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1930réf. 52242Stratford-on-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head St. Aldates Oxford & Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell 1930. Number 83 of 350 sets. Woodcuts by Hilda Quick headings and initials by Joscelyne Gaskin. 8 vols. 8vo. Half green calf over Cockerell marbled boards covers very slightly faded otherwise fine. Quick Hildsa. Number 83 of 350 sets. Woodcuts by Hilda Quick headings and initials by Joscelyne Gaskin. 8 vols. 8vo. Printed at the Shakespeare Head St. Aldates Oxford & Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell unknown books
1901réf. 10880New York: Samuel Buckley & Co 1901. Limited Edition. Vellum binding. Fine. Ocravo 22pp. A beautiful copy printed on vellum and bound in full limp vellum hand illuminated in shell gold and various paints. Beautifully executed. 1/150 numbered copies this is #148. Engraved bookplate. Fine example. Samuel Buckley & Co unknown
1679réf. 16502London: Henry Hills for J. Edwin 1679. First complete edition. Near fine. Hardcover. Folio. xii339i168210-119-1114-258369-391ipp. Early full calf Cambridge-style binding rebacked in the 19th century with the spine in 7 compartments intricately gilt; leather label gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Each work has its own title page and for the first three begins the pagination anew though 'The Shepherds Calandar' is mispaginated in three places. 2A-Z4 Kk mismarked K Nn mismarked NAa-Zz4Aaa-Zzz4Aaaa-Iiii4Kkkk Aaaaa-Ccccc4. Laves A3 and A4 have a stain in the lower margin else this is very good. A handsome copy with an inscription dated 1891 probably the date of the reback. Unbeliveably quirky pagination and signature markings but complete. One of two states of this printing: This state shows two bars with catchword 'Calen-" on page 258 followed by p. 359 'Calendarium Pastorale'. A second state lacks the catchword has 'Finis' between the bars on p. 258 an advertisement leaf and then the 'Calendarium'. Carpenter p. 111. DNB suggests that this edition may have been edited by Dryden. Wing S4965. ESTC R7177. Henry Hills for J. Edwin unknown
1679réf. 16502London: Henry Hills for J. Edwin 1679. First complete edition. Near fine. Hardcover. Folio. xii339i168210-119-1114-258369-391ipp. Early full calf Cambridge-style binding rebacked in the 19th century with the spine in 7 compartments intricately gilt; leather label gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Each work has its own title page and for the first three begins the pagination anew though 'The Shepherds Calandar' is mispaginated in three places. 2A-Z4 Kk mismarked K Nn mismarked NAa-Zz4Aaa-Zzz4Aaaa-Iiii4Kkkk Aaaaa-Ccccc4. Laves A3 and A4 have a stain in the lower margin else this is very good. A handsome copy with an inscription dated 1891 probably the date of the reback. Unbeliveably quirky pagination and signature markings but complete. One of two states of this printing: This state shows two bars with catchword 'Calen-" on page 258 followed by p. 359 'Calendarium Pastorale'. A second state lacks the catchword has 'Finis' between the bars on p. 258 an advertisement leaf and then the 'Calendarium'. Carpenter p. 111. DNB suggests that this edition may have been edited by Dryden. Wing S4965. ESTC R7177. Henry Hills for J. Edwin unknown books
réf. 46508London: Folio Society 2011. Limited Edition. Leather. Near Fine. Walter Crane. Three volumes in white Nigerian goatskin decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. Housed in wooden slipcase with iridescent like covered cloth. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this is #201. This is a facsimile copy of the original edition of 1897 one of the great illustrated books of the 19th century by Walter Crane. Volume 2 with a very small nick to the spine head with a couple small light tears in back of the slipcase and a very small abrasion to one edge. The fore-edge text block of one volume with a faint pencil or ink line but very unobtrusive. In all a near fine set. Folio Society unknown
1952réf. 39138London England: J. M. Dent. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer--; T-Spenfa; Spenser Edmund; Introduction By Professor J. W. Hales The Faerie Queen - Volume l of 2 Volumes - No. 443 of Everyman's Library . 1952. J. M. Dent hardcover
réf. 41208London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. 1758. 4to. 26cm in 2 volumes xliiI08673I & 392385-392393-6731pp. signatures: a-e4 a-f4 B4-C4 D2; B-4Q4 4R1; A-4Q4 4R1. chapter device decorations in contemporary full calf expertly rebacked raised bands gilt ruled borers corner and centre device decorations in the panels double black crushed morocco labels the original boards have some wear and wear on the edges signature of Hemy Streatfeild in upper margin of titles and Streatfeild armorial bookplates on front paste-downs endpapers with the family motto "Data fata Sequutus" Following my destiny fate from Vergil's "Aeneid" ESTC T134641. One of the classical works of the English language The Faerie Queene was first published in two parts in 1590 and 1596. Spenser's epic poem was written in a rhyme scheme that became known as Spenserian stanza. The long allegorical work honours the Tudor dynasty and Queen Elizabeth I in particular. The Queen was delighted enough with the work to award Spenser a pension for life. Aside from providing the extensive notes for this work John Upton 1707-1760 also published Critical Observations on Shakespeare 1746. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand. 1758 unknown
