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1856176846London: G. Routledge & Co. 1856. Fourth Corbould edition presented here in an attractive morocco binding. Edward Corbould 1815-1905 was a watercolourist and prolific book and magazine illustrator who produced illustrated editions of Chaucer Spenser and Walter Scott. First published in 1595 Epithalamion was written by Spenser as an ode for his bride on their wedding day. Octavo 162 x 102 mm. Engraved frontispiece and 7 full-page plates with tissue guards all wood engraving by Dalziel after Edward Corbould. Contemporary green morocco spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers with gilt rules and frame floral gilt roll to board edges and turn-ins edges gilt blue silk bookmarker. Early gift inscriptions to front free endpaper and first blank. Spine a little darkened gilt bright foxing to outer leaves. A near-fine copy. unknown
1897028708J.M. Dent: London 1897. Limited Edition. Quarto. In two volumes limited to 1250 copies after which the type was distributed. Continuous pagination. This beautiful set was published by J.M. Dent in 1897 following their 1893 edition of Malory's Morte D'Arthur illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. This was a major work issued as a companion to the Beardsley Malory which was now pictured and decorated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley whose magnificent illustrations recall Beardsley's though lacking the erotic images in the borders. Some of the decorative vegetation Faix fax-Muckley used for instance is reminiscent of that found in Dent's Morte D'Arthur though his illustrations are also more consistent with the depiction of the characters in the text see the image of the Redcross Knight as he fights the dragon. In addition to the border nicely populated by dragons the image is partially enclosed by a form of the Gothic bracket that the manuals describe. Bound by Birdsall in ¾ brown Morocco over cloth raised bands lettered and fully decorated in gilt top edges gilt all others uncut. The original gilt decorated covers were bound in at the rear of the book. London unknown
185912698London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge. Fair with no dust jacket. 1859. Hardcover. Rebacked in amateur fashion. The original leather spine has been laid down onto the new leather but this original spine is in very poor condition with very bad dry rot and large chips missing. Internally good. 19th century heraldic bookplate of Francis Digby Spencer Neave. Inscription to Francis Digby S. Neave "on his leaving Eton" from J. W. Martyn dated 1860. ; "Fifth Edition with a Glossary". xii 820 pages frontispiece. Full leather binding. Calf boards. Amateur rebacking with later leather spine overlapping the leather of the front boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Page dimensions: 165 x 98mm. A nineteenth century edition of Spencer's long poem the first part of which was originally published in 1590.; 16mo . Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge hardcover
1856001321London: Routledge & Sons. Original blind stamped red cloth decorated in gilt on front board titled & decorated in gilt on spine. The faerie Queene disposed into twelve bookes fashioning XII morall vertues to which is added his Epithalamion. With glossary. All edges gilt. Spine has been neatly re-laid due to wear at head & foot resulting in the need for replacement endpapers a professional job . Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 1856. Routledge & Sons hardcover
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].
