Whibley charles intro (11 risultati)

HARDCOVER. Condizione: NF / NONE. NF HARDBACK. VOLUME I ONLY (OF 2) OF AMS REPRINT OF THE 1896 DAVID NUTT EDITION. TOTALLY UNUSED THO SPINE SOMEWHAT FADED AN VERY SLIGHT GENERAL SHELFWEAR (FROM A DISTRIBUTER'S WAREHOUSE SALE).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Two volumes 8vo in burgundy cloth, spine titles in gilt. Bindings tight and square, corners and spine ends square, text blocks unmarked.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No DJ. Intro. Charles Whibley. No date circa 1910. Green cloth with gilt decorations and title. Slight bump to corners. Gilt to top edge. Illustrated end papers. No ownership inscription. Frontis portrait plate of William Hazlitt.xv, 451 pages. Clean and tight. Size: 3.75" By 5.5" Tall. …

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Reprint. In English. Hard cover, 8vo, in black cloth elaborately blocked in gold to the spine, with title and decoration, illustrated endpapers in the style of early Italian woodcuts, top edge trimmed, others untrimmed, printed on watermarked, heavy laid paper, rubricated title page, xxxviii plus 269 pp. Reprint of the "Essay on Petronius" is reprinted from MacMillan/ E.P. Dutton edition of 1922, pp. vii-xxiii. Translator's introduction pp.xxiv-xxxviii, also taken from that edition. Chapters One to One Hundred Forty-First, pp. to 253, plus Notes pp. 255-269. CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Dent to front board fore edge (about 1 1/2 inches). Pencilled signature and bookplate to the half title, dated 1928. Otherwise sound, clean and bright. **The AUTHOR, Caius Petronius Arbiter, was the "Arbiter of Taste" to the infamous first century Roman Emperor Nero. This early epic, or romance, describes the vagrant life given over to various misadventure by a trio of young students, Encolpios, Ascyltos and Giton, It recounts their journey from Cumæ (near Naples) south to Crotona. Some will find intimations of later fabled road trip adventures of Don Quixote or the Three Musketeers in these older tales, but in this case with more licentious detail; not for your pearl-clutching great aunt! Part of the Black and Gold series of classical reprints by Boston publishers Boni and Liveright, who, in addition to popularizing a catalogue of "classics," also first published some of the most important authors of the modernist era, before going bankrupt in 1929. Part of the "Black and Gold Library " series. Book.…

Condizione: Very Good. First Edition thus. VG : in Very good condition without dust jacket. Cover edge-worn and scratched. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xl, 327pp; xii, 383pp. Danett 1596 translation. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Red/gilt hardback cloth spine over red boards.

Condizione: Good. 8vo: xxiii, 230, [1]pp, plus two portraits. Rubbed blue cloth, without dust wrapper. Gilt lettering on spine. Former ownership inscription on half title page. Two photographs with inscriptions on front endpapers, one of Ernest Duke of Cumberland and the other The Duchess of Cumberland. Newspaper clippings affixed to back of title page and bottom of last page. Tanning on endpapers, and page opposite last page from newspaper clippings. Minor spotting throughout.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. A wonderful edition of Richard Graves's late eighteenth century novel, here with two volumes bound in one. Two volumes bound in one, with separate pagination and title pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I.Richard Graves's novel 'The Spiritual Quixote' was first published in 1773, and serves as a satire of Methodism, which Graves viewed as a threat to his Anglican congregation. A satirical work, it ridiculed the intrusion of the laity into spiritual functions and the enthusiasm of the Methodists. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to spine. Otherwise, externally very smart, with light mark to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A limited edition two-volume set containing Richard Graves' most notable novel, 'The Spiritual Quixote'. Limited edition, being an unnumbered copy out of the 700 that were for sale.A lovely new edition of this picaresque novel by English cleric, poet and novelist Richard Graves.Complete in two volumes.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Originally published in the 18th century, this book follows the religious and romantic adventures of its hero, a young Oxford man who decides to become an evangelist.With a collection of five contemporary letters, both handwritten and hand typed, tipped in to one of the volumes.With an introduction by Charles Whibley, an English literary journalist and author, who was known for his progressive views within literature and the arts. In the original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. With minor fading to the spine and light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Small white marks to the boards of Vol I. Bookplates with the letter 'L' to the front pastedowns of both volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to the endpapers. Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

Cloth. Condizione: Good. First edition. Three volumes containing the memoires of Phillipe de Commines and the historical works of the Roman historian Sallust. From the Tudor translations series. Three volumes containing reprints of fifteenth century translations. From the Tudor Translations Series. Thomas Danett translates the memoires of Phillipe de Commines; a fifteenth century diplormat and writer in the courts of Burgundy and and under Louis XI in the courts of France. Commines memoires are a major primary source for fifteenth century European history, not only because of his analysis of the contemporary political scene, but because of his cynical and forthright attitude to machinations he witnessed in the courts of Louis XI. Reprinted from the revised text of 1601. A limited edition copy of Sallust, in which Charles Whilbey offers a biographical introduction to the Roman historian and politician, before Thomas Heywood provides translations of his Sallust's accounts of the Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jugurthine War in the first and second centuries. Prior owner's bookplate to volume I of The History of Commines. From the library of antiquarian, historian, and local politician William Henry Duigan. Duigan wrote several books and pamphlets on local history, particularly on the etymology of place names. Carl Duigan has crossed out William's name and added his own in ink. In the publisher original cloth covered calf binding over calf boards. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, particularly at the edges of Sallust. Lightly bumped to the head and tail of the spine, and a little rubbed to the joints. The spine is also a little discoloured, as is the cloth to the front joint of Sallust. The front and rear hinges are starting, but firm to Sallust. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Good. None (illustratore). book. …

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. First edition. Illustrated throughout and including two plates by Aubrey Beardsley, this is a limited edition first edition of Francis Hickes's translation of Lucien's satirical early science fiction tale. The first edition of Francis Hickes's English language translation of this short novel written in the second century by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata.Number 13 of 251 copies produced.This is the earliest known work of fiction to include travel to outer space, alien lifeforms, and interplanetary warfare. It has been described as "the first known text that could be called science fiction".Illustrated with sixteen plates, being seven each by Strang and Clark, alongside two from celebrated artist Aubrey Beardsley.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip and board perimeters age toned, with light rubbing to back strip head and tail. Pages age toned to perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. William Sprang; J.B. Clark; Aubrey Beardsley (illustratore). book.…

8Vo Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Ltd. 247pp. Stated numbered and liomited edition: No 41 of 251. Brown boards, golden lettering on spine. Text and artwork is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, heavy chipping anf chunking on joints and outer spine. Textblock is square with deckled edges. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear, abrading, foxing on inner boards and endpapers, pageblush throughout, PO bookplate on inner front.…