réf. 06420London: Scott Webster and Geary 1842. A Handsome Pall Mall Prize Binding: Spenser in Full Green Morocco with Institutional Supralibros and Country-House Provenance SPENSER Edmund. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. In five volumes. A new edition; with introductory and glossarial notes: to which is prefixed the account of the author's life and criticism of his works by John Aikin M.D. London: Scott Webster and Geary 1842. Five small octavo volumes 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 194 x 118 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1842 in full green straight-grain morocco by White of 24 Pall Mall London with their printed binder's stamp on the front pastedown. Covers elaborately tooled in gilt with a wide fillet border and centrally stamped with the gilt supralibros of Downing's Academy incorporating an oval device enclosing an open book and the motto Domine illuminatio mea. Spines with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments with repeating floral and foliate tools red morocco lettering labels and volume numbers lettered in gilt. Board edges and turn-ins finely tooled marbled endpapers all edges gilt. A very attractive and well-preserved set the bindings bright and fresh with only minimal wear the gilt crisp and luminous. Provenance: Bound as a mid-nineteenth-century institutional or prize binding for Downing's Academy as evidenced by the gilt supralibros on each cover. Later in the library of William Carr 1862-1925 of Ditchingham Hall Norfolk historian and collector with his engraved armorial bookplate Ad sidera tollite vultus on the front pastedowns. With a later penciled bookseller's or shelf mark. This elegant five-volume Spenser represents the high standard of West End binding in the 1840s produced by the Pall Mall binder White whose work - while less frequently encountered than that of Zaehnsdorf or Bedford - embodies the same careful craftsmanship and decorative restraint characteristic of the period's best trade bindings. The use of straight-grain morocco combined with dense gilt ornament and repeating floral tools reflects the mid-Victorian taste for richly textured yet orderly decoration while the bold red labels provide a striking chromatic contrast against the deep green leather. Particularly appealing is the presence of the institutional supralibros indicating that the set was likely issued as a presentation or prize binding-a form of book production that often resulted in bindings of a higher-than-usual quality. Such volumes were intended to convey both scholarly merit and aesthetic distinction and frequently entered private libraries of substance as here. The later ownership of William Carr of Ditchingham Hall adds a further layer of interest situating the set within the tradition of nineteenth-century English country-house collecting where finely bound editions of canonical authors such as Spenser formed an essential component of the cultivated gentleman's library. London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1842 unknown
réf. 06420London: Scott Webster and Geary 1842. A Handsome Pall Mall Prize Binding: Spenser in Full Green Morocco with Institutional Supralibros and Country-House Provenance SPENSER Edmund. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. In five volumes. A new edition; with introductory and glossarial notes: to which is prefixed the account of the author's life and criticism of his works by John Aikin M.D. London: Scott Webster and Geary 1842. Five small octavo volumes 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 194 x 118 mm. Handsomely bound ca. 1842 in full green straight-grain morocco by White of 24 Pall Mall London with their printed binder's stamp on the front pastedown. Covers elaborately tooled in gilt with a wide fillet border and centrally stamped with the gilt supralibros of Downing's Academy incorporating an oval device enclosing an open book and the motto Domine illuminatio mea. Spines with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments with repeating floral and foliate tools red morocco lettering labels and volume numbers lettered in gilt. Board edges and turn-ins finely tooled marbled endpapers all edges gilt. A very attractive and well-preserved set the bindings bright and fresh with only minimal wear the gilt crisp and luminous. Provenance: Bound as a