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Patterson, R. F. (ed.)
English Dictionary
VG pbk. Pages browning. Over 450 pages with over 30,000 entries. 20143. eng
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Reader's Digest
Word Power from the Reader's Digest
1st edition. VG hbk bound in pink boards. 19643. eng
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Shakespeare, William
Hamlet
1st edition. 16mo, 60 pages, illustrated by Cal Williams. Fine condition hardback in fine condition dust jacket. (A Shorter Shakespeare). 39420. eng
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Skilton, David
The English novel : Defoe to the Victorians
1st edition. 8vo, 200 pages, not illustrated. VG hbk in a VG condition dust jacket. 23941. eng
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Trevelyan, G. M.
English social history : a survey of six centuries, Chaucer to Queen Victoria
VG pbk reprint. Page edges browning. 20018. eng
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Trevelyan, G. M.
English social history : a survey of six centuries, Chaucer to Queen Victoria
Hardback reprint in dustjacket. VG/G (small piece missing from spine). Pevious owner's inscription on the front endpaper. 13570. eng
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Vulliamy, C. E.
English Letter Writers
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/G++. (Britain in Pictures ; 82). Light foxing to the prelims and endpages. 18988. eng
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Williams, Cathy
Charade of the heart
VG pbk reprint. 188p. (Mills & Boon Romance ; 3764). ISBN 0263776670. 23258. eng
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Wright, David (intr. and ed.)
The mid century : English poetry 1940-60
1st edition. Pages browning, else VG pbk. Ink inscription on the front endpaper. 19062. eng
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Wyatt, A. J. and Low, W. H.
Intermediate text-book of English Literature
4th impression. Good hbk in red cloth, gilt spine lettering. Page edges grubby. Light foxing to prelims and endpages. Some pencil underlining and notes. (The University Tutorial Series). 18753. eng
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Gowers, Ernest
Plain Words : a Guide to the Use of English
Good pbk reprint. Front cover repaired. 21292. eng
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Harding, Mike
The unluckiest man in the world and similair disasters
1st edition. VG hbk in pictorial boards. ISBN 0860510840. Illustrated by Bill Tidy. 16350. eng
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Partridge, Eric
Usage and abusage : a guide to good English
VG paperback reprint. 9608. eng
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Shaw, Rebecca
Country Wives
1st edition. 8vo, 243 pages, not illustrated. Fine condition hardback in fine condition dust jacket. Second in the Barleybridge series. 39374. eng
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Smith, Kenneth and Denis J. Keenan
English Law
Reprint of the 3rd edition. 8vo, 509 pages, not illustrated. Good condition paperback. Burn mark to some pages, back cover creased. 39702. eng
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Wichmann, K.
Pocket dictionary of the German and English languages
10th impression. Good in red cloth. Inscription on the front endpaper. Front inner hinge loosening. 9219. eng
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Kenyon, John
The Civil Wars of England
1st edition. 8vo, 272 pages, front and rear endpapers are illustrated, illustrated. Former public library hardback in very good condition in very good condition sleeved dust jacket. Page edges browned, ISBN 0297793519. 50338. eng
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Shakespeare, William
Othello
1st edition. 16mo, 60 pages, illustrated by Cal Williams. Fine condition hardback in fine condition dust jacket. (A Shorter Shakespeare). 39418. eng
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Trevelyan, G. M.
Illutrated English Social History Volume One: Chuacer's England and the Early Tudors
328 pages, illustrated, map of Chaucer's London, notes, index, covers rubbed, foxing to page edges, previous owner name on front endpaper, Pelican Book A672 eng
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Austen, Jane
Emma
Edited with an introduction by Ronald Blythe. Pages tanned, light wear to covers, (The Penguin English Library). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall eng
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Brooke, Robert
The Colllins Who's Who of English First-Class Cricket 1945-1984
xiii + 411 pages, statistics, addendum, bibliography. eng
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Turner, W. J.
English music
4th edition. Hardback in dust jacket. VG/G (frayed and chipped on the spine). Ink inscription on the front endpaper. (Britain in pictures). 16915. eng
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Collier, J. Payne
A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language, Alphabetically Arranged, Which during the Last Fifty Years Have Come under the Observation of J. Payne Collier F.S.A.
