Nathaniel Hawthorne by Woodberry, George - 1902

A Carcassonne chez Pierre Polère imprimeur-libraire,1820, in 12 (17,5 x 10,5 cm), (24) + 766 + (2) - (24) + 530 + 127 + (2) pages. Reliure plein maroquin rouge de l'époque, plats avec roulette décorative dorée, dos richement orné de petits fers et d'une emblème dorée à décor de symboles chrétiens, toutes tranches dorées. +++++++ Belle édition bien reliée de ce livre d'heures du premier quart du XIXè siècle et édité à Carcassonne, complet de ses deux parties (Matin et soir) et précédées dans chaque tome, d'une Table des Temps donnant les principales fêtes mois par mois - Intérieur frais, reliure solide avec quelques frottements, un petit manque à la coiffe supérieure du tome 1, Bon exemplaire.

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1945. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, matching endpapers, gte, gilt to spine, (xii), 26. Errata statement printed at bottom of xii. Top edge slightly darkened/soiled, and marbled boards a wee dulled. Internals fine. No names or bookplates and desirable thus.

Dodge Publishing Company, 1913. VG+. Green and brown stamped leather binding shows rubbing and abrasion on edges, spine, and front and back covers. Marbled end papers slightly age-toned. Inked inscription on flyleaf and old penciled price on end paper. Inscription says, "Wishing Etta much happiness. from Orville May 30, 1915." Original box is heavily worn along all edges and has been taped together. Overall, a lovely copy of a book of poems that can still uplift today. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Dublin: Published by the author, 1994. Well illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 181, quarter cloth and marbled boards, a really fine copy. Signed by author on title page. A limited edition of only 500 copies, this being A of ettered copies, and presumably limited ti just a handfull thus. [Irish physician, botanist and explorer. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, where he founded the college's herbarium. After taking his medical degree in Dublin, Coulter studied botany in Geneva for seventeen months under Swiss taxonomist Augustin de Candolle. Coulter then served as physician with the Real del Monte Company in Mexico, during which period he collected plants in the region. He is best remembered for exploration and botanical research in Mexico, Arizona and Alta California in the early 19th century. He subsequently returned to Ireland in 1834 and became curator of the herbarium at Trinity College, Dublin.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very… Read More

Full red grained leather binding with gilt raised banding, title and decoration on the spine. Gilt floral edge decoration on both boards. All edges gilt. A fine well bound edition – aesthetically pleasing.
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious, theological fiction in English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It appeared in Dutch in 1681, in German in 1703 and in Swedish in 1727. The first North American edition was issued in 1681. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English. Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county prison for violations of the Conventicle Act of 1664, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England. Early Bunyan scholars such as John Brown believed The Pilgrim's Progress was begun in… Read More

A Carcassonne chez Pierre Polère imprimeur-libraire,1820, in 12 (17,5 x 10,5 cm), (24) + 766 + (2) - (24) + 530 + 127 + (2) pages. Reliure plein maroquin rouge de l'époque, plats avec roulette décorative dorée, dos richement orné de petits fers et d'une emblème dorée à décor de symboles chrétiens, toutes tranches dorées. +++++++ Belle édition bien reliée de ce livre d'heures du premier quart du XIXè siècle et édité à Carcassonne, complet de ses deux parties (Matin et soir) et précédées dans chaque tome, d'une Table des Temps donnant les principales fêtes mois par mois - Intérieur frais, reliure solide avec quelques frottements, un petit manque à la coiffe supérieure du tome 1, Bon exemplaire.

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1945. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, matching endpapers, gte, gilt to spine, (xii), 26. Errata statement printed at bottom of xii. Top edge slightly darkened/soiled, and marbled boards a wee dulled. Internals fine. No names or bookplates and desirable thus.

Dodge Publishing Company, 1913. VG+. Green and brown stamped leather binding shows rubbing and abrasion on edges, spine, and front and back covers. Marbled end papers slightly age-toned. Inked inscription on flyleaf and old penciled price on end paper. Inscription says, "Wishing Etta much happiness. from Orville May 30, 1915." Original box is heavily worn along all edges and has been taped together. Overall, a lovely copy of a book of poems that can still uplift today. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Dublin: Published by the author, 1994. Well illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 181, quarter cloth and marbled boards, a really fine copy. Signed by author on title page. A limited edition of only 500 copies, this being A of ettered copies, and presumably limited ti just a handfull thus. [Irish physician, botanist and explorer. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, where he founded the college's herbarium. After taking his medical degree in Dublin, Coulter studied botany in Geneva for seventeen months under Swiss taxonomist Augustin de Candolle. Coulter then served as physician with the Real del Monte Company in Mexico, during which period he collected plants in the region. He is best remembered for exploration and botanical research in Mexico, Arizona and Alta California in the early 19th century. He subsequently returned to Ireland in 1834 and became curator of the herbarium at Trinity College, Dublin.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very… Read More

Full red grained leather binding with gilt raised banding, title and decoration on the spine. Gilt floral edge decoration on both boards. All edges gilt. A fine well bound edition – aesthetically pleasing.
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious, theological fiction in English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It appeared in Dutch in 1681, in German in 1703 and in Swedish in 1727. The first North American edition was issued in 1681. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English. Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county prison for violations of the Conventicle Act of 1664, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England. Early Bunyan scholars such as John Brown believed The Pilgrim's Progress was begun in… Read More