Search Results: the seasons by thomson james 1700 1748

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Printed by W.W. Woodward, Philadelphia: ., 1797 pp. (4), (i)-xxiv, (1)-200. LACKS the 4 plates. Foxed. Engraved bookplate of Ogden Dungan Wilkinson (1863-1938) on front paste down. 12mo. 170 mm. Original full leather binding. Rear board detached. Front board very fragile. Original leather spine label. Lacks plates. Hardbound. Poor. Evans 32927. EVANS1. Hardcover.

London: from the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham, 1818. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 158 pages. Subject; Thomson, James, (1700-1748).

Edinburgh: Kincaid, Bell & Robertson, 1768. Hardcover. Good. Plates (2) [of 5] Spring & Summer, by Thos. Donaldson.. 12mo speckled leather on 5 raised bands with red gilt title label to spine [one hinge split at top 2 compartments but held by 1st & 2nd cords rest of hinges good, tips worn, lower cover marked). Title leaf +xxxviii (Contents, Life, Odes) +208pp with last 5 pages "The Hymn". *A neat copy in original binding but lacking portrait & 2 other plates (referenced by ESTC T101639).

New-York : Published By W. B. Gilley, 92 Broadway, 1818. 1818 Edition. Hardback. A good copy in gilt-blocked cloth. Usual age spots, only. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 287 pages; Description: 2 p. L. , [3]-287 p. Front. , plates. 14 cm. Subjects: Poems.

London: Du Roveray, 1802. New edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Worn spine; front board loosely attached. Texts remains clear without blemish. Physical description: xxiv, 262 pages; (8�). Subjects: Seasons. Seasons in literature. English poetry; Collections. Genre: Illustrated. Poetry.

London: Printed for John Bumpus, 1822. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Duodecimo in half-sheets (16 x 11cm), pp.[2] xxiv; 192 [4]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author, and an introductory biography by Aikin. Contemporary tan full calf, with gilt titles to a black label, further gilt decoration to spine, and gilt panelled decoration to boards. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Small green bookseller's label of S. Simms, Bath, to front pastedown. Some offsetting to title page, otherwise a lovely clean copy. Light general wear to binding, with marking from the diced calf or cloth of another book to upper. Very good. A series of four blank verse poems which first appeared between 1726 and 1730, by the Scottish author responsible for the well known lyrics of 'Rule, Britannia!' set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740. Also with a small selection of other writings.

Edinburgh : printed by Gavin Alston, 1780. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy, wear and tear as with age. Boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; [2], xxxviii, 206 pages, plates : port. Subject; Thomson, James 1700-1748. Seasons ; Poetry.

London: Printed for A.Millar, and sold by T.Cadell, 1768., 1768. 12mo. pp. xxx, 209. 4 engraved plates by G.V.Neist after Kent. engraved title vignette. contemporary calf, gilt back (library stamp on verso of title, small piece wanting from upper blank margin of title). NCBEL II 528.. Hardcover.

London, Wilkie & Robinson [Etc. ], 1811. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Finely bound in modern quarter calf over marble boards. Spines gilt-blocked. An exceptional copy of a now scarce edition. Scans and additional bibliographic details on request. ; 0 pages; 2 p. L. , [iii]-xii, 236 p. Engraved plates by T. Unwins after A Gordon the Sculptor. 14cm. Related Names: Aikin, John, 1747-1822.

London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, W. Owen, W. Johnston, T. Longman, T. Caston, G. Kersly, T. Davies, T. Becket, T. cadell, T.Lowndes, Richardson & Richardson, and H. Baldwin, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; 209 pages. Subjects; James Thomson (1700-1748). Poetry. English Poetry. 18th century poetyr.

London: [none given], 1730. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Fine-. Subscribers Edition of Thomson's masterpiece, and perhaps the most popular English-language poem in blank verse (running to some 5500 lines in its final form) from Milton to the Romantics, as well as "one of the earliest, longest, and finest nature poems in the English language." (Literary Encyclopedia) Large 4to: [8],250,[4, half title and Argument for Spring, final page of subscribers list, and errata misbound],251-252,16,8pp, with title page in red and black with engraved vignette, five full-page allegorical plates by William Kent (one for each season and one for the valedictory to Newton),and head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials by Samuel Richardson. Contemporary full speckled English calf, flat spine in seven compartments divided by gilt rolls, red morocco lettering piece gilt, board edges gilt-tooled, armorial engraved bookplate of James Grove Wood, Castle Grove, on front paste-down. Wood (1803-1891) lived at Castle… Read More