[CRANE, Walter]. SPENSER, EdmundBiblio.com
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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
19271002671London: Noel Douglas 1927. Limited edition of this fine press facsimile number 40 of 100 on handmade rag paper a replica of William Ponsonby's first printing of 1595 reproduced from the copy in the British Museum. Spenser's sonnet cycle Amoretti follows the courtship of the poet and a lady with a "twinkle" in her eye inspired by Spenser's second wife Elizabeth Boyle: "But when I pleade she bids me play my part / and when I weep she sayes teares are but water: / and when I sigh she sayes I know the art / and when I waile she turns her selfe to laughter" Sonnet XVIII. The volume concludes with Epithalamion Spenser's ode to his bride on their wedding day: "Set all your things in seemely good aray / Fit for so joyfull day / The joyfulst day that ever sunne did see." A fine copy. Small octavo measuring 5 x 3 inches: 140. Original publisher's vellum lettered in gilt text block uncut and partially unopened. Vignettes on both title pages decorative headpieces and tailpieces. Bookplate of George B. Cluett to front free endpaper. Noel Douglas unknown books
1953263599Oxford: Limited Editions Club 1953. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Agnes Miller Parker. Illustrations engraved on wood by Agnes Miller Parker. 2 volumes 29 plates and many other illustrations in the text. Thick 4to. gilt stamped cloth gilt spine d.w. pictorial board slipcase; uncut. Oxford: Limited Editions Club 1953. Near Fine.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
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
18981717New York Harper 1898. 1898. First American edition. 8vo. 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. Very good. Ink inscription of the first preliminary page: "Abbie Burr from Clara F. Palmer.". Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. New York, Harper, 1898. hardcover books
18951327786London: George Allen 1895. Hardcover. Large Octavo; pp 527; G; dark green spine with gilt text; raised bands to spine; no jacket; rebound; volume 2 only; leather binding to pink wrappers; samples of black and brown labels for leather spine at rear; panels show some wear to front and rear edges; decorative gilt border to panels; text block has top edge gilt; deckled edges otherwise; exterior fore and tail edges age toned; green silk endpapers; gilt scroll design to pastedown edges; interior page edges mildly toned; Illustrated;. 1327786. FP New Rockville Stock. George Allen hardcover books
19026313Berkeley: Privately Printed by Thomas Maitland Cleland at The Cornhill Press 1902. 12mo. Oblong booklet in original brown wrappers ties at spine. Eight pages unopened. 75 Copies Only. An early printing by Cleland under the imprint of his newly expanded Cornhill Press in Boston. Fine. Most scarce. Privately Printed by Thomas Maitland Cleland at The Cornhill Press unknown
193017328London: The Cresset Press 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Limited edition number 248 of 350 copies. With John Nash title page and head piece illustrations colored by stencil at the Press. John Northcote Nash 1893 - 1977 was a British painter illustrator and print maker; he was a founder of the Society of Wood Engravers 1920 making wood engravings to illustrate the works of private presses such as the Golden Cockerel Press and the Cresset Press. Tall 4to 133pp teg. Quarter vellum cream silk boards with gilt title at spine. Lightly browned. Internally pristine. The Cresset Press hardcover
1923210503006Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. White Ethelbert. No. 200 of 320 copies on paper duodecimo size 49 pp. Edmund Spenser 1552/3 to 1599 is probably best known for his epic poem "The Faerie Queene" an ode to Elizabeth I. Even today he is considered one of the greatest poets of the English language. <br/><br/>This work "The Wedding Songs" is a publication uniting two works which were published a year apart both dealing with love and romance.<br/><br/>According to "Chanticleer" this is the first work of the Press to be illustrated with wood-engravings; however they go on to state that "there is no great feeling of harmony between the engravings and the type" p. 16. We find the three wood-engravings charming; Ethelbert White 1892-1972 was a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society beginning his career with water colour but being introduced to wood-engraving in 1920. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter linen white paper spine label with black lettering blue paper sides over boards fore- and bottom edges uncut the frontispiece one of three wood engravings and the only one in three colours rust green and yellow the other two only in rust; Caslon type on hand-made unbleached Arnold paper duodecimo size 7 3/8" by 4 1/2" pagination: 1-8 9-46 47 final wood-engraving 48 colophon 49 publisher's device; no. 200 of the 320 copies on paper per the colophon; per the bibliography there were 350 copies on paper there were an additional 25 copies on Japanese vellum. In the original plain glassine dust jacket. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume near fine with clean boards perfectly straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright with many signatures still unopened and entirely free of prior owner markings; some light sunning at the top edge the glassine wrapper was cut a bit short else fine. The glassine wrapper very good entire the spine sunned and with several tears and chips along the spine. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Chanticleer no. 14. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: 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. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
192333330950Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. White Ethelbert. One of 350 copies on paper duodecimo size 49 pp. Edmund Spenser 1552/3 to 1599 is probably best known for his epic poem "The Faerie Queene" an ode to Elizabeth I. Even today he is considered one of the greatest poets of the English language. <br /> <br /> This work "The Wedding Songs" is a publication uniting two works which were published a year apart both dealing with love and romance.<br /> <br /> According to "Chanticleer" this is the first work of the Press to be illustrated with wood-engravings; however they go on to state that "there is no great feeling of harmony between the engravings and the type" p. 16. We find the three wood-engravings charming; Ethelbert White 1892-1972 was a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society beginning his career with water colour but being introduced to wood-engraving in 1920. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter linen white paper spine label with black lettering blue paper sides over boards fore- and bottom edges uncut the frontispiece one of three wood engravings and the only one in three colours rust green and yellow the other two only in rust; Caslon type on hand-made unbleached Arnold paper duodecimo size 7 3/8" by 4 1/2" pagination: 1-8 9-46 47 final wood-engraving 48 colophon 49 publisher's device; no. 329 of the 350 copies on paper per the bibliography; note that the colophon states 320 copies on paper there were an additional 25 copies on Japanese vellum. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Volume near fine with clean boards perfectly straight corners with a hint of rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the margins of the board edges and some offsetting and light foxing to the endpapers. <br /> <br /> ___CITATION: Chanticleer no. 14. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: 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. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
202946London: Walter Scott Ltd N.D. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in leather boards. Rubbing along panel edges. 1 inch open tear at spine crown. Gilded text block edges.; The Canterbury Poets. Walter Scott, Ltd hardcover
1974895116Kuala Lumper London New York Melbourne.: Oxford University Press. 1974. Cloth. 4 folding maps 16 illustrations. Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. Owners name on endpaper else Very Good. Oxford University Press. hardcover
mon0000944099Frederick Warne and Co. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Frederick Warne and Co. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright no markings. Fading to the spine marking to the backboard. Frederick Warne and Co hardcover
1992Q-0806513683Citadel 1992-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Citadel paperback
