Bryan Waller Proctor (6 results)

8vo, pp. viii, 368; frontis. portrait; one signature starting, top of spine frayed, upper cover stained, else good or better in original brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-MHS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. original paper boards, rebacked with original chipped backstrip relaid, corners rubbed, several msrks upper cover, good. 177 pages including notes.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 132. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1824 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 132.

Hardcover. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth, viii, 252, 8pp.ads dated "1866." Bookplate, mark from removal of bookplate on front free e/paper, inner hinges cracked, some rubbing but still a very good copy.

First edition. [4], ii, 112pp. With a half-title. Bound by Hering of London (stamp- signed on verso of FFEP) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green straight- grain morocco, A.E.G. Spine a trifle rubbed and dulled. The first edition, elaborately bound, of Bryan Waller Procter's (1787- 1874) letterpress for engraved portraits of one hundred and thirty-eight significant British poets, including, inter alia, Pope, Johnson, Dryden, and Shakespeare. The binder, German-born Charles Hering (d. 1809), was called 'the artistic successor to Roger Payne, the doyen of English bookbinders'. His remarkably successful West End business was patronised by many leading collectors and catered to a wealthy clientele, including Lord Byron. Size: 8vo.

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.