The Land of Plenty (INSCRIBED) by Cantwell, Robert

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978. Advance reading copy, 8vo, pp. [10], 437, [1]; original wrappers printed in red, spine a bit sunned. Laid in is a letter from Henry Robbins, editor-in-chief at Dutton, addressed to Harry T. Moore in Carterville, IL. "My enthusiasm for John Irving's The World According to Garp is boundless, and I hope you will accept the invitation extended on the back of this advanced copy."

1822 Don Quixote Cervantes Chivalry Motteux English Lockhart Notes SCOTTISH 5v

"Small wonder if the world received Don Quixote with delight! There was nothing like unto it before: there has been nothing to eclipse it since". – Rius, D. Leopoldo.
A rare, 19th-century English translation of Cervantes' masterpiece – "Don Quixote". This edition, translated by Peter Anthony Motteux, is considered a desirable English translation, which was very popular after its release in 1700. However, this edition was criticized and condemned by later printers for:
· Adopting a frivolous style, rather than a more serious and ironic tone
· Turning Don Quixote and Sancho Panza into buffoons
· Casting the work in a "Franco-Cockney" rather than Spanish culture
This 1822 edition was published in Edinburgh, printed in five volumes, and includes a 'life of Cervantes' by J.G. Lockhart – the first edition to feature Lockhart's essay.
Item number: #11346
Price: $599
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1869 Famous English Literature Milton Latimer Selden James VI England Scotland
"English Reprints" is a fascinating collection of famous pieces English literature. This five-volume set includes the following works:
· The Revelation to The Monk of Evesham (1196) - 1869
· - James VI of Scotland, I of England - The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie. (1585) / A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604) - 1870
· - Sir Robert Naunton - Fragmenta Regalia (1630) - 1870
· - Thomas Watson - Poems (1582-1593) - 1870
· - William Habington - Castara (1640) - 1870
· - Roger Ascham - The Scholemaster (1570) - 1870
· - Tottel's Miscellany - Songes and Sonettes by Henry Howard, Sir Thomas Wyatt. Nicholas Grimald, and Uncertain Authors (1557) - 1870
· - Thomas Lever - Sermons (1550) - 1871
· - William Webbe - A Discourse of English Poetrie (1586) - 1871
· - John Milton - Areopagitica (1644) - 1869
· - Master Hugh Latimer - Sermon on the Ploughers (1549) - 1869
· - Stephen Gosson - The School of Abuse… Read More

1845 1ed Eugene Sue Mysteries of Paris anti-Catholic English Novel Literature 3v

'The Mysteries of Paris' is a classic French novel by Eugene Sue, published in the mid-19th-century. In many ways, 'Mysteries of Paris' was a landmark work as well as being controversial. Sue was one of the first French authors to fuse characters from different social classes making this work popular amongst all readers, not just upper or lower classes.

However, this work, which follows the mysterious life of a German Duke, is one of the most famous 'anti-Catholic' novels. Along with 'The Wandering Jew', this book depicted various aspects of underclass society and helped establish the 'city mysteries' literary genre. This 1845 English first edition features nearly 700 illustrations throughout!
Item number: #12036
Price: $599
SUE, Eugene
The Mysteries of Paris
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845-1846. First Authorized English Edition.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o Vol. I – [2], iv,… Read More

1734 Dryden Fables Ancient & Modern Homer Ovid Chaucer Boccaccio English Lit

John Dryden was a 17th-century English poet who was known as England's very first Poet Laureate and would lead England into a literary period that would become known as the Age of Dryden. He also established standard forms of English poetry though his satires, fables, epigrams, poems, and plays.
'Fables, Ancient and Modern' is Dryden's translations of some of the most famous and iconic works of ancient literature. Dryden includes selections from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', Homer's 'Iliad', and even stories from Giovanni Boccaccio, all translated into English verse.

