DRYDEN, JOHNABAA
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1692rif. ST12901dLondon: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1692. FIRST EDITION. 216 x 167 mm. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2". 4 p.l. 24 pp. Later plain brown paper boards smooth dark red morocco spine with title author and date in gilt. Pastedown with book label of Marion C. Walker; verso of title and one other leaf with small ink stamp of the Selbourne Library. Macdonald 29; ESTC R1595; Pforzheimer 324. Paper evenly toned throughout but fresh and a clean appealing copy inside and out. At the Revolution when Dryden lost his positions of Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal he was more than usually compelled to accept remunerative literary projects like this panegyric written about a lady and for a patron he had never met. According to Macdonald "The countess daughter of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley died on 31 May 1691 but the poem 'betwixt ill health some business and many troubles' was not published till nearly a year later." Some have suggested that much of Dryden's genius was lost to his public because of the constraints of making ends meet with poems like this one but it is testimony both to his poetic powers and stamina that he was able to infuse even wholly commercial work with beauty and dignity. Our copy once belonged to Hugh Selbourne 1906-73 a respected Manchester physician and a passionate bibliophile with a notable library strong in the sciences. He was the owner of virtually all of Robert Boyle's works and his care in choosing copies is reflected in the fact that his first printing of "The Sceptical Chymist" sold at Bonham's in 2015 for a remarkable £362500. Printed for Jacob Tonson books
1941rif. 508010No Place: Privately Printed 1941. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Oblong 16mo. French-folded to make four pages. Cord bound. Illustrated wrappers. Very slight age-toning on wrappers a near fine copy. signed by the author. Poem about Old Salem Massachusetts. OCLC locates no copies. Privately Printed] unknown books
1677rif. 1345258London: printed by Thomas. Newcomb. for H. Herringman at the Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange 1677. Hardcover. Quarto 2 45 1 pages.; VG-; Bound in later 3/4 calf cloth covered boards rebacked with spine preserved. Mild shelfwear. Frank J Hogan bookplate to front pastedown. Lacking Dryden's preface being pages i-xx. Mild toning and soiling to pages. JR Consignment. Case 0. ESTC R4242; Wing D2372; Shawcross 754. Milton and Dryden were politically opposed with Milton against the restoration of the British monarchy while the royalist Dryden was made England's first Poet Laureate by the restored Charles II.; Written as an operatic adaptation of Milton's Paradise Lost the musical score was never written and the opera was never performed.;. 1345258. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for H. Herringman, at the Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange hardcover books
1866rif. 458077Boston: Little Brown and Company 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes. Octavos. Vol. 1 only is a limited edition copy no. 41 of one hundred copies printed illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate portrait of Dryden; Vol. 3 edited by "Mrs. Shelley". A handsome set uniformly bound in polished half calf and marbled paper overs boards gilt spines with two maroon and black leather titling labels marbled endpapers gilt tops. Owner’s name in ink on front fly leaf of each volume. Some darkening and light wear to the edges of the boards remnants of paper bookplate removed from front pastedowns light foxing and dust soiling very good overall. An attractive finely bound set. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1968rif. 180352New York: Hastings House 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 256pp. Illustrated. Faint dampstain on bottom corner of front cloth board very good in a very good dust jacket with corresponding dampstain. Hastings House hardcover books
1756rif. 49066Glasgow: printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis 1756. Foolscap 8vo 2 volumes pp. viii 237 1; vii 1 240; contemporary speckled calf gilt-decorated spines in 5 compartments blue speckled edges; joints cracked labels perished with title visible as blind impression armorial bookplates of Henry Penton the occasional marginalia throughout volume 2 with staining to the bottom of the last dozen or so pages as well as the covers; good. Gaskell's good quality variant. Gaskell 312. printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis unknown books
1925rif. 45797London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1925. First edition thus 8vo pp. xxiii 1 606; portrait frontispiece facsimiles throughout; text in double column; original blue cloth upper cover and spine stamped in gilt; light rubbing along joints else about fine. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press unknown books
1924rif. 21495Oxford England: Clarendon Press 1924. Facsimile printed from type limited to 550 copies 8vo pp. 8 14 8; a very good copy in original stiff marbled paper wrappers printed paper label on front cover some rubbing and soiling 1" split in wrapper at lower spine. A reprinting of the first edition of 1682 with notes elucidating variants found in the edition of 1684. Clarendon Press unknown books
1979rif. 010662Norwalk Ct.: The Easton Press 1979. Book. Illus. by Carlotta Petrina. Fine. Full-Leather. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Easton Press Edition. One of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather. Gilt decorative black leather with gilt lettering and rules to the spine. Four raised bands to the spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end pages. Silk bookmark. Color frontispiece. Easton Press unused book plate laid in. A Fine copy. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1702rif. 008169London: Jacob Tonson 1702. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third Edition bound in contemporary calf with 19th century professional rebacking ornately gilt tooled with red morocco label. ixxxviii 4 advert 424 pp. Pages xc and 173 misnumbered lxxxviii and 137. "Adorn'd with sculptures" 13 full page engravings. Persius's 'Satyrs' has a separate title page. Very Good Plus 2" chip at head of title page inscription in ink dated 1799 at top of title page calf rubbed at corners. A very well bound complete copy of the Third Edition of Dryden's classic translation. Jacob Tonson Hardcover books
