Spenser, Edmund:. The Shepheardes Calender conteyning twelve aeglogues proportionable to the twelve monethes.. London, George W. Jones for Cresset Press, 1930.

Price: US$197.33 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Folio. XXIII, 133 pp. Pictorial title and 12 color stencil illustr. by John Nash, printed at the Curven Press. *Nr. 135 of 350 copies. Delightful illustrations by Nash, beautifully printed on thick uncut Barcham green handmade paper. - In all a good copy, inside fine. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000 Original vellum-backed cream silk boards (boards a bit stained, edges rubbed).

Seller: Antiquariat Braun, Gengenbach, Germany

JOHN NASH. Edmund Spenser.. The Shepheardes Calender. Conteyning Twelve Æglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Monethes.. The Cresset Press, London, 1930.

Price: US$256.17 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition with these delightful Nash stencil-coloured illustrations, limited to 350 numbered copies on Barcham Green handmade paper (this being #68) and printed at The Sign of the Dolphin. 4to. 133pp. Vellum-backed cream linen, lettered in gold at the spine. With a full-colour title page decoration and twelve coloured header-piece illustrations. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Backstrip darkened and the base of the spine a little rubbed. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper and slipcase.

Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom

(Spenser, Edmund):. The Shepheardes calender. Conteyning twelve aeglogues proportionable to the twelve monethes.. London, Cresset Press,, 1930.

Price: US$293.25 + shipping

Description: XXII, 133 S., 1 Bl. mit 1 ganzseit. und 12 kl. kolorierten Textholzschnitten von John Nash. Nr. 63 von 350 (Gesamtaufl. 353) Exemplaren. - Schöne Ausgabe des erstmals 1579 veröffentlichten Werkes von Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599) auf handgeschöpftem unbeschnittenem Papier. - Der britische Landschafts- und Stilllebenmaler John Nash (1893 - 1977) war neben seiner Malerei ein versierter Holzstecher und Illustrator und Gründungsmitglied der "Society of Wood Engravers" (1920). - Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Vorderer Vorsatz mit Widmung. *** *** Copyright: Matthaeus TRUPPE Buchhandlung & Antiquariat - Stubenberggasse 7 - A-8010 Graz - ++43 (0)316 - 829552 *** *** Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2000 4°. OHPgmt. (etw. bestoßen, leicht angestaubt und gebräunt).

Seller: Matthaeus Truppe Antiquariat, Graz, Austria

Spenser, Edmund (illustrated by John Nash). The Shepheardes Calender - Containing Twelve Aeglogues. Limited edition, published by The Cresset Press Ltd, London, 1930. Copy number 231 of 350 copies on hand-made paper., 1930.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good condition. One inch dark blue stain near top edge of front cover. Some lighter stains in middle of front cover and along top and bottom edges. Corners bumped and rubbed. Page one and facing page are browned. 133 pages.

Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.

Spenser, Edmund; Nash, John (illustrator). The Shepheardes Calender. Conteyning Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Monethes. The Cresset Press, London, 1930.

Price: US$385.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited edition, number 248 of 350 copies. With John Nash title page and head piece illustrations colored by stencil at the Press. John Northcote Nash (1893 - 1977), was a British painter, illustrator and print maker; he was a founder of the Society of Wood Engravers (1920), making wood engravings to illustrate the works of private presses, such as the Golden Cockerel Press and the Cresset Press. Tall 4to, 133pp, teg. Quarter vellum, cream silk boards, with gilt title at spine. Lightly browned. Internally, pristine.

Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Spenser, Edmund. THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER, CONTEYNING TWELVE AEGLOGUES PROPORTIONABLE TO THE TWELVE MONTHES. The Cresset Press, London, 1930.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: Limited to 350 copies on hand-made paper, this no. 225 (total edition 353). Printed by Geroge W. Jones at "The Sign of the Dolphin" Folio. xxiii (i), 133p., colophon. Illustrated by John Nash with a full-page decorated title page and a large opening to each month. The illustrations were colored by stencil by the Curwen Press. Bound in gilt-titled vellum spine over silk covered boards, t.e.g., deckle edges. Minor soil to the covers, quite sound, the interior excellent Limited to 350 copies on hand-made paper, this no. 225 (total edition 353). Printed by Geroge W. Jones at "The Sign of the Dolphin".

Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.