Table Talker, Used (10 results)

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 352 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. two volume set,original cloth hardcover with original printed paper labels to spines,vi,1-324pp,vii,1-343pp,PAGED UN-OPENED,spines and covers little faded,paper labels a little browned otherwise very good clean and complete.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Cloth covered boards sunned and worn, spine label missing. Hinges started but binding generally tight. 342 pages generally tightly bound. Clean text. Size: 12mo.

1st book edition. 2 volumes [x, 324; vii, [1 (blank)], 343, [1 (blank)] pp. Index in each volume. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" A selection of essays first published in the Morning Post, touching on such diverse subjects as 'Feminine Attire' to 'Advantages of Dullness'. VG (spine dull/prior owner stamp on h-t pg/spot of discoloration on front board of Volume I). Blue-green cloth bindings with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps.

First Edition. 2 Volumes. Poor copies in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn. Hinges weak. Panel edges rubbed and dulled as with age. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Previous owner's signature. Physical description: 2 volumes. Subjects: English essays. Art and society.English literature History and criticism. 3 Kg.

First Edition. 2 Volumes. Poor copies in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn. Hinges weak. Panel edges rubbed and dulled as with age. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Previous owner's signature. Physical description: 2 volumes. Subjects: English essays. Art and society.English literature History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). William Johnstone's collection of essays on society and literature. Including topics such as Invisible Existences, Female Education, Enlightenment and much more. Bookplates of Sir Henry Doulton and H. Lewis Doulton to front free-endpapers and front pastedown. Complete in two volumes. In original publisher's bindings. Externally, sound, though with some sunning to the spines, and some bumping. Wear to the head and tail of the spine, with backstrip lifting to volume II. Spill marks to one board. Internally, generally firmly bound, although strained in places. Pages are bright, and quite clean. Very Good. book.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good minus. Internals in Fine Condition, spine cloth is missing, cloth corners and fore edges bumped, light crack in binding, brown text; a few text top edges need to be separated.

Hardcover. In Two Volumes. First edition. Sm.8vo., cont. half morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, T.E.G., x, 324, (viii), 343pp. Spine ends a touch rubbed o/w an attractive set. A selection of essays originally published in the "Morning Post," on various topics including, superstition, free trade, the political influence of women, the female character, Shakespeare, Coleridge, etc.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of these essays by William Johnstone, signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title of Volume I.Complete in two volumes.The essays in these volumes had originally been published in the 'Morning Post', a series begun in October 1838.Subjects explored in these essays include, the feminine heart, drunkenness, London in summer, reading for ladies, continental excursions, cruelty to animals, matrimony, French novels, governesses, Shelley's essays, living abroad, superstition, sensibility, blockheads, New Years Day, Corn Laws, logic, and more.By William Johnstone.Bound without the half-title to Volume II. In a rebacked calf binding. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Small cracks to the tail of the joints of Volume II. Front hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Author's inscription to the half-title of Volume I. Very Good. signed by author. book.