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Published by Scribner and Welford, New York, NY, 1891
Seller: RW Books, Strasburg, VA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-library with usual markings. Bound in blue cloth with gilt spine & cover lettering and design. Gilt bright. Moderate edge wear. Content clean, binding strong. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Selley, 1891
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Bound Cover. Condition: Covers Slightly Darkened. First Edition. One corner a tich rubbed. Small tears to head and heel of spine.
Published by Seeley and Co Limited, 1908
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:
Published by Scribner and Welford, NY, 1891
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Gppd+. First Editon. 336pp. Blue cloth binding stamped in gold. 9 illustrations after Hogarth, Reynolds, Zoffany & others. Light wear, front endpaper lacking. Stamp of U.S. Victory Book Campaign on front pastedwon. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by London Seeley And Co. Limited, 1891
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NO JACKET, SOME FOXING, NAME ON FEP, WORN BOARDS.
Published by Seeley, 1891
Seller: Sonnets And Symphonies, Bristol, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Image shows actual book for sale. 1/4 Leather. Book Condition: Fair; firm binding; contents good; foxing to a few early and latter pages; sporadic light foxing; same fading to cover; a little scuffed. Hard Cover Seeley 1891 Biography.
Published by Seeley, London, 1891
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good minus hardcover. Text clean. Front hinge cracked. Small brown spots on half-title, frontispiece, and title page. Tape on inner hinge on rear cover. Corners on cover lightly rubbed and bent. Spine slightly darker than rest of blue cover. Spine ends frayed. Spine lean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by Seeley and Co. Limited, London, 1908
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
New Edition. Thick octavo (20cm); dark green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt; x, 336pp+[4]pp, frontis., 8 plates. Boards mildly soiled; some rubbing and bumping to extremities. Textblock preliminaries foxed; some hinges cracked, crash exposed at pp112-113, else complete, a Very Good copy overall. A comprehensive chronicle and biography of the life of Welsh author and arts patron "Mrs. Thrale". She was born Hester Lynch Salusbury, in Caernarvonshire, Wales. She married the wealthy Henry Thrale and became a society woman; following his death, she attracted some scandal by marrying a lower class Italian music teacher. In the literary world, she is best known as a diarist, especially known for publishing her correspondence with Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Published by Seeley, London
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Ireland
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. new edition undated, prob c. 1900 (original preface 1890), green cloth sunned in spine area, some shelfwear, text block clean and sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Seeley, 1891., 1891
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
xi + 336pp. + adverts. B/w. portrait frontispiece and 8 plates. Plates lightly browned, original blue cloth with gilt title to upper board, some minor wear to edges. US$11.
Published by Seeley and Co. Ltd
Seller: Gwyn Tudur Davies, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 336p. London: Seeley & Co., [189-?], New ed. Some foxing to edges o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Green cloth binding with blind tooling, lettering on spine in gilt, no dw. [Wales - Welsh Pedigree - Berain - Boswell - John Wilkes - Samuel Johnson . etc] g684 / m5561.
Published by Scribner & Welford, New York, 1891
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original royal blue cloth-covered boards. Small coffee stain at the head of the spine that extends briefly into the top of the rear gutter. All of the plates are present. Overall.
Published by London: Seeley, 1908, London, 1908
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Ireland
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. green cloth nice and fresh, some foxing to outer leaves, illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1890 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 378 Seeley, L. B. (Leonard Benton), 1831-1893.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1908 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 380 Language: English.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1891 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 388 Language: English Pages: 388.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1908 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 394 Language: English Pages: 394.
Published by Seeley, 1891
Seller: Leabeck Books, Steventon, OXON, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1891. No. 12 of large paper edition limited to 150 copies. x[ii]+336p.+4-page publisher's list. 9 portrait plates including frontispiece, some foxed and tanned, all with deeply tanned tissue guards. Title-page almost detached. Foxing to first few and last few pages of text. Bound in publisher's burgundy boards with gilt device to partially sunned upper board. Rebacked in red cloth with new spine label.
Published by Seeley and Co., United Kingdom, 1900
Seller: M. C. Wilson, Perth, WA, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Wrapper. New Edition. New edition Circa 1900s good hardback, foxing and browning to page edges and endpapers, spine sunned, closed tears to some pages. No dust wrapper. Owner's inscription. 336 pages.
Published by London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1891., 1891
Seller: Saintfield Antiques & Fine Books, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
x + (1) + 336 + (4) pp. 10.5 x 14 cm. Life in literary circles in England and France, eighteenth and early-nineenth centuries. 9 illustrations. Gold-blocked blue boards. Rear inner gutter tender, o/w a good tight copy. Bookplate of Carton Library, with the Fitzgerald Arms.
