1751Best.-Nr. 11781London: Printed for J. Brindley in New Bond Street and S. Wright Clerk of His Majesty's works Hampton Court. 1751. THREE VOLUMES. FIRST WILLIAM KENT EDITION. 4to.11 x 8.9 inches. Illustrated with 32 fine full page copper engraved plates by Kent. Bound in contemporary mottled calf boards re-spined to match in recent calf. Raised bands each compartment with gilt ruled lines. Red and black morocco labels ruled and lettered in gilt. The re-spine has been done sympathetically and by a skilled bookbinder. Inner hinges strengthened. Early armorial copper engraved Bookplates of previous owner A. H. Christie of the Clan Christie in Scotland on the front paste-down endpaper of each volume. Overall a very good tight and solid set of this most beautiful edition in attractive 18th century leather boards and with expert repair work. A very attractive illustrated edition. London: Printed for J. Brindley, in New Bond Street, and S. Wright, Clerk of His Majesty's works, Hampton Court. 1751 hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 015620Cambridge: Cambridge Uiversity Press 1909. Limited to 350 copies. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 33x23.cm. 54314931pp. Bound in original publishers linen backed boards with paper title labels. Bindings rubbed dust dirt marked some abrasion wear wear to labels. Generally bindings in good condition. Internally pages in very good clean condition. A very good clean set in bindings showing signs of wear.F. Hardcover. Near Very Good. Small Folio. Cambridge Uiversity Press Hardcover
1617Best.-Nr. 047088London: Humphrey. Lownes. for Mathew Lownes 1617. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary calf rebacked and recornered marbled endpapers added hinges reinforced with cloth tape but binding quite sound overall. Lacking the general title and Faerie Queen part two title but with separate title pages for most of the individual parts and an old manuscript Faerie Queen title tipped in at the beginning. Light tide mark occasionally in bottom right corner heavier in last dozen or so pages. Scattered minor browning small marginal repair to C3 right edge of Foure Hymnes Title replaced - generally very good or better internally. Faerie Queen colophon dated 16012. ESTC S122304 with points B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight"; R3r catchword "And". Lacking blank at end of Faeirie Queen; a confusing book to collate but collates as follows: 363pp 10 56pp blank 4 5-16 14 blank 26 22 14 10 14 12 10 6 10 8pp. Faeries Queen The Shepheards Calender Mother Hubberds Tale A Letter of the Authors etc no separate title or pagination Colin Clouts Come Home Againe Prothalamion Foure Hymnes Dapnaida Complaints Containing Sundry Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie The Teares of the Muses Virgils Gnat no separate title but half title with dedication The Ruines of Rome no separate title The Fate of the Butterfly Visions of the Worlds Vanitie etc no separate title. A few of the last poems Visions Petrarch Virgil are translations from du Bellay. Old inscription describing provenance on front endpaper. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 047088. H[umphrey]. L[ownes]. for Mathew Lownes hardcover
1611Best.-Nr. 006138London: Mathew Lownes 1611. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Spenser's great Renaissance epic poem and one of the most influential works in English literature. The First Collected Edition dated 1611 but 1615 third re-issue of the first 1609 edition. In later full brown morocco by Riviere some blind tooling gilt arabesque centerpieces worn along edges. Spine raised bands gilt tooling & titles worn along edges. Internally Faerie Queen 1611 4 185 1 The Second Part 1612 2 189-363 1 16012. 2 The Shepheards Calender 1611 10 56. 2 Mother Hubberds Tale 1613 4 5-16. Colin Clouts ND 26. Prothalamion 1611 4. Amoretti 1611 16. Epithalamion 1611 6. Foure Hymnes 1611 16. Daphnaida 1611 10. Complaints 1611 11 1. The Teares 1611 11 1. Virgils Gnat ND 9 1. Ruines of Rome ND 6. The Fate of The Butterfly 1611 9 1. Visions ND 8. A letter ND 4 1589. A Vision ND 10. Each part with a large woodcut header & tail cuts to each canto header & calendar month. A.E.G. Welsh armorial bookplate to fpd new 'old' endpapers crease to ffep couple of tiny edge nicks. A lovely copy. ESTC S123122. STC 23084. Pforzheimer 973. Signatures: 2ff A2-Q4 1ff R2-Hh5 1ff blank 1ff A2-F3 1ff blank 1ff A2-A8 1ff A2-M2 q-q7. 