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English Men of Letters
John Morley (Editor)
1882-1990
Macmillan and Co. : London
7.5" by 5"
SUMMARY
A lovely complete set of the first series of the English Men of Letters, across twenty volumes.
Fine Binding,Leather Binding,Signed Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 10 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
English Men of Letters was a series of literary biographies written by leading literary figures of the day under the general editorship of John Morley.
This set includes thirty nine volumes spread across twenty books, with each including two volumes bound in one apart from Bentley by R. C. Jebb which is on its own. This is a complete set of the first series of these volumes across the twenty volumes. These volumes have been bound together by Hatchards and bound in the following way:
Milton by Mark Pattison (1896) and Cowper by Goldwin Smith (1898). Hume by Professor Huxley (1895) and Burke by John Morley (1897). Byron by John Nichol (1894) and Landor by Sidney Colvin, (1888, new issue). Bentley R. C. Jebb (1889, new edition). Shelley by John Addington Symonds (1895) and Keats by Sidney Colvin (1899). Locke by Thomas Fowler (1883 Eight Thousand) and Sterne by H. D Traill (1889 new edition). Fielding by Austin Dobson (1883) Sheridan by Mrs Oliphant (1889). Dryden by G. Saintsbury (1894 2nd reprint) and Goldsmith by William Black (1898). Chaucer Adolphus William Ward (1896) and Spencer by R. W. Church (1894). Defoe by William Minto (1887 new edition) and Hawthorne by Henry Janes (1887). Macaulay by J. Cotter Morison (1896) and Bacon by R. w. Church (1896). Sir Walter Scott by Richrd H. Hutton (1899) and Burns by Principal Shairp (1887 new edition). Lamb by Alfred Ainger (1899) and Coleridge H. D. Traill (1898). Addison by W. J. Courthope (1898) and Swift by Leslie Stephen (1899 reprint). Thackery by Anthony Trollope (1895) and Dickens by Adolphus William Ward (1882 first edition). Pope by Leslie Stephen (1900) and Johnson by Leslie Stephen (1895). Sidney by J. A. Symonds (1889) and De Quincy by David Masson (1888 new issue). Gibbon by James Cotter Morison (1887 new edition) and Carlyle by John Nichol (1894). Southey by Edward Dowden (1888) and Wordsworth by F. W. H Myers (1899). Gray by Edmund Gosse (1889 new edition) and Bunyan by James Anthony Froude (1895).
All are reprints apart from Dickens by Adolphus William Ward which is a first edition published in 1882.
CONDITION
All are bound by Hatchards in half vellum with green cloth covered boards. Externally, generally all are very smart with some marks to the spines and a few marks to the boards. Internally, all are firmly bound with bright and clean pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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