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An Election Ball (2nd)
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ABE 200206:
[Anstey (C)] AN ELECTION BALL IN POETICAL LETTERS, IN THE ZOMERZETSHIRE DIALECT, From Mr. Inkle, a Freeman of Bath, to His Wife at Glocester: with a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa.
Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, Bath. 1776. Folio, 30pp, disbound, stitched as issued, half-title ragged and partly torn where folded. Price
: £ 75.00
(approx. US$ 112.25) Presented by AMBRA BOOKS, Bristol,
Anstey, Christopher 1724-1805 An election ball in poetical letters, from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Gloucester: with a poetical address to John Millert, esq. At Batheaston Villa. The second edition with considerable additions. By the author of the new Bath guide. Printed for the author, by S. Hazard, Bath; and sold by Dodsley et al, 1776 English literature; Hoarace, parodies; 2d ed.; 2 p.l., [7]-64 p., frontispiece; 25 cm.; 3cm tear in t.p.; early paper wrappers; The poetical address to John Miller is a parody of Horace. Ode I, 1; Latin and English on opposite pages; signatures: 1B-E4F3G2H-I4K2.
Price:
US$ 400.00
Presented by James M. Babcock, Bookseller, Branson, MO, U.S.A.
Steve Liddle, Bath PBFA 200704
£75
2nd edition 4to disbound
ABE Feb 2008
An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Glocester : with a poetical address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa.
Anstey (Christopher). Bookseller: Gibb's Bookshop ABA , ILAB (Manchester, -, United Kingdom) Price:
£ 250.00
Bath. printed for the author by S Hazard. ,
second edition., 1776
. 4to (25 x 19 cms).
Disbound. 64 pages
.
Engraved frontispiece
. Bound with Bath : its Beauties and Amusements by George Ellis, 1777, second edition, 8 pages, with a signature on the title page of Sir G. Cornewall. The remnants of a leather spine has firmly held all the pages. The front blank sheet, the recto of the frontispiece, is dusty, the title page has very light browning, pages 63-4 have a few spots of foxing, and pages 5-7 of the Ellis have a small mild patch of browning with the blank rear sheet lightly dusty, otherwise it is a very good clean crisp copy.
ELECTION BALL ANSTEY, Christopher]. INKLE, Mr.
Bookseller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA (Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.) Price:
£ 144.46
1776
. [ANTSEY, Christopher]. INKLE, Mr. An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters, From Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller.By the Author of the New Bath Guide.
Disbound
. Bath: Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, 1776. 4to.
Second edition
, with considerable additions [so stated]. One of six editions published within a two year period. Worming at bottom margin of first few leaves, old marginal repairs to several leaves, still a very good copy.
AN ELECTION BALL, IN POETICAL LETTERS FROM MR. INKLE, AT BATH, TO HIS WIFE AT GLOCESTER: WITH A POETICAL ADDRESS TO JOHN MILLER, ESQ. AT BATHEASTON VILLA. THE SECOND EDITON, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW BATH GUIDE. Anstey (Christopher) (1724-1805)
Bookseller: Serendipity Books (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.) Price:
£ 157.59
Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard. and sold by Dodsley. and Wilkie et al, 1776., 1776.
Early wrappers, 64pg
, some pg loose, one page partly torn (21pg) but not affecting the text, some stains, rear last pg soiled.
AN ELECTION BALL, In Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Glocester: with a Poetical Address to J. Millar, Esq. at Batheaston Villa. The Second edition, with considerable Additions. By the author of the "New Bath Guide." Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)
Bookseller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller ABAA (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.) Price:
£ 157.59
Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, Bath, England, 1776. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good condition.
Second edition
. Quarto (4to).
Contemporary quarter leather
binding with marbled paper-covered boards; moderate rubbing and shelfwear.
Engraved frontis
. by C.W. Bampfylde bound instead at corresponding page (pg. 35). Text paginated
[3]-64
. A few pages with minor browning. Previous owner's written name and small stamp (S. S. Banks 1776) on verso of title page, along with a newspaper clipping from the Morning Post 1777 titled "Poetry. A Ladies Head-Dress. Translated from Mr. Anstey's Latin Epistle To Mr. Bamfylde" and signed H.D.
