The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Volumes 1-20. A Twenty Volume Set. de Sadie, Stanley, ed - 1994

London: Printed at St. John's Gate, for D. Henry, and sold by F. Newbery, 1774. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (5 of 10 called for in Vol 1, 10 of 11 in Vol 2. Plates present include Head of a New Zealand Chief curiously Tataowed, newly discovered frescoes at Herculaneum, portrait of Louis XV who has died (missing plates are mainly of planned Canals i. Two Volumes each containing 6 monthly issues, plus Supplement for the Year 1774 in Vol 2. Contemporary leather-spined marbled boards (spine leather worn bits missing, date & title neatly inked in). Text complete: iv (general titlepage for year & preface) +628pp +[16]pp index. Each monthly issue has a "titlepage" with a view of St. John's Gate. Very clean nice copies internally with paper strong & supple. *Includes detailed description of Lieut Cooke's Voyage round the World, arrival at Terra Australis incognita, favourable account of landing & circum-navigation of New Zealand (Originality of the Arts in that Country which no other People had ever… Leer más

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Half-Leather. Very Good. Complete eight-volume set, each volume bound in half-leather with marbled boards borded in gilt, banded spines with gilt titles and decoration, gilded head edges, marbled endpapers. Pages clean save for mild toning in the margins throughout, a small and faintly inky water stain at the lower bound corners of Volume III, mild rippling along the head edges in Volume V, and small water stains at the heel edges of three other volumes; all bindings remain square and tight, the leather somewhat darkened about the spine heel on five volumes and worn with occasional spots of exposure at the free corners, more gently rubbed at spine ends, with the occasional nick or scratch along the spine and occasional, mild flaking along front hinges, the marbled boards showing chipping at head and heel edges and surface scuffs on the back of Volume VIII and on the front of Volume VI, otherwise lovely. xix + 625, xvi + 699, xii + 591, xv + 606, xvi + 602,… Leer más

Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana Apud Balthasarem Moretum et Viduam Ioannis Moreti et Io. Meursium, first edition., 1623. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine engraved title with globe, cherubs & gods, second engraved showing angry men with torches & axes and a hydra monsteer by Cornelis Galle (1576-1650) after Rubens + 44 full-page copperplates by Collart and others + 55 nice initials with figural & anima. Three Volumes in Two folios. Full vellum with yapp edges and old ink titles to spines (Vol.I-II with vellum repair to split front hinge of spine, both Vols lack ties, some marks but mostly well-preserved, clean vellum). Vol.I half title + 1st engraved title +[32]pp prelims +409(recte 411)pp +[1]p blank; Vol.II half title +415-707 +[1]p cherubim & motto +[113]pp index with privilege at end + colophon dated 1623 + Plantin printer's device to last leaf. Vol.III half title + 2nd engraved title +[4]pp prelims +678pp + [107]pp index + colophon dated 1623 + printer's device to last leaf. Some page mis-numbering,… Leer más

various: various. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fifteen late 19th century volumes of opera scores for piano by renowned composers including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. This collection was the property of W. G. Moehring, likely of the famed Moehring musical family, who commissioned these custom fine bindings in stamped leather. Penciled musical notations indicate that the owner was undoubtedly a musician. Five raised bands and six compartments on each spine with the composer and the name of the opera in gilt letters. The name "W. G. Moehring" is gilt stamped on each cover in Gothic lettering. All edges are beautifully gilt. Various bookseller's stamps mostly from Philadelphia. Various publishers including Chabal (Paris), Gambogi Freres-editors de musique (Paris). BELLINI -- La Sonnambula BELLINI -- E Puritani DONIZETTI -- Don Pasquale -- front hinge starting, page 69/70 loose DONIZETTI -- Lucrezia Borgia -- front hinge starting DONIZETTI -- Lucia di Lammermoor --… Leer más

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. Signed by Eugene O'Neill on the colophon of the first volume. Limited First Edition / First Printing. Number of 126 of 1200 copies. Blue cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Fine. Vintage original Art Deco style owner bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Please note: The pages are unopened.. The title on the title page of the books is "The Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill." The title on the spine reads "Collected Plays of Eugene O'Neill.

London: H.D. Symonds, 1797. Octavo. The physiognomic classic that dominated the 18th and early 19th centuries with Bronte, Dickens, Hardy and even Oscar Wilde in this now discredited interpretation. Three volumes in four translated from the last Paris edition by Rev. C. Moore, Vol. 1: 243, Vol. 2 & 3: 186, 187-288 and Vol. 4: xi-[15]16-334pp., illustrated with several hundred engravings (356 full page engravings including the three frontispieces and one folding facsimile letter with a repair), bound in full tree calf, board edges decorated with a gilt roll, raised bands, double red morocco labels gilt, fully gilt decorated, top edges gilt, with the bookplate of Earl of Cromer (Evelyn Baring, 1841-1917) the British Consul-General in Egypt and a member of the influential Baring banking family. Joints lightly rubbed, closed tear to upper margin of page 90, monkey plate following page 125 has half of the folding plate lacking. A few small chips to heads but still quite nice.

Random House, Inc., New York and Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1987 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text with captions in Chinese.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket as issued, gilt top edges of the external text block). 3 volumes in slipcase..; 29 x 39.5 x 14 cm; 11 kg.; Used books with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Tiny wear marks on the hardcover cloth front cover of volume 2 and 3. Overall in very good condition.; Comprise 3 volumes: Volume I: Text (281 pages), Volume 2: Painting (369 pages) and Volume III: Calligraphy (399 pages).; Research and translation by Keith Itoh and Lawrence Wu with Jean Schmitt and Caron Smith. Introductory commentary by James C. Y. Watt.; "The publication of this book is the culmination of decades of collecting and study by the author. Over the years, I have had the privilege of watching the collection grow and have enjoyed many evenings of viewing and discussion. I will remember the occasions when a new… Leer más

1885 BRONTE Novels Jane Eyre Professor Shirley Feminism Literature Wildfell 5v

"Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste."
― Charlotte Brontë

Famous novels of the Brontë Sisters, including Jane Eyre!
The Brontë Sisters produced some of the most famous and popular novels of the 19th-century including Jane Eyre, by Charlotte. This set of volumes is illustrated throughout and features some of their most popular tales such as 'Shirley' and 'The Professor'.
The novels themselves have been and will continue to be popular amongst English readers.

Item number: #16862
Price: $950
BRONTË, Charlotte
[works]
London, Smith, Elder, ca. 1885.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages – 5 volumes
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'The Professor' – x, 432
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'Shirley' – vi, 543, [1]
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'Life of Charlotte Bronte' – xi, 448
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'Wildfell Hall' – 416
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'Jane Eyre' – ix, 464
· Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in… Leer más

Burton Club, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. This is the complete seventeen volume set of the ""Medina Edition"" privately printed by the Burton Club for subscribers only, and was limited to one-thousand sets, this being #98. While there is no publication date, Penzer notes this as 1907. Gray cloth binding with titling on a paper spine label. All volumes are in very good shape. There are no nameplates, no names written in, and no library markings. On all volumes the top-edge is gilt, other edges are rough. There are no DJs.

The Easton Press, 1991. 6 vols. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jackets. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Bottom edges all show very minor shelf wear. Otherwise appear unopened / unread. Bindings and text blocks are tight, bright, crisp, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) red leather with hubbed spines. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spines and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire end papers, and permanent satin ribbon markers. Photo is of the set we have at Barbed Wire Books. Beautiful gift set!Volumes: The World Crisis 1911-1914, 1915, 1916-1918 Part One, 1916-1918 Part Two, Aftermath, and Eastern Front