George gilfillan editor (31 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition large 8vo. Faded black with gilt to spine, minor bumped wear small losses to spine ends, leached fore edges, front hinge just starting, binding else sound if occasionally spread, historic damp mrks inside front and back, some pages uncut, good reading condition.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition large 8vo, faded black with gilt to spine, bumped wear, patchy fore-edges, back hinge just starting, binding else sound, good page condition.

Condizione: Good. 1st edition thus. Full calf, G. xxviii+284pp, recent plain leather reback with functional morocco lettering piece, covers stained & marked, a reading copy. Collected verse of Shenstone (1714-1763), who was noted for his pastoral verse. 625 grams.

Condizione: Good. 1st edition. Light tan Calf, G. xxvii+303pp, leather rubbed & faded to the spine, label missing, boards marked, a fair copy. Collected works of 3 poets, with essays etc. 700 grams.

Hardcover. London: William MacKenzie, no date. Well worn red cloth, small stain on front cover, library plate, light foxing, beautiful engravings through out.; orend29G60.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good Plus. No Jacket. Vol. I, xxvi, 258, vol. II, 297 pages; full light brown calf, 6 spine compartments, gilt titles over black spine labels, gilt spine decorations; marbled edges and endpapers; rubbing and scuffing to boards, scattered blemishes, plates of previous owners to front pastedowns, interiors foxed and age-toned, bindings sound; good plus copies.…

Two quarto volumes, originally of green cloth over bevelled boards, ornately blocked in gilt and black, with gilt-on-red medallion inlay to centre of upper cover in each case: the second of the volumes has been re-bound in matching green rexine, with the original cloth of the upper cover laid down; both volumes re-cased, with new endpapers; a.e.g.; pp. cxx + 88, [89-232] + 80; unpaginated plates precede text and music in each volume; engravings in text. Covers rubbed, with some fraying to extremities; browning and rather severe foxing; gift inscription to flyleaf of first volume. Working copies, sturdily re-cased. "To produce a complete edition of his works, worthy in all respects of our National Poet, has been the ambition of the publisher. In this attempt he had the good fortune to secure the co-operation, as editor, of a warm admirer of Burns, the late Rev. George Gilfillan of Dundee. The Poems and Songs have been arranged in the text in chronological order, and a novel and important feature has been introduced by incorporating, in addition to the words, those fine old Scottish Airs, the preservation of which from oblivion was one of the great objects of Burns in writing for them his immortal songs.". …

Roy.8vo, (228x145mm), xxiv,326p. Head edge largely unopened in original blue-grey diagonal wave-grain cloth, gilt lettered on the backstrip, the sides with a blind-blocked frame with large floral corner ornaments, covers faded. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if necessary the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email.…

Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition thus. Full calf, VG. xxviii+284pp, a nice copy, finely bound in tan calf with a decorated gilt spine & raised bands. Spine sunned a nice golden yellow, slight scuffing to the boards. Collected verse of Shenstone (1714-1763), who was noted for his pastoral verse. 625 grams. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 358 pages. 5.50x0.81x8.50 inches. In Stock.

386 pp. 8vo, publisher's full blue polished calf, gilt spine. The binding is very slightly darkened at spine and edges; joints a little rubbed. An attractive binding.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. The Library Edition of the British Poets was the title given to a 48-volume edition of the works of British poets, published between 1853 and 1860 by James Nichol of Edinburgh, edited, with lives of the authors, critical dissertations and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan. All the poets included were dead by the date of publication, and nearly all were born before 1770. The English Romantic poets were thus omitted from the collection. Publication took place in issues of six volumes, each issue costing one guinea by subscription. This complete set is in excellent condition. Cream vellum spines with brown leather titles insets and gilt lettering with green cloth. Page edge tops gilt. With a large but attractive vintage armorial bookplate in each volume. Some mild chipping to a few of the brown leather spine titles. Mild spine dustiness. Otherwise a very sharp and solid set that simply doesn't show its age! Volumes are: 1853-1854: Milton's Poetical Works (2 volumes) Thomson's Poetical Works The Poetical Works of George Herbert Young's Night Thoughts The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton 1854: The Poetical Works of William Cowper (2 volumes) The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler (2 volumes) The Poetical Works of William Shenstone The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer 1855: The Poetical Works of John Dryden (2 volumes) The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles (2 volumes) The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett 1856: The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (2 volumes) The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope (2 volumes) The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White and James Grahame The Poetical Works of William Shakspeare and the Earl of Surrey 1857: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (3 volumes) The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems 1858: Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (3 volumes) The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green 1859: The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser (5 volumes) The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison; Gay's Fables; Somerville's Chase 1860: Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets volume I-3. Shipped in 3 boxes. Postage cost will be $60.00 via Media Mail and must be signed for! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author(s).…

, xix 1-442 pages Later Edition , corners and edges rubbed, covers marked slightly, light foxing within, neat inscription to prelim, good condition , full calf with blindstamped decoration on the front and rear cover, gilt title and 5 raised bands on the spine, marbled endpapers, full red edges , octavo, 22 x 14.5 cm Hardback ISBN. …

