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Anne Cobbett, 1836. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1836. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Pages are mildly tanned & foxed throughout. Heavier to text block edges. Contains deckled text block edges. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Prominent ring mark to front board. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible Brown staining to boards.

London: William Cobbett, 1835. Book. Fair. Boards. First Edition.. Unpaginated; Paper label on spine; Front board detached but present; Slightly soiled and lacks f.e.p. and shows foxing to some pages; Internally a good, tight and clean copy; Size: 12mo.

New York: John Doyle, 1846. Hardcover. Good. 213 p. 16 cm. Brown cloth with blank impressing. Gilt on spine. Corners bumped, spine ends torn. Front free endpaper missing. Foxing throughout.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

New.

New York: John Doyle, 1837. Hardcover. Very good. Early American edition (first published in NY in 1818). 12mo, publisher's cloth with original printed orange paper label, very good, light rubbing, discoloration and wear to binding, contents very good and bright, scattered foxing. 213 pp.

New.

Nabu Press, 2011-08-30. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Charles Griffin and Company. New ed. Original dark green cloth with blind titles. Good copy, starting at ffep, clean throughout . Good. Hardcover. 1863.

A. Cobbett, 1847T. unknown_binding. Good. in x in x in. 1842 first edition some looseness in binding a worn copy but inner content in good nick for age

Cambridge University Press, 2014. Paperback. New. 190 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.48 inches.

London: published by the author, 1829. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 11cm), c. 250pp. Contemporary binding of purple cloth, gilt titling to the spine. There is some light sunning and marking of the binding; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

Paperback / softback. New.

BiblioLife, 2009-02-11. Paperback. Used:Good.

BiblioLife, 2009-02-11. Hardcover. Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Used in English schools into the twentieth century, this 1819 publication by the indefatigable writer and reformer William Cobbett (1763-1835) provides concise and practical explanations of a range of grammatical terms. It also includes 'specimens of false grammar' from Samuel Johnson and 'errors and nonsense' from George III.

London: A Cobbett. This is a Good Copy of this Book in dark green paper covered boards with darker cloth spine,no title lettering present.The work was intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general;but more especially for the use of soldiers,sailors,apprentices and ploughboys,published in the form of six letters.Cobbett was the Son of a farmer and innkeeper, Cobbett joined the army when he was 21 but had to flee to America in 1791 after making accusations of military corruption. There he was stung into action in 1794 by the visit of Joseph Priestley, the scientist and radical. Convinced that Priestley was a traitor, Cobbett wrote the pamphlet that launched his journalistic career. For the next six years he published 12 volumes of diatribes against American democracy, his style securing him many enemies and the nickname 'Peter Porcupine'. After paying a heavy fine in a libel judgement, Cobbett returned to England in 1800.Removal of one bookplate from the front pastedown,no… Read More

London: William Cobbett. This is a Very Good Copy of this book rebound in grey cloth boards,with new spine label in type to the spine.Early edition of this work by William Cobbett Son of a farmer and innkeeper, Cobbett joined the army when he was 21 but had to flee to America in 1791 after making accusations of military corruption. There he was stung into action in 1794 by the visit of Joseph Priestley, the scientist and radical. Convinced that Priestley was a traitor, Cobbett wrote the pamphlet that launched his journalistic career. For the next six years he published 12 volumes of diatribes against American democracy, his style securing him many enemies and the nickname 'Peter Porcupine'. After paying a heavy fine in a libel judgement, Cobbett returned to England in 1800.The book has one previous ownership name unusually to the fore-edge of the book,with various ink annotations set within margins to certain leaves,early edition,small 8vo unpaginated . Very Good. Hardcover. Early Edition. 1831.

London: A. Cobbett, 1838. Hardcover. Good/very Good. 11.5 Cms x 19.5 Cms. main text unpaginated+12 (Cobbett list), tipped in on fr. free endpaper is notice of 'A New and Improved Edition' of Anne Cobbett's 'English Housekeeper', with press puff dated Feb.1838. Internally clean, unmarked & tight, w. occ. brown spot & v.faint edge-browning, hinges good, one gathering v.sl.proud, endpapers browning. Cloth-backed grey boards bumped at corners and mid-bottom edge, but clean and essentially undamaged, sp.label darkened but legible and intact, v.sl. fraying top sp. First published in 1818 (U.S.) and 1819 (U.K.) this went through numerous reprintings, but as a cheap popular publication most surviving early 19th century copies are fairly battered in various ways. This is well above average, with the added interest of the Cobbett list and tipped-in notice. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate… Read More