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Milton, John. The Poetical Works of John Milton Volume the Fourth Containing Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes Plans of Other Tragedies. J Johnson W J and J Richardson R Baldwin Otridge and Sons J Sewell J Nichols F and C Rivington T Payne G and J Robinson et al, 1801.

Price: US$26.65 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Volume Four. 511pp, paper covered boards with leather corners and spine, the spine cover largely absent. Marbled edges. Light foxing to the Preliminary Observations on Paradise Regained, otherwise internally clean and well bound. Extensive footnotes from other commentators. The Appendix to Samson Agonistes includes plans of other subjects intended for tragedies by Milton.

Seller: Hessay Books, York, United Kingdom

Milton, John. The Poetical Works of John Milton Volume the Sixth Containing Odes Miscellanies Translations Elegarium Liber Epigrammatum Liber Silvarum Liber Appendix and Glossarial Index. J Johnson W J and J Richardson R Baldwin Otridge and Sons J Sewell J Nichols F and C Rivington T Payne G and J Robinson et al, 1801.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: Volume Six. 458pp, paper covered boards with leather corners and spine, the spine cover absent. Marbled edges. Internally clean and well bound. Extensive footnotes from other authors. The Appendix includes Baron's Imitations of Milton's early poems, and additions and corrections.

Seller: Hessay Books, York, United Kingdom

John Milton. The Poetical Works of John Milton. Volume the Sixth Containing, Odes, Miscellanies, Translations, Elegiarum Liber, Epigrammatum Liber, Silvarum Liber, Appendix. General Index. J. Johnson et al, London, 1801, 1801.

Price: US$36.89 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Hardcover, no dust jacket. Leatherbound covers show gilt markings. They are still attached, but only loosely. They show very heavy edge wear and rubbing. Pages show foxing and tanning. Hinges are cracked, binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.

Bye and Law. The Poetical Works of John Milton Volumes four / five / six of 6 volume set. J. Johnson, London, 1801.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Description: 3 volume Good. covers scuffed / edgewear. spine-ends small chips. spine fold cracked but all holding. text quite clean.

Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.

John Milton; Henry John Todd. The poetical works of John Milton : with the principal notes of various commentators : to which are added illustrations, with some account of the life of Milton (Volumes 1,2,5,6 only). London : Printed for J. Johnson by Bye and Law,, 1801.

Price: US$161.49 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition of the John Todd edition; contemporary, leather bindings, decorated spine, linings on boards, tight, hinges split on several of the volumes; bookplate M.Fischer of Isleworth, on which another owner has written his name, also on several other pages; inside very good; light toning on few pages; frontis. in vol.I; contents: Life on Milton and Prolegomena in vol.I (CCXV, 303), vol.ii: Paradise Lost (504 pages);

Seller: Magnus, Paris, France

John Milton; Henry John Todd. The poetical works of John Milton : with the principal notes of various commentators : to which are added illustrations, with some account of the life of Milton (Volumes 3, 4, 5, 6 only). London : Printed for J. Johnson by Bye and Law, 1801.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [Fine Binding with interesting Provenance: Paul Mellon's copy] Large paper copy of the first edition of Todd's Milton. 4 volume set. Bound in contemporary, straight - grained, navy morocco. All edges heavily gilt. Gilt ruled cover. Shelf wear to covers, wear to hinges. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents: Vol. III: The last six books of Paradise Lost --Plans of Paradise Lost as a tragedy. --Vol. IV: Preliminary observations on Paradise Regained --Origin of Paradise Regained --Paradise Regained --Milton's defence of Tragedy --Preliminary observations on Samson Agonistes --Samson Agonistes --Plans of other tragedies --Vol. V: Preliminary notes on Lycidas; Mr. King --St. Michael's Mount --Lycidas --L'Allegro --Il Penseroso --Arcades --Comus [etc.] --Sonnets --Vol. VI: Odes --Miscellanies --Translations --Elegiarum Liber --Epigrammatum Liber --Silvarum Liber Paul Mellon (1907-1999) was an American philanthropist and breeder/owner of thoroughbred racehorses. His fortune derived from the Mellon Bank created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon, his father Andrew W. Mellon, and his uncle Richard Mellon. His father was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1921-1932). Mellon's Rokeby Stables owned many successful racehorses, including Kentucky Derby Winner Sea Hero. He was a trustee of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. He was created an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities in 1997. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

