Willmott Robert Aris Ed (57 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket as Issued. No date, but inscription on front endpaper is dated 1873. Othersie unmarked. Front hinge is cracked, but bindinmg holds. Light wear to corners of decorated boards amnd edges of spine. Gilt page blocks and spine titling bright.

Condition: Fair. 1861. No Edition Remarks. 630 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Illustrated by Birket Foster. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, pages are loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.…

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: Fair. 1856. No Edition Remarks. 466 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. no date gold on spine and front snd foredge of pages blue boards, portrait of author on frontispiece, b & w illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good-. No Jacket. Sir John Gilbert (illustrator). Published Ludgate Hill, London c1856 Edition not stated Blue cloth with blind-stamped gilt and bluedesign and border on front and spine; Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Full page illustrations. Corners lightly to moderately bumped and worn, wear with chipping and fraying to spine ends. else very clean and bright text. 480 pp inclusing glossary and advetisments. Sir John Gilbert (illustrator).…

George Routledge and Co., 1855, 2nd edition. Hardback, 8vo, xlviii,631pp, illust. Gift messages (1856, 1878), initial and final pages spotted, stains to inner bottom corner of plates. Contemporary full green morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, slightly rubbed, spine a little faded. A good copy.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Very Good. No dustwrapper. ~Date Estimated. Full original morocco over bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Moderate wear to spine edges but hinges sound. Rear endpaper uncracked at gutter, front endpaper just starting to crack. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. New Edition. Old inscription. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: xviii,620pp.,19.5 x 14.5 cm. Old inscription.…

