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1937réf. WRCLIT29509Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press 1937. Gilt cloth. First edition. Near fine and bright. Johns Hopkins Press hardcover books
réf. 2120London: A. & C. Black 1915. Octavo 280 pages bound in white cloth with an extraordinary Arts and Crafts cover and spine design. This collection of classic poetical tales was selected and edited by W. J. Glover and illustrated with eight full-page illustrations in colour from drawings by Sybil Tawse. A fine copy of a book often found in sad condition. hardcover books
1715réf. WHW0203London: Hughes 1715. Original full leather with 3 of the 6 volumes rebacked expertly. Rebacked vol. 6 has a new titling-piece. Boards of the rebacked volumes have retained original blind stamped decorations along the hinge margins. Titling pieces of vols. 2 and 3 have some material loss. Some spine hinges starting. Vols. 2 3 and 4 have end paper removals. Neat ink signatures of prior owner and prior owner small leather labels on each front pastedown. Seventeen engravings by Guermier. Edges red stained. First Thus. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade. Hughes Hardcover books
1895réf. 19631New York: Dodd Mead 1895. Special Limited edition No. 2. of 25 copies printed signed by the artist George Wharton Edwards 1859-1950 American impressionist painter and illustrator and author of several books of travel and historical subjects a member of the Cos Cob Art Colony in Connecticut; pages; title page and frontispiece illustration in gold and red; rest of the text in black and white in an Arts and Crafts style beautifully executed; bound in faux-vellum paper covered boards elaborately gilt and decorated; green watered silk endpapers and each leaf of the book tipped-on via the same green silk each page being on a cardstock-weight paper; binding very soiled and worn; contents in very good condition. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by George Wharton Edwards. Dodd, Mead Hardcover books
1891réf. 226115London George Bell and Sons 1891. 1891. Aldine edition. Small 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait engraved by Aug. Fox Vol. I. 3/4 contemporary gilt stamped tan calf spines with raised bands elaborate gilt stamped floral designs within gilt ruled compartments three gilt stamped tan leather labels marbled endpapers t.e.g. by Sotheran Very good-fine. 5 volumes. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Fine. London, George Bell and Sons, 1891. hardcover books
1898réf. 1717New York Harper 1898. 1898. First American edition. 8vo. 12 full-page b/w illustrations text borders pictorial endpapers and cover designs by Walter Crane. Original pictorial green cloth with color illustrations on spine and both covers top edge stained green uncut joints cracked. Very good. Ink inscription of the first preliminary page: "Abbie Burr from Clara F. Palmer.". Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. New York, Harper, 1898. hardcover books
réf. 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
réf. 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
1943réf. 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
1897réf. 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
réf. 6129592-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1906réf. 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
1897réf. 0109650 Published by J.M. Dent & Co. London 1897. First Louis Fairfax-Muckley illustrated edition in Two volumes. Original cloth with intricate Gilt designs and Text. 25 Woodcut illustrations plus decorative detail on some pages. `10 x 8 x 2.5 inches thick per volume. Limited Edition of 1250 copies on ordinary paper. Top edges Gilt. Untrimmed page edges. Foxing to endpages. Owner's bookplate to pastedowns of both volumes. Scuffing to covers. Protected in archive covers. J.M. Dent & Co. hardcover
1856réf. 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
1897réf. 1307501897. First Edition. CRANE Walter illustrator SPENSER Edmund. Spenser's Faerie Queene. London: George Allen Chiswick Press 1897. Six volumes. Quarto original white buckram gilt and red cover illustrations top edges gilt uncut. $4000.Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's ""most ambitious project of book illustration"" Lacy 103 one of 1000 large-paper copies with 88 splendid full-page pen-and-ink line-cuts two double-page 135 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Crane and six facsimile title pages from earlier editions.""The noblest allegorical poem in our languageÑindeed the noblest allegorical poem in the world"" James Montgomery. Originally published in the late 16th century the first three books in 1590 and the next three in 1596 with the ""Mutabilitie Cantos"" added in 1609 Spenser's ambitious Arthurian allegory was the first epic that ""both incorporated countless mythological and folkloric traditions and exemplified the careful design and poetic quality of written literature"" Clute & Grant 890. Finely printed on handmade paper the Chiswick Press edition with notes and commentary by Thomas Wise was originally issued in 19 parts 1894-96 and stands at the pinnacle of famous illustrator Walter Crane's career. All front wrappers and rear wrappers bound in. Mass 47. Bookplates. Small bookseller ticket.Interiors fine and fresh light soiling to publisher's cloth. A lavishly illustrated and handsomely printed edition in near-fine condition. hardcover
1897réf. 4803London: George Allen 1897. Six volumes. Limited first book-form edition. Edited by Thomas J. Wise and with the fabulous arts and crafts illustrations of Walter Crane. One of 1000 unnumbered copies on handmade paper printed by Charles Whittingham & Co. at the Chiswick Press. The original soft covers of the parts have been retained and bound in to the rear. Recently repaired / re-spined in red leather with the original red leather boards. Some of the boards have some darkening / staining but overall in very attractive condition. Internally the books are sound but slightly darkened to the edges. A decent copy. lxxxvii 1-248 i covers. viii 251-528 covers. viii 529-806 covers. viii 807-1044 covers. viii 1045-1276 covers. viii 1277-1546 8 covers. . Très bel exemplaire de la première édition. Six volumes. Édité par Thomas J. Wise et avec les fabuleuses illustrations art nouveau de Walter Crane. Un des 1000 exemplaires non numérotés sur papier fait main imprimés par Charles Whittingham & Co. à la presse de Chiswick. Les couvertures souples originales des parties ont été conservées et reliées à l'arrière. Récemment réparé / ré-épinglé en cuir rouge avec les planches d'origine en cuir rouge. Certaines planches présentent quelques taches mais dans l'ensemble elles sont en très bon état. A l'intérieur les livres sont sains mais les bords sont légèrement assombris. Un bon exemplaire. lxxxvii 1-248 i couvertures viii 251-528 couvertures viii 529-806 couvertures viii 807-1044 couvertures viii 1045-1276 couvertures viii 1277-1546 8 couvertures. George Allen paperback
1897réf. 1243241897. First Edition. CRANE Walter illustrator SPENSER Edmund. Spenser's Faerie Queene. London: George Allen Chiswick Press 1897. Six volumes. Quarto contemporary three-quarter vellum gilt brown morocco spine labels marbled endpapers top edges gilt uncut; original wrappers bound in at rear of each volume. $5200.Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's ""most ambitious project of book illustration"" Lacy 103 one of 1000 large-paper copies with 88 splendid full-page pen-and-ink line-cuts two double-page 135 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Crane and six facsimile title pages from earlier editions. Handsomely bound by J. Adams of Manchester.""The noblest allegorical poem in our languageÑindeed the noblest allegorical poem in the world"" James Montgomery. Originally published in the late 16th century the first three books in 1590 and the next three in 1596 with the ""Mutabilitie Cantos"" added in 1609 Spenser's ambitious Arthurian allegory was the first epic that ""both incorporated countless mythological and folkloric traditions and exemplified the careful design and poetic quality of written literature"" Clute & Grant 890. Finely printed on handmade paper the Chiswick Press edition with notes and commentary by Thomas Wise was originally issued in 19 parts 1894-96 and stands at the pinnacle of famous illustrator Walter Crane's career. All front wrappers and rear wrappers bound in. Mass 47. A splendid set of this delightful illustrated edition in fine condition. hardcover
2016réf. x-135859872XPalala Press 2016. Hardcover. New. 350 pages. 6.14x0.81x9.21 inches. Palala Press hardcover
réf. 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
1877réf. 076555New York: George Routledge and Sons 1877. New Edition. Full cloth binding with blind stamped patterns. Moderately rubbed and worn. Binding secure. Prior owner's name inked on front flyleaf. lx 592pp. Hardccover. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1930réf. 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
réf. 16726808-20Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1852réf. 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
réf. 312196-75SPCK Publishing. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. SPCK Publishing unknown
2025réf. SKU1731640Darrington Press 2025-06-03. hardcover. New. 9x2x11. New Book Ships with Tracking Darrington Press hardcover