Publication Date: 2006
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
ISBN-13: 9781584775454; ISBN-10: 1584775459. A Landmark Work on Freedom of the Press Milton, John. Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England. With an Introduction by James Russell Lowell. New York: The Grolier Club, 1890. lvii, 189 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775454. ISBN-10: 1584775459. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * Parliament's victory in the Civil War prompted many questions about the right to print and liberty of the press. The Stationers Company, which enjoyed the Royal monopoly on printing and bookselling, petitioned Parliament for the continuation of its privileges under the new regime. This was a controversial request because Milton and others resented the Company's censorship of political and religious publications in the years before the Civil War. Areopagitica urged Parliament to reject its petition in the name of intellectual freedom. This edition has a long introduction by James Russell Lowell [1819-1891], the notable poet, critic, editor and associate of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Reprint of the 1890 Grolier Club edition, which was limited to 325 copies.
Published by The Grolier Club
Condition: Fair. New York: The Grolier Club, 1890. 16mo Hardcover. 189pp. Fair book. Spine detatching. In polypropylene bag. Previous owner's name on front paste down. Reading copy only. Unnumbered copy of an edition of 328. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front paste down. (great britain, freedom of the press, speeches) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by The Grolier Club, New York, 1890
Hardcover. Blue paper boards with a white spine label with dark blue lettering; two bookplates on inside cover; ephemera laid-in; One of 325 copies; (lvii) 189pp (untrimmed, with most unopened);bw illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; a few bw illustrations. ".one of an edition of three hundred and twenty-five copies on Holland paper, and three copies on vellum, all of which were printed from type in the months of September and October, 1890" -- Page preceding half-title. Good(boards show moderate shelfwear and scuffing; spine has a minor split, but is holding;hinges are intact; light age-toning to pages, as expected).