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1838réf. ST16098aOxford: Printed at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co 1838. 137 x 79 mm. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4". 528 leaves. VERY PRETTY NAVY BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT covers with gilt-rule border intricate cornerpieces of small floral and botanical tools raised bands spine compartments very densely gilt with floral tools and stippling gilt titling turn-ins with gilt floral cornerpieces millefleurs silk fabric endleaves all edges gilt. Front flyleaf with ink ownership inscription of Anne Robinson dated 1839; front flyleaves with ink annotations and Bible verses in three different 19th century hands laid-in note giving the chain of ownership in Anne Robinson's family for the next century. ◆Half a dozen leaves with small light brown spot margins trimmed a bit close but no loss but A VERY FINE COPY clean and fresh internally IN A SPARKLING BINDING. This charmingly bound little volume was the perfect book of Scripture for a Victorian lady and was cherished by generations of her family. The very feminine floral binding suggests that it was bound as a gift for Anne Robinson who used it very gently for her personal devotions--and no doubt as an attractive accessory to her Sunday church ensemble. The annotation of favorite passages offers insight into the owner's spiritual life and the inlaid handwritten "chain of title" is testament to our volume's status as family heirloom. Robinson and her successors clearly treasured it as it is little changed from the day it left the bindery. The condition is notably splendid here. Printed at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co unknown books
1820réf. ST15600London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1820. 142 x 80 mm. 5 5/8 x 3 1/8". 510 pp.; 80 2 pp. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY STRAIGHT-GRAIN PURPLE MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT covers with frame of gilt rules and anthemion-and-flower roll central panel with arabesque corners central sunburst medallion containing the Tetragrammaton within a triangle from which the dove of the Holy Spirit descends raised bands spine panels gilt in a floral and arabesque design gilt titling turn-ins with zig-zag gilt roll orange endpapers all edges gilt. Front pastedown with large morocco bookplate of Louisa Smyth dated 25th Dec. 1821 and signed with the initials E. P. Front flyleaf inscribed: "Harriet E. Thorpe / From her affectionate / Brother-- / As a remembrance of / her dear Aunt L. Dickens. / Nov. 1841." Griffiths p. 246. ◆A breath of rubbing to corners but A BEAUTIFUL COPY with no signs of use--clean fresh and bright internally and in a sparkling ORNATE binding. Bound in somber purple but with religious imagery in bright gilt this pretty little prayer book is very typical of an era in which such luxurious volumes were popular gifts among the moneyed classes as was the case here. Miss Louisa Smyth must have treasured this Christmas gift from "E. P." as its condition clearly indicates it was seldom if ever used for daily devotions. It likely served as a perfect accessory for Louisa's Sunday finery and perhaps she carried it at her 1831 wedding to Lt. Col. Thomas Mark Dickens of the Royal Engineers. After Louisa's 1841 death the book passed to Harriet E. Thorpe wife of Louisa's nephew Rev. William Smyth Thorpe. Both families are well documented in the county of Norfolk where their eminent lineage goes back generations. Whoever inherited our prayer book from Harriet continued to care for it assiduously as it appears little changed from the days when Louisa first held it in her hands. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown books
1593réf. ST15853London: Deputies of Christopher Barker 1593. FIRST EDITION. 185 x 140 mm. 7 1/4 x 5 1/2". 12 p.l. 328 327-342 pp. Contemporary limp vellum yapp edges flat spine with later red morocco label. Inside front cover with ink owner's inscription of George Wilson dated November 1 1854; front flyleaf with engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle; early pen trials to title page old mathematical calculations on rear endpaper. Cockle 57; STC 23468; ESTC S117986; Heuser Beatrice "Strategy Before Clausewitz: Linking Warfare and Statecraft 1400-1830" 2017 chapter 5: "A National Security Strategy for England: Matthew Sutcliffe the Earl of Essex and the Cadiz Expedition of 1596." ◆Vellum a bit soiled half-inch chip to head of spine two-inch crack to fore edge of front cover title page with small ink stain and light soiling other trivial imperfections in the text but still an excellent copy clean and fresh internally and in a sound binding. This rare treatise addressing all aspects of war has been cited by military historian Beatrice Heuser as perhaps a unique example of a case "in which a civilian an 'armchair strategist' published a book containing a comprehensive concept for how to conduct a war with a specific enemy that was applied in practice." According to Heuser Sutcliffe penned "a national security strategy for England" and one that Robert Devereux Earl of Essex to whom the work is dedicated put into practice in the country's ongoing conflicts with Spain leading to the operation that resulted in the successful capture of Cadiz in 1596. Sutcliffe had met Essex at Trinity College Cambridge where he had likely served as one of the young earl's tutors. DNB observes that Sutcliffe who studied law before becoming a doctor of divinity applied his legal training to this work in which he examines not only fortifications aggressive and defensive tactics and the practical considerations of recruiting paying feeding and housing armed forces but also discusses laws and regulations governing the military. Cockle notes that the work "was well known both at home and abroad" and that it "urged the importance of military studies." Following this consequential work Sutcliffe restricted his writings to theological subjects and enjoyed a 40-year career as dean of Exeter Cathedral. This work is rare in the marketplace: ABPC and RBH find just three other copies at auction in the past 40 years. Deputies of Christopher Barker unknown books