1829rif. 16109Washington: William Greer 1829. Caption title as issued. 7 1 pp. Tied with pale pink ribbon. Moderately worn Good. Defendants' Memorandum for the U.S. Supreme Court in this case involving the lease of "part of the military tract" comprising land in Dryden Tompkins County New York formerly part of Onondaga county. Defendants won the case in the New York State courts; the losing plaintiffs brought a writ of error to the U.S. Supreme Court. William Greer unknown books
1698rif. 52732London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1698. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Folio. 2 690pp. 102 plates incl. frontispiece. Later green leather binding extensive decorative gilt decor framing the covers gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spine. Gilt edges and dentelles. Frontispiece engraving. Title page printed in red and black with black double framing. Dedicated to Hugh Lord Clifford. Engravings by W. Hollar after Francis Cleyn's artwork. This second edition was published one year after the first emphazising the popularity of this important book It was conceived created and circulated by John Dryden and the publisher Jacob Tonson. Illustrated with one hundred and one full page copperplate engravings. With postscript to the reader and notes and observations on Virgil's works in English at rear. Front joint of binding repaired and reinforced Light scuffing and rubbing in center gilt framing. Lightly starting at inside front cover. Light offsetting from title page to frontispiece. Light sporadic damp-staining in block. Small circular sticker on inside back cover. Born in Cisalpine Gaul Virgil Publius Vergillius Maro 70-19 BCE published his first collection of poems Eclogues around 38 BCE and the Georgics in 29 BCE. Both titles illustrating the greatness of the Roman Empire were widely read due to "the technical perfection of his verse" Oxford Companion to Classical Literature after Virgil had become part of the poetic circle around Maecena giving Virgil accress to Octavian the future emperor Augustus. Musing the idyllic life of shepards in northern Italy in the Pastorals meditating on the nature of agriculture in the Georgics and in his great epic the Aneid following in the tradition of Homer. While the Pastorals were still likened to the poetry of other poets the Georgics were considered unprecedented. The inscriptions on Virgils tombstone "cesini pascua rura duces" I sang of farms fields and heroes captures the scope of these three works. Dryden's translation triggered a surge in popularity of the works of Virgil among English speaking people. Printed for Jacob Tonson hardcover books
1683rif. 2326London: T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson Thomas Hodgkin 1683. First Edition. Half Leather. Very good. First edition of The Duke of Guise: A Tragedy by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee published in 1683. Octavo 8 76pp. Advertisement on page 76 lacking music at rear. In contemporary half brown morocco marbled boards title in gilt on spine. Housed in custom quarter leather chemise case. Previous ownership bookplates affixed to front endpaper. Pencil marks on title page. Overall in very good condition some toning to leaves occasional loss at edges closed tears. Wing D2264; MacDonald 87a. John Dryden 1631 - 1700 was the poet laureate of England in 1668. He was a prolific author and writer with some calling his time the Age of Dryden. This play was first performed December 4th 1682 to unfavorable reviews but with revisions found success with the United Companies of London. T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson [Thomas Hodgkin] unknown books
1909rif. 46022Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press 1909. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press 1909. Cambridge Edition. Octavo 21cm; contemporary three-quarter green calf over marbled paper-covered boards two green gilt-lettered morocco spine labels spine in six compartments ruled in gilt top edge gilt marbled endpapers; 1054pp.; portrait frontispiece. Brief scuffing to leather margins spine very slightly sunned with some rubbing ownership inscription dated 1914 to front flyleaf else a Very Good or better example. Forms part of the Cambridge Edition of the Poets. Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press unknown books
2020rif. 1411610Oxford UK: Oxford University Press 2020. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xlix 889 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white and light pink lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering. Mild bumping to head and tail of spine. Bumping to edges of dust jacket. Scuffing to dust jacket. Text block clean. Shelved in Literary Criticism. 1411610. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1993rif. 32655New York: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670821705 . First edition/first printing in just about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Dryden's memoir tells the story of his life as a victim of violence and his journey to finding peace and healing. Dryden was born into a family of addicts and violence and was physically and emotionally abused throughout his childhood. He eventually became a victim of violence himself and found himself struggling to rebuild his life. Dryden's memoir is a powerful testament to the power of healing and the resilience of the human spirit.; 8vo; FSA . Viking hardcover books
