cowper william grimshawe rev (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 695 pages (complete). A chunky pocket sized volume in very good condition - especially considering its age. The board cover is strong, rigid. The spine, although faded and with wear to the seams, is healthy and dignified. The front and end pages have some foxing. The contents are astonishingly clean, beautifully fresh and bright, tight and almost as if new. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, blind tooling to the upper and lower panels. 8vo 7'' x 5'' xxiv, 344 [pp]. Frontispiece and additional title page. Cracking to the end papers and spine edges, small chips across the spine tips, foxing to the end papers, contents clean. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). The collected works with a biographical sketch of William Cowper in one large volume, the third edition. The third edition of this work. Containing the collected works of William Cowper, with a biographical sketch of his life compiled from Cowper's private correspondence. Edited by the Rev TS Grimshawe.Cowper was a famed English poet and hymnodist. He was a great influence on the eighteenth century nature poetry as he focused his writings on the every day life and scenes from the English countryside. Featuring some of his most popular works including 'Table Talk' and 'The Task' among others.With frontispiece and additional engraved title page. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards lightly marked, rear board and back strip faded. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor faint spotting scattered to occasional leaf. Very Good. book.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A fifth edition copy of the complete works of William Cowper, with illustrations throughout. A fifth edition copy of The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems, first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence and edited by the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe.William Cowper was an English poet and Anglican Hymn writer and one of the most popular poets of his time. He changed the direction of nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes in the English countryside.This volume is also illustrated with four plates a frontispiece and additional pictorial title page. Collated, complete.With a previous owner inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper, dated 1862. In full morocco binding. Externally, smart with some fading to the spine and extremities. With a previous owner inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper, dated 1862 and a pencil inscription to the opposite page. Internally, pages are firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good. book.

Hardback, 6.5 x 4 inches. Full green morocco leather binding, extensive gilt decorations to boards and spine, with raised banding and gilt lettering. Gilt crests to boards ?Tuum Est.? In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed on edges and corners. Some minor marks to endpapers with bookplate to front ?Thomas Lloyd, Beechmount.? Inscription to front prelim dated 1868. Darkening and foxing to edges of plates, all with tissue guards. Some occasional minor spots and handling marks to pages, small glue mark to p95 from small loose ?cracker? illustration, some foxing to edges of 390-391. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 695pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontis portrait and title page vignette. With 6 other full-page engraved plates. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry.

Eight Volumes. Pocket size hardbacks, approx 6.5 x 4 inches. In dark maroon morocco fine leather bindings; with gilt line and blind embossed decorative edging to boards, gilt crests to front and rear boards, raised bands with gilt decorations to spines, gilt lettering and embossed decoration. All page edges gilt, with gilt inner dentelles to boards and decorative endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges and ends of spines, corners slightly bumped. Some rubbing marks to spines and one minor rubbing mark to front of vol.2, else boards all clean and smart. Bookplates to endpapers ?Joseph Ridgway, Ridgmont.? Some darkening to edges of plates, some minor foxing to edges and title pages underneath. With tissue guards. One or two minor handling marks to pages, with some areas of minor to a couple of odd pages. Else overall a very good clean and tight set. 8 volumes: Each volume illustrated with a B&W engraved frontis plate and decorative title page vignette. (Approx 300-400pp per vol.).