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2019ref. x-1138601268Taylor & Francis 2019. Hardcover. New. 152 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
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2013ref. SKU0600921W. W. Norton & Company 2013-08-21. paperback. Good. 5x0x9. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking W. W. Norton & Company paperback
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1901ref. 165727London: Essex House Press 1901. The epitome of an Essex House Press production First Essex House Press edition number 62 of 150 copies only each printed on vellum and hand-coloured. First published in 1595 Spenser wrote this ode for his bride on their wedding day. It is printed here as the fifth work in the Essex House Press Great Poems Series. The Essex House Press was founded by Charles Robert Ashbee and Laurence Hodson following the closure of William Morris's Kelmscott Press in 1897 and "came from the heart of the arts and crafts movement" Franklin p. 64. Ashbee bought the Kelmscott Press's Albion printing presses after William Morris's death and employed one of the Kelmscott compositors Thomas Binning. In 1902 "a bindery was established in the Guild under the direction of Annie Power who had been a student of Douglas Cockerell" Crawford p. 400. For this work Florence Kingsford Cockerell 1871-1949 one of the leading book illuminators of the English arts and crafts movement provided the illuminated letters. Kingsford Cockerell studied calligraphy under Edward Johnston and predominantly worked for the Ashendene Press. Octavo. Printed in Caslon type. Hand-coloured frontispiece woodcut by Reginald Savage illuminated letters in gilt red blue and green by Florence Kingsford Cockerell with tissue guards. Original vellum spine lettered in gilt rose and "Soul is Form" blind-stamped to front cover. Pastedowns lifting slightly from boards: a near-fine copy. Ashbee A Bibliography of The Essex House Press p. 15; Franklin p. 243; Ransom Essex House Press 23. Alan Crawford C.R. Ashbee: Architect Designer & Romantic Socialist 2005; John Mansfield Thomson Farewell Colonialism: The New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch 1906-07 1998. hardcover
ref. 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
1596ref. 165717London: Printed for William Ponsonbie 1596. For there is nothing lost that may be found if sought First complete edition comprising the first edition of the second part and the second edition of the first part. Written in praise of Elizabeth I and dedicated to her Spenser's allegorical masterpiece follows the adventures of six medieval knights drawing on Arthurian legend Italian romance classical epic and Chaucer. John Dryden notes that "Spencer more than once insinuates that the Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body; and that he was begotten by him Two hundred years after his Decease" Dryden f. A1. In its mingling of genres the poem represented a new departure in English poetry for which Spenser invented a new stanza "a hybrid form adopted from the Scots poetry of James I 'rhyme royal' and Italian 'ottava rima'" ODNB. Spenser began composing the work in the 1570s sharing "parcels" of it among friends. Though no rough drafts autograph copies or foul papers for the poem have survived the poet alludes to a manuscript copy as early as 1580 when in a letter to Gabriel Harvey he asks for one to be returned to him: "I wil in hande forthwith with my Faery Queene whyche I praye you hartily send me with al expedition: and your frendly Letters and long expected Iudgement wythal" Three Proper and wittie familiar Letters. The poem or some part of it was almost certainly circulating in manuscript in London in 1588 when Abraham Fraunce quotes a stanza in his Arcadian Rhetorick correctly citing its book and canto "Spencer in his Faerie queene.2.book.cant.4". The first part was finally printed in 1590 - possibly intended to coincide with the publication of Philip Sidney's Arcadia - and the second part followed with a new edition of the first in 1596. Spenser likely composed some of the second part around 1593 as the conversion of Henry IV of France to Catholicism that year provides the historical basis for the Burbon episode in Book V. The poem now six books was entered into the Stationers' Register on 20 January 1596 suggesting publication had been planned to fall during Elizabeth I's Grand Climacteric - her 63rd year thought by astrologers to be critical - which had begun on 7 September 1595. In 1599 with only six of his twelve planned books completed Spenser died - his two fragmentary Cantos of Mutabilitie thought to be intended for Book VII are the only additional material published with the first folio edition of 1609. Provenance: from the library of Henry White 1822-1900 of Queen's Gate London with his armorial bookplate on the front pastedowns and sold in his 1902 Sotheby's sale lot 2028. The book was bound likely for White himself by Roger de Coverly 1831-1914 the London binder under whom T. J. Cobden-Sanderson trained. An old description mounted on the front pastedown of the first volume likely from a turn-of-the-century exhibition notes that the books were "lent by H. White Esq.". 2 vols small quarto 195 x 145 mm. Woodcut device of printer Richard Field to title pages full-page woodcut to M5 verso. Bound by Roger de Coverly in late 19th-century red crushed morocco spines with five raised bands lettered in gilt direct to second and third compartments remaining compartments richly gilt triple gilt fillet border to covers edges and turn-ins gilt marbled endpapers gilt edges. Spines slightly darkened upper margins closely trimmed touching a couple of headings outer leaves of vol. I faintly soiled a few spots to vol. II else clean and fresh within. An excellent copy handsomely bound. Pforzheimer 970; ESTC S117748. John Dryden "Preface" in Fables Ancient and Modern 1700; Edmund Spenser Three Proper and wittie familiar Letters 1580. hardcover