4 363 pp 1. 2 10 56 2. 4 5-16. 26. 4. 16. 6 16. 10. 12. 28. 32. A third "reissue" of the 1609 edition though both parts are now actually in later settings. Part 1 still has the 1611 cancel title page and conjugate dedication of the first reissue STC 23083.3. The text of part 1 has now been reset the 1615 date conjectured by STC; B3r stanza 1 begins "Young Knight". Part 2 still has separate title page dated 1612 or 1613 stop-press variants and R3r catchword reads "And". Pagination and register are continuous. The poem was to have been a religious-moral-political allegory in 12 books each consisting of the adventures of a knight representing a particular moral virtue. And was presented to Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1589 probably sponsored by Walter Raleigh. Foundational edition for the study of Spenserian poetry combining his major allegorical and pastoral works. Essential for literary historians scholars of Elizabethan literature. ND Mathew Lownes hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 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
1839Best.-Nr. 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
1810Best.-Nr. tom337John Sharpe London 1810 John Sharpe London 1810 rebound hardback gilt title to black cloth lxxxvii glossary 246 pp with monochrome frontispiece has light tanning and ex library book GWR Literary Society with usual label markings and stamp. Otherwise in GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing a scan of the actual book is available on request. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Sharpe London hardcover
1819Best.-Nr. 24570Suttaby Evance & Fox 1819. Tall 16mo. with engraved frontispiece and engraved title; attractively bound in contemporary full burgundy roan sides with frame border enclosing geometric design all in gilt stopped at corners by arabesques in blind; back with four raised bands second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt and blind all edges gilt gilt dentelles gilt doublures blue endpapers covers very lightly age-scuffed extremities lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. The frontispiece is engraved by Raimbach after Westall; the title by Rhodes after Westall. A remarkably well-preserved copy of a scarce and most attractive edition. Suttaby Evance & Fox, hardcover
1825Best.-Nr. 12196William Pickering 1825. 5 vols. sm. 8vo. on laid paper dated 1824 with engraved portrait frontispiece 'wreath' titles some very light spotting and dust-soiling to text fore-edges dusty neat and uniform nineteenth century signature on front paste-downs; original brown puce cloth backstrips with original paper labels lettered in black uncut and partially unopened first volume expertly recased third volume with small 'pull' at headband else a very good firm set in minimally restored early cloth binding. THE SET IS COMPLETE WITH ALL HALF-TITLES. It includes Philip Masterman's 'Essay on the Life and Writings of Edmund Spenser' and an extensive glossary. The portrait is engraved by Worthington. The titles carry Pickering's distinctive 'wreath'. 'The books of Pickering's Wreath Series possess in common an exceedingly pleasant format and on their title-pages is his beautiful and individual wreath ornament usually as here with the motto 'Perennis et frgrans'. This ornament served to all intents and purposes as Pickering's 'device' in the books which he published in the years 1825 and 1826' Keynes pp.16-17. The work was an early product of his collaboration with co-publisher Talboys and Wheeler of Oxford. Pickering produced his first commercial cloth binding for his 'Diamond Classics' series of the early 1820s. 'He was afterwards imitated by other publishers but the smooth red magenta puce or dark blue cloth used by Pickering remained for many years the distinguishing mark of his books. The innovation thus quietly made by Pickering in 1820 has had its effect on the whole subsequent history of the publishing trade in England and but for him boards or paper covers for books might now be considered to be just as inevitable in this country as they still appear to be on the continent of Europe' Keynes pp.14-15. A MOST ATTRACTIVE COPY IN SPLENDID MINIMALLY RESTORED BINDING FROM ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF PUBLISHER'S CLOTH. This copy is bound in Pickering's characteristic dark brown 'puce' shade rather than the red cloth seen by Keynes. Keynes p.90 with asterisk denoting 'special merit'. William Pickering, hardcover
