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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 He left his autobiography complete but unpublished and it fell to John Hill Burton 1809-1881 to see it through the press.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
18954000782111895 1895. The Odes ans Epodes of Horace by Clement Lawrence Smith/Ginn & Company 1895 . The Odes ans Epodes of Horace by Clement Lawrence Smith/Ginn & Company 1895
1870RO60062255CHAPMAN AND HALL. 1870. In-8. Relié toilé. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 342 pages. Coiffe en tête et pied abîmées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 0-GENERALITES
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
