Thomas Chatterton, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Signed & inscribed by Charles Edward Russell to the previous owner on the front free end page. 1st edition. Previous owner's name on the front fixed end page edge. Minor wear to boards, otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Printed Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (iv), 12pp. + (iii) illustrations; one being a folding facsimile of the manuscript. No. 44 of 50 copies initialled by William George. Wrappers lightly worn. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Folio. 11" x 17 5/8". Two Unbound Pages: Facsimile Of Manuscript With Deckled Edges, and Transcription With Commentary, Very Good with small tears, some creasing. Page reproduced & transcribed is last of four. From the Autograph Edition-de-Luxe, Numbered 36, signed by Oliver H. Leigh, Editorial Director.

Hardcover. Condition: Good condition. We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1 (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Cambridge [UK]: W. P. Grant, 1842. 2 volumes, complete. Good condition. A sound reading/reference set. NOT library discards. NO loose pages. The two volumes are uniformly bound in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Spine ends and hinges are chipped, more so in volume 1. Corners are moderately worn. Internal condition is Very Good. MDCCCXLII [1842]. First Edition Thus. Each volume is signed in ink by B. Archer-Burton, probably Burton Archer-Burton of Rockstone Place, Southampton, Hampshire, England (cited in Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition). Vol. 1 includes THE LIFE OF THOMAS CHATTERTON, a 134-page biography which according to Kennedy/Halkett & Laing was written by C. B. Willcox. Illustrations include fold-out plates/facsimile letters. "Edmund Malone pronounced Chatterton to be, in his opinion, the greatest genius that England had produced since Shakespeare it was almost a miracle that a youth could have written such poetry with all the difficulty of metre and diction." -- Whitehead [p. 17, in THIS SOLEMN MOCKERY]. Full title: "The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton with Notices of His Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, A Selection of His Letters, and Notes Critical and Explanatory." Not in Warren [ROWLEY CONTROVERSY TO 1882]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good condition. Illus. by We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1. 2 volumes: 728pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Leather. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. 8.25; Engraved frontispieces, with Vol II's corner water stained. Bound by T Crempton, Bookbinder, Hereford. Book plate depicting amanuensis at work. Provenance Carl August Eliese, Also signed Carl Eiglise. 3/4 leather over cloth. Gilt spine. Fine binding. Mild foxing on occasional pages. Otherwise clean and bright. Binding firm. English language. Vol III with plate of saxon Heraldry and fold-out architectural plate at rear. Containing His Life by G. Gregory, D. D. , and Miscellaneous Poems.