The Essayes Or Counsels Civill And Morall Of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam por Bacon, Francis - 1897-01-01

J.M. Dent & Co, 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. No Edition Remarks. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Rough cut pages to text block edge. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to endpaper & pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front endpaper & pastedown. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., 1907. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First 'Everyman' edition and third printing. In good dark tan cloth boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine. The boards are quite clean, flat, and with slight collapsed hollow from weak hinge; spine ends bumped and a little frayed. Slightly tanned end papers; name of previous owner on front free end paper. Tinted dark top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are tanned. The text block is tightly bound, straight and very lightly tanned around the edges. Decorative title pages. Good plus condition. Without jacket.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Excellent condition. Pages slightly faded with age, binding tight, pages clean.

J. M. Dent & Sons, 1918. 9th ed. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). 1918 reprint. Previous owner's pencil inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: J. M. Dent. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Cloth. 292 pp. xliii pp. introduction. Orange covers, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge tinted. Spine bumped. Prev owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Later printing. Number 10 of the Everyman's Library series, classed in the Essays section. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

Dent,, [1910]. 8vo., with decorative title and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of terracotta ribbed cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. First published in EL in 1906. EL 10; Seymour 46.0.

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1911.. Everyman's Library edition.Essays of Francis Bacon with an introduction by Oliphant Smeaton. Top edge gilt. Pp.xxxvi/199, some toning to endpapers, owner's name to inner endpaper, light marginal mark to p.xxxii. Red leather-covered stiff covers, gilt decorated title to spine and to front, tears with small loss to top edge of spine. G+.

London: Dent, 1925. Reprint in the Dent Everyman edition (burgundy grained cloth with the ornate gilt spine format), 12mo, 199pp, top edge gilt; generally in good shape (this format suffers) with spine extrems a shade rubbed and perhaps undergoing some slight colour restoration; overall VG Copy, no DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: J. M. Dent & Sons. 1911. Everyman's Library. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Minimal wear to edges to boards. Toning to several pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Dent,, [1909]. 8vo., with decorative title and pictorial endpapers; early series binding of maroon full leatherette, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, radial corners, ribbon marker, backstrip chipped at tail else a very good, bright, clean copy. The most elaborate of the four original binding styles, full leatherette was introduced at the commencement of the series and discontinued around 1919 (see Seymour pp.103). Due to the delicate nature of the material, really bright, crisp copies are now genuinely elusive. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 10; Seymour 46.0.