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189942858London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. Globe edition" 8vo lv i 736 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges contemporary prize inscription to front blank. Contemporary maroon calf gilt arms and ruled borders gilt spine with a morocco label slightly sunned otherwise a very good copy. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
1863983H32London: Routledge Warne and Routledge 1863. Leather. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. In a full calf prize binding for Wellington College by W. Nutt bringing together the major works of Edmund Spenser including 'The Faerie Queene.' In a full calf prize binding for Wellington College bound by W. Nutt.This volume is illustrated with a frontispiece of portrait of Edmund Spenser engraved by H. Robinson and an illustrated title page by T. H. Sheperd and T. H. Ellis. This volume brings together the works of Edmund Spenser best known for The Faerie Queene one of the landmark epic poems of English literature. It includes a detailed account of Spenser"s life along with The Shepheardes Calender Amoretti Epithalamion Prothalamion Astrophel and many shorter poems.Edmund Spenser c. 15521599 was a major figure of Elizabethan literature blending classical and Renaissance influences with early modern English. His epic The Faerie Queene 15901596 dedicated to Elizabeth I exploring virtue chivalry and morality. In a full calf prize binding for Wellington College by W. Nutt. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities and spine resulting ins light loss to calf. The odd scratch and handling mark to boards. Lacking the spine label. Frontispiece partially disbound but holding at upper gutter. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge and last few leaves with scattered spotting to first few leaves. Good Routledge, Warne, and Routledge hardcover
181924570Suttaby Evance & Fox 1819. Tall 16mo. with engraved frontispiece and engraved title; attractively bound in contemporary full burgundy roan sides with frame border enclosing geometric design all in gilt stopped at corners by arabesques in blind; back with four raised bands second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt and blind all edges gilt gilt dentelles gilt doublures blue endpapers covers very lightly age-scuffed extremities lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. The frontispiece is engraved by Raimbach after Westall; the title by Rhodes after Westall. A remarkably well-preserved copy of a scarce and most attractive edition. Suttaby Evance & Fox, hardcover
18994764477T. Fisher Unwin 1899. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Full calf leather bound covers. Gold and black text on front cover and spine with black design. Black blindstamped logo on back cover. Some foxing within text. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
188924710New York:Scribner and Welford 1889. 2nd Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Scribner and Welford. 1889. 2nd edition. xxiv389pp Illustrated with folding map as frontispiece. Hardcover. Green decorated boards lightly soiled with light wear to edges spine ends and edge points. Page edges soiled with dust residue. Internally some penciled notes to verso of 1st free endpage with light foxing to prelims otherwise a very good clean copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact. New York:Scribner and Welford hardcover
18891696New York: Thomas Y. Crowell c. 1889. Maroon cloth binding w/ gilt lettering & Deco cover beveled boards 715 gilt edge pgs Ads w/red outline each page. Clean Tight Copy has the slightest bit of top & bottom spine edge wear; faint water damage on back panel see pics. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.<br /> Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
188943130London 1889. EDITED FROM THE BEST EDITIONS. WITH MEMOIR NOTES AND GLOSSARY. 8vo. xxvi 413pp. FROM THE LIBRARY OF W.G. GRACE jun. SIGNED INSCRIBED AND DATED BY HIM on the half-title: 'W.G. Grace Xmas 1890'. W.G. Grace jun. 1874-1905 played for Gloucestershire between 1893 and 1898 for Cambridge University between 1894 and 1896 and for London County between 1900 and 1903. He was son of the famous Gloucestershire and England cricketer and died at an early age after an appendicitis operation. A volume in the 'Chandos Classics' series. unknown
1856001321London: Routledge & Sons. Original blind stamped red cloth decorated in gilt on front board titled & decorated in gilt on spine. The faerie Queene disposed into twelve bookes fashioning XII morall vertues to which is added his Epithalamion. With glossary. All edges gilt. Spine has been neatly re-laid due to wear at head & foot resulting in the need for replacement endpapers a professional job . Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 1856. Routledge & Sons hardcover
1899307899London : Macmillan 1899. The Globe Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt decoration to the spine and boards. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight bright and clean. Provenance; from the Notting Hill High School with its presentation bookplate. Physical description; 736 pages. Subjects; Authors English Middle English 1100-1500. London : Macmillan hardcover
1900100350New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1900. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo 8.3 in. x 6.2 in. pp. 395. Illustrated withtissue-guarded frontis and over 100 additional drawings. Ochre cloth boards with gilt title and brown image of a queen and lion to front. Gilt titkle and knight slaying a dragon to spine. Gilt title and brown helmet image to rear board. Gilt top-edge. Shelfwear to edges with bottom rear corner nudged. Light soiling to boards and spine. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Several pages with short closed tears or chips to fore-edge. Light age-toning to pages. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
18822711Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Keyser 1882. 12" x 9" pp. 144. "An Original American & Japanese Comic Opera" with art nouveau cover design. Operatic musical score in original tan wrappers with tape repair on the cover wanting rear wrapper. "36" stamped on the title page small corner folds throughout text largely clean. Good. Keyser unknown
