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2008AME_9780567044532t&clark 2008. 1ST. Hardcover. New/New. t&clark hardcover
06392England: 1830. A Handsome Early Nineteenth-Century Poetry Anthology Manuscript<br /> Elegantly Written and Illustrated with Charming Wash Drawings<br /> <br /> MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY. Manuscript anthology of English poetry. England early-to mid-19th century.<br /> <br /> Square octavo 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 197 x 162 mm. 115 manuscript pages followed by four manuscript pages of index and one blank leaf. Written throughout in a clear and elegant brown-ink cursive hand. Several pages embellished with attractive pen-and-wash drawings including pastoral landscapes and small ornamental vignettes one depicting a rustic cottage beside a stream with church spire beyond another a pair of doves rendered in delicate gray wash.<br /> <br /> Handsomely bound in full contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco covers decoratively paneled in gilt and blind with elaborate floral corner borders spine in compartments richly ruled and ornamented in gilt board edges and turn-ins gilt red endpapers all edges gilt.<br /> <br /> A particularly appealing early nineteenth-century manuscript poetry anthology carefully compiled by an accomplished hand and attractively embellished with original drawings. The manuscript contains copies of poems and extracts by many of the most celebrated poets of the English canon including Robert Burns Lord Byron William Cowper Oliver Goldsmith John Milton Alexander Pope Sir Walter Scott William Shakespeare James Thomson and William Wordsworth together with additional popular verses circulating in print culture during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.<br /> <br /> The selection reflects the literary taste of the Romantic age drawing heavily on poets whose works were widely read and admired in the decades around 1800. Many poems were clearly copied from contemporary printed editions and literary magazines a common practice among educated readers of the period who assembled their own "commonplace books" or poetic albums as records of personal reading and reflection. Such manuscripts served both as repositories of admired literature and as exercises in penmanship literary appreciation and polite accomplishment.<br /> The present manuscript belongs firmly within this tradition. The writing is careful and highly legible suggesting a compiler who took pride in both calligraphy and arrangement. Several poems are introduced with small decorative drawings charmingly executed in sepia wash and placed above the text in the manner of vignette illustrations. These include a pastoral landscape scene accompanying lines beginning "O that this lovely vale were mine!" and a small study of doves above a transcription of lines attributed to Wordsworth beginning "Stay passenger and though within / Nor gold nor glittering gems are seen.". The drawings though modest in scale give the volume the atmosphere of a personal gift book or keepsake rather than a purely utilitarian notebook.<br /> <br /> A neatly prepared manuscript index at the end of the volume lists the poems and authors demonstrating that the compiler intended the book to function as a permanent anthology rather than a casual collection of copied verses. The combination of literary selection calligraphic care and decorative illustration suggests a manuscript created either as a cultivated personal project or as a presentation volume within the domestic literary culture of the early nineteenth century.<br /> <br /> Manuscript poetry anthologies of this kind were especially popular in Britain during the late Georgian and early Victorian periods when poetry formed an essential part of polite education and social life. Before the widespread availability of inexpensive printed anthologies readers frequently created their own compilations of favorite poems. These volumes often preserve fascinating evidence of the reading habits and aesthetic preferences of their compilers and when illustrated-as in the present example-they provide a particularly vivid glimpse into the culture of literary appreciation in the Romantic era.<br /> <br /> A handsome and engaging survival: a finely bound and attractively illustrated nineteenth-century manuscript anthology celebrating the great poets of the English language. England: , 1830 unknown
195316114LOOKING FORWARD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION The Beechhurst Press 1953first edition fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Contributions by Jack Williamson Ray Bradbury Lewis Padgett Chad Oliver Walter M. Miller Jr. Isaac Asimov Jack Vance Arthur C. Clarke Edmond Hamilton Murray Leinster John Christopher Eric Frank Russell Lester Del Rey et.al. Beechhurst Press unknown
1972ARC94285Greater London Arts Association London 1972. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. 8vo. 157pp. Card wrappers there was no casebound issue. Preliminary and concluding leaves lightly spotted. A virtually fine copy. A novel inspired by the parlour game Consequences penned by twenty authors each contributing one chapter including John Bowen Melvyn Bragg Barry Cole Wilson Harris Rayner Heppenstall Olivia Manning Adrian Mitchell Piers Paul Read and the editors who penned the first and final chapters in collaboration. A perforated slip remains in situ as the final leaf and was designed to serve as a competition entry slip where readers could guess the author of each of the twenty chapters. Uncommon. Greater London Arts Association, London Paperback
