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GOR001938124Paperback. Very Good. paperback
195329261New York: Limited Editions Club 1953. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Parker Agnes Miller. #464 of 1500 copies signed by Agnes Miller Parker on the colophon. Printed at University of Oxford Press two 4to volumes full green buckram gold-stamped. Illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker and pen decorations by John Austen introduced by John Hayward. Bookplate to front pastedown fo each volume else fine in near fine slipcase covered in pictorial paper with printed spine label. Signed by the artist. Limited Editions Club hardcover
19301400260London: The Cresset Press 1930. Book. Illus. by John Nash. Good/Very Good. Cloth with vellum spine. Limited/Numbered. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Number 236 of 350 copies Internally very good binding firm cover somewhat marked with wear to corners/ edges. Pics available. The Cresset Press hardcover
1679270856London: Henry Hills 1679. hardcover. near fine. The Faery Queen. The Shepherds Calendar. The History of Ireland &c. Whereunto is added an Account of his Life with other new Additions never before in Print. Rubricated title. Frontispiece engraving of the poet's tomb by Robert White. Rubricated title 12pp. 339 16 8 258pp. i.e. 254 369-391 3 leaves. Handsomely rebound in full tan calf in the style of the period. London: Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwards 1679. Third Folio Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> Poetry and prose of the celebrated 16th century author whose lasting influence on English literature has earned him the title of "the poet's poet." DNB 18 804. Wing S4965. Lowndes 2477.<br/><br/> Henry Hills unknown books
167916502London: Henry Hills for J. Edwin 1679. First complete edition. Near fine. Hardcover. Folio. xii339i168210-119-1114-258369-391ipp. Early full calf Cambridge-style binding rebacked in the 19th century with the spine in 7 compartments intricately gilt; leather label gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Each work has its own title page and for the first three begins the pagination anew though 'The Shepherds Calandar' is mispaginated in three places. 2A-Z4 Kk mismarked K Nn mismarked NAa-Zz4Aaa-Zzz4Aaaa-Iiii4Kkkk Aaaaa-Ccccc4. A handsome copy with an inscription dated 1891 probably the date of the reback. Unbeliveably quirky pagination and signature markings but complete. One of two states of this printing: This state shows two bars with catchword 'Calen-" on page 258 followed by p. 359 'Calendarium Pastorale'. A second state lacks the catchword has 'Finis' between the bars on p. 258 an advertisement leaf and then the 'Calendarium'. Carpenter p. 111. DNB suggests that this edition may have been edited by Dryden. Wing S4965. ESTC R7177. Henry Hills for J. Edwin hardcover books
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
192850787London: The Scholartis Press 1928. Edition limited to 1660 copies 8vo pp. 12 273 1; original blue cloth gilt title direct on spine blue top edge; fine in a fine dust jacket. A critical text edited with full commentary and textual and bibliographical notes edited by W. L. Renwick. <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover books
186925011London: Macmillan 1869. The Globe Edition small 8vo pp. lv 1 736; a fine copy in contemporary half black morocco gilt paneled spine in 6 compartments red morocco label lettered in gilt in 1 teg. <br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
192952344London: The Scholartis Press 1929. Special edition limited to 95 copies signed by the editor 8vo pp. 8 243 1; full tan pigskin gilt title direct on spine t.e.g. marbled endpapers; spine ends worn and tail of spine chipped very good. Edited with commentary by W. L. Renwick. <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press unknown books
192950753London: The Scholartis Press 1929. Edition limited to 1660 copies 8vo pp. 8 243 1; original blue cloth gilt title on spine; fine in fine dust jacket. Edited with commentary by W. L. Renwick. <br/><br/> The Scholartis Press hardcover books
1973128999Shaker Heights OH: The Wind and Harlot Press 1973. stiff paper wrappers top edge cut other edges uncut. Wind and Harlot Press. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers top edge cut other edges uncut. ii 24 4 pages. Limited to 60 numbered copies signed by printer Robert Baris on colophon. An ode written by Spenser to his bride in 1594 first published the following year. The Wind and Harlot Press unknown books
189519631New York: Dodd Mead 1895. Special Limited edition No. 2. of 25 copies printed signed by the artist George Wharton Edwards 1859-1950 American impressionist painter and illustrator and author of several books of travel and historical subjects a member of the Cos Cob Art Colony in Connecticut; pages; title page and frontispiece illustration in gold and red; rest of the text in black and white in an Arts and Crafts style beautifully executed; bound in faux-vellum paper covered boards elaborately gilt and decorated; green watered silk endpapers and each leaf of the book tipped-on via the same green silk each page being on a cardstock-weight paper; binding very soiled and worn; contents in very good condition. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by George Wharton Edwards. Dodd, Mead Hardcover books
1973WRCLIT36408Np: Wind & Harlot Press 1973. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. One of only sixty numbered copies printed by hand by Robert Baris for distribution to friends of the press signed by him. Fine. Wind & Harlot Press unknown books
