughout. Binding remains firm. Textblock edges dyed gilt. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends.… Read more about this item

Cheapside, London and Glasgow.: Thomas Tegg, Bowdery and Kerby, and Richard Griffin and Co., 1830. Hard. Good. 32mo. 5 1/4".. Illustrated with engraving to title page.. Good. Contemporaneous fine binding of full burgundy morocco with gilt tooling and lettering. Minor edge-wear. Gilt outer and inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. 190pp.

London: printed for W. Griffin,, 1765. First collected edition, the preferred edition, with 236 pages and an engraved title page. A cheaper edition, perhaps pirated, was issued the same year with 187 pages, a letterpress title page, and the typography "in a poorer form" (Tinker) than the present edition. There is no consensus on priority. In these 25 essays… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1767. Second edition, corrected. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf, front hinge off. Signature on title page "Robt. Methuen 1767.. Second edition, corrected. 1 vols. 12mo.

Scott, Webster and Geary, 1837. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1837. No Edition Remarks. 384 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Light tanning to pages. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Some slight staining to pastedowns. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine… Read more about this item

Facsimile reprint of 1st edition, 1970. Menston: Scolar Press. Hardcover. Fine facsimile reprint of 1st 1765 edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Includes title page black and white plate.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

New.