The poetical Works Of James Thomson by Thomson, James - 1864

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Burgundy boards have light wear, spine is lightly sunned. Pages are clean with light tanning along margin edges, text has no markings, binding is sound. Prior owner notation on feb. No publishing year cited.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Adamant Media Corporation, 2001-04-02. Paperback. New.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited Book. Illus. by Thomas Secombe. Fair (Book Condition). Hardcover. Undated (circa 1890). A beautiful copy with colour embossed illustration to front cover and gold gilt edges. However front hinge is completely detached. Foot and crown of spine are significantly frayed/chipped with a sizable missing chip to top of spine. Owner's bookplate to front paste down. Text clean. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

Hurst, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. beautiful book in VG++ shape wonderful blue boards with gold decorations and on spine every page is outlined in red border

Hardback. Good.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1871. Blue cloth boards emobssed with gilt decor, spinetips lightly chipping, edges rubbed. Inside hinges are weak, first few sheets have minor foxing. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Sheet edges are gilt. No publishing date stated, title page inscribed "Jany 1, 1871.:. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M'Whirter, J.; Hay, G.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Bell and Daldy. Very good copies in the original decorated cloth. Later prt.. hardcover. 12mo, 505 pp., The Aldine Edition of the British Poets bound in green cloth stamped in black & gold, Spines slightly darkened .

Ny. Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Green cloth with gilt decoration, all edges gilt. Fair, several previous owner's name one with date of 1917. Edges rubbed, fraying to spine. Black & white frontispiece, several black & white plates by J.M. Corner, C. Hay, & S. Paterson. Toning to pages, 479 pages + ads.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

Bell and Daldy, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition remarks. 187 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering and black design to boards. Part of The Aldine Edition of The British Poets. Volume I out of II. Deckled edges. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning and foxing to end papers, paste downs, and text block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front end paper. Small tear to page by gutter to title and following pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping and fraying to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable stains on boards and spine. Moderate tanning to spine, which has heavy crushing and wear to ends. Book has backward lean.

Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson and Robert Johnson. Fair with no dust jacket. 1804. Leather. James Thomson's lengthy poems "The Seasons" are presented in their entirety, along with a brief "A Hymn" in a compact leatherbound edition, dated 1804. Volume 1 only (of 2). With an essay on the plan and character of Thomson's Seasons by J. Aikin, M.D. and a lengthy "Life of James Thomson" and "An Ode on the Death of James Thomson" by Mr. Collins. British poet James Thomson (1700-1748) was born in Scotland, lived in England, and was the author of the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!" --- In full leather with remnant of spine gilding, though no spine titling is visible. Also with gilt-decorated cover edges. --- Textblock edges are quite tanned and with foxing & dampstains throughout. Leather covers are chafed and with tears, and the back has chafing, especially at spine ends. A leaf opposite the title page (likely a frontis… Read More