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189752214London: George Allen 1897. Six volumes one of 1000 sets 4to. Numerous full page illustrations as well as head and tail pieces original wrappers bound in light browning to endpapers only attractive contemporary inscription to a front blank in volume I. Original gilt and red decorated cream buckram t.e.g. the volumes still with their plain d.w.'s with holes in the spines to enable the titles to be read these with some wear and loss and with half of the wrapper to volume II absent but as a result the set is in excellent condition and is still held in the original green cloth box this with some staining and wear to the fold-down front. A remarkable survival. London: George Allen unknown
1897006745London: George Allen 1897. First edition. Three Quarters Crushed Morocco. Marbled pastedown. Near Fine. One of 1000 unnumbered sets printed. 4to. 27.5 by 22 cm. 19 parts bound in 6 volumes. Pictorial pink wrappers bound in. Plates headpieces and tailpieces by Crane. Gilt rose and leaf pattern in four spine compartments lettering in two. George Allen unknown
189771892London: George Allen 1897. Limited edition. 3/4 Leather. Very Good. 6 volume set. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. lxxxvii 1546 pp Bound into 3/4 brown leather over green marble boards and endpapers. 5 raised bands to spines. Illustrated with oveer 200 woodcut illustrations as well as head and tail pieces and decorated initials by Walter Crane. Limited to 1000 copies printed on handmade paper. TEG. Sun toning to spines. A bit of rubbing to edges. Previous owner's bookplate Deatherage on front fixed endpaper of each volume. Some scuffing to the spines. Crane's best work. George Allen unknown
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
1894006745London: George Allen 1897 parts 1894-1897. First edition. Three Quarters Crushed Morocco. Marbled pastedown. . Near Fine. One of 1000 unnumbered sets printed. 4to. 27.5 by 22 cm. 19 parts bound in 6 volumes. Pictorial pink wrappers bound in. Plates headpieces and tailpieces by Crane. Gilt rose and leaf pattern in four spine compartments lettering in two. <br /> George Allen 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
1900100350New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1900. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo 8.3 in. x 6.2 in. pp. 395. Illustrated withtissue-guarded frontis and over 100 additional drawings. Ochre cloth boards with gilt title and brown image of a queen and lion to front. Gilt titkle and knight slaying a dragon to spine. Gilt title and brown helmet image to rear board. Gilt top-edge. Shelfwear to edges with bottom rear corner nudged. Light soiling to boards and spine. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Several pages with short closed tears or chips to fore-edge. Light age-toning to pages. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
1870RO40111448William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh. 1870. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos frotté, Quelques rousseurs. 624 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispices et en page de titre. Auteurs, titres, fleurons, cadres et roulettes dorés sur le dos. Tranche de tête dorée. Texte encadré, sur 2 colonnes. Annotations d'époque (1871) à la plume en page de garde. Feuillets de la 2e moitié de l'ouvrage jaunis.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1889RO60071488W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh. 1889. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 616 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en page de titre. Titre, fleurons, roulettes et filets dorés sur le dos. Tranche de tête dorée. Mors droit très légèrement fendu.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
18974803London George Allen 1897 Très bel exemplaire de la première édition. Six volumes. Édité par Thomas J. Wise et avec les fabuleuses illustrations art nouveau de Walter Crane. Un des 1000 exemplaires non numérotés sur papier fait main imprimés par Charles Whittingham & Co. à la presse de Chiswick. Les couvertures souples originales des parties ont été conservées et reliées à l'arrière. Récemment réparé / ré-épinglé en cuir rouge avec les planches d'origine en cuir rouge. Certaines planches présentent quelques taches, mais dans l'ensemble elles sont en très bon état. A l'intérieur, les livres sont sains, mais les bords sont légèrement assombris. Un bon exemplaire. lxxxvii, 1-248 [i], [couvertures], viii, 251-528, [couvertures], viii, 529-806, [couvertures], viii, 807-1044, [couvertures], viii, 1045-1276, [couvertures], viii, 1277-1546, [8], [couvertures].
