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Paperback. New.

Paperback. New.

Longman, Rees and Orme. Thirteenth Edition, Corrected. Trade Paperback. Good/None. 2 volumes, 3/4-leather over marbled boards. Leather quite worn, cracked and dried; hinges starting; front board detached from volume 1; 2" chunk of backstrip missing on Volume 2. Light foxing, but generally clean inside.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London, England: Thomas M'Lean, 1826. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5 3/4" X 9 1/4. FAIR / NO DUST JACKETS. [2 volume set]. Volume I: xii, 461pp.; Volume II: 612 pp. Text clean and unmarked. Endpapers toned and foxed, minor soiling throughout. Illustrated with an 1826 reproduction of the frontispiece for the 1638 edition. Plain paper over boards with linen tape spines, publisher's paper title labels pasted on at spines. Boards rubbed and soiled, edges worn to boards, corners bumped, boards partly detached fron textblocks. Spine cloth split at joints. Textblocks intact and stable.

London: Messrs Vernor and Hood, 1804. Tenth Edition. Half Leather. Good/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book PLEASE NOTE VOLUME TWO ONLY.601pp.10 pp. index.Corrected Tenth Edition.Rubbing and slight loss to boards and edges, contents good.Marbled endpapers,bookplate on front pastedown.Raised bands on spine, title faded.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London and NY: Dent and Dutoon (1964)., 1964. Three Volumes, complete. Everyman's Library vols. 886-888. 8vos. xviii, 523 pp; 312 pp.; 547 pp. Original (consistent) purples cloth bindings. From the library of noted Renaissance and English literature scholar, Jonathan Goldberg, whose signature is on the front free endpaper of Volume One and whose light pencil underlining/notes are in the text, mainly Volume One. Else this is a tight, very good plus set in DJs with some rubbing and shallow edge wear.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Longman, Rees, Orme, etc., 1827. Book. Very Good. Hard Covers. The Thirteenth Edition corrected. Half calf. Marbled endpapers. Gilt title on spine. Light wear to corners and to spine ends. Hinges are sound. Two Volumes. Bookplate in each volume..

London, et al: Thomas M'Lean, et al, 1826. Eighth Edition, corrected and augmented by the author. Hardcover. Good+. Publisher's cloth; complete set of 2 volumes, 8vo; pp. [2] (ad], xii, 461, with engraved title-p.; [2] (title-p., blank), 612. In custom cloth chemise, and slipcase with gilt-lettered leather spine label. BOTH VOLUMES, boards detached and spine perished, boards a bit rubbed and sunned. Text blocks are remarkably crisp and clean. An excellent candidate for repair or rebinding. Sold as is.

London: J. Cuthell, J. Nunn, Longman and Co. et al., 1821. Twelfth Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Half bound in unsigned early 20th century green calf with olive green cloth boards. Calf largely faded to brown. Paneling to spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Light general shelfwear, primarily rubbing to hinges and heads and tails of spines. Bumping and wear to corners with heavier wear to the upper fore corner of rear board on Volume II. Top edge gilt, lightly worn. Both half-titles present. Marbled endpapers. Textblock stiff. Previous owner's signature in pencil on title pages. Age toning with light scattered foxing and staining throughout. Shelved Above Christianity. 1376982. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

London: J. Walker et al., 1813. Eleventh Edition. Very Good+. The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621 On its surface, the book is presented as a medical textbook in which Burton applies his vast and varied learning, in the scholastic manner, to the subject of melancholia (which includes, although it is not limited to, what is now termed clinical depression) Although presented as a medical text, it is as much a sui generis work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, and Burton addresses far more than his stated subject In fact, the Anatomy uses melancholy as the lens through which all human emotion and thought may be scrutinized, and virtually the entire contents of a 17th-century library are marshalled into service of this goal It is encyclopedic in its range and referenceIn his satirical preface to the reader, Burton's persona and pseudonym "Democritus Junior" explains, "I write of melancholy by being busy to avoid melancholy" This is… Read More

London: J. Walker et al., 1813. Eleventh Edition. The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621 On its surface, the book is presented as a medical textbook in which Burton applies his vast and varied learning, in the scholastic manner, to the subject of melancholia (which includes, although it is not limited to, what is now termed clinical depression) Although presented as a medical text, it is as much a sui generis work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, and Burton addresses far more than his stated subject In fact, the Anatomy uses melancholy as the lens through which all human emotion and thought may be scrutinized, and virtually the entire contents of a 17th-century library are marshalled into service of this goal It is encyclopedic in its range and referenceIn his satirical preface to the reader, Burton's persona and pseudonym "Democritus Junior" explains, "I write of melancholy by being busy to avoid melancholy" This is characteristic of… Read More

London: J. Cuthell et al., 1821. 12th edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). XXIV, 121, [1], 461, [1]pp (Vol. 1); [4], 612pp (Vol. 2). Original gilt-stamped full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Originally published in 1621, "The Anatomy of Melancholy" is Robert Burton's magnum opus. On its surface, the work is presented as a medical textbook in which the author applies his vast and varied learning, in the scholastic manner, to the subject of melancholia (which includes, although it is not limited to, what is now termed clinical depression). Though presented as a medical text, "The Anatomy of Melancholy" is as much a work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, and Robert Burton addresses far more than his stated subject. In fact, the book uses melancholy as the lens through which all human emotion and thought may be scrutinized, and virtually the entire contents of a 17th-century library are marshalled into service of this… Read More

London: J. Cundee, 1800. Book. Illus. by Delin, Thurston. Near Fine. Full-Leather. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated Ninth Edition, corrected; to which is now first prefixed, An Account of the Author. In 2 volumes, complete. Re-backed, fresh hinges by Talin Bookbindery, gilt ruling, six compartments, blindstamped decoration, gilt titles. Original marble endpapers. xxiv, 596, 601, 11 (table of contents), 2 (advertising) pp. Frontispiece engraving by Thurston Delin. Argument of the Frontispiece. "Democritus Junior ad Librum suum" (2 pp.) "The Author's Abstract of Melancholy" (1 p.); Advertisement (1 p.); Cameo engraving of author, "An Account of the Author" (10 pp.); "Democritus Junior to the Reader (114 pp.); 2 pp. in Latin; "The Synopsis of the First Partition" (an outline of topics, 5 pp.), The First Partition (461 pp.). Anatomy of the Body, Anatomy of the Soul, Diseases of the Mind, Causes of Melancholy -- a truly… Read More