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Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 6.5" X 4" in leather. Badly soiled and worn, backstrip gone and replaced with tape, both hinges cracked thru & boards held on with tape. Some foxing. 131pp with 8 wood engraved illustrations.
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Full calf, G. [tp]+xlviii+103pp+4+xii+119+xii+132pp, b/w frontis, grand total of 30 engraved plates, b/w vignettes, the paper upon which the plates are printed rather yellowed & with offsetting from the plates to the opposing pages, small hole to the half title where it was at one time stuck to the verso of the frontis, leather rubbed particularly to the spine lettering piece chipped, a fair copy. The first work is here a 9th edition, the second work a 6th edition & Wild Flowers is a first edition. At the end of The Farmer's Boy are 4 pages of publishers advets. Bookplate & booksellers ticket of H Godwin, Bath to the pastedown. Three volumes of verse by the self taught working class Norfolk poet Robert Bloomfield [ 1766 - 1823 ]. NCBEL IV 235. The works were exceedingly popuar with 25,000 copies of The Farmer's Boy selling in the first 2 years of publication. The woodcuts are reminscent of those by Thomas Bewick. 450 grams.
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
Price: US$56.48 + shipping
Description: 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xi, 132pp. 8 b/w woodcuts. Charles Nesbit was a pupil of Thomas Bewick. G : in good condition without dust jacket Blue hardback boards with buff paper spine
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: v, [4], viii-x, 132pp. With an engraved frontispiece and seven engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, splitting to joints. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to head of title-page; 'F. G. Spencer / given to him by his Father / 1811', internally clean and crisp. The first edition of Suffolk poet Robert Bloomfield's (1766-1823) popular pastoral verse. Francis George Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill of Wychwood, (1802-1886), diplomat, son of Whig politician Lord Francis Almeric Spencer (1799-1845), grandson of George Spencer-Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817). Size: 12mo
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$74.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Compendium of two of Bloomfield's poetic works. First, his celebrated long poem "The Farmer's Boy" originally published in 1800. This publication is dated 1805. The second part (separately paginated) consists of his "Wild Flowers" collection (originally published 1806; this publication also dated 1806) to which is appended "Good Tidings" (1804). Copy is in good- condition. As would be expected of a book of this age, there is considerable wear and rubbing to the quarter leather boards. Gilt text and decoration on the spine is still very bright however. The interior is generally very good. No markings. Marbled end papers. Minimal foxing to "The Farmer's Boy", though there is some foxing and minor staining to "Wild Flowers". Binding is still solid, though rear hinge is a little loose in the back sections. Hinge visible in some places towards the back of the book. Still, a fairly well preserved copy of an unusual and rare text.
Seller: The Merrickville Book Emporium, Merrickville, ON, Canada
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Frontispiece, 7 plates. x, 132 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. CBEL III, p. 227 Full calf, ruled in gilt. Spine label missing, joints tender, else a nice, clean volume. Contemporary owner's signature Frontispiece, 7 plates. x, 132 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$236.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Xpp + 132 pages. with 8 woodcut plates inc frontis by Luke Chennell, all in original 1806 as published Dutch paper boards and uncut with wide margins. paper on spine has been almost all lost and covers marbled paper dark and worn with light vertical crease, contents with one exception near fine pages 35/6 have a brown edge stain or age spot, text not affected. Has the origination of "The Horkey" with the local poem and a brief entomology of Suffolk words now defunct. Lovely clean copy in the rare uncut state as issued.*Robert died in extreme poverty in 1823 his education was sketchy and rudimentary as he was taught by his schoolmistress mother. His publishers failed in 1812 and this may have been the most significant factor in his decline and loss of favour Byron was gracious with his praise.
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: 132pp. Frontis and 7 engraved wood-cut plates. Original speckled full calf bindings. Joints cracked but sound. Gilt dec. spine, lacking the label. No inscriptions. A lovely copy of the rare first edition with fine dark impressions of the plates and in the oirginal binding. 160x100mm. Size: small 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Contemporary speckled calf ruled, and spine heavily gilt. Spine rubbed, and some loss of leather at the corners, a handsome very good copy. Engraved bookplate of Lady Frances Compton on the front pastedown. Lady Frances was a friend of the Austen family and frequently visited and dined with them.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.