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18971243241897. First Edition. CRANE Walter illustrator SPENSER Edmund. Spenser's Faerie Queene. London: George Allen Chiswick Press 1897. Six volumes. Quarto contemporary three-quarter vellum gilt brown morocco spine labels marbled endpapers top edges gilt uncut; original wrappers bound in at rear of each volume. $5200.Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's ""most ambitious project of book illustration"" Lacy 103 one of 1000 large-paper copies with 88 splendid full-page pen-and-ink line-cuts two double-page 135 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Crane and six facsimile title pages from earlier editions. Handsomely bound by J. Adams of Manchester.""The noblest allegorical poem in our languageindeed the noblest allegorical poem in the world"" James Montgomery. Originally published in the late 16th century the first three books in 1590 and the next three in 1596 with the ""Mutabilitie Cantos"" added in 1609 Spenser's ambitious Arthurian allegory was the first epic that ""both incorporated countless mythological and folkloric traditions and exemplified the careful design and poetic quality of written literature"" Clute & Grant 890. Finely printed on handmade paper the Chiswick Press edition with notes and commentary by Thomas Wise was originally issued in 19 parts 1894-96 and stands at the pinnacle of famous illustrator Walter Crane's career. All front wrappers and rear wrappers bound in. Massé 47. A splendid set of this delightful illustrated edition in fine condition. hardcover
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FORT916165The Folio Society. Used - Very Good. Limited Edition. 3 Volume set in original case. Facsimile of the 1897 First Edition from George Allen. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Printed on Corolla Classic Watermarked Layed paper and bound by Lachemaier in full Nigerian goatskin blocked with a gilt stamped design based on Walter Crane's original. Limited Edition 90/1000. Housed in original crushed silk box. The Folio Society unknown
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Q-0460873911Everyman Paperbacks. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Everyman Paperbacks paperback
1982SONG086131185XBrand: Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division 1982-11-01. paperback. Used: Good. 6.25x0.75x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division paperback
SONG0198118244OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1922-02-22. hardcover. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
197782607Dutton Adult 1977-03-25. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Contents are tight; small amount of ink notes; Hard Cover; J M Dent & Sons Ltd; 1976; 0 Dutton Adult hardcover
1898011002New York: Maynard Merrill & Co. 1898. Stapled. Fair. With Prefatory and Explanatory Notes. Maynard's English Classic Series No. 27. Wear to wraps light stains signed by owner on front. Red stain on rear wraps bleeding through to rear inside cover. Sticker shock on first page. Several pencil notations else text very good. <br/> <br/> Maynard, Merrill, & Co. unknown
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D12O-00831Everymans Library. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Everymans Library unknown
1999Q-1885767390Canon Press 1999-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Canon Press paperback
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19121011J6London: London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts 1912-13. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 11.5 by 8.5. None. A pleasing first edition of this private press edition of Spenser"s Fwour Hymnes printed in an elegant early twentieth-century arts and crafts style. The first edition of this L. C. C. Central School of Arts and Crafts publication of Four Hymns by Edmund Spenser first published in 1596. The title page indicates 1912 as the publication date whilst the colophon states 1913. The colophon gives the following information: 'Sheet A printed by W. F. Northend sheets b c d e f g by the Day Technical School of Book Production. Initial L drawn and cut by W. F. Northend. Initials A and W by A. G. Pruden under Noel Rooke. Printing teacher J. H. Mason 1913'. Bound in quarter Morocco with marbled paper covered boards. Smartly printed on laid paper with wide margins and red initial letters with red and black lettered title page. With the original dedication by Spenser to The Ladie Margaret Countess of Cumberland and The Ladie Marie Countess of Warwicke reset and printed to the rear. Includes the following hymns: "An Hymne in Honour of Love" "An Hymne in Honour of Beautie" "An Hymne of Heavenly Love" and "An Hymne of Heavenly Beautie". Bound in quarter Morocco with marbled paper covered boards. Externally very smart. With only minor rubbing to extremities of paper and head and spine of Morocco. Minor chips to Morocco at rear joint. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with odd handling mark. A lovely copy. Very Good Indeed London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts hardcover
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