Anna Swanwick Translator (13 results)

Quarter-Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Brown leather spine with marble design boards. No markings in the text with some scattered soil spotting. Gilt on the top page edging. The cover has edge and corner wear. The spine has end wear and some end tears. Part one and two are included in this one volume. No date of publication mentioned but appears to be late 1800s.…

Hardcover. lx. + 460pp. + catalogue. NO ILLUSTRATIONS. 7 plays including The Oresteian trilogy + The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Promethus Bound, & The Suppliants. Fourth Edition, Revised. Translated into English verse by Anna Swanwick. of the series: Bohn's Classical Library. Good+. (pages 31-34 detached & laid in, light cover edge wear, text clean/binding sound).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Undated. The book is bound in deeply embossed cloth with the title on a gilt frame on the front cover. Publisher's "Household Edition". The hinge is cracked at the preface, but the binding is firm. Corners and spine caps are bumped. Decorative endpapers.There is scribbling in pencil on pp. 14,15,42,43,p 75 and p.108. Line of staining on the fore-edges. Frontis portrait of Goethe with tissue guard. Period signature of a previous owner dated 1890 on verso of frontis. Otherwise, pages are age-toned smooth and unmarked. 424.…

Condition: Fair. New York; cloth covered boards; no dust jacket; boards exposed at corners of book cover; scuffing at edges of cover; some denting/wear at edges of spine; 2 inch long tear at top of spine--corner of binding is exposed; some bubbling in cloth near rear and front joints; sticker on pastedown front endpaper; front and rear hinges weak; crease in rear cover wear cover has been bent; some pencil marks on interior of text; 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" Tall; 402 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover nice with black embossed lettering; somewhat dingy. Decorative floral beige endpapers front and back. No published date; 18?? Sewn in text loosening, but still holding. Pages tanned with some pencil erasing marks. Nice little book. --- We are a Benedictine Monastery/Seminary Library; thank you for your support.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 512 pages. 9.20x6.30x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book has edgewear and toned pages, else clean for it's age. Undated but likely circa 1897 to 1904. 261 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date, but WorldCat estimates 1899 or 190_. Translated by Anna Swanwick. The boards are faded. The spine is darkened. The front free endpaper is loose. The endpapers are browned. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.

One page, 12mo, asking her friend to dinner "to meet a friend from the country", fearing that "there is small chance of finding you disengaged" with such late notice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards with black and gold decorative stamping on front cover and spine. No printed publication date that I can find, but my guess would be c. 1880s. 424 pages. In fair condition. Back cover has some uneven fading and discoloration. Front cover and spine remain quite clean and unfaded, with beautiful decorative stamping. Some fraying to cloth at head and foot of spine as well as corners from bumping. Front gutter is cracked through between copyright page and preface; title page and first flyleaf are coming loose from binding. Rear gutter is also cracked through and rear endpaper detached but present. Binding as a result feels fragile, but no other pages are loose and covers remain attached. Some tidelines along fore edge and first few pages -- no other evidence of water damage throughout. Pages are free of foreign markings or tears. Overall, a fair reading copy.…

On both sides of the gilt-edged card, which is roughly 9 x 11.5 cm. Aged, but in fair condition. 'Mr Bosworth Smith' has informed her that her book 'Poets the Interpreters of Their Age' (1892) 'will be acceptable to the pupils of Harrow School', and she has 'great pleasure in presenting a copy to your library, & hoping that a kind welcome will be accorded to my little offering'. A postscript explains that the volume 'will be forwarded by an early post'.…

Dimensions of card 6 x 9 cm. Good. Printed on the card are the name 'Miss Anna Swanwick,' and the address. Written around the name in MS is 'Mr Palgrave, The Misses Palgrave from [Miss Anna Swanwick] With kindest regards and all the good wishes of the season.'.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Unknown. 3/4 caramel colored leather over colorful marbled boards. Ends of pages are colored the same colors as boards. Red leather label and raised bands on spine, with intricate gilt designs. Pages are yellowed but in very good condition.…