Proverbial Philosophy, First Edition (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Verso of frontispiece has pencilled former ownership signature "W. Wheeler," possibly associated with entomologist William Morton Wheeler or a family member. Volume is dampstained and has much foxing; spine is cocked; binding has wear and soil (and dampstaining); corners bumped; back joint is partially broken, holding overall; front hinge is cracked between the flyleaf and the frontispiece portrait. 282, 58, 106 p., with the aforementioned engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; all outer edges gilt. [b 278].

Leatherbound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 4th. black leather w/marbled boards; some wear and chipping of boards; lite pencil notes on end papers; 256 clean, unmarked pages, lite foxing Size: 12 vo.

Hardcover. 24mo. Original blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt spine. ix, 257pp, (6pp ads). All edges gilt. Very good. Almost, but not quite, a "Near fine," for it's superbly tight, clean and lovely, with just the slightest bit of edgewear. Appears to be the first printing of this second volume -- a first volume was issued by John Wiley in 1860 -- but even though an odd volume it's such a great condition example we couldn't resist. The bright spine gilt has , as often happens, changed to a mild reddish hue. English versifier Tupper (1810-89) was a household name alongside Byron, Wordsworth and other mid-19th century giants, though his high fame proved fleeting.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition. A Good copy in brown cloth lettered and decorated in gold (a bit sun-faded at the spine), all edges gilt. Small early gift inscription. Scattered foxing to the paper. The binding is sound, and the text is unmarked. Believed the first U.S. edition (from the fifth London edition). Not ex-library. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION. FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. 1855. Martin Farquhar Tupper was a celebrated English poet, author of 'Proverbial Philosophy' and writer. He initially used to write for periodicals, however, his first essay ?Sacra Poesis? gained a lot of recognition. ?Proverbial Philosophy?, ?The Crock of Gold?, ?A Modern Pyramid to commemorate a Septuagint of Worthies? are some of his notable works. His works and writings had a lot of influence on the masses and he was elected a ?Fellow of the Royal Society? in the year 1845. He also received a ?Gold Medal? from the King of Persia for his contributions in literature and science. Tupper was also a reformer and an active supporter of the ?Student Volunteer Movement? He also worked towards promoting brotherly relations between America and Britain. His thoughts, beliefs and views are also apparent in his quotes and sayings (from The Famous People). CONDITION: Red boards featuring gilt embossed designs on front and back covers; gilt title on spine with again gilt design and graphics. Shelf wear and soiling, bumped corners, partially detached front cover yet attached paste down and inner hinge, back inner hinge starting. Spine gutters cloth worn through to binding material. Gilt page edges; strip of remaining page which may have featured frontispiece. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Pages toned, occasional foxing. Good Condition. Full refund if not satisfied.

1st Ed. Slim 8vo. 208pp. + 8pp. publ. adverts. Light marginal browning and occasional thumbing, tail of hinges split but firm, original gilt lettered blind embossed blue cloth, soiled and rubbed, wear to corners, head and tail of spine bumped with sl. loss at head, head and tail of joints sl. worn with sm. crack intruding across head of spine. US$49.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. 617 pages plus ads. Binding is issue per BAL. Illustrated. Front cover has one small circular dark stain, 1/4", all edges show wear including along front gutter; corners bumped and rubbed. Good plus. (180).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback, gilt title and decoration to spine. 224pp, 4pp. 1st edition 1838. Small losses to spine ends, with cracking to outer hinges and front inner hinge. Binding remains secure. Some occaisonal foxing to contents. Private ownership. (bs137).

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Nast, Thomas (illustrator). First American Edition. 617 pages; ads in back; illustrations; black cloth binding with gilt lettering and design. Wear to the top and bottom of the spine, several corners slightly worn. This volume is part of a series of humor books issued by Henry Shaw under the name Josh Billings. Blanck - Bibliography of American Literature #17455.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 3/4 Morocco. Good. First American Edition. Bookstore blind stamp of "John O'Neill, bookseller, Broad Street Near 9th, Richmond Virginia." Pencil ownership signature of "M. L. Chevery U.S.A., Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virgina. 1844" on contents page. [542].

