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1956ref. 172340London/New York: J.M. Dent & Sons/E.P. Dutton 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Reprint. Fine in a good dust jacket with deep tears to the corners. Everyman's Library No. 879. J.M. Dent & Sons/E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1909ref. 1400327Oxford: Clarendon Press 1909. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes. In Good minus condition with Fair dust jackets. Spines are tan with black print. Dust jackets have edgewear with short tears at spine ends and flap corners toning to spine peripheral toning. Price clipped. Boards in blue cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text blocks have deckle edges; bookplate on front pastedown light amount of penciled marginal notation intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: each volume includes facsimile of 1596 title page. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Books I-III xxii 518 pages — Vol. 2. Books IV-VII vi 519 pages. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1400327. FP New Rockville Stock. Clarendon Press hardcover books
1613ref. 4533London: By Humphrey Lownes for Mathew Lownes 1611- 1613. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION second issue see below for issue points. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in 19th c. sprinkled calfskin gilt hinges discreetly repaired mild wear to corners and extremities. The boards are ruled in gold with shell ornaments at the corners and a gilt arabesque at the center. The text itself is in very nice condition lightly pressed with a few trivial blemishes and small rust holes to four leaves F3 X1-2 C6. The main title page is framed by a fine ornamental woodcut border McKerrow & Ferguson 212. Every canto of the “Faerie Queene” is introduced by an elaborate four-part woodcut frame and concludes with a historiated tail-piece. The “Shepheard's Calendar” is illustrated with twelve woodcut vignettes one for each month. The first issue of Spenser’s collected works appeared in 1611. In the earliest copies the publisher Mathew Lownes used the remaining sheets from his 1609 folio edition of the “Faerie Queene” together with a new title page and dedicatory leaf. Spenser’s other works were then printed in the same format to complete the collected edition. In 1612 the 1609 “Faerie Queene” sheets having run out the poem was re-set and printed anew with the t.p. to the second part dated 1612 and its colophon dated "16012" as in this copy. This issue also includes “Mother Hubberd’s Tale” which had been omitted in the first issue in order not to offend William Cecil whose father Lord Burghley Spenser had satirized in that poem. “Since Cecil died in 1612 the last objection to the republication of that work was removed and so copies of it were separately printed and inserted in those copies of the 1611 works that remained on hand.”Pforzheimer 972 The Omission of ‘Mother Hubberd’s Tale” from the 1611 Collected Works of Spenser: “Two years after Matthew Lownes had issued the first folio edition of the ‘Faerie Queen’ he decided to issue a collected edition of Spenser’s works. Having a number of unsold copies of the 1609 ‘Faerie Queen’ still on hand he determined to use those copies by including them in the collected edition in lieu of a 1611 reprint of the same. In order to effect this end he printed a general title and dedicatory leaf on a single sheet unsigned and so was enabled thus to make-up copies of a collected edition by cancelling the title of the 1609 edition and adding a 1611 edition of the remaining parts. “The 1591 edition of Spenser’s ‘Complaints’ having been officially suppressed on account of the attack on lord Burghley contained in the ‘Mother Hubberd’s Tale’ and in certain passages of the ‘Ruines of Time’ Lownes was not free to include the contents of that volume in this collected edition without obtaining official permission. By 1611 the matter had long blown over and Burghley the object of the satire was now dead but in deference to Sir Robert Cecil his son it was considered advisable to omit the offending satire and to revise the objectionable passages in the ‘Ruines of Time’. Therefore some copies e.g. the present of the 161 edition that were sold soon after publication did not contain the ‘Mother Hubberd’s Tale’ but since Cecil died in 1612 the last objection to the re-publication of that work was removed and so copies of it were separately printed and inserted in those copies that remained on hand.”Pforzheimer 972. By H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1611- hardcover books
1897ref. 2945London: J.M. Dent 1897. Chivers bindings. Fine. STUNNING CHIVERS VELLUCENT BINDINGS. One of 100 large-paper copies illustrated by Louis Fairfax Muckley. The three thick quarto volumes are elegantly printed on handmade paper and illustrated throughout with images and designs by the British artist and illustrator Louis Fairfax Muckley. The illustrations are magnificent and feature the plates in two states red and black. The bindings by Chivers however are the star of the show and perfectly complement the text. For the front boards Muckley has created an intricate design featuring a knight and lady on galloping horses surrounded by decorative borders and gilt titling. Each spine depicts a lady emerging from a colorful background while each rear board has a stylized dragon seemingly jumping out from the binding. While the outlines of the designs are the same on each volume they are each painted with different colors creating a unique look and mood for each. On Cedric Chivers’s “vellucent” bindings: Chivers created a masterful binding technique in the late 19th century he called “vellucent” – a portmanteau combining “vellum” and “translucent”. The process was arduous but the results were stunning with artwork seeming to glow under a layer of thin protective vellum. His process began with a decorative design—in the case of these volumes artwork by Louis Fairfax Murray – created on paper or thin