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16183463<p>London: Bonham Norton and John Bill 1618. Rare first edition first issue of the defense of James Is execution of Sir Walter Raleigh written by Francis Bacon and with according to Bacon very material additions by the king himself. The work describes the circumstances surrounding Raleighs final voyage to America in 1618 with the purpose of locating a fabled gold mine and includes the text of Raleighs commission. In the event his expedition ended up seizing the island of St. Thomas and killing its Spanish governor an ostensible act of war against Englands ally. Back in England Raleigh who had already been sentenced to death in 1603 on another conviction was tried by a commission headed by Bacon and executed in October 1618. The English public was appalled: To sacrifice to a concealed enemy of England the life of the only man in the nation who had a high reputation for valor and military experience was regarded as meanness and indiscretion and the intimate connections which the king was now entering into with Spain being universally distasteful rendered this proof of his complaisance still more invidious and unpopular David Hume History of England. The present volume is the governments hasty attempt to justify the execution. Bacon as a member of the council that had sentenced Raleigh appears to have been the main author. In a letter to a friend he mentioned the work and the kings input: We have put the Declaration touching Raleigh to press with his Majestys additions which were very material and fit to proceed from his Majesty cf. Pforzheimer 819. The work is known in at least two issues a first issue of 63 pages and a second of 68. STC and Pforzheimer originally took the present to be the second issue but the STC has since revised its opinion based on the research by Starkey published in his Library article of 1948. STC 2nd ed. 20652.5; Gibson Francis Bacon 369c; Starkey The printing of a declaration of the demeanor and carriage of Sir Walter Raleigh 1618 The Library 5th series 3 1948 124-34. 4to. 16.6 x 11.4 cm 4 63 1 pp. including initial blank signed A in a woodcut tailpiece. Bound in later paneled calf title stamped on spine lower portion of spine damaged slightly worn at extremities. INTERNAL CONDITION Generally very good.</p> Bonham Norton and John Bill
193663201Hartford CT: Privately Printed 1936. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on colophon to American author Laura E. Richards 1850-1943 with her ownership signature on front endpaper. Octavo; cloth-backed paper-covered boards; 65pp. Fine copy in original unprinted acetate dustwrapper lightly chipped Near Fine.<br /> <br /> One of a small number of copies bound in boards; the entire edition was hors-commerce. This copy presented by Collamore to the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and children's author Laura E. Richards. HOGAN p.124. Privately Printed unknown
61845Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate. London; Printed for Tho: Roycroft for Matthew Walbanck andHenry Twyford and are to be sold at Grais-Inne-Gate and in Vine Court Middle Temple. 1647. First true edition; 1651. 4to. . pp. xvi 323 i blank xi Table i blank A1 is an engraved title; xxvii i blank 307 i blank viii Table. Eighteenth century panelled calf newly rebacked the engraved title by WILLIAM. MARSHALL. a little dusty at the margins and with the fore-edge margin slightly chipped the second title with a few notes in ink and pencil indicating that the author was Selden and few pencil notes elsewhere a few leaves in the second part with an old and faint brown mark in the fore-margin and a few other leaves with a brown spot but overall a very good copy. ESTC - R8530 this being the first true edition distinguished by the 2-line imprint the publisher's name 'Mathew' with one 't' Editor's dedication signed: Nath. Bacon additional title page A1r engraved "Semper eadem or the uniforme government of England" signed: W.M. sculp: i.e. William Marshall. A later reprint 1672 but still dated 1647 may often be confused with this but has the imprint on one line only. Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate. London; Printed for Tho: Roycroft, for Matthew Walbanck,, andHenry Twyford, an unknown
162973791London: Stephens and Christopher Meredith 1629. 4to. 2nd edition. 4 248 10 index pp. Full mottled calf with a double gilt ruling on either side of five raised bands and red title-label lettered in gilt; marbled edges. 4 pages of prelims missing incl. portrait & engraved title. Edges & joints rubbed with a clean interior apart from some minor offsetting and foxing to first few leaves small light stain and a very small burn to edges of index leaves. Engraved bookplate with the armorial crest of Arma Iohannis Stenhani Robinson Baronetti affixed to front paste-down. STC 1191 . Good. Full Calf. 2nd Edition. 1629. Stephens and Christopher Meredith 1629 unknown
183749621New Haven: B.L. Hamlen 1837. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; disbound; 42pp. A hint of toning and dustiness else a Very Good or better quite fresh copy. The lengthy and rather gawdawful opening poem heavily influenced by the Transcendentalist movement the opening lines reading "Of nature and the influence she hath / Upon the human spirit and with what / A pleasing sympathy she steals the heart / Away from all its sorrow and so fits us / To run life's rounds rejoicing--would I sing! B.L. Hamlen unknown