1874103370Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. 1874. 1st thus royal octavo full leather binding spine decorated in gilt with red spine title label all edges gilt gilt decorated edges marbled endpapers pp viii 616. Engraved author portraits of Chaucer and Spenser. Tipped-in photo postcard of Canterbury Cathedral. Tipped-in reproduction illustration Jacomb-Hood etching illustrating the Farie Queene. Gift inscription 1877. Previous owner's bookplate of British historian A.W. Searley to front paste-down. Very good condition. Chaucer and Spenser "Edited for Popular Perusal with Current Illustrative and Explanatory Notes". Double-column text with Purves's notes at the foot of the page bound in full leather. 1st thus. Leather. William P. Nimmo hardcover
1870C219397Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1870. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. viii 624pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt spine titles. Covers with some wear and chipping re-cased with repairs to backstrip tears slight wrinkling to endpapers faint marks to frontis and illustrated title page slight creasing to title page otherwise very good. William P. Nimmo, hardcover
1844864N58-: Printed for Private Circulation 1844-1884. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 8" by 5". None. A privately printed set of the complete works of Edmund Spenser. With illustrations and a biographical introduction to the sixteenth century poet. A privately printed set of the complete works of Edmund Spenser with an autobiographical introduction by the literary editor Alexander Grossart. With four illustrations to volume I collated but Hamerton's Woodcuts and the facsimile called for. With three illustrations to volume III collated but lacking frontispiece. With two illustrations to volume V collated and complete. Only 150 copies of this set were printed for private circulation only. Complete in nine volumes. Whilst the title pages in the set state ten volumes the final book was not published. Grossart provides a detailed biographical introduction to the sixteenth century poet in the first volume which is followed by Spenser's first major work The Shepheardes Calendar. This is followed by Complaints his collection of poems that mournfully or mockingly express the poet's grievances and his narrative elegy for the heiress Douglas Howar Daphnaida. Spenser's celebrates the Tudor dynasty in allegorical poem The Faerie Queen which can be found in volumes five to seven followed by a collection of his letters. The prior owner's pencil inscription can be found to the half title or the recto of the front endpaper of the volumes 'S. B. M. In a full green cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Bumped to the head and the tail of the spines with some closed tears to each across the set. Lightly bumped to the extremities. The front hinge has failed to volumes I and IX and the rear hinge has failed to volume IV but the spines have been re-adhered to all three volumes. Both hinges are starting but firm to volume II the front hinge is starting to volume VII and the rear hinges is starting but firm to volumes V and IX. Internally the binding is strained to volumes I IV and IX with the front endpaper disbound to the latter volume. Otherwise the volumes are generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean across the set. Good Only Printed for Private Circulation hardcover
1882425705Manchester : Printed for private circulation only 1882. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked stained and dust-toned as with age with some loss. Pages with shadow-staining. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1 volume #4 : illustrations map facsimile ; 24 cm. Notes; ""100 copies only."" T.p. in red and black. Subjects; Spenser Edmund 1552-1599 ; Biography. Spenser Edmund 1552-1599. 16th century literature. 16th century Edmund Spenser. Manchester : Printed for private circulation only hardcover
188242715Lancashire England: Alexander B. Grosart 1882. Book. Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 9 Volume Set 8vo. "Edited with a new Life based on original researches and a glossary embracing notes and illustrations by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart LL.D. Edin. F.S.A. St. George's Blackburn Lancashire." Nine volumes were printed between 1882-84. Limited to 150 copies only. "Printed for Private Circulation Only." Green cloth boards with gilt title along spines. Shelfwear to all nine volumes: moderate scuffing along edges and covers slightly heavier fraying at top and bottom spine edges light spine fading. Some light tanning and foxing along page edges. Volume One's front spine hinge has been reinforced with archival tape. Otherwise volumes are tightly bound with clean and crisp pages. No marks. Overall volumes are in Good condition. Alexander B. Grosart Hardcover
