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1926620P48London: The Nonesuch Press 1926. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 6.5". John Hall. A limited edition collection of poetry by the leading seventeenth century poet Abraham Cowley. A limited edition work published by Nonesuch Press this being copy 434 of 1050 printed on Dutch rag paper. Abraham Cowley was an English poet in the seventeenth century being one of the most popular and influential of his time. Cowley showed poetical promise from a very young age writing impressive poems as a child and publishing his first collection 'Poetical Blossoms' in 1633 when he was fifteen. He went into exile as a Royalist during the Civil War during which time he busied himself by writing a history of the Civil War. This collection includes 'The Mistress' 'Friendship in Absence' 'A Dream of Elysium' 'The Vain Love' 'The Rich Rival' 'My Fate' 'Impossibilities' 'Counsel' 'Sors Virgiliana' and many more. With a portrait of Abraham Cowley to the title page drawn and engraved by John Hall from a painting from the collection of Horace Walpole. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so books with the quality of a fine-press were produced but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the original cloth binding. Externally smart. Light marking to the boards with very light tidemarking to the head of the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light discolouration to the spine. Spine label is lightly chips and discoloured. Discolouration to the endpapers with light tidemarking to the top edge of the pastedowns and endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1925960H15London: The Nonesuch Press 1925 . Hardback. Very Good. 10.5" by 7". None. An understated limited edition collection of the poems of Henry King by The Nonesuch Press edited by John Sparrow. In the original publisher's full paper Vellum binding. This volume is a limited edition being copy number seventy four of nine hundred. This is a quietly elegant Nonesuch Press revival of Bishop Henry King's 17th-century verse contemplating themes of love loss and mortality his verses provide a bridge between the sacred and the secular. Henry King 1592 - 1669 was an English poet who served as Bishop of Chichester. He was a close friend of John Donne who made him one of his executors. He was also well acquainted with Ben Jonson George Sandys Sir Henry Blount and James Howell. His friendship with Izaak Walton began about 1634 and was lifelong. In the original publisher's full paper vellum binding. Externally generally smart. Slight spotting to boards heavier to rear board. Boards slightly cocked. Spine age toned typical of this binding. Offsetting and spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot heavier to rough cut fore edge. Minor cockling towards fore edge. Very Good The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1937001069London: SPCK 1937. In great condition only very mild shelf wear and ink inscrip to flyleaf. Otherwise excellent copy. Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. SPCK Hardcover
1922biblio364<p><i>First edition. John Lane at The Bodley Head. London. 1922. Quarto. xvii 249pp. 2pp publisher's ads. Colour frontis. 26 further colour pates. 76 monochrome plates. Original publisher's decorative green cloth black and gilt. Pages untrimmed. Toning to endpapers. Inscription to ffep Xmas 1922. A nice copy.</i></p> John Lane at The Bodley Head hardcover
1901mon0003075113John Lane the Bodley Head 1919-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Cover/edges of pages are slightly worn. It doesnt affect reading quality. John Lane the Bodley Head hardcover
1905215718Boston. : James H. West Company. 1905. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. James H. West Company. hardcover
1995Q-055309713XBantam 1995-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam hardcover
199913127Boydell & Brewer 1999. Hardback. Good. Good condition. There are some scuffs to the edges and corners of the dust cover and some light marks to the page edges. There is a sticker on the bottom of the inside front flap but otherwise in very good condition with pages crisp and clean. Boydell & Brewer hardcover
1988Q-0062508229HarperCollins 1988-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins paperback
1988127046Hoboken New Jersey U.S.A.: Wiley-Interscience 1988 hardback book and dust jacket in very good conditiondj in clear mylar protective sleeve. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Wiley-Interscience hardcover
1982141453Springer 1982-12-01. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Unmarked trade paperback Springer paperback
1908010895New York: J. Pott 1908. First Edition First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations: James Orrock. <br /> <br /> Publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped decoration and titles. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean light even toning. Shelf handling wear with light corner rubs edges show shelf handling. One tissue-guard with tear and partial loss. 4to; 10.25 inches tall 27.5cm; x 347p. 80 captioned tissue-guarded plates several in color. Illustrations: James Orrock. James Orrock 1829 -1913 was a prominent Scottish collector of art and oriental ceramics illustrator and landscape watercolorist. Some modern scholars like to believe Orrock was a forger and not only a dedicated enthusiast of contemporary British art who emulated some of those artists in his own work. He illustrated Old England in the style of Turner. J. Pott hardcover
