Search Results: the life and adventures of peter by william cobbett

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press. Very Good. 1970 verso. Reissued Edition. Hardcover. 5x8". VERY GOOD Condition clean, solid, bright; BROWN SPINE TITLES ON WHITE CLOTH HARD COVERS..WHITE ENDPAPERS...; 163pg pages; ." Son of an innkeeper, former soldier, champion of the working class, early anticorporate activist, English pamphleteer, journalist, farmer and future Member of Parliament-Will Cobbett's unique eye offers us a perspective on 19th-century England we won't find anywhere else... .

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Of an edition of 1800 copies, this is No. 170. Octavo, quarter black cloth & marbled boards, [6], 163, [1] pp. Color frontispiece. Good; extremities are shelf worn.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. 1st. . Hardcover. Very Good. no. 843 (handwritten) of 1800.163 pp. + colophon. Half-title; end papers uncut. Black spine; marble/bargello boards; cover clean and in good condition w/ one small tear at head of spine and minor signs of wear. Spine reads in gilt: "Peter Porcupine * Cobbett". No writing, highlighting, or marks in text. Deckle-edged on two sides. Volume is in amazing condition for its age.

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

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-11-26. Paperback. Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine:With a full and fair account of all his authoring transactions - being a sure and infallible guide for all enterprising young men who wish to make a fortune .

Kennikat Press, NY & London: 1970., 1970 163 p. + Frontis. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Cobbett (1763-1835) was one of the most fascinating characters of the early Republic. Reprint of the scarce 1827 Edition. PA 18 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

LONDON: THE NONESUCH PRESS, 1927 Brown Cloth quarter binding with non parallel marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spine. 235 x 145 mm approx. 164 pp Colour frontis. No 1800 of the Limited Edition of 1,800 copies. The copy offered has an interesting provenance. There is a book plate of John Lowe to the front paste down and loosely laid in is a printed card with a cartoon in the style of Nicolas Bentley and initialed NB. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. The note on the card appears also to be printed rather than hand written. Good (Book- shelf wear and soiling to cloth and boards, offset browning to free end papers, book plate as above, top edge of book block dust soiled. No other notable defects).

Paperback / softback. New.

The Nonesuch Press, London, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature, pencil. Copy number 636 of 1800. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering, marbeled paper over boards, color frontispiece "after the cartoon by Gillray, is coloured through stencil," Introduction by G.D.H. Cole, 163 pages, Notes. Spine ends bumped, rubbed along edges of boards and at corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 14 oz. Category: History; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001642. .

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Forgotten Books, 2012. Facsimile Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Forgotten Books Classic Reprint Series. Physical description; 57 pages. Subjects; Peter Porcupine. William Cobbett. Facsimile Editions.

London : Nonesuch Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over marble boards. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. An unread copy with unopened pages. Physical description; 163 p. : col. front. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Cobbett, William 1763-1835. Politicians � Great Britain � Biography. Journalists � Great Britain � Biography.

Philadelphia: Printed For, and Sold By, William Cobbett..., 1796. viii, [9]-56 pp. Disbound, loosened, with unsightly and persistent ink spotting along a narrow but long band of blank margins. Light institutional rubberstamp at foot of first page of text. Good. A rare printing of this pamphlet. NAIP records only the copy at NN; AAS also owns it. Evans 30213. NAIP w031139 [1]. Gaines 19c.

Philadelphia, Pa: William Cobbett, 1796. Good +. Second Edition. viii, [1], 10-56 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: pi4 B-G4 (8vo). Disbound. Evans, 30213. William Cobbett complains about everyone, including Benjamin Franklin and various Philadelphia printers and booksellers, and defends himself against accusations that he was in the pay of the British while living in Philadelphia. In Good+ Condition: disbound; title page soiled; lightly stained and foxed throughout; separated between p. 26 and p. 27. Very scarce.

London, 1797. Three works bound in one. [2],xvi,259,[1]; ix,58; [2],96,xcv,[2],97-175pp. plus 3pp. of advertisements at rear. Preface misbound in last title. 12mo. Contemporary gilt calf, spine gilt, leather label. Front hinge weak. Edgeworn. Otherwise just about very good. A contemporary volume of London editions of three famous Cobbett works. The first, THE BLOODY BUOY, styled on the titlepage as the third edition, is described by Pearl as "a lurid account of atrocities alleged to have been committed by the revolutionaries in France..." - Pearl. The second title, in a first London edition, is Porcupine's autobiography, and a chief source for details of his childhood and early career. The last work, A BONE TO GNAW, is in a later London edition (after the first American of 1795), published by John Wright, who added A ROD FOR THE BACKS OF THE CRITICS, "by Humphrey Hedgehog," which is described by Pearl as "a labored attack on the British reformers and the hostile reviewers of Cobbett's OBSERVATIONS.… Read More