1797 Subject (9 results)

Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 251 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, with 1-inch tear at top of rear panel. Boards in blue cloth. Illustrated: b&w portraits, facsimiles. Inscribed in ink by the author using his nickname on front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409222. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, Volume 1 only: xxviii, 475 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print, raised bands. Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards. Light wear to spine caps, edges, and corners. Text block has marbled endpapers, has gilt top edge. Bookplate on front pastedown, name in ink on front endpaper. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G. 1379777. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, 153 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with black print. Dust jacket light blemish to front, slight shelf wear. Boards in blue cloth. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1391262. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, Volume two only: xiv, 605. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white and tan print. Dust jacket in mylar. Slight edge wear. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spine. Illustrated: b&w plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1381324. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Quarto, 408 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is grey with black print on gold banner. Boards in grey cloth with gilt and black illustration on front panel; light wear to spine caps and corners, slight shelf wear. Text block edges with red tinted edges and gilt corners. Illustrated: "Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen von ersten deutschen kunstlern" title page; b&w drawings. At head of title: Jubel-Ausgabe zur hundertjährigen Gedächtnissfeier des Geburtstages weiland Sr. Majestät Kaiser Wilhelm I., 1797-1897. Text in German, gothic/fraktur font. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. 1400049. FP New Rockville Stock.

1st Printing (ESTC T17465). iv, 28 pp. 8vo. 7-13/16" x 5" A verse satire of Edmund Burke. Bit of age-toning & soiling, Very Good. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. New and cheaper edition. Octavo; Fair; Hardcover; Spine, grey with gold print; Clear plastic sleeve; Boards in grey cloth with black print, wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spine, smudging/shelfwear; Text block has grey tinted top edge, slight foxing to half-title page, intermittent spine breaks; viii, 302 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2. 1368133. FP New Rockville Stock.

1st printing thus. 23, [1] pp. "The Maid's Prayer", p. 24. Printer's ornament to t.p. 12mo. 7" x 4-5/8" Wilkes "was a British radical, journalist and politician. This publication 'a pornographic poem dedicated to the courtesan Fanny Murray, and a parody of Alexander Pope's 'An Essay on Man'. Fanny Murray, nà e Fanny Rudman and later Fanny Ross, was an 18th-century English courtesan, mistress to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and dedicatee of the fateful Essay on Woman (1763) that led to the downfall of John Wilkes." [Wiki]. Per OCLC's entry, "A spurious version of Wilke's burlesque of Pope's Essay on Man; no copy of the original is known. Begins: Awake my Sandwich, leave all meaner joys . On p. 18 "Book VI." is a misprint for Book IV, indicating this is one of 100 copies reprinted in Stuttgart by J. Scheible in 1872 (NUC NE 0174383)." Some general wear & soiling to outer leaves, Very Good. Lacks wrappers [remnants along spine fold], now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

[1] - [10], [10] - 17, [1] pp. Dedication signed [in type] by 'youngtypo'. This copy with astericked names identified in pencil. Headpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. Folio: A - E . C1 in duplicate. John Wilkes was a British radical, journalist and politician. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his votersâ"rather than the House of Commonsâ"to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the St George's Fields Massacre. This a satire by one of those, evidently, not in Wilkes' camp. Now quite uncommon in the trade. A1 well worn & soiled, with split to center right edge. Other internal paper repairs. A Good copy only. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve The Fourth Edition [ESTC T4982]. First published as 'A New Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Happy Deliverance of John Wilkes, Esq.'.