Coleridge Compiler (5 results)

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. - 223 mm. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt titling to spine; gilt titling to DJ on front and spine. Pp. xii, 196. Minor edge wear to DJ. Nice clean copy. Overall, VG / VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 174 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.50 inches. In Stock.

First edition, xxv, 536pp., 60 facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. This catalogue provides extensive bibliographical descriptions of 224 editions and translations of Milton's works printed before 1801, as well as less detailed descriptions of 223 other works, the more important Miltoniana in the library.

First Edition. Pp xii+316, 13 full page facsimiles, appendix, notes, errata; f'cap 4to; qr. natural linen, spine lettered in black, grey papered boards, the spine cloth browned and with a couple of tiny splits at head; uncut and largely unopened; the text block lightly and free endpapers heavily browned, a couple of pages slightly creased, a little light foxing; printed for the Bibliographical Society, London, 1913. First edition. Todd 122b. [Together with]: COLERIDGEIANA: being a supplement to the Bibliography of Coleridge. Pp. 40, one full page facsimile, notes, additional errata; f'cap. 4to; buff paper wrappers, upper wrapper lettered in black, faintly foxed, edges and backstrip chipped and split, with closed tears to head and foot of backstrip; uncut and partly unopened; text block faintly browned, a little light foxing; Bibliographical Society, London, 1919. First edition. Todd 123b. *Both volumes printed by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd., in editions of 500 copies.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A most unusual hand-made book. 8vo., 56 numbered leaves, plus acknowledgment page. Each leaf is written upon only on the recto side. What is most extraordinary about this album is that a high school student executed it with so much proficiency and dedication. While sketchbooks and artistic competence were far more prevalent then compared to now, this album is still a remarkable achievement for a youngster, and surely few of her contemporaries were so inspired by the English syllabus to attempt anything close to what we have here. The actual illustrations contained in this album are pleasing without being exceptional; it is the ornamentation, the borders and the calligraphy, that se this apart. These show an unusual sophistication for a adolescent, and they are applied not only tastefully, but also with a real panache. Wordlessly they create an atmosphere of reverence and delight, and they coax us to read the verse contained within. The material is organized by freshman, sophomore, junior and senior year, surely to track the syllabus, and one can assume that the compiler was selecting the pieces that made the deepest impression. There are some misspellings and the material is offered in condensed form. The leaves are clean and fresh. Minor wear to the binding.