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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1986. Collector's Edition. Full Calf. In exceptionally good condition save bookplate/No dust jacket. Richard Sparks. Royal octavo, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed brown calf sans dust jacket, pp. ix, 190. Illustrated with colour frontis by Richard Sparks . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed (1597) was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic. They cover topics drawn from both public and private life, and in each case the essays cover their topics systematically from a number of different angles, weighing one argument against another. While the original edition included 10 essays, a much-enlarged second edition appeared in 1612 with 38. Another, under the title Essayes or Counsels,… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1972. ix, 190 pp., brown leather w/ gold lettering & red decoration; Book has friends of library stamp to front free endpaper / Heritage Club "Sandglass" Number IX-R: 44 laid in. /. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Hurst & Co.. Hardcover. Good. Good Solid Copy! No date noted. Olive green cloth with gilt title on spine, frontispiece of Sir Francis Bacon. Name in pencil on front end page, no other marks or writings, pages bright and clean, except for smudge mark on contents page, binding tight and sound. Significant shelf wear to bottom half of front cover, light wear to spine ends and corners. 361 pp Carefully packaged and shipped in box. B3

Mount Vernon, NY, The Peter Pauper Press, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/No Dj. Quarto, hardcover, fine. Reprinted from Deluxe Artists Edition. Collectible. Bound in tan cloth & red and tan decorated boards. Nice clean copy. The essays. or counsels, civil and moral, of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans. Almost as new 228 pp., and glossary.

The Heritage Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Unmarked pages. Secure pages, solid binding. Includes pamphlet. No slipcase. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Fine. Book is in like new condition with just very minor wear. Slip case has minor edge wear, some fading around edges. Satisfaction guaranteed.

The Heritage Press. 1944. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover; with an introduction by Christopher Morley; Limited Editions Clu b; decorative cover boards with fading at spine; edge wear to corners; othe rwise in good condition with clean text, tight binding. .

The Macmillan Company, 1916. Hardcover. Good. 1916. Reprinted. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Minor wear marks to boards.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Heritage Press, 1972., 1972. Hardcover. Collectible. Fine/Very Good. Quarto, hardcover, fine in near fine slipcase. Collectible. Contains publisher's write-up to promote the book. Bound in green cloth & decorated boards. Nice clean copy protected in tissue dustjacket in slipcase. Almost as new. Introduction by Christopher Morley, postscript by A.S.W. Rosenbach, 190pp.,

Easton Press. Near Fine. 1980. Full-Leather. Near Fine full leather edition, no names or bookplates. May have some minor shelf wear to cover. ; 10.80 X 7.10 X 1 inches; 190 pages .

The Heritage Press, 1944. Hardcover. very good/No DJ. Hardcover, no DJ, comes with box sleeve, very good condition, typical wear. Former owners nameplate inside front cover.

Montreal, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original quarter cloth, with spine title-label, over marbled paper boards. Some moderate toning and wear to covers. Old owner's bookplate inside front cover. Presentation copy inscribed by author (Thomas White) to the same person on front free endpaper, with additional autograph cover note tipped to flyleaf. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. One of 500 copies printed, this one not numbered. xii,54+2[blank, colophon]pp..

The Heritage Press, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. Very Good-. 1911. Hardcover. The Verulam Club Edition in a Signed Baytun Fine Binding, Full Red Leather Crushed Moroccan Boards & Gilt Borders, 5 Raised Bands with Gilt Decorated Compartments, Gilt Title, Marble End-Papers, All Edges Gilt, Interior and Exterior Dentelle. Strong spine, and no foxing or annotations. Outer covers show some general rubbing and reading wear: 2.5 inch split on the top of the front joint, but the board is still firmly attached and can be read without further damage; light rubbing to the corners and edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages .

New York: Rogers. Very Good. Very good plus. Limited Ed. # 238 of 1100 copies, Signed by Byron Rogers, end pgs. Are slightly browned, decorative board covers and cloth spine; clean text.

H. Clark. London, 1706. Full calf. Very Good. 8vo., 101pp with advertisement on verso of final leaf. Minor rubbing and scuffing, front joint just starting. Otherwise a lovely copy inside and out..

New York: Heritage Press. As New. 1944. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer-- .