John Dryden: Sir Walter Scott, EdBiblio.com
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182139809Edinburgh:: Constable. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1821. Second Edition. Full calf leather. 8VO; In period full diced calf bindings with marbled end papers and matching marbled edges. Vol. XII carefully rebacked; Vol. XIV with cracking joints. Spines are nice. Vol I portrait frontis of Dryden has foxing and offset to title page. Balance of that and all the other volumes are clean except for some offset foxing to end matter from the colored endpapers. Provenance - contemporary armorial bookplate of John Henry Sparke Rev John Henry Sparke bought Gunthorpe Hall which included land at Mattishall and Mattishall Burgh. 1854. Text block edges are marbled. Dryden was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. 12He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romanticist writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John" . Constable hardcover
1821388249Edinburgh : Printed for A. Constable & Co. 1821. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of The Tate Library Brixton. Finely bound copies in gilt-blocked aniline calf over fine ribbed-cloth boards. Particularly well-preserved set; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 18 volumes frontispiece portrait plates. Contents; Vol. 1. Life of Dryden. -- v. 2-8. Dramatic works. -- v. 9-10. Poems. -- v. 11. Epistles. Fables -- v. 12-15. Translations. -- v. 16. Life of Xavier. -- v. 17-18. Prose works. Subjects; Dryden John 1631-1700 Portraits. Criticism and interpretation. English literature 17th century. Edinburgh : Printed for A. Constable & Co. hardcover
1882214741Edinburgh: William Paterson 1882. Hardcover. Covers are worn and discolored edges darkened hinges cracked on several volumes frontispiece foxed small library notation on half-title page but still a handsome internally clean set. Photographs upon request. Revised and corrected edition. Size: 8"x10.75" 18 volumes Olive green cloth with gilt titling. William Paterson hardcover
1821B32029Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst Robinson and Co 1821. Second edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Complete 18 volume set bound in half-mottled calf and beige cloth boards second edition 1821 octavos 5 1/4 x 8 3/16" varying paginations volume one has a frontispiece engraving and volume six has a fold out engraving otherwise not illustrated. Books are ex-library with only markings being a few stamps and blind stamps to front endpapers small stamp to rear endpapers no outer markings or stamps in text; otherwise books show mild wear to spine ends and corners handsome gilt decorations to spines brown and beige leather title bands on spines mild rubbing to spines and outer hinges light wear to spine ends and corners bindings tight marbled endpapers aside from library marks texts have some foxing and toning throughout yellow dyed page edges with slight toning to top edge in protective mylar wraps volume six has two math equations written on rear endpaper rear endpaper of volume 12 has upper right corner torn off. THIS LARGE SET WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES. Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson and Co hardcover
1808QQ0158William Miller 1808. ~Original sprinkled tan calf. Rebacked in light brown cloth gilt lettering and blind ruling to spines. Traces of gilt to board edges. Mild wear to board edges and corners. 8vos 14.2 x 22.2cm. Hinges sound. Replacement laid paper endpapers. Foxing to fore-edges. Minor scattered foxing to text block mostly to early and late pages. Half-titles to all vols except vol. III. Frontis port. to vol. I folding plate to vol. VI and plate to vol. IX. 11pp. advertisement to vol. I by Scott as editor framing Dryden among English authors as ''one who may claim at least the third place in that honoured list'' behind Shakespeare and Milton; Scott''s Life of Dryden takes up the rest of vol. I. Index to rear of final vol. Pencil sidelining to a few pp. in vols I X XII & XIII. Pencil annots to blank rear endpage in vols II-V XI & XVI. Walter Scott''s ''magisterial edition'' of Dryden''s works the first collected edition ''with a judicious life and learned historical notes'' which ''re-established Dryden for the nineteenth-century public'' ODNB. Scott''s life of Dryden acclaimed by the 1971 Introduction to ''Dryden: The Critical Heritage'' as ''still the best critical biography of Dryden whether one looks for historical and literary context or for sequence and relation or for critical insight'' stands as a major achievement in literary history and saw Dryden ''enshrined'' among the defining figures of English literature. First edition. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Hardcover. Very Good. c. 500pp. per vol. William Miller Hardcover
180833549William Miller. London. 1808. First edition. Large 8vo. Portrait frontis. to vol. I. All blanks and half-titles present. Original paper labels for set attached to blank prelim sheet of vol. I. A fine set of this most comprehensive and useful edition of Dryden's complete works. Bound in contemporary quarter red morocco marbled bds. pages uncut. Extremities of spines rubbed some v. occ. light foxing o/w contents are remarkably clean and fresh and the bindings are sound. Please contact us for pictures. Endorsed by Professor David Hopkins University of Bristol Co-Editor of "The Poems of Dryden" Longmans Annotated English poets 5 Vols. 1995-2005. Hopkins feels that this edition with notes and a life of Dryden by Scott is to this day one of the best things ever written on Dryden. unknown
1808932Q20DLondon: William Miller 1808 . Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". None. A complete eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden the first Scott edition uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco. The collected works of John Dryden with notes historical critical and explanatory and a life of the author by Walter Scott. The first Scott edition. Complete in eighteen volumes. Uniformly bound in full straight-grain morocco retaining the half title and blanks. A comprehensive collection of works written by English poet literary critic playwright and translator John Dryden. Known for his enormous contributions to the literature of Restoration England Dryden was the first appointed Poet Laureate. This extensive collection features Dryden's poetry plays letters and various translations as well as a memoir of his life by Walter Scott. Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I and a large folding plate to Volume VI. Collated complete. With the bookplate of R. J. Lambton to each volume. Uniformly bound in full straight-grain morocco retaining the half title and blanks. Endpapers renewed. Externally generally smart with rubbing to extremities and joints causing small cracks to joints. Hinges are slightly strained to most volumes with the front hinge tender to I II and XVII and the rear hinge tender to I and VI. A small tear to the head of the front joint to I. A few light marks to boards. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting and light handling marks mainly to the first and last few pages. Small tide mark to the corner of the first six pages of IV including title page although not affecting text. Light edge wear and a few spots to folding plate. Very Good William Miller hardcover
