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193017586London: Cresset Press Ltd. 1930. Hardback vellum spine over silk covered boards. With a removable clear protective wrapper. 33.5 x 20.5cm. xxiii 135pp. Titlepage and 12 illustrations by John Nash coloured by pochoir. No. 214 of a limited edition of only 350 copies on handmade paper. Binding slightly marked frayed silk to bottom corner of rear board. Contents very clean a nice bright copy. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good. Cresset Press Ltd. Hardcover
#[36744]London Smith Elder & Co. 1884. Original decorated green cloth. With folding map. XIV343 pp. First edition. - St. John wrote this account of Haiti after spending several years there as a chargé d'affaires and later resident minister. Included are chapters on population voodoo worship and cannibalism and a general description of the country and its history. The book caused outrage because of its sensational tales of vodoo and cannibalism and is described as 'a savagely hostile account' in O.D.N.B. Cundall 507; Afro-Americana 9066. hardcover
1860059211London: Ward and Lock 1860. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1860. FINE BINDING by Leighton son & Hodge Shoe Lane'. "Petter and Galpin printers Playhouse Yard" -- title page verso. Hardback. Introductory Essay. With an illustrated engraved frontispiece plate with tissue-guard. With an initial half-title leaf. Contemporary full red Morocco-leather; gilt lettered and decorated spine. Full gilt decoration to covers; gilt dentelles. All page-edges gilt. Original yellow end-papers. NEAR FINE. i i xxxiv 472 pages. Index of First Lines. SCARCE. Only the Bristh Library holds a copy in the UK. 8vo. Will be well-packed for posting. London: Ward and Lock. VERY SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Ward and Lock hardcover
1750p024.066GB: J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper 1750. 134 x 82 mm. Old ful leather. Spines with raised bands are lettered in gold All edges gold. Frontispiece. No other plates. Clean tight texts are quite closely trimmed. All bindings are sound but a bit rubbed. Set is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1200g. . Hardback. VG-/No DW. J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper, Hardcover
1778033153Edinburg: John Bell at the Apollo Press 1778 A complete set of Spenser from the Bell's Edition - forming Vols 15 to 22 of the original 109 volumes. In very good condition. This set looks to be from the traveling library - with each volume being slim and bound in full red leather with gilt lines to boards and spine and gilt decoration at the board edges and inner edges. Gilt titles and volume and series numbers to spine. All page edges gilted - in circa 3 of the volumes the gilting has resulted in the occasional page appearing unopened at the top edge. All the volumes have their original page markers and all are very clean and sound. Spines tend to be darkened and there is light wear/scuffing at corners and spine ends - occasional bumping or greater wear at corners and occasional scuff or pit to boards. Endpapers marbled. Each volume has 2 initial and 2 or 3 final blanks an engraved title and 2 further title pages - one for the series and one for the Spenser set. Vol I has a portrait of Edmund Spenser. All volumes are complete with a contents listing at the end - Vol I containing introductory material and Vol VIII containing a Glossary of 'Old and Obscure Words'. Vol I: 257pp scuff to top spine end. Vol II: 243pp. Vol III: 258pp bump to top corner of back board. Vol IV: 266 pp - couple of tiny top page edge tears where gilt has partly held a couple of pages together at the top edge. Vol V: 261pp more pronounced scuffing to an area of the front board and slight warp to boards. Vol VI: 252pp more pronounced pitting on back board engraved title has lost the bottom edge below the picture frame with its text. Vol VII: 236pp. Vol VIII: 248pp pitting to front board. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images. Board size 13.2 cm x 8 cm. John Bell at the Apollo Press hardcover
181966274London: Suttaby Evance & Fox 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. Two Volume Set. 3/4 brown leather over marble paper-covered boards with 6 bands lined in gilt gilt titling and gilt decorations to spine. Top corner creased at pages 107-143 of volume one and light scattered foxing to margins of a few pages throughout but are otherwise clean and unamrked. Marbled endpages have previous owner's sticker to top edge of front pastedown and light sunning to edges. Text block has light sunning to fore edge and top edge light scuffing to lower edge and light soiling to lower edge of volume two. All edges marbled. Boards are clean with light cracking and chipping to leather at spine bumping and moderate rubbing to corners and light rubbing to edges. Binding is tight boards slightly bow outward at fore edge. Suttaby, Evance & Fox hardcover
19021006531902. SPENCER Edmund. Prothalamion and Epithalamion. 28 2 pp. Small folio bound in deluxe three-quarter teal morocco matching buff paper over boards. Deckled edge. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1902. A fine edition of Spencer's famous poetical celebrations of marriage designed and printed by Bruce Rogers with delicate headpiece illustrations and vignettes by Edwin Howland Blashfield. A fine copy in a deluxe binding printed on handmade paper. One of 419 copies. hardcover
