John Bull and His Island by O\'Rell, Max - 1885

Field and Tuer et al, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Forty-Seventh Thousand. 295 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with black lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Front hinge is cracked. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Strong tanning to spine and edges.

Field and Tuer, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 295 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Book has been rebound. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Scuffing to front pastedown. Brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Small splits to spine ends.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Former library copy - usual marks. Spine toned, endpapers lightly soiled. 1884 Hard Cover. vii, 243 pp. Four pages of publisher ads follow text. Red cloth boards, marbled page ridges. "John Bull" is a fictional character meant to personify Great Britain, particularly England, created by Dr John Arbuthnot in 1712. He is usually depicted as a stout and jolly middle-aged man who is a matter-of-fact country dweller. The phenomenal success of this work encouraged the author to continue writing about cross-cultural manners and morals, niggling at the sensibilities of British, American and French middle classes. The work gives an overview of English customs and the peculiarities of "John Bull" from the French perspective of the author. It discusses diverse aspects of English society at the end of the 19th century including British colonial ambitions and the Anglo-Saxon concept of home. First published in… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons. Red cloth with gilt titles. Chip at the top of the spine has been repaired with near matching cloth from behind. Slightly rubbed at the corners. Spine is a little soiled. Strong binding. Paper flower glued onto the ffep. Names on the front pastedown and inscription on the second blank page. John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom . Good. Hardcover. 1884.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Field & Tuer; Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co. Ye Leadenhalle Presse, 1000. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated circa late 1800s. Brown cloth boards with black titling. Gutters are a bit loose, otherwise a nice copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

Good. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Four books by O'Rell rebound together in red pebbled boards. Gilt titles on spine. Various publishers and dates but all are 1890's. PO signatures on title page or half-title page of some of the books. Moisture splash mark and some rippling on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. "Max O'Rell" was the pseudonym adopted by Leon Paul Blouet (1847-1903). Originally published in France in 1883, his essay and observations on British character and Empire became an international best-seller. This is the Authorized Edition, "Translated from the French Under the Supervision of the Author." First Edition Thus. Bright red pebbled cloth binding, ruled, with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 243 pages, marbled on the ends. Tiny bookseller label on front paste-down; some contemporary (1895) notes on the last page. Spine a bit faded; some mild rubbing at the margins. A solid copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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