Rev john mitford (21 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Boston, 1853; brown cloth covered boards; mild corner and edge wear; no jacket; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on front paste-down; interior is clean and unmarked; 223 pages.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

One page, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper. Difficult hand. He is sending 'one number of the Magazine which was mislaid', together with 'a book of the . The is very cold & , the , to have a late Spring.'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. clxxxiv + 271pp. Still well bound within original boards but missing external spine. Interior in very nice clean condition with just very light foxing to end pages. Owner's bookplate inside cover with motto Suscipiant Montes Pacem - I believe the pic may be of Fairy Hill, Rostrevor the country house of the Townley Balfour family. All edges roughcut. Contains 2 plates in excellent condition.…

Zustand: Very Good Minus. 2nd Edition. Full calf leather Eton prize binding. Spine with five raised bands, morocco title label, gilt decoration. Gilt vignette and gilt & blind border to both boards. Gilt decoration to board edges, blind tooled turn-ins. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Spine rubbed and lacking most of the gilt decoration. Light marking to boards. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Occasional patches of foxing to the text. A couple of ink spots to one page. Heavy foxing to some of the plates. Provenance: from the library of Williamstrip Park, Coln St. Aldwyns - seat of the Hicks Beach family. Inscribed to leading presentation page: 'Michael Hicks-Beach from H.J.C. Harper, March 23, 1850.' Henry John Chitty Harper served as chaplain of Eton College. In 1856 he became Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand and eventually went on to become the second Primate of New Zealand. The book recipient was Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt., 1st Earl of St. Aldwyn and 9th Baronet of Beverston. He had a long political career, serving as a Conservative MP from 1864 until 1906, twice serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and briefly as Leader of the Opposition in 1886. An imperfect but still attractive volume, with interesting provenance. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Large 8vo. lxvi, 142.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose. Printed from the Original Editions with a Life of the Author by the Rev. John Mitford. In Eight Volumes. Complete. Published by Bickers and Bush, London, 1863. A very good set of full calf leather hardbacks with raised bands, morocco labels and gilt decoration. Covers with slight wear and bumping. Most volumes are in near fine condition. Volume III has vertical splitting at the spine edges near the head and Volume VIII front cover is only loosely attached to spine and will detach soon. Endpapers with feathered marbling. Some cracking at joints. The text is near fine - generally clean, bright and soundly bound. With some spotting to fold-out sections, and some offsetting opposite frontispiece. With previous owner's inscription dated to 1864. A handsome set. Text in English. Weight approximately 7.5kg (the set - unpacked). Dimensions: Each volume approximately 227mm high x 155mm wide x 37mm deep. A heavy set - extra postage may be payable.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A hardcover in three-quarters leather, beautifully bound. Boards in marbled paper. Unmarked interior, clean pages and clean text. Five raised bands, gilt page edges. Corners are bumped. Previous owner's stamp at the front attached endpaper. A frontispiece illustration of the author in black and white.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Second edition. 8vo. [7], vi, [5], ii-lxvi, [3], 4-142, [2] pp. Contemporary full sheep with a decoration of a church stamped in gold on the front board, gold borders on each board and gold tooling on the boards' edges, a tombstone in gold on the rear board, spine in six compartments with decorations blindstamped on the spine, a black sheep label lettered in gold on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with sixteen plates. A beautiful edition of English poetry. A dampstain to the front board, moderate rubbing to the corners, a bookplate on the verso of the free front endpaper.…

[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.…

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.…

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. …

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. …

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first Mitford edition of 'The Poems of Thomas Gray', being the first to contain John Mitfords notes and biography, elegantly bound in full rebacked calf. A collection of the poems by Thomas Gray. The first edition of Thomas Gray's poetry to contain critical notes and a life of the author from the Rev. John Mitford. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Illustrated with two plates, being an engraved frontispiece and one additional plate. Collated, complete.Gray is best known for his poem 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'. However he was an incredibly self-critical poet, and only published thirteen poems during his life. Gray was offered the position of Poet Laureate, but turned it down. He is considered to be pre-Romantic.With the bookplate of William Harden. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and a few marks to boards. Bookplate to front paste down. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. A smart half-calf collection of the poetry of Jonathan Swift, featuring an extensive biography by the Rev. John Mitford. Complete in three volumes.Smartly bound in full brown calf with marbled endpapers.Frontispiece portrait of the poet to Volume I.Bookplate of Chas. A. Bamber to the front paste down of each work.A lovely selection of the poetry of Anglo-Irish writer and cleric Jonathan Swift, best remembered as the author of Gulliver's Travels and as one of the most prominent satirists of the Georgian era. This collection includes verses such as "A Description of a City Shower" and "The Lady's Dressing Room" and features an in-depth biographical introduction by the Rev. John Mitford. In full-calf binding with marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Chas. A. Bamber to the front paste down of each work. Externally, reasonably smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in moderate loss of cloth to edges and cracking to front and rear joints. A few marks to boards, the most prominent being to the front boards of Volumes I and II. Internally, hinges generally a little weak, especially to the rear of Volume I, text otherwise firmly bound. Small tide mark affecting the frontispiece of Volume I. Noticeable discolouration and light sporadic spotting throughout. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Part of Pickering's Aldine Poets series. 5 vols.: viii, lxxvi, 282; vi, 295; 296; vi, 305; vi, 317 p. 17 cm. Frontispiece portrait in vol. I printed by Charles Whittingham. Burgundy leather. All edges gilt. Bindings signed by Hayday. Light wear to edges. Vol. III has hole in spine. Vols. II & III have chipped front boards. Bookplates for Mooresfort with initials C.C.M. on front pastedowns. Blind stamps for Ernest Sirluck on front free endpapers. Dampstain to frontispiece portrait in vol. I. Vol. IV has a few dogeared top corners affecting text block edge. Books were bound by James Hayday (1796-1872). According to Wikipedia, works bound by Hayday became famous, and his name attached to a book raised its value twenty-five per cent. William Pickering, whose anchor and dolphin device appears on the titles, introduced him to many wealthy patrons. Despite this, Hayday was unable to compete with cheaper binders and was bankrupt in 1861. Note bookplates for Field Marshall Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, and blind stamp of Prof. Ernest Sirluck (1918-2013) who taught in the University of Toronto's English department. …

