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Published by Patrick Geddes & Colleagues, Edinburgh, 1896
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 10mo; G+; dark green spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth shows mild rubbing to exterior; slight bumpy spot to rear; lightly sunned spine; sturdy boards; text block edges show some age toning; deckled edges; previous owner's name to half title page; top edge gilt; patterned endpapers; intact binding; pp 416. 1337685. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Luath Press Ltd., Edinburgh., 2011
ISBN 10: 1906817553ISBN 13: 9781906817558
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Book
Hard cover. Tan woven cloth over boards w/ black titles in red ornate circle frame. Jacket in red paper wrapped around lower quarter covers, color illustrated. Glued binding. 224 p. 22 cm. Audience: General/trade. First edition "Fragments of Ancient Poetry" 1760; First edition of "Fingal: An Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books", 1762. Ossian was a third-century bard, according to Highland and Irish oral traditions. He told stories of his youth, his father, Fingal, and his son Oscar. James Macpherson, who compiled Ossian's stories, recounted in blindness, was born in the Highlands, 1736, in an area of the Jacobite uprising, 1745. He published the Ossianic poems to great success in the 1760s. Pressure rose to prove their authenticity. This history recounts the Ossianic timeline, 3rd century A.D. until 2010. Fine in fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Single small dot, front cover. First edition. Presumed 1st, no print line.
Published by W, 1807
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. 1807. W. Suttaby and B. Crosby. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Brown boards, spine missing. Book is very poor, not surprising as its over 200 years old. Extremities are all worn. Rough cut pages, some pages are stained. Front board and first few pages are detaching. 6x4.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Peter Brown
Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, United Kingdom
Tall16mo, 507pp, frontis. Patchy foxing throughout, offset from frontis on title. Original printed boards, bumped and worn, spine mostly rubbed away. Sound copy in original state. G.
Published by John Wurtele Lovell [c1882], New York, 1882
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Small 1/4" x 2/3" chip to blank margin of Contents leaf. Age toning to paper at margins of leaves. Previous owner's signature. 1/8" missing and 3/8" chip to cloth at head of spine. Generic "This Book Belongs To" label on front endpaper, without a name. ; No date [c1882]. 492 pages. Blue cloth boards with black decoration on spine and front board, gilt panel on spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 122mm.
Published by John Grant, 1926
Seller: Stephen Music and Books, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket, cover slightly marked; private inscription inside front cover, v neat ex libris mark, clean throughout.
Published by Printed by Niven, Napier & Khull, Trongate, for James Imray, Bookseller, Glasgow, 1800
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ex-library. Some library markings. Rubber stamps on engraved title, the following letterpress title, and all page edges: "New Zealand Broadcasting Service". Some foxing. Rebound in red cloth boards, with green imitation leather panels laid down on spine. Cloth boards have a moire pattern. Later endpapers.; Volume Two only of two volumes. 234 pages + extra engraved title + 4 plates. Rebound in red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 138 x 87mm. Additional letterpress title following the main letterpress title reads: "Ossian's Poems, Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. Vol. II. Containing Carthon, Dar-Thula, Carric-Thura, Berrathon, Temora, Cath Loda. &c. &c. &c.".
Leather. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Not Illustrated (illustrator). London, UK: Cadell & Davies. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1807. . Leather. To which are prefixed Dissertations on the Aera and Poems of Ossian . 8vo., 436, 387 pp., covers rubbed, bummped and frayed, yellowing, bookplate .
