The Seasons

Beautiful Imperial Folio with Magnificent Engraved Plates and Vignettes THOMSON, James. BARTOLOZZI, F., [artist]. HAMILTON, W. T. , [illustrator]. The Seasons. Illustrated with Engravings by F. Bartolozzi and P. W. Tomkins...from Original Pictures painted for the Work by W. Hamilton, R.A. London: P.W. Tomkins, 1797. A magnificent edition, imperial folio (18 1/2… Read more

London: Printed for A Hamilton, Gray's Inn Gate, Holbern, 1793 An amazingly well preserved book in tree calf with gilt chain rule borders and gilt spine decorations. Illustrated with full page engravings and vignettes. There is a small cut on the back cover and a minor scuff on front. Title page and frontis with foxing as do the illustrations.… Read more

London: A. Hamilton, 1793. Hardcover. Three quarter burgundy crushed levant, marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers. Teg. Fine. 227 pages. 25 x 15.5 cm. First Stockdale edition of Thomson's popular work. Engraved frontispiece of Thomas by Reading after Ramsey, plus four engraved plates of the Seasons. Thomson, a precursor of the Romantic movement this work, the earliest 18th century… Read more

No dust cover. Marbleized cloth cover with wear, bumped corners, label on spine faded, tear and missing area on the spine. Pages are bright and unmarked. Binding tight. 1ST EDITION. London: Nonsuch Press, 1927. LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NO. 865. With 5 copper-plates engraved by C. Sigrist and water colored through… Read more

London: J. Murray, 1794. New Edition. leather_bound. Full red morocco, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles. Aeg. Near fine. [xlv] 256 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Fore-edge painting of Maidstone. Five full page color stipple engravings. Thomson, a precursor of the Romantic movement this work, the earliest 18th century blank verse poem, challenges the earlier classical ideal of poetry with… Read more

London: James Nisbet and Co. Berners Street, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. Birket Foster, F. R. Pickersgill, R. A., J. Wolf, G. Thomas, Noel Humphreys. 8vo. 1859 edition. 228pp. Book bound in brown cloth with bevelled and ornately decorated boards, stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Spine is lightly worn at head and heel, with light fade. Bookseller's ticket… Read more

London: T Bensley for J Wallis, 1805. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". John Thurston; Thomas Bewick. A scarce, large paper copy of this Bewick illustrated copy of James Thomson's noted poem 'The Seasons'. Being the first Bewick edition of this poem, with nine engravings by Bewick after designs by John Thurston. Collated, this… Read more

London: L[ondon] C[ounty] C[ouncil] Central School, 1947. "Printed at the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts Southampton Row, W.C.1. Illustrations by Mary Woods, under the direction of John Farleigh. Etching also by Mary Woods under the direction of W.P. Robins. Printed by the Machine Class under the direction of J.A. Smith. Typography by the Technical School under… Read more

London: A. Hamilton, 1793. Armorial bookplate and two small bookseller's tickets; some foxing to title page and frontispiece portrait, as well as preliminaries and last leaves; covers a bit scuffed, but an attractive copy of this edition.. 4to, frontispiece, xx, 227, [1], [19]; full striated calf gilt, with dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers. Handsome edition of Thomson's enduringly… Read more

1790. THOMSON, James. The Seasons. Later full crushed green morocco, gilt-ruled, gilt-ruled raised spine bands, red morocco spine label. Newburyport: Printed by John Mycall, for the Proprietor of the Boston Book-Store, [1790]. 12mo. "First American edition" on titlepage, but actually the fifth. Evans 22930. Complete with ?-title. With the ownership signature of George Cabell, Jr. on titlepage. George Cabell… Read more

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. “Second Edition” of this illustrated edition. Bound in full green morocco (the binding is dated 1850); all edges gilt; gilt decorated boards and spine; only very light wear and with very moderate foxing; a very attractive volume. This copy bears the 1869 inscription of Edward Coleridge (nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge) noting… Read more

Thomson's edition of Thomson's Seasons - Perth 1793 (Scotland) The FIRST edition in Scotland THE SEASONS, BY JAMES THOMSON; A New Edition Adorned With A Set of (Copperplate) Engravings From Original Paintings Together With An Original Life of the Author And A Critical Essay on The Seasons, By Robert Heron. Perth: Printed by R. Morison Junior for R. Morison and Son, booksellers.… Read more

The Nonesuch Press, London: 1927. One of 1500 copies. Spine slightly sunned, minor rubbing to joints, near fine and handsome. Illustrated by Jacquier. Full green crushed morocco by J. H. Elliott with red title labels and central vellum rectangular planel to front panel, simply gilt.