1932ARC95095Cobden-Sanderson Ltd. London 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. A presentation copy inscribed by one of the contributors: "For Auntie with love from James Laver. Xmas 1932". 8vo. 124pp. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. The cloth darkened at the backstrip and margins of the upper and lower boards and with just a touch of light wear to several extremities. Some very light toning to the free endpapers and the half-title and one unprinted concluding leaf somewhat more toned. A very good copy in a splendidly preserved example of the uncommon pictorial dust wrapper designed by Rex Whistler non-price-clipped and just lightly spotted at the rear panel with a touch of toning to the spine panel. Contributors include John Betjeman Lord Berners Harold Nicolson Dorothy Wellesley Lord Alfred Douglas Edmund Blunden James Laver Sylvia Pankhurst H.J.Massingham Rose Macaulay Robert Byron Nina Hamnett J.B.Morton Evelyn Waugh V.Sackville-West E.M.Delafield Raymond Mortimer J.C.Squire and twelve others. James Laver contributes a five-page reminiscence of the two-year period he and his sister lived with their maternal grandmother following the death of their mother although whether his familial presentation inscription enhances the value is perhaps open to debate. Cobden-Sanderson Ltd., London Hardcover
1895000440Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket as issued. 4to. approx. 286 unnumbered pages with color frontispiece and b&w plates and vignettes throughout. Color drawing pastedown on front board. Cloth spine with title in silver. Tips rubbed through. Hinges starting. A very good copy. Lothrop Publishing Company hardcover
Z1-Q-013-02339ReadHowYouWant. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. ReadHowYouWant unknown
188685653White Stokes & Allen 1886. First edition. Very Good condition. Includes many poets of the time. No other copies found. White, Stokes & Allen unknown
PJH53186CCA Kitakyushu 2002. Two Volumes Fine in publishers wrappers in patterned card Slipcase. 1st edition 1st issue. ISBN 4901387006 CCA Kitakyushu 2002 unknown
17834727H. J. Matthiessen Hamburg 1783-1784 1783. Pappband von Eva Aschoff. 2 Teile i.e. Band 300 358s. Fraktur. letze 10 Seiten etw. fleckig sonst guter Zustand AZC94. HC H. J. Matthiessen, Hamburg 1783-1784, hardcover
6550791111.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2006Q-0413723402Methuen Drama 2006-10-11. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Methuen Drama paperback
199819062Lamps On the Brow James Cahill 1998 first edition very fine in special lettered binding SIGNED by authors Ben Bova Gregory Benford Bruce Bethke David Brin Andre Norton Laura Resnick Mike Resnick Josepha Sherman Harry C. Stubbs Gene Wolfe & A. E. Van Vogt. James Cahill unknown
1326183745.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0259571369.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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197178312Rochester: Kontuse 1971. First edition. Near fine in 11 1/2 square printed wrappers. Four accordion-fold signatures printing poems photographs and artworks. Scarce. Rochester: Kontuse unknown
20042090502113717397Not Available 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19103062NY: HARPER & BROS. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. About fine in tan cloth with pictorial cover lacking the rare dust jacket. Stories by Charles Loomis Til Tilford Paul Hull & others. . HARPER & BROS. hardcover
19102025015<p>Harper & Brothers Publishers NY 1910 188 pages. First edition in Very Good condition but showing its age without DJ. The boards are soiled edgewear edge soiling a bit of moisture evident to bottom of 3rd ffep. Please review photos. This anthology contains stories from Charles Loomis Til Telford Paul Hull W O Stoddard and others. All books bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box.</p> Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1517117577.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
195115128JOURNEY TO INFINITY Gnome Press 1951 first edition corner tips a bit bumped else a tight vg copy in an attractive pictorial dust-wrapper with some light chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Contributations by: Asimov Isaac & Leiber Fritz & Moore C. L. & Merrill Judith & Brown Fredric & Cartmill Cleve & Williamson Jack & Russell Eric Frank & Sturgeon Theodore & MacDonald John D. & Chandler A. Bertram & Smith E. E. "Doc Gnome Press unknown
0265486947.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
00524JOLLY SANTA CLAUS Charles E. Graham N. d. ca. 1915 first edition some wear to the fore edge corner tips and board edges else a tight bright solid vg copy in full color pictorial boards. Actually an anthology of short stories and poems for children. Product number #561 Charles E. Graham hardcover
1331348358.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