Published by Seeley and Co., London, 1891
Seller: Dave Shoots, Bookseller, Saint John, NB, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Nine Illustrations after Hogarth, Reynolds, Zoffany, & Others (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original dark blue cloth over boards with gilt Art Nouveau decoration and lettering. Cloth at top of spine is torn from careless handling. Minor corner wear. Front hinge cracked. Back hinge starting. Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (née Salusbury) was a well-connected Welsh author and socialite during the 18th century. She wrote about Samuel Johnson, and English life of the time. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by London, Seeley And Co. , Limited, 1891
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1891 Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, and blind-ruled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 336 pages; Description: x p. , 1 l. , 336 p. 9 port. (incl. Front. ) 21 cm. Subjects: Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821. 1 Kg.
Published by London, Seeley And Co. , Limited, 1891
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1891 Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, and blind-ruled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 336 pages; Description: x p. , 1 l. , 336 p. 9 port. (incl. Front. ) 21 cm. Subjects: Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821. 1 Kg.
Published by Seeley and Co., Limited, 1891
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. First thus. Nicely rebound in half-leather. Bookplate on front endpaper, a few pages lightly foxed. 9 plates, including a self-portrait by William Hogarth. Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, a Welsh diarist and socialite, is an important source on Samuel Johnson. Hester Lynch Piozzi (born Jan. 27, 1740, Bodvel, Carnarvonshire, Wales?died May 2, 1821, Clifton, Bristol, Eng.) English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale. In January 1765 Samuel Johnson was brought to dinner, and the next year, following a severe illness, Johnson spent most of the summer in the country with the Thrales. Gradually, he became part of the family circle, living about half the time in their homes. A succession of distinguished visitors came there to see Johnson and socialize with the Thrales.
Published by Seeley and Co., London, 1891
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 336 pages + 4 pages publisher's announcements at back; black and white illustrations after Hogarth, Reynolds, Zuffany & others inlcuding a tissue-guarded frontispiece of Mrs. Thrale; much on the lady's background and social life, travels, involvement with Samuel Johnson, more; revious owner bookplate on front pastedown of John Westall King 1897; bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, decorative gilt cover and spine titles; some light edge, tips wear to binding; very good condition.
Published by Seeley & Co., London, 1891
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
Small quarto. pp xi, 336. Original publisher's burgundy boards with gilt motif to front. Illustrations. large paper edition, no. 35 of 150 copies. Rebacked in yellow leather, 2 ex-library stamps, sound, very good-minus.
Published by Seeley and Co, London, 1891
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good [Textblock Fine]. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Truly lovely bookplate of Matilda Constance Ismay (signed, "GH"). Sunning notwithstanding, a very handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, minor rubbing at edges, spine sunned, owner bookplate at pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full black leather boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering, decorative elements and dentelles, marbled endpages, frontispiece, tissueguard, aeg. Small 8vo. 336pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Published by Seeley & Co, London, 1891
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Limited. Frontispiece portrait and 8 other illustrations. 336 pages, small 4to, 1/2 brown calf. London: Seeley & Co., 1891. Very Good (+). One of Only 150 numbered Large Paper Editions.
Published by London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1891
Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. London, Seeley and Co. 1891. x p., 1 l., 336 p. 9 ports. (incl. front.) 21 cm. 8vo. Leather bound. Fully bound in contemporary light brown leather. Gilt borders on outer boards, as well as intricately embossed decorative borders on inner boards. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Gilt embossed decorative flourishes within compartments. Burgundy title stamp on spine with gilt lettering. Rear board and spine have been professionally repaired along the edge at which they meet. Tight binding and solid boards. Minor shelf wear. Light creasing to boards at spine edges. Minor scuffing to board ends. Slight fraying to head and tail of spine. Minimal rubbing to boards. Bumping to corners. Gilt page ends. Dark blue endpapers. Personal library bookplate belonging to one, "William Crampton" inside front board. Slight tearing to endpaper along spine. Otherwise, pages are in tact, clean, and unmarked. Various meticulously detailed, steel plate engraved portraits throughout, depicting key figures such as Mrs. Piozzi, Queen Elizabeth and Henry V. Text block is tight and clean. Illustrations are clear and bright. An impeccably preserved volume in very good condition.Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and 18th-century life. With a vast selection of diary entries and various intricately detailed illustrations, this volume provides a vivid glimpse into the life and social encounters of Hester Thrale. Please feel free to view our photographs of this rare, attractive volume.