A J Valpy Ed (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue leather. Minor fading to spine, some edge wear, spine still looks good on a shelf. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 16mo. A reading set only. Ex library. A couple with title section on spine cut out. 5 with title section missing. Foxing, mainly to plates. Wear to edges. Some cracked hinges. Book.

Leather Bound. Small 8vo. 1/2 black leather over marbled boards. Fold-out chart to Vol. I. Shelfwear, bookplates, ink name, foxing, pencilling. Front board of Vol. I separated from binding and first few pages loose, other bindings sound. OCLC 1003976170.

Condition: Fair. Volumes 1 - 15. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. All volumes: 8vo, brown cloth binding with gilt patterns on front boards and gilt text on backstrips, heavy foxing, age toned and stained pages, pencil markings, bumped corners. Split hinges on volumes 8, 14 & 15 Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,5550grams, ISBN:

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The fifteen volume first Valpy edition of the works of William Shakespeare, in full calf bindings, and illustrated with the plates of Boydell's edition. The first edition from A. J. Valpy, complete in fifteen volumes.A wonderful set presenting the complete poems and plays of Shakespeare, encompassing all of his tragedies, histories, comedies and sonnets.Illustrated with plates after the Boydell Shakespeare: fourteen plates to volume I; fifteen to volume II; eleven to volume III; sixteen to volume IV; fourteen to volume V; thirteen to volume VI; fifteen to volume VII; fifteen to volume VIII; twelve to volume IX; ten to volume X; seven to volume XI; eight to volume XII; eleven to volume XIII; eight to volume XIV; three to volume XV.Collated, complete.Edited by A. J. Valpy and with a life and glossarial notes. In full calf bindings. Volume XIV rebacked, with back strip laid down. Gilt detailing to back strip. Light rubbing to joints. Tail of front joint of volume II starting, with board firmly held. Head of front joint of volume III, XI starting, with board firmly held. Joints of volume XII, XIII and XV starting, with boards firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd spot and light offsetting to pages facing plates. Light tide marks to head of four frontispieces. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Poor. None (illustrator). First edition. Twenty-three very scarce volumes of early nineteenth century periodical 'The Pamphleteer', containing hundreds of diverse and fascinating pamphlets. Twenty three very scarce, non-consecutive volumes. Present here are volumes I-VI, VIII-XII, XIV-XVII, and XIX-XXVI.Eventually extending to XXIX volumes, lacking in this set are volumes VII, XIII, XVIII, and XXVII-XXIX.Present here are 203 pamphlets of the 562 pamphlets that this periodical ultimately produced.Begun in March 1813, 'The Pamphleteer' was founded, printed and edited by John Abraham Valpy. Issued in quarterly parts, each volume contains a number of pamphlets. This set is worn, with pamphlets missing from each volume, and text blocks both strained and broken.Volume I features fourteen pamphlets. It lacks seven pamphlets: Letter from Mr Wylde; Pamphlets on the East India Company's Charter; Vansittart's Outlines of a Plan of Finance; Bernard's An Account of a Supply of Fish; Fabius's A Letter to the Earl of Buckinghamshire, and Letters of Probus in Answer to Gracchus.Volume I also lacks one plate.Volume II features seven pamphlets.It lacks seventeen pamphlets, being pamphlets 29, 31-34, 35-39, 41-44, and 46, according to R. F. Mullen, 'The Pamphleteer 1813-1828'.Volume III features ten pamphlets.It lacks eight pamphlets, being pamphlets 48-49, 52-53, 55-56, 58, and 62.Volume IV features only four pamphlets.It lacks eighteen pamphlets, being pamphlets 68-85.Volume V features twelve pamphlets.It lacks eight pamphlets, being pamphlets 94, 96, 99-101, and 103-105.Volume VI features seven pamphlets.It lacks sixteen pamphlets, being pamphlets 109-115, 120-125, 127-129.Volume VIII features eight pamphlets.It lacks eleven pamphlets, being pamphlets 151, and 153-162.Volume IX features nine pamphlets.Lacking thirteen pamphlets, being pamphlets 170-179, 186, 189.Volume X features six pamphlets.Lacking fifteen pamphlets, being pamphlets 193-195, 199, 201-211.Volume XI retains only one single pamphlet, and lacks nineteen pamphlets (nos. 212-227, and 229-231).Volume XII retains only three pamphlets, and lacks sixteen (nos. 232-246, and 250).Volume XIV features eleven pamphlets.Lacking twelve, being nos. 275-282, 287-290.Illustrated with a folding map.Volume XV lacks all twenty-four pamphlets, and retains only the title page and contents leaves.Volume XVI features