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Best.-Nr. 65489London New York Toronto Melbourne Bombay: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1912. 8vo. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. pp. lxix 736. Contemporary quarter vellum binding over green cloth boards; red and gilt rosebush and poppies on spine accompanied by blue leather label. Top edge gilt. Portrait of frontispiece of Spenser engraved by Emery Walker. Various engravings and decorations from Spenser's sixteenth century editions. Contents and binding fresh and clean. An excellent copy In 1909 J. C. Smith then Professor of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen produced a 'true text' from the extant sixteenth and seventeenth century editions of Spenser's 'Faerie Queene' standardising names spelling and punctuation. This edition published three years later in 1912 and edited by de Selincourt includes that text alongside the rest of Spenser's poetic work as well as his correspondence with his mentor Gabriel Harvey. London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne, Bombay: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. hardcover
1852Best.-Nr. 456017London : William Pickering 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies all in full gilt-blocked green aniline calf boards with inner gilt dentelles and all edges gilt. Faintly scuffed covers slightly rubbed along the board edges. Spines somewhat more worn with minor cracks at joint ends; bottom two compartments lifting on v.1 and top compartment pivoting on rear joint. Marble endpapers; contemporary owner's autograph to flyleaves. Tight bright and clean internally with surprisingly sharp corners. A remarkably well-preserved and complete set. Series; The Aldine edition of the British poets. Physical description; complete in 5 volumes : portrait ; 17 cm. Notes; This edition originally published 1839. Includes a life of the poet by John Mitford. Contents; v. 1. Introductory sonnets ; The life of Edmund Spenser / by the Rev. J. Mitford ; The faerie queene. Author's preliminaries ; Book I-II -- v. 2. The faerie queene. Book II continued-IV -- v. 3. The faerie queene. Book IV continued-VI -- v. 4. The faerie queene. Book VI continued ; Miscellanies. Colin Clouts come home againe ; Virgils gnat ; The shepheards calendar : containing twelve aeglogues proportionable to the twelve months -- v. 5. Fowre hymnes ; Three visions ; Prosopoia or Mother Hubbafds tale ; Prothalamoin or A spousall verse ; Epithalamion ; Poems ; Amoretti or sonnets ; Daphnaida ; The doleful lay of Clorinda ; The mourning music of Thestylis ; A pastoral eglogue upon the death of Sir Phillip Sidney ; An elegie or Friends passion for his Astrophil ; An epitaph upon the Right Honourable Sir Phillip Sidney ; Another of the same ; The teares of the Muses ; The ruines of Rome ; The ruines of time ; Muipotmos or The fate of the butterflie ; Brittain's Ida. Subjects; English poetry - Early modern 1500-1700. London : William Pickering hardcover
1819Best.-Nr. 092706London: Suttaby Evance & Fox 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. 5" x 2.5. 2 volumes half bound in green calf on marbled boards. The calf has turned to a rich brown on spine. Gilt decoration on spine with title and volume plates. Boards are rubbed some wear to tip and tail of spine. Frontispiece engraved as is title page on both volumes.Page vii on life of spenser has a clean tear in need of repair. Both volumes are tight and clean. Vol. 1- xviii 483pp Vol. 2- 528pp Suttaby, Evance & Fox hardcover
Best.-Nr. kb456.761GB: Cassell Petter & Galpin Volumes 1-4 in TWO VOLUMES. LACKING VOLUME 5. Undated but probably c1880. In perhaps contemporary green cloth plain but for "SPENSER 1-2" and "SPENSER 3-4" betwen gold rules on spines. clean tight books but text edges bronwed and some spotting throughout. Spine ends worn. Hardback. VG-/No DW. Cassell Petter & Galpin Hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 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
