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1882biblio37878FIRST VOLUME ONLY. Contains "The Life of John Dryden" by Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: William Paterson 1882. XX446 pages. Frontispiece. Hardcover in NearFine condition no dj. Original Green Leather binding Gilt spine title Gilt top edge. Minimal wear to the top of the spine. Personal ExLibris of S. W. Tager inside front cover otherwise otherwise Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong Tight binding Excellent hinges. 9.1"x6.25"x1.5". be44902. William Paterson hardcover
B9783337030353Paperback / softback. New. paperback
19312091202133212613The Nonesuch Press 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 6 books in total The Nonesuch Press paperback
026521100X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1331645662.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
133304450X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1890FB1118 -1/6A<p>Tan calf spine and corners. Brown textured boards. Gilt banding on the spine with the title plate missing.</p><p>First Volume of a two-volume set</p> Cassell, Petter & Galpin. hardcover
433135Milner and Sowerby. Hardcover. Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. 'With the Life of Virgil'. Leather bound with a lot of damage to covers and spine see photos. Marbled endpapers. Undated but probably mid 19th century. Inscription inside front endpaper. Hinge cracking front and back and p 519 a little loose. Foxing. Milner and Sowerby hardcover
433703Milner and Sowerby. Hardcover. Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. 'With the Life of Virgil'. Leather bound with a lot of damage to covers and spine see photos. Marbled endpapers. Undated but probably mid 19th century. Inscription inside front endpaper. Hinge cracking front and back and p 519 a little loose. Foxing. Milner and Sowerby hardcover
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B9783368505387Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ria9783368505387_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reprint of the original first published in 1878. paperback
0483647152.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1931958T25London: The Nonesuch Press 1931. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7". None. A smart limited edition set of the dramatic works of English author John Dryden. Complete in six volumes. Limited to seven hundred and fifty copies of which this is number seven hundred and three. The dramatic works of John Dryden an English poet literary critic translator and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He 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. With the reopening of the theatres in 1660 after the Puritan ban Dryden began writing plays. Although his first play was not successful from 1668 on he was contracted to produce three plays a year for the King's Company in which he became a shareholder. He led the way in Restoration comedy with his best-known work being Marriage à la Mode. Volume one contains The Wild Gallant The Rival Ladies The Indian Queen and The Indian Emperor with prefatory notes an introduction and a chronology of dramatic poesie. Volume two contains Secret Love Sir Martin Mar-all The Tempest An Evening's Love and Tyrannick Love. Volume three contains The Conquest of Granada Part I & Part II Marriage-a-la-Mode The Assignation Amboyna and The State of Innocence. Volume four contains The Mistaken Husband Aureng-Zebe All for Love The Kind Keeper and Oedipus: A Tragedy. Volume five contains Troilus and Cressida The Spanish Friar The Duke of Guise and Albion and Albanius. Volume six contains Don Sebastian Amphitryon King Arthur Cleomenes Love Triumphant and The Secular Masque. In the original quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Externally smart with light wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light bumping to the extremities of volume six. Fading to the spines with the odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting to the foredge and endpapers. Much of the text block remains unopened. Very Good The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1931960Y20London: The Nonesuch Press 1931-19321. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 6.5". None. A pleasing complete limited Nonesuch Press edition of John Dryden's works. One of 750 standard limited sets numbered 51 to 800 this copy being number 765. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper covered boards.A delightful collection of the dramatic works of John Dryden. He was appointed England's first Poet Laureate and is regarded as hugely influential during the Stuart Restoration with the period even being referred to as the 'Age of Dryden' in literary circles. Includes 'Don Sebastian' 'Amphitryon' 'Secret Love' 'The Spanish Fryar' 'The Duke of Guise' 'All for Love' and 'The Kind Keeper' among many other works. Edited by author clergyman and scholar Montague Summers. From Nonesuch Press a private press founded in 1922 by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their mutual friend David Garnett. The press was at its peak in the 1920s and 1930s but continued operating through the mid-1960s. Nonesuch was unusual among private presses in that it used an Albion press to design their books but had them printed by commercial printers. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities and fading to the spines. Cracking to the front gutters of Volume I and VI however hinges remains firmly held by cords. Westminster City Library bookplate to the front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1963206350New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. Light rubbing along panel edges.; Twentieth Century Views. Prentice Hall hardcover
B9783337309015Paperback / softback. New. paperback
B9783337263201Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1709931F29London: H. Hills 1709 . Unbound. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart later edition of this uncommon poem from John Dryden a panegyric he was commissioned to write for a lady he had never met. A 1709 edition of this uncommon work which was first published in 1692.The poem commissioned by the Earl of Abingdon praises the piety and charity of its subject in somewhat vague terms.ESTC. T32606Trimmed by 17mm to title page tail removing the One Penny price.The work of poet literary critic translator and playwright John Dryden who was England's first Poet Laureate. Unbound as issued. Title page trimmed to tail by 17mm. Two spots to title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned but clean. Very Good H. Hills unknown
0483158860.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
139089763X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1396329919.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
B9781498120562Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1734847G3London: Jacob Tonson 1734. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4" . Gucht . A scarce new edition of John Dryden's collected fables in a very smart half morocco binding. The scarce fourth edition. Rebound in handsome half morocco with new endpapers. WIth an engraved frontispiece and some small vignette illustrations throughout. The final work produced by the English poet John Dryden first published only two months prior to his death. The work contains translations of the First Book of Homer's 'Iliad' selections from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' and Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' stories from Boccaccio and many more translations including original poems by Dryden himself. John Dryden was a notable seventeenth century poet playwright critic and translator. He is best known for being appointed England's first Poet Laureate. The pagination is as follows: 2 A-R12 ESTC Citation No. T124903 Rebound in half morocco with new endpapers. Light shelf wear to the edges. The odd small handling mark to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages age-toned but generally bright and clean. Light spotting and scattered handling marks throughout. The frontispiece has been partly coloured in by the previous owner. Ink mark to the title page. The vignette illustration on page C6 has been coloured. Small ink marks to pages 344-345 and to the two final pages of the table. Red ink marks to the final page. Marks to page 56 and 57 affecting the text. Very Good Jacob Tonson hardcover
17741805280056London: T. Davies B. White C. Say etc 1774-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Bound in early 19th century cloth. Top front corner bumped. English Short Title Catalog ESTCT116742 T. Davies, B. White, C. Say etc hardcover