Search Results: the english humorists of eighteenth

Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1879. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1879 PRINTING. From the 24 volume set of "The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray". Many detailed illustrations. Text unmarked with minimal page-turn soiling marks. Covers (green boards with black lettering/decoration) show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Spine edge wear. Binding loosening but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Oxford at the Clrendon Press, 1916. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1916. Second Impression. 315 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing throughout. Cracks to hinges, exposing netting. Cracks to guttering, causing pages to become loose. Page XIX is detached but still present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present throughou7t. Boards have visible edge wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying to spine edges. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.

Scott, Foresman and Company, 1911. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1911. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Dark grey cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and rear rear endpaper. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and heavy tanning to text block edges. Boards have light rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavy sunning to spine as well.

Boston: DeWolfe & Fiske Co., [189-?]. Handy Volume edition. Hardcover. Good condition, spine label chipped. 457p. Spine labeled Thackeray's Works.

Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A: Estes & Lauriat, 1891. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 6" x 9. FAIR/NO DJ 418 pp. Text clean and unmarked. Gray cloth boards with black lettering on spine in fair condition. Binding firm.

No date. Tan cover with brown lettering shows some soiling. Clean interior. Pictures on request

UsedGood. 1886 DeWolfe Fiske hardcover in the Peoples Edition of Thackeray's Complete Works; gold letters and design on brown cover with black edging; 457 pages; no writing or tears in text; title page is almost loose; name and 1888 date written inside front cover

THE GREY WALLS PRESS, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. No owner marks in text. Owner address label on inside front cover.Jacket has several tears. british history.

The Century Co, 1907. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. No dust jacket. Some edge wear to book cover. Spine has discoloration. Pages have light age toning.

London, UK: Smith, Elder, & Co,, 1888. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5?" - 6?" tall. Type: Hardback Smith, Elder & Co., LOndon, 1888. Hardcover Book in Poor Condition. No Jacket, as issued. The Pocket Edition of Thackeray's Works, William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811-1863. Thackeray wrote "The Four Georges": Kings-- George I, George II, George III, George IV, from a series of lectures he gave in London on the English humorists of the 18th century and on the first four Hanoverian monarchs. Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life. The rear panel is attached by "a thread" of the binding--book kept in archival bag to preserve--and not lose the panel! Red quarter cloth binding, brown marbelized boards, are clean, rubbed around all edges, corners rounded, ssome scuffing. The book will need repair--but is is a nice little 1888 volume for bibliophiles who treasure old books. The photos with the listing show the condition fairly well. Former owner name… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Charles Scribners Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back 1923 Hardcover Book in Good Condition, without Jacket. The lectures on "The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century" were first delivered in 1851, at Willis's Rooms in London and were remarkably successful. Thackeray impressed many observers, with audiences including Carlyle, Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, and others of like eminence. He repeated these lectures at Oxford, Cambridge, and in Edinburgh and this led to his decision to go to America the next year. This volume is a Retired School LIbrary Book. Library rebound binding of green cloth, clean and unmarked with light green and yellow design on front, black lettered on spine; corners and spine head and heel lightly scufed. Tight and solid, square binding. School stamp on upper and lower edge of text block, pocket on paste-down. Thackeray provides a look at the literature of Swift;… Read More

London: Smith, Elder, 1911. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 364 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; spine ends soft; scattered foxing, else very good. London: Smith, Elder, 1911.<br/><br/>

London: Macmillan, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Kenny Meadows. Previous owner name. Small upper edge tear on fronts and title page. Previous owner notes on rear end papers. A nice copy. S3A

A.C. McClurg, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Order today-sent today with tracking number, M-F*. This is a very good looking book. This book has light shelf-wear and yellowing due to age along with a note to the original owner on the first page. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F.

New York: Century Co, 1907. Hardcover. Good. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover and foredges soiled, spine and pages browned, writing and stamping on front endpaper, gilt top edge, frontise loose. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Brentano's, N.D. HB. VG- / NONE. 0x0x0. VERY-GOOD-MINUS HARDBACK. **Brentano's edition, not Routledge**

Brentano's, N.D. HB. VG- / NONE. 0x0x0. VERY-GOOD-MINUS HARDBACK. **Brentano's edition, not Routledge**

Boston: Willard Small, 1889. HC. very good, blue cloth (hardcover). 1889 edition - no dustjacket. 298pp.

New York: The Century Co, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Octavo. xiii, 516pp. Illustrated from drawings by William Hogarth. Light green cloth with gilt-stamped leather spine label, top edge gilt. Owner's name and date penned on front fly, gutter before half-title cracked, spine tanned, edges lightly rubbed and bumped, very good.

Boston. Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; Estes & Lauriat; 1891. Blue cloth with paper label, several small tears to head of spine. Scuffing to boards, hinges cracked. De Luxe edition Limited to One Thousand Copies No. 418. Black and white illustrations, 418 pages; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .