Search Results: paradise from John Price Antiquarian Books

London: Sold by J. Thornton, R. Elliot, H. Crompton, and W. Richards, 1779. 12mo, pp. [ii], vii [viii blank], 150, contemporary sheepskin; text a bit soiled and browned, long vertical tear in last leaf very slightly affecting text, binding falling to bits. ESTC N5701: BL; UCLA, University of California, Riverside,  University of Miami, Coral Gables.

London: Printed for J. Beecroft, W. Strahan...[et al]; London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson...and S. Draper..., 1775; 1752. 3 volumes. 4to, pp. lxxix [lxxx - c critical notes], 491 [492 blank]; 460 [461 -574 index]; 690 [691 - 692 Index], 2 engraved portraits of Milton in volume 1, 12 other engraved plates in volumes 1 and 2 (one for each book of Paradise Lost), engraved portrait of Milton and 5 engraved plates in volume 3, later 18th century calf, early reback, black leather labels; some slight fingering of initial leaves in each volume, slight cracking of hinges, covers scratched and worn, but a serviceable utilitarian binding. Coleridge 137 and 194.

London: Printed for W. Strahan [and 15 others in London], 1785. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. [viii], 335 [336 blank]; [viii], 386 [387 - 390 Index], engraved portrait and two other engraved plates in volume 1, 3 engraved plates in volume 2, slightly later tree calf, spines ornately gilt; lacks labels, tops and bases of spines very slightly chipped, joints very slightly tender. With an engraved bookplate of three leaves above the name "Irwin," and a 19th century autograph, "Mrs. Wilson/ Halifax/ Yorkshire" written across the bookplate. Coleridge 210.

London: Printed for J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, R. Baldwin, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, [and 9 others in London], 1770. 2 volumes. 8vo, 202 x 123 mms., pp. [xvi], liii [liv - lviii tributes],.25 [26 blank], 500; [ii], 456 [457 - 582 Index], engraved frontispiece and 5 other engraved plates in volume 1, engraved frontispiece and 5 other engraved plates in volume 2, handsomely bound in later (early 19th century) full panelled calf, with a gilt border on each cover and an elongated lozenge in lighter calf with interior gilt border on each cover, spines gilt in compartments, marbled end-papers; some water-staining in last 30 leaves of volume 1, most noticeably in last 11 leaves, marginal worming in about half the leaves of volume 2, occasionally affecting one or two letters of text, most noticeably in the index, very slight worming of lower rear joint volume 2, slight wear to joints, but a very attractive binding, with the small rectangular binder's ticket of Dickenson,… Read More