Willmott Robert Aris Edited By (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Not dated; circa 1880. Reprint. 12mo. volume with brown half-leather spine & corners and marbled boards. Condition: rubbing & fading to spine; edges of binding a bit rubbed; some sunning to entire binding; else very good. 466 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. None. Undated but I believe this is the 1858 edition. Full bound red leather, faded on spine, but very strong front and rear covers with gilt design inlaid on both. Contents very clean throughout with outer edges in gilt though there is some foxing on endpapers. Very slight rubbing on corners which are a little exposed. Ex-libris label on inside cover with previous owner name and address. 630 pages.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. An acceptable condition book with a gilt textblock edge and some colour illustrations. Edgewear and marks to the boards which are almost loose from the textblock and heavy loss along the spine. Binding is very fragile and page edges are lightly tanned and lightly marked. Overall an acceptable reading copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Reading Copy. 1st. Blue embossed and beveled boards with gilt graphics and page edges. FIRST EDITION. The spine is missing as well as the front and rear end papers. The text is entire. There is foxing throughout. 100 fine woodcut illustrations. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. 380 pages. Birket Foster, J. Wolf, and John Gilbert (illustrator). …

Original cloth with extensive gilt decoration, all page edges gilt. Edges of binding a bit worn, inner hinges strenghtened, some light foxing and traces of use, a few repairs, else in (very) good condition. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Getting loosely bound, original gilt decorated embossed green cloth boards. Gilt closed page edges. A little wear at the top edge of the spine, inner hinge splitting at page 113, a few small notes in pencil and red ink in the margins of a few pages, a couple of small old inscriptions on the front end paper, foxing marks on a few pages. with illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. George Routledge and Sons.nd circa 1870 hardback decorative gilt titles to spione with black title border to brown cloth lxxvi 610 pp Edward Corbould (illustrator). Portrait frontis, tare to top spine, inner hine slightly loose and light tanning to extremeties but still in good tight clean 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. George Routledge and Sons.nd circa 1870 hardback decorative gilt titles to spine with black title border to brown cloth lxxvi 610 pp Edward Corbould (illustrator). Portrait frontis, tare to top spine, inner hinge slightly loose and light tanning to extremeties but still in good tight clean 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: Very Good. xlviii + 630pp, engraved frontis, illustrated by Birket Foster, hardcover, finely bound in dark green grained morocco, elaborate gilt decorated boards and spine, raised bands, gilt lettered, gilt inner dentelles, attractive patterned floral endpapers, very good condition, Griffith and Farran, London, circa 1880. FOSTER, Birket (illustrator).…

Cloth Boards. 8vo, pp. xlviii, 445, (ii adverts), b/w frontis, b/w plates, award plate, few minor foxing spots prelims., all edges gilt, original gilt decorated cloth bds., spine split at rear joint, head and tail spine frayed, rubbed, corners bumped otherwise very good condition Work of the sixteenth century Italian poet giving an account of the combat between Muslims and Christians during the siege of Jerusalem, First Crusade. Corbould [Illus.] (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1859 routledge, warnes black leather edition with gilded spine cover and gilt borders to outer boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside and John Dyer is a beautifully curated anthology that brings together the verse of two influential 18th-century British poetsa?each with a distinct voice and thematic focus. Originally published in 1855 by G. Routledge, this edition was edited by Robert Aris Willmott and illustrated in black and white by Myles Birket Foster, whose landscape drawings complement the tone of the poems. Edges of text block all gilded.Book protected with acrylic sleeve. Boards show signs of wear and front hinge is broken but board still attached. Otherwise in clean condition. Copyright A,A© George Routledge and Co.…