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. None. None Back Cover detached, clean break. Remaining book tightly bound. Some light foxing throughout. Published in London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. “Second Edition” of this illustrated edition. Bound in full blue leather with guilt design on covers and spine; all edges gilt;… Read more

Boston: The Boston Book Store, c.1790,. Age Toned with occaisional browning.. Binding: Contemporary full calf boards , spine label. , Notes: Although the title page mentions “first American Edition”, but Evans sights a number of earlier editions. , Size: 12mo (110mm x 180mm), Provenance: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland, Pages: P. (2), Half Title, Blank, Title, Blank, Life &… Read more

London: James Wallis, 1805 . Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Thurston; Thomas Bewick. The first Bewick illustrated edition of Thomson's famous collection of poems, The Seasons in a lovely original binding. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the fro Bound in leather… Read more

1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. Cassell & Co., Ltd., Pub., London, 1928, 1st edition; illustrated by Edmund Dulac; very good+ condition; bound in blue, hard cover cloth: minor rubbing to corners and edges of cover, else fine; Fairy Tales, Illustrated Books

London: James Nisbet, 1859. First thus. First thus. 8vo. Elaborately gilt red pebbled calf, all edges gilt and impressed with design. Copiously illustrated with illustrations by Foster, Humphreys, and others engraved by Edmund Evans, Dalziel, etc. Corners and spine sl. worn, both pastedowns soiled, else clean and bright internally.

1779. THOMSON, James. THE SEASONS. A New Edition. Adorned with a set of engravings from original designs. To which is prefixed an essay on the plan and character of the poem by J. Aikin. London: J. Murray, 1779. 8 plates engraved by James Caldwall after designs by David Allan and William Hamilton. xlv,[1],256 pp. Small 8vo., modern full blue… Read more

Published By J. Locken, Philadelphia, 1847. 1st U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in gilt-blocked buckram over marble boards. Remains an uncommonly well-preserved copy; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Scans and additional bibliographic details on request. ; 190 pages; Description: p. 190. Tear to terminal page with 3 half-lines lost. Not recorded in OCLC. Subjects: Seasons - Thomas. Poetry Writings.… Read more

London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, W. Owen, W. Johnston, T. Longman, T. Caston, G. Kersly, T. Davies, T. Becket, T. cadell, T.Lowndes, Richardson & Richardson, and H. Baldwin, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and… Read more

London: James Wallis, 1805. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". John Thurston; Thomas Bewick. A charming edition of this important and renowned collection of poems by James Thomson, with wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. 'The Seasons' is a series comprising four poems, each titled after a season; the completed collection first appeared in 1730, and inspired works… Read more

Very good. 1730 - 1731. Second and third edition.. Mottled tree calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, red title label. . A gathered collection of several separately published narrative poems each with its own title page and engraved frontis and pagination. Also includes three other poems; "Hymn to the Seasons;" "Brittannia;" "A Poem Sacred to the Memory of Isaac Newton." A beautiful… Read more

LONDON, Printed for A Millar 1757 Hardback. Bound in full contemporary Calf, expertly re-backed in new Calf with 5 Raised Bands and red Label with Gilt Titling. A Very Good Clean Sound Copy. mall 8vo. pp [ii] 216. 4 Steel Engravings by Fourdrinier and engraving to Title page.

London: A. Millar. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1758. Reprint. 1. Hard Cover. Professionally quarter bound in leather over original boards, new endpapers. Illustrated with four engraved plates, one for each season. James Thomson (1700-1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his masterpiece "The Seasons" and the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!." … Read more

Newburyport, MA.: by John Mycall, [1790]. A very scarce early American edition and a very early Newburyport imprint. With contemporary manuscript notation of the Boylston Social Library on front fly. With half-title as called for, and half titles for each of the four parts. 8vo, full contemporary calf, the spine with gilt tooled flat bands,… Read more

Newburyport: Printed by John Mycall, 1790. 1st edition thus (Evans 22930). Modern light brown sheep binding with maroon spine label. New eps. Binding - Fine. Text - VG.. 238 pp. 12mo, gathered in 6s. States "First American Edition" on the title page, but apparently this no more than printer's hyperbole for Evans notes a number of prior publications… Read more

THES E A S O N SAH Y M N To the Memory of Sir ISAAC NEWTON AND BRITANNIA, a POEM ______________ By Mr. THOMSON. ______________ L O N D O N J. MILLAN and A. MILLAR _________ MDCCXXX DESCRIPTION (ii) + 77 + 71 + 72 + 69 + 19 + (ii) Spring … Read more

Clarendon Pr, 1981-03-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Clarendon Pr, 1981-03. Hardcover. Good.

London: Printed for A.Millar, and sold by T.Cadell, 1768., 1768. 12mo. pp. xxx, 209. 4 engraved plates by G.V.Neist after Kent. engraved title vignette. contemporary calf, gilt back (library stamp on verso of title, small piece wanting from upper blank margin of title). NCBEL II 528.. Hardcover.

1857, WITH "THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR" BY PATRICK MURDOCH, D.D., F.R.S. BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BINDING/COVER, BINDING IS SOUND, PAGES UNMARKED, SPOTS FROM MOISTURE.