1852Best.-Nr. 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
1862Best.-Nr. 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 SpenserÕs 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 versificationÑ 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
Best.-Nr. 0749920955.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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Best.-Nr. B9780820334479Paperback / softback. New. First published in 1958 Ebb Tide tells the story of the Habersham family of Savannah during the Civil War. In her diary and her "Letter Book" Josephine Habersham tells her own story and that of her three sons. The diary begins and ends in 1863 the year of Gettysburg Vicksburg Chickamauga and the stubborn resistance at Fort Sumter. paperback
1967Best.-Nr. 9230Aquora CA: PAD Library 1967. Mass market paperback 160 pages. Good. Rare pulp by famed exploitation film director. Light wear and minor soiling to bright yellow wraps slight rubbing to edges and corners. Binding slightly loose at title page otherwise tight. A well-preserved copy. PAD Library unknown
2009Best.-Nr. Q-098175984XSimple Fish Company 2009-12-09. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Simple Fish Company hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 787LONDON : CAXTON PUBLISHING 1906 . FIRST EDITION . NF . 12MO . Eight plates coloured in black and red by Jessie M King. Selected and with an introduction by W B Yeats. Guarded portrait frontis.Bound in brown cloth decorated in yellow and gilt. CAXTON PUBLISHING hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2304SB060With Memoir and Critical Dissertations. The text edited by Charles Cowden Clarke. In five volumes. Vol. I to Vol. V. Cassell Petter & Galpin. London Paris & New York. S.d. 5 Volumes de 20x135 cm. Com xviii ii 304; xxii ii 359; xxii ii 355 i; vi 318; viii 330 págs. Encadernações com lombadas em pele com ferros a ouro. Cortes das folhas mosqueados. Exemplar com etiquetas do encadernador nas pastas anteriores de todos volumes apresenta manchas de oxidação nas páginas de todos volumes e capas manuseadas. Edmund Spenser 1552 – Londres 13 de janeiro de 1599 foi um poeta inglês cujo longo poema alegórico The Faerie Queene é um dos maiores da língua inglesa foi escrito no que veio a ser chamado de estrofe spenseriana. Consagrou-se por suas poesias renascentistas que introduziram o bucólico às artes inglesas. Estudou na Universidade de Cambridge onde foi sem dúvida importante para a aquisição de seu amplo conhecimento não só do latim e um pouco do grego clássicos mas também da literatura italiana francesa e inglesa de sua época e de épocas anteriores. Autor de vários obras entre elas: The Shepheardes Calender; The Faerie Queene; Complaints; Epithalamion; Astrophel. I-120-F-24 unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 1400260London: The Cresset Press 1930. Book. Illus. by John Nash. Good/Very Good. Cloth with vellum spine. Limited/Numbered. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Number 236 of 350 copies Internally very good binding firm cover somewhat marked with wear to corners/ edges. Pics available. The Cresset Press hardcover
1876Best.-Nr. KNY2732121876. Hardcover. Fair. no. 1876. 372 pp. Format: 21 x 15 cm. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: fair. Defects: spots. No illustrations. The photos show the actual copy offered. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post as a tracked international parcel including customs clearance. Where applicable VAT or sales tax is calculated and collected by Biblio at checkout EU orders up to EUR 150 UK Canada Australia New Zealand many US states; for EU orders over EUR 150 import VAT and a carrier fee may be charged on delivery. Antiquarian book 1876. Export from Ukraine requires a cultural-goods export certificate; we obtain it before shipping so delivery takes several weeks. Please ask before ordering if you need a firm delivery date. Covered by the BIBLIO 30-day return guarantee. If the book does not match the description or is damaged in transit please contact us right after receipt. hardcover
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