Books by BACON Francis

Peter Pauper Press. No date but circa 1960, 1960. . A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. ... more information

Mount Vernon, NY: PETER PAUPER PRESS. G/--. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo., 230 pp., good cover, very good hinges . ... more information

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, n/d. A lovely edition of this collection of Bacon's works. Originally published in late 1600s. Includes the some of the following essays: Of Parents and Children, Of Envy, Of Travel, Of Empire, Of Discourse, Of Riches and many others. In near fine condition in an almost near fine acket with slight wear and a puncture to the jacket on the spine side of the rear panel. ... more information

Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. 1890. Good; ex-library copy (bookplate, etc.). 405 ... more information

New York: A. L. Burt. Hardcover. Fair. Home library edition. Maroon cloth. Labels fixed to spine. Spine, boards leaning. Reading copy, sold as is. Contents clean. ... more information

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, n.d. New edition. Cloth. A wear of wear to extremities, soiling to top edge, otherwise a very good clean copy. Sm. 4to. A nice selection set in handsome type reprinted from the earlier De luxe artists' edition. ... more information

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. 8vo, pp. 228. Reprinted form the de luxe artists' edition of the Peter Pauper Press. Paper over boards, cloth spine. Cover little bumped, with it's paper showing some silverfish damage, o/w a VG tight copy. ... more information

Norwalk CT:: Easton,, 1980. Fine. A Fine hardback Colector's Edition in brown leather bound book with raised bands spine, gilt lettering spine, gilt decoration covers, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, silk bookmark. Owner bookplate ffep. 4to. ix, 190 pp. ... more information

New York: Peter Pauper Press. (no date-circa1969). Book club edition. Reprint from the De Luxe Artists' Editions of the Peter Pauper Press. Very good with spine ends and corners bumped, front board foredge dented. . ... more information

New York: Heritage Press. (1972). Reprint. Fine in a near fine, lightly soiled, slipcase. Includes the Sandglass. . ... more information

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. [no date]. New edition. Octavo. Light fading to the spine, near fine without dustwrapper. From the Library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. . ... more information

New York: W.L. Allison. (no date) circa 1898. Reprint. Very good. Front hinge cracking, contemporary owner name. . ... more information

Norwalk, CT The Easton Press 1980 Leather bound Collector's Edition 190pp. Quarto [28 cm] Brown leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endsheets. Very good. The edges of the endsheets are ever so slightly faded. There is a former owner's bookplate on the verso of the front free endsheet. There are a couple of blind stamps from a previous owner on the front free endsheet and title page. The 10... more information

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. 1900. HC. First publsihed in 1587, newly written in 1625. Francis Bacon--Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans, but not Lord Bacon, as he is sometimes erroneously styled, left us this literary legacy of wonderful essays. . 291pp ... more information

Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press. Circa. 1950. Later printing. Very good with a small tear along the front spine edge, without dustwrapper as issued, lacking the slipcase. . ... more information

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. eps faded, some gilt worn from front cover, lt soil. 190 pp. gilt stamped brown leather covers; silk eps; color frontis; introduction by Christopher Morley and A.S.W. Rosenbach; facsimile reprint from the 1597 edition; from the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.. Full Leather. VG.. ... more information

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1890. First. First edition. Very good with cocked spine and rubbing to the corners and head and tail of the spine. . ... more information

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. 190 pp. gilt stamped brown leather covers; silk eps; color frontis; introduction by Christopher Morely and A.S.W. Rosenbach; facsimile reprint from the 1597 edition; from the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.. Full Leather. VG+. Bookplate & Stamp.. ... more information

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Tall quarto. 190pp. With an introduction by Christopher Morley and a postscript by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Quarter cloth and patterned paper over boards; spine gilt, and top edge gilt. Previous owner's circular embossed stamp on the front free endpaper, otherwise a Fine copy, lacking the slipcase. One of eleven hundred numbered copies, printed at the Press of William. E. Rudge's Sons, under the direction of Bruce Rogers, who has signe... more information

Collector's Edition by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Conn.: 1980. Near fine in full medium brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are gilt. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 7" containing 190 pages of text. With an intro... more information