INVENTORY #154546
The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser Vols. I-V
SPENSER, Edmund; MITFORD, Rev. John (ed.)
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Books were bound by James Hayday (1796-1872). According to Wikipedia, works bound by Hayday became famous, and his name attached to a book raised its value twenty-five per cent. William Pickering, whose anchor and dolphin device appears on the titles, introduced him to many wealthy patrons. Despite this, Hayday was unable to compete with cheaper binders and was bankrupt in 1861. Note bookplates for Field Marshall Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda, and blind stamp of Prof. Ernest Sirluck (1918-2013) who taught in the University of Toronto's English department.
Publication Info
- Publisher: William Pickering
- Edition: First Edition
- Date Published: 1839
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
Part of Pickering's Aldine Poets series. 5 vols.: viii, lxxvi, 282; vi, 295; 296; vi, 305; vi, 317 p. 17 cm. Frontispiece portrait in vol. I printed by Charles Whittingham. Burgundy leather. All edges gilt. Bindings signed by Hayday. Light wear to edges. Vol. III has hole in spine. Vols. II & III have chipped front boards. Bookplates for Mooresfort with initials C.C.M. on front pastedowns. Blind stamps for Ernest Sirluck on front free endpapers. Dampstain to frontispiece portrait in vol. I. Vol. IV has a few dogeared top corners affecting text block edge.