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The uncommon two volume first edition of the collected poetry and correspondence of Thomas Gray, in handsome half calf bindings. The first edition, complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. The works of English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar Thomas Gray, with volume I containing his poetry and a life of the author, alongside an essay of Gray's poetry by Rev. John Mitford, with the second volume containing the poet's letters, and additional information and corrections from the author's manuscript. With the armorial bookplate of Frederick St Barbe Sladen to each front pastedown. Gray is best known for his 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', and for being extremely critical of his own writing. In half calf bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to back strips, with boards bright. Volume I front hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Offsetting to title pages, with pages otherwise bright, with light spotting throughout. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A very smart complete set, bound in full black morocco, with decorative gilt gauffered text block edges. A very smart complete set of eight volumes collecting the works of English poet, polemicist and civil servant John Milton.Volumes VI, VII printed in the original Latin.Bound in full black morocco, and decorated with full gilt gauffered text block edges, marbled endpapers, and gilt tooling to spine.Bound by J. Wright, with binder's stamp to the front blanks.Volume one features a monochrome frontispiece, ii unlisted folding plates, and a single vignette illustration. Collated from a copy held by the National Library of Wales, complete. Bound in full black morocco. Externally, smart. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Vol1 front hinge very slightly starting, but very firm. Very slight, infrequent fading to board extremities. Very slight chipping to vol VII to front joint. Small loss to vol VII spine. Very slight marks to vol VII front board. Small bookseller to vol1 front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd spot to pages to the very first and last pages. Very infrequent marks to text block edges. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Near Fine. The Aldine Edition. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 166 x 101 mm.). [i]-clxxxii [Life and Anecdotes of Goldsmith], [1]-156 pp, with engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound c. 1930 by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in, with the S&S monogram stamped in gilt on rear doublure. Full dark red crushed levant morocco over beveled boards with elaborate gilt-rolled borders and gilt-tooled frame. Front cover with Oliver Goldsmith's initials within a decorative thistle tool frame. Rear cover with central gilt wreath. Spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt-ruled board edges, broad, gilt-rolled dentelles, green silk end-leaves, top edge gilt. Gilt-tooled green calf doublures with decorative gilt corner-pieces. Front doublure with a fine gilt-framed oval portrait miniature watercolor under glass of Oliver Goldsmith. Front joint expertly and almost invisibly repaired. A Near Fine example of an S&S Cosway-Style binding. The Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), is probably best known for his popular novel Vicar of Wakefield (1766). Here however readers encounter a different side to his craft. Part of The Aldine Poet Series-a twenty-year long and fifty-three volume project of new editions of classic British poets from Chaucer through to the nineteenth century-this book highlights Goldsmith's poetry. Apart from poetry and novels, Goldsmith wrote plays and legend has it, the children's story The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. Kept busy by writing quickly and voluminously for Grub Street, the center of London's disreputable part of the literary world, Goldsmith nevertheless also found time to hone novels such as The Vicar of Wakefield, poems such as The Deserted Village, and plays such as She Stoops to Conquer. Contemporaries celebrated Goldsmith's ability to craft deceptively complex characters, most notably in the case of Charles Primrose, the vicar from The Vicar of Wakefield. Goldsmith counted Samuel Johnson among his closest friends, and Johnson wrote the epitaph that appears on Goldsmith's memorial in Westminster Abbey's famous Poets' Corner: "To the memory of Oliver Goldsmith, poet, philosopher and historian, by whom scarcely any style of writing was left untouched and no one touched unadorned, whether to move to laughter or tears; a powerful, yet lenient master of the affections, in genius sublime, vivid, and versatile, in expression, noble, brilliant, and delicate, is cherished in this monument by the love of his companions, the fidelity of his friends, and the admiration of his readers." The story of the Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindery reads like something out of a novel-when two of Douglas Cockrell's talented apprentices, Frances Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, were laid off during an economic downturn they began working out of an attic. Eventually their bindery would be famous for its intricate multicolored leather inlays and elaborate gold and jeweled bindings. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Near Fine.…