BRINK, ANDRE

On the Contrary

London, TSP. 1993. (ISBN: 0436201496) Paperback. Book, Set in the 18th century, this novel follows the fortunes of Estienne Barbier, an inveterate liar and philanderer, who deserts his pregnant wife to stow away for the Cape of Good Hope - a trip which will open his eyes. A new book in original shrink-wrap. As New.

Books & BygonesProfessional seller

Book number: 14244

Catalogue: Novel

Keywords: 0436201496 Novel History

Brink, AndrÚ

On The Contrary: Being the Life of a Famous Rebel, Soldier, Traveller, Explorer, Reader, Builder, Scribe, Latinist, Lover and Liar

Vintage. Paperback ISBN: 0749397985, Condition: Good.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000156166

Brink, André

On the contrary

Pocket; 1994; Minerva; 372pp.; Leesvouwen in rug. Scheefgelezen. -- Conditie: Redelijk; Engels; ISBN10: 0749397527, ISBN13: 9780749397524

Klondyke BVProfessional seller

Book number: 175195

Catalogue: Literatuur/Engels

Keywords: Engels

Samuel Collins

Paradise Retriev&Apos;D Plainly and Fully Demonstrating the Most Beautiful Durable and Beneficial Method of Managing Fruit-Trees Against Walls and Hedges Contrary to Mr Lawrence and Others Upon Gardening Together with a Treatise on Mellons and Cucumbers

London, John Collins, Seedman, R Burleigh, 1717. First edition. Leather. A fascinating eighteenth century work on the managing of fruit-trees. The first edition of this particular work. With two folding plates in addition to numerous head pieces, tail pieces and decorative letters. Collated: Plate to page 60 is a facsimile as is the final leaf (pages 105-106). Otherwise, this work is complete. The title page states that this work is contrary to the views of 'Mr Lawrence and Others Upon Gardening&apos. It is very possible that the writing Collins is contrasting is Rev John Lawrence's The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the pleasure and profit of the Art of gardening from 1714. To the preface Collins notes that this publication was inspired by his reading of Lawrence's book and his disagreement with it. This work discusses border plants against walls, the choices of wall-trees, seasons for wall-fruit-trees, the planting, the seasonal pruning and more. Specific fruit trees include cherries, plums, pears, quinces and figs. There are also writings on pest-control such as preventing earwigs from damaging fruits. The growing of fruit trees in Britain dates back to ancient times due to their food producing qualities. For centuries fruit plants were regarded as ornamental and essential. This work provides a fascinating insight into what would become the popular walled gardens of the 18th century. A very scarce and important work, we know of only one sold in the last ten years. In a quarter calf binding with paper covered boards. This work has been rebound from original binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Title page is slightly age toned, with several chips to edges. Inscriptions to the title page of prior owner and the date of publication. Minor chips to the extremities of pages. Repair to page 103/104 at gutter, leaf has been re-pasted to another leaf in order to keep it bound in. The occasional spots to text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: EXP3-C-13

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Fruit Trees Orchard Horticulture Eighteenth Century Orchard Gardening Arboriculture None

[DUNTON (John)]:

Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand Paradoxes Merrily Argued, To Amuse and Divert the Age: As A Paradox in praise of a Paradox. Corporeal Affections remain after Separation... And so on, to the Defence of 2000 Paradoxes (or Pleasant Theses) which seem Strange, and Contrary to the Common Opinion. With Improvements from the Honourable Mr. Boyle, Lock, Norris, Collins, Cowley, Dryden, Garth, Addison, and other Illustrious Wits. By a Member of the Athenian Society.

London, Printed for B. Bragg..., 1707. FIRST EDITION. 8Vvo, 195 x 113 mms., pp. xxxii, 544, including half-title, later panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments; spine very dried and cracked, joints cracked, a so-so copy, with the armorial bookplate of Wolfe de Forenaughts on the front paste-down end-paper and the autograph of Philip De:Wolfe on the title-page, and another autograph scored through. The book comes from the Wolfe family who appear prominently in the life of George Berkeley, author Alciphon. has a variant of the Wolfe bookplate (one with the family name, "Wolfe de Forenaughts", engraved, in this case, just beneath the frame enclosing the trebled wolf-heads), and the ownership inscription, on the right-hand side at the top of the title-page, is, in this case, longer: "Phillpott: Wolfe." The "P" is unusual, being lollipop-shaped in its upper half and with a jack-boot upturn to the left in its lower half. The bookseller and general literary gadfly John Dunton (1659 - 1732) entertained, or at least tried to, several generations of British readers with prose and poetic whimsies, anecdotes, and paradoxes, one of which must be in the title, as there are only 139 paradoxes, eight of which are by John Donne. The present work was preceded by a similar, and very successful, book, Athenian Gazette, or, Casuistical Mercury, though Dunton published pretty much the same kind of book each time he went into print. Helen Berry in her ODNB entry notes that "Dunton was the first bookseller to realize the market potential among female readers: the Athenian Mercury appealed to 'all men and both Sexes', and his Ladies Dictionary (1694) was produced as a 'General Entertainment for the Fair Sex'. The poet Elizabeth Singer Rowe contributed to the Athenian Mercury, and Dunton published her Poems on Several Occasions in 1696." Stephen Parks, John Dunton and the English Book Trade (1976), no. 339.

