Roger Ascham Edward Arber (74 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signs of shelf wear. Endpaper signed by previous owner, Roy Daniells d.1979. Spine cover is torn. Markings that do not hinder the reading of the text. Binding intact. Check photo for further reference.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 160 pages, a near fine hardback, contemporary green part leather binding with gold gilt and five raised bands to the spine, and speckled boards in between. Also the end papers with the same speckled design and top page edges are gold gilt. A superb Victorian book that was originally part of Audenham House, Herts. [Gibbs Family after 1671]. It then went to a university library - there's minimum evidence of this. We have acquired many of these English Reprints, all with matching bindings.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1903 Hardcover. First and second editions collated together, edited by Edward Arber. Part of Constable's English Reprints series. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamped titles on front board. A small book; 6 ¾ x 4 ¼ ; 160pp. Pages are immaculate; ivoried, smooth, clean, and unmarked with no tears or signs of damp. A former tutor to Queen Elizabeth I for Greek and Latin studies, Ascham wrote The Scholemaster in the mid-1500's as a treatise for teaching Latin to scholars more pleasantly, in an atmosphere of gentleness and persuasion, to encourage a love of learning. This edition, published in 1903, is in excellent condition. Please see all images.…

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Thus. A Good Plus, internally clean, solid hard cover copy with minor bumps and dents to the covers but light wear only. #.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. Issued in the Edward Arber 'Arber's English Reprints' series, a late re-issue as this series was initially published1868-1888, mainly by Southgate and Arber died in 1912. 160 pp., facs. original t.p. on p.13, preceded by Arber's introduction and bibliography of the work's editions, small decorative endpiece at end of text. Small indentation of erased pencil pricing on front endpaper, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked, brown flecking to fore-edge. Grey printed board covers surprisingly clean given their character with no obvious wear bar sl.top spine rubbing. In his bibliography Arber acknowledges the 1863 John E.B.Mayor edition as the best hitherto published, his own Introduction is lengthier than Mayor's. Main drawback is the very small print-size of the prelims and intro.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1898; brownish-red cloth boards; no jacket; markings on rear board and spine; markings on front pastedown and endpaper; text is unmarked; 317 pages; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. Dark green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and front, 170 x 115 mm approx. 160 pp + 28 pp of publisher's adverts. Facsimile title of first edition of 1570. Work on the teaching of Latin to schoolchildren. First printing 1897 being No 23 in Constable's "English Reprints" series. VG (A little general shelf soiling to cloth, no notable wear, previous owner name, address and date to free front end paper, with offset browning. No other notable defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.…

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. 160p. A small, tan-grey hardcover book in good condition. Spine tanned and lightly chipped along the side. Inscriptions on endpapers. Scattered markings in pen. Otherwise, binding tight. A good reading copy. From the English Reprints series. Edited by Edward Arber. Originally published in 1570, this is Ascham's classic treatise on the education of youth. Measures approx. 6.75" x 4.25".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Constable, London 1920 harback black titles to green boards (English Reprints)160 tanned pages, light soiling to boards, crease to spine, writing to fep and has underlines to some pages but still in acceptable reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, small 8vo, red edges, foxing on title page, text clean and sound, blindstamped green cloth, gilt spine titles, rubbed, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. In English.

Paperback. Condition: New.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, small octavo, blind stamped green cloth lettered gilt to spine, the hinges are strong but one gathering is pulled & thus good only, 163 + 152pp.