mid-nineteenth-century institutional or prize binding for Downing's Academy as evidenced by the gilt supralibros on each cover. Later in the library of William Carr 1862-1925 of Ditchingham Hall Norfolk historian and collector with his engraved armorial bookplate Ad sidera tollite vultus on the front pastedowns. With a later penciled bookseller's or shelf mark. This elegant five-volume Spenser represents the high standard of West End binding in the 1840s produced by the Pall Mall binder White whose work - while less frequently encountered than that of Zaehnsdorf or Bedford - embodies the same careful craftsmanship and decorative restraint characteristic of the period's best trade bindings. The use of straight-grain morocco combined with dense gilt ornament and repeating floral tools reflects the mid-Victorian taste for richly textured yet orderly decoration while the bold red labels provide a striking chromatic contrast against the deep green leather. Particularly appealing is the presence of the institutional supralibros indicating that the set was likely issued as a presentation or prize binding-a form of book production that often resulted in bindings of a higher-than-usual quality. Such volumes were intended to convey both scholarly merit and aesthetic distinction and frequently entered private libraries of substance as here. The later ownership of William Carr of Ditchingham Hall adds a further layer of interest situating the set within the tradition of nineteenth-century English country-house collecting where finely bound editions of canonical authors such as Spenser formed an essential component of the cultivated gentleman's library. London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1842 unknown books
1897réf. 028708J.M. Dent: London 1897. Limited Edition. In two volumes limited to 1250 copies after which the type was distributed. Continuous pagination. This beautiful set was published by J.M. Dent in 1897 following their 1893 edition of Malory's Morte D'Arthur illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. This was a major work issued as a companion to the Beardsley Malory which was now pictured and decorated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley whose magnificent illustrations recall Beardsley's though lacking the erotic images in the borders. Some of the decorative vegetation Faix fax-Muckley used for instance is reminiscent of that found in Dent's Morte D'Arthur though his illustrations are also more consistent with the depiction of the characters in the text see the image of the Redcross Knight as he fights the dragon. In addition to the border nicely populated by dragons the image is partially enclosed by a form of the Gothic bracket that the manuals describe. Bound by Birdsall in ¾ brown Morocco over cloth raised bands lettered and fully decorated in gilt top edges gilt all others uncut marbled endpapers some chipping to heads the original gilt decorated covers were bound in at the rear of the books. London unknown
1679réf. EENeSPEN35London: Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin 1679. 1679. folio. pp. 5 p.l. 339 16 8 258 ie. 254 369-391 1 1 leafads. title in red & black. engraved frontis. of the poet's tomb by Robert White. contemporary calf gilt back worn joints partly cracked. Third Edition the first to include Brittain's Ida A View of the State of Ireland and Bathurst's Latin version of the Shepherd's Calendar. Wing S4965. Pforzheimer 980. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, 1679. Hardcover
1802réf. 162693London: J. Heath and G. Kearsley 1802. In handsome contemporary tree calf First Aikin edition in a very attractive contemporary binding and with pleasing engravings by James Heath 1757-1834 "one of the leading line engravers of his time" ODNB. The illustrations are after Thomas Stothard; in "making this artist his especial study Heath gained a great reputation and by is talent and tasteful execution gave a great impulse to book illustration" Redgrave p. 199. The text is a revision of that used by Samuel Johnson in his Works of the English Poets 1799-81. The editor John Aikin 1747-1822 was a surgeon and literary biographer who found in London "a warm welcome and became a minor literary success. His circle of friends included Thomas Pennant the naturalist; Erasmus Darwin; James Montgomery; John Howard the philanthropist; and for a time Robert Southey" ODNB. 6 vols octavo 207 x 124 mm. Frontispiece and 12 steel-engraved plates by James Heath after Thomas Stothard. Contemporary tree calf red and green spine labels smooth spines decorated in gilt board edges gilt edges sprinkled dark green. Calf lightly mottled partial splits to inner hinges bindings remaining sound sporadic internal foxing. A very good set indeed. Samuel Redgrave A Dictionary of Artists of the English School 1874. unknown
