John dryden walter scott (29 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.…

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Zustand: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b The works of John Dryden . Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author, by Walter Scott.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Li.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. all volumes blue cloth bound with paper titles to spine, some paper titles worn and missing areas, some boards marked and soiled, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and bumped, could benefit from being rebound. All volumes uncut pages, all pages present in each volume each page is clean and free of any foxing, overall pages very good condition, volumes weigh 9.6kg.…

First Edition thus. Good copies only in contemporary teal cloth boards, with printed spine labels, inaccurately titled "The poetical works" (this set comprising the complete dramas). Some boards stained at the margins, with spines dust-toned; endbands worn, some fraying. Printed labels age-toned, some partly lacking. Some hinges starting. Aside from faint foxing to preliminary and final leaves, text remains clean throughout, if slightly shaken in places. Despite its faults, a well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 7 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Vols. 2-8 of 18, i.e. the complete dramas. Lacking: Vol. 1,Life of John Dryden, and Vols. 9-18, containing poetry, prose and the index. Published 1882-1893. Subjects; Dryden, John, 1631-1700, complete works. English literature, 17th century. Restoration drama, poetry. 1 Kg. …

First Edition thus. Good copies only in contemporary teal cloth boards, with printed spine labels, inaccurately titled "The poetical works" (this set comprising the complete dramas). Some boards stained at the margins, with spines dust-toned; endbands worn, some fraying. Printed labels age-toned, some partly lacking. Some hinges starting. Aside from faint foxing to preliminary and final leaves, text remains clean throughout, if slightly shaken in places. Despite its faults, a well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 7 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Vols. 2-8 of 18, i.e. the complete dramas. Lacking: Vol. 1,Life of John Dryden, and Vols. 9-18, containing poetry, prose and the index. Published 1882-1893. Subjects; Dryden, John, 1631-1700, complete works. English literature, 17th century. Restoration drama, poetry. 1 Kg. …

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A complete, eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden, the first Scott edition, uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco. The collected works of John Dryden, with notes, historical, critical and explanatory, and a life of the author by Walter Scott. The first Scott edition. Complete in eighteen volumes. Uniformly bound in full straight-grain morocco, retaining the half title and blanks. A comprehensive collection of works written by English poet, literary critic, playwright and translator, John Dryden. Known for his enormous contributions to the literature of Restoration England, Dryden was the first appointed Poet Laureate. This extensive collection features Dryden's poetry, plays, letters and various translations, as well as a memoir of his life by Walter Scott. Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I and a large folding plate to Volume VI. Collated, complete. With the bookplate of R. J. Lambton to each volume. Uniformly bound in full straight-grain morocco, retaining the half title and blanks. Endpapers renewed. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to extremities and joints, causing small cracks to joints. Hinges are slightly strained to most volumes, with the front hinge tender to I, II and XVII, and the rear hinge tender to I and VI. A small tear to the head of the front joint to I. A few light marks to boards. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting and light handling marks, mainly to the first and last few pages. Small tide mark to the corner of the first six pages of IV, including title page, although not affecting text. Light edge wear and a few spots to folding plate. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st edn. ~Original sprinkled tan calf. Rebacked in light brown cloth, gilt lettering and blind ruling to spines. Traces of gilt to board edges. Mild wear to board edges and corners. 8vos (14.2 x 22.2cm). Hinges sound. Replacement laid paper endpapers. Foxing to fore-edges. Minor scattered foxing to text block, mostly to early and late pages. Half-titles to all vols except vol. III. Frontis port. to vol. I, folding plate to vol. VI, and plate to vol. IX. 11pp. advertisement to vol. I by Scott as editor, framing Dryden, among English authors, as 'one who may claim at least the third place in that honoured list' (behind Shakespeare and Milton); Scott's Life of Dryden takes up the rest of vol. I. Index to rear of final vol. Pencil sidelining to a few pp. in vols I, X, XII, & XIII. Pencil annots to blank rear endpage in vols II-V, XI, & XVI. Walter Scott's 'magisterial edition' of Dryden's works, the first collected edition, 'with a judicious life and learned historical notes', which 're-established Dryden for the nineteenth-century public' (ODNB). Scott's life of Dryden, acclaimed by the 1971 Introduction to 'Dryden: The Critical Heritage' as 'still the best critical biography of Dryden, whether one looks for historical and literary context, or for sequence and relation, or for critical insight', stands as a major achievement in literary history and saw Dryden 'enshrined' among the defining figures of English literature. First edition. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders. Size: c. 500pp. per vol. Binding sound, text unmarked.…

Full calf leather. Zustand: Very Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. 40 lbs 8VO; In period full diced calf bindings with marbled end papers and matching marbled edges. Vol. XII carefully rebacked; Vol. XIV with cracking joints. Spines are nice. Vol I portrait frontis of Dryden has foxing and offset to title page. Balance of that and all the other volumes are clean except for some offset foxing to end matter from the colored endpapers. Provenance - contemporary armorial bookplate of John Henry Sparke, Rev John Henry Sparke bought Gunthorpe Hall which included land at Mattishall and Mattishall Burgh. 1854. Text block edges are marbled. Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. [1][2]He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romanticist writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. FIRST VOLUME ONLY. Contains "The Life of John Dryden" by Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: William Paterson (1882). XX+446 pages. Frontispiece. NearFine Hardcover, no dj. Original Green Leather binding, Gilt spine title, Gilt top edge. Minimal wear to the top of the spine. Personal ExLibris of S. W. Tager inside front cover otherwise otherwise Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong Tight binding, Excellent hinges. 9.1"x6.25"x1.5". be44902.…