Francis bacon aldis wright (46 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. Book cover is browned, with some edge wear. Material on front cover is partially lifted. A couple stains on back cover. Spine is very slightly tilted. Foxing on endpages. Binding is cracked. Pages in second half are uncut along top edge. ; Golden Treasury Series.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Shelf wear. Small split along front hinge. xxviii, 388 pages ; 15 cm. Early book plate of Shepard Bryan, Atlanta Georgia. Shepard Bryan was a lawyer and judge, of Atlanta, Ga., and graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1891.

1878. "New Edition". Good condition. Rubbing to the top spine edge. Front hinge loose.

Zustand: Good. 1896. Reprinted with Corrections. 388 pages. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription and stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Chipping to leather to spine.…

Zustand: New.

Full-Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Covers have light wear with small piece missing from title label.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus, 8vo, fair to good, published in the Golden Treasury series. Burgundy leather, banded spine, soft bevelled boards with decorative grape-leaf gilt, faded spine and gilt, gilt page edges, abrasions, small losses base of spine, both boards partially detached, binding else sound, fep partially detached, mild foxing early and late, occasional spot elsewhere, very good page condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First printing in this format. Large paper edition, one of 500 copies printed on 29th November 1862. Title page and prelims foxed. Contemporary inscription on prelim with chocolate brown endpapers. Original green cloth with Golden Treasury series medallion stamped in gilt on front board. Minor splits to head and base of hinge of spine, otherwise a very nice copy.…

Reprint. Golden Treasury series. Owner's inscription & name on front free end paper & half-title page; some underlining; front hinge clumsily reglued; spine a little bumped at head & food; gilt bright. Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth with gilt Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth with gilt.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Leinen. Zustand: gut. 5. Auflage. Sauber und sehr gut erhalten, ohne Schutzumschlag. In englischer Sprache. 376 S. pages. 19 x 12 cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The Advancement of Learning.Francis Bacon; William Aldis Wright (ed.)Condition.Used,Cover boards show age a little but otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic. They cover topics drawn from both public and private life, and in each case the essays cover their topics systematically from a number of different angles, weighing one argument against another. While the original edition included 10 essays, a much-enlarged second edition appeared in 1612 with 38. / This is a 'leather-bound' reprinted hardback in fair condition-the leather to the cover is rubbed & the leather to spine is damged-split / there are 2 book-plate's from the previous owner, who became an author later on in his life. (388 pages & 31 pages of introduction). Originally published 1597. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Later Printing. 6 x 4 in. xxxi, 388 pp., Full calf ruled and lettered in gilt, red spine label, raised bands, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Rubbing to joints and board edges. Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th Edition. Clarendon Press Series. 5th ed. (1900). 376pp. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind borders to front and rear covers. VG copy, binding square and tight, cloth covers clean and bright, hint of toning to spine, gilt still bright, ink ownership details on ffep, pencil notes on rfep, otherwise internally excellent, no dust jacket.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Reprint. 1. Binding by Riviere & Son. Half dark brown leather over tan linen boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. . Spine and fore-edges are lightly rubbed, former owner's blind stamp and handwritten name, date and town on fep, else pristine, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD+. . Golden Treasury Series Series. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xxxi, 388 pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Full dark brown calf with gilt rulings around border of front and rear and gilt decorations and rulings to spine. Five raised hubs to spine with title and date of 1871 in gilt. Bright gilt dentelles to front and rear, marbled endpapers, and all edges of text block bright gilt. Small book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out, other than attractive ex-libris plate of Francis Weld Peabody. Interior spotless with no foxing or toning. Book would be NF but for the front cover cleanly detached from the text block. Fine Binding by Zaehnsdorf.…