Four volumes, complete. The last and best edition of this scarce bibliography of early English books, especially strong in literature. Printed on laid paper. 8vo, publisher's cloth with paper spine labels. Very light wear to spine ends, spine labels a little discolored, internally fine and bright. A very attractive set.
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Moule, Thomas
Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnae Britanniae. An Analytical Catalogue of Books on Genealogy, Heraldry, Nobility, Knighthood, & Ceremonies: with a List of Provincial Visitations, Pedigrees, Collections of Arms, and Other Manuscripts; and a Supplement...
A LARGE-PAPER COPY of the original edition of this massive bibliography of printed and manuscript sources on heraldry, genealogy, nobility and other matters pertaining to the British aristocracy. About 1,000 items cited and described in detail, plus a short-title catalogue of continental works on the same subjects. Beautifully printed on fine wove paper. Folio. Attractively bound in recent cloth. Frontispiece engraving stained (mainly marginal), else uncut, fine, and bright.
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Best, Rosamund
Views of the Parish Churches in York; with a Short Account of Each
First and only edition of this collection of carefully rendered yet somewhat naive lithographic views of York churches. 23 plates, including the frontispiece, each accompanied by a page of letterpress description. Complete with the 24th and final plate, which was published as an afterthought and thus is not included in the list of plates. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, WITH THE PLATES IN INDIA PROOF STATE. With the bookplate of John Tricks Spalding. 4to. Attractively bound in 19th century half crushed morocco and cloth, WITH SPALDING'S INITIALS, IN STYLIZED LETTERS, BEAUTIFULLY LAID INTO THE FRONT COVER IN MOROCCO. Light wear to extremities of binding, light occasional internal spotting. Plates bright and fine. A very good copy of a rare book.
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Melling, Antoine-Ignace, Joseph-Antoine Cervini, Victor Petit, Eugene Ciceri, Andre Gorse, et al.
Voyage pittoresque dans les Pyrenees francais [with] Souvenirs des Pyrenees [with] Bagneres de Luchon et ses environs [with] Les Pyrenees dessinees d'apres nature [with] Alpes et Pyrenees
AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, OF 19TH-CENTURY DEPICTIONS OF PYRENEAN SCENERY, executed in lithography (often hand-colored), aquatint, and engraving. ***(1) An unusually fine set of Melling's large folio "Voyage pittoresque dans les Pyrenees francais" (1826-1830), complete with 72 delicate aquatints, a map, a lithographed portrait of the artist, and the text by Cervini. Attractively bound and with clean, unfoxed plates (most unusual for this book). ***(2) TWO fine sets of Victor Petit's folio "Souvenirs des Pyrenees", with about 50 lithographs per set. The first set is beautifully hand-colored on fine wove paper; the second set uncolored on chine. As usual with these albums, the sets offer interesting bibliographical differences. ***(3) Two beautiful sets (30 lithographs per set) of Petit's folio "Bagneres de Luchon et ses environs", one colored and one uncolored on chine. ***(4) Two excellent (and different) complete sets of Ciceri's "Les Pyrenees dessinees d'apres nature", both very fresh, in their original bindings. ***(5) Two copies (one colored, one uncolored) of "Alpes et Pyrenees" (1842), both in publisher's cloth. ***(6) Several additional albums by Gorse (two, one with rectangular lithographs and one with oval), Allom, and others, including a few miniature albums. Many of these items are quite rare, and all are in very good condition. Several hundred prints in all. An outstanding collection. (I may consider selling one or more items separately. Please enquire.)
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[Martin Library]
The Library of H. Bradley Martin: Highly Important English Literature
Volume 8 of the Martin Library sales catalogue, this volume presents English literature. 800 lots are described in great detail. Fine in original cloth. Large quarto.
