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Poetical Works by RALEIGH Walter

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Poetical Works
Author
RALEIGH Walter
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1892. RALEIGH, Walter. The Poetical Works. New York and London: (Chiswick Press), circa 1892. 12mo, contemporary full crimson morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and covers with floral designs incorporating blue, green and white morocco inlays, green morocco-gilt doublures with red morocco inlays in a floral design, raised bands, watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. $2500.Later Aldine edition of Walter Raleigh's poems, with portrait of the poet and extra-illustrated with five window-mounted engravings, two hand-colored, splendidly bound in full morocco-gilt with multi-colored morocco inlays in floral designs.Sir Walter Raleigh's ""poetry has been unaccountably neglected by his biographers, though it is singularly well-fitted to illustrate his character, while it left a distinct mark on the literature of a most brilliant age"" (Introduction). Includes a selection of poems written by other courtly poets from 1540 to 1650. The ""Aldine"" edition of British poets, first brought out by the publisher William Pickering beginning in 1830, aimed to introduce scholarly editions of the classics in a smaller, more affordable format. A splendidly bound, extra-illustrated volume in fine condition.
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John Swett, the Biography of an Educational Pioneer by Carr, William G.

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John Swett, the Biography of an Educational Pioneer
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Carr, William G.
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Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
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Santa Ana, California: Fine Arts Press, 1933 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Although not indicated, one of 300 copies. Pp. [xviii], 176, plus 5 illustrations on 12 unnumbered pages. Text illustrations by Mary Louise Wallace. Publisher's dark wine colored cloth, beveled boardss, tan backstrip stamped in red. Bookplate on inside cover. A fine copy. Provides a look at the educational system in California during and after the gold rush days. Swett was an educational pioneer who brought about a number of positive changes as the state superintendent of schools. In addition to reciting the growth of California's educational system, Carr presents an engrossing view of the life style of Californians during the days of prosperity and depression. [Curtiss: 12]. From the collection of Gertrude "Gee Gee" Platt, trailblazing San Francisco preservationist, with her bookplate..

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