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8 Vols Clarissa or The History of a Young Lady

1751rif. 1029H3London; Bath: S. Richardson; John Osborn; Andrew Millar; J. and J. Rivington; J. Leake 1751 . Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. The complete eight-volume third edition of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa extensively revised and expanded by the author with letters and passages restored from his original manuscripts. Uniformly bound in contemporary full calf. Both boards of vol. I fully detached but present; front boards of vols VI and VIII also fully detached but present. First published in seven volumes between 1747 and 1748 this is the third edition. ESTC No. T58989. Illustrated with a folding engraved music plate to Volume II. Collated complete. Volume I is dated 1751; Volumes II-VIII bear the date 1750 but the complete edition was published in 1751. For this edition Richardson restored numerous passages and letters previously omitted revised the preface and postscript and expanded the work into eight duodecimo volumes. Clarissa follows the virtuous Clarissa Harlowe as she resists her family's attempts to force her into an unwanted marriage and falls instead into the power of the charming but predatory libertine Robert Lovelace told through their correspondence and that of friends and relatives. Samuel Richardson 1689-1761 was an English printer and novelist. Alongisde this work he is chiefly remembered for the epistolary novels Pamela and The History of Sir Charles Grandison. The length of this work allows Richardson to explore relationships coercion reputation and individual conscience with an unusual degree of psychological detail. In 2013 The Guardian included Clarissa among the 100 best novels written in English. Uniformly bound in contemporary full calf. Both boards of vol. I fully detached but present; front boards of vols VI and VIII also fully detached but present. Joints cracked with the boards a little loose but generally holding. Calf rubbed and scuffed with bumping and chipping to the extremities and some loss at spine heads and tails. Spines rubbed and faded in places. Discolouration from binder's glue to endpapers. Bookplate of Thomas George Corbett to front paste-downs with slight offsetting. Front free endpapers of vol. I fully detached and separated but present loosely inserted. Internally otherwise generally firmly bound with hinges slightly strained in places. Pages generally bright and clean if characteristically age-toned with the odd light spot and occasional minor handling mark. Minor edge wear to the first and last few leaves more pronounced in volumes with detached boards. Good S. Richardson; John Osborn; Andrew Millar; J. and J. Rivington; J. Leake hardcover

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Richardson, Steven L (editor); Benjamin M Richardson (editor); B H Roberts; George Edward Anderson (Photographer)ABAA

A 3-D Tour of Latter-Day Saint History: Bringing B. H. Roberts Back to Life

2017rif. 52732Salt Lake City UT: Signature Books 2017. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 131pp. Quarto 26cm; black paper boards with gilt stamped title on front board and spine. From publisher website: In 1904 Brigham H. Roberts published The Latter-day Saints’ Tour from Palmyra New York to Salt Lake City: Through the Stereoscope hoping to highlight the accomplishments of his people in building up a new Zion despite a history of hardship. Gathering a series of thirty-eight stereoscopic images Roberts guided the reader through three-dimensional photos of the faith’s most notable prophet-leaders and historic church sites. From Joseph Smith’s childhood home through Nauvoo and eventually to Salt Lake City Roberts invited readers to celebrate the LDS role in American History. In this new edition editors Steven and Ben Richardson compile Roberts’s original text and images and present them in stereoscopic 3-D with accompanying red/cyan glasses allowing a new generation of readers to experience Roberts’s tour. Follow the Latter-day Saints from Palmyra to Salt Lake each stop accompanied by a 3-D image and Roberts’s accessible and timeless storytelling expertise. The perfect addition to the library of every LDS or Utah historian A 3-D Tour of Latter-day Saint History brings Roberts’s love of history back to life. Roberts was a prominent LDS teacher editor historian and politician. He served the church in a number of ways but is most often remembered for his six-volume Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The original stereoscopic book was published in 1904. Steven L. Richardson is a BYU graduate life-long 3-D enthusiast and veteran map-maker of thirty-six years. After retiring as a geotechnical analyst he began his own cartography company 2i3D Stereo Imaging where he applies computer-graphic programming to 3-D map making assisted by his son Benjamin M. Richardson. Previous works include their 3-D Atlas of the Salt Lake Valley’s Tri-Canyon Area and 3-D Atlas of Zion National Park. Signature Books hardcover books

Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA · Stati Uniti48,95 USD≈ 43,73 €

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