161166412The First Collected Edition of SpenserÃs Works and First Folio Edition SPENSER Edmund. The Faerie Queen: The Shepherds Calendar: Together with the Other Works of EnglandÃs Arch-PoÃŽt Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume and carefully corrected. London: Printed for H.L. for Mathew Lownes 1611. First collected edition of SpenserÃs works and first folio edition second issue with the title to The Second Part of the Faerie Queene beginning with signature R dated 1613 and the colophon dated ì16012î sic. With the Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale consisting of a single gathering A of eight leaves and dated 1612 on the title not found in the first issue. Lacks the last blank Hh6 at the end of the second part of The Faerie Queen; but has the blank Q8 at the end of Letter to Raleighonly found in first issue and blank F4 at the end of The Shepherds Calendar. Folio. 11 inches x 7 1/2 inches. i-vi 363 xvi; x 56 16 xxvi iv xxvi vi xvi x xii iv. General title within woodcut border McKerrow & Ferguson 212 twelve woodcut illustrations and ornamental borders decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. The woodcuts in The Shepherds Calender were used in all the earlier separate editions. Beautifully bound by Riviere in full cherry red straight grain morocco ruled in gilt on covers gilt-stamped on spine with five raised bands. Gilt turn-ins. All edges gilt. Small restoration to outer margin of title-page not affecting text and small closed cut to page 162 some toning mostly in outer margins. Overall a very good and solid copy in an appropriate binding. "The first modern English poet to achieve major stature Spenser demonstrated with his fluency in many meters and stanzaic forms that English waÂs at least the equal to any other language as a vehicle of great poetry. While his poetry particularly The Faerie Queene looks backward as the culmination of the allegorical verse tradition of the Pearl Poet Langland and Chaucer he has influenced with his fertile imagination and especially his sensuous imagery and melodic language nearly every important English poet who followed him." Grolier Langland to Wither 239. Johnson 19. Pforzheimer 973. STC 23084. HBS 66412. $7500 Printed for H.L. for Mathew Lownes hardcover books
1895175910London: George Allen 1895. hardcover. fine. Crane Walter. Bold illustrations by Walter Crane. Originally issued in 19 parts Seven title pages eighty-eight full page woodcut illustrations one double page 132 head and tailpieces and numerous woodcut initials. Now exquisitely rebound in 3/4 crimson crushed morocco 6 volumes small 4to marbled endpapers. London: George Allen 1895-97. A fine set.<br/><br/> Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's "most ambitious project of book illustration" Lacy 103 one of 1000 large-paper copies.<br/><br/> George Allen unknown books
1905191961Oxford: Oxford University Press 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. New. Near fine name v. sl. Wear/ no dustwrapper. Edited by G. W. Kitchen. Glossary by A. L. Mayhew. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Oxford University Press hardcover books
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 books
4666ROGERS. ROGERS SPENSER Edmund. PROTHALAMION: EPITHALAMION. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1902. Small folio. Boards. 29 1 pag One of 419 copies. Warde 32. G.P. Winship's copy with his signature. The book features illustrations in o red on India paper from drawings by Edwin H. Blashfield. Head of spine chipp and minor cover rubbing. unknown books
SKU1029065Modern Library. Hardcover. Good/Good. B0007G5S7W Dust jacket and book are clean with moderate wear has a good binding no marks or notations. Modern Library hardcover books
19643520.1New York: The Modern Library 1964. 1st ML ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr F owner sig/VG some rubbing & edgewear/spine panel lightly sunned/pc. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Modern Library hardcover books
18954226New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1895. First editions thus. First editions thus. Both the trade edition and the scarce One of 25 Copies on full faux-vellum both in fine condition. 1 Limited Edition. One of Only 25 Copies Copy #3 Signed by George Wharton Edwards. Full stiff faux-vellum over boards with superb gold-blocked cover design by Edwards green lettering on both covers spine with perpendicular crosswise ruling. Green wavy silk endpapers. With exquisite Art Nouveau style full and half page illustrations throughout by George Wharton Edwards. The frontispiece and title page are printed in goldEach leaf of the book uniquely mounted onto the same material as endsheets printed on heavy paper. A wonderful production indeed. A fine copy. Exceedinly scarce and the few copies that have shown up have defects; 2 The trade edition same format without tipped-in pages Limited to 450 Copies. In original light green fine wove cloth with same cover illustration by Edwards stamped in gold. A fine copy. Both issues sold together here. Most scarce. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
189721539London: George Allen 1897. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Walter Crane. 4to. Six volumes bound from parts. 85 full-page black and white illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed on handmade paper by Charles Wittingham at the Chiswick Press. Ivory colored buckram gilt spine and with the upper boards blocked in gilt and red. Volumes 3-6 also have top edges gilt and the original wrappers bound in. <br/> <br/>Cloth has traces of soil paper is lightly age-toned at the edges we note one inner hinge partially cracked else this is a fine set. One of 1000 copies.<br/> <br/>Howey F-147. George Allen hardcover books
1908295486Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1908. hardcover. fine. 852 pages handsomely rebound in full black morocco ornately gilt spine and covers a. edges gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1908. Fine.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1980033213London and New York: Longman 1980. Edited by A. C. Hamilton. xiii 753p. stiff wrappers Longman annotated English poets. Longman unknown books
175144948London: printed for J. Brindley 1751. 3 volumes 4to; pp. 4 xxxvii 1 lxv 1 453; 2 450; 2 440 2 errata; 32 engraved plates after William Kent; woodcut head- and tailpieces; volume I bound in recent quarter tan calf antique maroon morocco label on spine; vols. II-III bound in full contemporary calf red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; joints barely cracked; very neat facsimile restoration in the fore-margin of b4 in vol. I with facsimile lettering touching the beginning or end of a total of 14 words; mild to moderate dampstain enters the foremargins of many pages throughout; textblock is otherwise very good and clean for the most part. One of the most splendid editions of Spenser's masterpiece with useful bibliographical information on the collation of the 1590 and 1596 quartos. The glossary occupies 13 pages of the preliminaries if vol. I. Ebert 21601; Lowndes III 2477. <br/><br/> printed for J. Brindley unknown books
