Northman Peter (5 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers, pastedowns, half title page and last page textblock. Pen markings to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Not dated but 1948. Inscription of owner at start of book. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original blue cloth, lettered in yellow to the spine. 8vo - 223 pp. With the lovely example of the dust jacket. "A Mystery Of The Sea." Near Fine / Near Fine.

First edition of this opera libretto in English, from the collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. [6] pp38 [2], collated and complete as per the English Short Title Catalogue. Bound in half vellum over attractive marbled boards with black Morocco label with gilt lettering, red edges, last quarter of the 19th century, binder's ticket of 'T Connolly, 10 Up. Ormond Quay, Dublin'. In very good condition, the pages are browned with a tiny burn hole to the Epilogue and worm holes to the last few pages. Stab sewing holes visible. An old tick has been added to the title page along with occasional markings in red crayon to the dedication to Lady Wharton and the margins of the text. This opera libretto was translated by Peter Motteux and put into verse by 'Mr. Northman' from 'Il trionfo di Camilla' of Silvio Stampiglia, which was performed and published in Naples in 1696.Editor's dedication signed: Owen Swiny. Printed without the music by Giovanni Bononcini. An attractive copy which comes from an extensive Irish collection of quarto plays. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.