Thomson Jc Ed (7 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt. A fine copy, clean and bright.

xv,425pp. roy.8vo. with pictorial dust jacket. sl.faded & chipped.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 144p Soft yapp covers (chips) Owner's details Foreward page With illustrations, the 1st edition of the series of articles written by the author for the Southland Times and republished in book form for the Riverton Centennial in 1937, scarce.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good small octavo 48pp., Spine label complete. Some use & light toning & spotting to prelims. o/w a very good copy of a scarce title.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. A charming illustrated edition of Thomson's beautiful poetical cycle on nature, with numerous engraved illustrations from The Etching Club. A charming illustrated edition of The Seasons, the celebrated poetical cycle, written by acclaimed Scottish poet James Thomson, to which is added The Life of the Author by publisher and mathmetician Patrick Murdoch, edited by English antiquary Bolton Corney. Published in 1841, with Seasons and Life first published in 1730 and 1762 respectively. In red half calf, with a decorative title leaf by John Bell, and numerous in-text illustrations by various British artists and engravers, including John Bell, Frank Stone and other members of The Etching Club. A carefully planned edition of which Corney was delighted to edit, containing both the revised edition of the memoir and an ode to his memory published in 1749. Printed from copper blocks, the engraved illustrations beuatifully bring out the poet's vision of nature and our place within it. In red half calf. Externally, mostly smart, with slight rubbing to the joints, edges and extremities. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Marble end papers are bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with faint spotting to blanks. Very Good. Various [inc. John Bell, Frank Stone, Thomas Webster, J.C. Horsley et al.] (illustrator). book. …

First edition. First edition. Original gray paper covered boards, printed paper label on spine. 48pp. Scarce bibliography on Swinburne. Near fine copy of a rare volume.