Robert Southey, Signed (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Leather. Little Journeys of English Authors Book II. LIMITED EDITION #342 OF 947 COPIES. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only.no inscription). Pages are clean and unmarked. Leather covered covers show edge wear with rubbing/soiling. Binding loosening slightly but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Suede. Fair/No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. Ex-Library. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #408/940. Felt lining beginning to separate from lether cover. Edges scuffed & leather dry. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. No. 174 of 940 copies and signed by Hubbard on the limitation page. 12mo. volume in suede binding. Color tinted title page & initials. Condition: minor wear, discoloration & soiling to suede covers; upper 1/3 of 1st free endpaper (blank) trimmed away; else good. Signed by Author(s).

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Hubbard; frontpiece protrait of Southey with paper protector Very Good in slightly worn, faded, yapped suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; detached silk ribbon bookmark; some transference from illuminated letters on to facing page throughout. Limited Edition numbered 578 of 940 copies.

HARDCOVER. Limited edition. 104pp, suede, octavo. #508 of 940 signed and limited copies Little Journeys - English Authors. tight binding, clean throughout, waviness to the page edges, dynamic color to the title page, soiled wraps with clear gilt tiles, worn edges, Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Editions Club; New York, 1958. Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator directly on the limitation page in rear. Limited Edition. Book is limited to 1,500 numbered copies. This book is number 997. A Very Good, monthly letter laid in, decorative cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine label, top text block edge stained maroon, some rubbing along joint, binding firm, trace handling marks, previous owner bookplate sloppily removed from front free endpaper, without Dust wrapper. In a Very Good, some shelf wear, bit of handling/scuffing, some sunning to spine and margins, no splits, sturdy, Slipcase. A nice and clean copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 196pp., color illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. Signed by Illustrator.

Frontis, hand illumination, 7 5/8 x 5 3/4, limp brown suede, gilt lettering, watermarked handmade paper, 104 pp. Covers rubbed, darkened and soiled, free endpapers and page edges toned, contemporary ink inscription and date, small tear to free rear endpaper, occasional light soiling, offsetting from ribbon page marker else good. LIMITED TO 940 COPIES, THIS IS NUMBER 79 AND SIGNED BY ELBERT HUBBARD.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION PRESENTION COPY TO SOUTHEY'S DAUGHTER. 1 vol., 9-1/8" x 6-1/4", (viii)1016pp., with the 16-page publisher's catalog dated April 1831 at front, inscribed on the half-title "Katharine Southey. Keswick. 26 May 1831. from her Father", bound in the publisher's original purple/maroon cloth, with the original gilt lettered leather spine label, some foxing to the tile-page, otherwise internally clean and bright, spine expertly relined, Bookplates of H. R. Merewether and C. F. Crokat to front pastedown, housed in a fine green morocco backed solinder slipcase. Provenance: The Property of The Doris L. Benz Trust sold for the benefit of Dartmouth College Library. Friday, November 16, 1984. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a fine, unmarked, 1900 Roycrofters edition in limp brown suede binding with gold lettering, Copy Number 43/940 signed by Elbert Hubbard. A fine copy, no chipping of the Yapp suede binding, top edge guilt, satin marker ribbon. This is an exceptionally fine copy, photos on request. Signed by Author(s).

couverture souple. Didier | Paris 1968 | 16 x 24 cm | broché | Edition originale pour laquelle il n'a pas été tiré de grands papiers de cette thèse soutenue en vue d'obtenir le doctorat es lettres. Agréable exemplaire. Envoi autographe daté de 1985 et signé de Jean Raimond au professeur Guy Degen : ". ce livre (ou péché de jeunesse) sur un romantique anglais "mineur"." | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of this thesis submitted for the doctorate in letters. Handsome copy. Autograph inscription dated 1985 and signed by Jean Raimond to Professor Guy Degen: ". ce livre (ou péché de jeunesse) sur un romantique anglais "mineur"." [". this book (or sin of youth) on a 'minor' English romantic."] *.

Leatherbound. Condition: Fair. 4 vols.: 1: xv, 431; 2: 431; 544; 605 p. 20 cm blue leather hardcover bindings with gold-impressed spines. Bickers & Sons's signed binding. Vol. 1 has chipped lower spine and detached rear board, vol. 3 has detached front board and chipped spine head; vol. 4 has chipped spine head. Hinges cracked, boards scuffed, corners worn. Good condition inside with clean pages. Attractive marbled endpapers and text block edges. Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets," and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. He was also a voluminous letter writer to various individuals as this collection indicates. More photos available on request.

