Search Results: Essays from Bensons Antiquarian Books

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1970. 1st Edition . Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Purple cloth, the cloth looks bright and clean, only very slight fading, hinges good, clean internally. Some fading and a few marks to the jacket. Pages; IX, (1), 308, (2).

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1928. Cloth. Good. Bound in green cloth with gilt titling. In good condition. Darkening to spine, minor marking to covers. Browning to end papers, light foxing to page edges, otherwise clean internally. Binding is very good. 172 pages. Most of these essays originally appeared in the Saturday issues of the Brisbane Courier. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Scotland: I. E. W. Gilmour, 1983. Soft cover. Good. A staple-bound booklet in near very good condition. Light creasing to covers, small mark around staples where they are rusting slightly, otherwise clean internally, binding is very good. 44 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Scotland: I. E. W. Gilmour, 1983. Soft cover. Good. A staple-bound booklet in near very good condition. A couple of light markings to covers, internally clean, binding is very good. 44 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Martin Secker, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition, a decent reading copy. Sunning and slight lean to spine, some marking and rubbing to covers, small loss at spine ends. Previous owner's stamp and signature on front end paper, moderate foxing to first and last few pages, occassional light foxing elsewhere, otherwise clean internally. Binding is good and secure. 188 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Stanley Paul, 1945. Cloth. Good. Bound in orange cloth with black titling. In good condition. Boots booklovers library label on front cover, marking and rubbing to covers.A few light markings and spots of foxing internally, but generally clean. Binding is good and secure. 112 pages. No publishing date, circa mid 20th century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Athlone Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. Maroon coloured cloth binding in nice condition, fading and a few marks to the dust jacket. The hinges are in good order, clean internally, small neat signature on the endpaper, Pages; X, (4), 650. With a 58 page essay on Juvenal at the start, a bibliography and 3 pages of line maps, followed by the commentary.

J. Walker, 1813. Full-Leather. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Pocket sized full leather, the front cover is detached, the leather is rubbed. The text is complete, without the front endpaper, toning/light browning and marking to the pages. Gilt coat of arms on both covers (Heriot's Trust or George Heriot's, Edinburgh). With Locke's Conduct of Understanding upto 96, followed by Francis Bacon's Essays 97-262, 2 pages publishers list at the end, signature on the rear endpaper of William Gillespie 1818. Pages; XII, 262, (2). / Sold with; The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope (London; J. Walker, 1808). Vellum binding, vellum loss on the spine resulting in text block in 2 parts(vellum on covers okay). Text complete, stain to the fore-edge at the start and some light staining in the middle, marking to the pages. (the copy of H.E. Fox Lord Holland, 4rth Baron Holland (1802-1859), his own personal pocket copy that he carried on all his travels and assignments- the names of the… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co, 1921. Cloth. Good. Bound in red cloth with black titling, decoration blind-stamped on front cover. In good condition, a decent reading copy. Some marking to covers, minor rubbing to edges. Free front end paper is missing, browning to and inscription on half-title page, some underlinings and notes in pencil throughout text, a few other minor markings, but generally clean. Binding is good and secure. 197 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. 1st Edition . Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Matt red cloth binding in good order, light rubbing to the covers, the hinges are good ( and no inner hinge splitting internally). Toning to the pages, some light foxing. Pages; VII, (1), 179, (1). A collection of essays on authors whose work reflected life in the raw (including Jack London, Hergesheimer, Kipling, Vachel Lindsay, Carl Sandburg, Maxim Gorky, Nietzsche, Solovyof).

London: A. C. Caton, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition. Covers are a bit grubby, browning to end papers, a few minor markings internally, generally clean. Binding is very good. 44 pages. '. in this little causerie about his own children he gives his views on dolls and little girls.'. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons., 1866. Decorative Cloth. Good. Bound in dark green decorative cloth with gilt titling. In good condition. Covers are rubbed with some cloth nicks around the ends and edges. Hinges are weak but secure, binding is sound. Some staining on the end papers, slight browning to pages, occasional minor markings throughout, but generally clean. A decent reading copy. 397 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Company, 1946. Cloth. Good. Bound in green cloth with dark titling. In good+ condition. Minor marking and rubbing to covers. Browning to end papers, a few minor markings internally, a few pencil notes and markings in margins, but generally clean. Binding is good and secure. 188 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: George G, Harrap & Co., 1928. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition. Sunning to spine, rubbing to cover edges. Prize label on front end paper, slight browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally, binding is good and secure. 77 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: George G, Harrap & Co., 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition. Sunning to spine, minor marking and rubbing to covers. Prize label on front end paper, a very few light markings internally, otherwise clean. Binding is good and secure. 64 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: George G, Harrap & Co., 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition. Sunning to spine, minor rubbing to cover edges, a couple of small splits in covers at spine edges. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper, browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally, binding is good and secure. 62 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: The Viking Press, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition. Some marking to covers, sunning to spine and cover edges. Inscription on front end paper, foxing to page edges and first and last couple of pages. 13 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1970. Soft cover. Good. A staple-bound booklet in good+ condition. Light marking and creasing to covers, light crease across pages, otherwise clean internally. Binding is very good. 20 pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Ward and Downey, 1888. Cloth. Good. Bound in dark cloth with gilt titling. In good condition, an acceptable reading copy. Marking and minor rubbing to covers, a couple of small splits in cloth at spine edges. One front end paper is missing, some light markings and a few spots of foxing internally, no serious markings. Hinges are weak but secure, binding is loosening but is secure. 195 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Deighton, Bell & Co, 1922. 1st Edition . Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth, the covers are tidy looking, rubbing. The front endpaper is neatly removed, the hinges are in good order. The pages are bright, some toning to the title, some foxing to the rear endpaper. Pages; VII, (1), 137, (3). (published in London, printed in Christchurch, NZ).