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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
ref. 160963London: Oxford University Press 1912. Hardcover 736pp. Very good no dust jacket. Brown cloth with titles in gilt. Top edge gilt frontispiece illustrations notes glossary index. A previous owner's date on the front endpaper. Edited by E. de Selincourt & J.C. Smith. Introduction by E. de Selincourt. Poetry. Oxford University Press Hardcover
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
1897ref. 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
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2016ref. x-135859872XPalala Press 2016. Hardcover. New. 350 pages. 6.14x0.81x9.21 inches. Palala Press hardcover
ref. 353540Longmans Green and Co 1948. FIRST EDITION super octavo brown buckram boards faded gilt lettering to spine 304pp VG moderate rubbing to spine and board edges/extrems moderate staining to boards minor tanning and foxing to page edges slight foxing to eps & prelims/terminals Longmans, Green and Co 1948 hardcover
2006ref. ANAIS-1405832819Longman 2006-08-21. 2nd. paperback. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Longman paperback
2010ref. DADAX0557723515Lulu 2010-11-05. First Edition. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.63x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Lulu hardcover
2011ref. DADAX1241507627British Library Historical Print Editions 2011-03-01. paperback. New. 7.44x0.93x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. British Library, Historical Print Editions paperback
2025ref. ANAIS-B0DWLWMRK1Darrington Press 2025-06-03. hardcover. Good. 6.9X5.8X1.3. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Darrington Press hardcover
1856ref. 176846London: G. Routledge & Co. 1856. Fourth Corbould edition presented here in an attractive morocco binding. Edward Corbould 1815-1905 was a watercolourist and prolific book and magazine illustrator who produced illustrated editions of Chaucer Spenser and Walter Scott. First published in 1595 Epithalamion was written by Spenser as an ode for his bride on their wedding day. Octavo 162 x 102 mm. Engraved frontispiece and 7 full-page plates with tissue guards all wood engraving by Dalziel after Edward Corbould. Contemporary green morocco spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers with gilt rules and frame floral gilt roll to board edges and turn-ins edges gilt blue silk bookmarker. Early gift inscriptions to front free endpaper and first blank. Spine a little darkened gilt bright foxing to outer leaves. A near-fine copy. unknown
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1897ref. 186438London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1897. First Fairfax-Muckley edition one of 1250 copies printed on ordinary paper. This edition was intended as a stylistic companion to Dent's Le Morte d'Arthur 1894-95 illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and as a competitor to the George Allen edition of The Faerie Queene illustrated by Walter Crane and published the same year. Fairfax-Muckley 1862-1926 was an influential leader of the arts and crafts Birmingham School having studied painting and drawing at the Birmingham School of Art in the early 1880s. A 1901 profile by the Society of Designers declares that he "has always had a strong bent towards the straightforward methods of the early painters. as witness the beautiful designs for his well-known edition of the 'Faerie Queene' which fully express his natural admiration of the early Italian work" p. 171. Dent commissioned Beardsley and Fairfax-Muckley to illustrate his deluxe arts and crafts publications in an effort to emulate the success of the Kelmscott Press. An additional limitation of 100 copies on handmade paper was also issued. 2 vols quarto. Woodcut frontispieces and title pages 25 woodcut illustrations 11 bifolia woodcut initials head-and tailpieces ornaments and borders throughout. Original cloth spine elaborately decorated in gilt sides decorated in gilt top edge gilt others untrimmed silk bookmarkers. Ownership stamp of one George Hallet on the half-titles and p. xi. Lightly rubbed foxing to cloth endpapers and edges bookmarkers detached: a very good copy. Society of Designers 'A Designer of the Birmingham School' The Artist: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts Crafts and Industries 1901. hardcover
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1924ref. 48182London: Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Full brown leather speckled black with double gilt rules bordering the boards gilt stamped spine compartments and title in gilt right to the leather on the second compartment. All edges gilt marbled endpapers. Binding signed Riviere and Son. Light scuffs to gilt edges board tips and bands a little rubbed boards a touch scuffed first and last blanks including title-page foxed clean throughout and very good overall. A very handsome copy. Humphrey Milford/ Oxford University Press hardcover
1888ref. MD27096George Bell & Sons 1888. Hardback. Very good condition. No dust jackets. Some sunning. Cover of Volume II has some humidity stains. Overall in very good condition. . In Five Volumes Complete Volume I includes The Life of Spenser by J. Payne Collier George Bell & Sons hardcover
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