Ernest rhys ed intro (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good-VG for Age. No Jacket. 1st Thus. Grey boards with red-bordered black lettered sp. label 'The Mermaid Series. Thomas Dekker, clean bar two whitish smudges bottom sp., outer corners bumped. f/piece+ xlvi + 473 + colophon, floral t.p.'s head-pieces, end-pieces and initial capitals throughout; paste-downs have centrally printed red ex-libris panels as published, front one has a prev. owner's sig., front end-paper has tanning to oute side and series list verso, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked. This has 5 of Dekker's plays, Rhys's extensive opening essay on Dekker is, academically, the main merit of this Mermaid edition. A very acceptable copy.13.5 cm x 19 cm.…

Zustand: Good. 12mo. Red Cloth, 461 pp., Very Good. Everyman's Library.

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good+. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 215 pages; [no date given] Circa 1896. J M. Dent & Co, Aldine House. Bound in full vellum with decorative pictorial borders and title design to cover and spine in gilt. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed. This vellum bound edition uniform with other Rhys edited "Lyrical Poets" volumes published by Dent at this time. Prior owner gift inscription to front endpage dated 1896. Illustrated with an etched frontis portrait of Sidney, with tissue guard. Offset toning to the pictorial title page from the guard. Expected light toning to page stock. One of the exquisite little volumes published by Dent at the turn of the century. VG.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A uniform three-volume Everyman"s Library set bringing together Robert Browning"s major poetry, including "The Ring and the Book," with contemporary scholarly introductions. In the publisher's original green cloth bindings.A uniform three-volume Everyman"s Library set of the major poetic works of Robert Browning with contemporary scholarly introductions. Together these volumes contain Browning"s major lyric and dramatic poetry, including early collections, the dramatic monologues that established his reputation, and his monumental verse epic The Ring and the Book, a narrative reconstruction of a seventeenth-century murder trial. comprising:The Poems of Robert Browning, Volume I (18331844). With an introduction by Arthur Waugh. First impression issued February 1906, this copy a fourth reprint, June 1911.The Poems of Robert Browning, Volume II (18441864). First impression issued February 1906; this copy a fourth reprint, June 1911.The Ring and the Book. With an introduction by Charles W. Hodell. This copy is undated. Dated from Jisc using a copy held at the British Library, c.1911.Robert Browning (1812-1889) was a major English Victorian poet and playwright. Married to the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, he is notable for works such as Men and Women and the verse epic The Ring and the Book. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Scattered spotting concentrated to front joint of volume I of "The Poems." Very slight spotting to the perimeters of boards of "The Ring." Very slight rubbing to boards. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two minor handling marks to fore edges. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Good. 18mo. Green Cloth, Very Good. 222 pp.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Three volumes of Arthurian legend, including the famous 'Le Morte D'Arthur' and 'Arthurian Chronicles', edited by Ernest Rhys as part of Everyman's Library. Three volumes in the publisher's original uniform cloth bindings with gilt detailing to the spines. The decorative end papers and title pages were designed by the book designer and illustrator Reginald L. Knowles (1879-1950). Previous owner's stamp to the front paste down to each volume. Previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the title page to each volume.Two chivalric romance titles in three volumes from Everyman's Library, edited by Ernest Rhys; including the famous Le Morte D'Arthur. These volumes are a couple of the earliest works published by J. M. Dent & Sons for Everyman's Library, which was founded in 1906. They provide an example of the pocket format which was used for this series from 1906 until 1953.Le Morte D'Arthur, Volumes I and II by Thomas Malory. Volume I is a first thus edition, third impression published January 1908. Volume II is a first thus edition, second impression published May 1906. Arthurian Chronicles, represented by Wace and Layamon. Translated by Eugene Mason. Introduction by Lucy Allen Paton. Undated, dated 1912 through copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with fading to the spines of 'Le Morte D'Arthur' volumes. Small marks to the front boards of 'Le Morte D'Arthur' volumes. Light shelf wear to the head of the spines to 'Le Morte D'Arthur' volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…