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Author: [GOLDSMITH, Oliver]
Title: The life of Richard Nash, Esq; late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath. Extracted principally from his original papers.
Price: £ 80.00
Book Description: viii, 237pp, portrait frontis. 19th Century maroon ½ morocco gilt with matching sides, raised bands, decorated compatments, marbled eps, aeg. Text age browned.
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1. The Life of Richard Nash of Bath, Esq. Extracted Principally From HisOriginal Papers
Goldsmith, Oliver]
Price: US$ 120.00 (£ 62.32)
Book Description: J. Newbery London 1762. 1sted. moderately worn leather covers, front detached, spine chipped, back hinge cracked, missing corner of flyleaf and title page, engraved bookplate, foxed and browned paper, owner name. Points - C6 is cancel, catchwords - p. 163 Had; p. 224 The; p. 189 (none).
Bookseller: Vintage Books (Hopkinton, MA, U.S.A.)

2. The Life of Richard Nash, Esq.; Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath. Extracted principally from his Original Papers.
Goldsmith (Oliver)
Price: US$ 125.00 (£ 64.92)
Book Description: London: Printed for J. Newberry, W. Frederick, and G. Faulkener, 1762. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, worn, covers detached. A few slight stains. Tight. Second edition. viii + 237pp. With frontispiece. Advertisements lacking. Inexplicably inscribed, "Richard Nash Nov. 1739." Other inscriptions on front endpaper. Bookseller
Bookseller: Serendipity Books (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)

3. The Life of Richard Nash, Esq; Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath. Extracted principally from His Original Papers.
GOLDSMITH, Oliver]
Price: US$ 237.98 (£ 120.00)
Book Description: London: Printed for J. Newbery:1762, Second edition, 8vo, viii, 237pp, portrait frontis. of Richard Nash, occasional light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers, bound in nineteenth century half calf gilt, marbled boards, slightly rubbed on extremities. A VG copy. Goldsmith made various editions to this edition, which appeared in the same year as the first edition. Pages 27 & 28 contains a somewhat uncomplimentary description of Beau Nash's character as a wit.
Bookseller: Geoffrey Jackson (Bookseller) (Wiltshire, -, United Kingdom)

4. THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH, OF BATH, ESQ; Extracted Principally From His Original Papers.
Goldsmith, Oliver); Bloomfield, Joseph; Nash, Richard.
Price: US$ 250.00 (£ 129.84)
Book Description: Printed for J. Newbery; and W. Frederick, Bath, London: 1762. pp. vi, 234 (4)["Books just Published by J. Newbery. and W. Frederick, Bath"] + Engraved frontis portrait of Nash by Anthony Walker after William Hoare. 8vo. Age stained. Contemporary full leather binding, boards detached. Mildly XLib. NOTE: With two autograph ownerships of: Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), New Jersey lawyer, Revolutionary War soldier, judge, and political leader. He and his wife supported a variety of social causes, with Joseph serving as president of the first Society for the Abolition of Slavery, organized in Burlington, NJ in 1783. In 1789, he donated a small plot of land to house the Library Company of Burlington. Bloomfield served as Mayor of Burlington from 1795 to 1800, and he went on to serve as Governor of New Jersey from 1801 to 1802 and 1803 to 1812, then returned to military service as a Brigadier General in the War of 1812. After the war, he finished his political career as a U.S. Congressional Representative from 1817 to 1821. Biography of the undisputed King of Bath, which Newbery commissioned to one of his favorite writers, Oliver Goldsmith (though he goes unmentioned in this first edition). Richard Nash (1674-1762), English dandy, better known as "Beau Nash," was born at Swansea. He was descended from an old family of good position, but his father from straitened means had become partner in a glass business. Young Nash was educated at Carmarthen Grammar school and at Jesus College, Oxford. He obtained a commission in the army, which, however, he soon exchanged for the study of law at the Temple. Here among "wits and men of pleasure" he came to be accepted as an authority in regard to dress, manners and style. When the members of the Inns of Court entertained William III after his accession, Nash was chosen to conduct the pageant at the Middle Temple. This duty he performed so much to the satisfaction of the king that he was offered knighthood, but he declined the honor, unless accompanied by a pension. As the king did not take the hint, Nash found it necessary to turn gamester. The pursuit of his calling led him in 1705 to Bath, where he had the good fortune almost immediately to succeed Captain Webster as master of the ceremonies. His qualifications for such a position were unique, and under his authority reforms were introduced which rapidly secured to Bath a leading position as a fashionable watering-place. He drew up a new code of rules for the regulation of balls and assemblies, abolished the habit of wearing swords in places of public amusement and brought duelling into disrepute, induced gentlemen to adopt shoes and stockings in parades and assemblies instead of boots, reduced refractory chairmen to submission and civility, and introduced a tariff for lodgings. Through his exertions a handsome assembly-room was also erected, and the streets and public buildings were greatly improved. Nash adopted an outward state corresponding to his nominal dignity. He wore an immense white hat as a sign of office, and a dress adorned with rich embroidery, and drove in a chariot with six greys, laced lackeys and French horns. When the act of parliament against gambling was passed in 1745, he was deprived of an easy though uncertain means of subsistence, but the corporation afterwards granted him a pension of six score guineas a year, which, with the sale of his snuff-boxes and other trinkets, enabled him to support a certain faded splendour till his death. He was honored with a public funeral at the expense of the town. Notwithstanding his vanity and impertinence, the tact, energy and superficial cleverness of Nash won him the patronage and notice of the great. He was a man of strong personality, and considerably more able than Beau Brummell, whose prototype he was. First edition with all of the correct points. Rothschild 1022; Tinker 1093. The early American ownership adds substantial interest to this curious book. W144.
Bookseller: FAMILY ALBUM, ABAA (Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.)


