Leigh Hunt Editor (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Camelot Classics. Crown 8vo, brown cloth, paper label. Covers worn, head of spine missing quarter inch, label chipped and browned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 164 pages. Illustrated. Sir John Gielgud / The Thirty-Nine Steps / Philippa Pearce / Mrs Humphry Ward / Leigh Hunt / John Russell Fearn.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No statement of publication date, likely circa 1900. Greenish-beige cloth. Bumped fore-edge corners. Light wear to head and tail of spine. Rear paste-down cracked in middle. Pages are clean. 282 pages. Contents: [Samuel Johnson]: Introduction. Anningait and Ajut. Story of Misella. Story of Zosima. Victoria, or the Beauty. Almamoulin. The Disappointed Heir. The Scholar. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. [Henry Mackenzie]: Introduction. Louisa Venoni. La Roche. [Laurence Sterne]: Introduction. Le Fevre. Maria. Yorick.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No statement of publication date, likely circa 1900. Greenish-beige cloth. Lightly bumped corners. Interior is clean and unmarked. Pages are clean. 255 pages. Contents: Introduction. Lauretta. The Shepherdess of the Alps. Friendship Put to the Test. The Connoisseur. Soliman II. The Two Unfortunate Ladies. The Good Husband. The Good Mother.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG in cloth spine and boards (corners rubbed, ink name) 12mo 224pp Tiny spine tip tear. Series: Classic Tales.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Gold title on black cloth spine with gray boards, 96 pages. Correspondence from the first half of the Nineteenth Century. This edition limited to 300 unnumbered copies. Some unopened pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very good- copy in cloth spine and boards with rubbing to corners; ink name on front free endpapers. 12mo 282pp Series: Classic Tales. Works by Samuel Johnson span some 200 pages, and include 'Rasselas'. ca 1890's.

314pp. + ads. Edited, with introduction & notes by Arthur Symons. of: The Camelot Series. Ex-library, light cover wear/soil, text clean/tight: VG-.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No DJ. Book is from The World's Classics series, circa 1911. Dark green boards, top edge gilt, endpapers illustrated with atlas theme, red place ribbon faded on exposed end, 419 pages plus ads. Lightly rubbed on ends of spine and corners, boards lightly smudged, pages darkened but clean. Overall, very good plus. …

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. First Thus. Brown 1/2 calf, marbled paper-covered boards, 5 raised bands. Issue dates to approx. 1887-92, after Paterson established its London office but still retained its original Edinburgh office. Covers show surface rubbing, with leather rubbed at corners and along joints, with shallow gouge midway down spine panel. Firm binding, clean interior. One volume (only) of a larger series, though not noted as such. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. 14 pages, with UK list of books. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, one of 500 copies. 8.25 x 5.75 in. 147, [2] pp. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Red cloth lettered in gilt, in printed dust jacket. A substantial portion of the rear jacket panel is lacking, reinforced with brown kraft paper and tape at verso. A few small chips and tears along the upper jacket edges. Fine in good dust jacket, now in protective mylar cover.…

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original title blocked cloth. Tape repair, with staining, wear and tear as with age. Text remains clean and with out blemish. Series; The Camelot classics. Physical description; xix, 314 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; English essays. Genre; Bibliography. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original title blocked cloth. Tape repair, with staining, wear and tear as with age. Text remains clean and with out blemish. Series; The Camelot classics. Physical description; xix, 314 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; English essays. Genre; Bibliography. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Kennikat Press, 1967. 150pp. §A reprint of the 1927 edition. Original ornage cloth, black lettering. A very good, bright copy.

paperback. Condition: Fair.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. first edition on blue cloth.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ellustrative of those First Requisites of their Art; With markings of the best passages, critical notices of the writers; And an essay in answer to the question "What is Poetry?"; Brown Morocco, gilt covers border, raised bands, gilt spine title & decoration, top edge gilt, & marbled endpapers / pastedown; A very good copy with respectable early bookplate inside front cover, & early pocket inside back board (no other library markings); 4.75"x7.25"; 345 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860. New Edition. lxxxiv,668pp. §Double-column text. Handsomely bound in red morocco, gilt lettering and decoration, raised bands, marbled boards, edges & endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities, bump to head of spine at lower joint (cosmetic only). A very good copy, sturdy, tight & sound. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 2.2 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders - International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quotation).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. London: George Routledge, [1840]. First edition. lxxiv,668pp. Tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece (Wycherley), engraved vignette of rustic scene to title. §Double-column text. Half-title and verso of last leaf slightly foxed, top edge of textblock slightly browned, otherwise an unusually fine, clean copy, lately professionally rebound in black quarter-leather, gilt lettering and decoration, patterned paper boards. A handsome copy. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 2.2 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders - International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quote).…

