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18812179955Harper & Brothers Franklin Square 1881. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Stain along top edge of pages ink name on front endpaper pencil marks on front endpaper. 1881 Hard Cover. viii 337 10 pp. "Harriet Martineau Thomas Carlyle was one of the most influential commentators of the nineteenth century: writer critic historian biographer and brilliant correspondent he dominated his age. Described as 'the greatest writer of his time' his Reminiscences lovingly trace three triumphs sorrows and achievements of his often turbulent marriage with Jane Welsh. Devastated by his wife's death Carlyle set down his recollections of their life together with moving directness. Hurriedly published in 1881 the year of Carlyle's death the Reminiscences provoked outrage for their outspokenness. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square hardcover books
186129135Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1861. 8vo. Frontis. viii 471 pp. <br><br>Carlyle 1722-1805 was a Church of Scotland minister memorialist and political commentator who spoke and wrote against the American colonists seeking independence. He left his autobiography complete but unpublished and it fell to John Hill Burton 1809-1881 to see it through the press. First American edition. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â On Carlyle see Dictionary of National Biography on line or in print. Publisher's brown textured cloth stamped in blind on covers and in gilt on spine. Discoloration at top of spine. Exsocial club library: call number on endpapers rubber-stamp on title-page no other markings. Text block a little skewed in binding. Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
1881127347New York: Harper & Brothers 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good Hardcover. Book has minor wear of spine ends and cover corners light fading spine and covers cracked hinges inscription to former owner from her husband foredges soiled. Text is clean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
188939726London: Chapman & Hall 1889. 8vo pp. 412. Index. Frontis portrait. Blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Partially unopened. Rear hinge tender cover little worn at ends of spine and corners o/w VG. Chapman & Hall unknown books
188027149Chicago: Donohue Heneberry & Co. n.d. ca. 1880. 12mo. 345 pp. <br><br>Late U.S. edition in a handsome publisher's cloth binding. Publisher's green cloth front cover and spine stamped in silver. Covers lightly soiled; spine with small surface abrasion at head. Front free endpaper with long tear at inner edge. Ink numeral on front pastedown. Pages age-toned throughout. Ex-social club library with pressure-stamp on the title-page. Donohue, Heneberry & Co. hardcover books
189227161New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1892. 8vo. Frontis. vi 383 5 adv. pp. <br><br>Includes "Wotton Reinfred: A Romance" "Excursion Futile Enough to Paris" and "Letters. Publisher's maroon cloth front cover and spine gilt-stamped; minor shelf wear spine with small area of discoloration. Top edge gilt. Exsocial club library: call number on pastedown pressure-stamp on title-page no other library markings. Front fly-leaf with inked gift inscription dated 1892. Paper slightly brittle a few edges with short tears or small chips. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover books
18671292223London: Chapman and Hall 1867. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 53 pages; G-; in clear plastic sleeve green cover with black print front and back separated from spine both pieces of cover slightly browning creased with some smudging and spotting chipped along edges; spine exposed; clean interior. 1292223. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Chapman and Hall unknown books
18411308416New York: D. Appleton and Co 1841. Hardcover. Octavo. VG/no DJ - hardback. Brown spine with gold text/title; top of the spine is cracked with some of the inner lining exposed; boards are strong and mostly clean with mild edgewear; binding is strong; textblock is age-toned but otherwise clean. Pp. 283. 1308416. FP New Rockville Stock. D. Appleton and Co hardcover books
18819021359New York: John Wiley & Sons 1881. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original full cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Cloth is lightly rubbed at the extremities. <br/><br/> John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
189728938New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1897. Scarce edition. Hardcover. VG- slight wear to cover interior foxed. Green cloth. iv 316 pp. Bw frontispiece. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1892111451London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1892. Octavo pp. i-v vi vii viii 1 2-248 249-250: ads errata slip tipped in at page 1 original white cloth printed paper label affixed to spine panel all edges untrimmed. First edition. Part of Macmillan's "English Men of Letters" series edited by John Morley. NCBEL III 1258. Bookplate of Edward Hale Bierstadt affixed to front paste-down. Cloth dusty spine panel spotted and darkened partial hairline cracks along inner hinges but a sound good copy with clean interior. #111451 Macmillan and Co. unknown books