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Brady, Robert
An Introduction to the Old English History, Comprehended in Three Several Tracts: An Answer to Mr Petyt's Rights of the Commons Asserted; An Answer to a Book Intitled Argumentum Antinormanicum; The Exact History of the Succession of the Crown of En
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this extremely important compilation of legal and historical writings relating to English legal and political history from Anglo-Saxon times down to the Civil War. 12, 412, 60, 68, 15 pp. LEAVES Nn3 AND Qq4 ARE BOTH PRESENT IN TWO STATES (CANCELLANDUM AND CANCELLANS). This bibliographical quirk is entirely unrecorded: no source mentions any cancels in this volume. Each of the three tracts has a separate title-page, but the pagination is continuous. Printed mainly in Roman types, but with many words and phrases printed in black letter (Gothic) types. The appendix is taken entirely from the Domesday book, and is thus in Latin. The extensive glossary (68 pp) represents an important advance in English legal lexicography. Many terms in this glossary are given in Anglo-Saxon and Middle English. Folio. Beautifully bound in 19th-century half morocco and marbled boards. Binding somewhat worn at extremities, but still very solid and attractive. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. A rare and important book, perhaps unique in this state.
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Laing, David (editor)
Sire Degarre. A Metrical Romance of the End of the Thirteenth Century.
FIRST EDITION of this extremely important Middle English romance. xvii, 1, 46 pp. plus 8 leaves (printed rectos only) of fine facsimiles from Wynkyn de Worde's printed edition of a much later version of the same romance. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper for members of the Abbotsford Club. FEWER THAN 100 COPIES PRINTED. 4to. Bound in the original watered silk boards. Traces of wear to binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare and important.
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Bibliographical Catalogue of First Editions, Proof Copies & Manuscripts of Books by Lord Byron....
Reprint of an exhibition catalogue which serves as an excellent Byron bibliography, with numerous facsimiles and detailed descriptions. Large 4to, fine in publisher's buckram.
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O'Dell, Sterg
A Chronological List of Prose Fiction in English Printed in England and Other Countries 1475-1640
Reprint limited to 100 copies. Hundred of items fully described. Large 4to, fine in publisher's buckram.
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Conybeare, John Josias and William Daniel Conybeare
Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
FIRST EDITION of this important publication, one of the pillars of early Anglo-Saxon studies. viii, xcvi, 288 pp. Includes numerous texts in Anglo-Saxon--most appearing here in first edition--accompanied by translations into Latin and English and substantial commentary. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER WITH HUGE MARGINS. Engraved armorial bookplate of Frederic Markham Tindall. Large 4to. Elegantly bound in quarter vellum and marbled boards. A few spots of foxing, else UNCUT, FINE, AND BRIGHT. An outstanding copy of a rare and important book.
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Anderson, James, John Percival, and William Whiston
A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery; in Its Different Branches of Yvery, Luvel, Perceval, and Gournay.
Seven books in two volumes, complete. AN OUTSTANDING SET, IN FIRST STATE AND ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE, OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF ONE OF THE RAREST, MOST IMPORTANT, AND BEST-PRODUCED GENEALOGICAL WORKS OF THE 18th CENTURY. 1 leaf; xxxvii pp.; 1 leaf; 30, 457 pp.; 4 leaves; 533 pp. plus 16 genealogical tables on 10 inserted leaves; 8 double-page genealogical tables; one larger folding double-page genealogical table; 10 etched and engraved plates (mainly views of estates); and 19 fine portraits (COMPLETE, incuding 18 mezzotints engraved by John Faber, and an engraving by William Henry Toms after Van Dyck and Lempriere. The five Rawdon portraits, intended for a different work but sometimes inserted into this one, are not present). The introduction is in the first state, before the cancelation of p. xxxvii (later copies have xli pages in the introduction). Moreover, pp. [453-460] of volume II, printed in 1765 and rarely found, are present. This set is extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait (1807) of John Perceval in volume I and with an engraved view (1783) of Enmore Castle in volume II. Lowndes, who examined only second-state copies of this work, asserts that pp. 446-447 of volume II are missing. IN THE SET I OFFER THESE PAGES ARE PRESENT. (The reason for this discrepancy is that quire Lll of volume II was re-set to eliminate a lengthy--two page--screed on the privileges of the nobility. That screed is present in the copy I offer, but in few others.) Lowndes also mistakenly calls for a map of part of the estate of John Perceval, which was in fact printed long after this work and does not form part of it, although it is sometimes found bound in. The fact that almost all of the portraits are executed in mezzotint indicates how small the press run was: only 25 to 50 impressions of a mezzotint could be taken before the plate would have shown signs of wear (and the impressions in this set are uniformly rich and brilliant). A few of the known sets of this work, indeed, are missing the portraits (which is even more understandable since the mezzotint portraits were engraved after the book was printed, some of them as late as 1747). The dozens of in-text coats of arms (and the vignettes on the fly-titles of all of the individual books) are engraved on copper, not wood, demonstrating that no expense was spared in the production of this lavish publication. The attractive engraved Northwick armorial bookplate (motto: "Par ternis suppar") in each volume. Beautifully printed on fine handmade Dutch laid paper, with the title-pages printed in red and black. Royal 8vo. ELEGANTLY BOUND BY SAMUEL CHARLES SMITH (signed) c. 1810 in full forest green morocco, covers gilt, spines elaborately gilt in six compartments. All edges gilt. Only tiny traces of wear, else A BRIGHT AND FINE SET. Lowndes I, 40 (giving an extensive collation); Lewine, p. 28; Graesse I, 116; Brunet I, 262; Moule DXLII (giving an astronomical price of 15 to 30 guineas in 1822.) Very rare. An important source for Norman and English history, and an impressive example of 18th-century English book production at its finest.
