THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH: NOW FIRST COLLECTED. With a Biographical & Critical Introduction: By Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J.
by Raleigh, Sir Walter; Brydges, Sir Egerton
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Printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory; By Johnson and Warwick, (Kent, England): 1813., 1813 pp (3), 37, (1) [Contents], 70, (1) [Alphabetical Index]. Title page printed in red and black and decorated with an engraving. Title page printed in black and red with an engraved pictorial inset (Lee Priory?). Ruled in black throughout. Wide margins. Some penciled margins notations. All edges gilt. 290mm. Disbound. This is only the second work issued by the press in quarto. This impression was limited to only One Hundred Copies. First Edition thus. "This was the first attempt to collect into one volume, all the poetical pieces said to have been written by Sir W. Raleigh." - Brushfield. Sir Egerton Byrdges (1762-1837) was an English bibliographer, antiquary, genealogist, Member of Parliament, and one of the original members of the Roxburghe Club. At his home he set up the Lee Priory Press in 1813 and enticed Johnson (the author of 'Typographica') & Warwick, who had worked for Bensley, to work for him to produce "reprints of some of the most curious tracts of former days, in which there shall be an attempt to add beauty of typography and wood-engraving. the books have an agreeable elegance, and at the time of their publication they were highly admired." - Roderick Cave. Very good. Colin Frankin, The Private Presses, 1969; Armitage, Raleigh, 109; Brushfield, Raleigh, 280; Lowndes XI. 220, No 3 & Lowndes VII 2041. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC W42 Language: eng. No Binding. Very Good.
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- THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH: NOW FIRST COLLECTED. With a Biographical & Critical Introduction: By Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J.
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- Raleigh, Sir Walter; Brydges, Sir Egerton
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- Printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory; By Johnson and Warwick, (Kent, England): 1813.
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- 1813
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- POETRY BRYDGES POEMS SIR WALTER RALEIGH FINE PRESS LEE PRIORY LIMITED EDITION ENGLAND
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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