Full Morocco Leather. Condition: Good. First American Edition. FIRST AMER. EDITION, first printing. This is the Authorized Edition other printings by other publishers were pirated. Full brown morocco leather blind stamped decorated on the front cover, spine, and back cover, all edges gilt, moderate to heavy shelf wear. Overall in mild foxing. 16 steel plate illustrations. Gift inscription on the front endpaper. Overall in GOOD MINUS condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. 224pp. + (4) pubs. ads. Blue ribbed cloth blind stamped boards with gilt titled & decorated spine. Rudimentary but successfully repaired with cross-stitching at gutter of pp. 4/5. as well as very light residual trace of glue at front hinge. Lightly rubbed edges of boards & head & tail of spine. Now safely ensconced within an archival transparent acetate dust jacket. Uncommon particularly in its original binding. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. First Edition. two works bound in one volume, second work dated 1848, original blindstamped blue cloth hardcover, 218 & 84 pages, cloth a little rubbed and marked, otherwise a very good copy in original cloth binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 617 pp + ads, with illustrations by Thomas Nast and others. Bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with marbled edges and endpapers. Some scuffing to leather, small split starting at lower front joint; interals sound and clean. Handwritten note on verso of front free endpaper reads "#186, From the Library of Thos. Nast." (We have no independent knowledge of this reported provenance). Josh Billings was the pseudonym of American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885), "whose philosophical comments in plain language were widely popular after the American Civil War through his newspaper pieces, books, and comic lectures. He employed the misspellings, fractured grammar, and hopeless logic then current among comic writers who assumed the role of cracker-barrel philosophers. His special contributions were his rustic aphorisms.and his droll delineations of animal life (Britannica). This volume includes the first printing in book form of Mark Twain's letter poking fun at Billings' use of phonetic spelling (see p. 573). BAL 17455.

Illustrated by Illuminated color title, double engraved frontis with tissue guards and 15 additional engravings with tissue guards. First thus edition. First and Second Series. Original blind-stampled cloth decorated gilt, page ruled text, aeg. 12mo (18cm). pp. 430. VG/No jacket, as issued. Quill owner and date. Overall page toning with foxing starting at plate tissue guards.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1874. First edition [1874]. Short anecdotes illustrated with black and white engravings, mainly social caricature by Thomas Nast. Externally fair, internally good to very good. Brown cloth printed in gilt, 617 pages plus six pages of ads. Covers worn at the extremities with chips to the spine ends and edges, transparent speckles to front cover and spine, good hinges, sound text block, foxed frontis and title page, very little other foxing, pages clean, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 159 & 154 pages; Beautiful full leather binding. Interior pages with dampstaining and foxing. Does not affect the binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. TITLE: PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY By MARTIN F. TUPPER 1854 (Rare) AUTHOR: MARTIN F. TUPPER PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: THOMAS HATCHARD, PICCADILLY: LONDON 1854 EDITION: First Edition ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: Education, Rare, Decorative BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Deep Brown almost Black SIZE: 6 ½ x 9 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 366 pages. CONDITION: The outside of the book is in good plus condition; there is some kind of hard glue or wax near the hinge of the upper front (possible minor repair). There is a piece of archival tape running the gutter of the first front pastedown and endpaper. There is real light age foxing present. There is a private bookplate from MILLARD BRANDEAU on the front pastedown. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/None dust jacket condition as issued. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 008748. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Burton was British Consul for the Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po and compiled this book of sayings from the West African Wolof, Oji, Kanuri, Accra, Yoruba, Efik, and Mpangwe languages. This book is bound in half leather and pebbled cloth with marbled endpapers and gilded top page edges. The binding is circa 1900. According to the Penzer bibliography of Burton, this title was produced in both a red cloth binding and a plum cloth binding. The red was rare in Penzer's day (1923) , but the plum was not. Because the text of both issues was identical, it is now impossible, or at least exceptionally difficult to tell if this particular book was orginally in red cloth or plum cloth. Leather binding worn. All corners rubbed with loss of leather. Spine titles badly rubbed. Title is present, but Burton's name has been rubbed off the spine. Binding is sound and not cracked at all. Interior is mostly clean - there is a little bit of age spotting and a very occassional margin note from the previous owner, but the notes are in pencil and can be erased. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 455 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 455 p. Touch of wear to extremities else very good condition. Red 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards and end sheets. Small Bookplate. Top page edges gilt. Embossed gilt decorations on spine. A lovely collectible copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy. The book is in excellent shape with minor wear to the edges. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. We buy Richard Burton First Editions.

