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1702008169London: Jacob Tonson 1702. Third Edition bound in contemporary calf with 19th century professional rebacking ornately gilt tooled with red morocco label. ixxxviii 4 advert 424 pp. Pages xc and 173 misnumbered lxxxviii and 137. "Adorn'd with sculptures" 13 full page engravings. Persius's 'Satyrs' has a separate title page. Very Good Plus 2" chip at head of title page inscription in ink dated 1799 at top of title page calf rubbed at corners. A very well bound complete copy of the Third Edition of Dryden's classic translation. . Third Edition. Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jacob Tonson Hardcover books
1693174083London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1693. Hardcover. VG- cracking to spine front cover loose light rubbing scuffing and general wear to boards light toning to page edges. Calf leather boards with gilt trim spine with 6 gilt decorated compartments and raised bands marbled endpapers gilt adornment to interior edges. xxxix 315 87 pp. Translated into English verse. By Mr. Dryden and several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden. With explanatory notes at the end of each satire. To which is prefixed a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset by Mr. Dryden. -foot of title page. Contains bookplate of famous book collector Herschel V. Jones. Printed for Jacob Tonson hardcover books
16753235London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman 1675. Third edition. 4to. 1268pp. Later boards head of spine chipped and endpapers a bit browned. Minor worming at bottom blank margin of last few leaves text unaffected. The third edition of Dryden's first play. Wing D2348. Macdonald 67c. Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman hardcover books
190970449Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin 1909. First edition. xlii 1056 pp w/index of titles. Near fine in full maroon gilt-decorated cloth with light wear to foot and crown of spine. Inked ownership signature of Yvor Winters on the front free endpaper. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
18624220Edinburgh: James Nichol 1862. 2 vols. xxiv2314;xxiv344pp. Finely bound in full red morocco circa 1890 ornately gilt tooled spine & dentelles lightly soiled. A.e.g. James Nichol unknown books
029029London; 1798-1799 Noted on engravings: Printed for C. Cooke and Sold By All the Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland. 12 Mo. In three volumes. Volume three with 20pp. publisher's catalog. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece engraved vignette title page and a regular title page illustrated. Dates are noted on the engravings from May 1798-Jan. 1799. Dryden was an English poet dramatist and literary critic who dominated the literary scene of his day. It became known as the Age of Dryden. He later did translations for publisher Jacob Tonson. The entire set which was issued by C. Cooke in the late 18th century was for the serious reader. The books were small enough to be kept in a coat pocket or lady's purse. Bound in full contemporary calf lettered and decorated in gilt labels mostly worn off early glue repair to upper joints not professionally but work fine light damp staining to the first few leaves of volume two. From the library of Benjamin Dickerson with his bookplate and signature. A good set. ESTC; T178547. Printed for C. Cooke and Sold By All the Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland unknown books
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 books
18131339305London: Printed at the Stanhope Press by C. Whittingham; for John Sharpe. 1813. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes; VG; bound in full polished calf elaborate gilt border to boards paneled spines with gilt tooling black morocco label with gilt titling; mild wear and rubbing; marbled text block endpapers; title page and engraved frontispiece to each volume; shelved case 0. 1339305. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed at the Stanhope Press by C. Whittingham; for John Sharpe.. hardcover books
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 native american studies. 1287735. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Little, Brown, and Company unknown books
1811W088DLondon: Rivington 1811. A working set neatly rebound in olive buckram and opening well. All edges colored reddish rose. Volume 1 has nice engraving by Holler after Kneller's painting of the poet. This edition edited by the Rev. Joseph Warton DD the Rev. John Warton M.A. and others. The forward tells us that these books are uniform in size with Dryden's Prose Works edited by Malone. Volume 4 is replete with an index. To repeat: A good working set for an enthusiast and/or scholar and scarce. First Thus. Library Buckram. Good/No Jackets. 8vo. Rebound. Rivington Hardcover books
1806227138London Stanhope Press 1806. 1806. Small 8vo. With three engraved plates by Anthony Garden; P.W. Tomkins after Richard Westall. Full contemporary brown calf with spines stamped in gilt speckled edges. 3 volumes. Very good. Bookplate of Carl Downes on the front pastedown of all 3 volumes. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Stanhope Press, 1806. hardcover books
1866W91923Edinburgh: James Nichol 1866. Full red calf gilt with 5 raised bands and titling and ornamentation panels. Gilt dentelles. Marbled edges and matching endpapers. Signed binding of Bickers & Son London. Wear on spines and joints edgewear and corners bumped; spine title labels missing but number labels present although chipped. Lengthy Christmas 1867 gift inscription on ffep Vol. 1. Ghost of white labels removed from preliminaries in each volume. First Thus. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. James Nichol Hardcover books
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 books
19092113Boston Houghton Mifflin/Cambridge The Riverside Press 1908 1909. 1909. "Cambridge Edition." Large 8vo. Frontispiece portrait. 2 1/2 page preface by George R. Noyes. Glossary indexes of titles and first lines. 3/4 gilt stamped red morocco spine with raised bands and gilt stamped floral devices within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. spine slightly faded. Very good. 1054 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Cambridge, The Riverside Press, 1908 [1909]. hardcover books
192545797London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1925. First edition thus 8vo pp. xxiii 1 606; portrait frontispiece facsimiles throughout; text in double column; original blue cloth upper cover and spine stamped in gilt; light rubbing along joints else about fine. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. <br/><br/> Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press hardcover books
