London: Ellis and White 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSOCIATION COPY. Inscribed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: "To Frederick Leyland from his friend D.G. Rossetti 1881." Rossetti died the following year. Leyland was Rossetti's most important late patron. Frederick Leyland 1832-1892 was a Liverpool shipping magnate and major art collector. He had a collection of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelites and from artists of the Aesthetic Movement as well as an important collection of Italian Renaissance paintings. His collection included Rossetti's "The Blessed Damozel" "Monna Rosa Proserpine" and "Lady Lillith." Rossetti also painted portraits of Leyland and his wife. Other well-known works commissioned by Leyland were "The Beguiling of Merlin" by Edward Burne-Jones and Whistler's Peacock Room which was installed in his London house The Peacock Room may now be seen at the Freer Art Gallery. Bound in original green cloth with gilt flower and lattice design by Rossetti on covers and spine. There is spotting to the preliminary leaves and at the end of the book including on the inscription page but this does not obscure the inscription. Closed half-inch margin tear to page 327. A very nice copy in very good plus condition. Housed in a modern green cloth clamshell box. 335 pages plus one page ad. PRERAPH/052213. Ellis and White hardcover
Dent 1962. Sm. 8vo. parallel text in Italian and English with a frontispiece title in red and black and pedigrees and maps in the text neat inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The work is presented with the original Italian text on versos and English translation on facing rectos. In common with the conventions of the acclaimed 'Temple Classics' series Israel Gollancz's copious editing is both scholarly and contextual. Includes pedigrees of the characters. Dent, hardcover
Laing Art Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne 1971. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with 21 plates; original printed wrappers a near fine copy. SCARCE Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, unknown
Caernafon / London: Swyddfa'r "herald" / David Nutt. Very Good-. 1903. CLOTH. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 4 475 pages; Decorated cream cloth binding moderately soiled. Extremities of the binding lightly worn. Endpapers foxed. Contents very good. Illustrated capitals. Plates. Previously owned by John Jay Parry renowned Welsh scholar with his bookplate on the pastedown. . Swyddfa'r "herald" / David Nutt hardcover
Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis. N.D. Hardcover. Good in boards. Hinge has started. Owner name to FEP. Stamp to rear pastedown. Chipping at spine. No date. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original binding. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. . T. N. Foulis hardcover
Blackstone Audio Inc 2007. Audio Book. Good. Audio CD. 11 AUDIO CDs withdrawn from the library collection. Some library marking. We polish each of the Audio CDs for a good sound. You will receive a reliable set. Enjoy this AUDIO CD performance. Blackstone Audio Inc unknown
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