MILTON, John. TODD, Rev. Henry John (ed.). The Poetical Works of John Milton. In Six Volumes. With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators.with Some Account of the Life of Milton.. Printed for J. Johnson, London, 1801.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: 6 vols. 8vo, contemporary full calf, gilt spines with red leather spine labels. Armorial bookplate in each volume; minor rubbing; tight and sound; a handsome set.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Milton, John; Henry John Todd (ed). THE POETICAL Works of John Milton IN SIX VOLUMES with the Principal Notes of Various Commentators to Which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton (Complete Six Volume Set). Printed for J. Johnson; W.J. And J. Richardson; R. Baldwin; Otridge and Son; J. Sewell; J. Nichols; F. and C. Rivington; T. Payne; G. and J. Robinson; J. Walker; J. Mathews; W. Lowndes; J. Scatcherd; Vernor and Hood; Ogilvy and Son; J. Nunn; et al., London, 1801.

Price: US$1530.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An impressive copy of this handsome, deluxe edition with all edges marbled, marbled eps and pastedowns, gilt fleurons along margins of covers, gilt dentelles; and, along backstrip, two spine-labels, gilt lettering, and gilt decorative elements. Some fading to heads, some mild fading to fore-edges, some mild shelfwear to covers, some loss of gilt to spines, some minor rubbing to corners, owner's ex-libris on front pastedown of each vol, some joints starting but hinges solid (except for vol V where front hinge and joint are both starting but holding strongly and solidly). Vol III with scrape to front cover. Otherwise, text clean and bright. Overall, bindings solid. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ]

Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada

Milton, John; Henry John Todd (ed). THE POETICAL Works of John Milton IN SIX VOLUMES with the Principal Notes of Various Commentators to Which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton (Complete Six Volume Set). Printed for J. Johnson; W.J. And J. Richardson; R. Baldwin; Otridge and Son; J. Sewell; J. Nichols; F. and C. Rivington; T. Payne; G. and J. Robinson; J. Walker; J. Mathews; W. Lowndes; J. Scatcherd; Vernor and Hood; Ogilvy and Son; J. Nunn; et al., London, 1801.

Price: US$1530.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An impressive copy of this handsome, deluxe edition with all edges marbled, marbled eps and pastedowns, gilt fleurons along margins of covers, gilt dentelles; and, along backstrip, two spine-labels, gilt lettering, and gilt decorative elements. Some fading to heads, some mild fading to fore-edges, some mild shelfwear to covers, some loss of gilt to spines, some minor rubbing to corners, owner's ex-libris on front pastedown of each vol, some joints starting but hinges solid (except for vol V where front hinge and joint are both starting but holding strongly and solidly). Vol III with scrape to front cover. Otherwise, text clean and bright. Overall, bindings solid. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 4to

Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.

MILTON, John (Rev. Henry John Todd). The Poetical Works of John Milton - WITH - Some Account of His Life And Writings.. London: for many, 1801 - 1809., 1801.