New Edition. Good, tight copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age; head of v.1 backstrip lacking, with crosswise tear in the same area of v.2. Edges and prelims lightly foxed, with main text largely clean. Remains well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to Eliza Benson. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects; Folklore -- England -- Devon. Devon (England) -- Social life and customs. Devon (England) -- Description and travel. 3 Kg.

New Edition. Good, tight copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age; head of v.1 backstrip lacking, with crosswise tear in the same area of v.2. Edges and prelims lightly foxed, with main text largely clean. Remains well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to Eliza Benson. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects; Folklore -- England -- Devon. Devon (England) -- Social life and customs. Devon (England) -- Description and travel. 1 Kg.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. [iii]xvi, 188, [4], with the terminal errata and advertisement leaves, but wanting the half-title; a fine copy, outer and lower edges partly untrimmed, top edge gilt, in mid-nineteenth-century polished calf by Bedford, spine gilt; front joint repaired; anonymous twentieth-century bookplate.First edition of Coleridge's first collection of verse, published in April 1796. In the Preface, Coleridge explains that 'the Effusions signed C.L. were written by Mr. Charles Lamb, of the India House' and that 'the first half of Effusion XV. was written by the Author of "Joan of Arc" [i.e. Southey]'.'Some of the verses allude to an intended emigration to America on the scheme of an abandonment of individual property', Coleridge explains here, alluding to the abortive Pantisocratic scheme that had occupied him and Southey for much of 1794, and part of 1795 after Coleridge's move to Bristol. Other Effusions include the sonnet series Coleridge had published in the Morning Chronicle in late 1794, and a number of poems are addressed to Sara Fricker, whose marriage to Coleridge was perhaps the most serious result of Pantisocracy. ESTC T125613; Hayward 206; Sabin 14322. Language: English.

1st edition. Near fine copies (3) in full aniline calf, raised bands and intricately blind-tooled. Marbled edges and end-papers. Boards dust-toned. Spine and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Author's presentation copy. Physical description; 3 volumes ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; 1807-1814. Peninsular War, 1807-1814. Napoleonic Wars. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Near fine copies (3) in full aniline calf, raised bands and intricately blind-tooled. Marbled edges and end-papers. Boards dust-toned. Spine and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Author's presentation copy. Physical description; 3 volumes ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; 1807-1814. Peninsular War, 1807-1814. Napoleonic Wars. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition, housed in a slipcase in Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full vellum with gilt ruling to boards and spines. Spines bear two black leather labels apiece with gilt lettering. Housed in a brown cloth-covered slipcase with black spine label and gilt titling. Binding carefully reinforced and tightened in the 20th century, with new head and tailbands as well as new endpapers, but with almost no outward signs of repair. Both labels at tail of spines worn. Occasional light toning throughout; no marginalia. Robert Southey's name and "1796" written on the verso of the front free end paper of each volume. Contains engraved portrait, folding map of Chile, and 3 plates. Three parts in two volumes, each with their own title pages. CONTENTS: Vol. I. (LVI, 298 pages) (Spine label almost entirely worn away; small chip to upper label. Includes additional half-title. Below Southey's name is a trimmed version of his bookplate.) Vol. II. (413 pages) (Includes four line provenance note in pencil, stating it was bought from a bookseller in New York City, June 1871, and signed "J. W. Dodd"). Shelved in Case 0. Robert Southey likely bought these volumes when he was 21, during his five-month sojourn on the Iberian Peninsula in the first half of 1796. That trip resulted in his first published prose work, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal (1797). The bookplate in volume one was added around 1813, since Thomas Bewick did not fulfill the commission from Southey until 7 August 1813, upon which it was laid into every book in Southey's personal library. "Robert Southey's 45-book epic 'Madoc', published in 1805 after 16 years of intermittent labour and several major redrafts, has long been regarded as one of the most spectacular white elephants of English Romanticism.The poem's copious footnotes parade Southey's encyclopaedic reading in Welsh antiquarianism and the sixteenth-century Spanish chronicles.Southey's profound interest in the annals of the Iberian conquest of America (which he was reading in preparation for his monumental 'History of Brazil', published in 1810-19) might seem eccentric in comparison to the contemporaneous reading of Wordsworth or Coleridge, but less so if seen in a broader historical context. As British capital flooded into newly-independent Mexico after 1820, Southey's poem provided an imaginary template for the Anglo-Saxon financial 'reconquest' of the country's lucrative mineral resources from centuries of Spanish colonial misrule.An important instance of [David] Quint's 'epic of the defeated' which exerted a major influence on Southey's 'Madoc' was Alonso de Ercilla's 'La Araucana', originally published in Madrid in three parts in 1577, 1578, and 1590. Although Ercilla's poem was not nearly so well known in eighteenth-century Britain as Camoens' imperialist epic [The Luciades], attention was drawn to it by Whig and Radical poetic theorists such as Blake's patron William Hayley, and the American poet Joel Barlow, author of 'The Vision of Columbus'. A glance at the 'Common-Place Book' and the notes to 'Madoc' confirms that Southey owned a copy off the 1776 Madrid edition of 'La Araucana', which he turned to good account as a major source for his own American 'anti-epic'. In 1799 he composed a series of short 'Songs of the American Indians'.which included a 'Peruvian's Dirge' and an anti-colonial 'Song of the Araucans, during a Thunder Storm'. This poem exulted in the Araucana victory over the Spanish invaders.Ercilla's poem described the bloody uprising of the Araucana (Mapuche) Indians of Chile against the Spaniards in the 1550's, and the campaign to crush it led by the conquistador Don Garcia Canete, in which Ercilla the poet had himself been a combatant. In contrast to other Spanish eye-witness accounts.Ercilla's poem downplayed the imperative of Christian conversion and showed a remarkable sympathy for the Araucana Indians in their struggle ag.

