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Carlyle, (Thomas). Shooting Niagara.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.
Price: US$10.26 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: soiled covers Size: Octavo (standard book size). loose front cover some of the front misssing. Category: Sociology & Culture; For further info on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Carlyle, Thomas. Shooting Niagara: And After?. Chapman & Hall, 1867.
Price: US$17.96 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Chapman & Hall 1867 1st edn soft cover. Title, pp55. Reprinted from "Macmillan's Magazine for August 1867. Very worn covers with marking, chips, loss. Dog-ears to several pages. Title page with small corner loss. Title page grubby. Pencil mark to title page and one pencilled word to a margin. Text pages generally clean. Binding firm. No jacket Reading copy only. Fair-/poor
Seller: Wylie Books, Buckfastleigh, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 12mo. 55 pages. Plain paper covers. Front cover detached, still present, tatters to extremities, rear corner missing; interior mildly age-toned, penciled markings to title page. A poor copy. Example of early reprint of Carlyle's screed against democracy and for wise (strong) leadership.
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas. Shooting Niagara: And after?. Chapman and Hall, 1867.
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 'Reprinted from Macmillan's Magazine for August 1867. With some additions and corrections'. Good copy rebound into plain paper wrappers. Text block a little dusty and worn at edges. [2] + 55 pages. Approx. size 7.5" by 5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27572.
Seller: Steve Liddle, ABA PBFA ILAB, Bristol, United Kingdom
Carlyle, Thomas.. Shooting Niagara: And After?. London: Chapman and Hall, 1867, 1867.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. First edition (Tarr, A27.1.a), binding A. Original printed grey-green wrappers, 55 pp. Spine, rear wrapper repaired with paper tape, 1/3 of front wrapper missing with loss of eleven letters in publisher's information. A Fair copy.
Seller: Up-Country Letters, Gardnerville, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.58 + shipping
Description: Good paperback copy, with wear and tear to edges, particularly around the spine. Some foxing to title page. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 55 pages; "Reprinted from Macmillan's magazine for August 1867, with some additions and corrections." Physical description: 55 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Great Britain -- Parliament -- Reform -- Democracy -- Politics and government. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
CARLYLE, Thomas. Shooting Niagara; And After. , 1867.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: CARLYLE, Thomas. Shooting Niagara; And After? 12mo. Orig. printed wrappers. London: Chapman & Hall, 1867. First edition. The brittle wrappers and backstrip are rather chipped as usual, else a very good copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas. Shooting Niagara: and After?. Chapman and Hall, London, United Kingdom, 1867.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Paperback. FIRST EDITION THUS. The front cover has been replace with a blue paper. The rear cover is gray and shows chips. "Reprinted from Macmillan's Magazine for August 1867. With some Additions and Corrections." Previous owner's name, city and date on title page. There is some underlining . No DJ is present. 55 pages.
Seller: Olmstead Books, Port Dover, ON, Canada
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: Good paperback copy, with wear and tear to edges, particularly around the spine. Some foxing to title page. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 55 pages; "Reprinted from Macmillan's magazine for August 1867, with some additions and corrections." Physical description: 55 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Great Britain -- Parliament -- Reform -- Democracy -- Politics and government. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas.. Shooting Niagara: And After?. London: Chapman and Hall, 1867, 1867.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. First edition (Tarr, A27). Original green printed wrappers, 55pp. Wrappers worn and stained, re-inforced at spine. Gift inscription dated 1868. A Good copy.
Seller: Up-Country Letters, Gardnerville, NV, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas. Shooting Niagara: And After?. Chapman & Hall, London, 1867.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: Light wear along edges and spine.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
CARLYLE, Thomas.. Shooting Niagara: and After?. London, Chapman and Hall, 1867., 1867.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. 55 pages. Original green printed wrappers (spine reinforced with tape, wraps chipped at edges). Good-very good.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$98.77 + shipping
Description: Prelims a little spotted. Contemp. half black roan; sl. rubbing to spine. A good-plus copy. Carlyle's embittered rant against the Reform Bill, the progress of democracy and the abolition of slavery; 'progress' that he thought, sent 'good old England' to its end down the rapids of Niagara.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Carlyle, Thomas. SHOOTING NIAGARA: AND AFTER?. Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This work is soft-bound in green wrappers with black printing on the upper cover. The covers show soiling/toning, foxing, wear/chipping to the edges, and chipping with loss to the spine. The upper cover is loose but present, laid-on. The text-block is solid. The contents are bright and legible, but with scattered foxing, soiling, and with damp-staining to the bottom, outer corner of many of the pages. Bookplate of A. J. A. Symons.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas. Shooting Niagara: And After. Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo (7 1/2 x 5"). [2], 55, [1]pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers. Originally published in "Macmillan's Magazine" (Edinburgh, Vol. XVI, April 1867), "Shooting Niagara: And After?" was written after the passing of the Electoral Reform Act of 1867 in which Carlyle "reaffirmed his belief in wise leadership (and wise followership), his disbelief in democracy and his hatred of all workmanship - from brickmaking to diplomacy - that was not genuine" (See: D. J. Trella's "Carlyle's "Shooting Niagara": The Writing and Revising of an Article and Pamphlet," in "Victorian Periodicals Review," Number 25 (1992), pp. 30-34). Wrappers somewhat age-toned and slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine. Wrappers in overall good to good+, interior in very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
CARLYLE, Thomas [1795-1881].. Shooting Niagara: And After?. London: Chapman And Hall, 1867., 1867.
Price: US$277.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 55. disbound. An unopened copy (chipping & creasing to lower edge of first few leaves & chipping to inner margin of title). First Separate Edition. Reprinted with some additions and corrections from Macmillans Magazine, August 1867. The essay was written after the passing of the Electoral Reform Act of 1867. In it Carlyle "reaffirmed his belief in wise leadership (and wise followership), his disbelief in democracy and his hatred of all workmanship - from brickmaking to diplomacy - that was not genuine". (Trella, D.J., "Carlyle's 'Shooting Niagara': The Writing and Revising of an Article and Pamphlet", Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring, 1992, pp. 30-34)
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Carlyle, Thomas. Shooting Niagara: and After. Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. [2], 55pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Carlyle's bitter polemic in reaction to the 2nd Reform Bill. Original printed wrappes. Slight nicking to spine ends, minor soiling to covers, early owner's signature on front wrapper, and a few neat marginal marks in text. Very good
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CARLYLE, Thomas.. Shooting Niagara: And After?. Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.
Price: US$301.57 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 55pp. Name on inside of upper wrapper, spine ends chipped away, some nicking to extremities but certainly a very good copy of a delicate and scarce item. Dyer A27.1.a.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada