Ritson joseph compiler (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Second Edition; 1st Printing thus. 2 volumes. (small 8vo), original blind-stamped brown cloth, spines with gilt lettering. Second Edition. Some wear and rubbing to cloth, very slight lean to spines. Securely bound with no tears or parting; very good. A new edition of Ancient Songs, from the Time of King Henry the Third to the Revolution, first published in 1790, with a slightly different title and some additions. Exceptional collection of English songs and ballads, many of which show up, in somewhat different forms, as American folk songs.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; , 326 pages.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good +. 1st Edition. Hardbacks, recent full-calf, gilt titles to spines. 3 volume set. 18cm x 12cm. Vol. I - lxxii, 264pp; Vol. II - 342pp; Vol. III - [192]pp. Frontispiece to vol. 1, 3 title vignettes and 16 illustrated head and tailpieces by William Blake. 1st edition 1783. Bindings are a little rubbed and worn, gilt lettering to vol. II faded. A rather splendid set. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs68). Blake, William (illustratore). …

, Volume I, lxxii, 264 pages. Volume II, 342 pages. Volume III, [192] pages, illustrated with frontispiece, 3 vignette title pages and16 illustrated head and tailpieces. Contains sections on Love songs, Drinking songs, Ancient Ballads, National Songs. The third volume contains music for the songs in Volume I, finely bound First Editions , rebound, corners and joints lightly rubbed, fading to spine, light occasional foxing, neat inscription to prelim of Volume I and half title of Volume II, very good condition , half calf and marbled boards, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, gilt lettering on red morocco title label to spine, coloured endpapers, full yellow edges , small octavo, 18 cm x 12 cm Hardback ISBN.…

2 volumes. First of the edition. Printed musical notations in Vol.I and with the half-titles. 8vo, beautifully bound in vellum by Birdsall over boards elaborately tooled in gilt, the spines feature raised bands gilt decorated, gilt lettering on contrasting green and tan morocco labels in two compartments, the remaining compartments elaborately gilt decorated in multi-lined and stopped panel designs with gilt lyre as the centerpiece. Covers decorated at he edges with double gilt fillet lines surrounding a gilt panel with lyres at the corners and gilt wreaths at the center of the covers. Edges gilt stopped and turnovers elaborately gilt rolled. Marbled endleaves, t.e.g. [14 p. ads], (10), ciii, 169; vi, 326 including glossary. A very fine copy, beautifully preserved. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND PRESENTED. This fine printing of an English classic appeared after the first with additional essays and ballads. It is here presented in a wonderful full vellum decorated binding by Birdsall. Joseph Ritson (1752-1803), antiquary, vegetarian, conveyancer, barrister, and subsequent psychotic, is best remembered for his work in the field of literature, particularly in the field of popular poetry, where, the DNB politely says, "he won his least disputable triumphs." As a long-time avid student of historical poetry, his criticisms were nearly always valid and founded upon extensive knowledge and research, yet the insulting and bitter tones of his writing made him intensely unpopular among his peers. Before his eventual descent into lunacy, his exhaustive and perfectionist methods of research produced some of the most complete works on ancient poetry that have survived.…

Leatherbound. Condizione: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 322. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1869 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 322 Volume 2.…