Publisher:
Printed for J. Walker; J. Johnson; J. Richardson [et al. ]
Published:
1810
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
11158145196
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Volumes 1 and 2 only (of 3). 24mo., each volume with an engraved frontispiece plate and added engraved title page. Contemporary full polished leather, marbled endpapers. Moderate wear to the joints, volume one with a tear to the upper left corner of the front board, else a very good sound set, with fine stipple engravings by James Hopwood and H.R. Cook.
Edition:
First edition; first issue with "quia uroit" on p
Publisher:
Printed for J. Dodsley
Published:
1774
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10652952049
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Light foxing to just a very few leaves; joints cracked; covers still attached by cords (a few of which to Vol. I broken or nearly so); corners very rubbed with chipping to the top and bottom of the spine to Vol II. 2 vols. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 4to, Francis Marion Crawford's copy, with his illustrated bookplate and two others.
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Very good(+) Together with several other pieces on various Subjects. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 2 vols., 4to, rebound in 1/2 mottled calf, gilt and blind-stamped raised bands, leather spine labels, marbled boards; (occasional light foxing). London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1774. First Edition. Very good (+).
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First American edition. 12mo. Four volumes: (4), 204; (4) 228; (4), 261, (1); (4), 220 pp. With the half-title to each volume. Each volume bears the ownership signatures of Philemon Dickinson (three struck through) and his son Samuel Dickenson. Philemon Dickinson (1739-1809), a native of Maryland, served with distinction during the Revolutionary War as a Brigadier General of the New Jersey militia, and was later elected to the Continental Congress from Delaware and to the United States Senate from New Jersey; he was the brother of the more famous John Dickinson (1732-1808), Governor of Pennsylvania and patriot. Evans 14471. OCLC locates 13 complete copies (NYU, Syracuse, San Diego State, Yale, Library of Congress, Notre Dame, Harvard, Cleveland Public, Villanova, American Antiquarian Society, Library Company, Mt. Vernon, Gunston Hall). Good solid copy of the scarce first American edition of this classic on social etiquette, with an excellent contemporary association. Original leather boards, partly eroded at the edges, rather amateurishly rebacked, with new spine labels, new endpapers. (7142).
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Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with several other pieces on various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possessioin. In two volumes. Vol. I. [II. ] First edition, second state, with the corrected error on line 16, p. 55, Volume I. Two quarto volumes. [4], vii, [1, blank], 568; [4], 606, [1, errata], [1, blank] pp. With engraved frontispiece portrait in Volume I. Contemporary speckled calf, spines ruled in gilt in compartments with red morocco gilt lettering labels. All edges speckled brown. Joints and ends of spine on Volume I expertly repaired, joints starting on Volume II. Armorial bookplates and a few small stains to endpapers. Occasional faint spotting and offsetting, but overall an excellent set. Rothschild 596. HBS 67638. $2, 250.
