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Published by Ezra Sargeant, New York, 1810
Seller: Alan Newby, Marion, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Poor. Volume I only; To which are prefixed, dissertations on the era and poems of Ossian, and a preliminary discourse, or review of the recent controversy to the authenticity of the poems; translated by James MacPherson; foxing, front cover detached, back cover hanging on but not by much, split on spine; leather covers.
Published by Grant, 1926
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Mainly a reading copy. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1777 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 200 Language: English.
Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait, Philadelphia, 1842
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Leather. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Brown leather is worn at edges with some tearing at corners and light cracking at sides of spine. Title label on spine is chipped and nicked with over half missing. Top edge of book has a darker water type stain. Marbled edges of pages are lightly soiled. Pages show water staining at top edges with light foxing.
Published by Crosby & Nichols, 1864
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair+ hardcover. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1864 PRINTING. Text unmarked. Pages with light foxing. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.
Published by Patrick Geddes & Colleagues, 1896
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. boards are a bit edge worn. foxing. a few somewhat price notations in front . top edge of book has gold gilt. despite the foxing, contents are clear and presentable. in good condition. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Walter Scott / Thomas Whittaker / W.J. Gage, London/ New York/ Toronto, 1888
Seller: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, Australia
Book
Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes bound in one: Translations from Horace ( lxv 172 pages) and Ossian ( lxix 298 pages ) The spine is split from the front board from the head to three quarters of the way down and is torn at the head. Sadly this spoils a very handsome copy.The front end end paper is discoloured around the edges and has an onwrship inscription on its verso; pp xliii to xli have minor circular loss to the blank outer edge near the head. Internally the book is very good, clean, unamarked and solid. A very good copy, with good only boards.
Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839 Edition, 1839
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Full-leather. Condition: Very Good+. Full leather binding, raised spine, considerable wear to edges and corners. Book is in Good+ condition; firm in binding, mostly clean interior with some foxing; ex-library with usual markings, including sticker on spine and pocket on rear pastedown. One front endpaper missing; Marbled endpapers. Withdrawn from Occidental College Library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 413 pages.
Published by Phillips, Sampson, and Company, Boston, 1955
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Leather bound. Condition: Very good. A pretty edition of Ossian, illustrated with line drawings reproduced as lithographs. In a dark blue-green full leather binding decoratively stamped in gilt. In all, this is an attractive mid-19th century publisher's binding. 492, 12, [2 blank] pages, plus a frontispiece and decorative title page. Later printing. Very good, with light wear to the corners and spine ends. Text somewhat foxed.
Published by The Walter Scott Publishing Co., London and Felling-on-tyne
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Three Quarter Calf Leather. Condition: Good. Three quarter brown calf leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate behind the front cover. Moderate wear to the extremities. Note dated [1888]. Not exlibrary. Overall in GOOD conditinon. Ossian is the narrator and supposed author of a cycle of poems which the Scottish poet James Macpherson claimed to have translated from ancient sources in the Scots Gaelic. He is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, a character from Irish mythology. Although the poems were well-received, many critics voiced concerns about their authenticity, a debate that continued into the 20th century. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by John Grant, Edinburgh, 1926
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
Book
Cloth. Condition: Good. Good to very good hardback copy. No dustjacket. xxiv, 417pp.
Published by Lockwood & Co.
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. . with dissertations on the era and poems of Ossian and Dr. Blair's critical dissertation. Undated, boards marked and worn, some fading to the spine.
Published by John Johnstone, Edinburgh, 1806
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Miniature format (app 2.5 x 3.5") half leather with paper-covered boards. Vol. II only. Mild staining/rubbing to boards, corners bumped. PO bookplate. Scattered foxing. Sound binding. ; 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; 226 pages.
Published by Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston, 1858
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. ; Black leather bound cover with elaborate gilt embossed decor is frayed at corners and headcap with wear to the extremities but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Engraved frontispiece and half title protected by tissue. Title page heavily toned but pages are barely toned just at the extremities and are clean and very good. 9 engraved plates including frontispiece.
Published by Sidney's Press for Evert Duyckinck and James & Thomas Ronalds, New Haven, 1806
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
scotes (illustrator). 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. 308, 316. Illustrated with six engraved plates by Scoles. Bound in contemporary rubbed full calf, closed tear across the imprint of volume 2. some foxing, a good set. This imprint not in Shaw and Shoemaker. A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal. By Hugh Blair, D.D. One of the ministers of the high church, and professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres, in the University of Edinburgh."--v. 2, p. [181]-287. James Macpherson (Scottish Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain) (r 1736 - 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems. New Edition, carefully corrected and greatly improved.
Published by James Imray, Bookseller, Glasgow, 1800
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Imray's Second Edition. Full-leather covered boards with a burgandy spine label. Wear at the tips, rubbing on the boards, minor foxing, and previous owners signatures. The bulk of this volume is made up of MacPherson's introductory material, the "Preface", "A Dissertation Concerning the Era of Ossian", "A Dissertation Concerning the Poems of Ossian", "A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian, The Son of Finegal", and the "Appendix". This introductory material covers the first 151. The next 100 pages, which are separately paginated, contain the poems of Ossian.
Published by Edinburgh. G.Mundie, J. Elder, T. Brown [and others], 1792
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2 volumes. Hardcovers, in original brown leather. Maroon spine labels with gold lettering on the spine (volume 2's label is in danger of falling off). 325 and 336 pages. Volume 1 is missing the front free endpaper. First page present is the half-title. Early ownership name on the inside front cover 'Hagner.' A half inch strip has been neatly trimmed from the top of the title page. Volume 2 is similarly trimmed. Neat little engraving on the title pages. Text in English. Text blocks solid and clean. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Published by Printed for Ernest Fleischer, Leipsic [Leipzig], 1834
, viii 1-195 pages, contains various dissertations alongside the poetical works of Ossian New Edition , corners and edges rubbed, joints repaired, foxing within, previous owner'sbookplate to front pastedown, good condition , half black calf with decorative black cloth, gilt title and blindstamped decoration on the spine, marbled endpapers and edges , octavo, 24.5 x 15 cm Hardback ISBN:
Published by Lockwood & Co, London, 1809
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Leather. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 12mo. Gilt lettered modern red morocco leather. Frontis and title page vignettes. No date but early 19th century. 428 pp. Nicely bound edition of Ossian.
Published by Printed for J. Walker et al., London, 1819
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Calf. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. 5" x 2 3/4", engraved frontispiece and vignette to title page, full green polished calf, ornate gilt back with red morocco label, marbled end papers, 489 pages.prior owner name title page. Very Good, boards a bit lightly rubbed, edges lightly soiled. An uncommon edition. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.