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. A lovely copy of The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett, with Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan, in Bickers & Son fine binding. In full-calf Bickers & Son fine binding, with Bickers & Son mark to verso of first front free endpaper.With gilt decorations to the spine and striking fore edge marbling.This title forms part of the Nichol's Library Edition of the British Poets.The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett, with Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by Rev. George Gilfillan, edited by Charles Cowden Clarke. During his lifetime Reverend George Gilfillan was an advocate for working-class poets, as well as being a spasmodic poet himself and a literary critic. Within this volume is contained several delightful poetical works by Samuel Johnson, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Gray, and Tobias Smollett, including Samuel Johnson's 'The Vanity of Human Wishes', Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', and a number of Smollet's odes. In full calf Bickers & Son binding with gilt decorations. Externally, generally attractive with the odd mark and slight bumping and rubbing; former to spine's head and tail and extremities, latter heaviest to the leather's fore edge and spine. Some rubbing to the front pastedown. Bickers & Son mark to verso of first front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with lovely, bright, clean pages; light age toning and spotting exclusive to the endpapers. With fore edge marbling, slightly dulled at the top edge. Very Good. None (illustratore). book.…

First Edition. History of Edinburgh illustrated with many line drawings. Some water staining to top edge of maroon illustrated boards which also have a few small nicks.All edges gilt. Ownership inscription dated 1877 to title, otherwise VG-.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo, 21.5cm, first US edition, (Scottish sheets), vii,254p., in full contemporary brown calf, gilt decorated raised bands, full gilt borders and decorations in the panels, crushed black morocco label, gilt titles, gilt ruled border on the boards, marbled endpapers and edges, some fading in the panel decorations, some peeling on the boards, but a very good sound attractively bound copy (Irlthmds). ~ Thomas Parnell (11 September 1679 24 October 1718) was an Anglo Irish poet and clergyman who was a friend of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. Includes Samuel Johnson, Thomas Gray & Tobias Smollett with short biographies of each. ~ George Gilfillan (30 January 1813 13 August 1878) was a Scottish author and poet. One of the spasmodic poets, Gilfillan was also an editor and commentator, with memoirs, critical dissertations in many editions of earlier British poetry. …

Leather Binding. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (thin). Slight rubbing to covers (leather over boards; chiefly to lower edges); previous owner's printed paper label on front attached endpaper of both volumes; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges). xxvi, 258; vi, 297 pages. Title on spines: Butler's Poetical Works. Additional imprint information (on both title pages): London: James Nisbet and Company; Dublin: W. Robertson. Includes the Reverend Gilfillan's biography of Butler, plus a list of variant readings and additions to 'Hudibras' (at rear of volume 2). BMC, volume 4, page 805, column 1221; printed in Scotland (by Ballantyne, Edinburgh). 2 volumes complete; bound uniformly in 3/4 dark green morocco over red-brown cockerell boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spines, matching cockerell edges and endpapers. In supplied clear mylar protective jackets.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. A very good example of this four volume undated set, almost certainly 19th Century. No Dust Jackets (as issued). Covers: highly decorated green cloths with gilt decoration and gilt & red portrait medallion to centre front and gilt lettering to spine; all covers in very good, bright condition,some signs of shelf wear - slight rubbing to all edges and small tear to upper front spine of volume 4, but this volume still intact. Internally: all volumes very clean and tightly bound, little or no foxing. All edges gilt. Many black and white etchings. Paginated though all 4 volumes to pp. 408. A large and heavy set which may incr increased postal charges.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Solid binding. cover a bit tattered. Pages uncut. Ephemera included.

[Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxvi; 314 [2]; pp.[2] xxiv; 344 [2]. Reasonably-sized print on good paper. Very fine contemporary red full morocco by J. WRIGHT, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and very fine gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt; yellow-coated endpapers. Some light spotting to first and final leaves of each volume. A light tobacco scent. Some rubbing and light marks to bindings; spines very slightly toned. Some gentle re-colouring to spines. A good reader's edition in a superior binding. Very good.…

[Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxx; 416 [2]; pp.[2] xxviii; 428 [2]. Reasonably-sized print on good paper. Very fine contemporary green full morocco by J. WRIGHT, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and very fine gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt; yellow-coated endpapers. Some light spotting to first and final leaves of each volume. Quite a strong tobacco scent. Some rubbing and light scratching to bindings; spines sunned. Some gentle re-colouring to joints and head / tail caps. A good reader's edition in a superior binding. Very good.…

