Search Results: the modern land steward by lawrence john

London: H.D. Symonds; Vernor and Hood and J. Wright, 1801. [5], vi-xiii, [4], 2-415pp, [9]. Contemporary full tree calf, smooth back, divided into six panels by gilt double rules, title label to second panel. Front joint with Japanese tissue paper repair, title label chipped with loss to lettering, head and tail caps slightly chipped, corners bumped and worn, rubbed to extremities. Internally lightly browned throughout, occasional spots of foxing, two instances of pen lines to margins, but generally fairly clean. Lawrence was a vet, "industrious to the point of desperation ... He produced 'The Modern Land Steward' ... In it he advertised himself as being open to employment as a steward - oddly enough perhaps" (Fussell III, page 27). Goldsmith's 18175; Rothamsted, page 75 (for the second edition of 1806, but noting this edition); Fussell III:27. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.

LONDON, PRINTED FOR SYMONDS ET AL, 1801. FIRST EDITION, BOUND IN CARD COVERS WITH PAPER SPINE. 415 PAGES, INDEX. WITH TABLES IN THE TEXT. VERY GOOD..

London: Printed By C. Whittingham , 1806. Hardback, full-calf with new spine. New end-papers. xiii, 494pp. 2nd edition 1806. Boards slightly rubbed and worn. Top corners of first few pages scuffed. A rather pleasing copy. (a3). 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Symonds, Paternoster Row, Vernor And Hood, Poultry And Wright, Piccadilly, 1801. First Edition. Hardback. Very light staining in places but a very good copy in slightly later half-calf. An original work that neatly slots in behind the earlier works on the subject by Edward Laurence (1727) and John Mordant (1761) . Uncommon. ; 415 pages; Goldsmiths 18175; Kress B4400; Fussell III, 27, not in Perkins or Einaudi.

LONDON, PRINTED FOR SYMONDS ET AL, 1806. SECOND EDITION WITH ADDITIONS, AN EXCELLENT COPY WITH A MODERN REBINDING IN HALF CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS, NEW END PAPERS, GILT TITLES. 494 PAGES, INDEX, BOOK CATALOGUE. INK INSCRIPTION TO TITLE PAGE BY PREVIOUS OWNER INDICATES THE REBINDING TOOK PLACE IN 1991. SCARCE..