188943130London 1889. EDITED FROM THE BEST EDITIONS. WITH MEMOIR NOTES AND GLOSSARY. 8vo. xxvi 413pp. FROM THE LIBRARY OF W.G. GRACE jun. SIGNED INSCRIBED AND DATED BY HIM on the half-title: 'W.G. Grace Xmas 1890'. W.G. Grace jun. 1874-1905 played for Gloucestershire between 1893 and 1898 for Cambridge University between 1894 and 1896 and for London County between 1900 and 1903. He was son of the famous Gloucestershire and England cricketer and died at an early age after an appendicitis operation. A volume in the 'Chandos Classics' series. unknown
1888000420London and New York: Frederick warne & Co. 1888. No Edition Stated. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 7 1/4" X 5 1/4 . No. 72 of the Chandos Classics as listed fep's. Preface by Chandos editors. Memoir of Spenser7 pp. A letter of the Author's to Sir Walter Raleigh dated 23 January 1589." The Faery Queen Disposed into Twelve Books Fashioning XII Moral Virtues" 406 pp. plus: Glossary Advertisements. Buckram covered boards feature ornate details gilt and green. ffep is loose but present. Bookseller's Inventory # 1230420. <br/> <br/> Frederick warne & Co. hardcover
1894007558LONDON: SWAN SONNENSCHEIN AND CO 1894. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed and marked prelims lightly foxed. Clean throughout. Good. <br/> <br/> SWAN SONNENSCHEIN AND CO hardcover
1894423718London : Swan Sonnenschein 1894. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 331 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects: Imperialism; Great Britain Foreign relations. London : Swan Sonnenschein hardcover
1900206084London UK: The Illustrated Londondon News 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Record of the Transvaal or First Boer War of 1880/81. Includes 8b/w photographs and many b/w drawings. 78pp. Quarter bound in black cloth with marbled paper to remainder. Paper rubbed and scuffed heavily so at corners.Endpapers look to have been professionally replaced. Text block is in very good order though some pages are foxed and have occasional nick to edges. Book is both large and heavy so additional postage may be required. . The Illustrated Londondon News hardcover
1882342556The Author. Good. 1882. Hardcover. Spine has heavy wear to the ends a central scrape and light rubbing. Wear to the leather outer corners and to the outer edges. Front blanks and title page are loosely attached. First few leaves each have one or two small tears to the outer edge. Scattered traces of foxing very slight to the title page and first page. ; Approx. 9 1/4" wide by 11 1/4". Three-quarter leather binding. ; 144 pages . The Author hardcover
1894916Z34London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1894. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4". None stated. A collection of poetry by Edmund Spenser bound in a decorative vellum binding with yapp edges. A collection of poetry by Edmund Spenser. Bound in full decorative vellum with gilt details to the front and spine with Yapp edges and ribbons. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece portrait and an engraved title page. This work features a collection of lyrical poetry by the English poet Edmund Spenser best known for his epic poem 'The Faerie Queene'. The volume attempts to showcase Spenser's other poetical works which the editor Ernest Rhys believes to be overlooked such as 'The Shepheardes Calendar'.Undated dated by copies held institutionally. Bound in full vellum. Ribbon detached to the rear board. Externally smart with discolouration to the rear handling marks and some sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed J. M. Dent & Co. hardcover
189516802London: J. M. Dent & Co 1895. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. "Bring with you all the Nymphes that you can heare Both of the rivers and the forrests greene." to this 130-year-old celebration of the lyrical verse of Edmund Spenser. "Epithalamion" "The Shepheardes Calender" "Happy Ye Leaves" hymns in honor of love and beauty and more of Spenser's lyrical poems are collected in this 1895 nearly pocket-size tome gilt-stamped in twining Art Nouveau vines of heart-shaped leaves and butterflies and illustrated in an engraved portrait of the poet a muse-adorned title page and decorative head- and tailpieces throughout. <br /> <br /> 6 1/8" X 4". xviii 245pp. Bound in sky blue cloth over boards with Art Nouveau vines stamped in gilt to upper board and spine lettered in kind. Mild wear to binding with bumping and rubbing to corners and to head and tail of spine. Blue silk ribbon placemarker detached and laid in. Previous owner's name dated March 1895 to front free endpaper. Binding is firm and sound. Pages show an occasional blemish else unmarked. Illustrated in a tissue-guarded engraved portrait of the poet decorative title page and Art Nouveau head- and tailpieces. J. M. Dent & Co hardcover
