Meditations and Contemplations

Bungay: printed and published by C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1807. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vi, 325, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates: ill., frontis., port.; 22 cm. Notes: Colophon [p.… Read more about this item

London: and G. Kearsly. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1761. Sixteenth Edition. First Printing. Leather. Full brown contemporary calf, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on burgundy label in one ccompartment, gilt tooling in remainder, t.e.g. This Volume Two of the set of two contains Contemplations of the Night; Contemplations… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Kelly, 1837. . xxviii + 403 pages, including brief memoir of Hervey, and Romaine's sermon on his death. Front external hinge torn. Contains: Meditations among the Tombs; Reflections on a Flower Garden; A Descant on Creation; Contemplations on the Night; Contemplations on the Starry Heavens; A Winter Piece.. Leather. Average Minus.

Edinburgh : J and C Muirhead, 1812. Leather. Good. 7" by 4". None . An early nineteen-century edition on the work of James Hervey. The scarce 1812 Edinburgh edition of the work. Originally published in 1748.With a frontispiece showing the importance of classical study.Within his work Harvey uses a often bombastic style, but within his work he displays… Read more about this item

Stourbridge : J. Heming, 1808. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Finely bound in modern gilt-blocked leather over marble boards. Raised bands. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Pages lightly tanned as with age. Scattered foxing, mainly around prelims. New endpapers. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.;… Read more about this item

London: C. And J. Rivington et al., 1825. Hardback, full calf. 13 x 7.cm. xliii, 433pp. Frontis and additional engraved title. Binding rubbed but firmly bound. Previous owner's name on free front end-paper. Contents clean. . Hard Cover. Good.

Bungay: C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1807. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". Unamed. An early nineteenth-century reflection on life and religion from James Hervey. Featuring an engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title page, and two other engraved plates Containing: Meditations Among the Tombs Reflections on a Flower-Garden A Descant Upon… Read more about this item

London: George Virtue, n.d., ca. 1860. Octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt; 7,[ii]-xxxi,[7]-352pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, two leaves of plates. Leather rather dried and scuffed at extremities, joints starting to crack but holding, frontispiece foxed, contemporary ownership signature effaced, later (1939) ownership inscription with the owner's ballpoint pen markings throughout textblock.… Read more about this item

London: printed for John and James Rivington [ect.], 1748. Fourth Edition. 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. Provenance; armorial book plate bearing the mottos 'Nemo Me Impune Lacessit' and 'Sero Sed Serio'. Physical description; vol.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: D. Mackenzie, 1822. Hardcover fully bound in soft brown leather, no dust jacket. Gilt printing and decoration to spine. Cumbrian family history (Irthington area) covering 1798-1877 is penned to FEP, signatures of two other previous owners are penned to the second end page. Includes frontispiece and illustrated engravings throughout. Boards are edgeworn with chipping to spine ends and corners,… Read more about this item

R. Dowson, 1811. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in leather/boards (some general external wear; internal foxing). 8vo xx+388+plts Contains 6 works of the noted English devotional writer (1714-58), plus an uncredited introductory biography and preface, and a selection of poems in praise of Hervey's writings. Bound in 3/4 19th… Read more about this item

Embossed cover and penciled inscription from 1863. Shelfwear on all edges and extensive foxing throughout, the spine is holding steady

Liverpool: A New and Correct Edition, 1815. Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon. Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 446pp. Original calf with gilt border and gilt decorated spine. Some rubbing, scuffing and discoloration to boards. Ex libris. Inscribed in pencil by previous owner. Three small pieces of cello tape to inside of front and rear board. Two frontispiece… Read more about this item

London: Milner and Sowerby. Undated c1873 Milner and Sowerby edition pocket hardback, the cottage library edition; no dj; acceptable condition as pages 1-4 are missing, shabby embossed brown boards, gift note dated 1873 inside; bargain price for this scarce edition owing to missing pages; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Hardcover. 1873.

London: Thomas Kelly, 1812. First TK Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Wood Engravings. Includes The Life of the Author and A Sermon on His Death by Rev. W. Romaine, also not in earlier editions. Superb wood engravings Minor wear to corners, light stain to frontispiece edge. Tender hinge.

Albion Press Printed for James Cundee, 1808. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in 3/4 period brown calf over marbled boards (rubbed; hinges split, spine chipped with some cloth tape; some foxing).B/w Illustrations.

London: T. Davison, Whitefriars. 1825. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Small stain on rear hinge. .

New York Holmes & Samo 1822. Assumed First, 1822. Hardcover. Poor/Unknown. 12 mo., vewry old book from 1822, heavily foxed hardcover. Much of the marbled paper has come off the boards. Leather at spine is cracked and chipped. Interior all readable tho browned and foxed. 434 pp. Hervey was a minister in Northamptonshire, England. Contains his meditations… Read more about this item

Albion Press,, 1808. Leather bound hardback. The book is bound in full calf with marbled endpapers, the front board is detached, the text is well bound in. There is some foxing in places and a few marginal fingermarks.

Philadelphia:: Jacob Johnson & Co.,, 1795.. Early US edition.. contemporary full sheep.. A tear to the fore-edge of p. 141 affects a few words of the text. Some chipping along the joint (binding still very strong); scuffed and rubbed. Text block tanned throughout.. 12mo,.