James Macpherson Translator (22 results)
Language: English
Published by Ezra Sargeant, New York, 1810
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Alan Newby, Marion, IN, U.S.A.Alan Newby
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
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Language: English
Published by Crosby & Ainsworth, Boston, 1866
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Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.R Bryan Old Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Poetry, classical literature. Cover srubbed and faded, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, spine darkened. Interior clean, hinges cracked, pages tanned.
Language: English
Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait, Philadelphia, 1842
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.All Booked Up
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Add to basketLeather. 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 sta…ining at top edges with light foxing.
Language: English
Published by Printed for J. Moore, No. 45 College-Green, Dublin, Ireland, 1790
- Hardcover
Seller: Porter and Frye, Amherst, NH, U.S.A.Porter and Frye
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Add to basketFull-Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Volume II only of two volumes, full-leather binding, gilt bands, double morroco leather labels with gilt lettering, front cover missing, second label missing, first label worn, remaining leather worn at edges and on face of back cover, textblock is very good with mild foxing limited to b…lank end papers, excellent tight reading copy, contains 8 books of Tempora (an epic poem); Conlath and Cuthona; Berrathon; and three dissertations on the Aera, the Poems, and Criticism of the Poems of Ossian, 328 pages.
Language: English
Published by James Imray, Bookseller, Glasgow, 1800
- Hardcover
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.Clayton Fine Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good in full leather-covered boards with a burgundy 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.
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Language: English
Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839
- Hardcover
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.Shelley and Son Books (IOBA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint . Reprint. Brown leather covers with gilt lettering on spine. 413 pp. Marbled end pages. Previous owners name on fly leaf. Foxing throughout. Dampstain on corner of most pages. Covers have wear, spine has chipping and some discoloration. Full refund if not satisfied.
Translations from Horace. With Notes Third Edition Enlarged./ Poems Ossian. With an Introduction, Historical and Critical, By George Eyre-Todd
Horace (De Vere, Sir Stephen E., Editor,) / Ossian (James Macpherson translator)
Published by Walter Scott / Thomas Whittaker / W.J. Gage, London/ New York/ Toronto, 1888
- Hardcover
Seller: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, AustraliaGood Reading Secondhand Books
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Add to basketThree-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 discolou…red 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.
Poems of Ossian (Leather Binding)
Ossian; James MacPherson (translator); George Eyre-Todd (introduction)
Published by The Walter Scott Publishing Co., London and Felling-on-tyne
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Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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Add to basketThree 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 t…he 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 Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839 Edition, 1839
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Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.KULTURAs books
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Add to basketFull-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 endpape…rs. Withdrawn from Occidental College Library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 413 pages.
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Language: English
Published by W. Suttaby, London, 1807
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Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United KingdomThe Bookstore
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Two small volumes, full leather, worn/rubbed, text blocks are square & tight, owners ink gift inscription, see photos.
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Published by Lockwood & Co.
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Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United KingdomHigh Street Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
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Language: English
Published by Printed for J. Walker et al., London, 1819
- Hardcover
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
Published by London: Cadell & Davies, etc., 1807
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Zubal-Books, Since 1961
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Add to basketCondition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Aug. 3 (SALE item)* 2 vols., xi, 436 + 387 pp., contemporary quarter leather & marbled boards, covers now dry and worn, spines chipped, masonic book plate to the front paste down of the second volume, small hand stamp and old inked signature to the title page of each…volume, else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Published by William Miller, 1812
Seller: *bibliosophy*, Exeter, United Kingdom*bibliosophy*
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. volume one of three, 1812, 4 x 6 inches approx, 243 pages, frontis. portrait of MacPherson (no other illustrations in vol 1 )| sound volume free of notes etc., shows moderate general wear; water spill tide mark to frontis. and title pages, scattered light foxing throughout; marbled en…dpapers and text block edges; no boards or spine backstrip | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.
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Published by John Johnstone, Edinburgh, 1806
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Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.curtis paul books, inc.
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
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Published by J. Imray, Bookseller / Chapman and Lang printers, Glasgow, 1799
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Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.Frey Fine Books
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Good. Imray's edition. 1799, Imray edition. A Good copy. Volume II only. 16 mo., 234 pp., bound in full brown leather with red label on spine as well as the number 2. Leather is worn through in several spots, leather is cracked and chipping. Both covers attached by string only. Some light scattered foxing and… toning. Text appears unmarked. Volume II contains: Carthon, Dar-Thula, Carric-Thura, Berrathon, Temora, Cath-Loda, etc.
Published by Edinburgh. G.Mundie, J. Elder, T. Brown [and others], 1792
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Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 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 'H…agner.' 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.
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Published by Printed for Ernest Fleischer, Leipsic [Leipzig], 1834
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Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United KingdomKeoghs Books
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Add to basket, 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.
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Ossian, Barde du IIIe siècle. Poésies Galliques en vers Français, par P.M.L. Baour Lormian. Second Edition corrigée et augmentée.
MACPHERSON, James (1736-1796). BAOUR LORMIAN, Pierre-Marie-François-Louis (1770-1854), translator.
Published by A Paris, de l?Imprimerie de P. Didot l?ainé. Chez Capelle et Renand, Libraires, rue J.J. Rousseau. An XII - 1804. Paris, Didot, 1804., 1804
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Seller: Amanda Hall Rare Books ABA ILAB, Shaftesbury, WILTS, United KingdomAmanda Hall Rare Books ABA ILAB
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Add to basketSecond Edition of this translation. in contemporary polished calf (almost cat?s paw), gilt borders to covers, flat spine gilt in compartments with black morocco label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, gilt edges, with a bookplate removed from the intitial blank. 12mo, pp. [vi], 288, text lightly foxed, Second…edition of this translation of MacPherson?s Ossian poems, first published as Poésies Galliques en vers français, Paris 1801. A note before the text, signed by the printers Capelle and Renand, state that they will take any printer or seller of pirated editions of this work, to court. Baour Lormian?s translation was certainly popular; even apart from any piracies, a fifth edition was published in 1827. With a dedication to Joseph Despaze, reading simply ?Vous aimez Ossian: recevez ce travail comme un témoignage de mon estime et de mon amitié? An attractive copy in a slightly snazzy binding. OCLC lists the National Library of Scotland, California State, Harvard, Bowdoin and South Carolina. See Cioranescu 9341.
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.Second Life Books, Inc.
Contact seller4-star seller2 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 minis…ters 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. scotes (illustrator).
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1777 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd repri…nt. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 200 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.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 436 pages. 5.98x0.98x9.02 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