1960226863Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1960. Hardcover. Prof. Schoeck's tidy ownership information in each volume with some neat notes marginalia and typed inserted notes else V.1: very good plus with chipped and price-clipped dust jacket. V.2 and 3 have light shelfwear without dust jackets. From the library of Prof. Richard J. Schoeck. Three volume set. V.1 Minor Poems: 1960 corrected printing of the 1910 edition 528pp. V.2 Faerie Queen Bks I-III: 1910 518pp. V.3 Faerie Queen Bks IV-VII: 1910 519pp. Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1930ARC93016The Cresset Press London 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first edition with these delightful Nash stencil-coloured illustrations limited to 350 numbered copies on Barcham Green handmade paper this being #68 and printed at The Sign of the Dolphin. 4to. 133pp. Vellum-backed cream linen lettered in gold at the spine. With a full-colour title page decoration and twelve coloured header-piece illustrations. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Backstrip darkened and the base of the spine a little rubbed. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper and slipcase. The Cresset Press, London Hardcover
1909P5BLKBRN10London: Cambridge University Press 1909. Hardbacks quarter cloth paper labels to spines. With removable clear protective wrappers. 2 volume set. 33cm x 23cm. Pp. 543; 493. Title vignettes and decorative tailpieces. An unnumbered copy of a limited edition of only 350 copies. Bindings are a little marked and worn to extremities. Inner margins split across end-papers but bindings firm and secure. Some foxing to end-papers but rest of contents is clean. Not all pages yet opened. A very heavy set 5.9kg additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. p5. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
193021773London:: Cresset Press 1930. Limited ed. Half Cloth. Very good. Number 344 in edition of 350. Bound in silk and vellum. Printed on barcham green handmade paper. Coloured illustrations. Pages clean binding tight. Some dampstaining to cloth at the bottom. Silk and vellum soiled. Tiny amount of fraying at bottom corners. Top corners slightly bumped. Cresset Press, hardcover
SB05P-00843The Johns Hopkins Press. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Variorum edition. 9 Volume Set: Faerie Vols 1-5 Minor Vol 1 Life Vol Prose Vol and Index. Faerie volumes 1-3 and 5 and Minor vol: Bookplate inside. Writing inside. Faerie volume 4 Life vol Prose vol and index: Bookplate inside. literature poetry poems NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. The Johns Hopkins Press unknown
18981717First American edition. Octavo. 12 full-page b/w illustrations text borders pictorial endpapers and cover designs by Walter Crane. Original pictorial green cloth with color illustrations on spine and both covers top edge stained green uncut joints cracked. No dust jacket. Good. <br /><br />Ink inscription of the first preliminary page: "Abbie Burr from Clara F. Palmer." Harper hardcover
1859248899James Nichol Edinburg/James Nisbet London/ W. Robertson Dublin 1859. First of this edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 volumes. First Gilfillan edition. 3/4 fine brown morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Raised bands. Gilt spine title reads British Poets Spenser I-V. Very good condition. Minor rubbing at edges. No former owner marks. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping. James Nichol, Edinburg/James Nisbet, London/ W. Robertson, Dublin hardcover
1731OB122<p>London: Printed by Will Bowyer MDCCXXXI 1731. Hard Cover. 8vo; xiv 4 240 245-254 pages 12 engraved plates portrait front. A-Q8 R5. Translated by Theodore Bathurst d. 1651; published by John Ball. Added title-page in English: The Shepherd's Calendar. English and Latin texts on facing pages. ESTC T135116; Alston III.67; NUC 561: 495. Spenser's English work was first published in 1579 and dedicated to Sir Phillip Sidney; this Latin translation was first published in 1663. Bound in contemporary full calf; spine worn hinges tender; interior VG. Stock#OB122.</p> Printed by Will Bowyer, MDCCXXXI hardcover
24480Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press TEN VOLUMES. Dates of Volumes- 1932-47 with later 1966 Index. Edited by Edwin Greenlaw et al. Blue cloth gilt letters; mild edgewear and soiling some spine ends frayed some faint spots. Top edges slightly dusted page edges slightly toned. Book Two of Faerie Queene pages 1-6 toned by old paper. Volumes 1 & 2 of The Faerie Queene and Volume I of the Minor Poems have scattered pencil marginalia. Hinge of Book Two of The Faerie Queene a little tender. The Judson Critical Biography of Spenser has the previous owner's bookplate on the front flyleaf. Comprised of Two Volumes/Books of Minor Poems; Six Volumes/Seven Books of Faerie Queene and includes Alexander Judson's Critical Biography. Also includes an ex. lib. Third Printing 1966 "Index To The Poetry Volume IX" making ten volumes in all. Pocket removed leaving glue mark and small glue mark at spine only signs that Index is ex. lib. Careful packing and fast efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. Please note: International and Domestic Priority orders for this item will require additional shipping. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. The Johns Hopkins Press Hardcover
