Burns robert henley w e (6 risultati)

Condizione: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has clothback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. - Binding White cloth, with gilt on cover,cover- Bumped corners. - Edgeworn. Octavo. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 4 Volumes Complete Set. (Undated). Hardcover: Fair+ Condition. No Jacket. Gilded Top Page Edges. Yellowed But Clean Pages. Foxing On Pages, Mainly Edges, No Hindrance To Readability. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Boards. Light Staining To Spine. Crack In Front Board, No Tears In Cover Just Bent With Visible Creasing. Bumped Board Corners. Wear Top And Tail Of Spine And Slight Discolouring On Inner Lower Edge Within.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. (Undated). Hardcover: Good Condition. No Jacket. Gilded Top Page Edges. Yellowed But Clean Pages. Foxing On The Edges Of Pages, No Hindrance To Readability. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Boards. Wear Top And Tail Of Spine And Slight Discolouring On Inner Lower Edge Within.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. The Centenary Burns, four volumes, 8vo, tan cloth decorated in gilt in the MacKintosh/ Art Nouveau style, volumes 1 and 2 published 1896, 3 and 4 in 1897, gte, sides untrimmed, each in near fine condition. Set owned by Victorian author Ella Napier Lefroy (1854-1919) with her bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. A Glasgow native and eldest daughter of merchant and politician Alexander Hastie of Luscar, in 1873, she married Thomas Charles Perceval Lefroy, an Irish businessman who worked for the brewers Guinness and Bass. The couple lived in London and had four children. In the 1890s, Lefroy wrote two novels - "A Scots Thistle" (2 vols. London: Bentley, 1892) and "Janet Delille" (2 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1894) under the pseudonym "E. N. Leigh Fry." Thereafter, it appears, she gave up literature. Her husband died in 1893 which may have influenced her decision.…

four volume set octavo fawn cloth boards with elaborate gilt motifs and detail to spines, (1) xx + 464pp (2) xxv + 475pp (3) xxiv + 519pp (4) xx + 348pp; illus, all vols VG ( light rubbing and light tanning, frontis loose vol 2) A VERY PRESENTABLE SET IN AN ATTRACTIVE BINDING. HEAVY.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. A very scarce large paper limited edition set of the writings of Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns, illustrated throughout. A very scarce ten volume limited edition set of Burns's works, with this being set 119 of 250 large-paper sets produced for Great Britain.Edited and with essays on 'Burns's Life, Genius, and Achievement' by W. E. Henley, and with an introduction from novelist John Buchan.Illustrated with ten plates to volume I, including a folding facsimile plate; sixteen plates to volume II, including one folding plate and one double page plate; six plates to volume III; eleven plates to volume IV; nine plates to volume V; five plates to volume VI, two of which are folding facsimiles; three plates to volume VII; three plates to volume VIII, including a double page plate; three plates to volume IX, and three plates to volume X. Collated, complete.A truly lovely set collecting together the poetry, miscellaneous writings and letters of the national poet of Scotland. In the publisher's original quarter calf bindings, with cloth covered boards. Light rubbing to front joints of volumes I, II and X and rear joint of volume IX. Minor discolouration to back strips, otherwise externally excellent. Small instance of worming to head of front pastedown, front free endpaper and half title of volume IV. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…