Lectures Art Reading First Part by Sheridan Thomas (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. edition not stated. vi+257; top edge of t.p. excised above title, it also has a small hole and several patches of surface rubbing where ownership sigs (?) have been erased, this has caused loss of a couple of characters, tiny worm hole bottom outside corner extending as far as p.224, this actually begins on fr. endpaper where itis a little larger, as it is on succeeding blank fly, very early sig. top p. iii (i.e. leaf after t.p.), some cracking to end gutters but these remain tight, otherwise clean & unmarked. Full leather covers rubbed with some board exposure tp back bottom corner by joint and upper fr. beside fore-edge, panelled sp. has good label and gilt 'I' (Vol.number). Apparently very scarce in any condition.

Leatherbound. Condition: Fair. xii, 392 p. 22 cm. Full leather. From our As Is shelf. Book is splitting in two parts at pp. 176-7. Spine deteriorated, label chipped, corners worn, scuff to front board. Ink signature and notes from 1775 on front pastedown.

, 392 pages First Edition , spine bumped with an open tear at the tail, upper board is partially detached, calf peeling from upper board, clsoed tear to rear board, open tears to board corners, rear hinge split, front pastedown is partially loose, small closed tear to edge of half title and title page, generally clean inside, in fair condition , bound in calf, 5 raised bands with gilt edges and gilt title on red morocco title label to spine, gilt decoration to board edges , Octavo, 21 x 13.5 cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Early Printing. Quarto. Contemporary full leather, with raised bands on spine. Sheridan was an Irish stage actor, educator, as well as a major proponent of the elocution movement. Godson of Jonathan Swift and father of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Very good, but covers are getting loose; prior owner's signature on front free endpaper; time-toned paper.

Full Calf. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. 8vo; xii, 392pp. Beautifully bound by Fitterer to period style in full speckled calf, spine in six compartments between raised bands ruled in gilt, original olive-green lettering piece gilt. An excellent example, the pages clean, bright, and free of foxing. Lowndes 2380. Sheridan was an Irish stage actor, educator (and, incidentally, godson of Jonathan Swift and father of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan), as well as a major proponent of the elocution movement. In Western classical rhetoric, elocution (the art of delivering speeches) was one of the five core disciplines of pronunciation, emerging as a formal discipline during the eighteenth century. Sheridan's lectures on the subject, collected in Lectures on Elocution (1762) and Lectures on Reading (1775), provided directions for marking and reading aloud passages from literature. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

8vo, pp. xii, 392; contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, label a little chipped, but sound. Early inscription of C. Coates on pastedown. First edition. With two dedications, first to the clergy, and the second to 'All Master and Mistresses of Academies and Boarding Schools'. This is the first part only, of two, but the text seems to have been considerably revised and the dedication dropped from subsequent editions.