Published by London, Edinburgh Robert Tyas; H T Warren 1838, 1838
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
Condition: USED_FINE. Six volume set of English and American poetry contained in 'a Morocco [book]case with glass front' as described in The Gentlemen's Advertiser which originally offered the set at a guinea a piece in 1838. This set still boasts its original case (11.5x14cm) although the glass door has separated from its hinge leaving the original glass happily still intact. This is the cloth-bound issue of the little volumes of verse, all edges gilt, generally near fine as a result of being housed in the bookcase, a little foxing here and there. The Shakespeare volume was printed by Tyas, the rest by Warren with extracts from American poets including Longfellow; Peabody; Pierpont, Whittier and others - the American volume alone has a small mark to the upper cover. The original advertisement for these books suggests their purpose was as 'presents to juvenile readers' or to accompany long journeys. From their condition there is little evidence that this set ever left its snug little box. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Published by London: William Pickering 1835-53, 1835
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Fifty-three volumes, 8vo, Chaucer in six volumes, Dryden and Spenser in five, Burns, Churchill, Cowper, Milton, Pope and Swift in three and Butler, Prior, Thomson and Young in two. Portrait frontispieces of all the poets except Falconer, as published, some light foxing, armorial bookplates of Philip Stapleton Humberston in all but the Spenser volumes, Pickering's small bookseller's label to the paste downs of 22 volumes. Original full morocco in various colours, a.e.g., the Spenser volumes with some wear to the joints and spine ends, otherwise a very good set.