1926839M21London: The Nonesuch Press 1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 7". None. A limited edition collection of poetry by the leading seventeenth century poet Abraham Cowley. A limited edition of this work published by Nonesuch Press 311 of 1050 printed on Dutch rag paper in the publisher's original cloth binding. Abraham Cowley was a seventeenth-century English poet one of the most popular and influential of his era. Cowley showed poetical promise from a young age publishing his first collection 'Poetical Blossoms' in 1633 when he was fifteen. He went into exile as a Royalist during the Civil War during which time he wrote a history of the Civil War. This collection includes 'The Mistress' 'Friendship in Absence' 'A Dream of Elysium' 'The Vain Love' 'The Rich Rival' 'My Fate' 'Impossibilities' 'Counsel' 'Sors Virgiliana' and many more. With a portrait of Abraham Cowley to the title page drawn and engraved by John Hall from a painting from the collection of Horace Walpole. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books but had them printed by commercial printers. Books with the quality of a fine-press were produced but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with just some light bumping to the boards. Spine label is still bright and intact. Offsetting to the free end papers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot to the first and last few pages and to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1984ZB864380Marcel Dekker Inc 1984. 384 pp. Hardcover ex library else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Marcel Dekker Inc hardcover
2000Q-0813368103westview press 2000-06-09. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! westview press hardcover
1994x-0275947815Greenwood Press 1994. Paperback. New. 220 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.80 inches. Greenwood Press paperback
1992Q-0465006760Basic Books 1992-06-24. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Basic Books paperback
1982156737Virginia Beach VA: A.R.E. Press / Edgar Cayce Foundation 1982. Staple Bound. Very Good. A clean unmarked book with a tight binding. 70 pages. Keywords: Edgar Cayce Dream knowledge Out-of-body Experiences Astral Experiences Awareness Metaphysics Consciousness A.R.E. Press / Edgar Cayce Foundation unknown
1904210212HLondon: Hodder and Stoughton 1904. Hardcover. Fine. The Life of Christ by great painters from Fra Angelico to Holman Hunt. The Text by Leonce Benedite Henry Van Dyke R.F. Horton and The Bishop of Derry & Raphoe. 6 Photogravure Plates tissue facing. 32 Monochrome Plates. Many more pictures throughout. 282 pages 3 more pages of List of Artists and Table of Illustrations. 12" X 8.6" X 1.3". Beige testured cloth black titles on front and spine. FINE. <br/> <br/> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1996Q-0517704439Harmony 1996-12-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harmony hardcover
1905804J49London: Hodder and Stoughton 1905. Cloth. Very Good. 16.5" by 11.5". Not Stated. A smart heavily illustrated work on the life and career of French draughtsman and artist Jean-Dominique Ingres. Originally written by Arsène Alexandre and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. A fascinating biographical work on the life and career of French draughtsman and artist Jean-Dominique Ingres. Jean-Dominique Ingres was a French neoclassical painter during the early nineteenth century whose portraits are often recognised as his best works. Written by Arsène Alexandre and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Including twenty-four tipped-in plates in Rembrandt photogravure and monograph. Collated and complete. Previously housed at the St. Augustine's Abbey Library with the bookplate to the front pastedown and the stamp to the front free-endpaper and title page. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart with some general shelf wear to the boards and rubbing to the joints. Some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. St. Augustine's Abbey bookplate to the front pastedown and stamp to the front free-endpaper and title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages contain the odd instance of scattered spots particularly to the tissue guards. Very Good Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1925819A31London: The Nonesuch Press 1925. Hardback. Very Good. 10.5" by 7" . None . A limited edition of the collected poems of Henry King. Henry King was an English poet and Bishop of Chichester in the seventeenth century author of numerous elegies on royal people and on his close friends who included John Donne and Ben Johnson. The present volume contains his collected poems edited by John Sparrow published in a large paper limited edition of nine-hundred copies this number three-hundred and forty. The typography has been designed by Francis Meynell. In the original publisher's full paper vellum binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear light soiling to boards and spine darkening to spine and minor chipping to extremities. Boards warped. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional leaf unopened. Very Good The Nonesuch Press hardcover
192041023London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1920. Second Edition. Pictorial cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. wiyh black and w hite and coloured illustrations Size: Quarto. Slight wear to spine. Endpapers browned text block clean. slight wear to covers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1920s; Inventory No: 41023. . John Lane, The Bodley Head hardcover
1923001497<p>London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to xxii pp288 complete with 200 illustrations 39 of them in colour plus 4 pages of adverts to rear. Hardcover no dust jacket. Handsomely rebound in with blue leather spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettered leather title label over lighter blue buckram boards in near fine condition although the title label is lifting to edges a little Inside all pages and plates in excellent clean and bright condition with the very occasional mark and a little toning. A very nice copy. This is a heavy book and may cost more postage overseas. <br /><br /></p> John Lane, the Bodley Head Limited hardcover
1992Q-0876042892Are Pr 1992-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Are Pr hardcover
