gray rev charles (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Volume 1: Publication of 536 pages and 16 pages Messrs, Rivington's new list. The inner hinge has been repaired// Volume 2: Publication of 660 pages. /// Bookplate tipped in on the front inner cover in both volumes. MDCCCLXXVI-1876. , In Both Volumes: Name of the previous owner written on the front free end paper page. Heavy set may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The set is in fair to good condition, some neat repairs have been done. Frontispieces and tissue paper. There is gilt on the spine and decoration on the front covers. The boards are both a touch edge worn. There is foxing around the block of the book and little on the endpapers. The binding is excellent. Set of Two Volumes. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. 536 pages (complete). Ex-library (Cape Argus Library) copy with consequent use, annotations, wear, stamps, marks. Volume I only (of two). A much owned and neglectfully stored copy. Quarter cloth. The boards are scuffed and marked. They have wear. They are resolute. Within, the contents have some foxing and annotations. The pages are clear, mild, benign, assured and competent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards are worn and marked.Pencil annotation.Previous ownership inscriptions.Age related stains.Well bound.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

[Poetry] FINELY BOUND SECOND EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] x; lxvi; 142 [2]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary red full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and Gray's Eton memorial and Eton College Chapel stamped in gilt to boards. All edges gilt, and endpapers marbled. Black ink gift inscription to first blank: 'William K.H.R. White | with the best wishes | of his sincere friend | Charles J. Cornish | on his leaving Eton | Midsummer 1847.' Heavy spotting to plates, blanks and facing leaves, otherwise crisp and clean. Spine toned, with some light rubbing and a couple of bumps. Very good. A decidedly deluxe edition of Gray's poetry, with about one third of the volume consisting of a Life of the poet. Likely bound to be used interchangeably as a gift or prize book.

[Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIFTH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] viii; c; 142 [4]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary tan full calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red label, and further gilt tooling to spine. Also with Gray's Eton memorial and Eton College Chapel stamped in gilt to boards. All edges and endpapers marbled. Black ink ownership to first blank. Heavy spotting to plates and facing leaves, otherwise quite clean internally. Much of the gilt decoration on the spine has been rubbed away, but the title label is unaffected. Light wear to binding overall. Very good. A decidedly deluxe edition of Gray's poetry, with nearly half the volume consisting of additional material, including a Life of the poet, some literary criticism, and even a series of 'introductory stanzas' by the Reverend John Moultrie. Likely bound to be used interchangeably as a gift or prize book, it contains no evidence of a dedication or prize inscription.