162246505London: Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Very Good. London: Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Mixed Edition per Gibson published the same year as the first. Small folio; bound in early 20th century full dark brown calf with new endpapers; five raised bands and red leather label to spine; 4 248pp. frontis portrait; lacking A1 blank else collated and complete. Edgewear to boards; corners bumped; brief split and chipping to joints and crown; binding sound; early writing to preliminaries; contemporary ownership inscription to title page; occasional marginalia including manuscript "corrections" to some errata; brief chipping to first 10 leaves with no loss of meaning; tide marks. This copy with all seven errata or "Faults Escaped" from page 248 uncorrected. Many of Gibson's additional errors corrected of which he notes "There is. no certain means of determining their priority." A Very Good and sound copy often found lacking the frontis portrait. <br /> <br /> Considered Bacon's most substantial work of history his biography of Henry the Seventh was composed following his public and professional disgrace in 1621 culminating in twenty-three charges of corruption and spending a few days in the Tower. This history was written in part to pacify James I by providing him with a "flattering portrait of his ancestor" though it also successfully conveyed an accurate depiction of "the man and the real business of his reign. Every history which has been written since has derived all its light from this" DNB Vol. 1 p. 823. <br /> <br /> Gibson 116A and 116B. Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret unknown
1989793929PN. New. 1989. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1970G0201076152I5N00Addison Wesley Publishing Company 1970. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Addison Wesley Publishing Company paperback
026750442X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1969101119Nelson London 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. inc. photos index bibliography mapped end-papers blue cloth minimal shelf wear dust jacket not price clipped in protective cover a very nice copy collectable Size: Octavo. 216 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Archaeology; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 101119. . This book is extra heavy and will involve extra shipping charges outside of Australia. . Nelson hardcover
1969316607Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light shelfwear on spine crown and heel and panel corners. Small closed tear on top front panel. Bobbs-Merrill Company hardcover
1766500045662London: T Osborne J Worrall and Co; A Millar; H Woodfall et al 1766. First Thus. . Hardcover. Poor. Folio. Volume 5 only L-Z. A reading copy only. Spine has only litle remains of leather and bands covers scuffed with very little remaining of marbling to boards.Boards detached ex Chester Law Library 544pp index. Earlier than the editions in The British Library <br/> <br/> T Osborne, J Worrall and Co; A Millar; H Woodfall et al hardcover
1762500045664London: Brown Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 4to. front board detached spine dry perished <br/> <br/> Brown, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016065London: Browne Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. very nice internally.front board detached. surface loss to boards. Small loss to spine ends. Tear to hinge side of ffep. <br/> <br/> Browne, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016064London: Browne Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. Second edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 4to. very nice internally.front board detached. surface loss to boards. Small loss to spine ends. <br/> <br/> Browne, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016063London: Brown Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. very nice internally. worn boards cracked joints. <br/> <br/> Brown, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
2002x-0742523349Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc 2002. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.50 inches. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc paperback
2019220714001Salon 94 2019. Hardcover. New. 11x9x0. BRAND NEW. Still Sealed in Publishers Shrinkwrap. Salon 94 hardcover
20212-036730533XRoutledge 2021. Paperback. New. 292 pages. 9.45x5.94x0.59 inches. Routledge paperback
1985Q-0810907143Harry Abrams 1985-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harry Abrams hardcover
198591266Harry Abrams. New. 1985. Hardcover. 0810907143 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 246 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Harry Abrams hardcover
2004Q-157866005xMain Street 2004-09-06. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Main Street hardcover
2006Q-0786718013Running Press 2006-10-12. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Running Press hardcover
1936957T14London: Cassell & Company Limited 1936. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece forty plates and eight maps and plans five of which are folding. Collated complete. An account of the life of Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe 1st Earl Jellicoe a Royal Navy officer who fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion. He is best remembered for his controversial handling of the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War during which he commanded the Grand Fleet. Written by Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
20092-1446270580SAGE Publications Ltd 2009. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 592 pages. 9.50x7.00x1.25 inches. SAGE Publications Ltd paperback