1882218315London : printed for private circulation 1882-1884 1882. Limited Edition. Hardback. Good to very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt-tooled portrait and decorative border to front panels. Spines bands worn with some fraying evident in places. Spine covers faded and sun-toned. Some fading and toning also evident to the panels of vols. 1-3 and 7-9. Panel edges dulled and rubbed. Bumped corners. Small tear between the top of the spine cover and front panel of vol. 5. Vols. 6 7 8 and 9 are unread copies with unopened pages. Fore and bottom page edges rough-trimmed. Internally pages are clean and bright with just some scattered spots of marginal foxing evident in places. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Physical description: 9 v. : facsim. ill. maps ; 20 cm. 100 copies only in this form --c.f. title page. Contents: v. 1. Life of Spenser / by the editor with appendix. Essays: Characteristics of Spenser's poetry / by Aubrey de Vere. Spenser the poet and teacher / by Prof. Edward Dowden. Certain aspects of the poetry of Spenser / by the Rev. W.B. Philpot. The introspection and outlook of Spenser / by the Rev. William Hubbard -- v. 2. The Shepheards calender and Glosse 1597: with various readings of the quartos 1579-91 -- v. 3. Complaints 1590-91. Essay on English pastoral poetry / by E.W. Gosse. Rider on the same ; Who were Rosalinde and Menalcas ; Notices of Edward Kirke / by the editor -- v. 4. Essays on the minor poems of Spenser / by F.T. Palgrave. Daphnaida: an elegie upon the death of . Douglas Howard etc. 1591. Colin Clouts come home again 1595. Amoretti and Epithalamion 1595. Fowre hymnes 1596. Prothalamion or A spousal verse etc. 1596. Astrophel etc. and Sonnets -- v. 5. The faerie queene. bk. i.-ii. -- v. 6. The faerie queene. bk. ii. continued-iii. -- v. 7. The faerie queene. bk. iii. continued-v. -- v. 8. The faerie queene. bk v. continued-vi. Two cantos of Mvtabilitie. Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh. Commendatory poems and sonnets -- v. 9. Prose: A veue of the present state of Ireland. Letters etc. Subjects: Spenser Edmund 1552-1599 -- Collected works -- Biography -- English literature -- Poetry -- Verse -- Prose -- Studies interpretation and criticism. [London] : printed for private circulation, 1882-1884 hardcover
1882026962London: by the author Printed for Private Circulation Only. 1882. Book. Fine. Half Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo 14 x 22cm. 1882-4. A fine nine volume set of this edition limited to 100 copies - Printed for Private Circulation Only. The title pages state "in ten volumes" but in the event only 9 volumes were publised. Fine contemporary uniform bindings by Zaehnsdorf of restrained but elegant half brown morocco with marbled boards and 5 raised bands to the spines lettered in gilt; bindings very good with a little gentle wear only spines very slightly faded. All edges marbled to match boards and end-papers. Contents clean and tight; a little foxing more or less confined to the front and rear blanks otherwise unmarked. A superb set of this rare and desirable edition limited to just 100copies. Provenance: With the attractive bookplate of Claude Goldsmit-Montefiore to most front paste-downs. Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore 1858 - 1938 was son of Nathaniel Montefiore and the great nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore. Some identify him as a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought Jewish-Christian relations and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics. Wikipedia. [by the author] Printed for Private Circulation Only. Hardcover
19001041London: British Literary Society 1900. Extra Illustrated Edition of the Aldine Poets Limited to Ten Numbered and Registered Copies of Which This Is No. 4. Publishers Fine Leather Bindings. Near Fine. A complete five volume set in near fine condition beautifully bound in publishers full leather inlaid Morocco bindings with bright gilt floral patterns to covers and spine. Leather inlaid doublures silk end pages bright gilt page edges pages are bright and clean without marks and no foxing. illustrated with color plates. Limited edition #4 of 10. No publication date stated - circa 1900. A stunning example in excellent condition. Near Fine. British Literary Society unknown
1897038763London: Archibald Constable 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. small octavo. pp All complete. 1st printing. Books I and II published 1897. Book III 1898 Book IV 1899 Book V 1898 and Book VI 1900. All block embossed presented by Archibald Constable to title page except Vol III which stamped file copy Archibald Constable to reply. An excellent set. Archibald Constable hardcover
1897186438London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1897. First Fairfax-Muckley edition one of 1250 copies printed on ordinary paper. This edition was intended as a stylistic companion to Dent's Le Morte d'Arthur 1894-95 illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and as a competitor to the George Allen edition of The Faerie Queene illustrated by Walter Crane and published the same year. Fairfax-Muckley 1862-1926 was an influential leader of the arts and crafts Birmingham School having studied painting and drawing at the Birmingham School of Art in the early 1880s. A 1901 profile by the Society of Designers declares that he "has always had a strong bent towards the straightforward methods of the early painters. as witness the beautiful designs for his well-known edition of the 'Faerie Queene' which fully express his natural admiration of the early Italian work" p. 171. Dent commissioned Beardsley and Fairfax-Muckley to illustrate his deluxe arts and crafts publications in an effort to emulate the success of the Kelmscott Press. An additional limitation of 100 copies on handmade paper was also issued. 2 vols quarto. Woodcut frontispieces and title pages 25 woodcut illustrations 11 bifolia woodcut initials head-and tailpieces ornaments and borders throughout. Original cloth spine elaborately decorated in gilt sides decorated in gilt top edge gilt others untrimmed silk bookmarkers. Ownership stamp of one George Hallet on the half-titles and p. xi. Lightly rubbed foxing to cloth endpapers and edges bookmarkers detached: a very good copy. Society of Designers 'A Designer of the Birmingham School' The Artist: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts Crafts and Industries 1901. hardcover
