Booth Rev John Ed (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 352pp. Cover, red and embossed with a woven design, trimmed with gilt, is worn about the edges and the spine is faded with tiny breaks in the fabric at the lower edge. Hinges have been repaired by applying white tape to dark brown end papers. Most of the epigrams are of the satirical-humorous-witty mode; do you recall this one from the monumental epigrams? "I laid my wife beneath this stone, For her repose and for my own." (loc x131/1). …

Reprint. Small 8vo. Hardback. Green boards, gilt embossed. Uncut page edges. Contents: some light browning and light to moderate blemishes/smudges here and there, otherwise generally good. Previous owner's name/inscription. Nice little original book-binders label rear endpaper "Edmonds & Remnants, London". Inner hinges cracked but holding. Boards: some light to moderate blemishes/shelf-rubbing. A couple of corner tips bumped/rubbed, otherwise good and gilt bright. 327 pp + Notes. …