1960Best.-Nr. 226863Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1960. Hardcover. Prof. Schoeck's tidy ownership information in each volume with some neat notes marginalia and typed inserted notes else V.1: very good plus with chipped and price-clipped dust jacket. V.2 and 3 have light shelfwear without dust jackets. From the library of Prof. Richard J. Schoeck. Three volume set. V.1 Minor Poems: 1960 corrected printing of the 1910 edition 528pp. V.2 Faerie Queen Bks I-III: 1910 518pp. V.3 Faerie Queen Bks IV-VII: 1910 519pp. Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1874Best.-Nr. 038786Covent Garden London: Bell and Daldy 1874. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. c 1874 five volumes of the Aldine edition. Bound in handsome half calf blue leather with matching marbled paper covered boards red spine labels and gilt decoration fore-edges marbled. Bindings very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions no spotting marbled endpapers present in all. A very good set. Bell and Daldy Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1010818872.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0656420936.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1778Best.-Nr. 8612224Edinburg 1778. Volume 5. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. 8vo marbled boards with leather corner and spine. Both boards detached fully from page block. Backstrip is missing from spine. Page edges marbled. Internally clean besides age markings. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item300grams ISBN: Edinburg hardcover
1778Best.-Nr. 8612223Edinburg 1778. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. 8vo marbled boards with leather corners and spine. Front board is fully detached. Backstrip missing from spine. Marbled page edges. Internally clean besides some age markings. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item250grams ISBN: Edinburg hardcover
1839Best.-Nr. 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
1839Best.-Nr. 2127London: William Pickering/ The Aldine Edition of the British Poets 1839. FIRST ALDINE EDITION. 8vos engraved portrait frontis and Pickering catalogue to vol. I Pickering's dolphin and anchor device to title pages engraved headpieces. Original blue cloth paper title labels to spines lettered in black. Spines darkened losses to labels extremities bumped edgewear some chipping. Toned occasional pencil scoring some spotting POI 'E. Cathcart./ Auchendrane' to ffeps 'W. F. Watson Bookseller' labels to front pastedowns. Else clean. A good set with interesting Scottish provenance. William Pickering's The Aldine Edition of the British Poets was a reprint series of classic literature printed by his close collaborator Charles Whittingham. Pickering 1796-1854 is remembered for "the introduction of cloth binding leading to the wider availability of books at lower prices 5 shillings per cloth volume as here; the publication of reputable editions of both standard and neglected works; and a close attention to book design which had a lasting influence" ODNB. And for his friendly manner and fondness for maroon waistcoats apparently. Elias Cathcart 1817-1877 of Auchendrane was a Scottish Advocate and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1826–39. He translated Friedrich Carl von Savigny's The History of the Roman Law during the Middle Ages 1829 to the admiration of its author and contemporary critics. W. F. Watson was located at 52 Princes Street Edinburgh. William Pickering/ The Aldine Edition of the British Poets hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1332753574.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1839Best.-Nr. 036937London: William Pickering 1839. Meia de Amador / Half-Leather. Bom / Good / Bon. In-12º170x110. 3 volumes de 282 / 305 /317 pp. São apenas os volumes I IV e V faltam os volumes II e III desta edição muito cuidada e bem impressa com o retrato do autor bo frontispício do primeiro volume. Encadernações em meia de amador com lombada e cantos de chagrin. William Pickering hardcover
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1859Best.-Nr. 320589Edinburgh: James Nichol 1859. hardcover. near fine. 5 volumes. slim 8vo 3/4 decorative green morocco evenly faded to brown top edges gilt light scattered foxing. Edinburgh: James Nichol 1859. A very handsome set. James Nichol unknown
Best.-Nr. 3382309270.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1870Best.-Nr. 68407London Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin Circa 1870. 8vo. xix 355; 330 pp. Brown half morocco binding with grey cloth boards. Slight wear to the binding and bumping to the corners. Binding firm with occasional minor spotting and small mark to the fore edge. 5 volumes in 2. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1870. Cassell , Petter & Galpin Circa 1870 unknown
1802Best.-Nr. 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