1874038786Covent Garden London: Bell and Daldy 1874. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. c 1874 five volumes of the Aldine edition. Bound in handsome half calf blue leather with matching marbled paper covered boards red spine labels and gilt decoration fore-edges marbled. Bindings very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions no spotting marbled endpapers present in all. A very good set. Bell and Daldy Hardcover
1778mon0000944761Apollo Press 1778. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Apollo Press 1778. Eight Volumes. Bindings to all volumes firm. Wear to the boards and spine. Text bright and clear with no foxing. Armonials of two previous owners on flyleafs. Apollo Press hardcover
196629000John Hopkins Press Baltimore 1966. New edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This edition of the 'Faerie Queene' is volumes 1 to 6 from the Hopkins Press 'Works of Edmund Spenser : A Variorum Edition' first published in 1932 but reprinted several times our copies being from 1966. The editors were Edwin Greenlaw Charles Osgood and Frederick Padelford. Many scholarly additions alongside the main text ie commentaries source notes critical notes bibliography etc etc. Presentable clean and sound copies with only minor wear. The gilt lettering to the spines is faded. No inscriptions. About 2400 pages in the 6 vols. - full collation on request. Not an ex library set but from the private collection of John Manning. Dr Manning was professor of English at the University of Wales Lampeter and the author of The Emblem Reaktion Books . His particular interests were Spenser Donne and other writers of that period emblem books etc. For more books from the collection use the keyword SLMANNING215 to search my inventory. Approx. size 10" by 7". Heavy set which will incur extra postal charges. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 29000. . John Hopkins Press hardcover
19096503Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1909. Hardcover. Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A limited edition of 350 copies this is unnumbered. The text is from the 1596 edition. The fragment of Book VII is from the folio edition of 1609. Bound in buff paper over card with hessian to spine and paper spine labels. Edges are bumped and there is staining to both volumes. Printed on heavy laid paper rough cut. Bindings are beginning to crack. Handsome bookplates to both volumes. In fair only condition but apart from some foxing of the prelims the pages are clean and bright. Folio size. Please enquire about postage as these books are large and heavy. 1909 Cambridge University Press hardcover
1895000879London Eng: George Allen 1895. Paperback. Very Good. Crane Walter. Edited by Thomas J. Wise; Part VI with eight full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. 4 421-527 5 vii-viii p.: added engraved title page 7 additional leaves of plates and many in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original reddish brown illustrated wrappers with overlapping edges. Final 3 leaves contain half title page added engraved title page and table of contents for Book II all presumably meant to be bound in front of Book II when the parts were taken to a binder. Pages are unopened. In Very Good Condition: wrapper edges are chipped with slight loss of paper at ends of spine and along lower edges and fore-edges; front section of wrapper is detached and back section is largely detached; wrapper is foxed; first and last two leaves foxed; very occasional foxed elsewhere; pages and plates are otherwise clean and bright. Very scarce in the original wrappers. George Allen paperback
1896000880London Eng: George Allen 1896. Paperback. Very Good. Crane Walter. Edited by Thomas J. Wise; Part VIII with four full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. 4 1045-1119 1 p.: 4 leaves of plates and many in-text illustrations; 28 cm. 11 inches. Original reddish brown illustrated wrappers with overlapping edges. Pages are unopened. In Very Good Condition: wrapper edges are chipped; paper lacking over spine; front and back sections of wrapper are detached; upper edges of last 6 leaves lightly stained not touching text; pages and plates are otherwise clean and bright. Very scarce in the original wrappers. George Allen paperback
1953019927Oxford: Limited Editions Club 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine in slightly foxed Very Good dustwrappers with sunned spines and chipping at the tips in a Very Good slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Two large quarto volumes 7-3/4" x 11-3/4" bound in gilt-decorated green cloth and illustrated with pen decorations by John Austen and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by Parker on the colophon page. A nicely printed set retaining Spenser's original English and beautifully illustrated. One of the underrated books of the press. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
1930208492Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1930. First U.K. . Hardcover. VG. 179 pages in very good condition; edges slightly yellowed. Previous owner's name on the ffep. Many maps in the text and one large fold-out map at the back. Blue cloth with gilt titles and emblem on the spine. Corners lightly bumped. Top edge of the upper cover is rubbed. Binding good and tight. Scarce book. VG <br/> <br/> The Clarendon Press hardcover
147924London: Frederick Warne & Company N.D. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light chip at spine crown. Frederick Warne & Company hardcover