Frederic Thomas Holcroft (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine has heavy wear to the ends and some splitting to the edges. Covers have light corner and edge wear. Front and rear blanks are browned. First several leaves and last several leaves have very slight foxing. Modern private book plate on front endpaper. ; Full leather covers.

Good minus copy of the three volume Second Edition of 1789. Set was rebound and the half title pages and the frontispiece are missing, The half leather binding has issues with all three spines splitting and they are currently taped on. Text block is clean and tight. 380, 352, 336 pages. Location W20.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Recollection of political and military events from the end of the Seven Years' War to the partition of Poland in 1779 by Frederick the Great. Also includes correspondence relating to the War of the Bavarian Succession. Full leather with chipped black spine title. Heavily edgeworn and rubbed. Front board detached, but present. Bookplate inside front board. Toning to endpapers. Contents clean and very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Editiion as Such. *** BOOK in very good condition. Modern rebind in faux leather with six panel gilt ruled spine . Tight bright copy, unmarked except for Previous Owner's name on title page dated 1855. Some browning to prelims. 520pp *** CONTENTS: The contents are: Narrative of Prince Augustus William, Letters between Frederic II and Augustus William, Prince of Prussia, Letters between Frederic II and General Fouquet, An Essay on German Literature, A Moral Dialogue, for the Use of the young Nobility, Eulogium on Voltaire. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. Size: 220x135mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. *** BOOK in very good condition. Modern rebind in faux leather with six panel gilt ruled spine . Apart from previous owner's name and date. 1855, the book is unmarked, tight and bright. This volume of the King's Memoirs covers from the Peace of Hubertsberg to the Partition of Poland and the Bavarian War, translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. 386pp, *** CONTENTS: Vol IV Memoirs from the Peace of Hubertsburg, to the Partition of Poland, and of the Bavarian War This volume contains: Of the State of Politics, from the Year 1763 to the Year 1775, Of Finance, Of the Army, Of the most important Events which passed between the Year 1774 and the Year 1778, Memoirs of the War of 1778, Correspondence between the King, the Emperor Joseph II and the Empress Queen, relative to the Bavarian Succession, Bavarian State Papers, Considerations on the present State of the Body Politic in Europe. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. Size: 220x135mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. *** BOOK in very good condition. Modern re-case in faux leather with six panel gilt ruled spine . Tight bright copy, unmarked except for Previous Owner's name on title page dated 1855. Some browning to prelims. 313pp. *** CONTENTS: Vol II of the Posthumous Works of Frederic II (King of Prussia) The History of the Seven Years War : Part 1 In this volume, are covered : Internal regulations of Prussia and Austria during the peace, Of war and Politics 1746-56, Cause of the Rupture between France and England etc., Armies in Bohemia, etc, The March into Saxony, etc, The Winter of 1756-7, The Campaign of 1757, The Winter of 1757-8: Campaign of 1758, Winter 1758-9, Preface. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. Size: 220x135mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Editiion as Such. *** BOOK in very good condition. Modern rebind in faux leather with six panel gilt ruled spine and pastedown. Tight bright copy, unmarked except for Previous Owner's name on title page dated 1855. Some browning to prelims. 440pp *** CONTENTS: Vol IX Correspondence. Letters between Frederic II and M. Jordan The contents are: Eulogium on M Jordan by Frederic II, Correspondence between Frederic II and M. Jordan, Correspondence between Frederic II and the Marchioness du Chatelet, Correspondence between Frederic II and M de Fontenelle, Correspondence between Frederic II and M. Rollin, Letter from Frederic II to Count Algarotti. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. Photograph shows all the titles in this binding by Frederic II Size: 220x135mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. *** BOOK in very good condition. Modern recase in faux leather with six panel gilt ruled spine . Tight bright copy, unmarked except for previous owner's name and date, 1855. Volume XI of the King's Posthumous Works. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft, 463pp, 132 letters. *** CONTENTS: The first letter from M. D'Alembert is dated Paris, March 11, 1760, and the last in this volume is from the King dated August 5, 1775. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. Size: 220x135mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. History and observations of political and military events during the period of the War of the Austrian Succession; Silesian wars, and the Seven Years' War by Frederick the Great. Heavily edgeworn and rubbed full leather with chipped black spine label. Front board detached, but present. Previous owner's bookplate inside front board. Toning to endpapers. Contents clean and largely very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frontispiece (illustrator). 4th Edition. Frontispiece, Viii, 390; (Ii), 356; (Ii), 386. Volume Iii Begins With "Anecdotes Of The Life Of Alexander Schell, An Officer Of The Guard, In The Fortress Of Glatz, Who Delivered Me From Prison On Th E 26Th Of December 1746, And Deserted In My Company" Pp 1-65, Then A New Half Title "The Life Of Baron Frederic Trenck" In The Rest Of The Volume, In Which He Refers To Continuing His Autobiography To The Year 1792, "The Present Year", With More Material On Schell. This Is Apparently The Fourth And Best Edition. Original Quarter Calf Over Marbled Paper Boards, Complete With All Half-Titles And The Introductory Leaf In Volume I Which Explains The Frontispiece. Bindings Worn, Mostly On Spine, With Upper And Lower Edges Worn Away; Paper Covered Boards Once Had Calf Tips Which Are Now Lacking. Boards Worn On Edges But Most Of Paper Is Still Present. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. This Edition With The New Material Is Quite Scarce, Worldcat Reporting Only Three Institutional Copies. Friedrich Freiherr Von Der Trenck (1726 -1794) Was A Prussian Officer, Adventurer, And Author. By The Order Of Austria, Von Der Trenck Was Sent As An Observer Of The Events Of The French Revolution To Paris, Where He Was Accused As A Spy And Executed By The Guillotine On 25 July 1794, Two Days Before The Fall Of Robespierre And The End Of The Terror.