1612réf. ST13801London: printed by Thomas. Snodham. for Iohn Stepneth and are to be sold at his shop at the west-end of Paules Church 1612. FIRST EDITION. 205 x 155 mm. 8 x 6". 18 p.l. 611 1 pp. 601-08 misnumbered 561-68 8 leaves. New unlettered limp vellum by Courtland Benson in imitation of the original binding. STC 1896; ESTC S124314. ◆Half a dozen gatherings a little browned occasional mild foxing or small rust spots additional trivial imperfections otherwise an excellent copy clean and very fresh in a pleasing new binding. This conversation manual by an Italian teacher based in London offers an intriguing glimpse into the lives and concerns of the wealthier classes in 17th century Europe. An early effort to teach language through dialogue the book is part cultural history part guide to better health and it is clear evidence of the importance of the study of Italian in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. The seven dialogues cover subjects from health to travel to servants with Italian and English text on facing pages. Many of the dialogues begin with phrases that will be familiar to all beginning language students: greeting others selecting items of clothing asking prices or directions ordering food. As the conversations progress they explore various topics that one might expect to encounter in polite society. An early morning exchange between master and servant evolves into a discussion of the importance of sleep the optimal amount of sleep for good health and the significance of dreams. A dialogue that begins with ordering meals leads to an involved colloquy about the benefits and disadvantages of fasting and abstinence; the virtues and defects of bread butter meat dairy and eggs; diet recommendations for the healthy and the sick; the best diet for each season; and the importance of a walk after dinner. Other dialogues include advice for travellers observations on the political situation and life at court and finally a discussion of that most eternally fascinating topic: love. This work is of continuing interest and value to linguists as it documents the Benevento Italian dialect which is in need of preservation. It's an extraordinarily rare book probably because it was the sort of volume subjected to hard use: in addition to ours we could trace only two copies in ABPC and RBH since 1948. printed by T[homas]. S[nodham]. for Iohn Stepneth, and are to be sold at his shop at the west-end of Paules Church unknown books
1800réf. CJW1405London: T. Bensley for T. Macklin final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies 1800. First Printing of this Edition. 484 x 390 mm. 19 x 15 1/4". Seven volumes. Once splendid contemporary black straight-grain morocco gilt covers framed by Greek key roll palmette roll and multiple gilt rules double raised bands spine compartments densely gilt with rows of alternating star and circlet tools gilt titling turn-ins with gilt chain roll purple endpapers all edges gilt some inexpert but not obvious repairs to joints and backstrips. With more than 100 allegorical headpieces and tailpieces and some 70 SPLENDID LARGE-FOLIO SIZE COPPER PLATES after Fuseli Reynolds West and others. Herbert 1442 and 1651. ◆Extremities rather rubbed boards a bit scuffed but the decorative contemporaneous bindings solid and not without appeal. Plates somewhat foxed mostly to margins mild to moderate offsetting from plates occasional mild offsetting in the text bed but still a fresh wide-margined copy. The most prodigious form of scripture in English ever published the Macklin Bible features very large and bold type fine Whatman paper and a series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the period. Like the Boydell "Shakespeare Gallery" also printed by Bensley our Macklin Bible is a vast picture book with illustrations that are grand both in size and emotional impact. According to DNB Macklin 1752/3-1800 announced his intention to produce a lavishly illustrated luxuriously produced folio Bible in 1789 and he spent the next 11 years and £30000 making his dream a reality. His efforts paid off: "the subscription list for 703 copies at £46 1s. apiece was headed by the king the queen and the prince of Wales." Sadly Macklin died just five days after the last engraving was finished and did not live to see his masterpiece become one of the most acclaimed English Bibles. As DNB observes "The Macklin Bible endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain often pirated but never rivalled." Copies of the Macklin Bible were often put into ornate bindings as was the present set; despite the depradations of time the workmanship of a superior London binder remains apparent. T. Bensley for T. Macklin [final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies] unknown books
1963réf. 33331Northwestern University Press. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine but for owner's bookplate on front pastedown in close to fine but price-clipped dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Northwestern University Press hardcover books
