Cetera Collection by Augustine Birrell (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair+ hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1930 EDITION. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned, Covers show edge wear with rubbing/soiling. Bumped corners. Binding still fairly tight. all pages present and still readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Boards have little wear. Pages tanned with spotting.

Condition: Good. 1941. 277 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Condition: New.

8+277pp ; famous essayist on Boswell, Wyclif, Bunyan, Dr Codex, Peacock, etc; original boards sl grubby, g+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, small 8vo, 277pp, owner's card on endpaper, page edges browned, text otherwise clean and sound, brown cloth, gilt decorated spine, slightly rubbed, Good / no dustwrapper.

Condition: Very Good. 1930. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, ex libris with usual stamps and labels, previous owner's name on ffep, text is crisp and clear, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1930. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, ex libris with usual stamps and labels, previous owner's name on ffep, text is crisp and clear, remains very good. . . . .

Condition: New.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Condition: Poor. Jacket in poor condition with tears/creases/heavily marked/tanned. Boards faded/bumped/edgeworn. Tanned roughcut textblock edge. Tanned/marked endpapers. Light tanning to page edges, content all good/legible/clear.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Et Cetera: A Collection' is an elegant assembly of essays and reflections by the distinguished man of letters, Augustine Birrell. Characterized by his signature wit and engaging conversational style, this work showcases Birrell's deep erudition and his talent for what was affectionately known as 'Birrelling'-the art of light, insightful, and humorous commentary on serious subjects.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 4 p. 1., 3-277 p., 1 1. 20 cm. ; LCCN: 30-15141 ; OCLC: 1578256 ; LC: PR4115; Dewey: 824/.8 ; beige cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: A few warning words for would-be autobiographers -- Boswell disrobed! -- The province of the reviewer determined -- The biographer of Sir Walter Scott -- John Wyclif -- John Bunyan -- George Whitefield -- Dr. Codex -- Dr. Doddridge -- Clergymen and churchwardens in the eighteenth century -- The birthplace of "Pamela" and "Clarissa" -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- "No Crabb, No Christmas" -- Thomas Love Peacock -- Hickey -- A church unchurched. ; Although he was most known as the British Chief Secretary for Ireland, Birrell had literary connections, and was well received as an essayist. For his unique style of humour, the word "birrelling" was coined. He was opposed to universal suffrage, and resigned as Secretary at the outbreak of the Easter Uprising ; the essays reveal a man of considerable literary taste, widely read, and somewhat of a francophile ; interesting and thoughtful reading ; VG. Book.