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Carlyle, Thomas. CHARTISM. James Fraser, GB, 1840.
Price: US$92.62 + shipping
Description: Very dark green blind decorated cloth up-lettered in gold on spine. Signed by a previous owner (Aubrey Attwater) on front endpaper. One or two slight marks to prelims else a very good clean tight copy.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Thomas Carlyle. Chartism. James Fraser, London, 1840.
Price: US$112.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this interesting political book by Thomas Carlyle regarding the Chartism movement. The first edition. In the original embossed cloth binding. Chartism was a working class movement for political reform which was prominent during the Victorian era in the United Kingdom. Thomas Carlyle addresses this movement here, alongside the Condition-of-England question which debated the English working class during the Industrial Revolution. Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher who was a leading writer of the Victorian era. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the edges and some tears to spine. Marks to the boards. Marks to the front paste-down likely caused by the removal of a label. Some marks to the free endpapers. Internally, binding slightly worn but firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with some age-toning to the edges and few marks throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Thomas Carlyle. Chartism. James Fraser, London, 1840.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo pp. 113.
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881). Chartism / by Thomas Carlyle. London : James Fraser, 1840.
Price: US$268.58 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Re-cased with the original spine laid back, impressively finished. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor library marks remain, with previous owner's signature and inscription to front endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages; Physical description: 113 p. 21 cm. Subjects: History - 19th Century - Chartism - Great Britain - Politics and government - 1837-1901 - Social conditions. Referenced by: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 31802.4. Referenced by: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 31770. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881). Chartism / by Thomas Carlyle. London : James Fraser, 1840.
Price: US$304.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Re-cased with the original spine laid back, impressively finished. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor library marks remain, with previous owner's signature and inscription to front endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages; Physical description: 113 p. 21 cm. Subjects: History - 19th Century - Chartism - Great Britain - Politics and government - 1837-1901 - Social conditions. Referenced by: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 31802.4. Referenced by: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 31770. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas.. Chartism.. London: James Fraser, 1840, 1840.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: London: James Fraser, 1840. First edition, second printing (Tarr, A11.1.b). Original dark green vertical ribbed cloth, gilt, decorated in blind. With "Second Edition" on the title page and in gilt at the top of the spine cloth, which Tarr did not see until the third printing of 1842, and the same page of ads on leaf G4 as in the first printing, which Tarr noted as cancelled in the second printing. Ownership signature of Cornelius Paine, a 19th century collector who competed in the auction houses with Henry Huth, and a later signature, and a collector's annotation on the pastedown, "1st ed., scarce". Some wear, front board a little bowed, front gutter beginning to crack, but a Very Good, attractive copy.
Seller: Up-Country Letters, Gardnerville, NV, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas.. Chartism.. London: James Fraser, 1840, 1840.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: London: James Fraser, 1840. First edition, first printing. Original blind-stamped black cloth, gilt, Tarr's binding B, no priority established (Tarr A11.1.a). There were 1,000 copies, published in December, 1839, followed by a second printing of 1,000 copies in April, 1840. Association copy: "John S. Blackie to Alex. Mackay. Edinburgh 1867". John Stuart Blackie was elected to the Greek Chair at Edinburgh University in 1852. He published verse, prose, and translations, including Homer and Goethe. His translation of Faust (1834) was praised by Carlyle. In 1867-8 he debated, in print, Chartist politician Ernest Charles Jones, who was, by this time, continuing to beat a long dead horse. Alexander Mackay may have been one of Blackie's students. Some wear. Light damp-stain to front board, and a private library sticker there. A Very Good copy.
Seller: Up-Country Letters, Gardnerville, NV, U.S.A.