Newburyport: John Mycall, 1790. hardcover. good. 238pp. 12mo, contemporary calf, leather label; (bottom of spine worn). Newburyport: John Mycall, (1790). Good.<br/><br/> "'The Seasons' may be regarded as inaugurating a new era in English Poetry." DAB XIX, p. 731. Evans 22930.<br/><br/>

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Number 542 of 1500 copies the text printed at the Kynoch Press, Birmingham; the pictures by A. Alexander and Sons. The copper plates were engraved by C. Sigrist and the prints were hand-colored through stencils by the Curwen Press. With Five Pictures by Jacquier (Mrs. Ivy Skinner) and an Introduction by John Beresford. 198… Read more

1825. London, John Sharpe, 1825. 8vo. Bound in very nice, contemporary full green morrocco bindings with richly gilt spine, elaborate gilt borders to boards, inner gilt dentelles and gilt lines to edges of boards. Hindges with a bit of wear and light soiling to boards. Internally with light occassional brownspots. A fine copy. XII, 215 pp.

1802. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. [with His Life, by Mr. Murdoch; an essay on the plan and manner of the poem by J. Aiken, M. D.; and a Complete Glossary and Index] Embellished with engravings; London, 1802, early issue, portrait frontispiece, printed by C Whittingham for G. and J. Robins

London: John Sharpe, 1819. 16mo (6.5 in, 16.8 cm); xiii 215 pp. This famous poem by James Thomson (1700-1748) includes one part for each season. Highly influential, these four seasons are the original inspiration for works by composer Joseph Haydn, painter Thomas Gainsborough, painter J.M.W. Turner, and many others. Thomson is noted as the first poet to treat landscape objectively and… Read more

John Sharpe, 1816. First Edition. Leather. No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Beautifully bound in period straight-graiined red morocco, spine with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling, covers with elaborate repeating gilt floral tooling with floral devices at inner corners and gilt lyre designs at center of each panel, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt… Read more

Clarendon Press, 1981. Hardcover. New.

W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington..., 1773. Hardcover. Near Very Good. Full burl leather, with gently worn/bumped corners; crown and foot of spine equally worn.Two scrapes to front cover, does not detract. A previous (elaborate) owner bookplate inside front cover. Lacking a blank front free end-paper. Printed on sturdy rag paper with one engraving for each season. Page… Read more

LONDON, SUTTABY EVANCE & FOX, 1812. 12 mo. FULL LEATHER. 168 PAGES, LIFE OF THOMSON, ENGRAVED FRONTIS. AND TITLE PAGE. FULL TREE CALF, GILT DECORATION TO SPINE. VERY GOOD AND TIGHTLY BOUND. BOOKPLATE OF ALFRED COUGHTREY TO FRONT PASTEDOWN.

Edinburgh : printed by Gavin Alston, 1780. First Edition. Paperback. Poor copy, wear and tear as with age. Boards detached. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; [2], xxxviii, 206 pages, plates : port. Subject; Thomson, James 1700-1748. Seasons ; Poetry.

London: W. Suttaby, Crosby & Co. Scatcherd & Letterman and C. Corral, 1808. 168 p., black leather covers with gilt title at spine and gilt boards and bands on cover, all edges gilt, pen name and dates on endpaper, minor foxing and wear, Engraved frontispiece, engraved by L. Taylor from a painting by H. Singleton.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Vernor, Hood & Sharp in the Poultry, 1806. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo. Full contemporary brown calf. pp. 182. With a life of Thomson by Mr. Murdoch. This edition embellished with engravings. Contemporary ownership signature of Eliza. Clauson. A sweet little book in very nice condition.

London: Strahan, 1799. hardcover. very good. To Which is Prefixed, The Life of the Author, by Patrick Murdoch, ... and an Essay on The Plan and Manner of the Poem: by J. Aikin. 4 engraved plates. lxiii, 238pp. Small 8vo, full original leather; hinge mended, spine rubbed, bookplate & ownership signatures. London: Strahan, 1799. Very good.<br/><br/> … Read more

London: J. Walker and J. Harris, n.d., 1820. 32mo, engraved vignette title page by C. Warren after T. Uwins, pp. x, [2], 152; contemporary green straight grain morocco, gilt lettering and fillets direct on spine, sprinkled edges; near fine.

London: James Wallis , 1805. Book measures 16x10.5.cm. xxiii,285pp,6pp index, glossary, complete with vignette, and 9 full page plates. First Bewick edition. Bound in full period calf, flat gilt bands, gilt tooling, leather title label. Calf lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear, wear on hinge joints. Binding in good clean condition. Internally, gathering working loose, a few grubby pages. Pages… Read more

A. Law, 1794. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1794. 225 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a… Read more

1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Oxford University Press, Pub., London, 1949; 1st edition; fine condition with a very good dust jacket: minor sunning to jacket at spine and along folds; Captain J. , Cowie; Military History

Chiswick: from the press of C. Whittingham, College House, and sold by R. Jennings, Poultry [et al.], 1828. 12mo, pp. [2], 211, [1]; engraved vignette title page, 4 engravings heading each section and 4 engraved tailpieces; contemporary full paneled calf, elaborate gilt borders on covers enclosing a central blind panel with fleurons in the corners, gilt-decorated spine in 6… Read more