Part of a cr. 8vo page, 18 x 14cm, aged but clear and complete, over-writing a letter on verso (part of) signed "B Gooch" [perhaps a relative of Southey's friend Robert Gooch]. SEE SCAN for full text. Title "On the Death of Riego". Four stanzas, 4 lines each. First lines "[He?] is gone the life of the good and brave | Has pass'd like a brief told story [.Last lines] Yet died he not unfriended; | Then the patriot's spirit breath'd forth one prayer, | And [soar'd] above unbended.".].

Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate of England from 1813 until his death. He was also author of the most popular version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.Autograph Letter Signed, 4 pages, Keswick, March 22, 1824, to ?My dear Elmsley. Whether my book goes soon to a second edition or not I shall be much obliged to you if you will point out any statements or inferences in it which may seem erroneous. The one which you have instanced (except in the printer?s blunder) rests upon the authority of Laud himself, as you may see at the end of his diary ? in the thick of his troubles, p. 68. This is not stated as an instance of his generosity but as one of those cases in which he had employed his influence for the advantage of the church. With regard to the tone of the book, it certainly was my intent & hope in writing it that it might tend to excite & strengthen a spirit of opposition to what is called Catholic Emancipation, for if that question were cased I do not think any political consequences could ever more clearly & certainly (speaking as to human probabilities) be predicted than the overthrow of the present establishment. The Text Act must then of course be repealed. The defector?s work began with the romanticists & such of the squirarchy as are not say in propriators with both. Then away go the tithes either to suit the convenience of a needy minister or to gratify the wishes of a Whig one and in a second Reformation the church would lose all that was saved from the first. There is, however, nothing intolerant in my feelings. What I maintain is that it is a solecism in politics to admit any person to a seat in Parliament whose religious duty it is to overthrow, if he can, the eccl. Establishment. There are other ways to heaven besides the King?s Dunstable Road but there should be no other road to Parliament. Let them go to heaven by any byway they please. My book would have been better if I had been in reach of libraries. It is beyond the reach of ordinary private means (much more such limited ones as mine) to be provided for such a subject even with all the aid a publisher can be called on to afford. The only assistance I have within reasonable bounds is from Lowther & the library there is very far from being complete in any single department. I found, however there a rich collection of pamphlets published during the civil wars. It is not improbable that if this sketch of the church history should obtain a good sale I may seriously think of giving a similar view of our political revolutions. You are right in preferring a continental journey to a northern one in your own country. Were I a single man I would make such an annual jaunt also & indeed I still dream of seeing Rome before I did. But remember whenever you are disposed to turn your steps this way we shall be heartily glad to see you. You will find old friends with old faces compared to those with which you saw them last. God bless you. Yours most truly, R. Southey.? Very good. Southey and Rev. Peter Elmsley were schoolmates and remained close throughout their lives.The reference to Laud must be to Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud who was executed in 1645 by Oliver Cromwell for his Church of England views and opposition to Cromwell?s Puritanism, thus the probability that the letter refers to Southey?s 1821 book Life of Cromwell. After 1814 and the publication of his famous poem ?Roderick the Last of the Goths? Southey turned mainly to biographies and articles, his poems mostly being only ones necessary as Poet Laureate.