Original Green Publishers Clot. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pp. cxlvii, (i) errata, 331, (i) colophon. Spine titled & decorated in gilt & boards stamped in blind. Very occasional spots of foxing. Corners bumped & extremities rubbed a little in places. Quite uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Early diminutive edition circa 1850. Matching set of 5 volumes in green half morocco and green marbled boards; gilt top edges and five raised bands on the spine with gilt titles. Unmarked and tight and just showing slight signs of shelflife. An attractive set. 224 to 282 pages per volume.; 4 x 5.5".…

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A very scarce three-volume collection of tales collected by Leigh Hunt, featuring moral and entertaining stories with Hunt"s own critical essays introducing the authors. Rebound in half blue calf with marbled paper boards.This set contains three volumes from the original five-volume anthology Classic Tales, Serious and Lively, collected by Leigh Hunt.These volumes are undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at University of Birmingham Libraries, National Library of Scotland, York Minster, and Trinity College Dublin Library.The volumes included here are Marmontel, Goldsmith and Brooke, and Johnson and Others. The two missing volumes are Hawkesworth and Voltaire.The anthology features moral and entertaining tales from a variety of prolific writers. Each volume includes Leigh Hunt"s critical essays introducing the authors and their works.Leigh Hunt (17841859) was an English essayist, poet, and critic known for his wit, liberal politics, and role in the Romantic literary circle. Rebound in half calf with marbled paper boards. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing to boards. Rubbing to spines resulting in slight loss to calf. Slight discoloration to perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edges. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small 4to, panelled calf, gilt stamp of Princess or Queen ( of England) on top cover. Prize volume to Percival Horton Smith.

On 7.5 x 14 cm piece of laid paper, laid down on part of a leaf from an album. In fair condition, on aged and spotted paper. The letter reads: 'G Dr. respects to Miss Lusada - begs she will please to accept the enclosed - 3 more Letters will follow - wch. shall be sent. to Miss Lusada - Dr. is gone to dine with Mr. Morgan, who desires his Compts. and informs Miss L. that he will send to her soon the little Mathematician'. The recipient was in fact Abigail Lousada, the bluestocking daughter of Isaac Barrow Lousada [sic] of Devonshire Square. See her obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine, April 1833, where her 'superior talents' are described. She translated the works of the Greek mathematician Diophantus into English, and in 1817 Benjamin Gompertz dedicated his 'Hints on Porisms' to her, declaring: 'the mathematical studies are among the number of your scientific researches'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo. volume rebound in tan, half leather and tan cloth covered boards with red spine label and gilt lettering & decoration, and was probably added in the latter half of the 19th century. Condition: some damp-staining to lower half of spine and bottom edge of front cover; light soiling to title page; else very good. Pages: xvi, 158 and 2-page publisher's ads.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes. 8 ¾ x 6 in. xxxix, 259, [1]; 315 pp. w/ 12 plates. Three-quarter parchment and red cloth boards, decorated and lettered in gilt at spine, top edge gilt. Parchment lightly darkened and soiled, volume one lacking preliminary blank, ownership bookplates at front pastedowns of both volumes. Very Good.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Brown 1/2 morocco edged in gilt, brown pebbled cloth, spine panels lettered/decorated in gilt with 5 compartments, 4 raised bands, all text block edges in gilt. All volumes fairly uniform VG condition, showing mild rubbing to spine extremities and corners, some rubbing to joints and/or spine bands. Vol. IV shows thin strip of loss at head of spine and evidence of repair along front joint. 404,32 + 367,32 + 432,32 + 458,48 pp. Complete but apparently bound in the incorrect order, with Vol. IV contents consisting of the Second Series (see listing below); Vol. I imprint is Hotten, II-IV Chatto and Windus (with Vol. II note specifying them as successor to Hotten), Vols. I and II undated, Vols. III and IV dated 1875 on lower main title. (I) First Series: Queen Mab and the Early Poems; (II) Third Series: Posthumous Poems, The Masque of Anarchy, The Wandering Jew, The Shelley Papers, Notes to Queen Mab and Hellas; (III) Fourth Series: Zastrozzi, St. Irvyne or the Rosicrucian, Dublin and Marlow Pamphlets, Refutation of Deism, Miscellaneous Letters, The Shelley Papers; (IV) Second Series: Laon and Cythna the Cenci and Later Poems. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A compendium of the works of these influential poets and essasyists. With their handsome two-column text blocks and easy-to-read typefaces, the early Victorian Moxon 'Works' editions are highly collectable. Here we have the opportunity to acquire several of them bound in one volume, comprising the works of Richard Sheridan (paginated as one) as well as of Samuel Rogers and Charles Lamb (several published individually). In an amateur calf binding retaining old calf boards. Generally smart, lightly rubbed in boards. Corners of boards slightly bumped, with some rubbing throughout. Internally, very firmly bound. Pages bright and clean notwithstanding some dusting to final leaf. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…