John Price Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9108

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour performing arts literature prose

HOLUB, MIROSLAV

On the Contrary and Other Poems

UK, Bloodaxe Books. 1984. (ISBN: 9780906427767). Paperback. Used, Paperback. Very good condition. From the collection of poet Gavin Ewart. Signed and dedicated by author on half-title page. One minor dent on page block. Pages and text fine. RB. Very Good. Signed and Dedicated.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 505471

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 9780906427767

HOLUB, MIROSLAV

On the Contrary, and Other Poems

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books. 1984, First Edition. Soft, 8vo. Signed and inscribed first edition. Includes Miroslav Holub's business card. Pages clean and bright, soft covers tidy. Very Good. Signed and Inscribed.

BookcaseProfessional seller

Book number: 80277

Leon, Tony.

On the Contrary. "Leading the Opposition in a Democratic South Africa".

Jonathan Ball 2008. 766pp illustrated paperback 8vo. 1.3kg. No inscription. contents exceptionally clean, spine creased as usual for this over-size paperback edition. ISBN: 9781868422593 "The themes and personalities that emerge from a half-century of memory and intellectual struggle are unique in our records, told from the centre of events. Almost forensic examination of how corruption has corroded the high ideals of the Constitution is another running theme".

Fables BookhopProfessional seller

Book number: 29147

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: politics south southern africa african biography autobiography

Leon, Tony

On the contrary - Leading the opposition in a democratic South Africa

Jonathan Ball, 2008. Druk: first. Binding: Paperback. 766pp. Light wear to corners and some page edges, very good

Le Flaneur AmsterdamProfessional seller

Book number: 11189

Catalogue: History - South Africa

Keywords: politics, history, english0, contemporary

McCARTHY, Mary

On the Contrary

New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, dust jacket. vii, 312pp. Near fine/very good. Very minor jacket edgewear. Tight and nice second printing of this collection of "Articles of Belief, 1946-.

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 15750

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Literary Criticism

McCarthy, M.

On the contrary

Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961 312 p., Hard Cover, First Edition, Good.

De AlkenaerProfessional seller

Book number: 836

Catalogue: Biographies: Writers, poets, playwrights

Keywords: Biographies: Religious figures

McCarthy, Mary

On the Contrary: Articles of Belief, 1946-1961

New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy, 1961. 8vo. [ca. 300 pp.] Hard Cover, Very Good, Dust Jacket is Very Good with Mylar Protective Covering. Stated as First Printing. Provenance: Richard A. Lorenz (1952-2001), author, art conservator, curator and director of the San Francisco Regional Art Conservation Center. As a trustee of The Imogen Cunningham Trust , Mr. Lorenz organized and curated exhibitions of Cunningham's photographs and authored four major books on the photographer. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 69-3096

Catalogue: Books

MONTAGU (George)

The Sportsman's Directory: or, tractate on gunpowder, founded on a series of experiments: together with some remarks and suggestions on fire-arms. Containing, I. The advantage of small-grained powder. II. The most simple and perfect method of proving its strength. III. The unnecessary expenditure of Government powder. IV. Advantages of a Marine corps of Artillery. V. Cannon and carronades formed contrary to mechanical principles. VI. The principle on which guns burst. Vii. Muskets extremely defective. Viii. The principle of rifle barrels mistaken. IX. Choice of guns for the sportsman, with many useful instructions on the art of shooting flying. X. On Pistols-Outlines of Duelling. To which is added, a table of gun barrels, for the Use of Sportsmen, with their proper Charges and Killing Distances. By George Montagu, Esq.

London: Printed for R. Faulder, 1792. First edition, 8vo (203 x 125 mm), [4], vii, [1 errata], 152p., with half-title, engraved frontispiece, some light spotting, cont. calf, re-backed, corners re-newed, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, ruled in gilt. George Montagu (1753–1815), English army officer and naturalist. In 1770 he joined the army as an Ensign in the 15th Regiment of Foot and In December 1775 George was promoted to the rank of Captain on the same day that the regiment was ordered to America. He resigned his commission as a Captain in 1777, but eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Wiltshire Militia. This, his first publication, is little known and is rare, he is better known for his pioneering two-volume Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds of 1802, which for the first time accurately defined the status of Britain's birds. He is remembered today for species such as the Montagu's harrier, named for him. ESTC locating 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge and St. Andrews), with just 1 copy located in North America (Smithsonian).

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 39623

Keywords: MILITARY ARTILLERY GUNPOWDER ARMY GUNS FIREARMS

SEDGWICK (James):

A New Treatise on Liquors: Wherein the Use and Abuse of Wine, Malt-Drinks, Water, &c. Are particularly consider'd, In many Diseases, Constitutions, and Ages. With the Proper Manner of using them, Hot, or Cold, either as Physick, Diet, or Bath. Containing Plan and easy Rules for the Preservation of Health, and the Attainment of Long Life. The Whole Being a full Determination of all that hath lately been publish'd on those Subjects: Tho' chiefly contrary to the Opinions of Dr. Cheyne, Dr. Rouse, Dr. Short, Lommius, Vander Heyden, Dr. Mancock, Mr. Smith, And others.

London: Printed for Charles Rivington..., 1725. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 194 x 119 mms., pp. [viii], xviii, [xxii], 407 [408 - 410 Appendix, 411 - 414 Postscript], pp. ix and 216 misnumbered xi, 122, contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked, title in gilt on spine; extremities a bit worn, but a very good copy with the inscription "Ex Libris/ J. Mann/ 1724 [sic]/ Pnt. 0: 5. - 0" on the top margin of the recto of the second free end-paper, with a later note in pencil, noting the discrepancy between the contemporary date of purchase and the date on the title-page. Maclean, p.128; Simon, BG 1370.

John Price Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 10014

Catalogue: Wine

Keywords: wine brewing