Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, Walter Crane (67 results)

Edited by Thomas J. Wise. London : George Allen, 1894-97. Quarto, nineteen parts in original illustrated wrappers, illustrated by Crane throughout. The deluxe edition printed on Japanese vellum, limited to 28 copies of which 25 were for sale. A standard edition was also published. A very fine set with some creasing to the lower yapp edge. Originally in the collection of the Brooklyn Public Library (deaccessioned, without any ex libris markings at all), in custom folding cases which while now split have housed the set in exceptional condition. Magnificently illustrated by Crane and a highpoint of Arts and Crafts publishing. Masse p. 47. Published by Edmund Spenser in two parts, in 1590 and 1597, The Faerie Queene is the longest poem in the English language. An allegorical epic inspired by the works of Virgil, it parallels the virtues and chivalry of the knights of the Arthurian realm with the morals and incorruptibilty of the Tudor dynasty of Spenser's day, and so for obvious reasons the poem was received extremely favourably by Queen Elizabeth I (on whom the Faerie Queene is modelled) and her court. As Spenser fell under the spell of Mediaeval romances in crafting his poem, employing a deliberately archaised language in order to create a magical yet faux atmosphere, so Walter Crane became similarly entranced by the stories of noble deeds, heroism and chivalry which are told in each of the epic's books. Indeed, the subject matter of Spenser's poem was perfect for writers and artists of the late nineteenth century Gothic revival, and although it inspired a plethora of illustrated editions around this time, either complete or abridged, it is Crane's collaborative effort with Wise, particularly in this deluxe edition of such rare beauty, that is generally accepted as the nonpareil illustrated edition of The Faerie Queene.

First edition, limited to 1,000 copies on handmade paper (with a further 27 on japon), a remarkably fresh set in the original unrestored wrappers of this grand production, one of Crane's most distinguished works of illustration. Crane's designs encompass both an Art Nouveau and an Arts & Crafts aesthetic - he had, of course, worked with Morris at the Kelmscott Press - and this edition of Spenser's epic was issued at the height of his fame: he had an exhibition of his work touring Europe "and he was delighted to find that German collectors and museums bought his allegorical paintings, which chimed with German symbolist work" (ODNB). It was one of his last substantial commissions. The printing was executed for the publisher by the distinguished Chiswick Press. The editor of the text was the then-esteemed collector and bibliographer Thomas James Wise, later unveiled as a book forger. 19 parts, quarto. Original pink wrappers with design by Crane. Housed in two large red cloth clamshell cases by Zaehnsdorf. With full-page illustrations by Crane throughout. Slight wear around extremities but overall a lovely set, without fading or restoration, contents clean and partly unopened.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Crane, Walter (illustrator). Bold illustrations by Walter Crane. Originally issued in 19 parts, Seven title pages, eighty-eight full page woodcut illustrations, one double page, 132 head and tailpieces and numerous woodcut initials. Now exquisitely rebound in 3/4 crimson crushed morocco, 6 volumes, small 4to, marbled endpapers. London: George Allen, 1895-97. A fine set. Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's "most ambitious project of book illustration" (Lacy, 103), one of 1000 large-paper copies.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition. One of 1,000 unnumbered sets printed. 4to. 27.5 by 22 cm. 19 parts bound in 6 volumes. Pictorial pink wrappers bound in. Plates, headpieces and tailpieces by Crane. Gilt rose and leaf pattern in four spine compartments, lettering in two. Three Quarters Crushed Morocco. Marbled pastedown.

