The Ring and The Book

London:: Smith, Elder, 1868-69., 1868. 4 volumes. 8vo. [iv], 245, [1], [ads 1], [1 blank]; [iv], 251, [1]; [iv], 249, [1]; [iv], 235, [1] pp. Occasional light scattered foxing to free end-leaves. Original black-stamped green beveled cloth, gilt-stamped spines, by Harrison [59 Pall Mall, bookseller to the Queen], in quarter gilt-stamped calf over blue cloth slipcase; Vol. 3 rear… Ler mais sobre este item

2 volume set of Robert Browning's "The Ring and the Book", illustrated by Charles Schultheiss. Printing for Limited Editions Club (1949) and signed by Charles Schultheiss.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1889. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1889 edition. A Very Good set. 12mo., [Vol.1] 253; [Vol.2] 313; [Vol.3] 279 pp., with frontispiece and tissue guard in volume 1. Bound in olive quarter leatherette and olive cloth over boards. Minor edge wear and soiling to the 3… Ler mais sobre este item

Kelly`s Directories Ltd; London., 1880. Hard. Good. 12mo. 7 1/2".. Good. Publishers red buckram decoratively embossed in black and gilt; spine missing a couple of small pieces to edges, with a couple of cracks along joints. Hinges cracked (at endpapers). Private library bookplate to front pastedown. All edges marbled. xxii, 771pp and 86pp of publishers ads` to rear.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vol. II (only): 361 pages. Subjects; Robert Browning (1812-1889). Poetry. 19th century poetry.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. AEG. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. A copy of Notes From The Archives laid-in. Introduction by Edward Dowden and illustrations with engravings by Carl Schultheiss. This long, dramatic narrative poem was first published in 1868-69 in four volumes. Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet and playwright. 690pp..… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1872. Second edition. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Full olive morocco gilt, a.e.g., by Bedford. Front joint of vol. I repaired, else fine. In custom cloth slipcase. Bookplate of William Harris Arnold. Second edition. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Browning's Masterpiece, Inscribed. Inscribed by Browning to Ernest Benzon on the first flyleaf, "Ernst Benzon Esq,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1869. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Original dark green cloth, spines slightly darkened, gilt stamped I, 2, III, 4. Inner hinge of first volume just cracked, otherwise a very good clean, handsome set. 4 vols. Small 8vo. Browning's Masterpiece. Barnes RB 19

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1897 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth, gilt & black decorations, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait, decorative title page, regular title page, xlviii, 490 pp. Edges soiled, spine dulled & spotted, corners bumped. Includes biographical & critical notes and an introduction by Charlotte Porter… Ler mais sobre este item

This is the 1897 Gladstone Edition by the Thomas Cromwell Co. "From the Author's Revised Texts. Edited with Biographical and Critical Notes and Introduction by Charlotte porter and Helen A. Clarke" It includes an appendix entitled, "The Raw Material of the Ring and the Book." The book is in near fine condition except for two serious flaws:… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Smith, Elder, 1868. First Edition, First Printing. Four Hardcovers Volumes in Slipcase. Very Good in a Very Good Slipcase. Publisher's cloth gilt lettered on the spines, the first issue with volumes I & III numbered in Roman type and volumes II & IV in Arabic type on the spines, with matching cloth slipcase. … Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine, mostly at the tips. Very Good in a Good slipcase with some fraying. Carl Schultheiss. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Smith, Elder And Co, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth backstrips lettered in gilt, beveled edges, borders decorated in blind. Very good housed in near fine full red morocco drop box. 4 Vols. 245, 251, 249, 235 pages. 17.5 x 11 cm. Browning's long epic blank verse poem which is composed of 12 books cemented his… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1872. Second edition. Hardcover. vg-. 12mo. Vol.1: 245pp. + (6) pages of other works by the publisher. Vol.2: 251pp. Vol.3: 250pp. Vol.4: 235pp. Maroon cloth boards with black ruling and beveled edges. Gilt lettering on spines. From the library of Lady Alice Shaw Stewart. The set is the second edition of the acclaimed… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Thomas Nelson, n.d. (1950). reprint. hardback. Good, no d/j, blue boards with black-pressed design good, gilt spine titling bright; guttering both weak; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem, and, more specifically, a verse novel, of 21,000 lines,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Oxford University Press, 1912. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo (18 x 13 cm). 506 pp. Blue cloth covers with gilt crest to upper and gilt titles to spine. PO name to paste-down endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked.

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Touch of scuffing to spines. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Carl Schultheiss. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #325 of 1500 llustrated with… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Minor wear and fading to spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Carl Schultheiss. Two quarto (7-1/3" x 10") volumes bound in half red sheepskin leather and boards decorated with Italian hand-made paper. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Copy #331 of 1500 llustrated with… Ler mais sobre este item

NEW YORK: THE HERITAGE PRESS, 1949 Browning, Robert, 1812-89, English poet. His remarkably broad and sound education was primarily the work of his artistic and scholarly parents-in particular his father, a London bank clerk of independent means. Pauline, his first poem, was published anonymously in 1833. The Ring and the Book is a long dramatic narrative poem, and, more specifically,… Ler mais sobre este item

4to. 2 volumes. Leather spines with paper covered boards. In slipcase. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Illustrated by Carl Schultheiss. Books in near fine condition in faded & soiled slipcase.