Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose by Addison, Joseph - 1736

New York, New York: Abradale Press. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. 3656 pages: 7.5 x 9.75 in.: 33.4: KB#006434: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. LCCN# 76-166507 and SBN 810902869. Set Consists of Twenty Volumes. Spines and front board of books are slightly tanned due to age. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Set contains over 2,000 clear, informative photographs and drawings, many in full color. This is a heavy book set, but price INCLUDES FULL EXTRA COST of Media Delivery; however USPS Priority would incur additional charge due to weight. "There are seven easy keys to finding information. All entries are arranged alphabetically. Each volume has a Table of Contents. Volume 1 has a Table of Contents for all 20 volumes. Volume 20 has a Complete Index to all volumes. Volume 19 contains a Glossary. Cross references are listed under major entries. A complete… Read More

London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Hardcover. Good +. The Third Edition. "Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals now in her Possession." 4 volumes (xvi, 352 p.; [4], 355, [1] p.; [4], 376 p.; [4], 364 p.); 22 cm. Half 19th-century? blue calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled volumed numbers in third compartments. Marbled endpapers matching boards. Without the frontispiece portrait found in some editions of this popular work. In Good+ Condition: the leather author-title labels are lacking almost entirely from the second and fourth spine compartments; vol. 2 leather splitting from head of back joint; lacking leather from head of vol. 3 spine and from first compartment of vol. 4; the blue calf has darkened and begun to crack on the spines; boards are rubbed; a few leaves are browning and foxing; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Ltd., 1964. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. COMPLETE 9 VOLUME SET. Hardcovers in burgundy cloth, with title in gilt on front covers and spines. All volumes have moderate wear, including some heavy spotting (foxing) and rubbing. Some corners are bumped, some fore-edges are bumped. There is a dent in the spine (on the title) on Volume VI. All edges of text blocks are foxed, and the text has sporadic foxing. Interior is a bit musty. A sound set. Set includes the original receipt from Blackwell's in England, circa 1966.

New York and Chicago: George Routledge and Sons / McDonnell Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. De Neuville, Bayard, Morin, Valnay, and Other Eminent French Artists. Quartos. Variously paginated. 5 VOLUME SET. Hardcovers nicely re-bound in 20th Century 3/4 red morocco with marbled paper covered boards. Five raised spine bands. Bindings are in very nice condition, showing only light wear. New endpapers. This the illustrated edition. Dated 1886 on the copyright page of each volume. Text is a little toned but generally clean. A few award cards from the early 20th century have been placed loosely within a couple of the volumes. An exceptional set with great shelf appeal.

John Murray. 1859. Three volume set in quarter-bound vellucent-like binding over green boards with gilt inlay on boards and spine by Cedric Chivers (Gay St Bath). Paper is age-toned with mild degree of foxing with all pages tight in hinge(s). Volume 1 has a mark on the front board (see photo), else normal shelf wear to all volumes. Volumes are all from the personal library of Josiah C. Wedgwood; each volume has the personal bookplate showing the coat-of-arms of Josiah C. Wedgwood on the front pastedown. Each volume contains an inscription of ownership by Josiah C. Wedgwood dated 1901. Small sticker shows books were purchased in the same town as Josiah lived (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Josiah C. Wedgood the 4th (1872-1943) was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in the government under the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. A prominent single-tax activist, he was the great-grandson of the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood. The first edition was published as a monthly series from 1838-1840 and in book… Read More

London: Saunders and Otley, 1842. Four volumes in contemporary full polished calf, the backs with gilt decorations and black and red morocco labels, plain grey end papers. Very Good, light rubbing at corners, light soiling to boards, scattered toning. spots at end papers, corner chip to Vol. red label Vol. IV. With the bookplates of Sir Richard Henry Charles Rycroft, 3rd Baronet. Each volume with a gift inscription dated March 7th, 1852, "Henry Richard Roycoft from his affec. Father and Mother on his 11th birthday. Richard H.C. Roycroft, Charlotte A. Roycroft". Sadly, Henry Richard Roycroft died two years later, in 1854. A SCARCE history in fine contemporary binding. This set will require additional shipping charges for priority and international mail- please inquire. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1912. Belgian born author who wrote in French and winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for literature, known primarily for these philosophical essays. Eight volumes of the 10 volume series published by Dodd, Mead between 1912-1914. Uniformly bound in contemporary half red morocco over light red buckram boards, matching buckram end papers, the tops gilt, backs decorated in gilt. Very Good Plus, light wear to covers, Lacking the volumes "Death" and "Life of the Bee". Titles included are "Treasure of the Humble", "Wisdom and Destiny", "The Buried Temple", "The Double Garden", "Measure of the Hours", "Our Eternity", "The Unknown Guest", and "On Emerson, Etc.". Translated from the French by Alfred Sutro, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos and Montrose J. Moses. Uncommon as a set and in lovely binding. **This set will require additional charges for priority and international mail. Please inquire… Read More

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1865. SCARCE in commerce. Vols. III and IV published 1865, Vols. I and II, 1866. Four volumes bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, the backs gilt, edges and end papers marbled to match boards, contemporary bookplates of William Milner Crowe. Half title pages in Vols. I, III, and IV, none in Vol.II. Very Good, moderate spotting at end papers, internal pages clean and bright, light rubbing at tips. Collects the following : V. 1. Ballads. The Book of Snobs. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan. The Fatal Boots. Cox's Diary.--V. 2. Memoirs of Mr. C.J. Yellowplush. Diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche, Esq. Sketches and Travels in London. Novels by Eminent Hands. Character Sketches.--V. 3. The Memoirs of Barry London, Esq. A Legend of the Rhine. Rebecca and Rowena. A Little Dinner at Timmins's. The Bedford-Row Conspiracy.--V. 4. The Fitz-Boodle Papers. Men's Wives. A Shabby Genteel Story. The History of Samuel Titmarsh, and The Great… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1857. Nine volumes in contemporary unsigned fine bindings of polished calf, intricate gilt backs, gilt edges, end papers and edges marbled. Near Fine, light wear at corners. A quite handsome set. . Later American Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1826. Three volumes bound in contemporary half calf over marbled bosrds, red morocco labels back reading "Wiffen's Tasso", marbled end papers, all edges dyed red. Very Good, light edge and shelf wear, scattered toning to prelims only. . Second Edition in English. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.