parchment. The artwork was then placed underneath a sheet of vellum that was extremely thin and specially treated to be translucent allowing the colors to almost shine like a stained glass window. The final step was particularly tricky – since vellum is not particularly flexible it required expert craftsmanship to lay it smoothly over the book's boards and spine without wrinkles or bubbles. The result is a binding that doubles as a work of fine art. The bindings are stamped “Bound by Cedric Chivers” in gilt on the rear dentelles and decoratively written on the rear endpaper of volume 1 likely by Chivers is the note: “THIS BOOK IS BOUND BY / CEDRIC CHIVERS BATH / 2 COPIES ONLY WITH THIS DESIGN / THIS IS NO 1”. Anecdotally however we are aware of three copies that have been bound with this design although without the written limitation. Provenance: There is a note in pencil in the first volume that these are from the Robert Hoe collection but we have not been able to confirm this. London: J.M. Dent 1897. Thick octavos 258 x 197 mm vellucent bindings by Chivers. Text nearly pristine. A touch of bowing to bindings. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF CHIVERS BINDINGS IN UNUSUALLY FINE CONDITION. J.M. Dent unknown books
1909ref. 53839Cambridge: University Press 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 89/300. Small Folio. 6 543 1 6 493 1pp. Original beige half cloth over light brown paper-covered boards with black lettering on paper label of spines; protected by modern mylar. Engraved emblem on title page. Decorative endpieces. Printed in Cambridge type on handmade paper with 350 copies printed of which three hundred numbered copies are for sale in England and America. This is copye 89. The text here given of Books I to VI of The Faerie Queene is that of the edition of 1596 in two volumes quarto. Of these two volumes the first contains the second edition of Books I to III which had already appeared in 1590. Books IV to VI were printed for the first time in 1596. The fragment of Book VII is from the folio edition of 1609. The Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh and the verses addressed to and by Spenser are from the edition of 1590. A few misprints have been corrected as listed on final tow pages of volume one. Bottom and foredges uncut. Light wear along edges of covers. Paper label of volume one with chips some loss of lettering volume two minor w/o loss of lettering. Two small square dicolorations on front covers of both volumes tape residue. Back cover of volume one with small scuff. Some light damp-staining on free endpapers minimal in volume two. University Press hardcover books
1902ref. 141736Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1902. boards. Rogers Bruce. 4to. boards. 30 pages. Limited to 419 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers Warde No.31. Lacking the original box and dust jacket. Covers lightly soiled and toned along the edges spine with a medium sized dampstain else a near fine copy. Done in Brimmer Italic type with 2 sepia engravings on handmade paper after design by Edwin Howland Blashfield. A very attractive work. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers 1870-1957 who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" ANB. Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was "the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived. Houghton Mifflin and Co unknown books
1839ref. 24247London: William Pickering 1839. leather_bound. Decorated full polished green calf. Top edges gilt. Near fine. 5 Vols. 282 295 296 303 317 pages 16.5 x 10.5 cm. The Aldine Edition. One of the great poets of the English Renaissance. Spenser was well-read in classical literature scholars have noted that his poetry does not rehash tradition but rather is distinctly his. Walter Raleigh wrote a commendatory poem to The Faerie Queene in 1590 in which he claims to admire and value Spenser's work more so than any other in the English language. Bright fresh set with the memorable gilt Aldine anchor front covers and bound by Bartlett. Raised bands panels decorated in gilt brown spine labels gilt lettered marbled endpapers gilt turn-ins. One volume with slight sunning front cover head. William Pickering unknown books
1953ref. 102118NY:: Heritage Press. Very Good. 1953. Hardcover. Introduction by John Hayward. Decorations by John Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. A reprint edition. Starting to show separation at the rear hinge but still firmly attached else very good in a very good slipcase. . Heritage Press, hardcover books
1900ref. 1883New York: Care of Spenser Publishing 1900. Leaflet. Very good. 3p. How to look well until 80 Rest Voice False Standards Working Women Domestic Service Open Church Doors King's Daughers Trained Nurse. Folded leaflet 4.5" x 3.5. Lightly creased. Spenser was a New York City based Victorian era public speaker and author. None apparently recorded nor any material by Freeland. Care of Spenser Publishing unknown books
ref. 51543Unbound. Near Fine. One page Autograph Letter Signed. Near fine folded as mailed with some light soiling. unknown books
1852ref. 017299London: Edward Moxon 1852. Book measures 24.5x17.cm. lx562pp. Bound in full period calf gilt lines and fleur de lis on boards raised bands gilt lines and lettering full gilt edges marble endpapers.Calf lightly rubbed minor abrasion wear hinge joints very slightly split boards holding firm. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally previous owners bookplates name inscription dated 1858. Pages very clean. A nice copy. Full Calf. Very Good. Large 8vo. Edward Moxon Hardcover
2010ref. SBBIH-MNQEV5M4XL2KDodo Press 2010. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Dodo Press paperback
ref. 362286J. Bell 1787 / 1788. 6 VOLS OF 8 VOL SET VOL 1 & 7 MISSING. Duodecimo brown leather boards gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spine frontispiece mixed pagination VG- varying degrees of chafing & soiling to spine and boards from minor to moderate vol 2 front board/feps & title page detatched from binding minor cracking to front hinges on vol 3 & 8 moderate soiling/tanning to page edges sporadic creasing throughout prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of all vols. J. Bell 1787 / 1788 hardcover
