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17011255506London: Jacob Tonson 1701. First edition. Thick tall quarto rebound in light brown leather; VG; six-bands embossed spine with heavy gilt and gold letters; high quality rebound; minimal soiling; slight fraying on bottom spine; blue moire end pages; gilt edges; previous owner's name on first title page; original paper in good condition; each book has a dedication page; rare and in good condition; shelved in Case #7; please contact us for shipping costs. 1255506. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Jacob Tonson unknown books
029029London; 1798-1799 Noted on engravings: Printed for C. Cooke and Sold By All the Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland. 12 Mo. In three volumes. Volume three with 20pp. publisher's catalog. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece engraved vignette title page and a regular title page illustrated. Dates are noted on the engravings from May 1798-Jan. 1799. Dryden was an English poet dramatist and literary critic who dominated the literary scene of his day. It became known as the Age of Dryden. He later did translations for publisher Jacob Tonson. The entire set which was issued by C. Cooke in the late 18th century was for the serious reader. The books were small enough to be kept in a coat pocket or lady's purse. Bound in full contemporary calf lettered and decorated in gilt labels mostly worn off early glue repair to upper joints not professionally but work fine light damp staining to the first few leaves of volume two. From the library of Benjamin Dickerson with his bookplate and signature. A good set. ESTC; T178547. Printed for C. Cooke and Sold By All the Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland unknown books
16832326London: T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson Thomas Hodgkin 1683. First Edition. Half Leather. Very good. First edition of The Duke of Guise by John Dryden. Octavo 8 76pp. Advertisement on page 76 lacking music at rear. In contemporary half brown morocco marbled boards title in gilt on spine. Housed in custom quarter leather chemise case. Previous ownership bookplates affixed to front endpaper. Pencil marks on title page. Overall in very good condition some toning to leaves occasional loss at edges closed tears. Wing D2264; MacDonald 87a. John Dryden 1631 - 1700 was the poet laureate of England in 1668. He was a prolific author and writer with some calling his time the Age of Dryden. T.H. for R. Bentley and J. Tonson [Thomas Hodgkin] unknown books
1909181736Newark.: The Prudential Insurance Company of America. 1909. Olive green cloth blind ruled border gilt titles top edge gilt. . Very good light wear and soiling to covers light library marks contents near fine no dust jacket. 25x16.5 cm. . Library stamps of defunct college to ffep and top edge. weight: 2.2 lb. Portrait frontis. The Prudential Insurance Company of America. hardcover books
1260Libanus Press. Dryden John. THEODORE & HONORIA. Illustrated by Carol Walklin. Marlborough Libanus Press 1985. One of 300 numbered copies. Bound in quarter cloth and paper boards. Fine condition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
169236913London: John Everingham 1692. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 16 376pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked new endpapers. Very good. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 16 376pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dryden contributed the last half of the "Character." A second volume of Essay appeared two years later.<br/><br/>Saint-Evremont 1613-1703 was exiled in 1663 for criticizing Mazarin's treaty with Spain 1659 and spent the rest of his life in the English courts of Charles II James II and William III. "A man of sceptical and epicurean temperament one of the most distinguished of the 'libertins' he wrote with light sober witty elegance short disquisitions on many subjects literary and other and his literary criticism had considerable influence in England where he was on intimate terms with courtiers such as Buckingham and writers such as Hobbes Waller and Cowley . " - Oxford Companion to French Literature. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Macdonald 1371 John Everingham unknown books
19671297431New York: Russell & Russell 1967. Reprint Editon. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-; hardcover; bound in grey cloth gilt lettering; boards strong some shelfwear general edgewear rubbing on fore corners and spine edges small closed tear on spine head edge sticker on spine spine sun toned ex-library stamp on rear end paper; text block age toned ex-library stamp on title page last blank cut out stamp on exterior head edge some soiling around exterior edges; 722pp. 1297431. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Russell & Russell hardcover books
1684WRCLIT41862London: Printed by M. Flesher 1684. 58524731-96649142pp. Small thick octavo. Old calf worn lower board detached. Engraved frontis. Some slight marginal darkening early ink name on title lower fore-corners of last few gatherings show an intermittent minor discoloration otherwise internally a very good crisp copy. First edition of Dryden's translation of Louis Maimbourg's work undertaken at the request of Charles II the dedicatee and subject of the frontis. Dryden's own original contributions include the dedication and the substantial postscript in which he expounds upon the Divine Right of Kings. The break in pagination is a consequence of the work having been given to two compositors. PFORZHEIMER 328. MACDONALD 132. WING M292. Printed by M. Flesher unknown books
1808442London: Pr. by Savage and Easingwood for Longman Hurst Rees & Orme ca. 1808-1815. 12mo. 4 1 blank 7-72 pp. 1 blank f. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume. Pages 11-12 dog-eared and pp. 7-8 torn from top edge. Stray pencil marks; waterstains and library stamp inside. Pr. by Savage and Easingwood, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme unknown books