[Philosophy] FINELY BOUND, the third edition thus. Small octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.[2] xxxii; 388 [2]. In a later binding of brown full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt and blind decoration to boards, dated August 1930 in pencil to first blank. Top edge gilt, with patterned endpapers. A touch of light spotting to first and final leaves, otherwise crisp and clean internally. Some rubbing to joints. Very good. A classic selection of pithy philosophic essays by the father of modern scientific empiricism.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A very smart full calf binding of Francis Bacon's historic writings. A handsome copy, bound in full brown calf, with intricate gilt tooling and green morocco labels to spine. gilt doublures, marbled endpapers and full gilt text block edges. Within, reproductions of the essays of Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban. Bacon was an influential English philosopher and statesmen, who was the Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of King James I. There was a brief 19th Century speculation that bacotn was involved in the composition of some of Shakespeare's plays. This work also contains notes and an index by English writer and classical scholar William Aldis Wright, known for founding The Cambridge Shakespeare. Bound in full calf. Externally, very smart. Mild rubbing to extremities. Slight fading to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd very minor spot. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

6.25 x 4.25", rebound in 3/4 turquoise leather; cloth, teg, 388pp with Glossary, covers a bit dull and stained, corners worn, hinges loose, first few pp waterstained, pp toned. INSCRIBED IN REAR (on recto of original endpaper) "From the library of my father, Eugene Field." AND SIGNED BY EUGENE FIELD II, who adds the date, Sept 12, 1924. PRESENTATION COPY, BOLDLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HARRY D SICKLES, 1927. Sickles and Eugene Field II sold off Eugene Field's library one piece at a time, and Sickles (or EFII) forged the signatures of various luminaries of the elder Field's time (Remington, Twain, Kipling, Teddy Roosevelt, etc.) on books to add to the value; the even sold several fake Abraham Lincoln signatures! Whether or not this actually came from Field's library is not proven, but the backstory is interesting.…

Full-Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Custom binding by Bayntun, Bath, in full deep violet polished calf, 5 raised bands, spine lettering and central tulip device and corner accents on both covers stamped in gilt, gilt ornamentation on edges near corners and gilt borders on turn-ins, text block edged in gilt, geometric pattern endpapers. Front cover and spine panel have migrated to a dark burgundy, with original deep violet tone retained on most of back cover (lighter toward edges). Minor rubbing to corners and along front joint. xxxi,388 pp. 1926 ptg. of a revised and corrected edition dating to 1867. The binder's stamp does not mention Riviere, so the binding dates prior to 1939 and is likely about contemporaneous with issue. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.…

Reprint. Engraving on title-page, title-page printed in red and black Title-page cut a little close with text just shaved at foot, a little damage to sides and spine slightly darkened, a little foxing to end-papers, otherwise a very nice copy; book-label comprising two intertwined letter "S" surmounted by a coronet Full blue morocco, upper cover gilt sun-like ornament enclosing a coronet and initials "M.S", spine with raised bands and lettered and dated in gilt, turn-ins with gilt fillets and a roll of palmettes, by Worsfold. …

Full Morocco. Zustand: Very Good. xxxii, 388 pp. Full calf prize binding with gilt crest to board and raised bands, gilt-decorated compartments and gilt-lettered dark leather label to spine; all edges gilt and marbled endpapers. Fading and rubbing to binding, with one or two small marks to board. There is a misprint in the gilt crest, seen in a few other works awarded as prize bindings by Forest School, Walthamstow, which was founded in 1834. Ink prize inscription dated 1879. Minimal spotting, generally quite clean. Notes and glossarial index by W. Aldis Wright. Part of the Golden Treasury Series. 15.5 cms tall. Small 8vo. Prize Binding. …

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Full Morocco. Zustand: Good. One of 500 large paper copies. xxxi, 464 pp. Bound by Holloway in full blue morocco, with gilt borders and gilt-stamped monogram to boards. Raised bands, gilt devices, ruling and lettering to faded spine; t.e.g. Rubbing along joints and light wear to extremities, including chipping at head of spine. Ink inscription dated 1866 to foxed prelims, otherwise internally clean. 8vo. …