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1817mon0003968059The Caxton Printers Ltd. 1817T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.3000 9.1000 6.4000. 1950 printing. The pages are lightly tanned at the edges. The copy shows minor external wear but is in otherwise clean condition. The Caxton Printers, Ltd. hardcover
18481196P099London: William S. Orr and Co. 1848. 1st Edition Thus . Hardback. Printed pages: cxxvi 2 175 1 vii 1 303 1. Very Good. 2.5 x 3.75 inches 6 x 9.5 cm. Complete in two volumes bound as one. Publisher's blue cloth binding decorated in gilt to front board and spine and in blind to rear board. All edges gilt. Slight wear to corners. A couple of small stains to outer page edges. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Obscured owner's inscription to front free endpaper. A scarce miniature edition of Dryden's works. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £18.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 2.5 x 3.75 inches 6 x 9.5 cm. William S. Orr and Co. hardcover
1854557Boston: Little Brown & Company 1854. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. Lightly soiled covers heavily chipped at crown & foot of spine. Light foxing to preliminary and rear pages else text is bright & clean. Binding square & tight. Volumes 1-4 of 5-volume set. 16mo. 4.5 x 7 in. Bound by B. Bradley & Co. Boston in full brown cloth titled in gilt on spine with seal & motto 'VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN AETERNUM'. Vol. I includes tissue-guarded portrait frontis. of Dryden. North Carolinia historian scholar & newspaper man Darley Hiden Ramsey's copy with his 'Hemlock' arts & crafts bookplate to front pastedown. Little, Brown & Company hardcover
1878biblio40356Fifth Volume ONLY. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1878. XXIX414 pages. Hardcover Embossed all over Green cloth Gilt spine title no dg. Personal Bookplate inside front cover otherwise The Book looks as New. n 9.1"x6.1"x1.3". be44415. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1878biblio36970<p>1st Volume ONLY. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1878. XXIX414 pages. AsNew Hardcover Embossed all over Green cloth Gilt spine title no dg. Personal Bookplate inside front cover 9.1"x6.1"x1.3". be44415.</p> Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1841002240New York: Harper & Brothers 1841. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Two volume set in brown cloth with gilt lettering gilt design and gilt rules to the spine. 294 pp. and 288 pp. respectively. These volumes are VERY GOOD. Exteriors have very modest spotting modest edge wear. Tips more moderately worn as are spine ends. Closed tear on spine near top of Volume II 1/2".PO signatures on FEPs of both in pencil. Boards moderately foxed and scattered foxing throughout both.Binding is firm crisp and text is unmarked. These are RARE . No other such found on Abe as of December 2021. Quite nice and petite. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
185463922London: George Routledge and Co. 1854. Small 8vo. xx 524 pp. Ornate gilt decorated morocco with all edges gilt. With damage to head and tail of rubbed spine. Illustrations in black and white. Gift inscription to the head of the title page. Collection of poetry by prominent restoration poet and satirist John Dryden. Writing in the seventeenth century Dryden was the first poet laureate after being given the post by Charles II. . Good. Gilt-decorated Morocco. 1854. George Routledge and Co. 1854 unknown
186047184London: Bell and Daldy 1860s. Five volumes. Small 8vo. Publisher's gilt and black decorated green cloth slightly later ownership inscription to the front of each volume. Some light wear to the covers else very good. Published as part of the Aldine Poets series. London: Bell and Daldy unknown
1854883M34London: John W. Parker and Son; Griffin Bohn and Company 1854-1861. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. Three volumes on the poetry of John Dryden from Robert Bell's major work 'The Annotated Edition of the English Poets'. Three volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bookplate of James Hunter of Hafton to the front paste downs. The third edition of Volume I and II and the first edition of Volume III of the poetical works of John Dryden from Robert Bell's major work The Annotated Edition of the English Poets 24 vols first published 18547. In these annotated editions Bell includes memoirs of the poets and various notes and introductions to particularly famous poems.Volume I contains a memoir of Dryden by Bell and seventeen poems. Volume II contains twenty-two more poems a preface to Dryden's fables and the first couple of parts to his 'Tales from Chaucer'. Volume III contains the rest of his 'Tales from Chaucer' his translations from Boccace his epitaphs and inscriptions and his lyric poems.Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of Volumes I and III.This work is scarce in a three-volume set. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally generally smart though faded to the spines. Small losses and shelf wear to the spine labels not obscuring the lettering. Marks to the boards of Volumes II and III. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional spot. Many pages are uncut. Very Good John W. Parker and Son; Griffin, Bohn and Company hardcover
