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1947rif. 28762Editions du Grand-Chene Lausanne 1947. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece title and text in orange and black; original printed wrappers uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED a near fine copy in glassine dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES. Editions du Grand-Chene, Lausanne, unknown
1828rif. 28840Ponthieu Paris and Leipzig 1828. 2 works in 1 vol. 16mo. text in French some minimal age-staining; handsomely bound in contemporary full tree calf boards with decorative gilt frame border back with flat bands second compartment with green leather label lettered in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt marbled edges marbled endpapers a very good bright clean copy. Early reissues of these two well-known devotional works; the first recounting a young girl's solo and hazardous journey across Siberia; the second the Fall of Jericho. VERY SCARCE. Ponthieu, Paris and Leipzig, hardcover
1804rif. 28869Albion Press Printed by James Cundee for T Hurst 1804. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved frontispiece engraved and printed titles 3 engraved plates and four engraved head-and-tail vignettes one for each section of the work some mild age-staining as usual last leaf of text wanting upper outer corner with loss of half a dozen words; handsomely bound in contemporary green full roan boards with double gilt frame border enclosing elaborate blind frame within which sits a decorative gilt rectangle backstrip elaborately tooled in gilt with with black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt gilt doublures red sprinkled edges green endpapers a most attractive copy. The plates one of which is placed as frontispiece and head-pieces are by Sartorius and engraved by Scott. Some of the tail-pieces are signed 'Austin'. This copy was presented by A.H. Cowie to his friend E.W. Hermon with the former's inscription 'J. Cundee the publisher of this book was my grand uncle and the original oil paintings by Sartorius were in my family till a few years ago'. Somervile's famous blank verse poem was first published in 1735 its successor 'Field Sports' in 1742. VERY SCARCE. Albion Press, Printed by James Cundee for T Hurst, hardcover
1924rif. 28862Oxford University Press 1924-1926-1927. 3 vols. of 5 8vo. Mixed Impressions with frontispieces and plates; original black cloth backstrips with printed paper labels backstrips worn and split labels worn but just legible uncut a good sound working collection of the first three volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplate and press-marks on endpapers and small blind stamp on titles. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The first three volumes comprise Vol. I: 1758-1781 second impression 1924; Vol. II: 1782-87 first edition 1926; Vol. III: 1788-92 first edition 1927. Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. See Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671. Oxford University Press, hardcover
1887rif. 28865Clarendon Press Oxford 1887. 8vo. First Edition neat signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in red hald morocco red cloth sides back with five raised bands second and third compartments lettered in gilt gilt top marbled endpapers a few gatherings a little loose but binding entitre;ly sound a good bright working copy. With the trade ticket of Blackwell on front paste-down. Volume one of four; this volume is complete in itself. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
1952rif. 29399Clarendon Press Oxford 1952. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition with frontispieces and plates; blue cloth gilt backs a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Turberville's classic compilation was first published in 1933. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
1891rif. 29410Warne c.1891. 8vo. Twentieth Thousand with frontispiece original tissue guard present and plates some very light age-spotting neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original pictorial red cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black gilt edges patterned endpapers expertly recased a very good bright clean copy. With 8pp publisher's catalogue at end. Warne, hardcover
1870rif. 29614no publisher given c.1870. 2 works in 1 vol. 8vo. First Edition text in double-column; handsomely bound in contemporary half calf marbled boards marbled edges marbled endpapers expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good bright crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF EYRE CROWE BEARS HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE DATED 1870 ON TITLE OF FIRST WORK EXTENSIVE ANNOTATIONS IN HIS HAND ON REAR FREE ENDPAPER RECTO AND WAS BOUND PROBABLY TO HIS COMMISSION. Eyre Crowe 1824-1910 painter was a pupil of William Darley and later of Paul Delaroche in Paris. Between 1852-53 he travelled throughout the USA as amanuensis to Thackeray publishing 'With Thackeray in America' 1893 and 'Thackeray's Haunts and Homes' 1897. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1846 and was elected Associate in 1876. VERY SCARCE. [no publisher given], hardcover
