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London: John Russell Smith, 1858. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 396 pages plus publisher ads. part of the Library of Old Authors series. rebound in beige cloth with leather spine label goldstamped "Spence's Anecdotes of Books and Men". ; 4 5/8 x 7

London: W. H. Carpenter. Rebound in brown cloth over boards with gold lettering on the spine. Bright and strong. Clean pages. Frontispiece engraving. Some foxing on the engraving and the title page and a little sporadic foxing on some pages but most the text is bright and crisp. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1820.

London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820. First edition. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". None. A first edition of Spence's famous Anecdotes. Featuring an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. 'Now first published from the original papers, with notes, and a life of the author, by Samuel Weller Singer'. Joseph Spence was a historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, most famous for his collection of this work which was an invaluable resource for historians of eighteenth century English (Augustan) literature. In a calf binding with gilt borders. Externally, rubbing to the spine, and light marks to the boards. Loss to the spine label. Front board is detached, and rear joint is starting. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean, aside from foxing and tide marks to the first few pages. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Fair

John Russell Smith, 1858T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1958 red bound cloth edition

London: John Russell Smith, 1858 Textblock very good subject to slight browning and occasional spotting , front hinge cracked but holding well, cover sound with moderate - stain on the rear board.

London: John Murray, 1820. Hardcover. First Edition, published simultaneously with the Singer edition. 5 x 8in. viii. 302pp. Bound in recent three quarters polished calf over marbled boards. Spine with leather title label and decoration. New endpapers. NEAR FINE. The text-block shows extremely light foxing at the earliest and latest parts of the text-block, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

London: Published by W.H. Carpenter, 1820. Now first published from the original papers, with notes and a Life of the Author. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Spence. 1 vols. 8vo. Later half-calf. Some rubbing and wear to binding, very good. Now first published from the original papers, with notes and a Life of the Author. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Spence. 1 vols. 8vo.

London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820. First edition. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart first edition of this collection of humorous and insightful anecdotes, previously held in the library of American book collected Robert Borthwick Adam. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A humorous collection of literary and historical anecdotes, featuring anecdotes on Queen Anne, Buonaparte, Isaac Newton, Alexander Pope, and more. Collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time. Written by Joseph Spence, an English historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, best known for this collection which has become an invaluable resource for historians of eighteenth-century English literature. With notes and a life of the author by Samuel Weller Singer, an English author and scholar on the work of William Shakespeare. Previously held in the library of Robert Borthwick Adam, an American retailer and book collector who co-founded the department store Adam,… Read More

W. Carpenter , London and Archibald Constable, Edinburgh , 1820. Rebacked, with red morocco label and gilt lettering, retaining the contemporary marbled boards. Very Good, edges of boards rubbed, light toning at end papers. Frontispiece portrait engraving, xxxii, 501, errata pp. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

W.H. Carpenter & Archibald Constable, c. 1820. Some wearing to the boards but otherwise a very good copy.. Binding: 8vo (127mm x 207mm), ), rebacked saving the original half leather boards , tooled gilt rules, 5 tooled gilt bands in 6 compartments, crimson calf lable on 2, tooled gilt lettering and design on spine, pasted and free marbled end papers.All edges gilt., Size: 8vo (127mm x 207mm), , Illustration: Illustrated with one portrait frontis, Provenance: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland., Pages: P. Blank, Half Title, Printer info, Frontis, Blank, Title, Dedication, Editor’s Preface (vii-xv), Life of the Author (xvii-xxxix), 1-478, Index to the Letters 479-482, Index 483-501, errata (1)., Category: Book Literature

London: W.H. Carpenter, 1820. First Edition. Foxing to frontispiece leaf, with offsetting to facing pages, including title; armorial bookplate, with small later ownership stamp above it; offsetting to endsheets from binding; tips heavily bumped; edges and hinges rubbed, but binding is sound and fully intact.. 4to, frontispiece, xxxix, 501 [1, errata]; contemporary three-quarter red leather and marbled boards. A contemporary and friend of Pope, Spence was a respected schoalr. His best known work is this posthumously published collection literary anecdotes that informed much subsequent scholarship on eighteenth-century literature.

London: Carpenter, 1820. hardcover. near fine. Collected from the Conversations of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His Time. Notes and a life of the author by Samuel Weller Singer. Engraved frontispiece, extra illustrated with engraved portraits and plates throughout (vol. I: 80 plates, vol. II: 81 plates), 2 volumes, thick 8vo, full brown morocco, gilt-lettered raised bands, inner dentelles. London: W.H. Carpenter, 1820. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Expanded into 2 volumes by insertion of 161 extra plates, one of which is hand-colored.<br/><br/>