1840LTH17-F-4London: Walter Spiers 1840. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 5". None. An attractive copy of the works of Edmund Spenser. With a frontispiece and an engraved half title. Edmund Spenser was an english poet best know for The Faerie Queene an epic poem and fantasical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. In a half calf binding. Externally smart with rubbing. Slightly bumped. Ink signature and blind stamp to front free-endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages bright with some tidemarks to first and last. Very Good Walter Spiers hardcover
1870C219397Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1870. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. viii 624pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt spine titles. Covers with some wear and chipping re-cased with repairs to backstrip tears slight wrinkling to endpapers faint marks to frontis and illustrated title page slight creasing to title page otherwise very good. William P. Nimmo, hardcover
190014237Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co 1900. fair. 204 foxing to text discoloration inside boards & flyleaves boards & spine soiled & stained & some edge wear sticker on spine. Archibald Constable & Co hardcover
1868FB940 /str shlf<p>Tan calf binding with red and blue marbled boards. Black title plate with gilt lettering banding and decoration on the spine. From the Chandos Classics Library published circa 1868<strong>.</strong></p><p><strong><em>The Faery Queene</em></strong> is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I–III were first published in 1590 then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI. <em>The Faerie Queene</em> is notable for its form: at over 36000 lines and over 4000 stanzas it is one of the longest poems in the English language; it is also the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza. On a literal level the poem follows several knights as a means to examine different virtues and though the text is primarily an allegorical work it can be read on several levels of allegory including as praise or later criticism of Queen Elizabeth I. In Spenser's "Letter of the Authors" he states that the entire epic poem is "cloudily enwrapped in Allegorical devices" and that the aim of publishing <em>The Faerie Queene</em> was to "fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline". Spenser presented the first three books of <em>The Faerie Queene</em> to Elizabeth I in 1589 probably sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh. The poem was a clear effort to gain court favour and as a reward Elizabeth granted Spenser a pension for life amounting to £50 a year though there is no further evidence that Elizabeth I ever read any of the poem. This royal patronage elevated the poem to a level of success that made it Spenser's defining work.</p><p><strong>Edmund Spenser</strong> 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599 was an English poet best known for <em>The Faerie Queene</em> an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse and is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language. Though Spenser was well-read in classical literature scholars have noted that his poetry does not rehash tradition but rather is distinctly his. This individuality may have resulted to some extent from a lack of comprehension of the classics. Spenser strove to emulate such ancient Roman poets as Virgil and Ovid whom he studied during his schooling but many of his best-known works are notably divergent from those of his predecessors. The language of his poetry is purposely archaic reminiscent of earlier works such as <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> of Geoffrey Chaucer and <em>Il Canzoniere</em> of Francesco Petrarca whom Spenser greatly admired. An Anglican and a devotee of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth Spenser was particularly offended by the anti-Elizabethan propaganda that some Catholics circulated. Like most Protestants near the time of the Reformation Spenser saw a Catholic church full of corruption and he determined that it was not only the wrong religion but the anti-religion. This sentiment is an important backdrop for the battles of <em>The Faerie Queene</em>. Spenser was called "the Poet's Poet" by Charles Lamb and was admired by John Milton William Blake William Wordsworth John Keats Lord Byron Alfred Tennyson and others. Among his contemporaries Walter Raleigh wrote a commendatory poem to <em>The Faerie Queene</em> in 1590 in which he claims to admire and value Spenser's work more so than any other in the English language. John Milton in his <em>Areopagitica</em> mentions "our sage and serious poet Spenser whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas". In the eighteenth century Alexander Pope compared Spenser to "a mistress whose faults we see but love her with them all."</p> Frederick Warne & Co. hardcover
1852108431London UK: William Pickering 1852. Leather Bound. Very Good. 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. William Pickering London UK 1852. Brown 5-ribbed full leather binding gold floral decor on spine marbled endpapers Double Comb Double Nonpareil ALL page ends gold gilt. Volumes IIIIV and V ONLY. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Volume V has some loss of spine. 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
1866330540London New York : Routledge Warne and Routledge 1866. New edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Edward Gardiner. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked leather. Raised bands spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with Moroccan gilt-blocked leather to the spine. Front board detached worn spine. Panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: lx562p.2leaves of plates: 1 ill. 1 port.; 25cm. Subjects: Poetry 19th century. Great Britain. Other names: Todd Henry John 1763-1845. Genre: Poetry. London, New York : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge hardcover
