Conversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A. by Hazlitt, William - 1830

Hutchinson, January 1952. Hardcover. Good.

Frederick Muller Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hutchinson, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Edition Thus. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

Hutchinson, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1952. First Edition Thus. 243 pages. Purple dust jacket over black cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have lgiht tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Small areas of loss to spine. Light sunning to spine and edges. Water stain to spine. Tape top edge. Pencil inscription to front flap. Wear marks overall.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5" . T Wright; A. Wivell. The first edition of William Hazlitt's popular work describing his conversations with the British painter, James Northcote. The first edition. In a full cloth binding. With a portrait frontispiece, engraved by T Wright, after a drawing by A. Wivell. William Hazlitt's popular work, in which he details his conversations with the British painter, James Northcote, during Northcote's final years. Hazlitt was an English essayist, literary critic, painter and philosopher, widely regarded as one of the greatest critics in the history of the English language. He also had a deep interest in the lives of painters in their old age, and thus began to spend time with James Northcote, making notes from their conversations about life. With the previous owner's ink inscription, dated 1882, to the half title page. In a full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the… Read More

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830., 1830. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., 328. half-title wanting. engraved frontis. portrait of Northcote by T.Wright after A.Wivell. modern half morocco, t.e.g. (occasional light foxing, small nick in lower spine). First Edition. Keynes 99. NCBEL III 1233.. F. Hardcover.