John Richards Green (13 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Original publisher's paper-covered boards, pictorial front- & backcover, large 8vo: xxij, 322pp., very richly illustrated, index names, club index, title index, subject index. Very fine copy - as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 542 pages; HC. 3/4 leather over marbled paper boards. Leather over spine is chipped rubbed and cracked with boards beginning to detach. Heavy bump at crown has dented and stresses the top gutter corner of the text block. Contents complete and clean with only minimal foxing. Color, armorial bookplate of William R. Stackhouse mounted to front pastedown. Numerous articles of political, literary and scientific concern. Fair to Good only.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Good. - Octavo, softcover, bound into later decorative wraps. There are tiny chips to the head & tail of the spine. The corners of the wraps are lightly creased with a chip to the bottom corner of the front wrap. 43 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. The half-title is lacking. The title page is darkened & dampstained with a tear to its top edge & with a previous owner's notes penciled on the verso. The page corners through page 10 are creased. Good. The author fears for the state of the world In the wake of the French Revolution. "At that memorable period, the new doctrines which had sprung up in France, had been industriously circulated throughout the various States of Europe, with a view to prepare the general destruction of all existing establishments, both civil and religious." The title page quotes Voltaire; "Ah! les plus grand tyrans--ce sont des Republiques." [Republics are the greatest tyrants].No edition is indicated.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Edition De Luxe. Good in decorated boards. Leather peeling from top and bottom of spine. 1,000 copies printed only for subscribers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Leather. Condition: Good+. First American Edition. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 517 pages; 1798 Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis. Elizabethtown [NJ] & New York. 1st American edition. In original calf leather with red leather title label - gilt still bright. Boards splitting at external joints but with endpaper hinges intact. An old canvas tape reinforcement across the crown not impacting the title label. Prior ownership of [Brig General] James Giles with his striking militaria pictorial armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. On the page facing his bookplate is a neat gift inscription by John Croes, " John Croes, to his much respect-/ ed Friend , Gen. James Giles." Both Giles and Croes served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, Giles as a Lieutenant and Adjutant in the New York Regiment of Artillery, and Croes as a Sgt and Quartemaster. Upon leaving military service Giles resumed a practice of law in Bridgeton NJ; his home was noted to house one of the widest ranging personal libraries in NJ at that time. After leaving military service, Croes trained as minister in the Episcopal Church, serving as Rector of Trinity Church, Swedesborough, later of Christ Church, New Brunswick and elected Bishop of New Jersy in 1815. Uncertain if their friendship was borne of their service in the Continental Army; by 1798-1800 both men were prominent citizens in New Jersey. The associational gift and ownership indications are in curious contrast to the polemical monarchist, anti-revolutionary tone of the book. The authorship is disputed, with recent scholarship suggesting Gifford (aka Richards Green) may have been most responsible for the content. Variously attributed to Helen Maria Williams or Charlotte Biggs or to Gifford himself. Leather lightly scuffed and rubbed to surfaces; corners bumped and a little rounded. Scattered expected toning and spotting to pages of the text. Early American imprint with an unusual combination of provenance and subject matter. G++ ; Signed by Associated.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A scarce early edition of A residence in France. Bound in calf. Rebacked. Two volumes. Scarce. John Richards Green pseudonym John Gifford (1758-1818) was a Tory pamphleteer. He abandoned his paternal name of John Richards Green, and assumed that of Gifford to deceive his creditors. He published a number of historical and political works. He helped found The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine after the demise of William Gifford's The Anti-Jacobin. Bound in calf. Rebacked. There is mild wear to the extremities, including bumping to the corners with some loss to the leather. The inner hinges have been professionally repaired as well as a closed tear on the front pastedown. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are bright and generally clean with some intermittent mild spotting. Very Good. book.

Without half title. Disbound. (2), 180pp. ESTC T71063. The author takes strong issue with his correspondent's appraisal of the war. 'If I rightly comprehend your meaning. you maintain, that the war was produced, not by the conduct of France, but by the aggression of the Combined Powers, (including England) against that country. I deny that fact in toto. So that, on this point, we are completely at issue'.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 622.