Sir john denham (22 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHY. Fine copper engraved portrait with a valuable 500 word biography of the eminent personage. Each plate is 8.5 x 5 ins, 22 x 12 cms. and will be mounted (matted) and ready to frame. The portrait is in an oval with biography underneath. Sir John Denham (1614 or 1615-19 March 166…

Zustand: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original dark green tooled cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xxxii] 329 printed pages of text. A little repaired fraying of the cloth to the spine edges, old dry humidity line marks to the edges of the black paper end papers, ink…

Hardcover. 12mo., xxvii, [28]-212 pages, [1]. In Good condition. Bound in full brown buckram, with gilt lettering to spine. Boards show moderate bumping to head and tail of spine and corners, with light shelf wear overall. Text block has moderate age toning and several instances of light soiling to edges, light plus age toning t…

Second edition. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the tail of the spine. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Sewn in later marbled paper wrappers, handsome modern armorial bookplate on inside of wrappers. 8vo [binding c. 19.5 x 12 cms], pp16 uncut, occasionally roughly opened and cut close at the top just clipping a couple of page numbers, lower corner of A2 lacking small piece just affecting final word…

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of J. Johnston Abraham with the owner's bookplate. P…

Leather. Zustand: Good. The sixth edition of this volume of the collected poetical works of Sir John Denham, featuring also his tragic play, 'The Sophy'. The sixth edition of this work.A delightful work collecting the poetic works of Sir John Denham, and featuring also his five-act tragedy 'The Sophy'.'The Sophy', set in a Persi…

Jacob Tonson, London. 1709. Fifth edition. Hardback. .8vo. Full contemporary hand tooled calf with new title piece. Lacks frontis and front end paper. Bookplate to front paste down from Thomas Weld Esq., Lulworth Castle. Signature of Margaret Weld Nov: 25: 1731 on title page. Boards are marked and upper joint is tender. Contents…

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. The first edition of this very scarce early eighteenth century collection of poems, edited by Elijah Fenton. The very scarce first edition of this work, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by Michael van der Gucht.A wonderful collection of early eighteenth century miscellaneous p…

Small 8vo, pp. 16; type-flowers at head of p. 5; disbound; late 19th-century wrappers with relevant and orderly manuscript notes on upper cover; a few soil spots, else very good and sound. The author's well-known poem in which he describes the area around his house in Egham, originally published in 1642 (see DNB V, p. 796). ESTC…

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Full calf leather binding, gilt paneled boards, raised banding and full gilt decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Some minor light rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Neat inscription to front endpaper ?Percy Trower, from his sincere friend Sydney Dugdale,…