1859réf. 955F21DEdinburgh: James Nichol 1859 . Leather. Fine. 9" by 6". None. A complete five volume set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser in attractive half calf bindings by C. Cross binder to Queen Victoria. Complete in five volumes.In half calf bindings with the binder's stamp 'C. Cross Binder to the Queen' to each volume.Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser is best known for his epic poem and fantastical allegory 'The Faerie Queene' a work which celebrates the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. 'The Shepheardes Calendar' was Spenser's first major work it emulates Virgil's 'Eclogues'. Both of these works are present in this collection which also includes many of Spenser's minor poems including hymns 'Colin Clout's Come home Again' and 'Amoretti or Sonnets'. Including a memoir of Spenser and also critical dissertations by the Reverend George Gilfillan. George Gilfillan was a spasmodic poet who also edited the works of several British poets. In half calf signed bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Externally excellent with back strips just a touch age toned and instances of minor rubbing to back strip heads. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine James Nichol hardcover
1679réf. 78174London: Ludgate-street 1679. Folio. Third Folio Edition. 10 338 2 2 3-16 8 1-2 10-11 9-258 2 369-391 1 pp. Engraved frontispiece of Spenser's tomb. Contemporary full mottled calf boards rebacked. The boards with loss around their corners a little to the edges and with surface wear. Speckled calf spine with red title label raised bands and gilt lettering. Previous owner's name in blue ink to free endpaper. Slight tear near base of frontis and free endpaper where there is some evidence of worming otherwise minor scattered spotting to the text. Publisher's advertisement leaf at the end. The volume also includes Mother Hubberds tale The Tears of the Muses and Virgils Gnat. Includes: "Brittain's Ida" first attributed to Spenser by Thomas Walkley in 1628; now generally attributed to Phineas Fletcher. Includes Theodore Bathurst's translation of The shepheardes calendar. The editorship has been attributed probably erroneously to Dryden. Cf. Johnson F.R. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser 1933 p. 53-56. Wing S4965 ESTC R7177. . Very Good. Full Calf. Third Folio Edition. 1679. Ludgate-street 1679 unknown
1863réf. A48993London: Smith Elder and Co. 1863. xvi 406 2 ads; xi 424 4 hand-col 12 tinted lithographic plates 3 folding maps. . HB. 2 vols 8vo orig. green cloth blind-stamped borders and central floral design to boards gt title and dec. palm design to spines. Minor wear short nick to head of each spine. Orig. coated yellow endpapers browned to reverse; hinges cracked but firm. Stitching tender in places with a few gatherings just starting. Some foxing to a few plates and adjacent pages mostly light but heavier to several of the tinted plates. Folding maps each with one short closed tear to inner edge. Armorial bookplate with motto 'Festina Lente'. A pleasing set of this rare work in bright original bindings. Second edition revised. Published a year after the first St. John added to this second edition an introduction a chapter on pirates another on animals an index and occasionally introduced some new anecdote. The four hand-coloured plates illustrate carnivorous pitcher plants Nepenthes and are engraved after illustrations first published in the Transactions of the Linnean Society.'Borneo one of the most interesting and romantic regions in the world' thus starts this fascinating book. Its author Spenser St. John 1825-1910 was a British diplomat and explorer. He was private secretary to Sir James Brooke the Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo. In 1856 St. John was appointed British consul-general to the native states of Borneo; he explored the country and went further into the interior than any previous European traveller. His habit of wearing native dress resulted in complaints to London. The present book based on his full and accurate journals also supplemented by other visitors' testimonies is a well-written and beautifully illustrated account of the author's travels. ODNB. Smith, Elder and Co. hardcover
réf. 40611London: The Folio Society. Fine with no dust jacket. 2011. First thus. Goatskin. Inventory Box; Drawings; quarto; Folio Society. Poem in six books; with the Fragment Mutabilitie edited by Thomas J. Wise pictured by Walter Crane 3 volumes facsimile edition 2011 reproduced from the 1897 George Allen edition numerous black & white illustrations many full-page top edge gilt original cream morocco goatskin gilt-stamped pictorial designs to front covers and spines contained together in original cloth-covered slipcase 4to. Bslipcase is covered in a sating cloth which chages colors according to the angle of the light. Books rest on a sliding panel with a pull out ribbon at their bottom. Case is as new with cloth crackling by design. Appearance is as new except for minor wear to sllp case back edge. 406/1000 . The Folio Society unknown