Item number: #19863
Price: $599
DRYDEN, John
Fables ancient and modern: translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with original poems.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head ever-against Catharine-Street in the Strand, MDCCXXXIV. [1734]

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[58],… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978. Advance reading copy, 8vo, pp. [10], 437, [1]; original wrappers printed in red, spine a bit sunned. Laid in is a letter from Henry Robbins, editor-in-chief at Dutton, addressed to Harry T. Moore in Carterville, IL. "My enthusiasm for John Irving's The World According to Garp is boundless, and I hope you will accept the invitation extended on the back of this advanced copy."

1822 Don Quixote Cervantes Chivalry Motteux English Lockhart Notes SCOTTISH 5v

"Small wonder if the world received Don Quixote with delight! There was nothing like unto it before: there has been nothing to eclipse it since". – Rius, D. Leopoldo.
A rare, 19th-century English translation of Cervantes' masterpiece – "Don Quixote". This edition, translated by Peter Anthony Motteux, is considered a desirable English translation, which was very popular after its release in 1700. However, this edition was criticized and condemned by later printers for:
· Adopting a frivolous style, rather than a more serious and ironic tone
· Turning Don Quixote and Sancho Panza into buffoons
· Casting the work in a "Franco-Cockney" rather than Spanish culture
This 1822 edition was published in Edinburgh, printed in five volumes, and includes a 'life of Cervantes' by J.G. Lockhart – the first edition to feature Lockhart's essay.
Item number: #11346
Price: $599
CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de… Read More

1869 Famous English Literature Milton Latimer Selden James VI England Scotland
"English Reprints" is a fascinating collection of famous pieces English literature. This five-volume set includes the following works:
· The Revelation to The Monk of Evesham (1196) - 1869
· - James VI of Scotland, I of England - The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie. (1585) / A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604) - 1870
· - Sir Robert Naunton - Fragmenta Regalia (1630) - 1870
· - Thomas Watson - Poems (1582-1593) - 1870
· - William Habington - Castara (1640) - 1870
· - Roger Ascham - The Scholemaster (1570) - 1870
· - Tottel's Miscellany - Songes and Sonettes by Henry Howard, Sir Thomas Wyatt. Nicholas Grimald, and Uncertain Authors (1557) - 1870
· - Thomas Lever - Sermons (1550) - 1871
· - William Webbe - A Discourse of English Poetrie (1586) - 1871
· - John Milton - Areopagitica (1644) - 1869
· - Master Hugh Latimer - Sermon on the Ploughers (1549) - 1869
· - Stephen Gosson - The School of Abuse… Read More

1845 1ed Eugene Sue Mysteries of Paris anti-Catholic English Novel Literature 3v

'The Mysteries of Paris' is a classic French novel by Eugene Sue, published in the mid-19th-century. In many ways, 'Mysteries of Paris' was a landmark work as well as being controversial. Sue was one of the first French authors to fuse characters from different social classes making this work popular amongst all readers, not just upper or lower classes.

However, this work, which follows the mysterious life of a German Duke, is one of the most famous 'anti-Catholic' novels. Along with 'The Wandering Jew', this book depicted various aspects of underclass society and helped establish the 'city mysteries' literary genre. This 1845 English first edition features nearly 700 illustrations throughout!
Item number: #12036
Price: $599
SUE, Eugene
The Mysteries of Paris
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845-1846. First Authorized English Edition.

Details:
·
Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o Vol. I – [2], iv,… Read More

1734 Dryden Fables Ancient & Modern Homer Ovid Chaucer Boccaccio English Lit

John Dryden was a 17th-century English poet who was known as England's very first Poet Laureate and would lead England into a literary period that would become known as the Age of Dryden. He also established standard forms of English poetry though his satires, fables, epigrams, poems, and plays.
'Fables, Ancient and Modern' is Dryden's translations of some of the most famous and iconic works of ancient literature. Dryden includes selections from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', Homer's 'Iliad', and even stories from Giovanni Boccaccio, all translated into English verse.

Item number: #19863
Price: $599
DRYDEN, John
Fables ancient and modern: translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with original poems.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's Head ever-against Catharine-Street in the Strand, MDCCXXXIV. [1734]

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[58],… Read More