1895rif. 27559Methuen 1895. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with portrait frontispiece in photogravure original tissue guard present titles in red and black free endpapers very lightly browned; original green buckram gilt backs uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED boards and b NCBEL II 751. Methuen, hardcover
1898rif. 27596Dent 1898. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present half-title and title in red and black free endpapers very lightly browned; original blue limp cloth upper board blocked in blind with 'owl' device gilt back gilt top a near fine copy VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. NCBEL I 1659. Dent, hardcover
1888rif. 27623Richard Jackson Leeds 1888. 8vo. First Edition with title-vignette and 24 illustrations in the text; green cloth upper board tooled in gilt gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of George's of Bristol on front paste-down and 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. With two relevant postcards loosely inserted. Richard Jackson, Leeds, hardcover
1831rif. 27654James Cochrane 1831. 2 vols. sm. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved frontispieces and 7 engraved plates; original series binding of ivory moiré boards backstrips each with two labels chipped blocked and lettered in gilt uncut very neatly rebacked to style a very good bright clean copy. Complete with printed series titles The Novelist's Library vols. 5 and 6 and single-leaf series catalogue at end of first volume and beginning of second volume. With the binder's ticket of Smith of Ivy Lane on rear paste-down of first volume. THIS IS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THESE CRUIKSHANK ILLUSTRATIONS COMMISSIONED BY ROSCOE FOR THIS SERIES IN 1831. See Evans pp.77-79. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL AND FRAGILE SERIES BINDING ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. James Cochrane, hardcover
1894rif. 27655Walter Scott 1894. 8vo. Second Impression; original green cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top blue endpapers hinges tender but binding entirely sound joints lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. With 18pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published two months after the first edition. Bright copy of Moore's most famous work. Gilcher A19a Walter Scott, hardcover
1970rif. 27746Heinemann 1970. Roy. 4to. First Edition title in red and black with numerous fine full-page facsimiles; grey boards gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE Heinemann, hardcover
1848rif. 27854William Pickering 1848. Sm. 8vo. Second Edition thus with engraved portrait frontispiece mildly offset to title and full-page pedigrees in the text tide-mark on lower half of frontispiece; original brown cloth backstrip with printed paper label browned but wholly legible very neatly rebacked to style with old backstrip laid down uncut a very good clean copy. Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. The first Pickering edition appeared in the previous year. See NCBEL II 1581. William Pickering, hardcover
1832rif. 27825James Cochrane 1832. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates frontispiece mildly age-soiled with some light offsetting to title plates mildly age-soiled; original series binding of ivory moiré boards backstrip with two labels blocked and lettered in gilt uncut very neatly recased a bright clean crisp copy. Complete with printed series title The Novelist's Library vol. VII. THIS IS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THESE CRUIKSHANK ILUSTRATIONS COMMISSIONED BY ROSCOE FOR THIS SERIES IN 1831. See Evans pp.77-79. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL AND FRAGILE SERIES BINDING ARE SCARCE. James Cochrane, hardcover
1797rif. 28100Printed for T. Wilkins No. 23 Aldermanbury 1797. 3 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. with woodcut frontispiece and 18 woodcut plates separate pagination for each of the three parts frontispiece and title mildly age-soiled some lighter age-soiling throughout rather heavier on a few blank margins neat nineteenth century inscription on front paste-down PART III WANTING LAST TWO LEAVES; nineteenth century full roan back with flat bands in blind neatly rebacked to style with old backstrip laid down wanting original label but lettering just legible in blind a firm crisp copy. 'Wherein is discovered I. The Manner of his Setting-Out; II: His dangerous Journey; and III: His late Arrival at the Desired Country. Also that of Christian's Wife and Children following after him'. The woodcuts are delightfully naïve as befits a mock-chapbook treatment. A VERY SCARCE EDITION ALBEIT WANTING TWO LEAVES. ESTC locates only 4 copies: BL; Birmingham; Quebec; Florida. Printed for T. Wilkins, No. 23, Aldermanbury, unknown
