The Essays Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral

1680 Sir Francis Bacon English ESSAYS Political Philosophy Law Good Evil Clark "Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." ― Francis Bacon Francis Bacon was one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery, scientific method, and the scientific revolution, he did… Read more about this item

1673 Sir Francis Bacon English ESSAYS Political Philosophy Law Good Evil Clark "Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." ― Francis Bacon Francis Bacon was one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery, scientific method, and the scientific revolution, he did… Read more about this item

London: David Stott. 327 pages. Small book in brown leather binding with raised bands and lettering on the spine. Signed or marked on the rear paste-down "19-FF-00." . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1890.

George Routledge and Sons, 1883. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1883. No Edition Remarks. 307 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Loss to bottom of page 101. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces.… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1889. First UK Edition Thus/Early Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. In green cloth with small paper title label to head of spine that is missing some material and text. Some wear/staining to top corners. Some splitting to hinges at endpapers with mull showing, but still quite solid. Paper well tanned. Name to first page.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, [no date]. Hardcover. Near Fine. New edition. Octavo. Light fading to the spine, near fine without dustwrapper. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1883. Morleys Universal Library.....Totally stained boards , Contents Very Good although some pages have annotations/underlining but in pencil........POSTED FULLY INSURED AT OUR STANDARD RATES (UK ONLY)......Please EMAIL for FURTHER DETAILS!. Not Signed or Inscribed. Undated.. Blue Cloth. Good (BELOW AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Not Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK.

David Stott, 1890. First Edition. Hard Back. Good. 327 pages mostly uncut / unread. Frontis with tissue guard. Stott library Series. Cream spine with blue thick card boards. No previous ownership markings. Generally dusty with clean white pages that have foxed closed page ends.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, [no date]. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 228pp. Fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with a hint of darkening on the spine and just a bit of wear. A nice copy.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1868. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. A very nice well preserved copy Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

London:: Folio Society,. Fine. 2002. Hardcover. B0010V5YZY . Edited with an introduction and notes by Brian Vickers. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. .

W. B. Conkey, Chicago, 1900. No additional printings . Hardcover. very good. NOT an ex library book. Small 6" book with print and decoration on spine and next to the spine on front. Boards have flower pattern, purple and white flowers on white background on front, pink background on rear. Gilt on top edge. … Read more about this item

The Gresham Publishing Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 357 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Stains and markings to some pages. Stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have light… Read more about this item

John Long, 1907. Hardcover. Good. 1907. No edition remarks. 157 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Minor cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate sunning to spine. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.

London: Bell & Daldy, 1891. Hardcover. Good. 24mo. Fade and rubbing to spine. Light wear to extrems. Offsetting to feps. Owners notw to 2nd ffep. Slight spotting.

George Routledge and sons. 1895 George Routledge and sons hardback, Sir John Lubbock's 100 books no 5; good clean lightly aged condition, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1895.

London: John Long. Very Good. 1907. Hard Cover. 157pp; red cloth, previous ower's inscription, John Long's Carlton Classics. ; 150 x 100mm .

Paperback. Very Good.

Little, Brown and Company, 1856. First. Hardcover. Very Good. Small hardcover (16mo). Red embossed cloth boards. Spine cloth faded. Price sticker on front end paper. Black and white frontispiece (spots of foxing) with rice paper cover tipped in. NO DUST JACKET. Clean inside. 360 pages. Free shipping in USA.

The Folio Society, 2002. Hardcover. As new. Harry Brockway. Edited Brian Vickers, preface Lord Quinton. The Folio Society, 2002. 258pp., wood engravings Harry Brockway. 8vo. As new unread hardcover in as new slipcase.