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Published by Macmillan, 1961
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL,D. by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. . Edited, Abridged and with an Introduction by Bertram H. Davis, Macmillan & Co., NY 1961. In 1797, Sir John Hawkins wrote this first full biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson, the renowned 18th-century poet, playwright, essayist, and social commentator. Hawkins was a friend of Johnson's but apparently was disliked and somewhat excluded from Johnson s elite social circle. In 1791, the book was followed by the more famous biography by Hawkins literary competitor, and another friend of Johnson's, James Boswell. From A Note on the text in this Macmillan edition: The first edition of Hawkins Life of Johnson was published in March 1797, and the second, containing Hawkins additions and corrections was published three months later. This book has not been re-published since that time. This present text is based on the second edition, with occasional modifications to take advantage of more correct readings in the First Edition. Cloth bound hardcover book with dust-jacket. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 341 pages excluding Introduction. Condition: Cloth covers are without wear, binding is tight. Original owner's name and a small number notation are neatly penned on the first free endpaper. Interior is clean, bright and unmarked. Dust-jacket has some areas of edge wear and some mild rubbing. Front flap corners are clipped, though original price is present. In all a very well-preserved copy.
Published by NY Macmillan.1961 first edition.Abridged edition., 1961
Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. cloth.8vo.illustrated.341 pages.fine copy in fine DUST JACCKET.
Published by James Ridgeway, London, 1785
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition. xliv,131,[1]p. Rebound in decorative paper-covered boards, with loss of original endpapers and half-title. Sir John Hawkins is a pseudonym. A collection of satires and parodies by Richard Tickell and others, purporting to be the competitive essays of Thomas Warton's rivals for the laureatship. Boards and backstrip bright, corners sharp, title-label to backstrip; contents fine. A charming volume by the literary ancestors of Monty Python. 280 grams.
Published by H. and C. Whittingham 0, London
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes, complete. Bound in early full gilt and tooled leather. Speckled edges; plain endpapers. Light wear and rubbing to covers (some minor professional restoration). Edges toned; some intermittent staining and foxing to text, moreso to and adjacent to frontispieces. Early owner's name and date to front endpaper in each volume. Otherwise a sound, unmarked copy. Very neat -- and handsomely done. Portrait frontispieces; fish vignettes throughout text. [vol. I]lxxiv,75-292[vol. II]iv,264pp. Size: 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Book.
Published by London
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Leather bound. Condition: Very good +. [NATURAL WORLD] [SPORT: FISHING]. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, W. Goldsmith, J. and J. Taylor, R. Faulder, Scatcherd and Whitaker, and E. Jefferey, 1792. Fifth Hawkins edition, with additions. 12mo; First part: lxxxii, 267, [1]pp + [3]plates; Second part: xxiv, 111pp +[10]pp index; polished marbled calf, gilt-stamped borders and ornaments, 5 band spine with gilt ruling and decorative ornaments, lettering gilt; gilt-stamped board edges; gilt ruling and stamped fish on inside board edges, marbled endpapers; Bound by Riviere & Son [1829-1939] stamped on bottom front inside board margin; all edges gilt; engraved frontispiece with tissue guard; copperplate engravings in text and 11 plates, incl, 2 fps; front hinge cracked but holding, a few foxed spots; very good plus. This is a beautifully bound copy of the two parts of The Complete Angler, the 1653 classic on nature and the art of fishing. This fifth edition includes the Advertisements for the Third, Fourth, and Fifth editions. Izaak Walton (1593-1683) first published The Compleat Angler [original spelling] in 1653, and continued to add to it for over 25 years. It is a work in praise of fishing and nature, including prose, verse, and song. His friend, Charles Cotton (1630-1687) added to it with instructions in fly fishing and fly tying.