ames percy editor (4 Ergebnisse)

Original Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First American Edition. Endpapers foxed; ink stamp on frontfly leaf.

Zustand: Fair. First edition (hardback). 8vo, xxv, 171pp. 10 plates. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Lacks the top inch of cloth from the spine, waterstaining to the lower corner of the front board and the front free endpaper, pp 164/165 dusty, else the contents are very good. Overall, this copy is in fair condition only.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Cover shows faint signs of use, but is unmarked and undamaged. Internally, clean and fresh, with unmarked and uncreased pages. Overall, very sound and presentable. Size: 24.6 x 18.9 x 1.1 cm. 45 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; ISBN: 1279847522. ISBN/EAN: 9781279847527. Add. Inventory No: 251106REE0066859.

First edition. "Reproduced in facsimile, with portrait, for the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, and edited, with an introduction and notes by Percy W. Ames." Excerpt from the Introduction: "This translation, made by Queen Elizabeth during her early childhood (which is in some respects the most attractive period of her lif), constitutes an interesting illustration of he precocious ability." First published in French in 1544 : Le Miroir de l'ame Pecherresse. The English translation first appeared in 1548 under the title: A Godly Medytacion of the Christen Soul. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 8.5" x 6" . [4pp.]/pp.45/ff.65 leaves of facsimilie manuscript. Brown calf over brown buckram with gilt crest to front board: "Royal Society Of Literature." Spine with 5 raised bands, blind stamp titles and simple decorated compartments. Hinges carefully strengthened. Marbled endpapers. Pink library label to verso of the front cover: "Lambeth Public Libraries.". Photogravure frontis of; "The Princess Elizabeth." by "J. Hyatt, Sc." Title-page in red & black. Clean text and sepia coloured facsimile leaves. However, most leaves have a small ink stamp: "The Tate Central Library Brixton, S.W." A well preserved copy of a scarce book.