The gorgeous facsimiles are bound in 3 volumes : Each volume is bound in stunning white Nigerian goat skin blocked with a gilt design on cover and spine that is seductively sensuous to the touch. The volumes are housed on a sliding tray in a maroon toile vendome silk covered wooden case (31.8x23.6x20.6cm.), that is lined with maroon cloth. All three volumes are identically bound and gilt embossed except for the book number on the spine. Presented in a wooden slipcase covered in Tsarina Crush, with a sliding tray in the base for ease of use* In very good near fine condition. Near fine slipcase. Pages all clean and tight. An excellent limited edition copy. Books I & II 528 pages, books III & IV 516 pages, books V & VI 507 pages. It is printed on thick watermarked laid paper with gilt top page edges and white ribbon markers. Profusely illustrated with 88 large illustrations and 135 illustrative head and tailpieces by Walter Crane. 1,712 pages in total he sixteenth century was the golden age of English poetry. Edmund Spenser burned to create an English equivalent to Virgil?s Aeneid. Instead of lauding the Caesars, he would glorify Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. Where Virgil connected Rome to the heroic past of Troy, Spenser would forge a link between Tudor England and the mythological age of King Arthur. The result was The Faerie Queene, a rich allegory which elevated Protestant virtues through the medium of a romantic, chivalric epic. Today the power of Spenser?s story and the beauty of his verse still live in ?famous memory?.

Full Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Walter Crane (illustrator). First Folio Edition. Three (3) volumes in white Nigerian Goatskin lavishly decoated in gilt. Top edge gilt. White ribbon marker in each volume. Housed in silk covered wooden slipcase. Limited Edition of 1000 copies of which this is #563. This is a facsimile edition of the original edition, one of the great illustrated books, published in 1897 with Walter Crane's wonderful images. 6 books bound in three.1546 pages. Books in fine condition excepting a small scuff to top edge of Vol 1 barely visible. Box has some wear. Large Item will need extra freight. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Six volumes, quarto, original light cream pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and red, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original red on pink illustrated card covers bound in. Fore and bottom page edges tanned; light yellowing to free endpapers from binding; very light spine yellowing; soft bruise to upper inner corner of front covers; volume I has neat professional repairs to inner hinges, rear joint, and spine ends, with light darkening at ends, gilt imprint a little flaked; volume VI has one very small brown spot on the spine; volume II has a hairline crack to front inner hinge neatly repaired; a fine set otherwise, no owner names or plates, the vulnerable white cloth remarkably clean. Edition of 1000 copies on handmade paper printed by Charles Whittingham of the Chiswick Press. 88 full- page woodcut illustrations (one double-page), 132 head and tailpieces, numerous woodcut initials, uniform illustration to front covers. Edited by the eminent book collector, bibliographer, and forger Thomas J. Wise. A very handsome production of this great classic of late 16th century English literature, an epic poem, one of the longest in the language, and still never completed. Considered by many to be Walter Crane's best work in black & white, it was his most extensive commission as a book illustrator, taking three years to complete. Note: heavy set, extra postage will be required.

Condition: Good, No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition, 1895-1897. 4TO, B/W Illus, Hardcover Hardcover 6 volume set. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Matching beige cloth boards with gold illustrations and titling in red to each front board. Faded titles on sunned spines. Boards show soil and tanning throughout. Edge wear and some fraying. Front hinge of volume 1 is cracked,and first two blank endpapers are separating. The rest of the volumes are completely intact. Deckle edges. Previous owner's name to first endpapers. Occasional soil throughout, some had leaves pressed between the pages, causing more pronounced soil and wear. Volume V has about 30 of these soiled pages in varying degrees from mild to more severe as the photos show. Beautiful black and white illustrations by Walter Crane throughout. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

First Fairfax-Muckley edition, one of 1,250 copies printed on ordinary paper, in addition to 100 on handmade paper, this copy bound in an arts and crafts manner by William Jessop Mansell. The edition was intended as a stylistic companion to Dent's edition of Le Morte d'Arthur (1894-95), illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, and as a competitor to the George Allen edition of The Faerie Queene, illustrated by Walter Crane and published the same year. Fairfax-Muckley (1862-1926) was an influential leader of the arts and crafts "Birmingham School", having studied painting and drawing at the Birmingham School of Art in the early 1880s. A 1901 profile by the Society of Designers declares that he "has always had a strong bent towards the straightforward methods of the early painters. as witness the beautiful designs for his well-known edition of the 'Faerie Queene,' which fully express his natural admiration of the early Italian work" (p. 171). Dent commissioned Beardsley and Fairfax-Muckley to illustrate his deluxe arts and crafts publications in an effort to emulate the success of the Kelmscott Press. Society of Designers, 'A Designer of the Birmingham School', The Artist: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts, Crafts and Industries, 1901. Quarto (236 x 186 mm). Contemporary half vellum by W. J. Mansell of London, blue morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, spine richly tooled, blue cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, pp. 2-4 and 13-14 of volume 1 reprinted and inserted at rear. Woodcut frontispieces and title pages, 25 woodcut illustrations, 11 bifolia and several with tissue-guards, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, ornaments, and borders throughout. Binding square and firm, vellum somewhat marked and soiled, contents toned, faint foxing to endmatter. A very good copy.

