Rasselas

London, England: Hector M'Lean and Sold By Manners and Miller. Good. 1819. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Good only condition. Full, red, straight-grain Morocco binding with gilt decorations to both front and rear covers and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. AEG (all edges gilt) , plain dark umber endpapers. (Pp iii, 197 plus… Read more about this item

160 and 142 printed pages. 60 x 98mm. Original glossy white paper wrappers printed in green ink (somewhat worn, edges slightly chipped, spine with vertical cracks and faded titling) the publisher's list of Diamond Classics on the back wrapper lists these two titles as individual volumes- not a double volume. Jones' Diamond Classics. Welsh lists a copy of Rasselas, a… Read more about this item

London: C. and J. Rivington [et al.], 1823. Good. London: C. and J. Rivington [et al.], 1823. 12mo; 266pp. Two full-page engravings, one for each of the tales. Original printed publisher's boards with paper spine label and advertising list on back. Textblock untrimmed, but all pages opened. About 2/3 of spine label in place, the bared crown… Read more about this item

London: Hector McLean,, 1819. An attractively bound copy of the author's sole novel with the celebrated illustrations of Robert Smirke. Boswell remarked that none of Jonhson's "writings has been so extensively diffused over Europe" (Boswell, p. 185). This work was originally published in 1759, under the title The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale. Johnson purportedly composed it in… Read more about this item

Jones & Co, 1825. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1825. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Green leather. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small… Read more about this item

London: Jones & Company. 1825. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Good Condition. Half-leather binding with marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Leather is rubbed as are the boards. Moderate foxing to preliminary pages and to some pages throughout with a light damp stain to lower edge. Interior is very clean. Small pale square sticker to… Read more about this item

Woodbury, NY: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 1962-06-01. Paperback. Good. 7x4x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear, some soiling to covers; Rasselas was written within the space of a week at the beginning of 1759 to enable Johnson to raise money to pay the costs of his mother's funeral, and first published… Read more about this item

London: Hector M’Lean, 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (256 x 205mm). [iii], 197pp. Engraved frontispiece and three engraved plates by Abraham Raimbach (1776-1843) done from paintings by Robert Smirke (1743-1845). Bound in full green straight-grain morocco with period tooling of lozenge around the covers in gilt and blind, spine lettered and stamped in gilt in compartments, all edges… Read more about this item

London: Hector M'Lean, 1819-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Bound in contemoprary diced calf. Gilt spine and bordering to boards. Wear to extremities. Front board detached. Rear board starting. Foxing to plates. Ships daily.

Chicago:: A. C. Mcclurg and Company,. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. "New American Edition." Duodecimo, half bound in dark brown leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, marbled boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Edge worn, else very good. Binding is sound. ; 201 pages .

Jones & Company, 1825. Hardcover. Good. . 2 vols. Half leather, marbled boards. Chipping to spines, but they still look good on a shelf. Rubbing to boards, general shelf/age wear. Occasional foxing, overall pages clean. Bindings sturdy.

London : printed for Walker and Edwards [and 16 others] by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey, 1817. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Good copy in the original full tree-aniline calf with gilt-borders and inner dentelles. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with a dark morocco gilt-blocked title label. Hinges starting. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as… Read more about this item

Barrons Educational Series Inc, 1962-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0.5000 7.1000 4.8000. 1962 paperback in very good condition. Writing and underlining on some inside pages. Other than that, all inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the cover.

London: Printed for John Sharpe; Printed for James Burns, 1843. Engraved title and 3 plates after designs of Richard Westall in "Rasselas," "Undine" illustrated. Preface, title and prefatory leaves bound following the work "Undine."Pp. viii, 184; [4], 98; [4], xxiv, [2]. 1 vols. 8vo. Green morocco-backed blue mottled boards, black morocco label. Rubbed, bookplate removed, covers off. Engraved… Read more about this item

John Long Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Light thumb marking and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Annotations, underlining and marginalia in pen throughout; text remains unaffected. Binding remains firm. Book is… Read more about this item

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Brown pictorial cloth. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are… Read more about this item

London; printed by and for W.Smith, Oxford-Street, undated, c.1822,. Fair. 1822. Hardcover. hardback, 12mo, 174pp, lacks prelims before title page, edges browned and scattered foxing, text otherwise clean and sound, paper-covered boards, worn, lacks spine backstrip, Fair condition .

Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

C. and J. Rivington. Used - Acceptable. London: J. F. Dove, 1827. 1st Thus. Two books in one. 24mo Hardcover. 214pp. Three woodcuts. Reading Copy. Heavy edgewear. Front board detached, but present. Slightly dampstained. In polypropylene bag. (literature, classics, philosophy) Inquire if you need further information.