Published by THOMAS LANG PHILADELPHIA PUBLISHER 1790, 1790
Seller: BooksCardsNBikes, Stratford, ON, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. FEATURES: THE POEMS OF OSSIAN, THE SON OF FINGAL 'TRANSLATED BY JAMES MACPHERSON" ========================= A) CONDITION BOOK: POOR : HARD BACK B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: ABSENT UNLIKELY ISSUED C) FIRST EDITION THUS FIRS U.S. T PRINTING " A NEW EDITION" . THOMAS LANG PHILADELPHIA PUBLISHER 1790 D) NOTE: APPEARS TO BE VOL. 1 OF II. PECULIARLY BOUND - THE LAST PAGE ENDS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE. MUCH FOXING AND SOME BOOK WORM DAMAGE. FAMOUS LITERARY FRAUD, MACPHERSON CLAIMED TO HAVE DISCOVERED THE POEMS HEREIN, BUT IS LIKELY HE HIMSELF WROTE THEM. CONTEMPORARY INK NOTATIONS ON 4 OR 5 PAGES. "GEORGE BARCLAY, BARBADOS, 1798" ADORNS THE TITLE PAGE. AN ARTIFACT. E) PAGES 280 ================ BOOK GRADING CATEGORIES: FINE VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR POOR ==============.
Condition: Fine. Size: B6.
Published by London, Strahan and T. Cadell, a new edition MDCCXCVI, 1796., 1796
Hardcover. 8°, 21 x 13,5 cm. Contemporary half-cloth with gold embossed title on spine. The binding is bumped and slightly rubbed overall. X (+II), 363 / 391 pages. Title page and its reverse side with stamp or signatures in old ink (Gymnasium Zeitz), endpaper and front inner cover with name and date in old writing. Brown spots in layers. Overall, however, clean and still in good condition. --- Halbleinenband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Der Einband ist randbestoßen und insgesamt etwas beschabt. X (+II), 363 / 391 Seiten. Titelblatt und dessen Rückseite mit Stempel bzw. Signaturen in alter Tinte ( Gymnasium Zeitz ), Vorsatz und vorderer Innendeckel mit Namenszug bzw. Datumsangabe in alter Schrift. Lagenweise braunfleckig. Insgesamt jedoch sauber und noch ganz gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! -- Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Bestellung! OesiVit1.
Published by Cadell & Davies and Others, London, 1907
Seller: Martin Bott Bookdealers Ltd, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. 2 Volumes, handsomely bound in full calf with gilt titling and decoration to spine, some slight scuffing, x/436 and 387pp, marbled endpapers and page edges, some intermittent very slight foxing in the margins of both volumes, a near fine set. There will be additional postage due to weight [1.5kg approx] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by W Sutterby et al, London, 1809
Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Book
Full Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Original covers. Front and rear covers are detached.Marbled eps and page edges.Pictorial title page and frontis. are marked but ret of book is clean. 496pp.
. (illustrator). London. Imp. J. Walker. 1812. 13x8 cm. Frantispicio grabado+portada con grabado+XXXV + 489 págs. holandesa piel, puntas,
Published by T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1762
Seller: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. full leather with loose front board the lether is worn pages are all vg but browning spine has raised ribs.
Published by T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt, London, 1765
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Full leather. Condition: Very good. Third edition of The Works of Ossian, The Son of Fingal, as translated by James Macpherson. (illustrator). Third Edition. Octavo, [two volumes], xxiv, 375pp, [1], [2pp ads]; xlii, [2], 460pp, [4pp ads]. Full leather, title in gilt on spines. Rebacked with new spines, original marbled endpapers saved. Stated "Third Edition" on title page. Both volumes lacking half-title. Solid text blocks, covers with small cracks and chips, decorative gilt board edges rubbed. Dampstain to top corner of Volume I. Previous ownership bookplates belonging to W. Cotton Risley and Edward Seeber affixed to front endpapers. A beautiful example of both volumes, rarely seen together. James Macpherson claimed to have found these poems in the Scottish Highlands and translated them from the original Scottish Gaelic. This claim was doubted by scholars, including Dr. Samuel Johnson, resulting in a literary scandal at the time. Macpherson never did produce the original poems.
Published by nd, c 1790's?;, 1790
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Hardback. 7.5" x 4.5". Good+ condition. 336pp. Owner has written a neat letter on front free endpaper. Back page has been stuck at the edge onto the back pastedown. Internally clean, clear & tight. Edges untrimmed. Scuffed and worn card covers with four raised bands & faded title on spine. . Overall a more than good copy.