Author: Abraham Cowley; John Sparrow (ed.)
Title: The Mistress with Other Select Poems
Description: London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry by the leading seventeenth century poet, Abraham Cowley. A limited edition of this work published by Nonesuch Press (311 of 1050 printed on Dutch rag paper), in the publisher's original cloth binding. Abraham Cowley was a seventeenth-century English poet, one of the most popular and influential of his era. Cowley showed poetical promise from a young age, publishing his first collection, 'Poetical Blossoms', in 1633, when he was fifteen. He went into exile as a Royalist during the Civil War, during which time he wrote a history of the Civil War. This collection includes 'The Mistress', 'Friendship in Absence', 'A Dream of Elysium', 'The Vain Love', 'The Rich Rival', 'My Fate', 'Impossibilities', 'Counsel', 'Sors Virgiliana', and many more. With a portrait of Abraham Cowley to the title page, drawn and engraved by John Hall from a painting from the collection of Horace Walpole. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. Books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just some light bumping to the boards. Spine label is still bright and intact. Offsetting to the free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Abraham Cowley Poetry The Mistress Poetry None
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Title: The Mistress with Other Select Poems
Description: London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry by the leading seventeenth century poet, Abraham Cowley. A limited edition of this work published by Nonesuch Press (311 of 1050 printed on Dutch rag paper), in the publisher's original cloth binding. Abraham Cowley was a seventeenth-century English poet, one of the most popular and influential of his era. Cowley showed poetical promise from a young age, publishing his first collection, 'Poetical Blossoms', in 1633, when he was fifteen. He went into exile as a Royalist during the Civil War, during which time he wrote a history of the Civil War. This collection includes 'The Mistress', 'Friendship in Absence', 'A Dream of Elysium', 'The Vain Love', 'The Rich Rival', 'My Fate', 'Impossibilities', 'Counsel', 'Sors Virgiliana', and many more. With a portrait of Abraham Cowley to the title page, drawn and engraved by John Hall from a painting from the collection of Horace Walpole. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. Books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just some light bumping to the boards. Spine label is still bright and intact. Offsetting to the free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Abraham Cowley Poetry The Mistress Poetry None
Price: GBP 63.00 = appr. US$ 89.96 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 839M21
- Book number: 839M21
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