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1862réf. 738351862. SPENSER Edmund. The Works of Edmund Spenser. Edited by J. Payne Collier. London: Bell and Daldy Chiswick Press 1862. Five volumes. Tall octavo contemporary full dark green crushed morocco gilt raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $900.Splendid Chiswick Press edition of Spensers works with biography by J. Payne Collier very handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt. A lovely set.Of Spenser Robert Southey wrote ""He is the great master of English versification incomparably the greatest master in our language."" This edition features a biography of Spenser by the current editor J. Payne Collier. ""For the original language of the poet"" Collier acknowledges ""I was of course mainly indebted to the two issues of The Fairy Queen; the first three books in 1590 and the whole six books in 1596."" He corrects many of the errors of textual transcription contained in the earlier Todd editions. The Chiswick Press is credited with the revival of fine printing in England when in 1844 it brought Caslon type back into use. Bookplate of Lamberton Castle.A most handsome about-fine copy in contemporary morocco-gilt. hardcover books
1897réf. 8274Archibald Constable & Co. Westminster. London. 1897-1900. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST KATE WARREN EDITION. 8vo.6.8 x 4.4 inches. Illustrated frontis to each volume - 3 portraits and 3 sepia photographic views River Blackwater County Cork ; Ruins of Kilcolman Spenser's home in Ireland ; Glengarriff County Cork. each with a tissue guard. Each volume with an extra decorative title page. A fine and clean set with a few of the gatherings still unopened. Finely bound by Riviere in early twentieth century quarter vellum with single raised bands. Green title labels ruled and lettered in gilt. Arts and Crafts style tall flower design with stems leaves and flower in gilt to each spine. Blue cloth on boards. Top edges gilt others untrimmed. Some minor marks to the cloth on a few of the boards but the spines all clean and the gilt bright so the set looks great on the shelf. A very attractive set of vellum bindings. Archibald Constable & Co. Westminster. London. 1897-1900 hardcover
1862réf. 012419London: Smith Elder & Co 1862. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 21.5x15.cm. Collation xix1400pp16 coloured or tined plates including frontis 2 folding maps LACKING MAP OF DISTRICTS KINA BALU . Bound in modern half leather leather corners cloth boards raised bands gilt lines lettering leather labels. Both bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally occasional minor spotting/tanning short closed tear to margin of maps. Pages and plates in good clean condition. Generally a good clean solid set.F . First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good. 8vo. Smith Elder & Co Paperback
réf. Z1-Office-00127Smith Elder and Co. Used - Good. 2 vols. 1863 revised 2nd. ed. original green cloth bindings. Cloth is marked and rubbed. with slight damage to edges. Spines are worn but intact. Front hinge of vol 1 is detatched. 16 coloured plates. the three maps have all got minor tearing. 5 numbers in pencil to title page. some foxing. For further details or pictures please message us. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Smith Elder and Co hardcover
1758réf. 300360London: J. & R. Tonson 1758. First Edition; Early Printing. Fine binding. Both volumes Very Good in rebound blue cloth with previous owner initials emblazened on right bottom of front cover. J. & R. Tonson unknown
1751réf. 5320London: J. Brindley S. Wright 1751. First Illustrated Edition. Measuring approximately 11.25" x 8.75" with 453 450 440 numbered pages respectively. These volumes are in fair condition. Volume one and two are in various stages of being rebound. Gilt lettering and design on spine is still legible. Volume III is in the worst condition with both boards detached. Front pages are loose and lacking the rear endpages. Interior pages of all volumes are clean and well preserved. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #F2-3. J. Brindley, S. Wright unknown
1930réf. 369955London: The Cresset Press 1930. One of 350 copies. With frontispiece and twelve chapter headings by John Nash all hand-stencilled in color at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. Tall 4to. Original cream silk-covered boards vellum spine t.e.g. others uncut. Fine fresh copy. Nash John. One of 350 copies. With frontispiece and twelve chapter headings by John Nash all hand-stencilled in color at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. Tall 4to. A lovely book printed on handmade paper in Granjon Old Face used here for the first time it was designed by the printer of the book George W. Jones. Ransom Check Lists 20 The Cresset Press unknown
1930réf. 369955London: The Cresset Press 1930. One of 350 copies. With frontispiece and twelve chapter headings by John Nash all hand-stencilled in color at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. Tall 4to. Original cream silk-covered boards vellum spine t.e.g. others uncut. Fine fresh copy. Nash John. One of 350 copies. With frontispiece and twelve chapter headings by John Nash all hand-stencilled in color at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. Tall 4to. A lovely book printed on handmade paper in Granjon Old Face used here for the first time it was designed by the printer of the book George W. Jones. Ransom Check Lists 20 The Cresset Press unknown books
réf. elala2215London: William Pickering Nattali And Combe & Oxford: Talboys And Wheeler 1825. First Pickering Edition with a life by George Robinson. 5 Volumes. 8vo. woodcut title vignettes. engraved frontis. portrait by W.H.Worthington. woodcut title vignettes. modern half calf by Henry Sotheran t.e.g. others untrimmed London: William Pickering, Nattali And Combe, & Oxford: Talboys And Wheeler, 1825 unknown
1882réf. 026962London: by the author Printed for Private Circulation Only. 1882. Book. Fine. Half Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo 14 x 22cm. 1882-4. A fine nine volume set of this edition limited to 100 copies - Printed for Private Circulation Only. The title pages state "in ten volumes" but in the event only 9 volumes were publised. Fine contemporary uniform bindings by Zaehnsdorf of restrained but elegant half brown morocco with marbled boards and 5 raised bands to the spines lettered in gilt; bindings very good with a little gentle wear only spines very slightly faded. All edges marbled to match boards and end-papers. Contents clean and tight; a little foxing more or less confined to the front and rear blanks otherwise unmarked. A superb set of this rare and desirable edition limited to just 100copies. Provenance: With the attractive bookplate of Claude Goldsmit-Montefiore to most front paste-downs. Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore 1858 - 1938 was son of Nathaniel Montefiore and the great nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore. Some identify him as a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought Jewish-Christian relations and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics. Wikipedia. [by the author] Printed for Private Circulation Only. Hardcover
réf. 117112London printed by William Faden 1758. . New edition; 4 volumes 8vo 22 x 14 cm; contemporary manuscript bookplates to pastedowns touch of spotting; contemporary full tree calf gilt motifs to spines in six compartments with contrasting gilt red and black morocco labels upper joint of vol. I starting to split a very good set; lxix 248 48; 2 300 1; 2 502 1; 2 462 19pp. A lovely tree calf bound set of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene one of the longest poems in the English language. It follows Arthurian knights in the examination of 12 moral virtues and was a huge success in its time owing to Elizabeth I's political approval of its noble and virtuous teachings and its celebration of the Tudor dynasty. London, printed by William Faden, 1758. unknown
2008réf. 75531Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2008. Full Leather. Fine. Three volume set. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. Bound into full red leather with gilt design lettering and foredges. 3 raised bands to spine. The interior is a facsimile of the George Allen 1897 edition edited by Thomas J. Wise and illustrated by Walter Crane. Moire endpapers and ribbon. Easton Press unknown
1897réf. 45367London: J. M. Dent. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. Hardcover. Oversized two volume set. Half vellum with marbled boards morocco/gilt spine labels marbled endpages TEG ribbon marker. Limited to 100 copies on handmade paper and 1250 copies on ordinary paper. Fairfax-Muckley edition. Pp. Lii 1156 continuous pagination Inner hinges have been reinforced. Minimal foxing/soil/rubbing. ; quarto . J. M. Dent hardcover
1965réf. mon0000209845Oxford University Press 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy sound binding. Oxford University Press hardcover
1803réf. 54894London: Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin 1803. Very good. First edition of this collection celebrating the revival of the sonnet tracing its history from Spenser to Shakespeare and Milton through contemporaries Charlotte Smith Mary Robinson and a young Leigh Hunt. The English sonnet fell out of fashion in the early 18th century only to come roaring back to popularity with the publication of Charlotte Smith's ELEGIAC SONNETS in 1784. But this volume provides a much wider and more nuanced picture of the development of the English sonnet including Smith's predecessor Thomas Edwards and her contemporaries Anna Seward whom Henderson especially likes William Lisle Bowles Helen Maria Williams and Mary Robinson. Henderson's introduction contextualizes the wide range of sonnets included from the amatory Robinson to the elegiac Smith. This compendium established the state of playing field for the form in the Romantic era and it was a favorite form of Coleridge Keats Shelley and Wordsworth. Coleridge wrote a pamphlet celebrating the form in 1796 and the first poem Wordsworth published was "Sonnet on Seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams Weep" in 1787 an homage to Williams and Charlotte Smith both. A notable Romantic-era collection unusual in so widely acknowledging the debts of English poetry to women writers. Contemporary half roan marbled paper boards gilt-ruled and -lettered spine. Red speckled edges. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and two further full-page engravings by T.W. Tomkins after P. Henderson. xl 192 pages. Some pencil notes to endpapers. Binding rubbed at extremities some foxing largely marginal to first few gatherings. Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin unknown
1803réf. 54894London: Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin 1803. Very good. First edition of this collection celebrating the revival of the sonnet tracing its history from Spenser to Shakespeare and Milton through contemporaries Charlotte Smith Mary Robinson and a young Leigh Hunt. The English sonnet fell out of fashion in the early 18th century only to come roaring back to popularity with the publication of Charlotte Smith's ELEGIAC SONNETS in 1784. But this volume provides a much wider and more nuanced picture of the development of the English sonnet including Smith's predecessor Thomas Edwards and her contemporaries Anna Seward whom Henderson especially likes William Lisle Bowles Helen Maria Williams and Mary Robinson. Henderson's introduction contextualizes the wide range of sonnets included from the amatory Robinson to the elegiac Smith. This compendium established the state of playing field for the form in the Romantic era and it was a favorite form of Coleridge Keats Shelley and Wordsworth. Coleridge wrote a pamphlet celebrating the form in 1796 and the first poem Wordsworth published was "Sonnet on Seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams Weep" in 1787 an homage to Williams and Charlotte Smith both. A notable Romantic-era collection unusual in so widely acknowledging the debts of English poetry to women writers. Contemporary half roan marbled paper boards gilt-ruled and -lettered spine. Red speckled edges. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and two further full-page engravings by T.W. Tomkins after P. Henderson. xl 192 pages. Some pencil notes to endpapers. Binding rubbed at extremities some foxing largely marginal to first few gatherings. Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin unknown books
2008réf. 192831The Easton Press 2008. First Thus. Hardcover. Like New. First Edition Thus. Published by Easton Press 2008. 3 volumes. Folios. Bound in full red leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Gilt and color decoration to boards and spine. Three raised spine bands tan satin endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmarks. Books are like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. A flawless set of this wonderful full facsimile reprint of the 1897 First Edition featuring the illustrations by Walter Crane. 1549 total pages. Set measures 6.5' across on the shelf. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. The Easton Press hardcover
1859réf. 320589Edinburgh: James Nichol 1859. hardcover. near fine. 5 volumes. slim 8vo 3/4 decorative green morocco evenly faded to brown top edges gilt light scattered foxing. Edinburgh: James Nichol 1859. A very handsome set. James Nichol unknown
1859réf. 320589Edinburgh: James Nichol 1859. hardcover. near fine. 5 volumes. slim 8vo 3/4 decorative green morocco evenly faded to brown top edges gilt light scattered foxing. Edinburgh: James Nichol 1859. A very handsome set. James Nichol unknown books
réf. Discovery-9781806015719BRILLIANCE 2027. Hardcover. New. BRILLIANCE hardcover
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1715réf. 71729London: Mr. Hughes 1715. 12mo. 6 volumes. Contemporary speckled calf with red title label gilt lettering and devices to spine; raised bands; thin gilt borders to boards; edges speckled red top edges darkened. Some wear and loss at spine ends and joints. Bumping to extremities. Bookplates to front pastedowns of Thomas Worrall Smith Grazebrook dated 1830 with his name dated 1830 to heads of title leaves otherwise internally clean. Small sticker to corner of rear pastedowns of Paul Breman stating they are collated complete. . Very Good. Speckled Calf. 1715. Mr. Hughes 1715 unknown
1839réf. 35090London: William Pickering 1839. 5 volumes. Early Printing published for the Aldine Edition of the English Poets. With an engraved frontispiece of Spenser by Fox. 8vo handsomely bound in three-quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards the joins gilt ruled the spine panels with raised bands gilt stopped the compartments richly gilt in fully tooled panels between the bands top edge gilt marbled endleaves. lxxiv 282; vi 295; vi 296; vi 305vi 317 1 pp. A handsomely bound set of this fine edition of Spenser's Poetical Works the bindings tight and strong the text-blocks in pleasing condition a clean set and excellent for the bindings for reading or study. A VERY PLEASING COLLECTION OF THE POETRY OF ONE OF ENGLAND’S GREATEST LITERARY MASTERS Edmund Spenser who stands with the likes of William Shakespeare and John Milton in the history of English poetry. Spenser was known to his contemporaries as "the prince of poets” and was said by them to be "as great in English as Virgil in Latin”. He was greatly preferred over Shakespeare by Queen Elizabeth and many others of the day. He left behind him masterful essays in every genre of poetry from pastoral and elegy to epithalamion and epic. A century later John Milton would call Spenser "a better teacher than Aquinas” and was greatly influenced by him. Since then generations of readers have admired his subtle use of language his imagination his immense classical and religious learning and "his unerring ability to synthesize and ultimately to delight”. This is the handsomely bound Pickering printing of Spenser’s great works. THE FAERIE QUEEN is Spenser’s best known work and arguably his best. It is especially notable for its form: it was the first work written in what is now called Spenserian stanza and is also one of the longest poems in the English language. An allegorical work written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I it is largely symbolic the poem follows several knights in an examination of several virtues. It found not surprisingly great political favour with Elizabeth I and was such a public success that it quickly became Spenser's defining work. The last six books of the twelve Spenser intended were never written though two cantos noted as the Seventh and Eighth Bookes appear here. William Pickering hardcover