1897réf. 102598George Allen 1897. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Walter Crane. The original 19 parts published between 1894 through 1896 with illustrations by Walter Crane bound into six volumes with the original wraps. Limited to 1000 copies. Bound in white cloth covers are darkened in places with a couple water stained on the spine though no damage seen on the text block. George Allen hardcover
1679réf. 75349London: Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin at the Three Roses in Ludgate-Street 1679. Full Leather. Very Good. 33 x 21 cm. Folio. 10 339 1 16 8 258 i.e. 254 1 369-391 1 pp. Engraved frontispiece of Spencer's tomb signed R. White sculp. Older full leather binding 5 raised bands to spine leather spine label. Title page printed in red and black. Licensed October 24th 1678 by Roger L'Estrange. Confusing pagination with several miss-numbered pages. Several seperate title pages for various works dated 1678. Editorship has been attributed to Dryden but likely erroneously according the Johnson bibliography. The spine has been professionally rebacked and covers reattached preserving much of the original spine. There is evidence of a fairly clean bookplate removal to front fixed endpaper and a name has been effaced from the title page. Small chip out of one edge of the frontispiece which does not effect the illustration. This has been repaired/reinforced nicely with tissue paper. Scuffing to the leather. A lovely early edition of Spenser's collected works. References: ESTC R7177. Johnson A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser #21. OCLC 889640961. Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin at the Three Roses in Ludgate-Street unknown
1882réf. 218315London : printed for private circulation 1882-1884 1882. Limited Edition. Hardback. Good to very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt-tooled portrait and decorative border to front panels. Spines bands worn with some fraying evident in places. Spine covers faded and sun-toned. Some fading and toning also evident to the panels of vols. 1-3 and 7-9. Panel edges dulled and rubbed. Bumped corners. Small tear between the top of the spine cover and front panel of vol. 5. Vols. 6 7 8 and 9 are unread copies with unopened pages. Fore and bottom page edges rough-trimmed. Internally pages are clean and bright with just some scattered spots of marginal foxing evident in places. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Physical description: 9 v. : facsim. ill. maps ; 20 cm. 100 copies only in this form --c.f. title page. Contents: v. 1. Life of Spenser / by the editor with appendix. Essays: Characteristics of Spenser's poetry / by Aubrey de Vere. Spenser the poet and teacher / by Prof. Edward Dowden. Certain aspects of the poetry of Spenser / by the Rev. W.B. Philpot. The introspection and outlook of Spenser / by the Rev. William Hubbard -- v. 2. The Shepheards calender and Glosse 1597: with various readings of the quartos 1579-91 -- v. 3. Complaints 1590-91. Essay on English pastoral poetry / by E.W. Gosse. Rider on the same ; Who were Rosalinde and Menalcas ; Notices of Edward Kirke / by the editor -- v. 4. Essays on the minor poems of Spenser / by F.T. Palgrave. Daphnaida: an elegie upon the death of . Douglas Howard etc. 1591. Colin Clouts come home again 1595. Amoretti and Epithalamion 1595. Fowre hymnes 1596. Prothalamion or A spousal verse etc. 1596. Astrophel etc. and Sonnets -- v. 5. The faerie queene. bk. i.-ii. -- v. 6. The faerie queene. bk. ii. continued-iii. -- v. 7. The faerie queene. bk. iii. continued-v. -- v. 8. The faerie queene. bk v. continued-vi. Two cantos of Mvtabilitie. Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh. Commendatory poems and sonnets -- v. 9. Prose: A veue of the present state of Ireland. Letters etc. Subjects: Spenser Edmund 1552-1599 -- Collected works -- Biography -- English literature -- Poetry -- Verse -- Prose -- Studies interpretation and criticism. [London] : printed for private circulation, 1882-1884 hardcover
réf. 12228London; Folio Society 2011. 2011. Hard Cover. Facsimile Limited Edition: Number 773 of 1000 copies only. Quarto pp. lxxxvii 9 527 1; viii 529-1044; viii 1045-1546 8. Lavishly illustrated throughout by Walter Crane with 88 full page plates and 135 head- and tail-pieces. Full ivory goatskin heavily blocked in gilt to spine and upper board with a design based on Walter Crane's original; top edge gilt; white ribbon place-marker. The three volumes housed in a solid wood slipcase covered with maroon crushed silk with grey silk lining and sliding tray in base for access. Complete with publisher's pictorial envelope containing the Folio Society prospectus and introductory letter for the set together with Alan Stewart's introductory booklet "Spenser's Faerie Queene 'bold bawdry and open manslaughter'" pp. 8 in printed paper wraps. No annotation or inscriptions. Very slight crease at tail of spine Vol II otherwise a near fine set in like slipcase. Spenser's rich and allegorical Elizabethan masterpiece originally published in six books from 1590 to 1596. This set is a facsimile of the sought-after 1894-7 edition beautifully illustrated by Walter Crane in high Arts and Crafts style intertwined with an Art Nouveau aesthetic. The original Crane illustrated edition was issued unbound so that collectors could choose a binding to suit their taste. This Folio Society limited edition is a faithful reproduction and a very handsome set. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. London; Folio Society, 2011. hardcover
