Robert Aris Willmott M A (2 results)
Published by Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1863
- Hardcover
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Used. Spine ends are chipped, corners are rubbed and frayed. Embossed beige buckram boards with gilt and blue stamping and text. Textblock is gilded. Spine leans. Hinges are showing starting to seperate. Pencil markings on the FFEP or first blank page. Pages are foxed. NO markings in text. Engra…ving by the Brothers Dalziel, illustrations by Holman Hunt, J.D. Watson, John Gilbert, J. Wolf and more. All illustrations are included. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
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Published by Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, London, New York., 1863
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 195.00
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Add to basketFine Binding. Condition: Very Good. A scarce richly illustrated anthology of major English religious poetry, selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott. An early edition of the work, with 1861 as the earliest record of its being published; the next new edition published in 1862.Scarce.In full morocco prize binding with gilt dec…orations, borders, title, and fore edges, as well as marbled pastedowns and marbled first free endpapers. Front pastedown bearing the bookseller and stationer's plate of Henry Wright Stationer & Bookseller, New Street, Birmingham which is illustrated with a coat of arms. Inscription to the second front free endpaper reads 'Frank W. Elkington, a Remembrance from Edwin Laundry Xmas. 1868.' Beautifully illustrated throughout with monochrome vignettes including a frontispiece drawn by Holman Hunt, though appears to be missing three illustrations by Harrison Weir intended to appear on pp. 78, 79; these are 'The Only One -- The Earth', 'The Only One -- The Air', and 'The Only One -- The Sea'. Engraved by The Brothers Dalziel, who started London's largest and most influential wood engraving firm in the Victorian period, a golden age of British illustration. This is a lovely anthology of English religious poetry by some of the greats, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'The Weakest Thing', John Donne's 'Death', and John Milton's 'Morning Prayer in Paradise'. Selected, edited, and with contributions from Robert Aris Willmott, an English cleric and author. In full morocco binding with gilt decorations. Externally, boards smart with good colour and gilding bright, just the odd small mark or evidence of rubbing. Some dulling to the spine, and rubbing along the joints and to the raised bands which has resulted in loss of leather, as well as to the bottom fore edge. Slight bumping to corners. Marbled pastedowns and marbled free endpapers bright and clean. Front pastedown has bookseller and stationer's plate of Henry Wright Stationer & Bookseller, New Street, Birmingham illustrated with a coat of arms. Inscription to third front free endpaper reading 'Frank W. Elkington, a Remembrance from Edwin Laundry Xmas. 1868.' Hinges strained. Internally, some spotting throughout, not impacting text. Very Good. Holman Hunt, J. D. Watson, John Gilbert, J. Wolf, Etc. Engraved by The Brothers Dalziel. (illustrator). book.
