Search Results: the seasons by thompson james

Silas Andrus, 1832. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover, no dj. Pages show some water stains and tanning. Text Hinges are cracked, but binding still tight. Covers show wear, some water stains.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hartford, Ct: Andrus & Judd. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. No publisher date. "Thomson" misspelled as "Thompson" on title page. Edges rubbed, margin of last few pages torn, pencil note on second blank and on rear free endpaper. 192 pp. The Seasons is a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson. The first part, Winter, was published in 1726, and the completed poem cycle appeared in 1730.[1] The poem was extremely influential, and stimulated works by Joshua Reynolds, John Christopher Smith, Joseph Haydn, Thomas Gainsborough and J. M. W. Turner.[1]--Wikipedia

12mo, leather, illustrated, 192 pp. Covers detached and endpapers missing, but text os complete, spine with considerable wear, normal aging; otherwise fair to good. Ilustrated with several charming woodcuts. Includes The Life of the Author by P. Murdock and Death of Mr. Thompson by Mr. Collins.

Ross And Blackwood, 1800-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Not exactly this title but The Seasons by James Thomson content page shows Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter & a Hymn printed by donaldosn in M.DCC.LXXIV on calf leather with front boards loose

Edinburgh: Ross and Blackwood. 1800 Ross and Blackwood edition leather-bound hardback; acceptable copy as the brown leather boards, spine and spine edges are worn and the front board has loosened in the past and been reinforced with brown tape inside; good, aged but sound copy inside, name top of title page and on fep; no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Leather Bound. 1800.

London: The Nonesuch Press, , 1927. Hardcover - as published. good++.

London: S.Hamilton (Weybridge) printed by, 1811. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Contemporary straight grain red morocco. All page edges gilt. Gilt design board edges . 4 raised bands to spine wuth gilt lettering/design to spine. This copy is VG. Exterior is rich. gilt is bright. Top of spine starting to fray. Tips with modest wear. Inside has small neat PO signature on top of title page, Armorial BP to inside paste down, marbled EPs. Moderate foxing to front and rear blank pages. Text is unmarked, and tight. Printed for Wilkie and Robinson; J.Walker;Cadell and Davies;Scatcherd and Letterman; W.Lowndes;J.Nunn;Longman and Co.;C.Law;J.Carpenter;White and Cochrane; B.Crosby and Co.;Black and Co.;J.Murray; J.Richardson;L.B.Seeley; J.Booker;and Gale and Curtis. Lovely..

, [1] xxxii 216 pages [1] illustrated frontispiece and 8 plates, the second edition benefits from extra arguments

London. xxviii preliminaries, 209pp. Illustrated by four engravings by Paul Fourdrinier, after: William Kent. Rebacked at some stage preserving the original spine. Old signature on the front free endpaper. . Very Good. Full-Leather. 1774.

Georgetown (D of C): Richards & Mallory. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable.. Joints cracked with bottom ~1/2" on spine missing. Pages lightly soiled.

Hartford [Connecticut]: Judd Loomis & Co, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Early American edition. 12mo. 192pp., and [6] engraved plates. Includes: "The Life of the Author" by Patrick Murdoch, and "Ode on the Death of Mr. Thomson" by William Collins. Contemporary full hard-grain sheep, gilt spine. Two small tears to the upper right corners of pages 23-26, a very good copy. A scarce early American imprint, illustrated with 6 exceptional, unsigned, white-line wood-engravings: Hymn (frontispiece), Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and another "Hymn" at the rear, "Breathe your still Song into the reaper's heart." Although not marked as such, this copy is from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor and his wife, the National Book Award-nominated poet Eleanor Ross Taylor.

LONDON: for Vernor, Hood & Sharp, 1806. WITH A CONTEMPORARY FOREDGE PAINTING. 1 volume, small 8vo, illustrated, with a fine contemporary foredge painting depicting an illumination of the title of the book. Bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, gilt dentells, all edges gilt, by Cedric Chivers of Bath.