Search Results: Romantic Literature from Charles Agvent

5 July 1815. Framed Manuscript. Not examined out of the frame but appears to be Fine. A one-page (8" x 10") lengthy AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED by Wordsworth from a poem by Fulke Greville (Lord Brooke), a contemporary and friend of poet Philip Sidney. In full: "The chief use, then in Man of that he knows Is his painstaking for the good of all; Not fleshly weeping for our own made woes, Not laughing from a melancholy gall, Not hating from a Soul that overflows In bitterness, breathed forth from inward thrall; But sweetly rather to ease, loose, or bind, As need requires, this frail, fallen human kind. Lord Brooke./Peter House July 5th 1815/Wm Wordsworth."… Read More

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.

New York: MacMillan, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a moderately soiled, still Very Good dustwrapper. Selected and illustrated by Pamela Bianco. Small chips at head of spine and minor edgewear.

Paris: Laporte, 1783. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Occasional toning to the text. Very Good. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes in contemporary marbled boards; [ii], xii, 288; [iv], 256 [last page numbered 238]. Augmented with two new parts, which are the conclusion of the History. Illustrated with 10 fine engravings after Eisen by Guttenberg and Macret. An English translation from Larousse DICTIONNAIRE MONDIAL DES LITTÉRATURES: "Very representative of the preoccupations and structures of 'sensitive' fiction at the end of the 18th century, these tearful tales grouped together, located in an interchangeable England or the Middle Ages, recount at leisure the misfortunes of virtuous and sensitive heroines grappling with merciless libertines. Moralism and conformism are combined with a morbid taste for pain and a complacency in the painting of evil. The sense of staging and drama brings these romantic texts closer to the author's dramatic production."

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. David Gentleman. Large octavo (6- 1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in bright red cowhide leather and black linen with a gold embossed portait of the poet in the center of the front cover. Selected with an introduction and notes by Aileen Ward and designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #894 of 1500 illustrated with nearly eighty line drawings, including sixteen full-page drawings colored with pastel tints, by David Gentleman and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine slipcase. David Gentleman. Large octavo (6- 1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in bright red cowhide leather and black linen with a gold embossed portait of the poet in the center of the front cover. Selected with an introduction and notes by Aileen Ward and designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #39 of 1500 illustrated with nearly eighty line drawings, including sixteen full-page drawings colored with pastel tints, by David Gentleman and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. David Gentleman. Large octavo (6- 1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in bright red cowhide leather and black linen with a gold embossed portait of the poet in the center of the front cover. Selected with an introduction and notes by Aileen Ward and designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #931 of 1500 illustrated with nearly 80 line drawings, including 16 full-page drawings colored with pastel tints, by David Gentleman and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Spine slightly sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Richard Shirley Smith. Large octavo (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter burnt-orange morocco leather and orange linen with a black embossed portait of the poet in the center of the front cover. Selected with an introduction by Stephen Spender. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with 45 wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Richard Shirley Smith. Large octavo (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter burnt-orange morocco leather and orange linen with a black embossed portait of the poet in the center of the front cover. Selected with an introduction by Stephen Spender. Copy #842 of 1500 illustrated with 45 wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. David Gentleman. Large octavo (6- 1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in bright red cowhide leather and black linen with a gold embossed portait of the poet in the center of the front cover. Selected with an introduction and notes by Aileen Ward and designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with nearly eighty line drawings, including sixteen full-page drawings colored with pastel tints, by David Gentleman and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Allen Lewis. Large quarto (9- 1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in rust cloth with a stamped design. Translated from the German by Edmund Gosse. Copy #4 of 1500 designed and decorated with cuts on wood and metal by Allen Lewis and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. The illustrations include seven full-page images plus decorative surrounding borders on each page, all printed in green, black and sepia. Undine, one of the fullest expressions of the Romantic ideal, influenced Goethe and Heine, among others. Low limitation numbers are quite uncommon for Limited Edition Club volumes, especially from the early years.

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase made for the publisher but differing from the original. Allen Lewis. Large quarto (9-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in rust cloth with a stamped design. Translated from the German by Edmund Gosse. One of 1500 copies designed and decorated with cuts on wood and metal by Allen Lewis and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. The illustrations include seven full-page images plus decorative surrounding borders on each page, all printed in green, black and sepia. Undine, one of the fullest expressions of the Romantic ideal, influenced Goethe and Heine, among others. This copy is marked "Office Copy" by the publisher and has the LEC Presentation blindstamp on the colophon page stating, "This is one of 15 Presentation Copies. Out of Series."

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a few small skimmed marks. Allen Lewis. Large quarto (9- 1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in rust cloth with a stamped design. Translated from the German by Edmund Gosse. Copy #509 of 1500 designed and decorated with cuts on wood and metal by Allen Lewis and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. The illustrations include seven full-page images plus decorative surrounding borders on each page, all printed in green, black and sepia. Undine, one of the fullest expressions of the Romantic ideal, influenced Goethe and Heine, among others.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine mildly sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with light soiling. William Sharp. Quarto (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full floral gilt-decorated buckram with gilt-stamped leather spine label. With a new introduction by Franz Schoenberner and illustrations by William Sharp, including 16 full-page lithographs drawn directly on the stone by Sharp and printed by George Miller. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with light wear. William Sharp. Quarto (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full floral gilt-decorated buckram with gilt-stamped leather spine label. With a new introduction by Franz Schoenberner and illustrations by William Sharp, including 16 full-page lithographs drawn directly on the stone by Sharp and printed by George Miller. Copy #473 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a Good slipcase with a split edge and soiled. William Sharp. Quarto (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full floral gilt-decorated buckram with gilt-stamped leather spine label. With a new introduction by Franz Schoenberner and illustrations by William Sharp, including 16 full-page lithographs drawn directly on the stone by Sharp and printed by George Miller. Copy #954 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.