5. The life of Richard Nash, Esq; late master of the ceremonies at Bath. Extracted principally from his original papers. The second edition.
GOLDSMITH , OLIVER.
Price: US$ 275.00 (£ 142.83)
Book Description: London: J. Newbery [et al.] 1762. 8vo, pp. viii, 237, [1], [2] ads; engraved frontispiece portrait; contemporary full tree calf, gilt lettering direct on gilt-decorated spine; spine rubbed with loss to most of the lettering, joints cracked, otherwise good and sound. The second edition was published in the same year and just two months after the first edition. "The biography . furnishes an excellent and lively picture of Bath society with Nash as its leading figure, though a harmless and kindly and sartorially resplendent one - 'a little King of little people . The second edition was somewhat amended from the first . The dedication appears in this edition for the first time" (Scott). NCBEL II, col. 1197; Scott, pp. 92-5. Bookseller Inventory #23539
Bookseller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB) (Saint Paul, MN, U.S.A.)

6. The Life of Richard Nash, of Bathm Esq; Ectracted principally from His Original Papers
Goldsmith, Oliver)
Price: US$ 300.00 (£ 155.81)
Book Description: London J. Newberry 1762. Frontispiece portrait of Nash by A. Walker. Full contemporary calf, rebacked. Repair of marginal closed tear to frontispiece (no loss), else a very good copy. With the two leaves of advertisements at the end; catchword on p. 163 is 'Had' instead of 'Here'; p. 224, the catchword is 'The' instead of 'Among'; no catchword on p. 189. First edition.
Bookseller: Thorn Books, ABAA (Cortaro, AZ, U.S.A.)

7. The Life of Richard Nash, Esq; Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath. Extracted Principally from His Original Papers.
Goldsmith, Oliver
Price: US$ 325.00 (£ 168.79)
Book Description: London: J. Newbery, et al, 1762. Oliver Goldsmith -- 2nd Edition 1st Printing -- NEAR FINE/NONE -- copy of The Life of Richard Nash, Esq; Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath. Extracted Principally from His Original Papers.. 8vo. [vii] + vi-viii + [1]-237 + [1], blank. Lacking the final leaf of advertisements. Beautifully bound by Bayntun of Bath in nineteenth-century three-quarter tan calf over tan cloth. The endpapers are marbled and the spine has been lavishly executed with five raised bands, a gilt-stamped black morocco title piece, and profuse gilt panelling. Tops of the leaves are gilt. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of Nash, protected by a later tissue guard. The corners, joints, and head and tail of the spine are lightly rubbed, as is normal. A tight and very clean copy of the second edition, which was published in the same year as the first. A gorgeous book. (ESTCT146115) Published by: London: J. Newbery, et al, 1762.
Bookseller: Printers Row Fine and Rare Books (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)

8. Life of Richard Nash of Bath
GOLDSMITH, Oliver NASH, Richard
Price: US$ 350.00 (£ 181.78)
Book Description: London Printed for J. Newberry 1762. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Life of Richard Nash of Bath. London: 1762. Original red morocco, stamped in gilt. HBS 10218.
Bookseller: Heritage Book Shop, Inc., ABAA (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)

9. The life of Richard Nash, Esq; late master of the ceremonies at Bath. Extracted principally from his original papers.
GOLDSMITH , OLIVER.
Price: US$ 412.50 (£ 214.24)
Book Description: London: J. Newbery and W. Frederick 1762. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], vi, 234, [4] ads; engraved frontispiece portrait; contemporary full calf, rebacked, , preserving the old red morocco label on spine; boards rubbed and cracked, front flyleaf waterstained, Franklin and Marshall College bookplate marked withdrawn, library accession numbers in pencil on verso of title, and title with a faint embossed stamp, text toned; otherwise good and sound. "The biography . furnishes an excellent and lively picture of Bath society with Nash as its leading figure, though a harmless and kindly and sartorially resplendent one - 'a little King of little people' " (Scott). NCBEL II, col. 1197; Scott, pp. 92-5.
Bookseller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB) (Saint Paul, MN, U.S.A.)

