The Speaker

London: Andrew Wilson, 1815. Reprint . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full calf; hand coloured frontis; pp.xliii, 346 [II]. Previous owner's name & date front paste down; foredge frontis repaired; front board/hinge beginning; altogether showing some age.

London: Joseph Johnson, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1774. [Education] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[xxxii] 376. Brown full calf, upper board and spine rebound. Blind ruling to boards. Red label with gilt title to spine. Raised bands. Top edge green. Heavy toning to leaves, especially preliminaries and rear. Frequent light foxing, and a few annotations in black ink.… Read more about this item

London: A. Millar, 1792. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A late 18th century work of literature for the improvement of reading and speaking. An 18th century work in a full calf binding. William Enfield (1741-1797) was a British Unitarian minister. This was his bestselling book, first published in 1774. He produced… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Joseph Johnson,, 1774. Second edition of this best-selling anthology on elocution, with a preface outlining his personal rules for eloquence. In its notice, the Monthly Review recognises Enfield's collection as "a valuable miscellany". In the Speaker, William Enfield (1741-1797), a utilitarian minister and lecturer at Warrington's dissenting academy in Lancashire, collects extracts from classical and… Read more about this item

London: J Johnston &c. Worn condition. Hinges weak. Cover heavily rubbed and scuffed. Content in overall good condition. 1808. Stereotype edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xliii, 346pp. Engraved frontispiece. Published with the intention of helping the graceful elocution of students of Warrington (author's notes - not mine!). .

London: C. J. G. and F. Rivington; J. Nunn [et al.], 1829. Duodecimo. xliii, 346 pages plus engraved frontispiece and [2] pages terminal ads. Contemporary full mottled leather with a miniature painting mounted on each cover. The miniatures are framed in brass under glass, with the frames measuring 4.5 centimeters in diameter. The painting on the front cover depicts… Read more about this item

London : Printed for W. Osborne, 1797. A new ed., corr. and enl.. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; xxxii, 436 pages. Subjects; Recitations. Elocution.

London: Andrew Wilson, 1808. Stereotype Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 346 pages. Subjects; Speech. English Speech. Oration. Written dialogue. 19th century Speech.

Derby: Henry Mozeley, 1823. 68pp. Hinges split, front board nearly detached. Some signatures slightly loose, some fingerprints or rubbings throughout, else content clean and bright.. Full-Leather. Fair. 12mo.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-14. Paperback. Good.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-14. Paperback. Good.

London: RIvington, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, Cadell and Others. Genuine Edition ( About 1800) . Full-Leather . Good. Bound in full calf leather, b/w frontis engraving, " Thou shalt not leave me Silvio, said she ". The prefixed essays are entitled, 1. On Elocution (pages ix to xxvi) and, 2. On Reading Works of Taste (pages… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Speaker; or, miscellaneous exercises, chiefly selected from the best English Writers ... Designed principally for the junior classes of Mechanics' Institutes. [By W. Enfield.].

Paperback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The speaker:Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Speaker; or, miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best English writers, etc..

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.