1896GEN36-C-10London : Archibald Constable And Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A late Victorian copy of this British political work. Very scarce first edition. Wilkinson was very well connected to key figures in politics and in the armed forces as he journalist and had long hoped for an academic appointment as his interests increasingly turned toward historical study. He was elected the first Chichele Professor of Military History in the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College in 1909. During World War I he becamelike Clausewitz's foremost German proponent at the time Hans Delbrück--an energetic critic of his nation's counterproductive strategy and policy. He remained an influential voice in Britain until his death in 1937. In a red cloth binding with gilt title detail to spine. Externally generally sound with bumping to extremities a little loss of cloth at the head and tail and discolouration to the spine. The hinges are slightly strained. Internally binding is strained in places. Pages are generally bright and clean with light foxing to endpapers and a small closed tear to the top right corner of the front free endpaper. Good Archibald Constable And Co. hardcover
1882648787Printed for the Spenser Society 1882. First Edition. Leather Binding. Near Fine. Beautifully bound in full black crushed Levant morocco by Blackwell's of Oxford spine with raised bands and gilt titling gilt-tooled inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers slight wear. There is no outward indication that this work is part of a set. Volume I only of a projected 9 volumes of which only 8 were issued this volume including the 'Life' and essays by various scholars about Spenser's life and work. Only 100 copies were apparently issued. Printed for the Spenser Society unknown
18985719<p>London & New York: Harper & Brothers. 1898. Hardcover. Green cloth gilt titles and design on spine and both boards including zodiac chart on rear with illustrations on all as well. 12 full page illustrations illuminated at borders of text; pictorial endpapers. Front hinge partially cracked; light wear at edges of spine. .</p> Harper & Brothers hardcover
187068407London Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin Circa 1870. 8vo. xix 355; 330 pp. Brown half morocco binding with grey cloth boards. Slight wear to the binding and bumping to the corners. Binding firm with occasional minor spotting and small mark to the fore edge. 5 volumes in 2. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1870. Cassell , Petter & Galpin Circa 1870 unknown
18657722Kerry Powys: unpublished circa 1865. Farewell address expressing the heartfelt thanks of the people of Kerry near Newtown Montgomeryshire/Powys and surrounding villages to Rev. E. S. Tiddeman for his endeavours in their parish likely on the occasion of his removal circa 1865 to the parish of Childerditch in Essex. The Subscribers wish to record specially their gratitude to Tiddeman for pioneering adult education in the area teaching "gratuitously reading writing and arithmetic to the working men of the neighbourhood" and his faithful exercise of his ministry: "It has not been unnoticed by us that during your short sojourn among us you have in the lonely hours of night sat by the bedside watching over the pillow of the dying." The villagers further beg Tiddeman to accept their gift of a silver pocket communion service as a humble token of their esteem and respect. A single paper leaf 35x53 cm penned in a cursive hand all text visible; paper foxed and stained missing 2x5 cm top left corner and parts of top edge; tears to top right corner patched front and rear with sticky labels. Four 'stubs' at bottom possibly remains of attachments for seals. Several horizontal creases as though once presented as a scroll. Tiddeman 1831-1898 was sometime second-master at Llanrwst Grammar School. His wife Harriet Spooner's family were instrumental in the construction and operation of the Ffestiniog Railway; and one of their sons was draughtsman with the LNER. Tiddeman's obituary stated the family tradition he was a direct descendant of the poet Edmund Spenser. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1865 unpublished unknown
18392127London: William Pickering/ The Aldine Edition of the British Poets 1839. FIRST ALDINE EDITION. 8vos engraved portrait frontis and Pickering catalogue to vol. I Pickering's dolphin and anchor device to title pages engraved headpieces. Original blue cloth paper title labels to spines lettered in black. Spines darkened losses to labels extremities bumped edgewear some chipping. Toned occasional pencil scoring some spotting POI 'E. Cathcart./ Auchendrane' to ffeps 'W. F. Watson Bookseller' labels to front pastedowns. Else clean. A good set with interesting Scottish provenance. William Pickering's The Aldine Edition of the British Poets was a reprint series of classic literature printed by his close collaborator Charles Whittingham. Pickering 1796-1854 is remembered for "the introduction of cloth binding leading to the wider availability of books at lower prices 5 shillings per cloth volume as here; the publication of reputable editions of both standard and neglected works; and a close attention to book design which had a lasting influence" ODNB. And for his friendly manner and fondness for maroon waistcoats apparently. Elias Cathcart 1817-1877 of Auchendrane was a Scottish Advocate and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1826–39. He translated Friedrich Carl von Savigny's The History of the Roman Law during the Middle Ages 1829 to the admiration of its author and contemporary critics. W. F. Watson was located at 52 Princes Street Edinburgh. William Pickering/ The Aldine Edition of the British Poets hardcover
1859465027James Nichol Edinburgh 1859. Very Good. 1859. Hardcover. hardback 8vo complete in 5 volumes xviii304;359;255;318;330pp inscription on flyleaf 'James P. Holden from.Robert Lewis and Francis Edward Cunningham on his leaving Eton July 1862' red edges marbled endpapers slight foxing in places full leather bindings blindstamped boards gilt spine decorations and titles spines darkened corners and board edges rubbed Very Good condition . James Nichol, Edinburgh, 1859. hardcover
184462601London: George Routledge. 1844. Original blindstamped decorated cloth. Good. With frontispiece decorated half title. Bookblock slightly cracked in a few places but binding otherwise tight. Binding not shaken. Some soiling to top fore and bottom edge. Endpapers and frontispiece foxed. Head spine damaged. Spine covers & corners worn and lightly soiled. Back cover stained. ; 24 x 16 x 4.5 cms; 540 pages . George Routledge hardcover