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Wilson, Robert (?) (John S. Farmer, editor)
The Pedler's Prophecy. 1595
A beautifully-produced facsimile, interleaved throughout, of the only known copy of the only early edition of this anonymous play, generally attributed to Robert Wilson. An association copy, with the ownership signature of musicologist and music critic Harold Schonberg and ("Harold C. Schonberg / Nov. 9, 1943 / Cambridge, England") on a preliminary blank. Also with Schonberg blindstamp, and additionally signed by him on the half-title. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Cloth lightly worn and somewhat soiled. Paper spine label darkened and somewhat abraded. Internally clean. Very scarce.
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Cox, Edward Godfrey
Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel. (Bibliography of travel books in English)
Three volumes, complete. The standard bibliography of travel writings in English up to 1800. Thousands of items thoroughly described. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Like new.
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Gotch, J. Alfred
Old English Houses
First edition of this well-illustrated study, ONE OF ONLY FIFTY COPIES PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xiii, 216 pp. 7 plans and 48 full-page photographic plates. 8vo. Publisher's quarter cloth and boards. Binding lightly worn, spine a bit rolled, internally FINE AND BRIGHT. This issue is rare.
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Gregory Bar Hebraeus (Abulpharagius, Mor Gregorios Bar Ebraya) (Richard Coeur de Lion, Lion-Heart, Lionhearted) (Paul Jacob Bruns, editor)
De rebus gestis Richardi Angliae Regis in Palaestina. Excerptum ex Gregorii Abulpharagii Chronico Syriaco (Chronicon Syriacum)
FIRST EDITION OF THIS EXCERPT OF THE CHRONICON SYRIACUM DEALING WITH RICHARD THE LION-HEART'S DEEDS IN THE HOLY LAND (often involving Saladin), WRITTEN BY GREGORY BAR HEBRAEUS, widely regarded as a highly reliable source. 20, XI pp. Syriac text and Latin translation. BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS WITH ELEGANT SYRIAC AND ROMAN TYPES ON EXTREMELY FINE, THICK LAID PAPER, WITH HUGE MARGINS. Bruns published this text, in part, as a specimen of his full edition of the Chronicon, published in 1789 (see Gentleman's Magazine, 1781, pp. 131-132. Also 1789, second part, pp. 1109-10.) 4to. Sewn into plain wraps, as issued. A bit of wear and tear to wraps, else A PRISTINE COPY, ENTIRELY UNCUT, BRIGHT, AND FINE. EXTREMELY RARE, IF NOT UNIQUE, IN THIS STATE.
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Zola, …mile (etchings by William Ablett)
Eaux-fortes pour Nana, par William Ablett
An extraordinary suite of 30 etchings by Ablett, in his purest boudoir style, printed on extremely fine laid Japanese paper. EACH ETCHING IS SIGNED IN THE PLATE, AND EACH ETCHING HAS A REMARQUE DRAWN IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST (as a rule, remarques are engraved, but in this case each one is an original drawing). Folio. Loose as issued. In perfect condition. EXTREMELY RARE.
