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1694018402London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street 1694. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. x 82 pages of text ii Epilogue. Bound without the half-title page. Hardcover binding with leather spine and corners and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine is moderately worn and rubbed. Minor staining and soiling scattered throughout text. There is a small tear to about 40 pages at the gutter obviously made prior to binding. Minor marginalia on the final page of Epilogue. A few page numbers are shaved. John Dryden 1631-1700. First edition. Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street Hardcover books
192421495Oxford England: Clarendon Press 1924. Facsimile printed from type limited to 550 copies 8vo pp. 8 14 8; a very good copy in original stiff marbled paper wrappers printed paper label on front cover some rubbing and soiling 1" split in wrapper at lower spine. A reprinting of the first edition of 1682 with notes elucidating variants found in the edition of 1684. <br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
1763WRCLIT73789London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1763. 13206-2862pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Engraved frontis. Some soiling and corner creases but good and sound. According to ESTC this is a reimpression of the play's appearance in the 1762-3 collective edition with a full title replacing the half-title. ESTC locates 3 copies. ESTC T63282. Printed for J. and R. Tonson unknown books
196816423Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins 1968. First edn. 8vo pp. 226. Printed wraps VG. Johns Hopkins unknown 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
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
169264649DRYDEN John. Oedipus. A Tragedy As it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre. London: Printed for Richard Bentley in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden 1692. Fourth edition. Octavo 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 210 x 155 mm. 6 71 1 epilogue pp. Modern quarter red morocco over red cloth gilt-stamped on spine. Lacking final blank. New endpapers. Very good. HBS 64649. $300 Printed for Richard Bentley in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden hardcover books
2115LONDON CHAPMAN 1696. LONDON, CHAPMAN, 1696 unknown books
1928106988Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald London 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald London 1928. Hard Cover. Book Condition: very good. First Edition. Limited Edition 1 of 55 signed and numbered copies this being number 43; quarter leather with white linen marbled boards gilt-lettered xxvi 84pp. printed on Millbourn hand-made paper no dustwrapper issued for this signed issue Gallup B7a. Signed by T. S. Eliot.A very rare signed limited one of only 55 copies signed and numbered by T. S. Eliot. Some light wear and discoloration on covers but internally very nice and clean. Main text by Dryden and includes a "Dialogue on Poetic Drama" by T. S. Eliot a creative introduction that aims to clarify Dryden's ideas. Comes in a supplied collector's slipcase. Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, London hardcover books
1928WRCLIT69961London: Etchells & Macdonald 1928. Quarto. Cloth and marbled boards untrimmed. Fore-corners a bit bumped usual tan offset to endsheets from jacket flaps else a very good copy in lightly chipped and nicked dust jacket with usual tanning. First edition ordinary issue. One of 525 copies on Pannekoek Holland paper from a total edition of 580. This copy is not numbered. GALLUP B7b. Etchells & Macdonald hardcover books
1928WRCLIT23596London: Etchells & Macdonald 1928. Quarto. Cloth and marbled boards. First edition. One of 525 numbered copies of a total edition of 580. Extremities shelfworn but a good sound copy internally fine. Etchells & Macdonald hardcover books
1928WRCLIT43329London: Etchells & Macdonald 1928. Quarto. Cloth and marbled boards. First edition. One of 525 numbered copies of a total edition of 580. Fine in lightly dust marked jacket with a few small nicks. Etchells & Macdonald hardcover books
1928WRCLIT52430London: Etchells & Macdonald 1928. Quarto. Cloth and marbled boards. First edition ordinary issue. One of 525 numbered copies from a total edition of 580. Small tasteful collector's bookplate on pastedown endsheets a bit darkened at gutters edges a bit rubbed else a very good copy in darkened and lightly chipped dust jacket with a couple small spots. GALLUP B7b. Etchells & Macdonald hardcover books
192838664London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald 1928. One of 580 numbered copies. 4to pp. xxvi 84. Notes. Marbled paper over boards with blue cloth spine stamped in gilt . Mostly unopened. Cover little worn and yellowed at edges spine faded o/w VG. Lacks the dj. The Haselwood Books. Gallup B-7b ordinary copy. Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald 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
175649066Glasgow: printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis 1756. Foolscap 8vo 2 volumes pp. viii 237 1; vii 1 240; contemporary speckled calf gilt-decorated spines in 5 compartments blue speckled edges; joints cracked labels perished with title visible as blind impression armorial bookplates of Henry Penton the occasional marginalia throughout volume 2 with staining to the bottom of the last dozen or so pages as well as the covers; good. Gaskell's good quality variant. Gaskell 312. <br/><br/> printed and sold by Rob. & And. Foulis unknown books
1782045535London: T. Caslon and W. Davenhill 1782. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary sheep much worn hinges cracked spine dry cords still holding. Lacking front endpapers rear stained title browned binding a little loose first signature loose light browning otherwise unmarked. 263pp Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045535. <br/><br/> T. Caslon and W. Davenhill hardcover books
9023268New York: Bigelow Brown. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Bound in publisher's half leather and cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spines. Rules stamped in gilt on the covers spines stamped and decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispieces and illustrations throughout. <br/><br/> Bigelow, Brown hardcover books
185920755Boston: Little Brown and Company 1859. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine. 5 Volumes large 8vos. Bindings of textured brown cloth embossed in b blind on the boards and spines. and with gilt titles on the spines. Chocolate-colored coated endpapers. Publisher's catalogue dated March 1859 bound in the front of volume 1 between the pastedown and free endpaper. This is a set in original publisher's cloth in superb condition. The cloth is still bright and fresh with hardly any trace of age or wear. Dryden issued his translation of Plutarch's Lives from 1683-1686. Clough corrected the Greek text an revised the Dryden translation accordingly to make it more accurate and faithful to Plutarch. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
2114LONDON BELL & DALDY 1866. FULL AUBERGINE MOROCCO; 5 VOLS "ALDINE EDITION" VERY GOOD-FINE. LONDON, BELL & DALDY, 1866 unknown books
1854128662London England: George Routledge and Co 1854. original leather covers and spine gilt-stamped all edges gilt. 16mo. original leather covers and spine gilt-stamped all edges gilt. xx 524 pages. Second edition. Table of contents memoir of Dryden's life. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by John Franklin. Scuffing along edges of spine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Light foxing mainly on frontispiece and tissue protector. George Routledge and Co unknown books
1930WRCLIT84729Pittsburgh: The Bentley Press 1930. Sewn printed wrappers. Wrappers dust smudged otherwise a very good copy. First edition thus. Virgil's poem printed by Wilder Bentley on Fabriano as his 1930 Christmas greeting. Edition size unspecified. HAAS BENTLEY 1. The Bentley Press unknown books
183639127Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie 1836. 1st edition. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper covered boards. Average wear to binding edges rubbed. Wear and light soiling to endpapers and pastedowns ffep torn. An About VG - VG example. 6 416 2 blank pp. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/>At the time of cataloguing we see 2 institutional holdings recorded on OCLC. Printed and Published by Adam Waldie hardcover books
2009030608Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press 2009. xii 273p. dj. Texas Tech University Press unknown books
1960UDRYSEL00HMRHolt Rinehart and Winston 1960. Good. Dryden John. Selected Works of John Dryden. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1960. 424pp. Bibliography. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with rubbed edges and light spots in cover. Old price-sticker on front cover. Holt, Rinehart and Winston paperback books