1921rif. 38783Boston: Richard G. Badger 1921. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis photos 108p. Cloth. 23cm. Minor fraying at ends of backstrip and some soiling. No Jacket. Richard G. Badger hardcover books
1692rif. 54833London: Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh 1692. Second edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Large Octavo. 16 199 3pp. Rebound in later quarter Morocco over red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Modern cream endpapers. Dryden play based on legend of King Sebastian of Portugal surviving the battle of Alcazar. "a powerful drama whose themes of friendship loyalty true kingship and love thwarted by destiny carried contemporary resonance." DNB. Page 43 with two original pencil portraits in margins 3 x 1" and 2 x 1". Binding with slight discoloration along tip of front cover. Block age-toned with heavy though light colored damp-staining. Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh hardcover books
1683rif. 6218London: Jacob Tonson 1683. First Edition. First Edition. Bound in attractive three-quarter red-brown crushed morocco light gray paper-covered boards. 60pp first blank lacking as often seen. This is Dryden's reply to Hunt and Shadwell's "reflections" on the political overtones of his Dryden's "Duke of Guise." A nicely preserved copy with small tears in margin of last leaf. Jacob Tonson unknown books
1708rif. 6095London: H. Hills 1708. First Edition. First Edition. Early edition of the 1681 published poem by John Dryden in contemporary gray paper wrappers with cover notation dating to 1908. 24pp. With contemporary manuscript notation on title page: "by Mr. John Dryden." Front cover and attending first blank leaf detached otherwise very good. Scarce thus. H. Hills unknown books
1681rif. 1345278London: printed for Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson at Grays-inn-gate in Grays-inn-lane and at the Judge's Head in Chancery-lane 1681. Hardcover. Quarto 10 83 1 pages; VG-; Bound by Jon Robbins in modern period-style diced calf; spine lightly tanned. Archival repairs to title page and next-to-last leaf in volume; original final leaf is absent with a modern reprint taking its place. Closed tear to lower edge of A2 first page of dedication. Top margin significantly trimmed in many cases cutting through the title and page number at the top of the page. Text block age-toned and foxed. JR Consignment. . ESTC R11507; Wing D2368; Macdonald H. John Dryden 86a; Woodward & McManaway 461; Pforzheimer 338. In this setting line 4 reads "or". A variant reads "or the." 1345278. Special Collections - Downstairs. printed for Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, at Grays-inn-gate, in Grays-inn-lane, and at the Judge's Head, in Chancery-lane hardcover books
1679rif. 1345323London: printed by John. Macock. for Henry Herringman at the sign of the Anchor on the lower walk of the New-Exchange 1679. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto 8 57 3 pages VG; Quarter bound in leather with marbled paper boards; G; Leather of spine is chipped with cracking at joints loss at head and foot. Surfaces of boards rubbed; corners of boards significantly rubbed. Text block age-toned and foxed with scattered small stains. JR Consignment. . 1345323. Special Collections - Downstairs. printed by J[ohn]. M[acock]. for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Anchor, on the lower walk of the New-Exchange hardcover books
1687rif. 1345325London: printed by Robert. Everingham. for R. Bentley in Russel-Street near the Piazza in Covent-Garden and J. Tonson at the Judge's Head in Chancery-lane 1687. Hardcover. Quarto 8 64 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound in quarter cream cloth with mint green paper boards. Light marking to boards and spine and bumping at corners. Stamp of the Netherby Library on the title page. Text block age-toned and slightly foxed. Archival repairs to minor damage on first three leaves as well as to p. 17 and final page. Macdonald H. Dryden 87b; Woodward & McManaway 406; ESTC R16601; Wing D2265. JR Consignment. 1345325. Special Collections - Downstairs. printed by R[obert]. E[veringham]. for R. Bentley in Russel-Street, near the Piazza in Covent-Garden, and J. Tonson at the Judge hardcover books
1777rif. 1259868London: J. Rivington and sons 1777. Octavo hardcover in good condition. Good copy. Ex libris in pencil on first front free end paper. Bumping and shelf wear. Text age toned and foxed. Leather or leatherette cover chipped at extremities worn to boards at corners and hinges. Boards rubbed. Spine head chipped down to binding head. Binding sturdy but open in places. Spine is brown with five raised bands. GP consignment. Privately bound collection of plays originally printed in Thomas Lowndes' 1719-1784 10-volume "The New English Theatre" 1776/1777. 1. "The Siege of Damascus" by John Hughes 1677-1720. Originally written in 1720 the pages included in this collection appeared in Volume 10 1777 of The New English Theatre. 2. "Venice Preserv'd" 1682 by Thomas Otway 1652-1685. Extracted from Volume 6 of TNET 1776. 3. "Cato A Tragedy" 1712 by Joseph Addison 1672 - 1719. Extracted from Volume 10 of TNET. 4. "The Drummer; or The Haunted House" 1716 by Addison. Extracted from Volume 7 of TNET 1776. 5. "The Spanish Fryar; or The Double Discovery" 1681 by John Dryden 1631 - 1700. Extracted from Volume 3 of TNET 1776. 1259868. Special Collections - Downstairs. J. Rivington and sons unknown books
1716rif. 00311MISCELLANY POEMS. Containing Variety of New Translations of the Ancient Poets: together with several Original Poems. By the Most Eminent Hands Volumes 1 thru 6 complete Mr. Dryden / Jacob Tonson London 1716 some wear to the spine and outer hinges of each volume else a good set bound in full leather with at least vg or better contents free of foxing and staining. Four of the volumes have frontispiece engravings and four of the volumes contain the armorial bookplate of Oxford graduate Edust-wrapper ard Wilberforce Unwin. Mr. Dryden / Jacob Tonson hardcover books
