R j matthews (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 42 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.10 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 134 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.31 inches. In Stock.

Second edition, 8vo, 55, [1]pp., disbound. The author was Master of the Grammar School of Kingston upon Hull.

New Edition. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Some boards detached. Provenance; from the library of Sir Thomas Jackson with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; four volumes: I-IV only. Subjects; Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774) Criticism and interpretation. 2 Kg.…

8vo, pp. xxiv, [8], 520, [36]. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with raised bands between double gilt rules, red morocco label, central gilt tools in compartments, edges sprinkled red. Rubbed, a little chipping to spine ends, spine creased. Ownership inscription of Thomas Noel (Dec 2, 1763) to front pastedown, shelfmark stamp of the Ben Damph Forest library (of the Earls of Lovelace) to flyleaf. The scarce second English edition of Charles Rollin?s edition of Quintilian?s Institutes: ESTC locates copies in 9 locations, none of them in the USA. Rollin (1661-1741), a Parisian historian and educator, had first published his edition at Paris in two small volumes starting in 1715; it was first reprinted in England in 1738 and went on to become a standard edition for the UK schools market. ESTC T170517.…

First Edition. Good to very good copies all in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, now with minor surface-wear and some minor abrasions. Panel edges and corners show some wear. Spines gilt-tooled with raised bands and leather labels, the former slightly rubbed along with joints and endbands, and the latter partly or entirely lacking on a few volumes. Some joints cracked, with hinges weak and board becoming loose. Vol. 19 bottom edge shows a stain, with text unaffected. Marble endpapers; preliminary and final leaves foxed. Core text blocks remain uniformly strong, showing only the expected faint foxing and offsetting of age. A well-preserved set overall. Further scans, images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description; complete in 21 volumes ; 25 cm. Notes; Each volume has a half-title. Text printed in double columns. Includes index. Contents; Vol. 1, Chaucer -- Vol. 2, Gower, Skelton, Howard, Wyat, Gascoigne, Turbervile -- Vol. 3, Spenser, Daniel -- Vol. 4, Drayton, Warner -- Vol. 5, Shakspeare, Davies, Donne, Hall, Stirling, Jonson, Corbet, Carew, Drummond -- Vol. 6, J. Beaumont, G. and P. Fletcher, F. Beaumont, Browne, Davenant, Habington, Suckling, Cartwright, Crashaw, Sherburne, Brome, C. Cotton -- Vol. 7, Cowley, Denham, Milton -- Vol. 8, Waller, Butler, Rochester, Roscommon, Otway, Pomfret, Dorset, Stepney, J. Philips, Walsh, Dryden -- Vol. 9, Dryden, Smith, Duke, King, Sprat, Halifax, Parnell, Garth, Rowe, Addison -- Vol. 10, Hughes, Sheffield, Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Fenton, Gay -- Vol. 11, Lansdowne, Yalden, Tickell, Hammond, Somerville, Savage, Swift -- Vol. 12, Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson -- Vol. 13, Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Young -- Vol. 14, Mallet, Akenside, Gray, Lyttelton, Moore, Cawthorne, Churchill, Falconer, Cunningham, Grainger, Boyse -- Vol. 15, W. Thompson, Blair, Lloyd, Green, Byrom, Dodsley, Chatterton, Cooper, Smollett, Hamilton -- Vol. 16, Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, Johnson -- Vol. 17, Glover, Whitehead, Jago, Brooke, Scott, Mickle, Jenyns -- Vol. 18, Cotton, Logan, T. Warton, J. Warton, Blacklock, Cambridge, Mason, Jones, Beattie, Cowper -- Vol. 19, Pope's Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Dryden's Virgil and Juvenal, Pitt's Virgil's Aeneid and Vida's Art of Poetry, Francis's Horace -- Vol. 20, Rowe's Lucan, Grainger's Tibullus, Fawkes's Theocritus, Apollonius, Rhodius, Coluthus, Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus, and Musaeus, Garth's Ovid, Lewis's Statius, Cooke's Hesiod -- Vol. 21, Hoole's Ariosto and Tasso, Mickle's Lusiad. Subjects; English poetry. Collections. Poets, English. 1 Kg. …

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. 8th Edition. Two volumes. The eight edition, corrected and revised. Signatures: Volume 1. [A] aâ b-h i-kâ  g-hâ B-6Sâ -- Volume 2. [A] B-6Oâ . Full calf bindings rebacked with the original spine laid down. Raised gilt-ruled bands and gilt lettered red leather title labels to the spines. A few marks and surface chips to the original boards and ends of original spines. A little wear to the board corners. Ink inscription, dated 1828, to the free endpapers (from a Helen Whittle to a Charles Whittle) and only occasional foxing, overall being a nice clean copy. Frontispiece portrait to first volume from the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Alston volume V, 191; ESTC; T116650. 29cms tall. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 4to.…