The Infamous Essay on Woman or John Wilkes Seated Between Vice and Virtue by Hamilton Adrian (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This copy is in good condition. Creasing to the spine and edges of the cover. Otherwise a good clean copy.

Condition: Very good. 2 vols. of 256 p. each in a 31 cm box. Hardcover volume with black cloth spine and marbled paper boards. Also a softcover reading copy volume. A little wear to edges of softcover volume and to edges and sides of box. 2000 numbered copies of which this is no. 439.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. This is copy no. 1456 of an edition limited to 2000 copies. Two volumes in slipcase. 256 pp. Quarter cloth over boards with second identical 'reading copy' in paperback covers. Both contained in slipcase. Slight wear to slipcase edges. Illustrations throughout. 0233963626 4to.

Two volumes. 4to's, 256pp. each, black and white illustrations. Paperback copy, edgeworn and damaged at spine, hardback copy very good with scuffing to spine. Slipcase is rubbed and worn.

2 volume boxed set, one numbered hardcover copy accompanied by one softcover reading copy, identical in content. Quarto illus boards and black cloth spine, 256pp, VG+ (slight wear and soiling to boards) and quarto illus light card covers (reading copy), 256pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine and edges), in slipcase VG (light scuffing and soiling).

Condition: Both vg in vg slipcase. Number 403 of 2000 copies. (9)-256 (both volumes numbered identically) Pp. Illustrations throughout both volumes Of this book there are two thousand numbered copies, each copy is accompanied buy a special reading copy, identical in content and also limited to two thousand copies, to form a set of two volumes. This is copy number: 403 One volume: black cloth spine with marbled boads, second volume: printed card covers with label pasted to spine. Both in one decorative paper covered slipcase with label to front.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. Limited/Numbered. 256;256 pp. 2 volumes presented in a slipcase. Two identical books one in hardback one in printed wrappers [intended to be the reading copy]. Limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is no. 100. Profusely illustrated with many facsimile letters and engravings. A very nice set. Slipcase a trifle bumped. PHOTO ON REQUEST.

Limited Edition of 2000 copies, this set is unnumbered. Hardback and Paperback. One volume bound in buckram backed marbled boards, the other volume in decorated wrapps and described as a reading copy. Near very good set in near good, scrapped and worn, slipcase. Edges bumped. Heavy set, will require extra postage - please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Limited Ed. Qaurto, 2 vols., in slipcase. First volume quarter-cloth in marbled boards, profusely illustrated in b&w throughout, pp. 256. Second volume patterned paper wraps, identical content, pp. 256 (intended as the reading copy). Minor edgewear to the paper wraps volume, o/w both are in near-fine condition. Slipcase has a few small marks, some fishina and is slightly worn to edges. One of a limited edition of 2000 copies. [heavy set - please inquire regarding postage rates] In 1763 John Wilkes set up a printing press in his house to print An Essay on Woman, a pornographic parody of Pope's Essay on Man. The thirteen copies he planned were destined for friends and members of the Hellfire Club. Wilkes's political enemies obtained some proofs. The fragment was read in the House of Lords, who moved to expel and try Wilkes. He fled to Paris and asserted that the poem was never 'published', only printed for private circulation. Nevertheless, he was tried and found guilty in absentia of obscene and seditious libel and declared an outlaw. [Lewd & Scandalous books: Monash Uni].

Hardback. Black and White illustrations. Very Good (volume two is a paperback) in Very Good- slipcase (slipcase bears tear on bottom edge)Slight musty smell. Oversize; Postage & Packing may cost extra.

4to. 256; 256 p. Illustrations, facsimiles. Two volumes. No. 359 of 2000 copies. One vol. quarter cloth with marbled sides, a Fine copy. Second copy in printed wrappers with minor edge rubbing, a very good copy. Slipcase with slight wear on corners. The Essay on Woman is interleaved with the relevant lines of Pope's Essay on man and the text is accompanied by many facsimiles of relevant letters and engravings.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Unnamed (illustrator). First edition. An excellent set complete in two volumes illustrating the life of John Wilkes; an interesting and original set, profusely illustrated throughout. A set in two volumes formed by an edition limited to two thousand copies, each accompanied by a reading copy, identical in content and also limited to two thousand copies. This copy being number sixty one.A fascinating and original biography of John Wilkes, looking at the politician's life history and relations. The title of this work stems from a pornographical poem Wilkes wrote with Thomas Potter on the courtesan Fanny Murray, being a parody of Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man. The poem ended up being read in the House of Lords and was declared obscene and blasphemous, causing a great scandal. Due to it, Wilkes was declared an outlaw in 1764.Interestingly, he was known to be the ugliest man in England.This copy being a record of a fascinating life.This volume is profusely illustrated throughout facsimile letters and manuscripts and plenty other illustrations in text. Two volumes, one in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over marbled boards, and the other in the original publisher's decorative paper wraps. Externally, lovely with only minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with various illustrations in text throughout and facsimile letters and manuscripts. Fine. book.

One of 2000 numbered copies. 4to, pp. 256. A set of two copies, one bound in patterned paper with black cloth spine, the other, a "reading" copy, identical but in paper binding. Ex library, with labels and bookplates. Copiously illustrated with cartoons, facsimiles, and drawings of the period. Aside from the library labels, nice copies in somewhat worn box. Wilkes (1727-97) was a British MP, patriot, propagandist--and notorious rake. He got into serious trouble for his "Essay on Women," which was used against him by his enemies.