Wright Cyril Ernest (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprinted From The Proceedings Of The British Academy, Volume Xlvi; Printed Grey Wraps; Pp. 98-129 Clean, Unmarked Pages. [Humfrey Wanley Was An English Librarian, Palaeographer And Scholar Of Old English, ]. Frontis Portrait (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. xxxv, 480 pp. plus 17 plates; 4to, blue cloth, acetate dustjacket. Near fine copy; contents fine, lower quarter inch of spine darkened, cover edges a touch rubbed.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Suzanne Eward. Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes : portrait, facsimile ; 26 cm. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723 -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726 ; Diaries. Old English scholar and librarian. Harley, Robert Earl of Oxford 1661-1724 Library. Paleographers. Librarians. Antiquarian booksellers. Book collecting. English philology Old English, ca. 450-1100 History ; Sources. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xx, 24 pp; 24 plates. Original cloth, 4to. Top of spine slightly worn. Signature of former owner on front flyleaf. Else Very Good+, without dust jacket. Oxford Palaeographical Handbooks.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Suzanne Eward. Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes : portrait, facsimile ; 26 cm. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723 -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726 ; Diaries. Old English scholar and librarian. Harley, Robert Earl of Oxford 1661-1724 Library. Paleographers. Librarians. Antiquarian booksellers. Book collecting. English philology Old English, ca. 450-1100 History ; Sources. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 v. (xcv, 207, [4], 209-518, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates) : ports., facsims. ; 26 cm. Series; Bibliographical Society publication for the years 1961 and 1962. Notes; Introduction also published separately and simultaneously as Humfrey Wanley and the Harleian Library, by C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright. Includes index. Select bibliography: p. lxxxiv-xci. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723. -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726. Oxford, Robert Harley 1st Earl of 1661-1724 - Library - History. Oxford, Edward Harley 2nd Earl of 1689-1741 - Library - History. Wanley - Diaries. Genre; Biography. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 v. (xcv, 207, [4], 209-518, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates) : ports., facsims. ; 26 cm. Series; Bibliographical Society publication for the years 1961 and 1962. Notes; Introduction also published separately and simultaneously as Humfrey Wanley and the Harleian Library, by C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright. Includes index. Select bibliography: p. lxxxiv-xci. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723. -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726. Oxford, Robert Harley 1st Earl of 1661-1724 - Library - History. Oxford, Edward Harley 2nd Earl of 1689-1741 - Library - History. Wanley - Diaries. Genre; Biography. 1 Kg. …

4to, xxxv,480pp., 16 plates, orig. cloth, a fine copy. An inquiry into the origins of the manuscripts in the Harleian Collection. The introduction provides a short history of the collection, but the bulk of the work consists of two lists: the first arranged alphabetically by previous owner, place of production, etc.; the second giving the same information in bridged form, but arranged numerically.…