Christopher smart bond (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. 8vo pp.171. previous owners details on FEP. book.

FIRST UK EDITION; Suoer octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained green, 171pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w, VG (light chipping & soiling, moderate discolouration to spine).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Greenwood Press reprint from the 1954 Harvard University first edition. 5.75" x 8.75" hardcover in blue cloth, 171pp - dustjacket absent, if ever issued. Clean and well bound, with occasional pencil emphasis marks and notes throughout, all neat and fairly unobtrusive. Book opens a little free at inside covers, but binding otherwise quite sound with lively, bright page interiors. Rear pastedown slightly torn. Boards still vibrant, with mild-moderate wear at corners, most notably to spine extremities. A nice copy of this uncommon text. Edited with an introduction by W.H. Bond, Jubilate Agno was a religious poem written between 1759-1763 by English poet Christopher Smart during his confinement in St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics. His only companion these during these years of incarceration was his cat Jeoffrey, to whom a section of Smart's long poem is lovingly dedicated. In overall good+ condition. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 22.5 x 16 cm. 171 pp. Unclipped jacket has minor edge wear and scatted foxing (now protected in archival wrap). Green cloth with gilt titles to spine is bright, clean and unbumped. Green dye to top of text block. Minor toning to end papers outside of dust cover cover. Entiely clean throighout with A1 binding. Bond's important re-editing and re-arrangement of this discovered Bedlam poem.…

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.