The Task Table Talk and Minor Poems by Cowper William (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4 vols in 2. Fscp 8vo. Olive green leather, gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines darkened and rubbed, corners a little marked and rubbed at edges. Engraved monogram bookplates. Sharpe first printed an edition of Cowper's poems in 1817-18; for this edition the plates were re-engraved.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardbacks. 16mo. A very good three volume set in a full grey leather binding decorated in gilt and lettered in gilt on maroon title-pieces. Marbled edges and end-papers. A little wear to spine ends and edges. Gift inscription in each volume. Frontispiece vignette and other engravings in each volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ.Three volumes on brown leather Pages are clean and tight.Attractive spines with decoration and gilt titles., small loss to the tail end of one. Name on f.e.p.s. Images and more details available.Some minor foxing and marks.

Each volume: Hardback very small (duodecimo), original brown full calf leather, gilt edges, gilt ornate decoration & letters (spine & edges covers), very good condition, marbled edges & endpapers, steel engraved plates, minor to moderate foxing some pages, string bookmarks missing, minor edgewear covers, owner's written name, owner's rubber stamp. Volume 3 only: faint stain front cover, gilt spine lettering lightly rubbed. 220 + 204 + 108 pp. Fine binding. Originally published in 1817, this is the 1825 edition. A handsome set of Cowper's poems printed by the famous printers C. and C. Whittingham of Chiswick, with illustrations by Richard Westall. Charles Whittingham (1767 - 1840) was an English printer. In 1789 he set up a small printing press in a garret off Fleet Street, London, with a loan obtained from the type-founding firm of William Caslon, and, by 1797, his business had so increased that he was enabled to move into larger premises. Whittingham inaugurated the idea of printing cheap, handy editions of standard authors, and, on the bookselling trade threatening not to sell his productions, took a room at a coffee house and sold them by auction himself. In 1809 he started a paper-pulp factory at Chiswick, near London, and in 1811 founded the Chiswick Press.

Copertina rigida. Condition: ottime. Raccolta di tre volumi. Testo inglese. Cm.17,4x9,7. Pg.204; 220; VI, 108, 108. Buone legature in mz.pelle con piatti marmorizzati. Doppi tasselli con titoli e fregi decorativi impressi in oro ai dorsi ai cinque nervi. Fogli di guardia decorati. Nei tre volumi 21 incisioni di R.Westall. "Table Talk" contiene: "Table Talk; The Progress of Error; Truth; Expostulation; Hope; Charity; Conversation; Retirement". "The Task" si articola in sei Libri e contiene anche "Tirocinium; or a Review of Schools". "Minor Poems" è diviso in due parti raccolte in unico volume. Eccellenti condizioni di conservazione. i tre volumi. 850 gr.

John Sharpe, 1825. 3 volumes, hardback, 12mo, 220;204;108,108pp, 18 engraved titles. Owner name/date (1927) in each volume, engravings a little foxed. Contemporary full maroon calf, gilt and blind decorated, a little rubbed, edges and endpapers marbled. A nice set.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An attractive collection of the popular works of the English poet William Cowper, containing his best known works, illustrated throughout. In the original binding. In four volumes bound as three. Three works by William Cowper, 'Table Talk', 'The Task', and 'Minor Poems'. 'The Task' is a poem in six books, containing "The Sofa", "The Timepiece", "The Garden", "The Winter Evening", "The Winter Morning Walk", and "The Winter Walk at Noon". 'Table Talk' illustrated with a vignette title page and five plates. 'The Task' illustrated with a vignette title page and six plates. 'Minor Poems', two parts bound in one, illustrated with a vignette title page, and three plates. Bound without title page. Written by William Cowper. Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist, and was one of the most popular poets of his time. He often wrote about nature and the countryside, and he was one of the forerunners of the Romantic poetry movement. Bookplate to the front pastedowns, 'Alfred R. Cutbill'. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the half-titles of 'Table Talk and 'The Task', and to the head of the vignette title page of 'Minor Poems'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light fading to the spines. Some minor rubbing and marks to the boards and spines. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Pages are uncut to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the half-titles of 'Table Talk and 'The Task', and to the head of the vignette title page of 'Minor Poems'. Very Good. book.

pp. iv, 188; iv, 182; 179, (i) blank. All with additional engraved titles. Pasted to both front and rear end-papers of The Task and Table Talk are the two leaves of a Prospectus [on pink paper] advertising this set as 'Sharpe's Cabinet Edition in Three Volumes'. Early half morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, spine edges and corners rubbed, overall a good set with firm joints and clean text.

Leather. 3 vols. 108p/108p; 204p; 220p. A set of three small hardcover books bound in gilt-accented navy blue leather with red spine labels. Edges lightly rubbed; spine labels intact and legible. Small stamp inside each volume's back cover. Endpapers edgeworn; small piece torn off volume I's rear endpaper and volume II's front endpaper. Early owner's signature inside each volume, dated 1845. Main pages foxed, but otherwise unmarked, and binding tight. Very good condition overall. Three volumes of Cowper's peoms in pretty 19th-century leather bindings with marbled edges and endpapers. Each volume measures approx. 6.5" x 4.1".

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). Three volumes of popular works by William Cowper. Comprising of The Task, Table Talk and his Minor Poems. Illustrated, with 6 plates to The Task, 7 plates to Table Talk and 4 plates to Minor Poems. Collated, complete. The Task is a blank verse poem in six books, often considered to be Cowper's main achievement. It begins with a mock-Miltonic passage on the origins of the sofa before developing into a discursive meditation on nature, retired life and religious faith. Cowper was a popular English poet and hymnodist. He changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by composing works on every day life and scenes of the English countryside. To many, he is considered a forerunner of Romantic poetry. In full morocco bindings with gilt stamped detailing to the front boards and spines. Externally, very smart with just some minor rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Gift inscriptions to the front pastedowns of all volumes dated 1835. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges with the odd spot throughout. Very Good. book.

Original full calf boards with elaborate gilt designs, 3 slightly raised bands in 4 compartments with tooled gilt lettering. , Considered some of Cowper?s most substantial works., Size : 12vo, P.Book1: Half Title, Blank, Illustrated title, Blank, Title, Advertisement, Blank 3-29, blank; Book 2: Frontis, Blank, 31-59, blank; Book 3; Frontis,Blank, 61-89, blank; Book 4: Frontis, 91-18; Book 5: Frontis, Blank, 119-150; Book 6: Frontis, Blank, 151-220 Half Title, Blank, Illustrated title, Blank, Title, Advertisement, Blank, p. half title, frontis, title, 1-204; p. part 1: half title, frontis,advertisement (iii-iv), contents (v-vi), 7-108; half title, frontis, contents (iii-iv), 5-108. A fine example of this set bound in full decorative gilt calf.