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Small hardcover,cloth dec gilt upper annd lower cover. All edges are gilt. 562pp.Illustrated by Birket Foster and E Corbould. (most illustrations are signed by Dalziel) Previous owners name. a little wear to extremities. In good order and good valu e with surface rate postage included in price. Book. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. No DW. 1st Edition. Patterned old full leather is rather worn. One text section pulling else fairly clean tight text. Just a good working copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. George Routledge and Co., 1859. First Edition. Hard Cover. All edges gilt. Cover has considerable shelfwear, front board fully detached at front spine edge. Pages are clean unmarked and foxed. Color wood block illustrations. One inch chip missing at top of spine. Good reading/research copy. Excellent candidate for re-binding. Birket Foster: H.N. Humphreys (illustrator).…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-decorated green cloth over bevelled boards, now faintly dust-dulled. Corners bumped, with panel edges worn; joints and endbands slightly rubbed. Front free endpaper lacking. All edges gilt, now showing light foxing; preliminary and final leaves likewise foxed, with the main text remaining strong and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Series; Routledge's British poets. Physical description; lxxvi, 610, 18 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plates ; 19 cm. Notes; Advertisements to the rear. Illustrated by Edward Corbould. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Ballads, English. English poetry. Early modern. 1500-1700. Minstrels. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Willmott, Robert Aris, ed. English Sacred Poetry, of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries. London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, Farringdon Street; New York: 56 Walker Street, MDCCCLXII [1862]. Illustrated by Holman Hunt, J. D. Watson, John Gilbert, J. Wolf and others; engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Corresponding institutional copies collate xix, 387 pp., with a wood-engraved frontispiece and 79 further wood-engraved vignettes. Later burgundy grained Sheffield Public Libraries institutional cloth binding, gilt-lettered to spine with shelf number "245 ST"; faint library device to upper board. Moderate rubbing and shelf wear, minor bumping and wear to extremities, with surface marking and darker scuff to rear board. Extensive ex-library provenance: Sheffield Public Libraries Reference Library label, cataloguing and ownership stamps, manuscript shelf numbers, withdrawn-from-stock stamp, former sale notation and rear issue label. Institutional cloth reinforcement visible at inner hinges. Title page with library stamps and manuscript numbers, together with light spotting and an irregular pale surface mark. Contents generally age-toned with occasional spotting and handling marks; wood engravings examined remain clear. All pages present and binding complete, as physically confirmed by the seller. Exact total of illustrations in this particular copy has not been separately counted. The 1862 Routledge, Warne & Routledge issue is described as the first edition by several specialist antiquarian booksellers; exact bibliographical priority is not independently confirmed here. Condition: Good, ex-library. Holman Hunt, J. D. Watson, John Gilbert, J. Wolf and others (illustrator).…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-decorated green cloth over bevelled boards, now faintly dust-dulled. Corners bumped, with panel edges worn; joints and endbands slightly rubbed. Front free endpaper lacking. All edges gilt, now showing light foxing; preliminary and final leaves likewise foxed, with the main text remaining strong and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Series; Routledge's British poets. Physical description; lxxvi, 610, 18 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plates ; 19 cm. Notes; Advertisements to the rear. Illustrated by Edward Corbould. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Ballads, English. English poetry. Early modern. 1500-1700. Minstrels. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First, hard back, no dust jacket. Full red leather, ruled gilt with decorative scrollwork. Spine had 5 bands faded to brownish. Gilt edges. Full page woodcuts. VG.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full brown cloth, intricate gilt, black, brown, and blue embossed lettering and decoration on spine and cover, a.e.g., brown endpapers. Red decorative borders on every page. Illustrated with full-page B&W drawings on glossy stock by Birket Foster. Edited by The Rev. Robert Aris Willmott. This volume contains all of the original Poems of Cowper, except the Olney Hymns. It also contains his translations from Milton, Vincent Bourne, Madame Guyon, and some miscellaneous authors. . Head and heel of the spine mildly worn, paper covering on both hinges split with webbing showing, but both hinges holding, former owner's signature in pencil on ffep, two pencil lines on rep, else fine: otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . Routledge's Red-Line Poets Series. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xlviii, 670, (ii), (8-adverts) pp. Illustrated by Birket Foster (illustrator). …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A bright, new edition of this collection of Oliver Goldsmith's poetry, with Birket Foster's colourful illustrations. A new edition. First edition published in 1859.Dated using Jisc, from copies held at the British Library. Bound in the publisher's original decorative blue cloth. This work is comprised of poetry by novelist and poet, Oliver Goldsmith, who is best known for works such as 'The Deserted Village', 'The Traveller' and 'The Hermit', all of which appear in this collection. Edited by English cleric and author, Robert Aris Willmott. Profusely illustrated with beautiful colour illustrations by Birket Foster and Henry Noel Humphreys. In the publisher's original decorative blue cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light bumping to the extremities and to the spine. Light rubbing and the odd mark to the cloth. Spine is a touch faded. Evidence of tape removal to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with light spotting to the first and last pages. Very Good. Birket Foster; H. N. Humphreys (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. A very elegantly produced book. Royal blue Moroccan style boards with gilt decorative borders (and titles along the spine, which is coloured bottle green). Illustrated by Birkett Foster (whole-page b/w drawings - see example images). AEG. Marbled endpapers with patterned decorative gilt borders (fleur de lis). The text on each page is framed by red ink borders. Condition (external): really sound with some edgewear/fading in places. Internally, the impact of the passage of time is more obvious with mild to moderate tanning; plus occasional spotting throughout. This phenomenon is more apparent on the book's preliminary and final pages. pp.x vi, .630/8vo. NB we have tried to date this book from an entry at the end of the Preface - see image. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request a payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2541. (This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A new edition illustrated copy of The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. A new edition.The Poets of the Nineteenth Century have been selected and edited by Rev. Robert Aris Willmott and embraces a period of about eighty-five years. Some of the poets that appear in this volume are James Beattie, William Cowper, Charlotte Smith and Ann Radcliffe.With one hundred and thirty engravings in text and with a frontispiece.Collated, complete.With thirty two pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine, a mark to the rear boards and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting and a previous owner inscription to the half title page and title page. Front free endpaper is missing and frontispiece is loosening. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Leather Case, No Jacket. Leather Edition. No date but 1874 on flyleaf, crown,hb, full green leather, marbled eps, aeg, xviii+620 pp., finely illus. and clean throughout bar child's pencil doodlings on prelims & pp.7, 9, 13, 21 [Often setoff off on opposite page} & doodle on last page of text at end], Incipient foxing on a leaf or two either end, & p 5/6 torn out. Despite faults still a nice full leather book, the fine leather case & all the rest of book.& it 100 engravings being unusually pristine for its age. Its faults mean that a £100 book is now offered at only £36. It was a presentation copy in Grahamstown, S Africa, ink inscription at front. Size: Crown. Eminent Artists, 100 Engravings (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. An illustrated collection of poetry by James Montgomery. Edited by the nineteenth century cleric and author Robert Aris Willmott, this collection of poetry by James Montgomery is accompanied by illustrations by Birket Foster and other popular Victorian illustrators. James Montgomery was a Scottish born hymn writer and poet whose concern for humanitarian causes is reflected in his poetry. Considered politically inflammatory at the time, Montgomery was twice imprisoned for sedition, first in 1795 for printing a poem celebrating the fall of the Bastille, and secondly in 1796 for condemning a magistrate for using force to disperse a political protest in Sheffield. This volume contains thirty six poems, including The Wanderer of Switzerland, which addressed the French annexation of the titular nation, and The West Indies, a poem on the abolition of the slave trade. With a binder's sticker from Leighton, Son and Hodge to the rear pastedown. Recased in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine. A little bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with a small closed tear in the cloth to each. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with sporadic patches of light foxing. Very Good. John Gilbert; J. Wolf; Birket Foster; Brothers Dalziel (illustrator). book. …