1992réf. 1368919Jerusalem: Koren Publishers 1992. Hardcover. Octavo 1029 xxii pages in English 1029 pages in Hebrew. In Fair condition. Slipcase in black and gold paper slight shelf wear. Spine is black with stamped print and raised bands. Boards in black leather. Text block has broken rear hinge. White ribbon marker. Text in English and Hebrew on facing pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #3. 1368919. FP New Rockville Stock. Koren Publishers hardcover books
1974réf. 1370844Budapest: Akademiai Kiado 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 597 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine black and yellow with white and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Few mild scuffs exteriorly with minor wear to the edges and light age toning to the flaps. Boards have extremely light wear exteriorly and minimal edge wear. Text block has moderate age toning and few notations in pencil interiorly. Illustrated. First Edition. 1370844. FP New Rockville Stock. Akademiai Kiado hardcover books
réf. 22215751924-1930. Temple edition. 5" x 4 1/4". Prefaces by Israel Gollancz. Frontispieces. Later 3/4 gilt stamped tan calf red and green spine labels by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London for Dutton's New York. Marble endpapers. Very good minor rubbing at edges. 19 volumes. An attractive set. J. M. Dent hardcover books
1819réf. 226404First edition. Octavo. Half titles. Original tan and blue boards uncut some light foxing; printed labels on spines some chipping. Good. 4 volumes complete. Enclosed in four full red morocco pull cases. Bookplates of Alexander S. Finlay and Frank J. Hogan. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. hardcover books
1969réf. 30347London: Faber and Faber 1969. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Heaney on the title page. "to _ at Pace University Seamus Heaney with good wishes. May 1983." Dustjacket with a short closed tear at the spine top edge not immediately apparent. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket. A very nice copy of Heaney's second book. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Faber and Faber Hardcover books
1927réf. 2221659First edition. Octavo. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Original gilt stamped red pictorial cloth t.e.g. Pink illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped; couple tiny tears. Very good. 103 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Laid in loose is a flyer advertising an exhibition of the original drawings December 1927 at The Sporting Gallery 32 King Street Covent Garden London. Methuen & Co., Ltd. hardcover books
1943réf. 195010a head and shoulders profile. 1943. 5" x 7" tipped-on a photographer's mount 10 3/4" x 8 1/2". Signed photos of Hilton are scarce and this is a fine example. Boldly signed and inscribed: "For Adele with all good wishes James Hilton October 22 1943." Hilton 1900-1954 English novelist; several of his novels were filmed "Lost Horizon" "Goodbye Mr. Chips" "Random Harvest" etc. unknown books
1968réf. 1223Ten unpaginated children's books 16 pp. each printed in color on glossy boards illus. with texts in English and a flexi disk sound recording providing English narration. Box set includes promotional flyer and the Angel Books Guide Book with simultaneous English-Japanese dual translations and vocabulary lessons also illus. Minor spotting throughout with a slight odor of basement storage. Illus. self wrappers books with in clear vinyl protective covers housed in bright blue case printed with the title series. 1223 Ten-book series of traditional Japanese folktales with texts in English and a flexi disk sound recording narrated in English devised as tools for teaching young Japanese children the foreign language using familiar stories. Pictures by a who's-who of Japanese children's book illustrators including Hiroshi Tada Shinta Cho. Makoto Wada and Kuniharu Naruse. Titles in the series are as follows: 01. Hanasaka Jijii The Old Man Who Made Cherry Blossoms Bloom 02. Momotaro The Peach Boy 03. Tengu To Oh-gi Long-nosed Goblin and the Magic Fan 04. Shitakiri Suzume The Sparrow Who Got Her Tongue Cut Off 05. Saru Kani Gassen The Monkey and the Crab 06. Issun Boshi The Inchling Story 07. Bunbuku Chagama Bunbuku The Tea Kettle 08. Inaba No Shirousagi The White Rabbit of Inaba 09. Nagai Hana No Tengu Long-nosed Goblins 10. Urashima Taro the Fisherman Nacom Corporation books
1964réf. 16669New York: American Bible Society 1964 Bound in Jerusalem in an olive wood binding with intricate hand-carved mother-of-pearl inlays featuring a Star of David on the front cover with the word "Jerusalem" etched below.On the back cover is a Jerusalem Cross. Brown leather spine lettered by hand. Small tear along front hinge. Quarto. With black and white photographs and maps showing the anicent Biblical areas historical sites and personages etc Very good. Mother-of-Pearl carving a traditional handicraft in Bethlehem is said to have been brought to the city by Franciscan friars from Italy in the fifteenth century. Others believe it was introduced by Italian Crusaders sometime between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. However it began Bethlehem became famous as a center of the craft. Models of churches and mosques inlaid in Bethlehem with mother-of-pearl are on display in museums throughout the world. The first exhibition in the West of mother-of-pearl artifacts from Palestine was at the New York World's Fair in 1852. Skilled craftspeople especially women created mother-of-pearl items as souvenirs including crosses earrings brooches picture frames and book covers. American Bible Society, hardcover books