1814rif. 28154J. Walker Paternoster Row 1814. 12mo. with engraved frontispiece and engraved and printed titles some light and inoffensive age-staining; contemporary diced calf boards with double frame border enclosing decorative floral frame all in gilt back with flat bands in gilt second compartment with black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt marbled endpapers expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down corners mildly worn else a very good crisp copy. Printed by Hamilton of Weybridge. The engraved titles are dated 1814; the printed titles 1815. With the contemporary trade ticket of Lance Libraire 50 rue croix des petits champs Paris on front paste-down. Includes the Life Preface and Apologue. SCARCE J. Walker, Paternoster Row, hardcover
1952rif. 28239Heinemann 1952. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Heinemann, hardcover
1714rif. 28278Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand 1714. Sm. 8vo. Third Edition with engraved frontispiece and title-vignette some light age-staining as usual; handomely bound in full blue morocco sides with gilt frame border gilt back gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker an elegant copy of a scarce edition. With the final leaf of epilogue spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle. First published in 1702. SCARCE. Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand, unknown
1795rif. 28274Printed for C. Elliot and others 1795. 6 vols. 8vo. on laid paper; early nineteenth century half calf marbled boards gilt backs first volume wanting backstrip three volumes with loss at head leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt one label chipped not affecting lettering red sprinkled edges boards moderately age-faded three volumes effectively disbound else an unusually crisp clean set ideal for binding or restoration. This set can be rebound to specification or expertly refurbished to a high standard. Please enquire for details. Printed for C. Elliot [and others] hardcover
1713rif. 28277Printed for S. Buckley at the Dolphin in Little-Britain and another 1713. Sm. 8vo. Third Edition with engraved frontispiece title in red and black some light age-staining as usual; handomely bound in full blue crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker a crisp copy of a scarce edition. SCARCE. Printed for S. Buckley at the Dolphin in Little-Britain [and another], unknown
1931rif. 27109Harrap 1931. 8vo. First Edition thus with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates free endpapers very lightly spotted; blue cloth gilt back blue top uncut a very good bright clean copy. With the publisher's disclaimer slip mounted facing title. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Harrap, hardcover
1963rif. 27339Clarendon Press Oxford 1963. 3 vols. 8vo. Second Impression on laid paper with three facsimiles one folding and one double-page as frontispieces and a full-page map; original red buckram gilt backs sides with double frame border in blind a fine set in price-clipped dustwrapper. Vol. I: 1719-1774 Letters 1-369; Vol. II: 1775-1782 Letters 370-821.1; Vol. III: 1783-1784 Letters 821.2-1174.This is Chapman taking a break from his definitive editions of Jane Austen. Over thirty years in the making Chapman's magisterial collection was Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
1873rif. 27458Virtue 1873-76. 2 vols. large folio First Edition thus text in double column with engraved frontispieces engraved and printed titles and 37 fine engraved plates all original tissue guards present frontispieces mildly browned; strongly bound in publisher's black half morocco coarse-grain cloth sides ruled in gilt backs with five raised bands tooled in gilt second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments ruled in gilt and blind marbled edges marbled endpapers hinges open but binding entirely sound a remarkably bright clean firm crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. The set comprises Vol. I: Comedies Histories; Vol. II: Histories Tragedies Poems Plays ascribed to Shakespeare; Brief Notice of Opinion on the Writings. This splendid edition of the Bard is illustrated and engraved by some of the leading artists of the period including Leslie Huskisson Maclise Pettie Orchardson and others. The engravings are by Artlett Sharpe Lizars Sherrett Armytage and several more. Of particular interest is the section on attributed pieces - comprising new fewer than thirteen dramas the full texts of which are not easily available elsehwere: Locine; Sir John Oldcastle Part I; Thomas Lord Cromwell; The London Prodigal; The Puritain; A Yorkshire Tragedy; Arden of Feversham sic; King Edward III; George-A-Greene; Fair Em; Mucedorus; The Birth of Merlin; The Merry Devil of Edmonton. A BRIGHT COPY OF AN INPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT EDITION. Virtue, hardcover
