Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men Collected From the Conversation of Mr Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His Time with Notes, and A Life of the Author by Joseph Spence; Samuel Weller Singer - 1858

Southern illinois University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . 308 pages. Oversized. pages toned; light shelf wear; very good shape. The jacket is discolored, some creasing, wear and tear. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 199301. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Southern illinois University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . 308 pages. Oversized. pages toned; light shelf wear; very good shape. The jacket is discolored, some creasing, wear and tear. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 199302. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

London: Centaur Press, 1964. First reprint edition. Hardcover. Slight wear to upper edge, spine head, and spine foot. Faint marks and spots of gentle rubbing to boards; pages clean, binding tight. Very Good+.. Dark blue polished cloth quarto, gilt to spine; 308 p; 26 cm. Author frontis in b/w. Literature -- Anecdotes; Humor; Authors, English.

W. H. Carpenter, 1820-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Half-leather cover shows minor wear and rubbing to the boards, erosion on the spine, missing portion of the crown. Pages with light scattered foxing.

W.H. Carpenter,, 1820-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Half-leather cover with marbled boards shows heavy wear, partially detached boards and spine, rubbing and edgewear. Armorial bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine in original blue cloth-covered boards with light rubbing.

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

Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 548 pages. 8.40x5.50x1.50 inches.

London: W. H. Carpenter, 1820. First edition. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5". None. The first edition of this comical and insightful collection of anecdotes by Joseph Spence. The first edition of this work. This is a humorous collection of literary and historical anecdotes, featuring anecdotes on Queen Anne, Buonaparte, Issac Newton, Alexander Pope, and more. Written by Joseph Spence, an anecdotist who is best known for this collection of literary anecdotes. This work was unpublished until after his death. Edited with notes and a life of the author by Samuel Weller Singer. Singer was a scholar on William Shakespeare, as well as being an author. He found this manuscript among Spence's papers, and printed the full transcript for the first time in 1820. With a frontispiece of Joseph Spence. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, rebacked with the original spine and boards laid on. Externally, with some rubbing to the paper to the boards. Evidence of tape being formerly adhered… Read More

London: W. H. Carpenter1820, 1820. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. XXXIX, 501 pp. Brown cloth. Frontis piece with a lovely steel engraved portrait of Joseph Spence. Uncut page edges. The author, Joseph Spence (1699-1768), was an English author and professor most famous for this particular collection of anecdotes that are an invaluable resource for historians of 18th century English literature (Augustan literature). The second author, Samuel Weller Singer (1783-1858) was an important English poet. Age to boards, cracking and chipping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and title page, otherwise book is in good condition.