Hardcover. First Edition. Two parts bound in one small octavo volume (5" x 7-3/8") in full black morocco leather; all edges gilt. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front flyleaf: "Miss Sarah Elizabeth Griswold/from her affectionate Cousin/Sam. F. B. Morse/August 1st 1848." Morse married his first wife, Lucretia Walker, on 29 September 1819 in New Hampshire; she died in 1825 after the birth of their third child. Morse married his second cousin, the deaf Sarah Elizabeth Griswold, twenty-six years his junior, on 10 August 1848, or just nine days after inscribing this book. In addition to being an accomplished artist, Morse conceived of the telegraph in 1832 and developed a working model by 1837, though interest was not great in it. In May 1844, Morse sent his famous "What hath God wrought?" message from Washington to Baltimore. In addition Morse published the first American description of the daguerreotype in 1839 and became one of the first Americans to make daguerreotypes in the United States. Light, scattered foxing; extremities rubbed. Very Good or better.

The very rare first edition. 8vo, in the scarce publisher's binding of full plum cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and stamped in blind on the covers. Housed in a handsome foldover box. xxx +[i]+[i] (blank), 455. A very nice copy with some expected age-wear and expert refreshinging to the cloth hinges. A RARE WORK BY BURTON, being a collection of proverbs and sayings from the Wolof, Kanuri, Oji, Ga or Accra, Yoruba, Efik or Old Calabar, and Mpangwe languages. His purpose in making this collection of literary and oral compositions available was to offer "a practical acquaintance with the language[s]" and to introduce "the reader to some extent into the inward world of Negro mind and Negro thoughts; and this is a circumstance of paramount importance, so long as there are any who either flatly negative the question, or, at least, still consider it open, 'Whether the Negroes are a genuine portion of mankind or not'.Such specimens may go a long way towards refuting the old-fashioned doctrine of an essential inequality of the Negroes with the rest of mankind, which now and then shows itself, not only in America, but also in Europe.".

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book measures 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 207,[1],pp, 8pp catalogue. Bound in original publishers embossed blue cloth, with gilt lettering, coloured endpapers. Cloth rubbed on corners and edges, with minor wear loss, spine darkened. Binding in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice copy. Size: 8vo.

(BOOKBINDING) TUPPER, Martin Farquhar. PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY; A BOOK OF THOUGHTS AND ARGUMENTS. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1851. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, all edg gilt. Frontispiece, vi, 282 pages. First American edition. In an unusual trade binding for its time, featuring a chained pattern on both boards and the spine. Bookplate.

First edition. 8vo. Original plum cloth, blind-stamped boards, spine gilt with figure stamped in gilt towards foot; cloth worn (esp. to extremities), spine faded, gilt dimmed. xxxii, 455pp. London, Tinsley Brothers, A good copy of a fascinating work, rarely found in such condition. Burton was a fine linguist and had served as Regimental Interpreter whilst in the Bengal Army, so it is hardly surprising that when posted as H.M. Consul at Fernando Po in 1861 he should pursue this great interest. Within two years he was able to write to his great friend Monkton Milnes from Dahome ?African proverbs nearly ready. I shall send them to Tinsley.? (Dahome, 31st May, 1863). Although not an original work, the material for this book had only existed previously in verbal forms. It is one of the rarest of Burton?s works, and comprises proverbs from seven languages (Wolof, Kanuri, Oji, Ga Yoruba, Efik and Fan), along with other miscellaneous material. According to Penzer, this copy, bound in plum cloth, belongs to the ?remaindered? second issue. The first issue, bound in red cloth, is exceedingly rare. Penzer, p75; Casati, p71.