Barrett elizabeth b browning (6 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Humphrey, L B (illustrator).

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Humphrey, L B (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. (American Literature / Periodicals / Edgar Allan Poe) The Pioneer: A Literary and Critical Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1843) - Vol. 1, No. 3 (Mar. 1843) [Complete Run]. Boston: Leland and Whiting, 1843. FIRST EDITION. Royal 8vo - 10-1/4" x 7". 1-48 pp., [49]-96 pp., and [97]-144 pp. Complete three-issue run of this short-lived but seminal 19th-century literary journal, spanning January to March of 1843. Bound in the original publisher's salmon-colored paper wrappers printed in black. All three issues are illustrated with mechanical reproductions consisting of original etchings and woodcuts printed in black. The complete set is housed in a custom protective collector's brown cloth chemise and matching slipcase. The physical condition of the periodical is graded VERY GOOD (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The delicate original paper wrappers exhibit general light handling wear and age-toning to the extremities across all three issues, with a single notable irregular paper loss along the lower edge of the front wrapper of Vol. I, No. 1. Internally, all three issues remain exceptionally clean, bright, and securely attached to their original stitching, free of any significant foxing or other defects. Founded by James Russell Lowell and Robert Carter, The Pioneer was launched as an avant-garde vehicle to challenge the commercialism of contemporary literary magazines and foster a high-minded national literature. Though the venture abruptly ceased after only three months due to severe financial collapse and an eye infection that temporarily blinded Lowell, its brief run remains one of the most legendary triumphs in American publishing history. Most notably, Vol. I, No. 1 contains the true first printing of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece of Gothic fiction, "The Tell-Tale Heart," which Lowell eagerly accepted for publication. Nos. 2 and 3 similarly contain foundational first printings by Poe, including the definitive publication of his landmark poem "Lenore." This complete run also features early critical works, essays, and poetry by iconic literary contemporary figures including Elizabeth Barrett [Browning], Nathaniel Hawthorne, and John Greenleaf Whittier, capturing the peak of the mid-19th-century American Renaissance as it was originally presented to the public. Because 19th-century paper-wrapped periodicals were inherently fragile and intended for casual consumption rather than preservation, complete three-issue runs of The Pioneer are incredibly scarce, particularly when preserved in their original publisher's printed salmon wrappers. While a current global sweep of the OCLC/WorldCat database locates approximately 18 holdings of The Pioneer preserved in institutional special collections worldwide: the vast majority of these surviving copies have been structurally altered—permanently bound together into hardcover volumes, typically stripped of their original exterior paper covers, with some recorded institutional examples even suffering from excised interior illustrations. Notably, only a single landmark institution, The Morgan Library & Museum, explicitly records a complete three-issue run surviving entirely unbound and intact in the original publisher's wrappers as issued. The extreme fragility of these survival factors makes an intact, unsophisticated set in its original state an absolute paramount scarcity for the 19th-century researcher. THIS EXTRAORDINARY 19th-CENTURY PERIODICAL RUN, BRIDGING THE TRAGIC REIGN OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S GREATEST GOTHIC FICTION WITH THE GENESIS OF AMERICAN LITERARY JOURNALISM, REPRESENTS A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, 19th-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE, OR RARE LITERARY PERIODICALS. Andrews, J.; Chandler, J. G.; Cheney, J.; Johnston, D. C. (illustrator). …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A bright, delightful copy of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's illustrated poem based on Psalm 127. An 1883 edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All edges gilt. Bookplate to the front paste down. 8 plates and further illustrations accompanying the text, drawn by L. B. Humphrey and engraved by "Andrew". Collated complete. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was a Victorian poet, popular in Britain and the United States for her poetry. This illustrated poem is based on Psalm 127, He Giveth his Beloved Sleep. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart, with light bumping to the boards and extremities. Colour and gilt remain bright. Front hinge is splitting but still reasonably firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good. L. B. Humphrey (illustrator). book. …

Half-Leather. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. Charles J. Peterson et al., publishers. Philadelphia: 1843-1845. Half leather with marbled boards. A bound volume of different 'Lady's' magazines, containing the bound volume of July through December 1843 of the Ladie's National Magazine, as well as various single issues of Godey's Lady's Book (March 1844 and February 1845) and Graham's Magazine (January and November of 1844). These are not bound consecutively but appear after volume IV of the Ladies' National Magazine. With various plates, including several color fashion plates included with the Ladies' Magazine and Godey's Book. NO original wraps or ads included with any issue. Two plates MISSING from the Ladies' National Magazine, although all fashion plates are present, some misbound. 3 fashion plates not colored although indicated that they should be in the contents. Of note in the various volumes is 'The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade,' by Edgar Allan Poe (Godey's Lady's Book, February 1845); "The Lady's Yes" by Elizabeth B. Barrett (Browning) [Graham's Magazine January 1844]; 'Terpsichore' by Oliver Wendell Holmes in the same issue; and a poem by Henry William Herbert. The November 1844 issue of Graham's contains a brief article on an Elkhorn Pyramid on the Upper Missouri, with a plate included. With fashion plates included for the various Godey's Lady's Books. POOR/FAIR condition. Leather backstrip effectively DETACHED, with the lower 3 inches MISSING. Covers very weakly attached. The first few leaves of the book tenuously hanging on by a thread. Two leaves of illustrations DETACHED and laid in at the middle of the book. Moderate scuffing and general fading to the boards, with some soiling. Extremities scuffed and worn. Scattered foxing, soiling and staining throughout the interior, moderate to heavy in a few places. Text block shaken but intact, except for the above noted sections.…