The Ring and The Book

2 volume set of Robert Browning's "The Ring and the Book", illustrated by Charles Schultheiss. Printing for Limited Editions Club (1949) and signed by Charles Schultheiss.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vol. II (only): 361 pages. Subjects; Robert Browning (1812-1889). Poetry. 19th century poetry.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1889. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1889 edition. A Very Good set. 12mo., [Vol.1] 253; [Vol.2] 313; [Vol.3] 279 pp., with frontispiece and tissue guard in volume 1. Bound in olive quarter leatherette and olive cloth over boards. Minor edge wear and soiling to the 3… Read more about this item

Kelly`s Directories Ltd; London., 1880. Hard. Good. 12mo. 7 1/2".. Good. Publishers red buckram decoratively embossed in black and gilt; spine missing a couple of small pieces to edges, with a couple of cracks along joints. Hinges cracked (at endpapers). Private library bookplate to front pastedown. All edges marbled. xxii, 771pp and 86pp of publishers ads` to rear.… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1869. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Original dark green cloth, spines slightly darkened, gilt stamped I, 2, III, 4. Inner hinge of first volume just cracked, otherwise a very good clean, handsome set. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Browning's Masterpiece. Barnes RB 19

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine, mostly at the tips. Very Good in a Good slipcase with some fraying. Carl Schultheiss. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. AEG. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. A copy of Notes From The Archives laid-in. Introduction by Edward Dowden and illustrations with engravings by Carl Schultheiss. This long, dramatic narrative poem was first published in 1868-69 in four volumes. Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet and playwright. 690pp..… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Minor wear and fading to spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Carl Schultheiss. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #331 of 1500 llustrated with… Read more about this item

This is the 1897 Gladstone Edition by the Thomas Cromwell Co. "From the Author's Revised Texts. Edited with Biographical and Critical Notes and Introduction by Charlotte porter and Helen A. Clarke" It includes an appendix entitled, "The Raw Material of the Ring and the Book." The book is in near fine condition except for two serious flaws:… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1872. Second edition. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Full olive morocco gilt, a.e.g., by Bedford. Front joint of vol. I repaired, else fine. In custom cloth slipcase. Bookplate of William Harris Arnold. Second edition. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Browning's Masterpiece, Inscribed. Inscribed by Browning to Ernest Benzon on the first flyleaf, "Ernst Benzon Esq,… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder And Co, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth backstrips lettered in gilt, beveled edges, borders decorated in blind. Very good housed in near fine full red morocco drop box. 4 Vols. 245, 251, 249, 235 pages. 17.5 x 11 cm. Browning's long epic blank verse poem which is composed of 12 books cemented his… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Touch of scuffing to spines. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Carl Schultheiss. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #325 of 1500 llustrated with… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson, n.d. (1950). reprint. hardback. Good, no d/j, blue boards with black-pressed design good, gilt spine titling bright; guttering both weak; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem, and, more specifically, a verse novel, of 21,000 lines,… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1897 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth, gilt & black decorations, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait, decorative title page, regular title page, xlviii, 490 pp. Edges soiled, spine dulled & spotted, corners bumped. Includes biographical & critical notes and an introduction by Charlotte Porter… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1912. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo (18 x 13 cm). 506 pp. Blue cloth covers with gilt crest to upper and gilt titles to spine. PO name to paste-down endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked.

Dent,, [1913]. 8vo., neat contemporary signature on half-title; original series binding of green ribbed cloth, upper board framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, red top, pictorial endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly worn dustwrapper. With a personal bookplate on front free endpaper. First published in EL in 1911. EL 502; Seymour 135.0. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN… Read more about this item

NEW YORK: THE HERITAGE PRESS, 1949 Browning, Robert, 1812-89, English poet. His remarkably broad and sound education was primarily the work of his artistic and scholarly parents-in particular his father, a London bank clerk of independent means. Pauline, his first poem, was published anonymously in 1833. The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem, and, more specifically,… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. A 1932 reprint of the 1911 issuance. The lengthy poem of Robert Browning is presented in twelve books, and tells of the life and trial of Count Guido Franceschini and… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Three volume set with attractive full leather Zaehnsdorf bindings. Stock a little toned, but otherwise all in good internal order. Spines toned. V.1 has small loss at head of spine and front board is loose but holding. V.2 sees spine strip split at rear joint. V.3 has been… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Fields, Osgood, & Co.. Very Good-. 1869. Author's Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. Author's Edition (from Advanced Sheets) . The books are in Very Good- condition. There is bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners, along with spots of fraying. There are several small tears to the spine ends and corners. The… Read more about this item