Dr Thomas Parnell (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pp. (4), 135. Full calf. Title gilt on red mo. label on spine. Occasional light wear to covers. Else good.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine engraved biographical portrait in the style of a miniature. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual.

1-vol ed. Nasty stain on back board; page edges browned, with stain on fore-edge; leather label on spine damaged; leather scuffed on spine "To which is prefixed, the life of Dr. Parnell; complete in one volume". Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in full brown calf Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in full brown calf.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [vi], 43, [28], 48-158, [2], 185, [1] pages. In old full leather which is a little sticky due to over use of wax/polish by a previous owner. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Chatterton to the front pastedown and a modern bookplate with the letter L on it to the front free end paper. A couple of ink number to the front free end paper and the modern bookplate seems to cover an ink inscription as part of a date is showing. The title page is stained and soiled. Pages soiled throughout, heavily in places. Rear free end paper has been torn out at some point in the past.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. (ii) xii 388pp, lacks 4pp list of subscriber at the end, contemporary tree calf with gilt border (corners bumped with boards showing, joints beginning to crack), gilt spine, red and green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, engraved bookplate (Francis Robert Davies) on front pastedown, 6 pages browned, front and rear blanks foxed, occasional light dust stains in the top margin, 3T2 has a vertical tear towards the inner margin (no loss), folio (24.5x36cm), ESTC T101567, may require extra postage.…

[Poetry] FINELY BOUND NEW EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[4] xxviii; ii; 180 [2]. With two copperplate illustrations, designed by Samuel Wale and engraved by Charles Grignion. Contemporary brown full tree-calf, spine gilt-ruled with red label lettered in gilt. Interior lightly toned and marked, with faint spotting to prelims and rear leaves. Discreet ownership inscription in black ink to front flyleaf. Two patches of discolouration to lower board, cracking to joints, extremities rubbed with some loss to spine ends. Very good. Parnell was a fellow Scriblerus member along with Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope - as well as one of the pre-Romantic 'Graveyard Poets;' his 'A Night-Piece on Death' appears in this very collection. …

Leather. Condition: Good. The second edition of the collected poetical works of Thomas Parnell, a collection edited and introduced by Alexander Pope, who was an admirer of Parnell's works. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1722.Written by Thomas Parnell and published by Alexander Pope, this is a posthumous collection of poetry in various forms, including moral verse, narrative poems and shorter occasional pieces.Edited and introduced by Pope, the collection presents Parnell"s poems as a unified body of work, showcasing his contribution to early eighteenth-century English poetry.ESTC T115568With publisher's catalogue to the rear, and with the bookplate of Garnons Library to the front pastedown.Both Pope and Jonathan Swift thought highly of Parnell, who died aged 38 in 1717. In a full calf binding. Gilt detailing to back strip and board perimeters. Small loss of calf to back strip head. Joints starting, with front board slightly tender, and rear board firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, but with instances of spotting and foxing throughout, most concentrated to page perimeters. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket issued. Title in red and black, wood-engraved head-pieces, index; viiii+224pp; a little light staining at head of inner margins of early leaves. 8vo contemp. panelled calf, worn, spine chipped at head, front cover detached, Thomas Parnell [1679-1718] Irish poet and essayist was a friend of Jonathan Swift and a member of the Scriblerus Club.This edition which came out in 1721 was edited by his friend Alexander Pope, who wrote the dedicatory poem to Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST PRINTING OF BELL'S EDITION. 2 vols. 6mo. (5.1 x 3.3 inches). Engraved portrait frontis in volume one. Both volumes with extra illustrated title page. Beautiful contemporary bindings of full tree calf. Spines ruled and decorated in gilt. Red and green labels, gilt. Greek key design border on boards in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fine, clean copies in fine, quality eighteenth century bindings. Issued as part of Bell's Poets of Great Britain series. …

Full Polished Calf Gilt. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Includes: A Life of Doctor Goldsmith; The Traveler; The Deserted Village; Life of Thomas Parnell, D.D.; and The Hermit. Engraved frontispiece and five full page engravings with other vignettes throughout the text. Beautifully bound in full polished tan calf ruled in gold, raised spine in six compartments decorated and lettered in gilt. Contents show some light to occasional moderate foxing but otherwise a very clean and lovely copy in a fine binding. Size: 4to. Thomas Bewick. (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Poems on Several Occasions by Dr. Thomas Parnell, 1726.Publisher: Mr Pope / Bernard Lintot, London.Binding: calf leather.Pages: 222 + intro + adverts.Description / Condition: Front board/endpapers are detached and back board a little loose. Some shelf wear to boards. Bookplate/coat of arms of Samuel Crawley to inner board and ownership mark to title page. Light foxing to pages with some spotting in places.Please see pictures for further information.…

Condition: V.G. Archdeacon of Clogher p.p. xxviii - 179 + 2 pages of ads. B.P. Full contemporary calf.

Condition: Very good. 1760, London, printed for J. and R. Tonson, 12mo, pp253, full contemporary speckled calf, spine with gilt decoration. ESTC. T139126.