five pamphlets.Lacking fourteen pamphlets, being nos. 317, 321-333.Volume XVII features eleven pamphlets.Lacking ten, being nos. 338, 340, 342, 346-348, 350-353.Vol. XIX features eleven pamphlets.Lacking six, being numbers 383-384, 390-391, and 393-394.Vol. XX features eleven pamphlets.Lacking five, being 398-400, and 409-410.Vol. XXI has eighteen pamphlets.Lacking two pamphlets, nos. 425-426.Vol. XXII has thirteen pamphlets.Lacking four, nos. 436, 442-443, and 445.Vol. XXIII has thirteen pamphlets.Lacking nine, nos. 450, 452-453, 462, 466-470.Vol. XXIV has six pamphlets.Lacking twelve, nos. 474-476, 480, 482-489.Vol. XXV has twelve pamphlet.Lacking eight, nos. 492, 497-502, 505.Vol. XXVI has eleven pamphlets.Lacking nine, nos. 510-511, 513-514, 518-519, 521, 525-526.The majority of the pamphlets present are exceptionally scarce.Pamphlets in the collection include such works as the 1824 work 'Remarks on Suicide' by Thomas Chevalier; the third edition of Charles Butler's 'On the Legality of Impressing Seamen'; Thomas Erskine's 'An appeal to the people of Great Britain on the subject of confederated Greece'; W. L. Bowles's 'A Reply to the Charges Brought by the Reviewer of Spence's Anecdotes'; George Field's 'The Third Organon', and 'The Source of the Evil' by 'Anglo-Hibernus'.In modern cloth bindings, with endpapers renewed, and with library stamps to each title page, and to the title pages of a number of pamphlets in each volume. Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Externally, smat. Significant rubbing to four spine labels. Joints of vol XV starting and tenderly held. Back strip of volume XVI split. Weakly bound, with each text block split in several places, and many pamphlets lacking. Volume I text block in five parts, with two loose leaves; Volume II text block in six parts, with four loose leaves; Volume III text block in six parts; Volume IV text block in four parts; Volume V text block in four parts, with several loosely inserted detached leaves; Volume VI text block in four parts; Volume VIII text block in three parts; Volume IX text block in five parts; Volume X text block in three parts, with several loosely inserted leaves; Volume XI in three parts, with several loosely inserted leaves; Volume XII in three parts; Volume XIV in three parts; Volume XV in two parts; Volume XVI in three parts with three loosely inserted leaves; Vol XVII in seven parts; Volume XIX in three parts; Volume XX in three parts; Volume XXI in three parts; Volume XXII in four parts; Vol. XXIII in four parts; Vol. XXIV in four parts; Vol. XXV in four parts, and vol. XXVI in five parts. Library stamps to each volume title page, and to a number of further individual pamphlet title pages in each volume. Tide mark to tail of vol VIII leaves. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright, with the odd spot. Poor. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Valpy edition. 15 vol. Small 8vo. For full pagination, please inquire. Early twentieth-century half blue calf over marbled boards with gold rules on the boards, spines in six compartments, each volume with two red morocco labels and gold lettering and decorations on the spine; top edges gilt. Marbled blue endpapers and pastedowns. Bound by Root & Son. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of William Shakespeare and thirteen additional plates illustrating scenes from the Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Shakespeare's life; volume two illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen additional plates; volume three with a frontispiece and ten plates; volume four with a frontispiece and fifteen plates; volume five with a frontispiece and fifteen plates; volume six with a frontispiece plus twelve plates; volume seven with a frontispiece and fourteen plates; volume eight with a frontispiece and fourteen plates; volume nine with a frontispiece and eleven plates; volume ten with a frontispiece and nine plates; volume eleven with a frontispiece and five plates; volume twelve with a frontispiece and seven plates; volume thirteen with a frontispiece and ten plates; volume fourteen with a frontispiece and seven plates; volume fifteen with a second frontispiece portrait of William Shakespeare and three plates, the final one not listed in the list of illustrations. Plates are outlines engraved on steel, beautifully rendered. All half-titles present. Jaggard 673. Lowndes 2267. The first Valpy edition which was later frequently reprinted. An extraordinarily beautiful set of Shakespeare's complete works, greatly enhanced by the illustrations of classic scenes from the plays. A Near Fine set with a few rubs to the extremities; leaves clean with just a few plates showing a tiny marginal dampstain, and very occasional, minor foxing.