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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume presents the complete 'Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell,' offering readers a comprehensive collection of the celebrated Irish poet's verse. Parnell, a contemporary of Swift and Pope, is known for his elegant style and moral themes. This edition, carefully edited by John Mitford, ensures an accessible and engaging reading experience. Parnell's poems, characterized by their clarity and grace, reflect the literary tastes of the early 18th century. From didactic fables to lyrical pieces, his work showcases a range of poetic forms and subjects. This collection provides valuable insight into the period's literary landscape and the enduring appeal of classical verse. A must-have for scholars and enthusiasts of English poetry, 'The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell' preserves a significant voice from the Augustan age.This 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 work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This 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 work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This 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 work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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leather_bound. Zustand: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Voumes I & II. Disbound - no covers, hence acceptable. Text blocks darkened with some foxing and thumbing. Text blocks firm and in one pice. Good rebinding project.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: for White, Cochrane, and Co., 1814. First Mitford edition. clxxxiv+271p. 2 plates including frontispiece. Both plates are portraits of Gray, one as a boy, the other in later years. Slight toning to paper, and foxing to second portrait with offsetting to adjacent pages. Otherwise internally very good. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Presentation inscription on blank page before frontispiece. Bound in half calf, with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, over marbled boards. Boards rubbed and worn at extremities.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A collection of the letters between Thomas Gray and William Mason to which are added some letters addressed by Gray to the Rev. James Browne, D.D., Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. This is a first edition of this work.Published in its entire form and arranged by Mason. With notes and illustrations by the Rev. John Mitford, Vicar of Benhall.Thomas Gray (1716-1771) was an English poet, scholar and writer of letters who declined the role of Poet Laureate in 1757. His most famous piece of work was 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard'.William Mason (1724-1797) was an English poet, author and divine, who was a friend and biographer to Gray. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart but with some bumping and wear to extremities. With an ink mark to rear board. Hinges tender. Internally, firmly bound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown.Pages are generally bright and clean throughout but with slight spotting to first and last few pages. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First Mitford Edition. clxxxiv, 271 p. 22 cm. Frontispiece portrait. Full leather with marbled endpapers and text block edges. Corners bumped and gilt spine worn. Some foxing and thumbing. Thomas Gray (1716 1771), English poet and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge, is best known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (p. 124). The English clergyman and man of letters John Mitford (1781-1859) had contemplated an edition of Thomas Gray's Works since 1811; in 1814 he produced this first accurate edition of Gray's poems, complete with notes, a biography, and a critical essay. It would be the first of many editions produced by Mitford over the years. …

First Edition. Very good copies all in full gilt-blocked, green aniline calf boards with inner gilt dentelles, and all edges gilt. Faintly scuffed covers, slightly rubbed along the board edges. Spines somewhat more worn, with minor cracks at joint ends; bottom two compartments lifting on v.1 and top compartment pivoting on rear joint. Marble endpapers; contemporary owner's autograph to flyleaves. Tight, bright and clean internally, with surprisingly sharp corners. A remarkably well-preserved and complete set. Series; The Aldine edition of the British poets. Physical description; complete in 5 volumes : portrait ; 17 cm. Notes; This edition originally published 1839. Includes a life of the poet by John Mitford. Contents; v. 1. Introductory sonnets ; The life of Edmund Spenser / by the Rev. J. Mitford ; The faerie queene. [Author's preliminaries] ; Book I-II -- v. 2. The faerie queene. Book II (continued)-IV -- v. 3. The faerie queene. Book IV (continued)-VI -- v. 4. The faerie queene. Book VI (continued) ; Miscellanies. Colin Clouts come home againe ; Virgils gnat ; The shepheards calendar : containing twelve aeglogues, proportionable to the twelve months -- v. 5. Fowre hymnes ; Three visions ; Prosopoia, or, Mother Hubbafds tale ; Prothalamoin, or, A spousall verse ; Epithalamion ; Poems ; Amoretti, or sonnets ; Daphnaida ; The doleful lay of Clorinda ; The mourning music of Thestylis ; A pastoral eglogue upon the death of Sir Phillip Sidney ; An elegie, or Friends passion for his Astrophil ; An epitaph upon the Right Honourable Sir Phillip Sidney ; Another of the same ; The teares of the Muses ; The ruines of Rome ; The ruines of time ; Muipotmos, or, The fate of the butterflie ; Brittain's Ida. Subjects; English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. London: William Pickering, 1832. Five vols., 8vo., cli, 172; vi, 316; viii, 320; vi, 309; vi, 317 pp., engraved frontisportrait, and Aldine device on the title-page. Contemporary half green calf, red marbled boards heightened in gilt, five raised bands with gilt-tooled panel decoration to backstrip, red and black morocco label strips with title information in gilt to backstrip, marbled endpapers. Joints and corners of boards have some slight rubbing, minor foxing to outer margins; otherwise very good. Bookplate of Thomas Lee Marshall to first pastedown. § First edition thus, with a "Life of Dryden" by Rev. John Mitford. The Aldine Poet Series was a 20 year project that involved printing new editions of classic British poets from Chaucer through to the 19th Century. They were published in 53 volumes during the years 1830-1844. Pickering secured John Mitford and Alexander Dyce as editors with Sir Harris Nicolas, so that the series would be of a high standard.…