Prior Matthew Esq (7 results)

Sixth Edition. Poor copy bound in full leather with a gilt label to the spine. Front board detached but present with the back board detached. Front end paper missing top edge. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's inscription. Provenance; from the library of William Robert Bevan with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; 402 pages. Subjects; Matthew Prior. Poetry. 1 Kg.…

Sixth Edition. Poor copy bound in full leather with a gilt label to the spine. Front board detached but present with the back board detached. Front end paper missing top edge. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's inscription. Provenance; from the library of William Robert Bevan with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; 402 pages. Subjects; Matthew Prior. Poetry. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Full calf hardback, small octavo (17cm), compartmented spine with gilt ornaments. worn and stained boards and wear to spine.Edges and corner points worn, front board just still attached. A rebinding copy. Would-be half title page present but not printed. Engraved portrait frontispiece, ruled title page with device and dated 1754. Clean throughout with no insciption or marking just normal aged paper.[i-xxii], 402 pp. plus 6 pp 'Contents' i.e. Index to rear. Very good internally, so a rebinding copy. Quality engravings. (illustrator). …

Leather. Condition: Very Good. The uncommon fifth edition of Poems on Several Occasions by famous diplomat and poet, Matthew Prior. With an armorial nameplate for Samuel Edward Cook on the front pastedown of each volume. Complete in Two Volumes. "Prior, famous British diplomatist, was arguably the most important poet writing in English between the death of Dryden (1700) and the poetic majority of Pope in 1712." (DNB) In full calf bindings. There is mild wear to the extremities, including mild rubbing. The front hinge of volume 2 is just starting but still firm, and the inner hinges are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Internally the pages have slight browning with the occasional spot, becoming prominent to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Good Only. A lovely little two volume set of Matthew Prior's poetry. With a frontispiece to each volume and three further plates in volume II. Volume II states the fourth edition. With a life of Mr Prior by Samuel Humphreys. Complete in two volumes. In full calf bindings. Externally rubbed, one board detached, one held by the cords only, and two joints cracked and delicate. Internally, firmly bound, bright and generally clean aside from some light marginal tidemarks to volume I. Ink signatures of William John Tucker, 1763. Good Only. None (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Printed for C Hitch atnthe Red Lyon in Paternoster Row and J Hodges at the Looking Glass etc 1754 leatherbound hardback volume 2, lxxii 356 pp with illustrations, front board detached Otherwise inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch via Tracked. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request. …

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very handsome and early set of witty and satirical poetical anthologies from the English poet and diplomat, Matthew Prior. First collected edition. With a Memoir of the Author, edited by Thomas Evans. Adorned with a beautifully engraved frontispiece to volume one; depicting a scene from Henry and Emma. As well as a small engraved portrait of the author. From the private library of theologian and professor of philosophy, David A. Pailin. Complete in two volumes. Rebound in smart half crushed morocco bindings, with gilt lettering to the spines and cloth covered boards. Externally, both volumes are smart with little, if any, shelfwear. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound bright, and generally clean, with only some very occasional instances of spotting and offsetting to the title page. David Pailin's bookplates neatly pasted to the front pastedown of each volume. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…