lxiv, 478 pp. Illustrated by John Gilbert. 12mo, publisher's blind-embossed cloth; all edges gilt and gauffered. A very attractive, clean, unworn, tight and sound. copy.uu Routledge's British Poets.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. New edition. lxxvi, 610 p. 18 cm. Frontispiece portrait of Percy. 7 other engraved plates. Red leather with gold impressing. Signed college binding from J. B. Hawes, Cambridge. All edges gilt. Corners bumped. Some wear to hinges and spine ends. Ink inscriptions on front endpapers, one for "John Bruckmann, O.M.P.S., Sunsher House 1952-53," and one for "Frederick Allison Tukker, 1935." "Percy's Reliques," as it is sometimes called for short, is a collection of ballads and popular songs collected by Bishop Thomas Percy and originally published in 1765. Ballad collections had appeared before but Percy's Reliques seemed to capture the public imagination like no other. Not only would it inspire poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth to compose their own literary ballads in imitation, it also made the collecting and study of oral poetry a popular pastime.…

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. A beautifully illustrated edition of the poetry of Oliver Goldsmith, with colour illustrations from Birket Foster and H. N. Humphreys. The poetical works of novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith, who is best known for works such as 'The Deserted Village', 'The Traveller' and 'The Hermit', all of which appear in this collection.With a full page colour frontispiece, and numerous vignette colour illustrations throughout.These are the work of Birket Foster and H. N. Humphreys.Edited by English cleric and author, Robert Aris Willmott.A lovely edition of Goldsmith's poems. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Light handling marks to front board head, with a touch of fading to back strip, and light handling marks to rear board. Internally, leaves detached and loosely inserted due to gutta percha binding. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot or light handling mark. Good Only. Birket Foster; H. N. Humphreys (illustrator). book. …

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. Packed weight = 01.50kg. This is a heavy book so please either contact us direct or look at the postage options on our website before ordering through abe. In very good condition overall. Internally generally clean with only minimal foxing. Some chromo-lithograph illustrations. A.eg. Neat inscription to f.ep. Re-cased boards and spine. Bright gold on black leather. Original spine in good condition - a little worn. The Bianco Library website has 3 pictures of this book including both medium and large images. This description is to be read in conjunction with these photographs. Size: 6"- 8¾" Tall. Foster, Birket & Humphreys, H. N. (illustrator).…

Full Morocco. Condition: Good. First Edition. 400pp, full-morocco, bevelled boards, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel and upper cover, a.e.g. comb and curl marbled endpapers. Spine very slightly faded, slightly rubbed to extremities. Title lightly browned and foxed, some light sporadic foxing, but generally quite bright and clean. Engravings by Dalziel Brothers of illustrations by Birket Foster, Tenniel and others. Bookplate of Percival F. Hinton to front pastedown, from the library of Eric Quayle. Includes one of Ford Madox Brown's few book illustrations for Byron's Prisoner of Chillon (Goldman - Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870 - Pg 82) Size: 8vo. Dalziel Brothers (illustrator). …

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 244. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 244.…