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Halliwell, James Orchard
Morte Arthure. The Alliterative Romance of the Death of King Arthur. Now first printed from a Manuscript in Lincoln Cathedral
FIRST EDITION OF THE ALLITERATIVE MORTE ARTHURE, one of the great monuments of Arthurian literature and of Medieval English literature. This poem, like Gawain and the Green Knight, is part of the late Medieval literary movement now called the "alliterative revival". According to Larry Benson, the most recent editor of this poem, the Alliterative Morte Arthure "lacks the delicacy and balance of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, but the vigor of its narrative, the epic sweep of its action, and its coolly realistic presentation of fourteenth-century warfare lend the poem an interest of its own." EDITION LIMITED TO JUST 75 COPIES, each numbered and signed by the printer, of which THIS IS ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON THIN PAPER. Beautifully printed in large, attractive type on fine wove paper, with large margins. Frontispiece engraving by F. W. Fairholt after a manuscript miniature depicting the Round Table. Large 4to. Bound in original cloth, beautifully decorated in blind. Uncut. Professionally recased, with original endpapers preserved. Frontispiece discolored (as always, because of paper used) and a bit stained. Otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT. A legendary rarity, in its original binding. Extremely rare and important. sxxi
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Doyle, Ezra
Polly's Gaon; Or Merriment in Dress and the Folly of Pride / James and Polly; or the Very Funny Wedding / Buttery Dick; or the Beautiful Sweating / The Bottle of Galker; or Fun in Fermentation (chapbook in West Yorkshire dialect)
THREE COPIES of the first and only edition of this collection of light verse in the West Yorkshire dialect, EACH WITH PRINTED WRAPS OF A DIFFERENT COLOR (blue, yellow, and orange/red) AND ALL IN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT CONDITION. 50 pp. 16mo (12.1 x 7.5 cm). Bound in printed wraps. This set is surely of the greatest rarity.
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Henry Fielding
The history of Tom Jones a foundling
In-8°; 4 voll. piena pelle con fregi e titolo in oro al dorso.
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Circolare per la circolazione dell’esercito britannico
In-4°; pp. (4). circolare che regola il passaggio dell’esercito britannico nello stato pontificio, l’imbarco da civitavecchia e l’organizzazione del vitto e dell’alloggio per i militari.
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Jerome K. Jerome
Told after supper
In-8°; pp. (8), 169, 14; printed in blue on light blue paper, “with 96 or 97 illustrations by Kenneth Skeaping,”. First edition, full red cloth with lettering in black to front cover and spine. Water spains.
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Oscar Wilde
Salome.
In-4°; one plate and the frame of each page of text is by Boris Artzybasheff. Limited edition of 950 copiesOriginal cloth. Ex libris John Francis Bricca.
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Rabindranath Tagore
The crescent moon
In-4°, pp. XII, 82, and 8 coloured illusrations by Nandalall Bose. Transleted from bengali from the author. Fine original cloth with gilt title on spine and gold decorations on front cover. Spotting inside.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
The club of queer trades, with illustrations by the author.
In-4° pp. (8), 263, (5) e le illustrazioni; copertina originale in tela rossa con titolo e illustrazione impressa al piatto superiore e titolo in oro al dorso. Piccolo marginale foro tarlo passante alle prime carte.
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STANFIELD, Clarkson
Stanfield's Coast Scenery. A series of Picturesque Views in the British Channel, and on the Coast of France, from original drawings taken expressly for the work. 2nd ed.
In -8°, pp. VIII, 128, 40 incisioni ft protette da velina. Tela coeva con decorazioni in oro. I ricordi di navigazione sulla Manica di Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793-1867), uno dei maggiori pittori inglesi del XIX secolo a raffigurare scenari marittimi. Navigation memories on the Big Channel of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, one of most important english artist from XIX Century between those who painted sea subjects.
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Chute, Marchette
Shakespeare of London
397 p Hardcover Very good conditon
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Smollett, Tobias
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
648p. illus. by Alexander King Hardcover Good condition
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Manners-Sutton, D. (Doris)
Black God: A Story of the Congo
299 p. Hardcover Very good conditon, spine faded
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