John underhill ed (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription and pen marking to front free endpaper. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to rear board. Boards are warped.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo., 294 pp., Very Good, Green Cloth, edge wear, some pages loose, shelf wear.

Zustand: Good. 8vo., 399 pp., Very Good, Green Cloth, edge wear, some pages loose, shelf wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover (leather spine and brown boards) in good condition. Volume one. Limited edition; number 123 of 200 copies. Age related fading and wear to the spine; some lighter wear to the boards; nicked leading corners. Foxing on the page block and some of the rough cut pages. Light creases at a few points. The binding remains sound; all text is clear. CM. Used. …

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. A smartly bound complete two volume set of this limited edition collection of poetry by John Gay. Complete in two volumes.Limited to two hundred copies on large paper, of which this is No.75.In a smart half brown calf binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece to volume one.A collection of the poetical works of John Gay, an English poet and dramatist who was a member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera.Volume one contains the longer poems, epistles and epistolary verse, as well as the eclogues.Volume two contains translations, prologues and epilogues, fables, poems from "Gay's chair", miscellaneous pieces, songs and ballads.With a life of the author and copious notes from John Underhill, a British editor. In half calf. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spines, with minor rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down of both volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the scarce odd spot. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…