0281Dryden John. Cleomenes the Spartan Heroe. A Tragedy. London: For Jacob Tonson 1692. 4to. 16 28 72pp. Later quarter morocco. Two running reads cropped else a very nice copy. First edition. References: Pforzheimer 321; Wing D2254.<br /><br />It is believed that the revival of Shakespeare's Roman plays caused Dryden to write this play. It is said that Southern wrote the last act. <br /><br />The scene is Alexandria. Cassandra falls in love with Cleomenes and in the absence of Ptolemy confesses her passion to which Cleomenes does not respond. He is thereupon imprisoned and nearly starved. He and Cleanthes incite the Alexandrians to revolt but the attempt fails and Cleanthes and Cleomenes kill one another. <br /><br />"The additions which Dryden has made to the real story are chiefly the scene in which the Spartans are nearly starved the love of Cassandra for Cleomenes the whole character of Cleora and nearly the whole of Cleanthes" Genest. In his preface to the play as printed Dryden wrote: "Mrs. Barry has in this tragedy excelled herself and gained a reputation beyond any woman whom I have ever seen in the theatre." <br />It is believed that the revival of Shakespeare's Roman plays caused Dryden to write this play. It is said that Southern wrote the last act. <br /><br /><br /> books
170043630London: Jacob Tonson 1700. First Collected Edition. Folio pp. 648. A nice clean tall copy with the half-title; with some minor foxing. Bound in contemporary calf chipped front cover separate Bookplate. Macdonald 37a. NCBEL II 447. Pforzheimer 326. Wing D2278. A collection of some twelve thousand verses which "again show Dryden's energy of thought and language undiminished by age" DNB including paraphrases or translations of the first book of the 'Iliad' some of Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' and tales from Chaucer and Boccaccio. There is also a poem 'To my Honoured Kinsman John Driden' verses addressed to the Duchess of Ormond and lines on 'A Fair Maiden lady who died at Bath' the wife of Lord Abingdon. The preface written in fine prose contains an excellent appreciation of Chaucer as well as attacks on Milbourne and Sir Richard Blackmore and a reply to Jeremy Collier's attack on the stage. Jacob Tonson unknown books
1743111997London.: J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. 1743. Modern full brown calf raised bands leather spine labels gilt titles. . Very good. 8vo. 17x10 cm. . . A nicely bound collection of poetry by the greatest English poet of the seventeenth century. weight: 1.3 lb. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. J. and R. Tonson in the Strand. hardcover books
190970449Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin 1909. First edition. xlii 1056 pp w/index of titles. Near fine in full maroon gilt-decorated cloth with light wear to foot and crown of spine. Inked ownership signature of Yvor Winters on the front free endpaper. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1770441London: Pr. for R. Butters ca. 1770. 12mo. 59 1 pp. lacks frontispiece. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume; sewing loosening. The outlines of the Spanish fryar are off-set to the title-page from the missing frontispiece. Only a few spots inside. Without the frontispiece. Pr. for R. Butters unknown books
1970193613Berkeley.: University of California Press. 1970. Hardcover blue cloth gilt spine title on black background. . Fine in a fine dust jacket. . 24x16 cm. . Novak Maximilliam E. and George R. Guffey editors. University of California Press. hardcover books
1832108316Five vols. London: William Pickering 1832. Five vols. 8vo. cli 172; vi 316; viii 320; vi 309; vi 317 pp. engraved frontisportrait and Aldine device on the title-page. Contemporary half green calf red marbled boards heightened in gilt five raised bands with gilt-tooled panel decoration to backstrip red and black morocco label strips with title information in gilt to backstrip marbled endpapers. Joints and corners of boards have some slight rubbing minor foxing to outer margins; otherwise very good. Bookplate of Thomas Lee Marshall to first pastedown. § First edition thus with a “Life of Dryden†by Rev. John Mitford. The Aldine Poet Series was a 20 year project that involved printing new editions of classic British poets from Chaucer through to the 19th Century. They were published in 53 volumes during the years 1830-1844. Pickering secured John Mitford and Alexander Dyce as editors with Sir Harris Nicolas so that the series would be of a high standard. William Pickering hardcover books
2115LONDON CHAPMAN 1696. LONDON, CHAPMAN, 1696 unknown books
1983WRCLIT49619Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library / UCLA 1983. Printed wrappers. First edition. Introduction by Alan Roper. Faint finger smudging to back wrapper tiny erasure to front otherwise very good. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library / UCLA unknown books
1939WRCLIT63638Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1939. Tall octavo. Blue cloth. Frontispiece portrait. First edition. A tad dusty at edges otherwise a very good copy without dust jacket. The Clarendon Press hardcover books
1855D386Edinburgh / London / Dublin: James Nichol / James Nisbet / W. Robertson 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Full red morocco gilt-stamped crests to upper board lettering and detail stamped on spines worn top edge gilt; two volume set; extra-illustrated with engravings. <br/><br/> James Nichol / James Nisbet / W. Robertson hardcover books
18131339305London: Printed at the Stanhope Press by C. Whittingham; for John Sharpe. 1813. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes; VG; bound in full polished calf elaborate gilt border to boards paneled spines with gilt tooling black morocco label with gilt titling; mild wear and rubbing; marbled text block endpapers; title page and engraved frontispiece to each volume; shelved case 0. 1339305. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed at the Stanhope Press by C. Whittingham; for John Sharpe.. hardcover books
19791324688Berkeley Los Angeles London: University of California Press 1979. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 530; Good; blue spine with gilt text to black block; no jacket; this volume only; cloth shows mild sunning to exterior; lightly rubbed edges; strong boards; text has slight wear to exterior edges due to handling; ex-library with few markings inside; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; illustrated;. 1324688. FP New Rockville Stock. University of California Press hardcover books
198951333Toronto:: McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0771028717 . With over 95 color photographs. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . McClelland & Stewart, hardcover books
2009030608Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press 2009. xii 273p. dj. Texas Tech University Press unknown books
1992213522Westminster MD: Family Line 1992. Paperback. iii 486p. map notes and sources index very good reprint trade paperback in plain red printed wraps. Family Line paperback books
