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Oxford University Press, 1942. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Description: 493 pages. Seventh reprint of Vol. II (only) of 2-volume edition first published in The World's Classics series in 1906. With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh. 18mo (4" x 6"), dark blue cloth with decorative blind stamping to covers, gilt lettering on spine, blue topstain, some mottling of cover, shelf worn at corners, crown and heel; faint foxing to end papers. Name of former owner Ann Evans (Berthoff) on ffep, marginalia chiefly by her husband, Prof. Warner Berthoff, on approximately 27 pages in the essay on Swift.

Dent, Everyman's Library, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1968. Last Reprinted. 404 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Full title: Lives of the English Poets, Volume One (Cowley to Prior). Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water mark to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Ring mark to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Area of loss to bottom of spine. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1925. Hardcover. Good. 1925. First Thus. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Volume 1. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. No edition remarks. 395 pages. Yellow dust jacket over pink cloth with gilt lettering to spine and embossed design to front board. Part of the Everyman's Library Series: NO. 770. Part 1 in 2 Vols. Pink upper text block edge. Pages remain bright and clear. Binding remains firm. End papers are mildly tanned. Pencil inscription to front end paper. Foyles sticker reminiscent to front paste down. Pink upper text block edge is very faded, mild tanning and faint foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Foxing and droplet markings all over. Mild sunning to board edges. Moderate sunning and small bleaching mark to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tears and small area of loss to spine. Moderate marking and foxing to rear panel. Moderate tanning to spine inside and out. Moderate foxing to inside. Pink dye to front inside panel.

Charles Whittingham, for John Sharpe, 1806. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1806. No Edition Stated. 152 pages. Brown tree calf with gilt titles to spine. Vol VII. With illustrated frontispiece. Note: a heavily damaged book with loose front board. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. A few dog-eared corners. Heavy water staining to first few pages. Intense cracking to hinges. Boards have heavy edge wear, with bumping and fraying to corners and almost total loss of edge tooling. Spine ends are crushed and frayed. Joints worn too. Large loss of spine leather with visible gatherings and possible fire damage. Front board almost detached. Scratched, rubbed and marked overall.

Oxford University Press, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. Reprinted. 493 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Introduction written by Arthur Waugh. Volume II. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Minor loss to free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Minor wear marks to boards.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. Last Reprinted. 403 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Pencil inscription to title page. Mild annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and mottling to boards. Mild sunning to spine. Books has a backward lean.

Forgotten Books, 2018. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Hardcover volume one only 1810 printing. Front cover separated from binding. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

J.M. Dent & Sons LTD. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 2 Bookplate inside. Writing inside.

J M Dent & Sons, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. 404 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Volume 1. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London: J. Nichols, 1810. Full leather binding, all edges stained red. Two spots on rear cover rubbed to boards, spine joints cracked else clean tight copy: Good+. 8vo. Frontispiece engraving of Samuel Johnson. VOLUME THREE ONLY.

Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. Reprinted. 478 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some page corners folded. Some marginalia. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

J M Dent & Sons, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. Reprinted. 404 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning & crushing to spine. Gilt lettering has darkened. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine.

Methuen and Co., 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscriptions and drawing to endpapers. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine. Ring marks to rear board. Scratches to front board.

J. Nichols & Son ; F. & C. Rivington ; Otridge & Son, 1810. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Volume 11 only, the third of three volumes of Johnson's 'Lives of the English Poets'. Full brown period speckled calf, spine with contasting red and black morocco label (some rubbing; boards detached but present; text foxed). PROVENANCE: Engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Corney.

Nichols & Son, 1810. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1810 Nichols & Son. Volume 1 of 3 only. "A New Edition, Corrected." Hardcover is full bound in brown leather, with blind-stamped borders on covers and milled edges. The spine has five raised bands, gold lettering on two panels and gold designs on three panels. Black & white frontispiece. 460 pages. Spine title: JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS. VOL. 1. Printed by John Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London NOT ex-library. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding itself is intact. The leather spine covering is cracked along the edge and across in places, and missing some of the top corner; there is a small piece of clear adhesive tape on the front edge of the bottom panel. Leather covering is worn, with tips exposed. Endpapers foxed, but not the pages. Name in ink on title page and another on the front free endpaper. Two pages are missing tip of top corner. One page has a half-inch tear at the fore-edge margin. Pages lightly and… Read More

Dutton / Dent (everyman's Library, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Edinburgh: James Sawers, 1818. Quarter Leather . Good. Bound in dark maroon leather and maroon cloth, 311pp. Water stain on rear endpaper and last page, bubbles under front endpaper pastedown, corners bumped, condition of text is g to vg.

Edinburgh: James Sawers, 1818. Cloth. Good. Bound in quarter pale brown cloth, boards covered in grey/green paper, paper label, 336pp. Water stains on front board, both endpapers, title page and contents page, owner's name Lady Mary Stewart. Condition of text (other than first two pages) is g to vg.

Forgotten Books, 2018. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.