Condition: Sehr gut. First Edition. Two Volumes. 26 x 21 cm. Vol.1: xx, 506 pages, with eight Plates / Vol.2: xi, 656 pages with eight Plates, plus Directions for the Binder. See Notes below. Contemporary tree calf. Raised bands. Red morroco labels with titles and volume numbers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine ends (see images). Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. Missing Plates: The following Plates are missing from these books: Vol.1: Map, St. Peter's Church, The Campo Vaccino Vol.2: Temple of Neptune & Ruins of a Grecian Temple.

Contemporary Full Calf Leather. Condition: Fair to Good. 13 volume set. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece in volume 1. Frederic the Great's writings translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. The interiors are in nice condition and clean without foxing. The bindings are quite worn. Spines with leather spine labels, of which 3 are missing. Front cover of volume 8 is detached but present. The joints on all the volumes feel quite tender. Chipping to spines at head and tails. FFEP detached from vol 7. Includes "The History of My Own Times" "The History of the Seven Years War", "Memoirs from the Peace of Hubertsburg, to the Partition of Poland, and of the Bavarian War", Political, Philosophical and Satyrical Miscellanies", "Letters Between Frederic II and M. de Voltaire", "Letters Between Frederic II & M. Jordan","Letters Between Frederic II and the Marquis D'Argens", "Letters Between Frederic II and M. D'Alembert", "Letters between Frederic II andd Mess. D'Alembert, de Condorcet, Grimm and D'Arget", "Letters between Frederic II and General Fouquet, Miscellanies".Small armorial bookplate for Henry Eillison Thorne in each volume. Rare work. ESTC T103843.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Four volumes complete as issued. 1492 pages. Engraving frontis volume I. Full leather bindings with raised bands on spines. Volumes II and III have what appears to be a burnt area top back cover and spine. All four volumes have various amounts of rubbing to cover edges. Else, all books are in very good condition. (E5).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Second Edition, 3 vols, contemporary tree calf gilt, morocco numbering labels. Slight wear & unobtrusively lacking title labels. Bound without half-titles : text with a few short tears, slight soiling of some first & last leaves. Very good firm & attractive copy in original binding. ** With the engraved portrait of Trenck elegantly posed in chains in a gloomy dungeon : but bound without the prelim Explanation Of Plate leaf. *** Scarce 2nd Edition : not listed by Colby : not in British Library or NUC. *** Famous autobiography: drawn on by William Godwin for his novel Things As They Are. *** Trenck 1726-94, celebrated Austrian military adventurer imprisoned for his affair with the sister of Frederick II of Prussia : his attempts at escape were of 'incredible audacity'. He moved to Paris to spectate the French Revolution : having lived through the Terror, he was denounced as an Austrian spy & guillotined. 'One of Holcroft's most successful translations' [Colby]. *** Colby lists Holcroft's 1788 1st Edition, also the 3rd & various other editions, but not this 2nd Edition : and no copy in BL or NUC. See 18thcSTC listing only the Cambridge & London University copies of this 2nd Edition .See Blakey listing only the 4th Edition, Minerva 1817. ***** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Original white paper spines over grey paper covered boards. Texts are very clean and tight but all edges are "bumped" through poor strorage. A few volumes LACKING SPINES and others with damaged spines. More information and photos on request. Inspection invited. NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS.