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A Fair copy in full brown leather with black leather spine label lettered in gold. Cover hinges tender, and chipping at the upper spine (not affecting lettering). Now protected in a mylar jacket. Sound binding, clean/unmarjed text, and not ex-library. No date, but with an 1825 owner's name at the front endpaper.

Wear to spine ends and corners, previous owner's name/place/date penned on front pasedown, age-toning throughout; Brown cloth hardcover, No. 171 in Harper's Family Library; 16mo; 299 pages.

Cover shows overall wear and the lower half of the spine is missing. The interior pages are fairly clean but do have scattered discoloration. 299 pages. "With an introductory essay by A. Potter."

A Fair copy in full brown leather with black leather spine label lettered in gold. Cover hinges tender, and chipping at the upper spine (not affecting lettering). Now protected in a mylar jacket. Sound binding, clean/unmarjed text, and not ex-library. No date, but with an 1825 owner's name at the front endpaper.

Cover shows overall wear and the lower half of the spine is missing. The interior pages are fairly clean but do have scattered discoloration. 299 pages. "With an introductory essay by A. Potter."

pp. [8], 292, 4. 8vo. Nice original full leather binding with professionally re-backed spine, and repairs to corners. Our copy contains the List of Subscribers, the two pages of advertising at the end, and is printed on water-marked paper with the chain lines clearly showing. The signature of 'Caroline Fox 1789' appears across the top edge of the title page and there is a nice little bookplate on the front pastedown, with the words 'Holland House' printed thereon (and over which some miscreant has scribbled a few letters in red pencil). It is possible that the signature is that of a descendent of the famous Georgianna Caroline Fox, first Baroness of Holland House, (although she died in 1774), and that the bookplate indicates this book is from the library of the famous castle, built in 1605, in Kensington, London. In the Abstract, a few passages have been lightly marked in the margins, or by underlining, in what appears to be an early pen. Yolton 304. Contents clean and tight. A straight-up copy in good condition. Locke (1632-1704) first published 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' in 1690, as a folio in four books, with a second edition, containing large additions and an index, in 1694, and a third edition in 1695 (see Lowndes, part V). It has been translated into many languages, and reprinted many times. 'The Conduct of the Understanding' has never achieved quite the same popularity, and exists in fewer editions. The first edition, according to WorldCat and the British Museum catalogue, was in 1762, followed by Glasgow editions a year or two later. It is often combined with other works of Locke, although it appears that this is the only edition to be published with an abstract of 'Essay on [sic] Human Understanding'.

Full contemporary calf hardback with original gilt lettered title-piece to spine, neatly rebacked (preserving pastedowns). Rubbed and worn, nonetheless showing well, firm and square, no splits, strong joints. Contents tight and clean, no pen-marks and not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Size: 8vo (180mm x 112mm). Collation: pp. [viii], 292, 4 [ads]. Thus a scarce book in very good condition. Bibliographic references: ESTC T109720; Yolton 304. Attig 730.

Three volumes. A Good set in full brown leather with red leather spine labels. Tender hinges, all protected with mylar jackets. The blank front endpaper of Volume I is loose but present. Tanning/foxing to the paper, text block bindings sound, text unmarked. The stated "Second American Edition". (Not ex-library. )

[iv], 336 pp; old ownership inscription to title-page, contents generally clean. Modern quarter calf with marbled boards, contrasting label. First edition. This collection of Locke's works, some of which were previously unpublished, was put together two years after Locke's death by his literary executors, Peter King and Anthony Collins. Yolton 299. Attig 724.