An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa . . . By the Author of the New Bath Guide.
ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER
Bookseller: Brick Row Book Shop, ABAA (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) Price:
£ 187.80
Bath: Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, .,
1776. Second edition
, with considerable additi. Anstey's Election Ball was unexpectedly popular, and he was encouraged to produce a revised second edition, to which he also added Bampfylde's wonderful frontispiece. The poem was written for (and won) a contest for a poem about "The Ancient and Modern Dress and Manners of the English Nation Compared." See A. N. L. Munby "Anstey's Election Ball and The Epistle to Bampfylde in The Book Collector's Quarterly, no. 16, 1934. Early ink notation on the title page. 4to,
later marbled wrappers
,
64 pages
.
Engraved frontispiece
by C. W. Bampfylde. Some slight foxing; nice copy, with generous margins.
An election ball in poetical letters, from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Gloucester: with a poetical address to John Millert, esq. At Batheaston Villa. The second edition with considerable additions. By the author of the new Bath guide. Anstey, Christopher 1724-1805
Bookseller: James M. Babcock, Bookseller (Branson, MO, U.S.A.) Price:
£ 210.12
Printed for the author, by S. Hazard, Bath; and sold by Dodsley et al, 1776. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. English literature; Horace, parodies;
2d edition; [7]-64 p., frontispiece
; 25 cm.; 3cm tear in frontispiece; early paper wrappers; The poetical address to John Miller is a parody of Horace. Ode I, 1; Latin and English on opposite pages; signatures:
An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr Inkle, at Bath to His Wife at Glocester: with a Poetical Address to John Miller Esq at Batheaston Villa. Anon.
Bookseller: Neil Summersgill (Blackburn, LAN, United Kingdom) Price:
£ 55.00
Shipping within UK £4.85
Book Description: Second edition, S. Hazard Bath., 1776. Quarto. Discound pamphlet. Title page. 64pp. Contemporary ownership inscrip of Edw Rogers, Lincolns Inn. Minor thumbing margins title page. G-VG.
Offered £50. Neil accepted and also waived the cost of p&p
ABE 200206:
[Anstey (C)] AN ELECTION BALL IN POETICAL LETTERS, IN THE ZOMERZETSHIRE DIALECT, From Mr. Inkle, a Freeman of Bath, to His Wife at Glocester: with a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa.
Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, Bath. 1776. Folio, 30pp, disbound, stitched as issued, half-title ragged and partly torn where folded. Price: £ 75.00 (approx. US$ 112.25) Presented by AMBRA BOOKS, Bristol,
Anstey, Christopher 1724-1805 An election ball in poetical letters, from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Gloucester: with a poetical address to John Millert, esq. At Batheaston Villa. The second edition with considerable additions. By the author of the new Bath guide. Printed for the author, by S. Hazard, Bath; and sold by Dodsley et al, 1776 English literature; Hoarace, parodies; 2d ed.; 2 p.l., [7]-64 p., frontispiece; 25 cm.; 3cm tear in t.p.; early paper wrappers; The poetical address to John Miller is a parody of Horace. Ode I, 1; Latin and English on opposite pages; signatures: 1B-E4F3G2H-I4K2.
Price: US$ 400.00 Presented by James M. Babcock, Bookseller, Branson, MO, U.S.A.
Steve Liddle, Bath PBFA 200704
£75 2nd edition 4to disbound
ABE Feb 2008
An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Glocester : with a poetical address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa.
Anstey (Christopher). Bookseller: Gibb's Bookshop ABA , ILAB (Manchester, -, United Kingdom) Price: £ 250.00
Bath. printed for the author by S Hazard. , second edition., 1776. 4to (25 x 19 cms). Disbound. 64 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Bound with Bath : its Beauties and Amusements by George Ellis, 1777, second edition, 8 pages, with a signature on the title page of Sir G. Cornewall. The remnants of a leather spine has firmly held all the pages. The front blank sheet, the recto of the frontispiece, is dusty, the title page has very light browning, pages 63-4 have a few spots of foxing, and pages 5-7 of the Ellis have a small mild patch of browning with the blank rear sheet lightly dusty, otherwise it is a very good clean crisp copy.