1817réf. 16597Wellington: Printed & sold by F. Houlston & Son n.d. circa 1817 Sixth edition. The first edition was printed in London in 1772. All editions are scarce with OCLC recording three copies or less of the first fifth sixth and seventh editions and no copies of the second third or fourth. . Publisher's marbled paper-covered boards sewn together spine perished. . Twentyfourmo. Woodcut frontispiece of Adam and Even in the Garden and twenty-seven woodcuts illustrating other important Biblical events and figures Binding extremities rubbed worn and a bit soiled. Front pastedown lacking front flyleaf loose. Slight foxing the occasional minor stain or smudge not affecting legibility. Contemporary ink signature and date on recto of preliminary blank. A good copy of a scarce fragile book. The Pocket Bible includes abridged stories from both the Old and New Testaments. Its purpose is stated in the Preface which is addressed to the "parents of little children": "…the Bible as appointed to be read in Churches is too copious and mysterious a volume for the comprehension of young children: therefore to obviate this difficulty the following Compendium of the Holy Bible has been compiled…in which the utmost care has been taken as well as not to omit any material event as to avoid perverting in anywise the doctrines contained in the inestimable Divine Original" pp. vii-viii. Printed & sold by F. Houlston & Son, hardcover books
1980réf. 1010179Hereford: Five Stories Press 1980. First edition. limited to 50 numbered copies signed by Thomas and designer Reg Boulton. Copy #30. Quarter-leather and cloth covered boards. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase Engravings and screenpinted endpages by Boulton. Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Signed By Author & Artist. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Five Stories Press Hardcover books
1961réf. 2221803First edition thus. Octavo. Original full blue and red morocco spine lettered and decorated in gilt emblem gilt stamped on front cover t.e.g. navy blue linen-covered slipcase by E. W. Hiscox. Numerous collotype plates after etchings designed by Charles Antoine Coypel for the first edition of 1727. No dust jacket. Fine. 187 pages. #25 of 100 specially-bound copies. Inscribed on front free endpaper in Medford Oregon in 1973 by the translator with a small caricature of a cat. Laid in is a Polaroid photograph of Bretnor and his wife taken by the recipient of the inscription with a brief description of the circumstances. This attractive volume was one of the final productions of the Golden Cockerel Press. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1895réf. 305750First edition. 4to. Introduction by William Morris. 6 fine plates by Arthur Gaskin. Original tan linen over blue printed boards some spotting. Very good. Later black cloth slipcase. Clear acetate dust jacket. One of 125 copies printed by Arthur J. Gaskin at the Press of the Guild of Handicraft. Gaskin 1862-1928 English painter illustrator and designer; under Morris at the Kelmscott Press; began printing his own books in 1893. Houfe p. 313; Franklin 43 153-54. Cornish Bros. hardcover books
réf. 604394third person on engraved Piers Court Stinchcombe Gloucestershire letterhead December 14 n.y. ca. 1949 or earlier. 4 1/2" x 7" 1 page with integral leaf. "Mr. Evelyn Waugh deeply regrets that his absence from London makes him unable to accept the kind invitation of the Editor of the Strand Magazine for 23rd Dec." The Strand Magazine ceased publication in March of 1950. It is interesting to note that Waugh at one time had gifted a bound set of the Strand Magazine to his daughter Harriet. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. unknown books
1978réf. 220526First edition. 8vo. Original 1/2 red calf over matching buckram gilt stamped spine with raised blads. Fine fresh copy. Enclosed in dark red cloth slipcase. Contains 646 detailed entries on the famous literary sisters. #14/25 specially bound copies signed by Yablon and Turner on the limitation page. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. Ian Hodgkins, & Co. Ltd. hardcover books
1939réf. 229081New Edition so stated. Octavo. Index of first lines. 3/4 brown morocco over brown linen spine with five raised bands gilt titled all edges extra gilt. Fine. 1172 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed at The University Press Oxford by John Johnson printer to the University Great Britain. At the Clarendon Press hardcover books
1823réf. 6194Thick octavo. From the corrected text of George Steevens and Edmond Malone. 2 page biographical sketch. 19 page glossary. Engraved portrait by T.A. Dean. 3/4 modern tan calf over marbled boards by Bayntun-Riviere spine with raised bands and gilt stamped maroon morocco label glazed edges very good. A nice readable early edition. Printed by W. Clowes. Printed for C. and J. Rivington, et al hardcover books
1912réf. 7069First edition. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece. Original gilt stamped green cloth upper cover with small gilt stamped tropical scene t.e.g. 20 pages of advertisements at end. Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a green cloth folding box. Author's first book. Duckworth & Co. hardcover books
1902réf. 304678First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt spine slightly darkened; light rubbing. Very good. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase. No signatures or bookplates. Chapman & Hall, Ltd. hardcover books
