Fall Jerusalem Dramatic Poem by Rev Milman (15 results)
Published by John Murray, 1831
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. 1831. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Red leather. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small s…plits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
Published by L. and F. Lockwood/C. S. Van Winkle, New York, 1820
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Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Half brown calf with marbled paper boards. Condition is GOOD ; spine missing and inner front hinge just starting. Binding solid and text unmarked. Endpapers and text have some foxing and water-spots, text is toned but readable throughout. Poetry. Stax.
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Published by John Murray, London, 1820
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. A very good copy, marbled boards with brown leather spine with gilt title. 167pp minor scattered foxing.
Published by John Murray, GB,, 1822
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. John Murray, GB, 1822. Hardback. New Edition full leather binding decorative gilt titles to spine vii 167 pp marble eps, front board partially detached with rubbing to boards Otherwise inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in thi…s listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.
Published by John Murray, GB, 1822
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Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. No DW. New Edition. Clean tight text in a (?later) full learther binding with much repair to covers. Bright marbled endpapers may be new. Armorial bookplate of Roundell Palmer. Ornate spine decorated in gold may be contemporary and presents very well.
More imagesPublished by John Murray, London, 1820
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Good. An early edition of Henry Hart Milman's dramatic poem, 'The Fall of Jerusalem', bound in full calf binding. An early edition of this dramatic play, written in poetic form, about the the Romans and Jews during the fall of Jerusalem.Written by nineteenth-century English historian and ecclesiastic, Henry H…art Milman. Born in London, he was the son of Sir Francis Milman, 1st Baronet, physician to King George III. A successful student, he went on to become Professor of Poetry at Oxford university. He later worked his way up through the ranks of religious order, to become the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Milman died in 1868, and is buried at St Paul's Cathedral.Bound in full calf with gilt detailing to the spine and boards, including the half title.Containing the bookplate of Edward Hodge to the front pastedown.Containing the ink signature of a previous owner to the title page. Bound in full calf with gilt detailing to the spine and boards. Externally, some shelf wear to the boards and rubbing to the spine, joints, and extremities. Containing the bookplate of Edward Hodge to the front pastedown and a previous owner's ink signature to the title page. Internally, hinges are lightly strained, remaining binding is firm. A few spots to the pages, though many pages do remain bright and clean. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
Published by John Murray 1820, 1820
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- First Edition
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United KingdomTiger books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. original boards, spine chipped, upper joint cracked, corners rubbed, ownership signature obliterated title-page, occasional spotting, good; first edition; 167 pages including notes.
Published by John Murray, London, 1820
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- First Edition
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United KingdomThe Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketCondition: Poor. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Rubbed and worn. Heavy foxing throughout. slight bumps rubbed and worn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Poetry. Inventory No: 18546. half brown calf with marbled…boards.
More imagesPublished by John Murray, London, 1822
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. This dramatic fable theatrically portrays the catastrophic destruction of the second Jewish temple, exploring the theme of rebellious Jerusalem, which fell to the Roman forces in the year 70. Characters include the Romans Terentius Rufus, Caius Placidus, and Diagoras a Stoic philosopher. As well as… the Jews Simon the Assassin, Ben Cathla Leader of the Edmomites and Abiram a false Prophet. Milman was an ordained minister who became dean of St. Paul's, he was best known however, for his scholarly achievements. He translated Sanskrit poetry, and wrote several works of religious history, including a "History of the Jews" and a "History of Christianity under the Empire," both of which approached their subject matter with historical precision and rational detachment. In decorative calf binding with gilt lettering and design to the spine. Externally, a trifle rubbed to boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages. Some scattered light spotting. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
Seller: Oast Park Books, Southend -on- Sea, ESSEX, United KingdomOast Park Books
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Add to basket1820. John Murray. Book - Poor, boards and spine missing. Foxed.
More imagesPublished by John Murray, London, 1825
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Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United KingdomAntiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketNew edition. [3], vi-vii, [1], 167pp, [1]. Without half-title. Handsomely bound in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. A new edition of Eng…lish historian and ecclesiastic Henry Hart Milman's (1791-1868) verse drama, The Fall of Jerusalem. Milman would go on to write The Martyr of Antioch (1822), which served as the primary influence for Arthur Sullivan's (1842-1900) 'Sacred Musical Drama' of the same name, first performed in 1880. Size: 8vo.
More imagesPublished by John Murray, London, 1821
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. An early edition of Henry Hart Milman's dramatic poem, in the publisher's original boards. An early edition of this dramatic poem, which was first published the year prior.A dramatic play, written in poetic form, from professor of poetry in the University of Oxford, Henry Hart Milman. The work is about… the Romans and Jews during the fall of Jerusalem; 'the groundwork of the poem is to be found in Josephus, but the events of a considerable time are compressed into a period of about 36 hours'.With sixteen pages of advertisements prior to the title page.Retaining the original half title.To the front pastedown is a handwritten notice on the rules of book handling at the Donaghadee book society. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Significant loss of paper to back strip tail, with minor loss to back strip head. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Handwritten sheet pasted to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by LondonJohn Murray ., 1820
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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomRobert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
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Add to basket8vo. (21.5 x 13.5 cm). pp.167+[1, colophon]. Bound in contemporary full diced calf, sides ruled with blind-stamped foliate borders enclosing central panel with four gilt foliate devices and framed a with single gilt fillet, gilt roundels to corners, spine with gilt-decorated raised bands, compartments decorated in blind, gilt in…ner dentelles, grey-coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Old ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Small marginal loss to p.31, some light toning and occassional light spotting, joints rubbed and just starting but strong, generally a very good copy in a handsome binding. Milman's dramatic poem on the Fall of Jerusalem, first published earlier in the same year (1820). "The groundwork of the poem is to be found in Josephus, but the events of a considerable time are compressed into a period of about 36 hours" (Introduction). "The Fall of Jerusalem quickly caught the public attention, and was crowned with most general applause. The subject had a strong hold on our sympathies" (Dibdin's Library Companion). Henry Hart Milman (1791 1868) was an English historian and ecclesiastic.
More imagesPublished by London, John Murray, 1818 2nd & 1820 1st., 1820
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United KingdomPROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
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Add to basketHardback, Tall 8vo. approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In full calf leather fine binding, with decorative gilt and embossed paneled boards, raised banding and gilt and embossed decorations to spine and gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. In very good condition. Lovely leather binding. Small chips to corners of boards, so…me minor rubbing to corners of spine. Crack to front hinge. Some minor spots and minor darkening to title pages, a few mild foxing spots to pages of ?Fall of Jerusalem,? else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a stunning copy. Two volumes in one. 368 & 167pp. Author was Dean of Saint Paul?s Cathedral, London, and son of Sir Francis Milman, physician to King George III. He wrote a number of verse dramas. This one is based on the history of Saint Margaret an early Christian martyr.
More imagesSeller: Graham York Rare Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United KingdomGraham York Rare Books ABA ILAB
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Add to basket1820, London, John Murray, new edition, ppvii + 167, Bridehead bookplate, all edges marbled, full contemporary calf, gilt border, gilt designs in compartments on spine. Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) was an historian and Dean of St. Paul's. "The groundwork of the poem is to be found in Josephus, but the events of a considerable t…ime are compressed into a period of about thirty-six hours." Slight split on upper hinge, otherwise a very handsome copy.