Price: US$1900.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: THE ROBERT HOE COPY. 7 vols., royal octavo large paper edition, 10-11/16" x 7-1/4", engraved frontis portrait of Milton by J. Baker after T. Simpson in volume 1, bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, covers triple ruled in gilt, gilt corner pieces, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, by Bedford, gilt bookplate of Robert Hoe to the front pastedown of each volume, additional engraved armorial bookplate of Livingston Phelps to endpapers. Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, some minor rubbing to a couple of covers otherwise A HANDSOM SET. Rev. Todd's edition of Milton's poetical works "is a most admirable one, both in the biographical part of it and where he appears in the character of editor and annotator" (Allingbone, 1300). Also includes extensive notes and critical essays by Addison and Dr. Johnson. Symmons' "excellent" collection of the prose works includes a biographical notice of Milton as well as critical remarks (Lowndes, 1300). The final volume, a second edition of Todd's "Account", offers "an incomparable index of words, applicable to any edition" (Lowndes, 1300)

Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.

MILTON, JOHN. (HORNBY, C. H. ST. JOHN - HIS COPY). THE POETICAL WORKS . . . WITH THE PRINCIPAL NOTES OF VARIOUS COMMENTATORS. [with] TODD, HENRY JOHN. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN MILTON. Printed for J. Johnson, W. J. and J. Richardson, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, et al. 1801, 1809, London, 1801.

Price: US$3640.00 + shipping

Description: 270 x 170 mm. (10 3/4 x 6 3/4"). Seven volumes. The set complete, plus seven cancelled leaves (the result of textual revision) bound in at the back of vol. IV. First work edited and with a Life of Milton by Rev. Henry John Todd. ESPECIALLY LOVELY OLIVE BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, HEAVILY GILT, BY FRANCIS BEDFORD (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine richly gilt in compartments with central lily sprig within a lozenge of small tools, curling cornerpieces, acorns at sides, gilt lettering, turn-ins with gilt floral roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With three engraved portrait frontispieces (two in volume I, one in volume VII) and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 13 engraved plates, 12 of these those done for "Paradise Lost" by Burney (Proof Impressions) in volumes II and III, the other, of Queen Christina of Sweden, in volume VI. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown of volume I with round morocco ex-libris of John Delaware Lewis; front free endpaper of volume I and front pastedowns of other volumes WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF C. H. ST. JOHN HORNBY. Wickenheiser 1795. ◆Insignificant rubbing to extremities, half a dozen leaves with expertly repaired corners or short marginal tears, other trivial imperfections internally, but A VERY FINE AND HANDSOME SET, the text clean and fresh, with spacious margins, and in sparkling bindings that are extraordinarily pleasing on the shelf. This is a scholarly edition of Milton, very handsomely bound by a leading London workshop, enriched with additional illustrations, and with distinguished provenance. Our edition was edited by the erudite Anglican clergyman Henry John Todd (bap. 1763, d. 1845) and is characterized by DNB as his "magnum opus, a significant feat of scholarship which remained authoritative for fifty years." Todd included selected commentary and notes of earlier editors in addition to his own analysis, and provided what DNB deems "a thorough biographical study of Milton," along with an extensive verbal index to all of Milton's poetry, including the Greek, Latin, and Italian verse. For five years, our binder Francis Bedford (1799-1883) managed the firm of Charles Lewis for the latter's widow and then was in a partnership for 10 years with John Clarke before establishing his own bindery in 1851. He shortly became recognized as the leading binder in fashionable West-end London, and his firm enjoyed prosperity not only until his death, but for 10 years afterwards, under the ownership of Joseph Shepherd. Bedford bindings are almost always elegantly traditional in their design and very handsome in the execution--as can obviously be seen here. This set was once owned by Charles Harry St. John Hornby (1867-1946), bibliophile and a major figure in the Arts & Crafts movement as founder of the Ashendene Press, perhaps the greatest of the English private presses. Hornby printed Milton poems at Ashendene on three occasions. The fourth book of the press (issued in 1896) was "Three Poems of John Milton," containing "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," and "Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity." Milton's "Lycidas" was one of "Three Elegies," the 10th book of the press issued in 1899, and "Hymn" was reprinted in 1924 as the Hornby's Christmas gift for friends. First Todd Edition of the "Works"; Second Edition of the "Life and Writings.".

Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.