The Works.: Collected and edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath. New edition.
by BACON, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans & Co., Marshall, & Co., Hamilton & Co., [& 13 others in London,], 1870. "New edition", the second edition under Ellis, Spedding, and Heath's editorship, the first of which was published from 1857 onwards. The edition is still cited as the standard scholarly edition of Bacon's works (The Cambridge Companion to Bacon, 1996, p. 335), and is uncommon in the original cloth. Seven volumes, octavo. Original brown ribbed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, covers panelled in blind, brown endpapers. Frontispieces in vol. I-III. Signet Library inscription to front pastedowns. Generally a very good set, some peripheral wear, some splitting to hinges but holding, some leaves unopened.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 157095
- Title
- The Works.
- Author
- BACON, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Longmans & Co., Marshall, & Co., Hamilton & Co., [& 13 others in London,]
- Date Published
- 1870
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Leaves
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...