LIMITED TO 200 COPIES FOR SALE (250 WERE PRINTED). THIS IS NUMBER 9(a). QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN BUCKRAM BEVELLED EDGES T.E.G. UNTRIMMED PAGE EDGES. WITH FOUR FULL PAGE WOODCUTS BY ERIC RAVILIOUS INCLUDING THE FRONTIS.. THE TYPE IS BEMBO REVIVED FROM AN EARLY ALDINE FOUNT. THE PAPER IS PURE RAG HAND-MADE. OF THE EDITION OF 200 A BALANCE REMAINED AND THESE WERE TAKEN OVER BY HOLLIS AND CARTER LIMITED AND OFFERED IN A LESS ELABORATE BINDING AND NUMBERED 1(a) ONWARDS. tHIS IS ONE OF THOSE COPIES. SLIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND SOME (SLIGHT) FADING TO THE GREEN BOARDS NO SLIPCASE. A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK.
VERY NICELY REBOUND IN HALF CALF OVER BROWN CLOTH NEW ENDPAPERS GILT TITLES. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DOUGLAS GRANT CHAIR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS WITH HIS SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. TITLE PAGE DEDICATION (iv)(i) PROLOGUE (i) 62pp. ADVERTS (ii). A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME COPY.
THE OXBERRY EDITION WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES NOTES AND CRITICAL COMMENTARY FAITHFULLY MARKED WITH THE STAGE BUSINESS AND STAGE DIRECTIONS. SIX ODD VOLUMES BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINES. THESE ARE VOLUMES 23 4 6 10 AND 17. INTERNALLY THEY ARE VERY GOOD BUT ALL HAVE DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE SPINES FOUR OF THEM WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS. THESE SCARCE ITEMS ARE THEREFORE PRICED TO SELL. A PHOTOGRAPH CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE.
TWO WORKS BY DRYDEN BOUND IN MODERN (1934) FULL BROWN LEATHER. THE STATE OF INNOCENCE AND THE FALL OF MAN AN OPERA. PRINTED BY H.H. FOR HENRY HERRINGMAN 1684. (DEDICATION 4pp POEM OF PARADISE 2pp AUTHOR’S APOLOGY 6pp STATE OF INNOCENCE 26pp. BOUND WITH OEDIPUS; A TRAGEDY BY DRYDEN AND MR. LEE FOURTH EDITION PRINTED FOR RICHARD BENTLEY COVENT GARDEN 1692. (PREFACE 2pp DRAMATIS PERSONAE 1pp PROLOGUE 1pp OEDIPUS 71pp EPILOGUE 1pp.). NEW ENDPAPERS BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. BROWNING OF PAGES COMENSURATE WITH THE AGE. FINE BINDING WITH A FEW MARKS TO THE LEATHER. VERY SCARCE.
