B Higgons (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. oblong format green cloth some soiling to boards but otherwise clean without any markings on the inside. instructional book using songs to instruct children; rare early instruction book.

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. 374pp. Published 1727. 2nd edition. Full panelled contemporary calf binding, raised bands, gilt title-label. Head & tail of spine a bit worn, extremities a little worn, minor insect damage to outer larger margin of the last couple of gatherings. Good overall, with text clear & crisp. Higgon's best known historical work which he prepared in the late sixteen-nineties but remained unpublished until 1722. This piracy, actually printed in London, appeared before the authorised second edition of 1734 . The book was translated into French in 1729. . . Former Library book. . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. 374pp. Published 1727. 2nd edition. Full panelled contemporary calf binding, raised bands, gilt title-label. Head & tail of spine a bit worn, extremities a little worn, minor insect damage to outer larger margin of the last couple of gatherings. Good overall, with text clear & crisp. Higgon's best known historical work which he prepared in the late sixteen-nineties but remained unpublished until 1722. This piracy, actually printed in London, appeared before the authorised second edition of 1734 . The book was translated into French in 1729. . . Former Library book. .…

iv, 19, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good, with elaborate and attractive type ornamentation. "First issued in 1713 as 'A poem on the peace'." [ESTC]. The treaty ceded to Britain Gibraltar, Minorca, Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; and accorded Britain the exclusive right to import black slaves into America for 30 years ESTC N11716.…

First edition. 8vo, pp. (8):454, early 19th Century full diced tan calf, spine with burgundy lettering piece. Rubbed, spine darkened. Prelims. foxed, light scattered foxing to the text. With contemporary signature on title. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden Bart (1774-1844).…

8vo. 19cm, Second Edition, with Additions,[vi],354,[13]pp., chapter head & tail pieces and decorated firstinitials, index, in contemporary full rebacked in tan calf, raised bands,contemporary hand-written spine title label, very good to fine condition(). ~ A history of England contemporary with the English Civil War and published first in 1724 - "The Author has lets these Papers lie cover'dwith Dust these 36 Years, till every Person concern'd was remov'd fromthe Stage.". (Author's preface). English historian, poet and JacobiteBevill Higgons(1670-1735) went into exile in France with James II. Hedevoted his life to literary pursuits after being incarcerated in 1695as a suspect in an attempted assassination of William III. The secondedition of this book was dated in 1734 and Higgons dedicated it to TheDuchess of Buckingham and Normandy. This copy has a hand-writtencontemporary (?) note: "This work was ordered by the English Parliamentto be burnt by the Hangman." Unfortunately no verification of this notehas been found.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1723 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. Pages: 455 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: 455.…