burns robert alexander smith (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. No date found.c.1935. 378 pages. Text unmarked. A light damp stain on some rear pages fore edge.does not go into text. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 12mo. feps discoloured, foxing to pds, feps, and reverse of frontis, damp staining to frontis & tp. rough cut pages, moderate wear with some creasing. moderate wear to boards, spine rolled and ridges, back strip rubbed top & base. Book.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

London; Macmillan, 1870. 17,5x12,5 cm. lxii, (1, 1 blank), 636 pp. Contemporary red half leather (Hatchards) with raised bands on spine, gilt in compartments, red paper on boards, marbled edges and endpapers. Spine is slightly faded and has a few light scrape marks, the corners are a bit worn. There are a few insignificant specks on the title leaf. A fine copy.

Zustand: Very good. First Edition. Scarce first edition, presentation copy from the editor, of this textbook of canonical poets for students - including Milton, Dryden, Burns, Pope, Smith, Carter, and Barbauld. Woolston created this collection of the "most admired poetry" from "the best authors." The biographical summaries at the rear include this description for Charlotte Smith: "Every reader of sensibility must lament, with me, the sorrows and afflictions, which this very amiable Lady has been frequently and long exposed to, though they gave birth to some of the most exquisite Sonnets, perhaps, ever written." Issued by Mary Luckman, who took over her husband's printing business upon his death in 1784. Quite scarce, with only three copies recorded in ESTC (Bodleian, BL, Canterbury), and another three via OCLC (Yale, Penn State, University of South Carolina). A pocket window into the big names in poetry at the end of the 18th century. 36mo, 5'' x 2.75''. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, maroon spine label, gilt rules to boards. Publisher's catalogue at rear. xii, 310, [2] pages. Ink inscription, "The Gift of the / author April 24th / 1795" to front fly leaf. Subtle paper repairs to gutters of first few leaves. Boards rather rubbed at corners, with some dry crackling to contemporary leather, else neat and clean.