sketches longer works english verse de morley henry (9 résultats)

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Original feathered paper covered boards, black leather to corners and spine, title labels to spine missing gilt decoration to spine, some edge wear, rubbed corners, all edge marbled, quarto, ex-school library, pleasing printed school bookplate to paste down, page following endpapers has a printed 'house' name and printed numbers, 448 pages, with numerous wood engravings.

Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Undated. No dust jacket. Leather split along edges of spine. Photograph available on request.

Hard Back. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 5 volumes 27cm x 20cm bound in Half blue calf leather with marbled boards ex lib no ink stamps VG clean pages Morley has delightfully packed the volumes with illustrations within appropriate text from early, important and beautiful editions (each illustration labelled accordingly).Morley was Professor of English Literature at University College and a collaborator of Charles Dickens.

Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book is the earliest surviving major work of literature in Old English, preserving a pagan legend that was later Christianised. It features many themes common in the Old English poems and pre-Christian Germanic mythology, including comitatus (loyalty to one's lord), the importance of reputation and glory, and the ever-present threat of death. Written in the 8th century, the author blended history, myth, and Christian teachings together to create an epic about the hero Beowulf, a Geatish warrior, who travels to the lands of the Danes to help King Hrothgar rid his kingdom of the monster Grendel. The poem explores the protagonist's heroic virtues, as well as complex themes such as good versus evil and the inevitability of fate. It provides a valuable glimpse into the values and beliefs of the Anglo-Saxon people. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, not dated, 1890s. First Edition. In half leather binding, brown calf with gilt titles to red labels, plain spine compartments, five gilt raised bands, marbled page edges and end papers. Variable sun fading to the boards. Pagination: Shorter English Poems viii, 503pp. English Plays viii, 440pp. Illustrations of English Religion viii, 440pp. Shorter Works In English Prose viii, 440pp. Sketches of Longer Woks of English Verse and Prose viii, 448pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 10 ½ inches tall (27cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to red label, plain compartments, gently worn and marked. Joints good condition worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition brown calf leather and buckram cloth boards, rubbed and worn with variable sun fading. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled paper. End papers good condition marbled paper. Title good condition tanned, minor foxing, stain to the centre of the title page of Longer Works. Pages good condition pages are tanned throughout, marks and some foxing, stained to the first viii pages of Longer Works. Binding good condition. See photos.