Description: [EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, SAMUEL ROGERS, SETS ] ROGERS, Samuel (Author) "RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TABLE-TALK OF SAMUEL ROGERS TO WHICH IS ADDED PORSONIANA" London. Edward Moxon. 1856. 2 volumes First Edition. Extra-Illustrated. Bound in modern (last 50 years ?) full blue crushed morocco with decorated turn-ins over marbled paper. Nicely gilt spine compartments as shown. All edges brightly gilt. Hinges sound and strong. Leather bookplate of notable Denver advertising exec & bibliophile 'Arthur Gordon Rippey' on front pastedown. Four manuscript letters by Rogers tipped onto prelims of both volumes. Overall, about near fine. A beautiful set both on the shelf and in the hand. Perhaps the nicest presenting set of this title in commerce. A great gift for the Samuel Rogers fan or collector of 19th c. romantic poets. _______________________Arthur Gordon Rippey Jr. (1907 – 1995) was a prominent Denver, Colorado businessman. He was the founder of Rippey, Henderson, Bucknum, and Company, a very successful advertising firm. Mr. Rippey was born in 1907, in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1943, Rippey and his wife relocated to Denver where he established Arthur G. Rippey & Company Advertising Agency. Gilbert Bucknum and Clair Henderson joined the firm soon thereafter. Rippey retired from the agency in 1966. Rippey was an avid collector of rare books and automobiles. In 1963, he established the Veteran Car Museum in Denver, and he founded the rare books society, the Johnson-Boswell Society of the Rocky Mountain Region. Please email any questions -
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Topic: Literature
Subject: Americana
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