Edward Dowden Intro (9 results)

Condition: Good. 1941. Reprinted. 201 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Black CLOTH thin HARDCOVERS (LIMP). VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.; GOLD TITLES SPINE SHIELD LOGO. AN ESSPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE BINDING FOR THIS POPULAR SERIES.GOLD SPINE TITLES INSIDE 5 RAISED BANDS.SPINE SHOWS GOLD VE RI TAS (shield), Author, spine # & "COLLIER".COVER SHOWS BLIND EMBOSED 1" SHIELD.GOLD TOP EDGE With DECORATED ENDPAPERS SAILING SHIPS, TALL CHURCH SPIRES, WHITE CLOUDS.ALL GREEN INK ON WHITE ENDPAPERS. SINGLE VOLUME PART OF A NICE S E T. ; 598pg pages. Illustrated by FRANKFURT GERMANY BIRTHPLACE Frontis Ilust (illustrator). …

Full Calf. Condition: Fine. Collector's Edition. Jumbo octavo, [23.25cm/9.25 inches], full gilt-embossed Dorset-green calf sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. xxii, 690. Illustrated w/ frontis and 15 photoengravings by Schultheiss. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem which was published in four volumes from 1868 to 1869 by Smith, Elder & Co. The poem is based on a real-life case. Under Roman law at the time, trials were not held in open court but rather by correspondence, whereupon each witness was required to submit a written statement for future adjudication. Browsing in a flea market in Florence in 1860, Browning came across a large volume of these written statements relating to the 1698 Franceschini case, and bought it on the spot. This volume later known as the Yellow Book, after the colour of its aged covers struck Browning as an excellent basis for a poem, but he was unable to get any further than the basic idea and often offered it as a subject to other writers, notably Alfred Tennyson, upon which to base a poem or novel. Luckily for posterity, there were no takers, and following his wife's death and his return to England, Browning revived his old plan for a long poem based on the Roman murder case almost eight years after the idea had first struck him.…

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, fading and area of loss to spine . Content has light toning. No DJ.

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 1st thus edition; w/2 white vellem w/olive green boards, gilt decorations/title, lite wear at extremities; moderate wear; age-tonging of end papers; top edges gilt;owner's name; 419,469 clean, unmarked pages; in nglish. Rockwell Kent (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. "The India Proof Edition is limited to Two Hundred and Fifty Numbered Copies of which this is No. 144". Considerable wear to covers. Spine leather loss to bottom five inches and to top half inch. Previous owne's signature on front endpaper. Front spine looks like it has been reinforced. Interior pages are near fine. Oversized: Shipping cost will depend on destination. Sir James D. Linton P.R.I. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 57 pages (complete). A large, stout deluxe copy with Dicksee illustrations. A comfortable if a little worn copy. Stamped gilt titling and decoration; blind stamped decoration. The Tuscan brown boards have wear about the edges, corners and seams. The spine has wear to the head and foot. The boards and spine are scuffed, marked by hand and stacking and shelving. They are healthy and steady. Despite the years, the boards retain their grandeur and presence. Within, the contents are convivial. The paper is handmade and with the Whatman watermark. The pages are untrimmed, thick, healthy. The hinges to the fore and aft are a little creaky from the weight of the boards. The pages have storage marks, some few handling marks, rubbing marks. The tissue guards are occasionally creased. The contents are overwhelmingly pleasing, gratifying, clean, clear, hale, strong, assured, amenable, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…