Search Results: red cotton night cap country or turf by browning robert

Paperback. New.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1873. First . Hardcover. Good/no dj. All in good internal order, pages just a little tanned commensurate with age with occasional foxing esp to early pages. Bookplate of Cuthbert Headlam to front pastedown. Bevelled edge green cloth boards with black embossing to front and gilt titling to spine. Some wear to boards, spine dulled.

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4 1/4 x 7 in. 282 pgs. Green cloth boards with black border on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Beveled edges. Condition is GOOD ; corners and edges worn and bumped, cover slightly warped, some spots, spine darkened. Binding very tight, text clean, some water spots to endpapers. Poetry. RGR.

Paperback. New.

James Osgood, Boston, 1873. First Ed., 1873. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. 12 mo, hardcover, small tape patch on spine in burgundy boards with bright gilt lettering on cover and spine. "Browning" embossed on back cover. Some foxing on endpapers. 220 pp. with minor fixing. Else a clean, crisp, bright book. Well preserved from 1873,

GB: Smith, Elder, 1873. Dark green cloth lettered in gold on spine and with black borders to bevelled covers. Grey endpapers. Early elaborate bookplate of James J. Maclehose, Glasgow (who signs his name in 1881 verso front endpaper) on front pastedown and later armorail bookplate of Conon Williams on front endpaper. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/No DW.

London: Smith, Elder And Co.. Poor with no dust jacket. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean and tight. Covers show wear at extremes -- corners worn through and cloth worn through at several points at hinge edges of spine. The wear is cosmetic as the binding is still tight and strong. ; 12mo .

BiblioLife, 2009-04-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Smith, Elder, & Co.. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Owner's name and bookplate on front pastedown. (Poetry, Literature)

Wentworth Press. Hardcover. New. 9x6x0.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Vellum). Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in half vellum, a bit of discoloration to the spine. Old signature to title. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 041427.

Fair. 1st ed. [from advance sheets] 1873 Hardcover BROWNING, Robert. RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY Or Turf and Towers. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First U.S. edition. 12mo., burnt orange cloth, gilt title to spine, author's name decorated in gilt to front board. Shelfwear and mildly bumped at spine extremities; 1/8th" loss at tail of spine. Bookblock just beginning to fox; quite clean and crisp within. A bright copy overall, with pencil underlinings on several pages. good. Broughton A99.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1873. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition, second issue. Front hinge crudely repaired, binding weakening, spine toned, corners lightly rubbed. 1873 Hard Cover. xviii, 1033 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles, gilt and black rules. A dramatic poem based on the life and apparent suicide of Antoine Mellerio, heir to a jewelry business in Paris.

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1873.. 282pp. 8vo. Original cloth, edges lightly worn, in glassine wrapper. Front gutter loosening, ink name on front pastedown. A very good copy.. First edition.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1873, 1st edition. (hardcover) 282pp. Very good plus. 12mo. Dark green beveled cloth boards, lettering in gilt to spine, top and bottom boards with single black ruled border. Previous owner's signature in pencil to ffep. Else internally clean. Broughton / Northup / Pearsall (A98).

London : Smith, Elder & Co. , 1873. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A first edition copy of Red Cotton Night-Cap Country or Turf and Towers by Robert Browning. A first edition copy. The poem was first published in 1873 by Smith Elder and Co, but they did not need to reprint it until 1889 when it was published again in a set of Browning's Poetical Works.The poem tells a story of sexual intrigue, religious obsession and death in Paris and Normandy. Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era. Some pages remain unopened. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the joints and head and tail of the spine. With light marks to the boards. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Some pages remain unopened. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. G (Cover shows moderate wear and age; pages are moderately foxed; hinges are intact; from the Byrdcliffe library.). Green cloth, gilt letters on spine, 282 pp., no illus. One of Robert Browning's full-volume dramatic poems. A nice book to hold.

London: Smith, Elder, 1873. First edition. 282pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. Spine tips a little rubbed, joints cracking, bookplate (or lending library label?) removed from front paste down, otherwise a lovely copy. First edition. 282pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Broughton A98; Wise 16

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Duodecimo. (2) 282pp. Bound in brown leather, Birdsall binding, with gilt ruling on covers, gilt ruling, decor and lettering on spine; raised bands. Original green cloth binding bound in at rear. Gilt top edge. Gilt dentelles with binder's stamp. Green endpapers. Blank verse poem about sexual intrigue, religious obsession and violent death in contemporary Paris. Based on a true story of jewellry heir Antoine Mellerio. The poem garnered mixed reviews and was criticized for its journalistic tendencies by the critic C. H. Herford. Binding with very light wear along edges and on covers. Previous owner's name inked to front free endpaper. Binding in overall very good+, interior in near fine condition.

London: Smith, Elder & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on title page reads, "The Master of Balliol - from his friend RB. / May 7 '73." Book is presumed a gift from Browning to Benjamin Jowett, the then Master at Balliol College at Oxford, with whom a correspondence is documented. Green cloth covers show light edge wear and light surface staining. Corners square but rubbed through, Spine ends and external hinges show heavier (still light) wear. Front internal hinge cracked, binding somewhat loose. Scattered foxing throughout book. A later date (May 1957) is written on ffep in pen along with a pencil signature. On title page, near inscription, an old price is written very lightly in pen. Includes telegram dated May 8, 1957 which reads, "Yes R.B's handwriting and signature. Our good friend Mr. Cramer sent to England for it. I agree what a find. Other little book also first I think. He is looking for the silent answer.… Read More