Diary Late Dodington by Dodington George Bubb (24 results)

Leather. Condition: Fair. Third Edition. 15 + 504pp. Front board detached but still well bound from fep to rear board, spine tatty (see pic). . Some pencil written notes on rear of one of front blanks may be of interest or could be erased. Interior in very nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. A reading copy or for reb…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second Edition, xv + 506 + (2)pp blank, 8vo, bound in half calf with maroon boards, gilt decorated spine, title label inset on red brown morocco, gilt lettered, Provenance: with the name label (on title page) of John Dickinson of Abbots Hill [John Dickinson (1782 - 1869) invented a contin…

Third Edition. Good copy bound in later leather-backed plain boards. Generalized wear to some of the boards. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 504 pages 22 cm. Subjects; 1727-1760. Great Britain History George II, 1727-1760. Great Britain. Great Britain…

Leather. Condition: Good Only. An interesting diary focusing on the political scenes in the eighteenth century, written by George Bubb Dodington. This diary is one of the best sources on British politics in the eighteenth century, containing gossip of the government and significant figures within society at that time. George Dod…

Third Edition. Good copy bound in later leather-backed plain boards. Generalized wear to some of the boards. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 504 pages 22 cm. Subjects; 1727-1760. Great Britain History George II, 1727-1760. Great Britain. Great Britain…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 24mo. Original three quarter leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Good only with the front board detached (present), loss to the spine head, cover darkened and worn. With an appendix, containing some curious and interesting papers, which are either referred to, or alluded to, in the diary. Publi…

Leather. Condition: Good. A calf-bound first edition of the diaries of George Bubb Dodington, offering an interesting source on 18th-century British politics. First edition. In a full contemporary calf binding. Bound with the half title and original endpapers. This important posthumous work provides a rich source of information…

, xv, 504 pages, inscribed in ink at head of title page 'ex-lib Carweston 1785' Third Edition , leather darkened at spine and edges of boards, scuffed at spine ends and lightly at corners, few small faint marks to boards, split to upper rear joint, neatly inscribed in ink at end of dedication [page vi], few odd spots otherwise i…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Tan half- leather over marbled boards, 5 raised bands to spine with red leather label and title in gilt to second compartment, cream epps, 506pp. The title page states that this is, 'A new Edition with preface by Henry Penruddocke Wyndham' and with 'an Appendix containg some curious and intere…

First Dublin edition. 12mo, xiv + 346 pp. Good tight copy on lightly-aged paper. In original worn tree calf binding, with remains of red label gilt on spine and no free endpapers. Subtitled 'Now first published from his Lordship's original manuscripts. By Henry Penruddocke Wyndham.' Wyndham had inherited Dodington's papers from…

First Dublin Edition. in contemporary calf, joints cracking at head of spine, red morocco label lettered in gilt, with the contemporary heraldic bookplate of John Wallis. 12mo, xiv, 346, Dodington left all his property to his cousin, Thomas Wyndham of Hammersmith, who in turn left it all to Henry Penruddocke Wyndham. In addition…

Leather. Condition: Good. The political diaries of George Bubb Dodington, an insightful look into Whig politics of the eighteenth century. A new edition, published in the same year as the first.Half-title and final leaf of adverts present.ESTC citation number T144755.This intriguing diary is one of the best sources on British po…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xv, 504. complete with half-title. contemporary tree calf, gilt back (spine rubbed & label chipped, front joint cracked & weak, scattered light foxing). Armorial bookplate of John Temple. Third Edition. Dodington's Diary ".is the most curious illustration in existence of the character of the servile place-hun…

A New Edition. 8vo., full contemporary calf rebacked with a new spine, leather label, (xvi), 506pp. Rebacked o/w a near fine copy. George Bubb Dodinton [1691-1762] writer and politician. Dodington's polictical influence wasconsiderable and he found himself embroiled in the political controversiesof the day, with other politician…

Condition: as is, ex-lib. 502, few library markings, boards quite weak, some pages separated from text, some darkening to text, marbled endpapers. Board edges worn, several small pieces missing at spine. Subtitled: With an appendix containing some curious and interesting papers, which are either referred to, or alluded to, in th…

xv, [1], 504 p. Contemporary half calf with marbled sides with minor wear and small amount of worm damage to top of rear joint. Spine with contrasting lettering piece. Internally clean and tight. Dodington is remembered for his association with Sir Francis Dashwood and with the Prince of Wales. His diary commences with his resig…

Third edition. Third edition. [iii]-xv, [i], 504 pp., lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. One of the most curious and comical political figures of his age. Dodington's Diary was never meant to be published, for according to Leslie Stephen in the DNB, "it is the most curious illustration in existence of the character of the servile…

8vo, pp. xv, [i], 506; bound without the final advertisement leaf; contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving most of the original spine. Bookplate of John Cator. First edition. This copy belonged to John Cator, a wealthy Kentish timber merchant and property developer. Cator (1728-1806) is important in the history of outer Lond…