173519021303London: Printed for W. Feales. Printed for Jacob Tonson 1735. Leather bound. Very good. Duodecimo size 455 total pp. This collection of dramatic works includes five tragedies by different authors bound into one volume each with its own title page; perhaps the best-remembered is "All for Love Or the World Well Lost" by English poet and playwright John Dryden 1631-1700. Made England's first ever Poet Laureate in 1668; Dryden was a prominent writer of the day and popularised many new forms of poetry as the standard such as the heroic couplet.<br/><br/>The plays bound in this volume offer a creative and diverse view at seventeenth century dramatics from some of the foremost writers at the time each representative of the writing style during the English Restoration.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather decorative and ruled borders blind-embossed on the front and rear boards the spine with five raised bands gilt rules and red leather label with gilt lettering decorative borders blind-embossed on the edges of the boards the title pages of each of the five works in red and black each with an engraved black-and-white frontispiece; duodecimo size 6.75" by 4" pagination: 1-9 10-92 93-96 1-2 3-82 83-86 1-2 3-83 84-86 1-2 3-82 83-86 1-2 3-5 6-25 200-276. Tasteful prior owner bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper from Stoneleigh Abbey an estate belonging to the Leigh family one of the largest landowners in the area from 1561 to 1990.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good overall with clean boards a strong square text block and the interior is clean and bright; some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine to the edges of the boards and to the corners and corners are gently bumped some rubbing along the joints with slight cracking at the top of both front and rear joints and both hinges are slightly cracked the boards somewhat tender but still solidly attached light soiling to the endpapers light off-setting to the title pages from the frontispieces some pages throughout have light soil marks but no text is obscured and there is a prior owner marking possibly a name written in pen on the front free endpaper and another marking in pencil on the front paste-down endpaper. Even with its binding faults still very much a very good condition volume.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Printed for W. Feales...| Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
17603000London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson 1760. 8vo. 4 vols. Engraved frontis. portrait and several engraved text illustrations. Cont. mottled calf a bit worn nicely rebacked in period style volume I newly rebacked red & green morocco spine labels. Title pages lightly foxed. Printed for J. and R. Tonson unknown books
168246505London: Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition second issue. Small 4to pp. 12 20. Bound in modern thin marbled boards. Leaves toned but a very good tight clean copy. Wing D2311; CBEL II 264; Macdonald 13aii; ESTC R17608. Early in 1682 Dryden published The Medall a work full of unsparing invective against the Whigs prefaced by a vigorous and plainspoken prose "Epistle to the Whigs." The opposition party the nascent Whigs had a medal struck in Poland to commemorate the release of one of their leaders the Earl of Shaftesbury who had been held in the Tower on charges of treason. Jacob Tonson unknown books
1682305844London: Printed for Jacob Tonson 1682. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Removed. First Edition Second Issue with 2 lines of Latin verse on last page. xii; 20 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Dryden vs. Shaftsbury Once Again. Dryden's satirical poem directed as was his Absalom and Achitophel against the Earl of Shaftesbury who had recently been exonerated of a charge of high treason; his Whig followers had had a medal cast to commemorate the event. Wing D 2311; Macdonald 13 aii; ESTC R17608 Printed for Jacob Tonson unknown books
19791336928Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo four volumes; VG; full bindings of genuine black leather; spines with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear; all edges gilt; silk moire end papers; satin ribbon bookmarks; pages clean; shelved Easton Press. 1336928. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1680WRCLIT64481London: Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes 1680. 8653pp. Quarto. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Rather browned with early ownership signature on B1 title leaf nearly detached lower fore-corner of J1 torn away costing a portion of final two lines of Epilogue lacking terminal advert leaf included in ESTC entry; a fair copy. First edition. As often the leaf printing the 'Prologue' remains in place conjugate with J1. "Of this comedy Professor Nicoll wrote: 'It is one of the truly unmoral works of the period and its failure i.e. on the stage may have been partly due to the gradual rise of sentimental feeling .'" - Pforzheimer. MACDONALD 85a. ESTC R16108. WING D2297. PFORZHEIMER 329. Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes unknown books
1684WRCLIT41862London: Printed by M. Flesher 1684. 58524731-96649142pp. Small thick octavo. Old calf worn lower board detached. Engraved frontis. Some slight marginal darkening early ink name on title lower fore-corners of last few gatherings show an intermittent minor discoloration otherwise internally a very good crisp copy. First edition of Dryden's translation of Louis Maimbourg's work undertaken at the request of Charles II the dedicatee and subject of the frontis. Dryden's own original contributions include the dedication and the substantial postscript in which he expounds upon the Divine Right of Kings. The break in pagination is a consequence of the work having been given to two compositors. PFORZHEIMER 328. MACDONALD 132. WING M292. Printed by M. Flesher unknown books
1687WRCLIT64941London: Printed for Jacob Tonson . 1687. 81451pp. Quarto. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Light foxing half-title neatly detached small nonce index number in outer upper corner of title else about very good. Denoted the "third edition" but counting the Dublin and Edinburgh editions the fifth overall all printed the same year. This impression was probably printed from standing type for Tonson's "second" edition. MACDONALD 24e. WING D2285. ESTC R17798. Printed for Jacob Tonson ... unknown books
1952410391952. VIRGIL. The Georgics. 174 pp. Translated by John Dryden; Introduction by George F. Whicher. Illustrated and signed by Bruno Bramanti and the designer Giovanni Mardersteig. 8vo. bound in deluxe half brown morocco. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1952. Virgil's passionate message to care for the land and for the crops and animals that it sustains could hardly be more topical two millenia after he wrote it. One of 1500 copies printed and bound by the Officina Bodoni. Set in monotype Bembo printed on Maslianico special paper in a handsome new binding. LEC 229. unknown books
1931WRCLIT33755New York: Cheshire House 1931. Small folio. Quarter calf and boards stamped in blind. Illustrated with reproductions of twenty engravings from the 1697 folio edition of Dryden's Works. One of twelve hundred numbered copies. Minor rubbing but a nice copy. Cheshire House hardcover books
