Search Results: the complete works of tobias smollett by tobias smollett

H.G. Bohn. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Nabu Press, 2010-02-16. Paperback. Good.

New York: The World Publishing House, 1877. Scottish poet Tobia Smollett (1721-1777) has become more well-known for his picaresque novels, several of which are firmly in the canon of English literature. Here is a nice Victorian volume of his works in a decorative binding. First Edition Thus ("New Edition"). Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine condition. Brick-red cloth, stamped in black on the spine and front cover, with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 540 pages. Includes the Advertisement from the Third British Edition and Walter Scott's Prefatory Memoir. Lightly bumped, with minimal general wear at the margins of the spine. An attractive book, and quite readable today. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1841. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1841. No edition remarks. 966 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Pages have noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with notable thumb-marking throughout. Tape repairs over hinges. Moderate water staining to pages throughout. Mild scuffing to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable peeling to label on spine. Mild scuffing to edges.

George Bell and Sons, 1887-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. Hardback rebound by library.

Leather Bound. Good. London: Bell and Daldy [n.d. circa 1870] 24 by 15.5 cms. xl+966 pp. Illustrated with fine etchings on steel by George Cruikshank, all present, one in middle is loose, laid-in. Half leather and pebbled cloth, six panelled spine, raised bands and original red and gilt spine title. Bright! floral gilt decor, all edges and endpapers marbled. Edgewear, binding sound though first 6 pages and one plate in middle a little loose. Moderate and rare foxing. Note about Smollett from another bio. in back in 19thC. hand. (our pics).

Covent Garden: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. First thus, light general wear to covers, four raise bands with gilt, marbled page edges, marbled boards, light foxing or staining to outer edges of plate pages , some discolouration to some pages opposite plates, one plate loose, 19 plates by Cruikshank, frontispiece by Sir J. Reynolds, 966pp, G+/--. New Edition. Quarter Leather. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Cruickshank, George.

London: Henry G. Bohn. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1845. Hardcover. Ex-public library, reference department. Library on spine and endpapers, barcode sticker on rear board. Quite heavy foxing to the frontispiece, heavy scattered spots of foxing to many of the plates. Rubbing to boards. Spine leather moderately rubbed. Joints strong. ; xxxix, [1], 966 pages + frontispiece + plates. I19th Century half calf binding. Gilt decoration and five raised bands to leather spine. Green leather lettering piece on spine. Marbled pastepaper boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Hinges reinforced with blue cloth. Page dimensions: 233 x 144mm. Copper engravings. Text in double columns. .

NY: George D. Sproul, 1902. Hardcover. Some of the spines have suffered sunning, the endpapers have a mottled foxing which also affects the first and last few pages in most volumes and the uncut edges have darkened, also the sixth and twelfth volumes has a four small mars inherent to the cloth binding on the front covers. That said, the bindings are in very sound condition and overall it is still an attractive very good set.. Limited edition of 1000 numbered and registed sets, of which this is number 680. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut, maroon binding with paper labels.

London : Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1841. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Ellen James. Very good copy in full contemporary aniline calf with gilt borders. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marbled. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well preserved overall. Physical description; xl, 966 pp., [2] leaves of plates : facsimile ; 24 cm. Subjects; Smollett, T. (Tobias) 1721-1771 ; Portraits.

London: J Mundell, 1796. Hardcover. Pages clean with a few random fo. The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett with Memoirs of his life and writings by Robert Anderson. Published in London 1796, 6 large 3/4 leather volumes complete.Pages clean with a few random fox spots through set, all bindings tight, 3/4 leather with cloth boards show scuff wear and light bumping, volumes 1 and 6 replaced spines with heavy light tan leather

1899-1900. Archibald Constable and Co. 1899-1900. In Twelve Volumes. Engraved frontis. to each volume with tissue guard. Uniformly bound in half polished tan calf gilt. Contrasting leather lettering pieces, gilt decorations to compartments of spines. Top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate of Stewart Dykes Spicer to each volume. Slight signs of shelf wear to extremities, outer edges of pages foxed with very occ. foxing to prelims and rear endpapers. A near fine set which looks almost perfect on the shelves. SCARCE.

ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO, LONDON 1899-1900 BOUND IN HALF LEATHER BINDINGS WITH MARBLED BOARDS & ENDPAPERS, ALL 12 BOOKS WITH A FRONTIS PLATE. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES. SOME MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINES, FEW MINOR MARKS OR LIGHT RUBBING TO LEATHER COVERS, SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MINOR MARK WHICH IS MOSTLY TO ENDPAPERS, OCCASIONAL MINOR CREASE TO PAGES. OVERALL THE SET IS IN LOVELY CONDITION WITH GILT TO ALL SPINES BRIGHT, NO CRACKING TO HINGES & MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. HEAVY SET. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.