1896GEN36-C-10London : Archibald Constable And Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A late Victorian copy of this British political work. Very scarce first edition. Wilkinson was very well connected to key figures in politics and in the armed forces as he journalist and had long hoped for an academic appointment as his interests increasingly turned toward historical study. He was elected the first Chichele Professor of Military History in the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College in 1909. During World War I he becamelike Clausewitz's foremost German proponent at the time Hans Delbrück--an energetic critic of his nation's counterproductive strategy and policy. He remained an influential voice in Britain until his death in 1937. In a red cloth binding with gilt title detail to spine. Externally generally sound with bumping to extremities a little loss of cloth at the head and tail and discolouration to the spine. The hinges are slightly strained. Internally binding is strained in places. Pages are generally bright and clean with light foxing to endpapers and a small closed tear to the top right corner of the front free endpaper. Good Archibald Constable And Co. hardcover
1888MD27096George Bell & Sons 1888. Hardback. Very good condition. No dust jackets. Some sunning. Cover of Volume II has some humidity stains. Overall in very good condition. . In Five Volumes Complete Volume I includes The Life of Spenser by J. Payne Collier George Bell & Sons hardcover
1859955F21DEdinburgh: James Nichol 1859 . Leather. Fine. 9" by 6". None. A complete five volume set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser in attractive half calf bindings by C. Cross binder to Queen Victoria. Complete in five volumes.In half calf bindings with the binder's stamp 'C. Cross Binder to the Queen' to each volume.Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser is best known for his epic poem and fantastical allegory 'The Faerie Queene' a work which celebrates the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. 'The Shepheardes Calendar' was Spenser's first major work it emulates Virgil's 'Eclogues'. Both of these works are present in this collection which also includes many of Spenser's minor poems including hymns 'Colin Clout's Come home Again' and 'Amoretti or Sonnets'. Including a memoir of Spenser and also critical dissertations by the Reverend George Gilfillan. George Gilfillan was a spasmodic poet who also edited the works of several British poets. In half calf signed bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Externally excellent with back strips just a touch age toned and instances of minor rubbing to back strip heads. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine James Nichol hardcover
1839978K9London: William Pickering 1839. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A smart set of the Aldine edition of Spenser's poetical works containing his most important and highly influential 'Faerie Queene'. Complete in five volumes.In full calf with gilt detail to spine. With an engraved frontispiece to volume one and publisher's anchor to title pages of all volumes. Collated complete. A smart set of the desirable Aldine edition notable for its high editorial standards. Contains Spenser's Magnum Opus The Faerie Queene an epic poem which celebrates the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. In full calf with gilt detail to spine. Externally smart with rubbing to joints and extremities and marks to the boards. Evidence of bookplate removal to front paste downs. Hinges to volume three and five strained. Internally binding strained in places. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and handling mark heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good William Pickering hardcover
18891696New York: Thomas Y. Crowell c. 1889. Maroon cloth binding w/ gilt lettering & Deco cover beveled boards 715 gilt edge pgs Ads w/red outline each page. Clean Tight Copy has the slightest bit of top & bottom spine edge wear; faint water damage on back panel see pics. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.<br /> Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 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
1810tom337John Sharpe London 1810 John Sharpe London 1810 rebound hardback gilt title to black cloth lxxxvii glossary 246 pp with monochrome frontispiece has light tanning and ex library book GWR Literary Society with usual label markings and stamp. Otherwise in GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing a scan of the actual book is available on request. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Sharpe London hardcover
181924570Suttaby Evance & Fox 1819. Tall 16mo. with engraved frontispiece and engraved title; attractively bound in contemporary full burgundy roan sides with frame border enclosing geometric design all in gilt stopped at corners by arabesques in blind; back with four raised bands second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt and blind all edges gilt gilt dentelles gilt doublures blue endpapers covers very lightly age-scuffed extremities lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. The frontispiece is engraved by Raimbach after Westall; the title by Rhodes after Westall. A remarkably well-preserved copy of a scarce and most attractive edition. Suttaby Evance & Fox, hardcover
