Biglow Papers Edited Introduction Notes (14 results)
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Published by Hurst & Co. (New York)
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Seller: Regent College Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, CanadaRegent College Bookstore
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf wear. Hinge cracked. Endpaper signed and stamped by previous owner. Check photo for further reference. Binding intact and text block seems clear.
Published by Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1862
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Fifth Edition. Embossed Cloth. Good. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. loose front hinge, some chips at head and tail of spine, Author's name is pseudonym of James Russell Lowell. With a 12 page "notices of an independent press preceding the title page and 24 pge publisher's c…atalogue for march of 1865 bound in the rear.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 163 pages.
Published by Ticknor & Fields - Boston, 1858
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Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.Barberry Lane Booksellers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Textured brown cloth with elaborate blind stamped decoration and triple border ruling to front and back. Small book is mostly tight and square, with some minor looseness to the spine. Book is ex-library from the Boston Athenaeum Library with usual markings - on spine, inside front co…ver. Top 1/4 of spine covering missing. Book still Good or Good+. Written by the American poet and editor James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) under a pseudonym. First published by in 1848, an intended dissent from the Mexican War. The first twelve pages, prior to the Title, consist of a satirical "Notices of an Independent Press," including one entirely in Latin.
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Published by John Camden Hotten, Boston, 1861
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Fourth edition. Illustrated by George Cruikshank with only two (of three) color illustrations present including the frontispiece. Two title pages consisting of the Second English edition and the Fourth edition. Blind embossed blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine. A couple of pages including the one illu…stration loose and laid in, some pages roughly opened, spine darkened, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, a good only copy. The color illustrations present are "Birdofredom Sawin, with only one leg to stand upon." and "But glory is a kin' o' thing I shan't pursue no furder.".
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Language: English
Published by George Nichols, Cambridge, 1848
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Melibceus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers, Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Glossary, and Copious Index. By James Russell Lowell and published in Cambridge (Massachusetts) by George Nichols. 1848. [12] + [39] + 163pp. 7.5" x 4.75". 12mo. Hardcover full cloth. Overall good, with light scuffing to board…s. Discoloration and fading to binding on spine. Hinges remain in good condition and text block remains bound well. Light markings. Includes extensive introduction and "Notices of an Independent Press" at front. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce satirical poetry work by James Russell Lowell, written under the pseudonym of Homer Wilbur and being an analysis of current political and social issues in the United States.
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Language: English
Published by Cambridge: U.S. Published by George Nichols. London: John Chapman., 1849
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition. 8vo. Pp [ii], 12, [iii-v]-vi-xxxii. 163. Original publisher?s boards, cloth spine, spine detaching, rear board detached. Original endpapers present. An unsophisticated copy. Ownerscript inscriptions to front endpapers: Alice Bonham Bates [?], contemporary present inscripti…on Miss Carter, with the kind regards of Charles Tollen [?], 1849. The exceedingly rare second edition of this important work, with co-published in the US (George Nichols) and in the UK (Chapman). The order of the prelims runs: title page, notices of an independent press (12 pages), part-title, note to title page, introduction, then the text itself.
Published by George Nichols, 1848
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Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Biglow Papers, Edited, With an Introduction, Notes, Glossary, and Copious Index, by Homer Wilbur, A.M. First edition, first state. With 12 pages of ads at front. 7" x 4 3/4". Half title. Frontispiece engraved portrait by S.W. Rowse. 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, t.e….g., minor rubbing, short crack at joint. Good. 163 pages. No signatures or bookplates. BAL 13068. Grolier 100 #57.
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Published by Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1856
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Fourth Edition. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1856. Written by the American poet and editor James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) under a pseudonym. First published by in 1848, an intended dissent from the Mexican War. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of a Later Printing (Fourt…h Edition). Issued in the same binding as the First Edition, which Lowell had subsidized himself. Brown cloth, decoratively stamped on the covers, ruled on the spine, with titles in gilt. Clean text; xxix, 163 pages, indexed; with 12 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. The text is exceptionally bright and fresh. The first twelve pages, prior to the Title, consist of a satirical "Notices of an Independent Press," including one entirely in Latin. Armorial bookplate of Henry Trowbridge Champney (b. 1825) on the front paste-down. Corners mildly bumped. Penciled date (1855) on the FFEP. A very solid copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Published by Ward, Lock, & Tyler. (Beeton's Humorous Books.) [c.1873], 1873
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Add to basketAds on e.ps. 'Yellowback' orig. pictorial printed paper wrappers; a little rubbed, leading hinge split. Topp volume II, number 850 lists this as no. 6 in the Beeton's Humorous Books series. Satirical poems in the Yankee dialect. Priced one shilling.
Published by George Nichols/George P. Putnams, Cambridge/New York, 1848
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good (Plus). Near Fine. First Edition. Cambridge/New York: George Nichols/George P. Putnams, 1848. Lowell's anti-Mexican War and anti-slavery satire was named to the Grolier 100 of significant works. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. The first printing of 1500 copies sold out in one… week; this is the Second Issue, with the addition of the Putnam imprint. Brown publisher's cloth binding, stamped with ruling and decorations; gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 163 pages, indexed. [There are 12 pages of fake notices "of an Independent Press" prior to the half-title; then xxxii, 163.] The textblock is extremely bright and clear. Light yellow endpapers have some spotting; otherwise absent. Contemporary (1849) signature on the front paste-down. Corners are bumped; minor rubbing to foot of spine; head has small tear. A very solid and attractive copy of this important book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Published by George Nichols, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1848
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Meliboeus-Hipponax - The Biglow Papers, Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Glossary, and Copious Index. By James Russell Lowell (under the pseudonym of Homer Wilbur) and printed in Cambridge by George Nichols. 1848, 163 pp, 7.5 x 5 , 8vo, hardcover full cloth. In good condition, with mino…r rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Hinges remain in good condition and text block is bound well. Light marginalia at front of book. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce 1st edition of the satirical work by American poet James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), which touched up issues such as the Mexican-American War and abolitionists. COLL1848BFKX-0723-aj0296.
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Published by R. Worthington, Montreal, 1866
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, pp. 8, xii, [2], 55, [1]; original printed wrappers; spine segments missing; wrappers a bit soiled; tears in the top margin of last dozen leaves (no loss); rear wrapper reattached; edges lightly chipped; otherwise good and sound. BAL 13291.
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Published by Published by George Nichols, Cambridge, 1848
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition, BAL binding A. First Edition, BAL binding A. 12, xxxii, 163 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of Lowell's caustic satire of the Mexican-American War and the issue of the expansion of slavery. BAL 13068, Grolier 100, No. 57 Original purple cloth stamped in blind, spine title gilt. Some fading, spine chipped with loss… of headcap, foot rubbed, else very good, preserved in morocco-backed slipcase and chemise 12, xxxii, 163 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
Published by Published by George Nichols, Cambridge, 1848
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition, BAL binding A. First edition, BAL binding A. 12, xxxii, 163 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of Lowell's caustic satire of the Mexican-American War and the issue of the expansion of slavery. BAL 13068, Grolier 100, No. 57 Original brown cloth stamped in blind, spine title gilt. Some fading, head of spine chipped, f…oot rubbed; Very Good 12, xxxii, 163 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