1992ref. 228033Seatte.: University of Washington Press. 1992. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket in mylar. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. University of Washington Press. hardcover
ref. 66098London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. Poetry FINE PRIZE BINDING. Crown octavo 19 x 13cm pp.lvi; 736. Tan full calf Mill Hill School armorial device gilt-stamped to upper boards gilt-ruled. Green label with gilt titles gilt tooling and raised bands to spine. Blind dentelle to turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and edges. Bound by Bickers. Interior lightly toned minor dust-damage to endpapers and dentelle. Prize bookplate to front paste-down. A few scuffs to calf gentle shelfwear. Very good. A fine collection of the works of Spenser including the well-known 'The Faerie Queene' 'The Shepheards Calendar' and 'Mother Hubberd's Tale.'. London: Macmillan and Co., 1899 unknown
1802ref. 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
1839ref. 159411London: William Pickering 1839. An attractively bound set published for the Aldine Edition of the British Poets renowned for its elegant typography and for the diligence of its editors. Spenser's poetry influenced "virtually all major poets writing in English before the twentieth century" and his The Faerie Queene is one that "any aspiring English poet has felt obliged to read carefully and imitate" ODNB. The publisher Pickering's "achievements are now well acknowledged: the introduction of cloth binding leading to the wider availability of books at lower prices; the publication of reputable editions of both standard and neglected works; and a close attention to book design which had a lasting influence" ODNB. 5 vols small octavo 158 x 199 mm. Engraved frontispiece to vol. 1 publisher's anchor device to title pages woodcut headpieces. Early 20th-century tan calf for Hatchards Piccadilly spines with gilt-dotted raised bands green morocco labels elaborate floral decoration in gilt to compartments covers bordered with a triple gilt fillet board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt grey endpapers edges gilt green silk bookmarkers. Early 20th-century bookplate to front pastedowns of Margaret Elizabeth Holland Dewar 1873-1940 Lady Forteviot; a most attractive pseudo-Expressionist linocut design depicting Dupplin Castle - residence of the Barons Forteviot from 1911 - the fish-filled River Earn flowing beneath the banks decked with rose bushes the variety "Lady Forteviot" being named in her honour. A very good set bright and square some minor scuffs to covers light scratch to leather on front cover of vol. II book block of vol. I cracked before half-title remaining firm contents crisp and clean. hardcover
1839ref. 160090London: William Pickering 1839. An attractively bound set published for the Aldine Edition of the British Poets renowned for its elegant typography and for the diligence of its editors. Spenser's poetry influenced "virtually all major poets writing in English before the twentieth century" ODNB. The publisher Pickering's "achievements are now well acknowledged: the introduction of cloth binding leading to the wider availability of books at lower prices; the publication of reputable editions of both standard and neglected works; and a close attention to book design which had a lasting influence" ibid. 5 vols small octavo 158 x 199 mm. Engraved frontispiece to vol. 1 publisher's anchor device to title pages woodcut headpieces. Contemporary red morocco spine with raised bands lettering and intricate gilt decoration in compartments covers elaborately framed in gilt and in blind floral gilt decoration to board edges and turn-ins yellow coated endpapers edges gilt. Spines uniformly faintly toned trivial rubbing to extremities sides bright minor loss to a few endbands headband of vol. I missing short superficial split to rear inner hinge of vol. I but firm foxing to endpapers and a couple of initial and final leaves in each volume short closed tear to rear free endpaper in vol. IV sporadic marks to contents otherwise clean. A very good set presenting handsomely in the binding. hardcover
1989ref. SKU0489728Yale University Press 1989-09-10. Paperback. Good. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Emailed Tracking Yale University Press paperback
1997ref. SKU0497992Blackwell 1997-10-22. Paperback. Good. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Emailed Tracking Blackwell paperback
2006ref. SKU0496795Longman 2006-08-21. Paperback. Good. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Emailed Tracking Longman paperback
ref. 37536LONDON THE SCHOLARTIS PRESS 1929. LIMITED TO 95 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 16 ON OLD STYLE HAND-MADE PAPER SIGNED BY THE EDITOR W L RENWICK BOUND IN FULL LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. A VERY NICE COPY. LONDON, THE SCHOLARTIS PRESS, 1929 hardcover