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Including the Airs of all the songs and an original life of Burns by the editor. 4 Volumes. Highly decorative green/gilt cloth; all edges gilt. Attractive set. Additional postage rates apply.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. London (Glasgow, Edinburgh): William Mackenzie, 1880s, Later Edition. Half leather binding, gilt titles, blind and gilt decoration to the spine, portrait frontispiece of 'Robert Burns' from a picture by Alexander Nasmyth, with notes, glossary, index of first lines and chronological list. Illustrated throughout with full page engravings and in the text. Offsetting from the illustrations to the text pages. A flower laid in to Vol II, severe tanning to pages 56/7 of Vol II, general tanning and foxing throughout. Pagination: Vol I - cxxviii, 232pp; Vol II 352pp, [8]pp various Indexes. Provenance: signature for D.E. Wilson to the front. Approximately 10 inches tall (25cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt title on red labels, five raised gilt bands, compartments with blind decoration, marked and worn. Joints good condition sound, rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition half leather and brown cloth boards, rubbed marked and worn. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title good condition pictorial title, tanned. Pages good condition portrait frontispiece 'Robert Burns' from a picture by Alexander Nasmyth, includes notes, glossary, index of first lines and chronological list, tanned and foxed with offsetting throughout, severe tanning to teo pages in Vol II. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1880s Binding: Hardback.…

8vo. [ii], iii[i], 162pp, real photo frontis. Original blind-stamped purple cloth gilt, peach endpapers, uncut. Spine and edges of boards browned; extremes lightly rubbed; very slight spotting to title and last page. Allibone's entry for Taylor is brief, but does refer to the 1864 2nd edition. This memoir of a minor Furness poet contains several references to the Ulverston and Lancaster railway, later the Furness Railway Company, for which the young Taylor worked. The literary remains include the prose piece 'Legend of Coniston Lake' and, amongst the poems, 'The Furness Rifle Volunteers'. The substantial alphabetical subscribers' list is then sub-listed according to the number of copies taken; multiples were ordered by many of the subscribers, peaking at 25 by Aaron Brown of Liverpool, and 20 by A. Brogden of Grange. * COPAC: BL, NLS (both 2nd editions). OCLC adds five copies in North America, three of which may be firsts. Not in Garbutt and Leeson.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Edinburgh: James Nichol; London: James Nisbet & Co, 1862-3. Two Volumes in One, Later Edition. Full Leather Binding, red polished calf, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt titles to black label, gilt borders to the boards covers, marbled endpapers. Vol I xxvi, [ii], 314 [2]pp; Vol II xxiv, 344 [2]pp. Provenance: inscription to Alexander M. Hilton to the front of the volume "on his leaving Eton". Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to black label, five raised bands with six gilt decorated compartments. Joints good condition gently rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition polished calf boards with gilt lined edging, gently marked and worn. Page edges good condition top edges slightly darkened, all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, inscribed to the front. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition tanned throughout. Binding good condition attractive set. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1862 Binding: Hardback. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edinburgh: [printed by Ballantyne and Company for] James Nichol; London: James Nisbet & Co; Dublin: W. Robertson, 1859, FIRST Edition. Contemporary binding by Zaehnsdorf (stamped to the base of the reverse of the front end paper) in full red calf, the spine with gilt tooled raised bands, titles to the second compartment to a black goatskin labels, the other compartment with gilt decoration, marbled end papers and page edges. Pagination: xxxiii, [i], 386 pp. Provenance: inscription to 'E. R. Phelps from his affectionate friend, John H.D. Goldie, Eton Election, 1865'. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall (22cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to black label, five gilt raised bands with six gilt decorated compartments. Joints good condition sound, rubbed. Corners good condition rubbed and worn. Boards good condition full calf leather, gilt double filet to the boards, marked and worn. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, subsequently tanned. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned with some minor foxing. Binding good condition attractive.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations by the Rev. George Gilfillan. First Edition. 8vo. [219 x 139 x 30 mm]. xxxiii, [i], 386 pp. Contemporary binding by C. Cross (signed with an ink pallet at foot of verso of front free endleaf) in half calf, marbled paper sides, the spine divided into six panels with gilt tooled raised bands, lettered in the second and third on maroon goatskin labels, the others with a crowned floral tool and sprigs, marbled endleaves and edges. (Slightly rubbed, with a tiny patch of insect activity at head of rear cover). A very good copy in a very well preserved and neatly executed binding, signed "C. Cross Binder To The Queen". Another binding with the same signature, on a copy of Broderip's Leaves from the Notebook of a Naturalist, 1852, was item 434 in my catalogue of Particular Bindings [from the collection of John Collins] and is now in the British Library. Spawn and Kinsella, Ticketed Bookbindings from Nineteenth-Century Britain, 426, list a binder's stamp "Cross, Binders To the King", on a book dated 1892 from the E. P. Wormersley collection. This must have been bound after Edward VII became King in 1901. There are 117 books signed by Cross in the Royal Collections, most of them at Sandringham, the last dated c.1910. There is no entry for a C. Cross in Maurice Packer's Bookbinders of Victorian London.…

Printed by Ballantyne & Sons, Edinburgh. 48 vols. 8vo. Complete. Bound in three quarters green calf, gilt spines, red and brown title labels, some sunning to spines, t.e.g Printed by Ballantyne & Sons, Edinburgh. 48 vols. 8vo.

Condizione: Good. Both books are orn and a little faded, mainly at the spine. Textblock is rough and worn also.

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1854. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 400, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 400 400.…