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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
1881874Z2London: Macmillan and Co. 1881. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A first edition of this collection of poetry by John Dryden bound in half morocco and edited by W. D. Christie. A first edition of the work. The Globe edition.In half morocco with marbled paper boards and end papers and gilt lettering and raised bands to the spine.This work contains a collection of poems written by playwright translator and England's first poet laureate John Dryden. Dryden's works have received much praise with Sir Walter Scott calling him "Glorious John". This work has been edited with a memoir revised text and added noted by W. D. Christie. Bound in half morocco with paper to the boards. Externally very smart with minor handling marks and light rubbing to the top and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Light spotting to the front and rear blank pages and half title. Slight fading to the patterned fore edge. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
183225612London England: William Pickering. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1832. Full-Leather. VG full leather editions no previous owner's marks. Volume 1 has some scuffing to the leather on the front board and at the spine edge. All volumes have some rubs to the leather at the spine ends and along the hinges. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . William Pickering hardcover
1854690P17Not Stated: Not Stated 1854. Disbound. Fair. 11" by 8.5". None. A very scarce Latin edition of John Dryden's beautiful poem commemorating the St. Cecilia's day the saint patron of music written here in both English and Latin. A very scarce edition of this poem with both the English and Latin versions of the poems. Half-title is present. This poem celebrates the Christian martyr St Cecilia who is the patron saint of music. The poem was written to commemorate her saint's day in 1687 and was set to music for the celebration on the 22nd November. The poem begins with a description of the universe and its creation and how music created harmony. Written by John Dryden the noted English poet who became the first Poet Laureate in England in 1668. Translated into Latin by Robert Ward. Disbound. Externally wraps are discoloured with some marks. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front wrap 'Rev. J. C. Welch'. Some tidemarks to the wraps. Spots to the wraps. Edgwear to the wraps with some small chips and small closed tears. Rear wrap is detached but present. Internally disbound. Pages are age-toned with somes spots and tidemarks. Fair Not Stated unknown
185228855William Pickering 1852. 4 vols. of 5 8vo. small neat signature on front free endpaper of first volume; original plum cloth backstrips with printed paper labels one label chipped uncut a remarkably bright clean run in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. With the fine nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry William Pownall on front paste-downs of all volumes. A most unusually bright crisp clean run tragically wanting the last volume. Pickering's Dryden was first published in 1843. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Aldine Poets 21222324 respectively. William Pickering, hardcover
1854191716London: John W. Parker and Son 1854. An attractive set of Dryden's verse bound by the bookbinders to Queen Victoria. This collected poetic works includes "Absalom and Achitophel" "Mac Flecknoe" "Religio Laici" and Dryden's translations of Chaucer and Boccaccio. 3 vols octavo 163 x 101 mm. Contemporary calf by Henderson & Bisset Edinburgh raised bands spine decorated with floral tooling in gilt twin red and green calf labels double blind fillet to boards edges sprinkled red and black. 19th-century bookseller's ticket of C. Wylie and Son London on front pastedowns contemporary ink ownership inscription to first blanks. Joints tender a few marks to bindings contents clean. A very good set. hardcover
1858LTH11-C-5Edinburgh: James Nichol 1858. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 6.5". None. A very handsome collection of the late Poet Laureate's works. Revered by Sir Walter Scott Dryden 1631-1700 was an English poet and essayist who for some time gave his name to the literary culture of Restoration England 'the Age of Dryden'. With its original calf boards marbled edging spectacular endpapers and broad clear margins this lovely and easily legibile compendium is sure to impress. Rebound in calf using old calf boards. Generally smart lightly rubbed in places. Lovely custard colour with gilt bordering and colourful marbled edging. Slight wear to corners of boards. Internally front hinges quite strained but gatherings remain firmly bound together. Pages clean with just the odd spot. Good James Nichol hardcover
