Search Results: the works of mr thomas brown by brown thomas

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-06-16. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Nabu Press, 2012-03-05. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-01. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-03-04. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-03-05. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2010-02-23. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

Printed for Sam. Briscoe, London,, 1720. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1720; 4 volume set; brown paper covered boards with gold titles and accents; wear and discoloration around edges; 16mo, 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; covers are detached on all 4 volumes but are present; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. Photos available upon request.

London: S. Briscoe, 1710. Book. Very Good. Contemporary Full Calf. Third Edition, Corrected; with large additions and a supplement never before printed . pp. frontis. (signed E.K.)+ (xxi) prelims include dedication, publisher's note & character of Brown by James Drake also incomplete contents list (with supplement not included), 272, 176 (the supplement runs from pps.129-76 of this last). Some discolouration at turn-ins on front pastedown offset to ffep & light foxing to supplement & rear endpapers. Hinges cracked but firm. Boards tooled & stamped in blind; worn at fore corners. Paneled spine very lightly worn at head. .

London: Al. Wilde; C. Hitch; L. Hawes; Sam Briscoe; et al, 1719-60. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An illustrated set of the works of satirist Thomas Brown, a harlequin set comprising of the fourth, fifth, and ninth edition. A harlequin mixed edition set. Volume I is the 9th edition, published in 1760. Volume II is the fifth edition, and Volume II and III are the fifth edition, all dated as both 1719 and 1720. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding plate, and three plates.Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates.Volume IV illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Two pages of adverts to the rear.The collected poetical works of Thomas Brown.Brown was a notable seventeenth century satirist, known particularly for 'Amusements Serious and Comical', and 'Letters From the Dead to the Living'. He was a lifelong friend of Aphra Behn, and assisted her in her literary career. Satirising prominent… Read More

London:: Sam Briscoe,, 1707-1708.. First edition. Rare collection of all four volumes being first printings of this set.. 8vo. 4 vols.. A very good copy of a scarce set. At time of description we locate only one other set for sale, which has later editions of volume three and four and is set at a much higher price than ours. ESTC locates only 2 copies (none in the US) of the 1708 first edition fourth volume, and only several of the third volume. All first four volumes are very rare. Modern cloth bindings with red and gilt title labels, very minor shelf wear, modern endpapers, overall excellent. Volume one with some minor foxing/browning, frontispiece and title with very outer margin edge wear, no affect, few leaves with minor corner tears, no affect, p121 [2H6] with few contemporary ink notes. Volume two lacks two leaves p23-26 in second part, supplied in fine facsimile on period paper professionally tipped in (see pics), frontis with small tear at inner margin, repaired, few foxing spots but over… Read More

Edward Midwinter, London, 1730. The seventh edition carefully corrected. Adorned with a new set of copper plates. Four volumes. Frontispiece to each volume and 22 engraved plates. 8vo (6 5/8 x 4 inches), pages: xx:315; (6):331; (6): 339; & viii:340. Contemporary full mottled tan calf, gilt ornamental rule to sides. Spines with raised bands, darkened. Some light chipping to headbands, some cracking to the joints but very firm.Some browning but overall very good. From the library of Sir Robert Eden Bt. with his armorial bookplate on front pastedowns.Brown's life was as licentious as his writings. Much of his time was spent in a low taven in Gower's Row in the Minories. His knowledge of London was certainly "extensive and peculiar," and his humorous sketches of low life are both entertaining and valuable. The frontispiece of the first volume shows the writer seated on the floor beside a cracked pedestal, his head on his left hand and a laurel wreath under his foot. He writes on a… Read More