Elizabeth M Alford

The Fair Maid of Taunton a Tale of the Siege

London, Samuel Tinsley and Co. 1878. Cloth. A novel based on the seventeenth century sieges of Taunton. With the bookplate of L E J and M A Brooke to the front pastedown, featuring a ship motif. In a W Bone and Son binding as indicated from binder's stamp to rear pastedown. This novel by Elizabeth M Alford follows a semi-fictional tale set during the real seventeenth century sieges during the First English Civil War. In a full cloth binding with pictorial detailing. Externally, sound with slight rubbing and bumping to extremities and spine, particularly to the head and tail. Hinges slightly strained but firm. Prior owners' bookplate to front pastedown, L E J and M A Brooke. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages age toned with instances of light scattered spots. Offsetting to endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN9-D-23

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Taunton Brooke Bone Alford Brooke None

Dante Alighieri

Dante Illustrated by Gustave Dore: Inferno Purgatory and Paradise

London, Cassell & Company Limited, 1903-04. Paperback. The complete thirty-six parts of Gustave Dore's illustrated 'Divine Comedy' of Dante by Cassell & Company. Complete in thirty six parts.Casell's illustrated edition of Dante Alighieri's long narrative poem, telling of the author's journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise while representing the soul's journey to God. A very important Italian work. The English translation of the Rev Henry Francis Cary. With critical and explanatory notes, life of Dante, and chronology.Featuring 136 full page plates by Gustave Dore, popular and prolific artist and wood engraver. His art is widely recognised all over the world due to his bizarre and exuberant style that creates dream like scenarios, widely emulated by Romantic academics. Collated, complete. Often described as the father of the Italian language, Dante Alighieri was a mediaeval poet and philosopher, known for his poem Divina Commedia, and for his use of the vernacular in literature at a time when most poetry was written in Latin; much of his work was written in Tuscan dialect, which was more accessible to all readers.Advertisements internally to wraps as well as period advertisements bound in to occasional front. In the original publisher's wraps. Externally with light wear to extremities, with occasional wraps a trifle rubbed with chipping and light loss to spine and extremities. Wraps soiled and lightly marked. Loss of spine vol. I, with rear wrap loose but present. Spine and wraps vol. 28 restored with light loss to titles front wrap. Internally, text block firmly bound. Minor faint staining mark affecting frontispiece vol. I to top margin, not affecting the illustration. Spotting scattered to leaves. Good . Ill.: Gustave Dore. Good .

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Boeknummer: 870A16

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: dante alighieri divina commedia gustave dore divina commedia Gustave Dore

Dante Alighieri

The Paradiso of Dante Alighieri

London, J.M. Dent and Co. 1901. Leather. A handsomely bound, third edition copy of the third part of Dante Alighieri's infamous 'Divine Comedy&apos. Part of the Temple Classics series from J.M. Dent. Published in 1901, this is the third edition of J.M. Dent's Paradiso of Dante Alighieri. This is the third and final part of Dante's epic Divine Comedy after 'Inferno' and 'Purgatorio&apos. Dante Alighieri was a 13th century Italian poet, writer and philosopher. He is most famous for his Divine Comedy, which paints a picture of the medieval vision of the afterlife, including hell, purgatory, and heaven. It is widely considered to be one of the most celebrated works of Italian literature, and perhaps of all time. This edition is part of the Temple Classics series published by J.M. Dent in the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was edited by Israel Gollancz, an English scholar of early literature. Handsomely rebound in full calf binding and including a frontispiece as called for. In full calf binding. Externally, very smart, with just a slight bit of rubbing to the joints and head and tail of the spine. A few odd marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 797J8

Catalogus: Classical Literature

Trefwoorden: dante inferno paradiso italian inferno temple classics israel gollancz Not Stated

Mea Allan

The Tradescants: Their Plants, Gardens and Museum 1570-1662

London, Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition in its colourful dust wrapper of this biography and study of John Tradescant and his son by Mea Allan. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece as well as twenty-six further black and white plates including reproductions of excellent portraits of the Tradescant family by Wenceslaus Hollar. Collated, complete/ Study of the work John Tradescant and his son, royal gardeners in the times of Charles I and Charles II. The Tradescants were one of the first botanists to collect specimens of plants, bringing to England its first lilac as well as hundred of the flowers and trees that we know in our gardens today. Written by Mea Allan, journalist of the twentieth century. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Boeknummer: 856A56

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: tradescants plants biology first editions plants Not Stated

Alexander Allardyce

The City of Sunshine: A Novel

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1894. Cloth. A smart new and revised edition of this very scarce work from Scottish writer Alexander Allardyce. New and revised edition. Originally published in three volumes in 1877. Very scarce work. A tale of Indian life and manners, based on the author's own experiences. Written by Alexander Allardyce, a Scottish author, journalist and historian. He wrote for Friend of India, Indian Statesman, Fraser's Magazine, the Spectator among other publications, and was at one time the editor of the Ceylon Times. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 903T89

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: City Sunshine Novel Allardyce Sunshine None

James Lane Allen

A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath

London , Macmillan and Co. 1901. Cloth. A smart copy of these two short stories from James Lane Allen. Illustrated throughout with several plates and vignettes by Hugh Thomson. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart, with just some slight bumping and a few marks. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge is a little strained, with front endpaper removed. Pages are bright and clean, with just some spotting to the endpapers Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .