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1893rif. 27483Privately Printed 1893. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present title-vignette 2 plates original tissue guards present 2 full-page plans and 2 large folding facsimiles; blue cloth upper board blocked in gilt gilt back a very Includes checklist of books printed at the Strawberry Hill Press together with view and plans of Strawberry Hill. The title-vignette shows the Strawberry Hill bookplate. VERY SCARCE. [Privately Printed, hardcover
1885rif. 27501William Blackwood Edinburgh 1885. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition with 3 etched frontispieces original tissue guards present 7 plates all original tissue guards present and double-page facsimile neat personal stamp on half-titles frontispiece of first volume very lightly spotted; publisher's decorative beige cloth sides with arabesque pattern in black backstrips lettered and blocked in gilt and black black endpapers uncut a remarakably bright fresh clean copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. With the trade ticket of George's of Bristol on front paste-down and relevant cutting mounted on rear paste-down of first volume. Complete with all half-titles. With the errata slip to all three volumes tipped-in at end of third volume. The volumes are titled on half-titles: Vol. I: Unknown; Vol. II: Famous; Vol. III: Sunset. A SPLENDID COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING; VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. William Blackwood, Edinburgh, hardcover
1845rif. 26804Henry G. Bohn 1845. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved portrait frontispiece engraved and printed titles twentieth century brown cloth original backstrip gilt laid down primrose endpapers uncut a very good bright crisp copy. Printed separately from Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson. The illustrated title carries a view of Streatham Place engraved by Finden after Stansfield. The fine engraved portrait of Mrs. Piozzi appears here for the first time. NCBEL II; 1158. Henry G. Bohn, hardcover
1964rif. 26812Oxford University Press Oxford 1964. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with frontispiece; green cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series Oxford English Monographs. Gilson M1152. Oxford University Press, Oxford, hardcover
1838rif. 25813Richard Bentley 1838. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition First Issue with 2 engraved frontispieces one a portrait; original tissue guards present and 11 engraved plates all original tissue guards present some occasional light and wholly inoffensive age-staining; handsomely bound in contemporary full light tan calf sides with triple frame border enclosing at four corners a floral spray back with five raised bands second and third compartments with red and green leather labels framed and lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt gilt tops marbled endpapers uncut very neatly rebacked with old backstrips laid down a fresh crisp and most attractive copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF LORD ROSEBERY AND BEARS HIS RED 'DURDANS' BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. ALSO PRESENT ARE CHARLES DICKENS CENTENARY TESTIMONIAL BOOKPLATES ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. With half-titles misprint '128' for '182' Embellishments vol. I; plate 5 last plate without grotesque border and undated 36pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Archibald Primrose 1847-1929 5th Earl of Rosebery and 1st Earl of Midlothian Prime Minister of Great Britain 1894-5. AN OUTSTANDING AND MOST DESIRABLE COPY COMPLETE IN EVERY RESPECT AND WITH NOTABLE PROVENANCE. Eckel p.152. Richard Bentley, hardcover
1905rif. 25913John Lane The Bodley Head 1905. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece in photogravure original tissue guard present and titles in red and black free endpapers very lightly browned fore-edges faintly spotted; original ribbed green cloth upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt gilt tops uncut a near fine copy. With 24pp publisher's catalogue at end of second volume. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. John Lane The Bodley Head, hardcover
1911rif. 25986Philip Warner Medici Society 1911. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper title in blue and black free endpapers mildly browned neat signature on front free endpaper; grey-blue boards ivory buckram back upper board and backstrip with printed paper labels gilt top uncut covers mildly age-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 439. With the fine engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton 5th Baronet on front paste-down. [Philip Warner, Medici Society, hardcover
1914rif. 26058Albert Messein Paris 1914. 8vo. Seventh Edition text in French; original printed wrappers mounted to style uncut now safely preserved in custom-made portfolio case with printed paper label. Rear wrapper has loss at edges before mounting. SCARCE. Albert Messein, Paris, unknown
1910rif. 26169Walter Scott n.d. c.1910. 3 vols. 8vo. handsomely bound in green half morocco marbled sides heightened in gilt backs with five raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt gilt tops marbled endpapers heightened with gilt backstrips mildly sunned to brown fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good bright clean set. Walter Scott, hardcover
1860rif. 26460Routledge Warne & Routledge 1860. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece and plates some very light age-staining neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original dark red cloth sides elaborately blocked in blind gilt back brown endpapers uncut a very good firm copy. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Thew of King's Lynn on rear paste-down. Routledge Warne & Routledge, hardcover
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1889rif. 26556J W Arrowsmith Bristol 1889. 8vo. First Edition First Issue with very numerous illustrations throughout; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt with dragonfly motif gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Complete with 3pp publisher's advertisement at end. An elegant copy of the late-nineteenth century classic. Carter & Sadleir V-6. Muir 'Points' p.133; Sterling 498. J W Arrowsmith, Bristol, hardcover
1859rif. 25074Atchley & Co. 1859. 8vo. First Edition some light age-staining throughout; original dark red cloth upper board elaborately blocked in blind and lettered in gilt gilt back primrose endpapers very neatly recased a well-preserved copy of a very scarce work. With the trade ticket of Cockle of Littlehampton on front paste-down and binder's ticket of Bone & Son on rear paste-down. A sculptor from Derby Robinson travelled widely in his pursuit of original and selected pieces including epitaphs by Tennyson Longfellow Wordsworth Nicoll Langley and many others. VERY SCARCE. Atchley & Co., hardcover
1868rif. 25073Bickers & Son 1868. 8vo. First Edition; original brown cloth upper board framed and lettered in gilt gilt back bevelled boards chocolate endpapers a near fine copy. With the binder's ticket of Bone & Son on rear paste-down. SCARCE. Bickers & Son, hardcover
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1894rif. 25674Swan Sonnenschein 1894. 8vo. First Edition Large Paper on laid paper with portrait frontispiece and 4 plates original tissue guards present; brown buckram gilt back gilt top bevelled edges uncut black endpapers covers very lightly chafed else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 280 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 183. The plates by Newcombe are present only in this edition. Miller & Matthews E8.1 Swan Sonnenschein, hardcover
1954rif. 24637Privately Printed for the editor at the University Press Cambridge 1954. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with a portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present; marbled boards blue cloth back lettered and tooled in gilt boards lightly faded else a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES. Privately Printed [for the editor] at the University Press, Cambridge, hardcover
1845rif. 24636William Pickering 1845. 8vo. First Edition thus with an engraved portrait frontispiece some light pencilled annotation in a neat and scholarly hand; handsomely bound in red full calf BY HATCHARD sides with double frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in gilt back with five raised bands tooled in gilt second compartment with black leather label lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled and ruled in gilt marbled edges gilt dentelles marbled endpapers joints lightly rubbed else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. VERY SCARCE. William Pickering, hardcover
1850rif. 24780George Bell 1850. 8vo. First Edition with an engraved frontispiece and illustrations in the text small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; attractively bound in contemporary full calf BY BICKERS sides with double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in gilt back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment with brown leather label lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments richly tooled and ruled in gilt gilt dentelles marbled edges marbled endpapers joints lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean crisp copy. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. First appearance of this famous collection of European poetry chiefly English; from Shakespeare onmwards translated into classical verse by members of the school. The original and classical texts are given in parallel on facing pages. A lovely copy. George Bell, hardcover
1799rif. 24776Printed for J. Scatcherd No. 12 Ave-Maria Lane 1799. 8vo. First Edition thus with an engraved portrait frontispiece mildly spotted and with light offsetting to title facing and 4 engraved plates spotted at blank margins; attractively bound in nineteenth century red full straight-grained roan sides with gilt frame border back with five flat gilt bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges gilt dentelles laid marbled endpapers covers lightly age-marked backstrip a little faded but all gilt just legible boards and joints lightly rubbed else a very good crisp copy. With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end. The frontispiece is engraved by Collyer after Burney. The Elegy includes among the notes some stanzas originally designed as part of the poem but omitted from the published version. Among the six poems addressed to or written in memory of Gray are four which appear here fore the first time. SCARCE. NCBEL II p.577. Printed for J. Scatcherd, No. 12 Ave-Maria Lane, hardcover
1826rif. 24969Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green 1826. 8vo. Seventh Edition small contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; strongly bound in contemporary calf sides with gilt frame border back with five flat bands tooled in gilt second compartment with red leather label lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt red sprinkled edges marbled endpapers small loss at headband boards mildly age-stained else a very good bright clean copy. Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green, hardcover
1887rif. 25003Longmans Green & Co. 1887. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present 19 plates and 13 illustrations in the text; original brown cloth bevelled boards upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt ivory endpapers uncut expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a bright clean copy. The plates are engraved by Cooper after Kerr. Allen 2. Longmans Green & Co., hardcover
1973rif. 24021EP Publishing Wakefield 1973. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with numerous pages of facsimiles free endpapers lightly dust-soiled; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE EP Publishing, Wakefield, hardcover
1889rif. 24293J W Arrowsmith Bristol 1889. 8vo. First Edition Second Issue with very numerous illustrations throughout; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker in custom-made-slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 3pp publisher's advertisement at end; original endpapers not preserved. Carter & Sadleir v6; Muir 'Points' p.133; Sterling 498. J W Arrowsmith, Bristol, hardcover
1890rif. 24427Ward Lock n.d. c.1890. 8vo. with a frontispiece original tissue guard present and a plate; original pictorial olive-green cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours black endpapers a remarkably well-preserved bright clean copy. Wallace's classic tale was first published in 1880. EARLY PRINTINGS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Ward Lock, hardcover