188871339bdLondon: Macmillan and Co. 1888. Both volumes of a two volume set. Octavo olive green cloth hardcover gilt letters tissue protected frontis. viii 418 pp; ii pp. 393 pp. Very Good with light edgewear. Macmillan and Co., 1888. hardcover books
1897302822Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Company 1897. 1897. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's note; foreword by S.R. Crockett. Frontispiece engraved portrait after Sir John Boehm. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine t.e.g. others uncut. Very good. 297 pages. No dust jacket. Heraldic bookplate of Oliver Brett on the front pastedown. One of 1000 copies. Printed by Robert Stockwell. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1897. hardcover books
1889WRCLIT20732London: Swann Sonnenschein & Co. 1889. Large octavo. First edition edited by David G. Ritchie. Portrait. A very good copy with the ownership signature of Matthew Arnold's grandson. Swann Sonnenschein & Co. unknown books
184323476London: Chapman and Hall 1843. First edition. Original brown cloth wear at ends of the spine some spotting but a reasonably clean copy. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
186768154London 1867. First. paperback. good. 55pp. 12mo orig. green wrappers; back cover detached backstrip largely gone. London 1867. First Edition. Reprinted from MacMillan's Magazine for August 1867 with some additions and corrections.<br/><br/> unknown books
187516366New York: Harper and Brothers 1875. n.ed. Brown cloth. A very good- set with fraying to spine ends and small tear to gutter otherwise tight and clean. Frontis xv 560 pp.; x 616 pp. Sm. 8vo. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
18391322316London: James Fraser 1839. New edition revised. Hardcover. 12mo; New edition revised; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine purple/tanned with gold print; Boards in blind stamped purple silk tanning to spine bumped corners and spine caps light bumps to edges light stains at bottom of spines mild shelfwear; Text blocks have spotting to edges slight foxing to endpapers owner label and vendor label on front pastedowns intermittent spine breaks; Spine title: Goethe's Meister; Vol. 1-2. Apprenticeship - Vol. 3. Travels; 3 vols. xix 324 pages; 377 pages; xxi 290 pages. 1322316. FP New Rockville Stock. James Fraser hardcover books
188113157NY: Harper & Brothers 1881. 1st thus Tarr A32.3.a. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering; boards stamped in blind. VG minor extremity wear/sm discoloration spot at end of text block top edge/prior owner label on front pastedown/short two-letter po annotation & spot of 'whtie-out' on ffep. 352 pp including index. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1881011832London: Longman's Green and Co 1881. Cloth. Octavo 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes: 338 341pp. Printed floral endpapers. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt title light rubbing to exteriers; light foxing on outer pages Good. Longman's, Green and Co unknown books
183950400Boston: James Munroe and Co 1839. First Edition. 8vo pp. 392 448. Bound in one volume in publisher's cloth repaired at the top of the spine Some foxed but a very good copy. This is a bound version of the volumes 3 & 4 of the 4 volume set that was put out by R. W. Emerson. The first two volumes were issued in 1838 with an introduction by Emerson see BAL 5187. The second two volumes were issued in 1839. This may be remainder sheets reissued by the printer. This was issued with a single title page. Also see Dyer page 187. This four volume set of which this is vol 3-4 would seem to be the all of Carlyle's essays issued to date. James Munroe and Co unknown books
18521110PHILADELPHIA HART 1852 1852. ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH FIRST EDITION THUS VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. PHILADELPHIA, HART, 1852 hardcover books
1886WRCLIT30020London: Macmillan and Co. 1886. Two volumes. Gilt dark olive cloth ruled in black. Portraits. First edition. Edited by Charles Eliot Norton. Year of publication ownership inscription extremities a bit worn but a good set. TARR A37.I.I-II. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1867221635London Chapman and Hall 1867. 1867. First edition. 8vo. 55 pages. Original green printed wrappers spine reinforced with tape wraps chipped at edges. Good-very good. F. Soft cover. London, Chapman and Hall, 1867. paperback books
1867WRCLIT21769London: Chapman & Hall 1867. Printed wrappers. First edition. Pencil marginalia a few chips and soft creases to wrappers but a very good copy. Chapman & Hall unknown books