Search Results: Fleetwood by William Godwin

Broadview Press Inc, 2000. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Alexandria, VA: Cotton & Stewart. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1805. First US Edition. Hardcover. Full calf rubbed, hinges cracked; private bookplate on endpaper. ; Volume II only. .

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London: Richard Bentley, 1832. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A second edition of William Godwin's bildungsroman novel, in a contemporary leather binding. First published in 1805, this novel tells the tale of Casimir Fleetwood and tells the consequences of the protagonist's natural education.William Godwin (1756-1836) was an English novelist and journalist, considered an early proponent of utilitarianism and anarchism. He was a prolific novelist, known for the novels 'Things as they Are' and 'Cloudesley: a Tale'. He was married to the feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft and the father of Mary Shelley, author of 'Frankenstein' and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley.Bound by Wardley & Arnold, of Guernsey.Illustrated with a full frontispiece and a vignette illustrated title page.This edition has been revised and corrected by the author, making it the second edition. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally a trifle rubbed, with all leather corners lacking. Some rubbing to the spine resulting… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1832. Second British edition, small 8vo, pp. xvi, 371, [1]; engraved frontispiece and title-p., recent calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label on spine; very good and sound. Issued as no. XXII in the publisher's Standard Novels series. First published in 1805; there were also editions preceding this in both the U.S. and France. Sadlier II, 3734, no. 22; Wolff 2527a.

NY: I. Riley, 1805. First American edn. 12mo, pp. x, 1-307, 336. Contemporary calf, cover on volume 1 almost separate, but a very good set, bound with the half titles. S&S # 8538. This was not well receceived. Scott remarked that there was little sympathy with the overstrained delicacies of Fleetwood.

FLEETWOOD :

OR THE

NEW MAN OF FEELING

_______________
BY WILLIAM GODWIN
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LONDON :
RICHARD BENTLEY
1832.

DESCRIPTION
First Edition
(ii) + xvi + 371pp + (ii)
Book measures 170mm x 105mm approximately.
Bound in full rich green calf. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with decorative motifs to compartments, and tan author / title label with date in gilt to spine foot. Twin gilt fillet borders with cornices and blind-tooled inner dentelles to boards. Marbled end-papers and paste-downs and all page edges marbled. Small engraving to tile page with further engraving to verso.
CONDITION
Binding is firm and holding well. Boards exhibit some minor surface marks, light random blemishes, some rubbing to upper hinges and mild bumping to corners.
Internally the pages are generally in good clean condition with moderate light browning and age toning throughout. The occasional spot and very light foxing to title page and end-papers with some shadowing also to tile page. Previous… Read More

London: Richard Phillips, 1805. First Edition . Quarter Calf / Boards. Very Good. Xii, 300; (I), 295; (I), 342, (2). Three Volumes, Quarter Calf Over Marbled Boards, In Unmatched Bindings: Volume I Is 7" Tall, Red Morocco Spine Label, Gilt In Compartments, Vol Ii And Iii Are 6 11/16" Tall, Maroon Morocco Labels Without Gilt In Compartments, But All First Editions With 1805 On Title Page And No Further Printing Indicated, Half-Titles In Vol Ii And Iii But Lacking From Vol I, Catalog At End Of Vol Iii. Handwritten "Mackay's Edingbir Library" At Top Of First Pages Of Volumes Ii And Iii, Pencil Initials At End Of Volume Ii, No Other Names Or Marks. Bindings Worn At Edges But Intact, Hinges Strong, Fraying To Leather Tips And To Edges Of Paper-Covered Boards.