1751réf. 44948London: printed for J. Brindley 1751. 3 volumes 4to; pp. 4 xxxvii 1 lxv 1 453; 2 450; 2 440 2 errata; 32 engraved plates after William Kent; woodcut head- and tailpieces; volume I bound in recent quarter tan calf antique maroon morocco label on spine; vols. II-III bound in full contemporary calf red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; joints barely cracked; very neat facsimile restoration in the fore-margin of b4 in vol. I with facsimile lettering touching the beginning or end of a total of 14 words; mild to moderate dampstain enters the foremargins of many pages throughout; textblock is otherwise very good and clean for the most part. One of the most splendid editions of Spenser's masterpiece with useful bibliographical information on the collation of the 1590 and 1596 quartos. The glossary occupies 13 pages of the preliminaries if vol. I. Ebert 21601; Lowndes III 2477. printed for J. Brindley unknown
1751réf. 44948London: printed for J. Brindley 1751. 3 volumes 4to; pp. 4 xxxvii 1 lxv 1 453; 2 450; 2 440 2 errata; 32 engraved plates after William Kent; woodcut head- and tailpieces; volume I bound in recent quarter tan calf antique maroon morocco label on spine; vols. II-III bound in full contemporary calf red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; joints barely cracked; very neat facsimile restoration in the fore-margin of b4 in vol. I with facsimile lettering touching the beginning or end of a total of 14 words; mild to moderate dampstain enters the foremargins of many pages throughout; textblock is otherwise very good and clean for the most part. One of the most splendid editions of Spenser's masterpiece with useful bibliographical information on the collation of the 1590 and 1596 quartos. The glossary occupies 13 pages of the preliminaries if vol. I. Ebert 21601; Lowndes III 2477. printed for J. Brindley unknown books
réf. 6007gLondon: The Folio Society. As New. Hardcover. 2011. Collectors set - 6 volumes bound in 3 in wooden slipcase with sliding tray. no 884 of 1000 copies. Profusely illustrated with 88 large illustrations and 135 illustrative head a nd tailpieces . The Folio Society hardcover
1930réf. 8495Oxford: Published for the press by Basil Blackwell 1930-32. Eight volumes. No. 268 of 375 copies. Hand coloured wood engravings throughout by Hilda Quick. Initial letters title page lettering and headings engraved from designs by Joscelyne Gaskin printed in red blue and black. Double page engraved map and title for ‘A Vewe of the Present State of Ireland’ by Macdonald Gill. Printed on Batchelor’s Shakespeare Head handmade paper in 16 pt. Caslon. Edited by W.L. Renwick. 4to. original quarter green morocco over marbled green boards with vellum tips gilt lettering on spines fore and lower edges uncut a largely unopened set. Spines a little darkened with some slight rubbing boards with some rubbing and scratching internally bright and clean.With full and splendid printings of The Shephearde’s Calendar and The Faeirie Queen together with shorter works including Daphnaida Epithalamion Astrophel Colin Clouts Come Home Againe and A Vewe of the Present State of Ireland A typographically handsome delicately decorated printing of Spenser Published for the press by Basil Blackwell hardcover
1909réf. 834B20DOxford: At the Clarendon Press 1909-1910. Leather. Fine. 9" by 6". None. A wonderful complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser including his epic poem The Faerie Queene. A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer edited by Ernest De Selincourt. A beautiful Hatchards binding in lovely condition. The volumes include the original title pages and are illustrated throughout the text. The first volume 1910 contains Spenser's minor poems based upon a collation of the editions published in the poet's lifetime with the Folio of 1611. The volume includes Daphnaida Colin Clovts Come Home Again Prothalamion and miscellaneous sonnets. The second volume 1909 contains the first three books of Spenser's Faerie Queene and is edited by J. C. Smith. The third volume 1909 contains the fourth to the seventh books of the Faerie Queene which remains one of the longest poems in the English langauge. Re-bound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally lovely with just some fading to the spines. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine At the Clarendon Press hardcover
