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London: Bell and Daldy, 1866. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A charming two volume edition of the poetry of eighteenth century satirist Charles Churchill. Two delightful volumes of the poetical works of Charles Churchill, with a biographical notice by James L. Hannay, and critical notes from W. Tooke.Including 'The Rosciad', 'The Prophecy of Famine', and 'The Duellist'.From Bell and Daldy's Aldine Edition of the British Poets.With nine pages of advertisements to the rear of each volume. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to spine heads and tails, with light mark to back strip of volume II. Boards bright. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting and areas of light foxing to each volume, with pencil notations towards the start of volume I. Very Good

London: William Pickering, 1844. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. Later Printing. Three volumes full leather recently rebound and rates fine..

London, UK: William Pickering, 1844. Leather Bound. Very Good. 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. William Pickering, London, UK 1844. 368 + 352 + 355 pages. Brown 5-ribbed full leather binding, gold floral decor on spine, marbled endpapers (Double Comb, Double Nonpareil), ALL page ends gold gilt. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Slight 'leather burn' on board edge. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. William Pickering (1796-1854) was an English publisher, notable for introducing cloth binding to British publishing. Pickering began working as an antiquarian bookseller before 1820, and quickly moved into publishing. In 1819 he began publishing a series of Diamond Classics- small books set in tiny type, that were offered in a uniform binding of cloth or leather at an affordable price of 6 shillings. These are probably the first publishers' bindings in cloth- an innovation which had a rapid and profound impact on the publishing industry. He specialised in scholarly… Read More

Three vols. London: William Pickering, 1844. Three vols., 8vo., cxii, 256; 352; 355, [1] pp., engraved frontisportrait, and Aldine device on the title-page. Contemporary half green calf, red marbled boards heightened in gilt, five raised bands with gilt-tooled panel decoration to backstrip, red and black morocco label strips with title information in gilt to backstrip, marbled endpapers. Joints and corners of boards have some slight rubbing, minor foxing to outer margins; otherwise very good. Bookplate of Thomas Lee Marshall to first pastedown. § First edition thus, with a preface and “Life of Charles Churchill” by W. Tooke. The Aldine Poet Series was a 20 year project that involved printing new editions of classic British poets from Chaucer through to the 19th Century. They were published in 53 volumes during the years 1830-1844. Pickering secured John Mitford and Alexander Dyce as editors with Sir Harris Nicolas, so that the series would be of a high standard. The Works of Charles Churchill… Read More