The Lives Of the English Poets

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, [et al.], 1779. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Contemporary full polished calf, morocco spine label. Octavo. [4], 536pp. (with the page numbers 143-144 repeated). A handsome copy of the pirated Dublin edition (which appeared before the London edition), with an early small owner's signature on the title page, and an embossed… Saber más sobre este artículo

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1925. Hardcover. Good. 1925. First Thus. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Volume 1. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: F. C & I. Rivington. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Volume One: 1" split to leather at tail of front spine joint. 3/4" split to leather at tail of rear spine joint. Gutters split. Volume Two: 3/4" split to leather at tail of front spine joint. 2 x 1/4" insect… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin: Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson [etc.], 1781. full leather boards, five raised bands, black leather spine labels, tope edges stained black, housed in a lovely cloth-covered boards slipcase. 8vo. full leather boards, five raised bands, black leather spine labels, tope edges stained black, housed in a lovely cloth-covered boards slipcase. [4], 536; [4], 496; [4], 399 pages. First editions.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858. Full-Leather. Very Good +. Complete 2 Volume Set. Period Brown Quarter-Leather bindings with 5 raised bands to spines. Gilt Title and vol.nos on Black ground in 2nd & 4th compartments. Gilt Decoration fills the other compartments, also on the bands. Ochre leather covered boards. Endpapers and all page edges marbled (combed pattern). 6 1/4"… Saber más sobre este artículo

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. No edition remarks. 395 pages. Yellow dust jacket over pink cloth with gilt lettering to spine and embossed design to front board. Part of the Everyman's Library Series: NO. 770. Part 1 in 2 Vols. Pink upper text block edge. Pages remain bright and clear. Binding remains firm.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin: Messrs. Whitestone, Williams [et al.], 1779. First Dublin edition, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [4], 536; [4], 496; [4], 399; first issue, first state of volume 1(with "partaking his posterity" in line 3 on page 4; with "Milton" for "Butler" in the headline on Q8v and with pp. 143-44 repeated on L1); and first issue of vols. 2 and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxford University Press, London, 1946. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Volume 1: -- [7], VI - XV, [4], 2-461, [3] pages,introduction by Arthur Waugh. Navy blue coloured boards with self embossed publisher's logo to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Dark blue coloured tint to the top textblock edge. … Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J. F. Dove ( Printed By ), 1826. Full-Leather. Very Good. Corbould, H. Complete 2 Volume Set. Each Volume has a Full-Page illustration and Vifgnette illustration on Title page by H. Corbould. Followed by Printed Title pages dated 1826. Contemporary dark Brown Full-Leather bindings with 3 shallow raised bands to spines. Gilt Title and vol.nos on Black… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: F.C. & I. Rivington, 1820. Hardcover. Very good. 24mo (12.5 cm), pp. Vol 1: 528, Vol. 2: 532. Full leather with gilt spine titling. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name and 1832 date on inside front of volume 2. Hinges cracked but binding still solid, moderate edge wear. From the collection of Dr. William J. Kerr (1889-1965),… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin: Messrs. Whitestone, Williams [et al.], 1779. First Dublin edition, first issue, first state (with "partaking his posterity" in line 3 on page 4; and with "Milton" for "Butler" in the headline on Q8v); 8vo, pp. [4], 536; with pp. 143-44 repeated on L1, contemporary full calf, red morocco label on spine; upper joint cracked, lower joint starting, else… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams…[et al.], 1779 First separate edition, preceding the London separate edition by two years. This pirated Dublin edition had a slightly different title from the London edition. It also has additional material by Thomas Gray, "A Long Story" and "Ode to Music." The Lives of the English Poets originally appeared as part of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Jones and Co, 1838. 16mo, pp. 384; frontispiece portrait; orig. floral-patterned brown cloth, gilt-lettered and gilt-decorated spine; generally very good. Fleeman 79.4LP/54.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. Last Reprinted. 403 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Pencil inscription to title page. Mild annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dublin: Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson, Lynch et al. Very Good. 1781. Hardcover. Volumes II & III (ONLY) bound in contemporary leather with worn joints and bindings but remain tight. Contents overall bright though Volume III with faded damp staining - in the beginning of the book - and both light foxing and toning to the end… Saber más sobre este artículo

Collins, Fontana Books, 1963. Paperback. Good. 1963. First Issued in Fontana Library. 384 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Selected and introduced by S.C. Roberts. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cassell's National Library. 1892 Cassell's National Library pocket hardback, no dj; Good, clean condition internally, no inscription, light wear to blue boards but VG for age; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardback. 1892.

London: The Folio Society. Very Good/No DJ. 1965. Hard Cover. 8vo Quarter brown cloth over marbled paper boards with gilt titles on spine all very bright. 420 pp clean and tight .

Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and tanning. Slight tearing to the spine.

London: Jones & Company, 1825. 364 pp. Original marbled paper covered boards w/ brown leather spine and corners. Gilt title and rules on spine. Binding rubbed w/ wear to extremities; lacks approx. 1/4" at top of spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Light foxing throughout. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of the author.… Saber más sobre este artículo