1855980T79Edinburgh: James Nichol 1855-58. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A complete two volume set of the poetical works of English writer and Poet Laureate John Dryden. Complete in two volumes. The collected poetical works of John Dryden an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He dominated 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. With titles including: On the Death of Lord Hastings The Medal The Fair Stranger On the Young Statesman and The Lady's Song amongst others. With the life of the author a critical dissertation and explanatory notes from George Gilfillan a Scottish author and poet who was one of the spasmodic poets as well as an editor and commentator. In the original full calf binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with marks to the boards. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the endpapers. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Good James Nichol hardcover
180634699London: Stanhope Press by Charles Whittingham for John Sharpe 1806. Leather bound in good condition; Backstrap missing; Front board held by one chord; General modest wear. Two volumes in one; 132 & 134 pages. Stanhope Press by Charles Whittingham for John Sharpe unknown
1820580073London: Keating and Brown 1820. In three parts. Bokkplate of Edmund de Pentheny o'Kelly. Advertising leaf at end. Pages foxing. Bookplate on inside front cover. Library stamps on front endpaper. Library label on front cover. Cover scuffed. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. With usual stamps and markings. in poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item250grams ISBN: Keating and Brown hardcover
1852021742William Pickering; London. 1852. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. . Hard. Good. 12mo. 7". Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. Good. Publishers cloth. Covers a little rubbed and sunned to spines particularly. Printed paper labels to spines. Armorial bookplate of the British Conservative politician Arthur Jeffreys to each front pastedown. Slightly foxed. <br/> <br/> William Pickering; London. unknown
1808979Z3London: W. Suttaby 1808. Leather. Good. 5" by 3". None stated. A charming miniature all in one volume containing Dryden's translation of the poetical works of Virgil bound in half calf. A 'complete in one volume' miniature edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and an engraved title page. John Dryden's translation of the poetical works of Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro containing a biographical account of his life his 'Pastorals' 'Georgics' and 'Aenid'. This translation was Dryden's defining work as a translator. Virgil is regarded as one of Rome's greatest poets. His 'Aeneid' is considered to be a national epic of Ancient Rome. It is modelled after Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey'. Bound in contemporary half calf. Bound in contemporary half calf. Externally front joint starting with rubbing to the extremities joints and boards. Front free endpaper starting. Internally firmly bound with tidemarks to the title page and frontispiece with minimal age toning and light spotting to the extremities. Good W. Suttaby hardcover
1855919Y40Stuttgart : J. B. Metzler 1855. Leather. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". None. A smart collection of poetical works from England's first Poet Laureate John Dryden with very scarce biographical and critical notes by one Ludwig Gantter. A smart series of works from English poet literary critic and playwright John Dryden who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.Bound in quarter morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Dryden is widely regarded as the dominating literary figure of Restoration England so much so that the period came to be known in literary circles as the "Age of Dryden." This book contains a biographical sketch of the poet by Ludwig Gantter and critical notices from the likes of Sir Walter Scott Thomas Campbell and Thomas Babington Macaulay among others. In quarter morocco binding with marbled boards and endpapers. Externally smart with rubbing to the extremities and light marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Very Good J. B. Metzler hardcover
