Earl owen (22 Ergebnisse)

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. authorised edition. Cloth, VG. xxiv+250pp+14pp publishers adverts, all edges gilt, cloth rubbed. The poetical works of Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer Lytton, who had used the pesudonym Owen Meredith for is poetry. 225 grams.

First Edition. Poor copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling, spine worn as with age. Tissue-guarded plates. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; unnumbered pages and plates. Subjects; Owen Meredith [pseud.]. Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytoon. Fiction. 19th century fiction. Artistic plates. W. L. Taylor [artist]. Drawings. 1 Kg.…

Leather. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Later Edition. Circa 1908-1909. A narrative poem by The Earl of Lytton, published (1860) under the pseudonym Owen Meredith. The heroine, Lucile, is beloved by two bitter rivals, the English Lord Alfred Hargrave (i.e., Vargrave) and the French Duke of Luvois. She loves Alfred, but misunderstanding keeps them apart. Long years after, Alfred's son and the Duke's niece fall in love, are separated by the old feud but finally reunited through the efforts of Lucile, who has become a nursing nun, under the name of Soeur Seraphine. The book went through more than ninety editions in America. Condition notes: (iv), 318 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, a.e.g., floral decorative eps, photographic portrait frontis, round corners. Cover: padded dark brown leather, gilt floral ornamentation front, gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, slight sunning to spine. A superior copy.…

1st Edition., [circa 1880]. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, with minor rubbing to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 369 pages; Description : 369 p. ; 22 cm. Notes: Owen Meredith, pseudonym for Edward Bulwer Lytton. 1 Kg.…

1893 Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt and silver-gilt blocked cloth spine and floral patterned boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling (small splash mark) , with some rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 122 pages; Physical desc.: 122 p. Subjects: Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of, 1831-1891. Notes: Complete with an impressive frontispiece. 2 Kg. …

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: New. pp. xii + 292 Illus.

Hardcover. Small 8vo. pp 232. Poetry. Attractive bookplate on pastedown, spine slightly mottled and slightly dull, covers very slightly marked, overall sound clean near very good copy.

Good dark green cloth hardcover with gilt titles on spine. No dj. 224p. plus 4p of ads. Hinges broken, endpapers sunned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. new title edition. 304 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand. Leinen, 340 Seiten. Großoktavformat (ca. 24,5 x 18 cm). Englisch Gewicht: 1010.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Marah, by Owen Meredith (aka Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton 1831-1891). Lytton was Viceroy and Governor-General of India, and later, British Ambassador to France. Unpublished and Private. 1891 first edition. Printed in London by Henderson and Spalding. This was Lytton's first publication, a book of poetry; and he went on to publish subsequent works under the Owen Meredith name. The private printing of this work makes it a very scarce edition. Worldcat identifies only one library holding worldwide for this 1891 printing - The British Library. A good paperback in card wraps. Covers are foxed and soiled, with nicks and creases, and losses to head and tail of spine. Inner joint with a small gap to cover. First endpapers are also a little spotted, but remaining text is clean and bright. Text page lengths and widths vary, as issued, and contents title remains uncut at top edge. A scarce find. Text in English. vii + 211pp. Weight approximately 213g unpacked. Approx Dimensions: 181mm high x 121mm wide x 13mm deep.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated edition. Octavo. 369pp. Frontispiece of Lytton. Illustrated by F. T. Merrill. Engraved by George T. Andrew. Illustrated mustard cloth stamped in red, black and gilt, all edges gilt. Owner's contemporary gift inscription (dated "1887") on blank preliminary page, gutters cracked, spine ends and corners rubbed and chipped, a good only copy. This being the author's most notable story told in verse originally published in 1860. …

Zustand: Good. First edition (hardback). 12mo (16cm by 11cm), 159pp. Original dark green cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Binding lightly rubbed and marked, small mark to the spine, bookplate to the front free endpaper, endpapers foxed. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. An uncommon first edition of this poem by Robert Bulwer-Lytton. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Robert Bulwer-Lytton, who wrote under the pseudonym Owen Meredith, was an English Statesman and Poet. The son of novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Robert Bulwer-Lytton was better remembered for his role as a diplomat and Viceroy of India. He published several volumes of poetry as well as literary remains and letters of his father. In half calf bindings with marbled boards by Field and Co. Externally, slightly rubbed with wear to extremities and especially at head and tail of spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with spotting to first and last few pages, and the occasional spot in the text. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Two matching volumes: thick small 8vo in the original Japanese Vellum backed pale blue paper covered boards, light grey end-papers, gilt lettering to spine (done by Bone & Son, Fleet St) 333pp and 310pp . [CONDITION: VERY GOOD+ Spines and boards tanned and lightly rubbed, some very mild foxing or tanning to end-leaves. They don't photograph too well, but these are actually two very clean and firmly bound unmarked copies with just the slightest of shelf rub to the corners. A nice set ] . __To see more of our Poetry books type DbbPOETRY in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. The third edition of John of Orrery's critical study of the life and writing of Jonathan Swift, bound alongside an early edition of Richard Owen Cambridge's mock epic 'The Scribleriad'. Two 1752 works, bound in a single quarter calf binding. The first of these works is the the third edition, corrected of 'Remarks on the Life and Writing of Dr. Jonathan Swift' by John Boyle, Earl of Orrery. Published in the same year as the first London ed. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with an advertisement leaf to the rear. ESTC T80861 The second work is a 1752 edition of 'The Scribleriad' by Richard Owen Cambridge. First published the year prior. A humorous mock epic poem, in partial imitation of Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot and Jonathan Swift. The poem is preceded by a dissertation on the mock heroic, and is full of literary in-jokes. ESTC T124707 A handsome mid-18th century volume of two works. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Lacking spine label. Front joint head and tail and rear joint head starting, but boards firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type, but clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Printed wrappers. Age-toning, foxing and small nicks mostly confined to front wrapper, else a very good copy of a fragile volume, housed in custom red cloth clamshell case with morocco spine label gilt. Bulwer-Lytton was a successful diplomat who served as Viceroy of India, but also a successful poet and novelist. Oscar Wilde dedicated his play *Lady Windermere's Fan* to him. Reprinted several times, the privately printed first edition is rare. *OCLC* locates but three copies.…

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The scarce first trade edition of this posthumously published volume of poetry by Lord Lytton, with a handwritten letter from his widow, Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton. The scarce first trade edition of this work, which first appeared in a privately printed edition the year prior.The work of Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, who published poetry under the pseudonym Owen Meredith.Lytton died in late 1891, and tipped in to the front blanks is a letter from his wife, Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton, dated March 1892.She begins the letter 'Dear Sir, we sent to you a first edition of Lord Lytton's poems', but explains that by 'some accident' the address was incorrect. She continues 'in your kind letter to me after my dear husband's death you mentioned having still a small sum to pay'. She says she will have the amount placed on credit, and closes the missive with 'believe me dear sir very faithfully, Edith Lytton'.The individual the letter is addressed to is not named.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. The charming illustrated bookplate of British literary agent A. P. Watt appears to the front pastedown. Watt is generally regarded as the first true literary agent, when he arrived on the literary scene in the late 1870s. In the publisher's original paper vellum binding, with gilt detailing. Back strip age toned, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Board perimeters a touch age toned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Letter pasted to front free endpaper and first blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…