1811hw303.002GB: F C and J Rivington and Others 1811. Old pale brown full leather. Spines are lettered quadruple ruled and decorated in gold. Frontispiece portrait has browne dtitel page opposite. Armorial bookplates of Campbell of Stonefield in vols 1 3 and 4 removed in 2. Very clean tight books butspines a little rubbed/worn. Set is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY 2025 GB £8. Packed weight 3000g. . Hardback. VG/No DW. F C and J Rivington and Others Hardcover
18254838<p>London: Jones & Company 1825. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent. Beautiful silk-woven miniature set. Miniature Edition in two volumes Jones & Company London 1825 & 1830; 9 x 5.5cm. Vol 1: blank leaf 8 pages Publisher's ads 2 plates portrait tissue guard & University Edition title page 1826 cxxvi 175 3 blank pages; mauve silk-woven boards spine slightly faded silk a little worn at extremities blue paper on spine with gold titling all edges gilt an essentially fine copy. Vol 2: blank leaf 2 plates portrait tissue guard & University Edition title page 1826 vii blank 303 3 blank pages; mauve silk-woven boards spine slightly faded silk a little worn at extremities blue paper on spine with gold titling scratched all edges gilt an excellent copy. Part of the Jones' Diamond Poets series so named due to the diamond-point tooling used to produce sharp clear text in these miniature formats. Includes "The Life Of John Dryden" plus various "Fables" & "Verses In Praise Of Mr Dryden". <br /><br /></p> Jones & Company hardcover
1834953F22London: T. Davison; Thomas Tegg et al 1834 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A very scarce edition of the poetry of John Dryden edited by Alfred Howard and in an attractive calf binding. A very scarce first edition thus.Edited and compiled by Alfred Howard this is a very scarce collected edition of the poetry of Dryden with selections from both his poetry and his prose works.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.John Dryden was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who in 1668 was appointed as England's first Poet Laureate.With a former owner's inscription to the recto of the frontispiece. In a full calf binding with gilt detailing to back strip and board perimeters. Externally excellent. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned but clean with light handling marks to title page. Very Good Indeed T. Davison; Thomas Tegg et al hardcover
1854569L20London: Charles Griffin and Co. c1854. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. Three volumes of John Dryden's poetry edited with a memoir by Robert Bell. Complete in three volumes bound as one. Edited and with a memoir by Robert Bell. John Dryden was an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who was made Poet Laureate. Dryden was one of the foremost poets of Restoration England. His poems were often factual in subject matter. He often used formal structures such as heroic couplets which he established as a standard form of English poetry in his successful satires. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart with patches of rubbing to the joints and to the head and tail of spine. Bumping to the head and tail of spine as well as to the extremities. Spine has faded. Light rubbing to the boards. Front hinge is strained but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright slightly age toned to edges. Occasional spots to pages. Very Good Charles Griffin and Co. hardcover
184223808Hartford: Gurdon Robins 1842. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author Gurdon Robins 1842. First Edition. Signed by Author. 'To the editor of the Times with respects of The Author'. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. This book presents an interesting window into mid-19th century American religious and romantic poetry — and the early career of an influential Baptist minister hymn writer and public speaker Sylvanus Dryden Phelps.Plain cover with no printing or design - assume rebound. Text block is ORIGINAL. Cover has moderate shelfwear worn through on corners and spine ends. Other minor chips and soiling. Pages are clean and unmarked slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Gurdon Robins hardcover
1805W2127London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1805. 235 pages. 16mo 6 1/2" by 4 1/4". First edition thus. Bound in what may be the original gilt-decorated green morocco. All edges gilt. A year later it was reprinted with illustrations that were not included in this first printing. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight with rubbing of leather along edges of spine and boards. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. About Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover
1854107643Little Brown 1854. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Little Brown and Company Boston 1854. Half-Leather w/ Marbled Paper. Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volumes 1 2 and 3 of a 5 volume set; half leather w/marbled paper over boards marbled endpapers and edges. Raised bands and ornate gilt decoration on spine. Clean solid. In each volume on the front paste down there is a bookplate stating that the books were donated to the YMCA as part of a library given in honor of Justus Lawrence on Yonkers N.Y. However based on the condition of the set it does not appear any of the Young Men ever opened the books and there are no library markings in any of the books. Little, Brown hardcover
18432909London: William Pickering 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 1-cli 172 p. Illustration on frotis. Vol. 2- 316 p. Vol. 3- 320 p. Vol. 4- 308 p. Vol. 5- 317 p. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. Tan calf binding binding edges of covers embossed gilt lettering on spines 5 raised bands edges of text block lightly flecked with brown tan end papers. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers- a few light scuffs and worn corners spine a bit more worn and darkened top edges of text block darkened small book plate of David B. Ogden on inside of front cover name of Gouverneur Ogden in ink on ffep. page clean bindings tight. Vol. 2- top rear corner worn. Vol. 4- slightly heavier wear to covers. Vol. 5- leather label missing light soilign to covers ink stains on spien and rear cover. William Pickering hardcover
1832140614London: William Pickering 1832. publisher's cloth paper spine label. Pickering William. small 8vo. publisher's cloth paper spine label. cli 172; vi 316; viii 320; vi 309; vi 317 pages. Five Volumes. First Pickering edition. Covers rubbed paper spine labels chipped with some loss. Printed by Charles Whittingham London. Engraved frontisportrait and Aldine device on the title-page. With a "Life of Dryden" by Rev. John Mitford. <BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> 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 unknown
1866322235 uniform volumes volume 1 with frontispiece and 130 page Life of Dryden published by Bell & Daldy hardcover
1891832M8Banbury; London: John Potts; Mitchell and Hughes; William Potts 1891-1898. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Sir Henry Dryden; et al. A half calf bound collection of reports from the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society between 1891 and 1898 offering a comprehensive view of the Society's activities. In a half calf binding. This volume contains 18 reports from the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society published between 1891 and 1898 by different publishers and written by different authors. It includes: Reports for the years 1890 1891 and 1892 printed by John Potts Banbury. Reports for the years 1893 1894 1895 and 1896 printed by William Potts Banbury. M. T. Pearman's The Descent of the Manors of Pirton and Haseley 1892; Notices Manorial and Ecclesiastical of the Parish of Checkenden 1893; Additional Notices of Checkenden Rectory 1898; Historical Notices of Caversham 1894; all published by Mitchell and Hughes London. An inventory of the church plate in the Deanery of Woodstock by the Rev. Edward Marshall and an inventory of the church plate in the Deanery of Oxford by the Hon. Bryan J. Stapleton both printed by William Potts Banbury. Indexes of archaeological papers published in 1891 1894 and 1895. A report and second report on the transcription and publication of Parish Registers. Forms of schedule for an ethnographical survey of the United Kingdom. A report on a photographic survey of England and Wales by Ralph Nevill George E. Fox and W. H. St. John Hope. This volume contains 17 plates. The Oxford Archaeological Society founded in 1919 by Edward Thurlow Leeds is an organisation which aims to provide students alumni and enthusiasts to discuss and learn about archaeology. Notable archaeologists to have held the presidency of the society include Nowell Myers Martin Hope Kathleen Kenyon Francis Maddison Jeffrey May and Andrew Selkirk. The Society has conducted various archaeological fieldwork projects in Oxfordshire including excavations at Mingies Ditch and Alchester. In a half calf binding. Externally smart with some rubbing to the spine and extremities and a little bumping to the boards. Internally the binding is slightly strained in places with a loose plate to the rear of the report for 1891. Pages are bright and clean except for some spotting to the first and last few pages and the odd spot to the leaves surrounding some of the plates. Very Good John Potts; Mitchell and Hughes; William Potts hardcover
