The Seasons

London: L[ondon] C[ounty] C[ouncil] Central School, 1947. "Printed at the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts Southampton Row, W.C.1. Illustrations by Mary Woods, under the direction of John Farleigh. Etching also by Mary Woods under the direction of W.P. Robins. Printed by the Machine Class under the direction of J.A. Smith. Typography by the Technical School under… Read more about this item

London: London: Printed for John Sharpe, 1825. Full leather. Very Good. Westall, R and Rolls, C. Small octavo (5.5 x 4 inches); iv, 203pp. In attractive early nineteenth century full leather (with only the lightest of wear), gilt and blind rolls to board margins, three raised spine bands with gilt-lettered green leather label to second compartment, remaining compartments gilt, gilt… Read more about this item

1857, WITH "THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR" BY PATRICK MURDOCH, D.D., F.R.S. BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BINDING/COVER, BINDING IS SOUND, PAGES UNMARKED, SPOTS FROM MOISTURE.

London: James Nisbet and Co, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, 1859. Gilt-decorated cloth hardcover, all edges giilt, 228 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good ex-library copy with typical treatments (bookplates, stamps, etc.), light soiling or discoloration to some pages, owner's signature on the half-titlepage, wear to the edges of the covers including splitting and loss to… Read more about this item

Chiswick: C Whittingham, 1820. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A smart, pocket sized edition of James Thomson's famed poetry cycle 'The Seasons'. 'The Seasons' is a cycle of four poems. It was extremely influential and inspired the likes of Joseph Haydn, Thomas Gainsborough and many more individuals. 'Winter' was first published in 1726… Read more about this item

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. # 1321 of 1500 copies, text by The Kynoch Press, pictures by A. Alexander and Sons. The copper-plates were engraved by C. Sigrist, and the prints were water-coloured through stencils by The Curwen Press. Very Good, spine a shade sunned, light rubbing at edges. From the collection and with the round leather bookplate of Josiah… Read more about this item

London: James Wallis, 1805 . Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Thurston; Thomas Bewick. The first Bewick illustrated edition of Thomson's famous collection of poems, The Seasons in a lovely original binding. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the fro Bound in leather… Read more about this item

London: P.W. Tomkins, 1797. BARTOLOZZI, F.; HAMILTON, W. T.. BARTOLOZZI, F., [artist]. HAMILTON, W. T. , [illustrator]. The Seasons. Illustrated with Engravings by F. Bartolozzi and P. W. Tomkins...from Original Pictures painted for the Work by W. Hamilton, R.A. London: P.W. Tomkins, 1797. A magnificent edition, imperial folio (18 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches; 470 x 372 mm).… Read more about this item

London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, W. Owen, W. Johnston, T. Longman, T. Caston, G. Kersly, T. Davies, T. Becket, T. cadell, T.Lowndes, Richardson & Richardson, and H. Baldwin, 1773. First 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… Read more about this item

THES E A S O N SAH Y M N To the Memory of Sir ISAAC NEWTON AND BRITANNIA, a POEM ______________ By Mr. THOMSON. ______________ L O N D O N J. MILLAN and A. MILLAR _________ MDCCXXX DESCRIPTION (ii) + 77 + 71 + 72 + 69 + 19 + (ii) Spring … Read more about this item

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. None. None Back Cover detached, clean break. Remaining book tightly bound. Some light foxing throughout. Published in London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. “Second Edition” of this illustrated edition. Bound in full blue leather with guilt design on covers and spine; all edges gilt;… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: A. Sherman, 1824. 1st Edition thus? . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8548 shelf. Small 5 7/8" high x 3.75" wide. Trace of gold stamping to brown leather spine, marbled bds, worn leather at corners. Scattered light water stains, some foxing. A couple of elaborate old-fashioned signatures up front. Engraved portrait of the author & engraved title… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 9 in. Full red morocco with gilt decoration and spine bands. Gilt inner dentelle, all edges gilt. Condition is GOOD ; front board nearly detached. Spine leather is crackled and the ends have loss, the bands are worn. Binding solid and text unmarked. Top edge of the title… Read more about this item

A Millar in the Strand, London, 1764. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full leather binding with banded spine, leather lightly cracked over spine and lightly worn at spine ends and corners, front paste-down is partially missing, no free front end-paper nor half-title-page. Binding is otherwise sound. Foxing to early prelims and rear end-papers,… Read more about this item

London: T Bensley for J Wallis, 1805. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". John Thurston; Thomas Bewick. A scarce, large paper copy of this Bewick illustrated copy of James Thomson's noted poem 'The Seasons'. Being the first Bewick edition of this poem, with nine engravings by Bewick after designs by John Thurston. Collated, this… Read more about this item

[Parma, Italy: Giambattista Bodoni, 1794], 1794. single leaf. Fine. Text in English. 17 x 10.5 inches, single block of text, 24 lines plus header. Fine condition. Conservatively matted to 16 x 20 inches in two ply acid free ivory matboard. Digital image available by email upon request.

Philadelphia: T. and G. Palmer, 1811-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 16mo. 236p. Bound in contemporary leather. Good binding. Boards are absent. Chipping and loss to spine. Clean, unmarked pages with tanning.

London: James Wallis, Paternoster-Row, 1805. Full Leather. Very Good. 24.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. xx [4] 286 [6]pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by Bewick from Thurston's designs including 5 plates illustrating each season and a hymn and in-text vignettes. Bound in 19th century brown leather, spine has been rebacked much more recently. Marble foredges. Scuffing to edges of… Read more about this item

Rebound. Brown calf binding with green title plate and gilt banding , decoration and lettering on the spine. A lovely edition prepared for Fore-Edge The Seasons is a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson. The first part, Winter, was published in 1726, and the completed poem cycle appeared in 1730. The poem was extremely influential, and… Read more about this item

GB: John Sharpe, 1824. 165 x 100 mm. Full leather. Very nice throughout BUT FOR SPINE WHICH IS RATHER WORN. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. G++/No DW.