182512196William Pickering 1825. 5 vols. sm. 8vo. on laid paper dated 1824 with engraved portrait frontispiece 'wreath' titles some very light spotting and dust-soiling to text fore-edges dusty neat and uniform nineteenth century signature on front paste-downs; original brown puce cloth backstrips with original paper labels lettered in black uncut and partially unopened first volume expertly recased third volume with small 'pull' at headband else a very good firm set in minimally restored early cloth binding. THE SET IS COMPLETE WITH ALL HALF-TITLES. It includes Philip Masterman's 'Essay on the Life and Writings of Edmund Spenser' and an extensive glossary. The portrait is engraved by Worthington. The titles carry Pickering's distinctive 'wreath'. 'The books of Pickering's Wreath Series possess in common an exceedingly pleasant format and on their title-pages is his beautiful and individual wreath ornament usually as here with the motto 'Perennis et frgrans'. This ornament served to all intents and purposes as Pickering's 'device' in the books which he published in the years 1825 and 1826' Keynes pp.16-17. The work was an early product of his collaboration with co-publisher Talboys and Wheeler of Oxford. Pickering produced his first commercial cloth binding for his 'Diamond Classics' series of the early 1820s. 'He was afterwards imitated by other publishers but the smooth red magenta puce or dark blue cloth used by Pickering remained for many years the distinguishing mark of his books. The innovation thus quietly made by Pickering in 1820 has had its effect on the whole subsequent history of the publishing trade in England and but for him boards or paper covers for books might now be considered to be just as inevitable in this country as they still appear to be on the continent of Europe' Keynes pp.14-15. A MOST ATTRACTIVE COPY IN SPLENDID MINIMALLY RESTORED BINDING FROM ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF PUBLISHER'S CLOTH. This copy is bound in Pickering's characteristic dark brown 'puce' shade rather than the red cloth seen by Keynes. Keynes p.90 with asterisk denoting 'special merit'. William Pickering, hardcover
1860023316Boston: Little Brown and Co 1860. 12mo. In five volumes. Portrait frontispiece in volume 1. These volumes were at first intended to be a little more than a reprint of the edition published in 1839. But the necessity of reducing the annotations to a more compact form and the hope of making some improvements led to alterations becoming more extensive as it progressed. The glossary had been entirely reconstructed. The life of the Poet is believed to be more complete and more correct than any former biography. A very good set bound in full contemporary calf boards triple ruled in blind slightly raised bands gilt with compartments fully gilt decorated red morocco spine labels gilt all edges marbled with matching endpapers Bookplate belonging to Minot Volume 4 with chip to head some light chipping to foot of volume 3 and wear through to corners a few spots of rubbing internally clean and bright without foxing. Little, Brown and Co unknown
18392127London: William Pickering/ The Aldine Edition of the British Poets 1839. FIRST ALDINE EDITION. 8vos engraved portrait frontis and Pickering catalogue to vol. I Pickering's dolphin and anchor device to title pages engraved headpieces. Original blue cloth paper title labels to spines lettered in black. Spines darkened losses to labels extremities bumped edgewear some chipping. Toned occasional pencil scoring some spotting POI 'E. Cathcart./ Auchendrane' to ffeps 'W. F. Watson Bookseller' labels to front pastedowns. Else clean. A good set with interesting Scottish provenance. William Pickering's The Aldine Edition of the British Poets was a reprint series of classic literature printed by his close collaborator Charles Whittingham. Pickering 1796-1854 is remembered for "the introduction of cloth binding leading to the wider availability of books at lower prices 5 shillings per cloth volume as here; the publication of reputable editions of both standard and neglected works; and a close attention to book design which had a lasting influence" ODNB. And for his friendly manner and fondness for maroon waistcoats apparently. Elias Cathcart 1817-1877 of Auchendrane was a Scottish Advocate and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1826–39. He translated Friedrich Carl von Savigny's The History of the Roman Law during the Middle Ages 1829 to the admiration of its author and contemporary critics. W. F. Watson was located at 52 Princes Street Edinburgh. William Pickering/ The Aldine Edition of the British Poets hardcover
1839036937London: William Pickering 1839. Meia de Amador / Half-Leather. Bom / Good / Bon. In-12º170x110. 3 volumes de 282 / 305 /317 pp. São apenas os volumes I IV e V faltam os volumes II e III desta edição muito cuidada e bem impressa com o retrato do autor bo frontispício do primeiro volume. Encadernações em meia de amador com lombada e cantos de chagrin. <br/> <br/> William Pickering hardcover