184328069William Pickering. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1843. Later Printing. Hardcover. A beautiful 5 volume set. Bound in tree calf covered boards of 18mo 4 x 6 1/2 size. All pages marbled edges. Elaborate Gilt to boards. 5 raised bands red & green spinal labels with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Volumes show modest shelf and edge wear with all board edged gilt 90% complete. All boards firmly attached though there are splits to leather finish of each volume several volumes show partial full splits of leather hinges to about midway down the spine but none are fully split. The gloss finish worn at the hinges front and rear. Volume one has a half inch by quarter inch chip out of the head of the spine and slight wrap to front board. Small splits and chips to voumes II and III and V and some gilt worn off on spine tail. A beautiful set. . William Pickering hardcover
1853887Z2London: George Routledge and Co 1853 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". John Franklin . A beautifully bound volume of poetical works by the celebrated John Dryden bound in full morocco and illustrated by John Franklin. In a decorative full morocco binding with raised bands ornate gilt detailing and gilt fore edges. Illustrated by John Franklin with a monochrome frontispiece and 7 monochrome plates. Bound by 'Leighton Son & Hodge' with their binder's label to the rear. This handsomely bound volume features the complete collection of poetical works by the popular John Dryden. Dryden England's first Poet Laureate wrote copious poetical works that have remained popular. The work also includes a short biography of the life of this legendary poet. Bound in full morocco. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities fading and slight cracking to the spine with minimal rubbing to the raised bands and joints and the odd minor mark to the boards. A mark to the centre of the endpapers with a bookseller's label to the pastedown a binder's label to the rear pastedown two past owner's names in ink to the front free endpaper one dated 1939 and the other dated 1910 and the odd slight mark and spot. Front hinge starting. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages and occasional spotting to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed George Routledge and Co hardcover
1843BOOKS330085London UK: William Pickering. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1843. LeatherBound. 16mo. 3/4 leather and marbled boards . William Pickering hardcover
1854DRYDENJO027803John W. Parker London. 1854. First edition thus. Small octavo. Three volumes: pp 299; 296; 307. Period binding of full calf with raised bands gilt decoration to spines leather spine labels marbled endpapers.On the verso of the front free endpaper of the first volume is a contemporary 1854 gift inscription to a member of the Sotheby family. Light rubbing to covers. A very good set in attractive bindings. John W. Parker, London. hardcover
18541287735Boston: Little Brown and Company 1854. First Editions Thus. small 8vos. 5 volumes; VG; 3/4 bound in light brown leather marbled boards; spines paneled with two labels one burgundy and one black both with gilt lettering other panels with gilt tooling; marbled text blocks; volume 1 has frontispiece with tissue guard; some chipping to heads of spines primarily to volumes 1 and 2; mild wear to boards spine; volume 1 missing small piece of one label on spine; bookplates on front pastedowns of all volumes dated 1867; shelved above LitCrit. 1287735. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Little, Brown, and Company unknown
1862978K6London: Routledge Warne and Routledge 1862. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A handsomely bound copy of the poetical works of Restoration poet John Dryden. With a frontispiece and additional illustrated title page.With a bookplate of one 'J. C. F. Morson' to front paste down with crest to front board.An anthology of works from John Dryden an English poet literary critic and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. Edited by Reverend Joseph Warton. In full green morocco. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to raised bands. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with scattered spotting heavier to first and last few leaves. Prior owner's gift inscription to front blank. Very Good Indeed Routledge, Warne, and Routledge hardcover
1854000015552Boston: Little Brown and Company 1854. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 vol. Small 8vo. For pagination please inquire. Half pebbled brown sheep over marbled paper boards spines in six compartments gold lettering and black decorations on the spines; all edges gilt. Brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Dryden. An attractively bound set of Dryden's poems. Light to at times moderate rubbing to the boards' edges and joints all bindings are tight and secure. Volume two with a tiny chip to its crown. Little, Brown, and Company hardcover