Spenser

1909 · 53839 — Cambridge: University Press 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 89/300. Small Folio. 6 543 1 6 493 1pp. Original beige half cloth over light brown paper-covered boards with black lettering on paper label of spines; protected by modern mylar. Engraved emblem on title page. Decorative endpieces. Printed in Cambridge type on handmade paper with 350 copies printed of which three hundred numbered copies are for sale in England and America. This is copye 89. <br /> <br /> The text here given of Books I to VI of The Faerie Queene is that of the edition of 1596 in two volumes quarto. Of these two volumes the first contains the second edition of Books I to III which had already appeared in 1590. Books IV to VI were printed for the first time in 1596. The fragment of Book VII is from the folio edition of 1609. The Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh and the verses addressed to and by Spenser are from the edition of 1590. A few misprints have been corrected as listed on final tow pages of volume one. <br /> <br /> Bottom and foredges uncut. Light wear along edges of covers. Paper label of volume one with chips some loss of lettering volume two minor w/o loss of lettering. Two small square dicolorations on front covers of both volumes tape residue. Back cover of volume one with small scuff. Some light damp-staining on free endpapers minimal in volume two. University Press hardcover