10. The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq; Extracted Principally From His Original Papers.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
Price: US$ 450.00 (£ 233.71)
Book Description: London: J. Newbery; Bath: W. Frederick, 1762. Edges a little rubbed; hinges skillfully repaired; very nice copy in the original state, enclosed in a chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. An anonymously written biography of the undisputed king of Bath, which Newbery commissioned to one of his favorite writers. Contemporary ink signature on the title page of London merchant Duncan Davidson. 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt borders. Engraved frontis portrait by Anthony Walker after William Hoare. First edition Rothschild 1022; Tinker 1093.
Bookseller: Brick Row Book Shop, ABAA (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)

11. The Life of Richard Nash of Bath, Esq; Extracted principally from His Original Papers.
Goldsmith, Oliver]
Price: US$ 545.38 (£ 275.00)
Book Description: London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1762. First edition, 8vo., vi+234pp.+4pp. ads. 'Books just published by J. Newbery'. frontis of Richard Nash, occasional foxing, full contemporary calf, covers with double fillet, spines with raised bands, gilt, ruled & gilt lettered red leather label, head of spine chipped with sl. loss, small wormhole to base of spine, otherwise good. C6 - a cancel as usual.
Bookseller: Offas Dyke Books (LUDLOW, SHR, United Kingdom)

12. The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath. Extracted Principally from His Original Papers.
Goldsmith, Oliver.
Price: US$ 550.00 (£ 285.65)
Book Description: London: Printed for J. Newbery and W. Frederick, Bath, 1762. vi, 234 (4)pp. plus frontis portrait. 8vo. Contemporary full calf with red label. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. First edition. Williams, p.126; Rothschild 1022; Tinker 1093. Pages [235]-[238] list "Books just Published by J. Newbery." Frontis portrait of Nash, engraved by A. Walker after Hoare, is dampstained with some offsetting to title-page. Collated and complete and in a wonderful 18th century binding. Aside from fault to portrait, a very attractive copy.
Bookseller: J & J Hanrahan, ABAA (Wells, ME, U.S.A.)

13. The Life of Richard Nash of Bath, Esq. Extracted principally from his original Papers
Goldsmith, Oliver
Price: US$ 600.00 (£ 311.62)
Book Description: London: Printed for J. Newbery and W. Frederick, 1762. First edition, with C6 as a cancel. 8vo. Fine portrait by Anthony Walker. Contemporary sprinkled calf. Some restoration and wear of spine, joints cracking, rubbed, else a fine copy with the two leaves of publisher's advertisements at back. The Esher copy with the "Oliver Brett" bookplate and another of G.W.F. Gregor. Rothschild 1022.
Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA (New York, NY, U.S.A.)

14. The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq
Goldsmith, Oliver]
Price: US$ 694.12 (£ 350.00)
Book Description: London: For J. Newbery and W. Frederick, 1762. First Edition. Extracted principally from His Original Papers. Engraved frontispiece portrait by A. Walker. 8vo. [1]f, vi, 234, [4] pp. Newly bound in old style calf, the spine lettered on a red goatskin label and dated at the foot, plain endleaves, untrimmed edges.Rothschild 1022. With the 4 pages of advertisements at the end. Leaf C6 is a cancel as usual, having contained a somewhat uncomplimentary description of Beau Nash's character as a wit. The title and a few other pages are lightly soiled and there is a small hole, caused by a paper fault, in the outer margin of A3, but it is a decent copy with good size margins.
Bookseller: George Bayntun (Bath, SO, United Kingdom)

15. The life of Richard Nash, of Bath, esq: extracted principally from his original papers.
Goldsmith, Oliver
Price: US$ 2029.59 (£ 1054.10)
Book Description: Printed for J. Newbery; [etc., etc.]: 1762 London. vi, 234 p. port. 21 cm. 20th century calf. Good copy with engraved portrait of Nash, expertly re-hinged, all edges gilt and brightly gilted leather title label on the spine, gilt tooling also, marbled end papers, well defined edges. HSSFR1B16.
Bookseller: Kennys Bookshop (Galway, Ireland)



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