18978274<p>Archibald Constable & Co. Westminster. London. 1897-1900. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST KATE WARREN EDITION. 8vo.6.8 x 4.4 inches. Illustrated frontis to each volume - 3 portraits and 3 sepia photographic views River Blackwater County Cork ; Ruins of Kilcolman Spenser's home in Ireland ; Glengarriff County Cork. each with a tissue guard. Each volume with an extra decorative title page. A fine and clean set with a few of the gatherings still unopened. Finely bound by Riviere in early twentieth century quarter vellum with single raised bands. Green title labels ruled and lettered in gilt. Arts and Crafts style tall flower design with stems leaves and flower in gilt to each spine. Blue cloth on boards. Top edges gilt others untrimmed. Some minor marks to the cloth on a few of the boards but the spines all clean and the gilt bright so the set looks great on the shelf. A very attractive set of vellum bindings.</p> Archibald Constable & Co. Westminster. London. 1897-1900 hardcover
189745367London: J. M. Dent. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1897. Hardcover. Oversized two volume set. Half vellum with marbled boards morocco/gilt spine labels marbled endpages TEG ribbon marker. Limited to 100 copies on handmade paper and 1250 copies on ordinary paper. Fairfax-Muckley edition. Pp. Lii 1156 continuous pagination Inner hinges have been reinforced. Minimal foxing/soil/rubbing. ; quarto . J. M. Dent hardcover
18974803London: George Allen 1897. Six volumes. Limited first book-form edition. Edited by Thomas J. Wise and with the fabulous arts and crafts illustrations of Walter Crane. One of 1000 unnumbered copies on handmade paper printed by Charles Whittingham & Co. at the Chiswick Press. The original soft covers of the parts have been retained and bound in to the rear. Recently repaired / re-spined in red leather with the original red leather boards. Some of the boards have some darkening / staining but overall in very attractive condition. Internally the books are sound but slightly darkened to the edges. A decent copy. lxxxvii 1-248 i covers. viii 251-528 covers. viii 529-806 covers. viii 807-1044 covers. viii 1045-1276 covers. viii 1277-1546 8 covers. . Très bel exemplaire de la première édition. Six volumes. Édité par Thomas J. Wise et avec les fabuleuses illustrations art nouveau de Walter Crane. Un des 1000 exemplaires non numérotés sur papier fait main imprimés par Charles Whittingham & Co. à la presse de Chiswick. Les couvertures souples originales des parties ont été conservées et reliées à l'arrière. Récemment réparé / ré-épinglé en cuir rouge avec les planches d'origine en cuir rouge. Certaines planches présentent quelques taches mais dans l'ensemble elles sont en très bon état. A l'intérieur les livres sont sains mais les bords sont légèrement assombris. Un bon exemplaire. lxxxvii 1-248 i couvertures viii 251-528 couvertures viii 529-806 couvertures viii 807-1044 couvertures viii 1045-1276 couvertures viii 1277-1546 8 couvertures. George Allen paperback
18972945London: J.M. Dent 1897. Chivers bindings. Fine. STUNNING CHIVERS VELLUCENT BINDINGS. One of 100 large-paper copies illustrated by Louis Fairfax Muckley. The three thick quarto volumes are elegantly printed on handmade paper and illustrated throughout with images and designs by the British artist and illustrator Louis Fairfax Muckley. The illustrations are magnificent and feature the plates in two states red and black.<br /> <br /> The bindings by Chivers however are the star of the show and perfectly complement the text. For the front boards Muckley has created an intricate design featuring a knight and lady on galloping horses surrounded by decorative borders and gilt titling. Each spine depicts a lady emerging from a colorful background while each rear board has a stylized dragon seemingly jumping out from the binding. While the outlines of the designs are the same on each volume they are each painted with different colors creating a unique look and mood for each.<br /> <br /> On Cedric Chivers’s “vellucent†bindings:<br /> <br /> Chivers created a masterful binding technique in the late 19th century he called “vellucent†– a portmanteau combining “vellum†and “translucentâ€. The process was arduous but the results were stunning with artwork seeming to glow under a layer of thin protective vellum.<br /> <br /> His process began with a decorative design—in the case of these volumes artwork by Louis Fairfax Murray – created on paper or thin parchment. The artwork was then placed underneath a sheet of vellum that was extremely thin and specially treated to be translucent allowing the colors to almost shine like a stained glass window. The final step was particularly tricky – since vellum is not particularly flexible it required expert craftsmanship to lay it smoothly over the book's boards and spine without wrinkles or bubbles. The result is a binding that doubles as a work of fine art.<br /> <br /> The bindings are stamped “Bound by Cedric Chivers†in gilt on the rear dentelles and decoratively written on the rear endpaper of volume 1 likely by Chivers is the note: “THIS BOOK IS BOUND BY / CEDRIC CHIVERS BATH / 2 COPIES ONLY WITH THIS DESIGN / THIS IS NO 1â€. Anecdotally however we are aware of three copies that have been bound with this design although without the written limitation.<br /> <br /> Provenance: There is a note in pencil in the first volume that these are from the Robert Hoe collection but we have not been able to confirm this.<br /> <br /> London: J.M. Dent 1897. Thick octavos 258 x 197 mm vellucent bindings by Chivers. Text nearly pristine. A touch of bowing to bindings.<br /> <br /> AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF CHIVERS BINDINGS IN UNUSUALLY FINE CONDITION. J.M. Dent unknown