ref. 1576570991-11-1Paradise Press Inc. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Paradise Press Inc. unknown
1985ref. BN424705Anthony d'Offay 1985. 1985. The Shepheardes Calender by Edmund Spenser. Abweichender Deckeltitel: Calendar 1986. The Shepheardes Calender by Edmund Spenser. Abweichender Deckeltitel: Calendar 1986. Twombly Cy - Spenser Edmund Anthony d'Offay unknown
ref. 1576571521-11-1Paradise Press. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Paradise Press unknown
1943ref. 1019N11Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press 1943-1961. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". None. Two attractive volumes of the scarce variorum edition of pioneering Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser including The Shepheardes Calendar. Volumes I and II of the Minor Poems within the Variorum edition of The Works of Edmund Spenser edited by scholars Edmund Greenlaw Charles Grosvenor Osgood Frederick Morgan Padelford and Ray Heffner published between 1943-1961. In the publisher's original blue cloth. A pioneering poet Spenser rapidly expanded English literary culture with his ambition and penchant for classicism and was the namesake of both the Spenserian stanza and sonnet. This charming variorum edition offers the different readings of each text as well as literary commentary. - Volume I: Contains The Shepheardes Calendar his first major work and Astrophel among others 1943 first printing. - Volume II: Contains A Theatre for Worldlings and Complaints among others 1961 third printing. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally the odd small mark and fading patch to boards. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities with minor rubbing to joints. Fading to II spine with library sticker. End papers are generally bright and clean with faint offsetting to end paper hinges of I a little heavier to front free end paper. Library bookplate to II front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good The John Hopkins Press hardcover
1930ref. 182283Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press 1930. In eight volumes totalling over 2000 pages printed in red blue & black numerous hand coloured text illustrations and decorations decorative initials; impl. 8vo; qr. green hermitage calf spines lettered in gilt Cockerell marbled papered boards with vellum corner tips the boards slightly scuffed edges lightly rubbed spines with varying degrees of fading; uncut partly unopened; book label of David Levine Sydney on upper pastedowns endpapers sometimes slightly offset occasional faint soiling a little foxing mainly to edges of leaves; printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and published for the press by Basil Blackwell Oxford 1930-32. Edition limited to 386 numbered sets; this being one of 375 thus bound 350 for sale. Ransom 67. The text of this edition was edited by Professor W. L. Renwick. The decorations were designed and engraved on wood by Hilda Quick with those in The Shepheardes Calender being based on the woodcuts in the original editions. The initial letters and headings were also engraved by Hilda Quick from designs by Joscelyne Gaskin. The pictorial title page of Volume VIII and the map of Ireland which forms the frontispiece to the same volume were drawn by Macdonald Gill. Shakespeare Head Press unknown
1897ref. 193989Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. 1897-1900. First Warren edition the first edition of The Fairie Queene edited by a woman. Kate Mary Warren 1850-1950 was a distinguished literary scholar and lecturer at the pioneering women's colleges Westfield and Bedford. The photographic frontispieces capture locations tied to Spenser's life and ground "Faerie Land" in the Irish landscape. 6 vols octavo 164 x 101 mm. With 3 engraved and 3 sepia photogravure frontispieces with tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black within illustrated border. Contemporary half calf spines lettered and with floral devices in gilt white buckram sides marbled endpapers edges gilt brown silk bookmarkers. Slight soiling to covers minor rubbing to edges sunning to head of vol. I rear cover. A very nice set. hardcover
1973ref. BN584896Scolar Press 1973. 1973. Amoretti and Epithalamion Amoretti and Epithalamion Edmund Spenser Scolar Press unknown
1906ref. 195460Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack 1906. First Yeats edition containing his critical commentary along with eight art nouveau colour plates by Scottish illustrator Jessie M. King. It was published in the Golden Poets series. Octavo. Frontispiece and vignette title page by A. S. Hartrick 8 colour plates by Jessie M. King. Original purple cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt decoration to covers in gilt top edge gilt others uncut. Gift inscription on first blank. Spine faded small wear to spine ends light rubbing to cloth contents clean. A very good copy. hardcover
ref. R9798991384124New. Special order item direct from the distributor unknown
1856ref. 019797London: G Routledge & Co Farringdon Street 1856. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Edward Corbould. Black Morocco hardcover with gold page edges. Light edge wear. Foxing to the endpapers and the frontispiece. Some light foxing throughout the book. G Routledge & Co Farringdon Street hardcover
1859ref. 53743London: Routledge Warne and Routledge 1859. 8vo lx 562 pp. Portrait frontispiece and engraved second title the former with some light foxing contemporary and later signatures to front blank marbled endpapers. Contemporary green morocco a.e.g. with light rubbing. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge unknown
2025ref. SKU1731640Darrington Press 2025-06-03. hardcover. New. 9x2x11. New Book Ships with Tracking Darrington Press hardcover
