Search Results: Romantic Poetry from Charles Agvent

London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1923. Reprint. Hardcover. Close to Fine and beautifully bound. Octavo (4-5/8" x 7") bound by Donnelly in full bright brown morocco with gilt-ruled borders, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt; xxiv, 912 pages. Edited with a preface by Thomas Hutchinson and including two prefaces by Mary Shelley and an index to first lines. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poet.

London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, (1940). Reprint. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate from the 1940s on the front free endpaper. Spine pleasantly sunned. Near Fine in a decorated floral paper slipcase. Octavo (4-3/4" x 7") bound in 3/4 green morocco and decorated boards, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with three raised bands, top edge gilt; xxiv, 912 pages. Edited with a preface by Thomas Hutchinson and including two prefaces by Mary Shelley and an index to first lines. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poet.

London: Simpkin and Marshal et al., 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Original brown cloth, recently rebacked retaining nearly all of the original spine; spine label mostly lacking. A Presentation copy INSCRIBED by the author on the front blank: "To/William Wordsworth Esq./with the author's/compliments." In addition this copy is SIGNED by the recipient on the title page: "W Wordsworth/Rydal Mount." In this volume, and in a second that was issued the following year, Ord attempted a history of England in verse. His efforts were not well received. One reviewer in THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE claimed "that the author has formed his manner and style too much on that of Lord Byron in exaggeration, impetuosity, and a perpetual straining for effect." A scarce book from Wordsworth's library. Old bookseller description laid in. Housed in a new calf-backed slipcase with cloth chemise.

London: John Hunt, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers very slightly bowed, otherwise a Fine copy. Attractively bound in full green morocco leather with triple gilt rules on the covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt; 94, [2] pages. Bound with new endpapers, lacking as nearly always the case the two ad leaves at the front; otherwise complete with the half-title page and the leaf of ads at the end. This long poem was inspired by Captain Bligh's account of the mutiny on board HMS Bounty.

Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1802. First American Edition. Hardcover. Wharton's name neatly excised on the blank margins of two text pages. Some staining on a few pages at the rear. Very Good or better and quite scarce. Two volumes bound in one in contemporary calf recently rebacked. The First American Edition printed from the Second London Edition and including the first printing of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" in America. Shaw & Shoemaker, 3593. This copy sold at the George H. Conley sale, 12 January 1911, lot #1623. Armorial bookplate of William Richards Castle on the front pastedown and pencil signature on the front endpaper dated 1907 of American poet Alan Seeger who, as a member of the French Foreign Legion, was killed in action 4 July 1916 on the Somme at the age of 28. Seeger's poem, "I Have a Rendevous with Death," was the most popular and widely-quoted American poem of World War I. In 1907 Seeger was a freshman at Harvard, and Castle's son was finishing his doctoral… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst et. al, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents quite clean. Scuffing to covers, edges worn; each volume with front hinges cracked after the title or preliminaries; covers tight. Very Good. Two 5-1/4" x 8-1/4" volumes bound in period calf leather, rebacked with later brown morocco tooled and lettered in gilt, endpapers renewed. With an engraved frontispiece in each volume. The First Collected Edition of Wordsworth's poetry including the contents of LYRICAL BALLADS (1805) and POEMS (1807), often considerably revised, as well as a selection of new poems and a long new preface. With the final revised version of his famous “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” Ink name of Henry Reed on front blank of second volume with several small ink corrections in the first volume. Likely the Henry Reed (1808-1854) who was a professor of English literature and vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. About Fine in worn glassine and a Fine slipcase. William Blake. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-5/8") bound in quarter black morocco leather and mulberry-color linen boards with the front board embossed with a portrait of Blake, 340 pages. Selected, edited, and introduced by Aileen Ward; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with twelve designs engraved and colored by Blake for the original editions of his poems faithfully reproduced from the originals. Copy #1470 of 1500 printed and bound at the University Printing House. Issued unsigned.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Spine evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. John O'Connor. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter tan morocco leather and ochre-dyed linen boards with the front board embossed with a portrait medallion of Wordsworth; 300 pages. Selected and introduced by Jonathan Wordsworth; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 10 full-page line drawings, with tints added by watercolor, and a score of black-and-white drawings by John O'Connor. Copy #877 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. William Blake. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-5/8") bound in quarter black morocco leather and mulberry-color linen boards with the front board embossed with a portrait of Blake, 340 pages. Selected, edited, and introduced by Aileen Ward; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with twelve designs engraved and colored by Blake for the original editions of his poems faithfully reproduced from the originals. Copy #887 of 1500 printed and bound at the University Printing House. Issued unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine in a rubbed, intact, Very Good slipcase. John O'Connor. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter tan morocco leather and ochre-dyed linen boards with the front board embossed with a portrait medallion of Wordsworth; 300 pages. Selected and introduced by Jonathan Wordsworth; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 10 full-page line drawings, with tints added by watercolor, and a score of black-and-white drawings by John O'Connor. Copy #473 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. William Blake. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-5/8") bound in quarter black morocco leather and mulberry-color linen boards with the front board embossed with a portrait of Blake, 340 pages. Selected, edited, and introduced by Aileen Ward; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with twelve designs engraved and colored by Blake for the original editions of his poems faithfully reproduced from the originals. Of an edition of 1500 copies printed and bound at the University Printing House, this copy belonged to the publisher of the Club during most of the 1970s, Gordon Carroll, and is lettered "G. C." rather than numbered and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies. Issued unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in.

London: Oxford University Press, (1952). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine in a lovely binding. Would make a wonderful gift. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") beautifully bound by Maurin in 3/4 blue morocco leather and blue cloth with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, three raised bands, top edge gilt; xxiii, 918 pages.

London: Oxford University Press, (1967). Reprint. Hardcover. Neat owner inscription on the front endpaper. Fine in a lovely binding. Beautifully bound by Lauriat of Boston in 3/4 navy blue morocco leather and blue cloth with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt. xxiii, 918 pages.

London: Edward Moxon, 1849. New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very minor rubbing to spine tips and one volume with a few tiny nicks in the raised bands. A close to Fine, pretty little set. Seven small octavo (4" x 6-1/2") volumes bound in 3/4 black morocco leather by Worsfold and marbled boards with gilt rules and all edges gilt; the spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering, and three red morocco floral onlays. Frontispiece portrait in the first volume.