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. No Dustjacket. First Edition. xv + 398 pages. Book has a forward lean. Slight FOXING/slight BLOTCHING throughout some pages of volume. Rebound with original ornately impressed gilt decorated (but dulled/lightly rubbed) front board & spine & plain impressed decorated rear set onto new binding with darkened beige cloth showing to hinges & ends of spine which have losses to original binding. Heavy wear to corners or new binding with frays exposing card of underlayer, wear through to card at bottom edges in places. Ink presentation inscription dated 1856 to free end-paper. Gilt to all page-edges. Outstanding b/w illustrations within text. Slight blotching to a good percentage of pages, but text is otherwise nice & clean. Binding a little strained in places. Well used. The Brothers Dalziel (engraved by) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition thus. 12mol volume bound with cream-colored gutta percha boards; the front is richly decorated in gilt, red, blue, green and black. The edges of the boards are trimmed with brass metal; all edges gilt. B&W illustrations. Condition: spine strip of binding is missing & boards are loose; some minor foxing; else good. Pages: lxxvi, 610. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp. [21], 1-379, [1]. Beautifully bound in full, green morocco with raised bands and gilt decorations on the spine and front and rear covers. The name of the Trinity Church School, Springfield in gilt on the front cover. Very slight edge and corner wear. All edges are in gilt. No former owner's names in the book. Includes 100 illustrations. Interior of book is fairly clean with very light to moderate foxing. Book is very solid, square, and tight. Exterior and interior hinges are un-cracked. A handsome copy on the shelf. John Gilbert, J. Wolf, Birket Foster, Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel (illustrator).…

Full Morocco. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Finely bound with raised bands gilt title , blind decoration in between bands blind ruling on boards gilt edges with patern. marbled epps. 630 pp. A lovely book. Illustrated By Birket Foster (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First edition of this collection of works by important nineteenth century poets, illustrated with 132 engravings by noted artists of the day. Worn but attractive copy in blue cloth over beveled boards, extensively decorated and reverse lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, 616 pages. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities, with some rubthrough at the corners and chipping to the outer spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, Sunday School attendance award notation on front free endpaper, pages otherwise unmarked and clean other than a very few flecks of foxing in the margins here and there. Externally fair to good, internally good to very good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. A new edition. Type: Book First printing. Fully bound in red Morocco with 5 raised bands to spine. Excellent gilt decoration and titles to boards and spine, marbled end papers. Some light foxing. Many beautiful excellent colour illustrations engraved by Edmund Evans from drawings by Burkett Foster and ornamental illustrations designed by H Noel Himphreys. A lovely book - an ideal gift.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. First edition of this collection of the works of various 19th poets, including James Beattie, Mary Tighe, Erasmus Darwin, Hannah More, Leigh Hunt, Wordsworth, Sotheby, James Hogg, Walter Scott, Gerald Massey, Elizabeth Barrett Browning etc. Illustrated with 100 engravings drawn by eminent artists of the time (including Birket Foster, Sir John Tenniel, T Dalziel, Millias, etc) and engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Includes one of Ford Madox Brown's rare illustrations for Byron's Prisoner of Chillon [Goldman - Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870, p. 82]. In blue cloth binding over bevelled boards, richly decorated with gold leaf, design by John Sliegh, whose initials appear as part of the design at the base of spine. All edges gilt. xvi, 400pp. 8vo. An important volume in this history of English book illustration [See Gleeson White, English Illustration, --105-107.] (Boards worn, rubbed at edges, a little frayed at spine tips, still attractive volume). Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down, gift inscription dated 1866 on front free endpaper, with small bookseller's ticket indicating the volume was once retailed by Napper and Wright Stationers and Booksellers on New Street, Birmingham. Small ticket on rear paste down indicating the volume was bound by leading binders, Edmonds & Remnants, London. Pencil note on title page. Some spotting around gutters but otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight internally. Various; Brothers Dalziel john sliegh, english illustrations, gleeson white, poetry, Beautiful Books, remnant and edmonds, edmonds and remnant, thomas remnant, jacob edmonds. Various; Brothers Dalziel (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. notation and date of March 9, 1859 on fep, foxing , book is green with some edgewear , marbled end papers with gilt lettering on spine, gilt on all edges, engraved by the brothers Dalziel, illustrated with one hundred designs by birket foster, j. wolf, and john gilbert.…

Full calf. Condition: Near fine. Third Edition. Large octavo, xv, 398pp, [1]. Fine binding by Edmonds and Remnants of London, in a decorative full calf. Covers ornately stamped, with five raised bands and title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt with gauffering, marbled endpapers. Stated "Third Edition" on title page. Solid text block, lightly rubbed corners, sunned spine, faint foxing throughout. Bookplate of the Earl of Portsmouth affixed to front endpaper. A striking example. The third edition of The Poets of the Nineteenth Century, selected and edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott. (illustrator).…

Fine 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 decorations, 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.…