sparrow john ed (16 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; binding leans slightly to the right but remains tight and secure; full cloth cover has small, inward turns at the front free corners and some rubbing at corners and spine ends, along with a faint drip mark near the spine heel, otherwise excellent. Jacket has a long, closed tear with accompanying creases at the bottom left rear, an open tear at the bottom rear and a closed one at the top rear, scratching and a closed surface tear at the lower spine, chips at the spine ends, some toning along the spine and around edges, yet remains unclipped, the front clean and attractive, all now protected in a clear sleeve. 127pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with no markings, 127pp. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Zustand: Good. 1952. 127 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. Originally published in 1923, this book contains an edition of John Donne's Devotions, which were first printed in 1624. Editor(s): Sparrow, John. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBD; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

First edition thus. Tall 4to. Orig. publisher's tan cloth with small leather title label on spine. Very good copy, tissue between title page and frontispiece present, former owner's name (writer Meyer Liben) at top right corner of front free endpaper. No. 245 of 1050 copies on Dutch rag paper, which is a pleasure to handle.

Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition [of 520 copies]. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new endpapers. Sporadic light foxing. Edges untrimmed. 270mm x 170mm (11" x 7"). xx, 213pp. Poet and essayist Abraham Cowley (1618 -1667). His first collection of poetry, Poetical Blossoms was published in 1633, at the age of 15. Cowley was stripped of a Cambridge fellowship during the English Civil War and expelled for refusing to sign the Solemn League and Covenant of 1644. He accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to France, spending 12 years in exile as her secretary. During this time, Cowley completed The Mistress (1647). Arguably his most famous work, the collection exemplifies Cowley's metaphysical style of love poetry. Brown hardback cloth spine on decorative marbled boards.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). An understated limited edition collection of the poems of Henry King by The Nonesuch Press, edited by John Sparrow. In the original publisher's full paper Vellum binding. This volume is a limited edition being copy number seventy four of nine hundred. This is a quietly elegant Nonesuch Press revival of Bishop Henry King's 17th-century verse, contemplating themes of love, loss and mortality, his verses provide a bridge between the sacred and the secular. Henry King (1592 - 1669) was an English poet who served as Bishop of Chichester. He was a close friend of John Donne, who made him one of his executors. He was also well acquainted with Ben Jonson, George Sandys, Sir Henry Blount, and James Howell. His friendship with Izaak Walton began about 1634, and was lifelong. In the original publisher's full paper vellum binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight spotting to boards, heavier to rear board. Boards slightly cocked. Spine age toned, typical of this binding. Offsetting and spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd spot, heavier to rough cut fore edge. Minor cockling towards fore edge. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A limited edition of 'The Mistress with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1619-1667' edited by John Sparrow for the Nonesuch Press. A limited edition of this work, being copy seven hundred and four of one thousand and fifty copies. This edition has been made in Scotland by R. & R. Clark and printed on Dutch rag paper in Monotype Bodoni for The Nonesuch Press. Original brown cloth binding. Abraham Cowley was an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with fourteen printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721. In 1647 a collection of his love verses, entitled 'The Mistress', was published. Tucked within the between the rear endpaper and rear board is a cutting of an article from The Sunday Times, published October 31st, 1926, by Edmund Gosse. This cutting lends additional insight to "accomplished and highly conscientious verse of Cowley". Original brown cloth binding. Externally, generally smart but with damp staining to spine and front board with minor damp staining to rear board. Slight loss to spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with slight spotting throughout and to front paste down, heavier to the fore edge with dusting on rough cut fore edge. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A limited edition collection of poetry by the leading seventeenth century poet, Abraham Cowley. A limited edition of this work published by Nonesuch Press (311 of 1050 printed on Dutch rag paper), in the publisher's original cloth binding. Abraham Cowley was a seventeenth-century English poet, one of the most popular and influential of his era. Cowley showed poetical promise from a young age, publishing his first collection, 'Poetical Blossoms', in 1633, when he was fifteen. He went into exile as a Royalist during the Civil War, during which time he wrote a history of the Civil War. This collection includes 'The Mistress', 'Friendship in Absence', 'A Dream of Elysium', 'The Vain Love', 'The Rich Rival', 'My Fate', 'Impossibilities', 'Counsel', 'Sors Virgiliana', and many more. With a portrait of Abraham Cowley to the title page, drawn and engraved by John Hall from a painting from the collection of Horace Walpole. