Rev Beeching Editor (9 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. Reprint. London: Humphrey Milford, 1916. Reprint. Fine brown cloth binding, gold titles and blindstamped decoration. 351 pp. Frontispiece of Milton, protective tissue. Light foxing, one signature cracked. 1" chipping top of spine, 1" tear at hinge. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Type: Book pp XIII, 554. Oxford Edition. Prior owner name to flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three-quarter leather binding with slight wear to extremities. Beautifully bound and collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [Half Calf Leather Edition] Hardback; half calf red binding with red cloth inserts. Raised bands and gilt stamped title on spine, with light gilt stamped decoration on spine and boards. Marbled endpapers. Spine and Corners are a little rubbed. Internally clean and sound with no foxing. A very decent leather-bound copy. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This edition of Milton's Poetry is a reprint, as carefulas Editors and Printers have been able to make it, from the earliest printed copies of the several poems. First the 1645 volume of the Minor Poems has been printed entire ; then follow in order the poems added in the reissue of 1673 ; the Paradise Lost, from the edition of 1667 ; and the Paradise Regain'd and Samson Agoniste from the edition of 1671. **There is a presentation notice, dated 1906, inside the front cover and the book has a maroon leatherbound cover with Newington College, Sydney in gilt at front and spine. (SEE PHOTO).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO. 1910 Oxford Edition Edited by Rev. H. C. Beeching. Hardcover NO Dust Jacket. Very good condition, inscription to first blank page, foxing to end papers, discolouration to the spine. U5B38.

Leather bound. Condition: Very Good +. 16; 554pp. Duodecimo [18.5cm]. Bound in pebbled navy leather. Raised bands and gilt stamped title on spine. Light gilt stamped decoration on spine and boards. Patterned endpapers. Extremities are mildly rubbed, and gilt textblock edges are lightly scratched. "This edition of Milton's Poetry is a reprint, as careful as Editor and Printers have been able to make it, from the earliest printed copies." - H.C. Beeching in preface.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with ornate boards, no dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Beautiful patterned page block and pastedowns in pristine condition. From the collection of Dr Cathy King, with bookplate on front pastedown indicating this book was an honorary gift by Lewis Gielgud to E. Lyttelton. Boards are sunned, and board corners and spine ends are slightly rubbed. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used.

Vellum. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smartly bound copy of this anthology of the poetical works of English poet John Milton. An anthology of the poetical works of John Milton, an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant best known for his 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost. Milton is described as the "greatest English author" by his biographer William Hayley, and he remains generally regarded as one of the preeminent writers in the English language. Edited after the original texts by Henry Charles Beeching, a British clergyman, writer and poet, who was Dean of Norwich. In the original half vellum binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor discolouration as is typical with ageing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.