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English Men of Letters
by John Morley (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$637.36$573.63
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About This Item
London : Macmillan and Co., 1882-1990. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A lovely complete set of the first series of the English Men of Letters, across twenty volumes. English Men of Letters was a series of literary biographies written by leading literary figures of the day under the general editorship of John Morley. This set includes thirty nine volumes spread across twenty books, with each including two volumes bound in one apart from Bentley by R. C. Jebb which is on its own. This is a complete set of the first series of these volumes across the twenty volumes. These volumes have been bound together by Hatchards and bound in the following way: Milton by Mark Pattison (1896) and Cowper by Goldwin Smith (1898). Hume by Professor Huxley (1895) and Burke by John Morley (1897). Byron by John Nichol (1894) and Landor by Sidney Colvin, (1888, new issue). Bentley R. C. Jebb (1889, new edition). Shelley by John Addington Symonds (1895) and Keats by Sidney Colvin (1899). Locke by Thomas Fowler (1883 Eight Thousand) and Sterne by H. D Traill (1889 new edition). Fielding by Austin Dobson (1883) Sheridan by Mrs Oliphant (1889). Dryden by G. Saintsbury (1894 2nd reprint) and Goldsmith by William Black (1898). Chaucer Adolphus William Ward (1896) and Spencer by R. W. Church (1894). Defoe by William Minto (1887 new edition) and Hawthorne by Henry Janes (1887). Macaulay by J. Cotter Morison (1896) and Bacon by R. w. Church (1896). Sir Walter Scott by Richrd H. Hutton (1899) and Burns by Principal Shairp (1887 new edition). Lamb by Alfred Ainger (1899) and Coleridge H. D. Traill (1898). Addison by W. J. Courthope (1898) and Swift by Leslie Stephen (1899 reprint). Thackery by Anthony Trollope (1895) and Dickens by Adolphus William Ward (1882 first edition). Pope by Leslie Stephen (1900) and Johnson by Leslie Stephen (1895). Sidney by J. A. Symonds (1889) and De Quincy by David Masson (1888 new issue). Gibbon by James Cotter Morison (1887 new edition) and Carlyle by John Nichol (1894). Southey by Edward Dowden (1888) and Wordsworth by F. W. H Myers (1899). Gray by Edmund Gosse (1889 new edition) and Bunyan by James Anthony Froude (1895).All are reprints apart from Dickens by Adolphus William Ward which is a first edition published in 1882. All are bound by Hatchards in half vellum with green cloth covered boards. Externally, generally all are very smart with some marks to the spines and a few marks to the boards. Internally, all are firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 835B19
- Title
- English Men of Letters
- Author
- John Morley (Editor)
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882-1990
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- English Men of Letters John Morley Walter Sscott Shelley John Morley Burns
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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