Search Results: chrysomela by francis turner palgrave

1877. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. on blue cloth gilt lettering pocket edition - rare

Macmillan and Co. 1884. Duodecimo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1877. First Thus . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Gilt decorated, green cloth boards, small area of bubbling on front cover. Wear on the the front corner and outer edge of the front cover. Foxing marks on the end papers and title page.

London: Macmillan, 1884. gilt-decorated green cloth nice and fresh, text block clean and tight, apparently lacks frontispiece (though other sellers make no mention of one).. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Macmillan, London, 1888,. 1888. Hardcover. hardback, 12mo, xxviii,198pp, owner's name on endpaper and title page, edges browning, text clean and sound, gilt-ruled green cloth, Good condition .

London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. Leather. Good. 6" by 4". None. A poetical anthology of Robert Herrick's poems. With a vignette title page. Edited by scholar and critic Francis Turner Palgrave. Palgrave is known for his anthologies of poetry and was a respected editor of texts. He was Professor of poetry at Oxford University for some time. Robert Herrick was a 17th Century lyric poet and cleric. His best known book of poems is his Hesperides which includes his carpe diem poem 'To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time.' In a full calf binding with gilt stamping to the spine and board edges. Externally, generally smart with rubbing to the joints and to the head and tail of spine. Loss to the backstrip, particularly at the head and tail of spine and to the joints. Prior owner's gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper, dated '28. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with the odd spot throughout. Good

London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1877.. old full calf; gilt spine; t.e.g.. Large ink gift inscription on flyleaf; another faint inscription on half-title; otherwise very nice.. 12mo,. Arranged with Notes by Francis Turner Palgrave. Golden Treasury Series.

Macmillan and Co, London, 1892. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 6 1/8" x 4". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Zaehnsdorf binding. Full gilt-stamped calf with 5 raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt-decorated inner dentelles, marbled end papers, (xxviii), 199 pages, Notes, Index. Bookplate of James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. and a brief gift inscription in graphite on front fly leaf: "To Granny from Jimmy, Christmas 1914". Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn, errant scratches along spine, some toning from leather along edges of free end papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 013292. .

London: MacMillan & Co., 1892 Reprint. Hard cover, 12mo, 199 pp. In a near-contemporary, unsigned, fine binding which pays stylistic homage to the work of Thomas Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Bindery's often-imitated "modern style." Probably produced before the First World War. Brick red morocco, all edges gilt. Both front and rear boards have extensive gilt decoration consisting of a single line border within which are ten Tudor roses, intertwined stems, sets of three rose leaves, and a symmetrical dot pattern. This border encloses a central diaper pattern of yet more, smaller, rose leaf sprigs. Interestingly, the Tudor rose stamp used on the spine is different to the one on the boards. Both roses resemble, but do not match, those used by the Doves Bindery, (cf. Tidcombe, The Doves Bindery, catalogue nos. 210, 210a and 543. ) Another clue to the "homage" theory is the unusually arranged spine. There are two raised bands enclosing three compartments of graduating size, instead of the usual five of… Read More