1803042132London: Printed by James Swan for Vernor and Hood; Cuthell and Martin; J. Walker; Lackington Allen and Co.; Wynne and Scholey; and J. Scatcherd 1803. Book. Good. Full-Leather. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in three 3 volumes uniformly bound in tree calf lettered in gilt on burgundy title panels covers bordered in gilt decoration. All boards present both detached on Vols. I and III loose on Vol. II leather rubbed but still presentable viable candidates for professional restoration. 1833 gift inscription on front flyleaf of each volume. xxxiixcii224 iii326 ivcxvi260 pp. illus. w/ engraved plates. Scattered internal foxing and soiling generally light. Exteriors Fair to Good interiors VG. Printed by James Swan for Vernor and Hood; Cuthell and Martin; J. Walker; Lackington, Allen and Co.; Wynne and Scholey; and J. S Hardcover
185522341Edinburgh:: James Nichol. 1855. publisher's blindstamped full leather a.e.g. rebacked retaining original spines. New endpapers; some light scuffing to the bindings; but a nice set. 8vo. James Nichol. hardcover
185545381New York:: D. Appleton & Co. 1855. old full calf; gilt spines; all edges marbled. Some light scuffs to the binding; but an attractive set handsomely bound. 8vo. D. Appleton & Co., unknown
180164137xvi 1008 pages 4 books in 1 being sacred and moral; didactic descriptive narrative and pathetic; Dramatic chiefly from Shakespeare; & Sentimental lyrical and ludicrous includes engraved title page at front and also before the 3rd part Published by J. Johnson, G.G and J. Robinson and Others hardcover
185933237London Routledge Warne and Routledge 1859 1859. see description. 8vo lx445pp full morocco covered boards raised bands blind rules all edges gilt just light foxing of first few leaves otherwise text very clean binding in very good condition London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1859, unknown
1852108427London UK: William Pickering 1852. Leather Bound. Good. 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Good. William Pickering London UK 1852. 323315319309317 pages. Brown 5-ribbed full leather binding gold floral decor on spine marbled endpapers Double Comb Double Nonpareil ALL page ends gold gilt. Moderate general wear. Slight 'leather burn' on board edge. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. William Pickering 1796-1854 was an English publisher notable for introducing cloth binding to British publishing. Pickering began working as an antiquarian bookseller before 1820 and quickly moved into publishing. In 1819 he began publishing a series of Diamond Classics- small books set in tiny type that were offered in a uniform binding of cloth or leather at an affordable price of 6 shillings. These are probably the first publishers' bindings in cloth- an innovation which had a rapid and profound impact on the publishing industry. He specialised in scholarly editions of classic authors. Poetry::Before 1900 6846 6846 William Pickering hardcover
1820A141-488Zwickau, Schumann, um 1820. Portr?t, Portrait, engraving, Punktiermanier und Radierung, Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger (1777-1825), Platte ca. 18,5x12 cm
1862961Y38London: George Routledge and Sons c1862. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A handsome calf-bound volume of poems by John Dryden illustrated with engravings. An anthology of works from John Dryden an English poet literary critic and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. In half calf binding with cloth boards and decorative gilt to the spine. Includes his epistles translations prologues epilogues odes and songs. This copy is illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates of engravings. In half calf binding with cloth boards and decorative gilt to the spine. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spots throughout. Very Good Indeed George Routledge and Sons hardcover
18081006Y6London: W. Suttaby 1808. Leather. Good. 5" by 3". Not Stated . A Suttaby pocket edition of Virgil's poetical works translated by John Dryden. 'Complete in one volume' pocket-sized edition of John Dryden's translation of Virgil.In a full contemporary calf with gilt to the spine. Contemporary endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Collated complete. Dryden's defining work as a translator containing a biographical account of Virgil followed by his 'Pastorals' 'Georgics' and 'Aenid'. A charming copy of this work which became the standard English translation of Virgil for generations.Virgil is regarded as one of Rome's greatest poets. His 'Aeneid' is considered to be a national epic of Ancient Rome and is modelled after Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey'. In a full contemporary calf with gilt to the spine. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and a mark to the spine. A couple scratches to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are marginally toned with occasional spots. Minor tide mark to the lower first few leaves. Faded contemporary ownership inscription to front paste down. Good W. Suttaby hardcover
1829039203London: John Murray 1829 8vo. original modern blue cloth gilt bound without half-title slightly rubbed & bumped endpapers offset a little toning & spotting prev. owner's name to upper pastedown else clean; pp. ii-viii 698 last corrigenda. A very good copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG. John Murray hardcover