Reliques Of Ancient English Poetry

RELIQUESOFANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY : CONSISTING OF Old Heroic Ballads, Songs AND OTHER PIECES OF OUR EARLIER POETS : TOGETHER WITH SOME FEW OF LATER DATE. BY THOMAS PERCY LORD BISHOP OF DROMORE IN THREE VOLUMES EDINBURGH : JAMES NICHOL M.DCCC.LVIII. DESCRIPTION (ii) + xcvi + 290pp + (ii) (ii) + 318pp + (ii) (ii) + 340pp + (ii) Books measure 220mm x 145mm approximately. Three volumes, very nicely bound in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 290 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Volume I. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Dodsley, 1765. Good plus in contemporary rebacked leather with some edgewear, few short closed tears, endpapers with light chipping, staining to pastedowns, prior owner bookplate and ink signatures, light to moderate foxing in various places.. First Edition. A collection of ballads, songs, sonnets, and romances that captivated the British public, and influenced many of the most notable… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1858. Book. Good. Hardcover. Another Edition. 230mm Tall, 8vo. Volume 1 only. Index. Greenish brown cloth covers with blind stamped decoration on front cover. Gilt title on spine. Fading covers on spine and edges, front cover mottled. Foxing to free endpapers and title page, occasional spots in the text..

Three Volumes. Swan Sonnenschein And Co., 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. No Edition Stated. 421 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Vol3. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.Strong tanning to spine and edges. Strong mottling to boards.

London, England: J. Dodsley, 1767. second edition. Hardcover. Good+ (leather darkened w/ instances of spotted staining; rubbing to edges. corners rubbed to boards. spine edges splitting; boards firm. both volumes hinge papers split; joints firm. pastedowns & endpaper edges very tanned for leather.). brown leather boards; 6 gilt decorative compartments & five raised bands; gilt edging. vol2: 340… Saber más sobre este artículo

George Routledge & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 610 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Pencil inscriptions to half title page and page opposite. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: L. A. Lewis,, 1847. An attractively bound set of Percy's influential anthology of English ballads. The work, originally published in 1765, "inaugurated the 'ballad revival', a flood of collections of ancient songs, that proved a source of inspiration to the Romantic poets" (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Percy took the core for the Reliques from an old manuscript collection of poems… Saber más sobre este artículo

GB: John Templeman, 1839. xli and 307 pages. Inscribed at start of book "This book left by Fredkerick [for Frederick] R Surtees to his cousin W.E. Surtees in 1889 was in the ?Janry of that year gicen to Ethel Hill."A few additional leaves bound in with printed poems by memebsr of the Surtees family. Armorial bookplate. Half dark green leather… Saber más sobre este artículo

William P. Nimmo, 1879. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1879. No Edition Remarks. 307 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Heavy cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, boards are loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Sticker to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing… Saber más sobre este artículo

Templeman, 12/31/1838 4:00:00 P. unknown_binding. Good. . Bound in full maroon leather, cover shows minor wear, tear, and rubbing to the extremities, part of the spine detached. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1845 EDITION. STEEL ENGRAVING OF ROBIN HOOD WITH MAID MARIAN. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Bumped corners. Hinges/binding cracked but still intact. All pages present and very readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: L. A. Lewis,, 1839. An attractively bound set of a later edition of Percy's influential anthology of English ballads, in a contemporary binding by Rivière. This work, originally published in 1765, notably "inaugurated the 'ballad revival', a flood of collections of ancient songs, that proved a source of inspiration to the Romantic poets" (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Percy took the… Saber más sobre este artículo

LondonL Henry G Bohn, 1864. 1st edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Eton associate. Finely bound in the original full aniline calf. Raised bands with spine compartments uniformly tooled gilt. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description: 307p; 24cm. Notes: Includes glossary. Subjects: Northumberland, Elizabeth Seymour Percy Duchess ofEnglish poetry. Ballads, English. English… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1867. Hardcover. Very good +. 6 x 9 in. Half red morocco with marbled paper boards. Raised spine bands, gilt text edges, matching marbled endpapers. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; mild shelf wear, covers very clean with a little rubbing. Spines very slightly toned. Bindings all tight. Text bright and unmarked. Poetry/Fine Bindings. RGR. … Saber más sobre este artículo

London : Bickers and Son, I, Leicester Square, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Charles Savile Roundell. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Scattered foxing within and some stains to covers. Spines slightly worn. Remain particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 volumes ; 24 cm. Subjects; English language Early… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1867. [English Ballads] FINELY BOUND. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xcvi; 290 [2]; pp.viii; 318 [4]; pp.xxxvi; 340 [2]. Contemporary red full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spines and upper boards, and elaborate blind tooling all over. All edges gilt; dark brown endpapers. Lightly toned throughout, with some spotting to first… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Bell and Sons, 1876. Edited by J. V. Prichard. 2 vols. (lxxxiii, 434; [iv] 384p.), 3/4 leather with marbled boards, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, gilt spine trim and lettering, leather spine labels.

Leipzig : Tauchnitz, 1866. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Finely bound set in half aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands, spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains particularly well-preserved set. Physical description: 3 v.; 16 cm. Notes: With an Essay on the ancient minstrels in England (v.1, p. [xxi]-cxi) and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia, PA: F. Bell. Very Good+. 1855. Full-Leather. Very Good+ full leather edition, elaborate gilt decoration on the boards and spine. Gilt page edges. Has a previous owner's gift inscription on the second blank endpaper. Leather is worn at the hinges, but binding is holding tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 558 pages .