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. Books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just some light bumping to the boards. Spine label is still bright and intact. Offsetting to the free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A limited edition of the collected poems of Henry King. Henry King was an English poet and Bishop of Chichester in the seventeenth century, author of numerous elegies on royal people and on his close friends, who included John Donne and Ben Johnson.The present volume contains his collected poems edited by John Sparrow, published in a large paper, limited edition of nine-hundred copies, this number three-hundred and forty. The typography has been designed by Francis Meynell. In the original publisher's full paper vellum binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, light soiling to boards and spine, darkening to spine and minor chipping to extremities. Boards warped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional leaf unopened. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A limited edition poetical collection comprising the works of Abraham Cowley, one of the leading English poets of the seventeenth century. A limited edition of 1050 numbered copies on Dutch rag paper. This copy is number 283.In the publisher's original cloth binding.A pleasing collection of poems from English poet and essayist, Abraham Cowley.Includes his work 'The Mistress', which he completed during his twelve year in exile in France with Queen Henrietta Maria, a consequence of refusing to sign the Solemn League and Covenant of 1644.With a portrait of Cowley to the title page, drawn and engraved by John Hall from a painting from the collection of Horace Walpole. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With marks to the boards and a couple chips to the spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers, and the very odd spot. Very Good. book.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). John Sparrow's limited edition of the collected poems of Henry King, the Bishop of Chichester and a close friend of major literary figures of the seventeenth century. No. 606 of 900 copies of this edition produced.Edited by John Sparrow.A wonderful Nonesuch Press edition of the collected poems of Bishop of Chichester Henry King, who in his day was a close friend of such figures as John Donne, Ben Jonson and Izaac Walton.King wrote many elegies during his career, with some being dedicated to personal friends including Jonson and Donne. In the publisher's original paper vellum binding. Back strip age toned, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Small mark to rear board. Spotting to front board perimeters, with board lightly cocked. Head and tail of front joint starting, with board firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Majority of leaves unopened to fore edge. Very Good. book.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). A limited edition of the collected poems of Henry King, edited by John Sparrow. Limited edition of the poems of Henry King, collected poems edited by John Sparrow, published in a large paper, limited to nine-hundred copies, this out of series. The typography has been designed by Francis Meynell.Henry King was an English poet and Bishop of Chichester in the seventeenth century, author of numerous elegies on royal people and on his close friends, who included John Donne and Ben Johnson. In the original publisher's full paper vellum binding with yapp edges. Externally very smart with light bumping to extremities, boards and spine lightly marked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Unnamed (illustrator). First edition. 'The Mistress with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1619-1667' edited by John Sparrow for the Nonesuch Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so, books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. This edition consists of 1050 numbered copies on Dutch rag paper, printed and made in Scotland by R. & R. Clark for the Nonesuch Press in Monotype Bodoni. This is number 462. First edition thus. Abraham Cowley was an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with fourteen printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721. In 1647 a collection of his love verses, entitled 'The Mistress', was published. In a buckram binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities and marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean throughout but with spotting to text block edges and foxing to endpapers. Pages untrimmed. Very Good. book.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). A limited Nonesuch Press edition of the poetry of Bishop Henry King, with a contemporary presentation inscription from the celebrated modernist poster designer E. McKnight Kauffer to the front free endpaper. In the original publisher's full paper Vellum binding.A limited edition, being number four hundred and eighteen of nine hundred copies printed, the typography designed by Francis Meynell and printed at the Cambridge University Press by Walter Lewis.A finely printed edition of the poems of Henry King (1592-1669), the English metaphysical poet and Bishop of Chichester. Among his most celebrated works is The Exequy, an elegy written on the death of his wife.Notably, this copy bears a presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1925, from the American-born graphic designer and poster artist Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954), reading: "To Eric G. Underwood from his friend E. McKnight Kauffer. 1925." Kauffer is particularly well known for his modernist posters for London Underground, Shell Oil, and the Great Western Railway, among other commercial clients In the original publisher's full paper Vellum binding. Bookplate of Eric G. Underwood to front paste down. With a contemporary presentation from the celebrated graphic designer E. McKnight Kauffer to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Boards slightly splayed. Front joint cracked with slight lifting and loss to vellum paper, heavier to head and tail of spine. Spotting, marking, and slight discolouration to perimeters of paper vellum boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if slightly age toned with one or two spots to rough cut fore edge. Slight cockling to fore edge. Good. book.