ELECTION BALL ANSTEY, Christopher]. INKLE, Mr.
Bookseller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA (Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.) Price: £ 144.46
1776. [ANTSEY, Christopher]. INKLE, Mr. An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters, From Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller.By the Author of the New Bath Guide. Disbound. Bath: Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, 1776. 4to. Second edition, with considerable additions [so stated]. One of six editions published within a two year period. Worming at bottom margin of first few leaves, old marginal repairs to several leaves, still a very good copy.
AN ELECTION BALL, IN POETICAL LETTERS FROM MR. INKLE, AT BATH, TO HIS WIFE AT GLOCESTER: WITH A POETICAL ADDRESS TO JOHN MILLER, ESQ. AT BATHEASTON VILLA. THE SECOND EDITON, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW BATH GUIDE. Anstey (Christopher) (1724-1805)
Bookseller: Serendipity Books (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.) Price: £ 157.59
Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard. and sold by Dodsley. and Wilkie et al, 1776., 1776. Early wrappers, 64pg, some pg loose, one page partly torn (21pg) but not affecting the text, some stains, rear last pg soiled.
AN ELECTION BALL, In Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Glocester: with a Poetical Address to J. Millar, Esq. at Batheaston Villa. The Second edition, with considerable Additions. By the author of the "New Bath Guide." Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)
Bookseller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller ABAA (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.) Price: £ 157.59
Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, Bath, England, 1776. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good condition. Second edition. Quarto (4to). Contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards; moderate rubbing and shelfwear. Engraved frontis. by C.W. Bampfylde bound instead at corresponding page (pg. 35). Text paginated [3]-64. A few pages with minor browning. Previous owner's written name and small stamp (S. S. Banks 1776) on verso of title page, along with a newspaper clipping from the Morning Post 1777 titled "Poetry. A Ladies Head-Dress. Translated from Mr. Anstey's Latin Epistle To Mr. Bamfylde" and signed H.D.
An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa . . . By the Author of the New Bath Guide.
ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER
Bookseller: Brick Row Book Shop, ABAA (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) Price: £ 187.80
Bath: Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, ., 1776. Second edition, with considerable additi. Anstey's Election Ball was unexpectedly popular, and he was encouraged to produce a revised second edition, to which he also added Bampfylde's wonderful frontispiece. The poem was written for (and won) a contest for a poem about "The Ancient and Modern Dress and Manners of the English Nation Compared." See A. N. L. Munby "Anstey's Election Ball and The Epistle to Bampfylde in The Book Collector's Quarterly, no. 16, 1934. Early ink notation on the title page. 4to, later marbled wrappers, 64 pages. Engraved frontispiece by C. W. Bampfylde. Some slight foxing; nice copy, with generous margins.
An election ball in poetical letters, from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Gloucester: with a poetical address to John Millert, esq. At Batheaston Villa. The second edition with considerable additions. By the author of the new Bath guide. Anstey, Christopher 1724-1805
Bookseller: James M. Babcock, Bookseller (Branson, MO, U.S.A.) Price: £ 210.12
Printed for the author, by S. Hazard, Bath; and sold by Dodsley et al, 1776. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. English literature; Horace, parodies; 2d edition; [7]-64 p., frontispiece; 25 cm.; 3cm tear in frontispiece; early paper wrappers; The poetical address to John Miller is a parody of Horace. Ode I, 1; Latin and English on opposite pages; signatures:
An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr Inkle, at Bath to His Wife at Glocester: with a Poetical Address to John Miller Esq at Batheaston Villa. Anon.
Bookseller: Neil Summersgill (Blackburn, LAN, United Kingdom) Price: £ 55.00 Shipping within UK £4.85
Book Description: Second edition, S. Hazard Bath., 1776. Quarto. Discound pamphlet. Title page. 64pp. Contemporary ownership inscrip of Edw Rogers, Lincolns Inn. Minor thumbing margins title page. G-VG.
Offered £50. Neil accepted and also waived the cost of p&p