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Walter Crane (illustrator). Edited by Thomas J Wise. Matching red leather bindings, distinct cover designs with decorations. Pictured by Walter Crane. Bound in premium full leathers, hubbed spine, distinctive cover design, beautiful illustrations, permanent satin ribbon page marker, gilded page edges, moire endsheets, thread-sewn pages for durability and strength. List of titles: THE FAERIE QUEENE: Volume I~ III.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 6-volume set. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Ex-library copies with usual markings. Half-leather covers, 3 of the spines rebacked, some of the boards detached, heavy edgewear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean. Illustrated by Walter Crane with numerous woodcuts.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete in 3 volumes. Easton Press, 2008; no later printings indicated. Full red leather bindings, gilt titling/decoration, raised bands on spine, silk ribbon page marker, gilt page edges, moire end pages--all the Easton trademarks you know and love. VG+ condition. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square; boards, illustrations and text also very good throughout set; page edges and gilt on boards remains bright, bold and free of scratches or other damage. A gift quality copy of this scarce Easton title. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international shipping. Not available for domestic priority/expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

(Book IV. Cantos IX.-XII.) Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Part XII [only, of 19]. With five full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Pp. [viii]+975-1044+[8](title pages and list of illustrations), pictorial title page and 4 full page illustrations, head & tailpieces, decorative initials; demy 4to; pictorial pale pink paper wrappers, slightly soiled, the edges and backstrip quite brittle and split, with a few small chips; uncut and partly unopened; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; George Allen, London, 1896. One of 1,000 copies thus. Masse, pp. 47-8; Todd 276a. *Six volumes issued in 19 parts, from 1894-97, printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. According to Masse, 28 copies were also printed on Japanese vellum paper, of which only 25 were for sale. In Various Extraordinary Books, [p. 3], Todd describes this, perhaps unkindly, as 'Wise's most pretentious edition'.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crane, Walter (illustrator). Edited by Thomas J. Wise; Part VI with eight full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. [4], 421-527, [5], vii-viii p.: added engraved title page, 7 additional leaves of plates, and many in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original reddish brown illustrated wrappers with overlapping edges. Final 3 leaves contain half title page, added engraved title page, and table of contents for Book II, all presumably meant to be bound in front of Book II when the parts were taken to a binder. Pages are unopened. In Very Good Condition: wrapper edges are chipped with slight loss of paper at ends of spine and along lower edges and fore-edges; front section of wrapper is detached and back section is largely detached; wrapper is foxed; first and last two leaves foxed; very occasional foxed elsewhere; pages and plates are otherwise clean and bright. Very scarce in the original wrappers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crane, Walter (illustrator). Edited by Thomas J. Wise; Part VIII with four full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane. Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. [4], 1045-1119, [1] p.: 4 leaves of plates, and many in-text illustrations; 28 cm. (11 inches). Original reddish brown illustrated wrappers with overlapping edges. Pages are unopened. In Very Good Condition: wrapper edges are chipped; paper lacking over spine; front and back sections of wrapper are detached; upper edges of last 6 leaves lightly stained, not touching text; pages and plates are otherwise clean and bright. Very scarce in the original wrappers.

Hardcover. Large Octavo; pp 527; G; dark green spine with gilt text; raised bands to spine; no jacket; rebound; volume 2 only; leather binding to pink wrappers; samples of black and brown labels for leather spine at rear; panels show some wear to front and rear edges; decorative gilt border to panels; text block has top edge gilt; deckled edges, otherwise; exterior fore and tail edges age toned; green silk endpapers; gilt scroll design to pastedown edges; interior page edges mildly toned; Illustrated; 1327786. FP New Rockville Stock.

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