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1880Best.-Nr. 20792Garnier Freres Paris c.1880. 8vo. neat signature on front preliminary fore-edges lightly dust-soiled; handsomely bound in contemporary marbled boards brown morocco back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all compartments ruled in blind marbled endpapers a most attractive copy. Contains seven plays ten poetic pieces a short story and extracts from four books of voyages: Lapland Flanders/Holland Denmark Sweden. Nice copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. Very scarce especially in this condition. Garnier Freres, Paris, hardcover
1894Best.-Nr. 21402Methuen 1894. 8vo. Second Edition contemporary signature on front free endpaper later signature on half-title; original red buckram gilt back uncut boards mildly age-stained upper hinge starting but binding wholly sound a very good bright clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Collects three extended tales first published in periodicals: Jael English Illustrated Magazine Jacquetta English Illustrated Magazine and Moth-Mullein Cornhill Magazine. First collected in book form in 1890. In keeping with Baring-Gould's habitual topographical settings the three stories are based respectively in Essex Guernsey and the Thames Estuary. Extremely scarce. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; apparently not listed in BLPC. CBEL III 1035 recording the first edition. Methuen, hardcover
1775Best.-Nr. 19679Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall 1775. 3 vols. sm. 8vo. Third Edition on laid paper with an engraved frontispiece large engraved title-vignettes and large engraved armorials on dedications some light offsetting and age-staining tiny uniform signature on blank preliminary in each volume; handsomely bound in nineteenth century full oatmeal buckram backstrips with five flat bands second compartments with leather labels lettered numbered and ruled in gilt a most attractive set ideal as a gift of for presentation. THE SET WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF MICHAEL CHERNIAVSKY AND BEARS HIS SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER OF FIRST VOLUME. Dedicated to Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland Percy's 'Reliques' is one of the most important collections of poetry in English. First published in 1765 ii not only encouraged 'with lasting effect the revival of interest in our older poetry' DNB but became a fertile source of content and style for the burgeoning Romantic movement. Michael Theodore Cherniavsky 1920-1992 was a renowned and long-serving 1948-1966 master of history at Christ's Hospital School and subsequently Professor of History at the University of Waterloo Ontario from 1967 to 1983. A lovely copy and scarce in this condition. See NCBEL II 385 386. Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall, hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 18092Smith Elder 1892. 3 vols. 8vo. original brown cloth upper boards with double frame border in blind enclosing geometric floral device in gilt gilt backs black endpapers uncut a remarkably bright fresh clean set. Lovely set of the best edition. Smith Elder, hardcover
1744Best.-Nr. 20148Printed by A. Reilly on Cork-Hill for Robert Owen in Skinner-Row and William Brien in Dame-Street Dublin 1744. 2 vols. 8vo. with a wood-engraved portrait frontispiece and 16 fine wood-engraved plates 5 folding some light and inoffensive age-staining small neat signature on front free endpapers; attractively bound in late eighteenth century calf backs with five raised bands second and fourth compartments with respectively red and green leather labels lettered numbered and ruled in gilt all other compartments ruled in gilt covers mildly age-worn a larger scuff on each upper board joints lightly rubbed else an unusually well-preserved firm copy. With the fine nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of John Birney on front paste-downs one bookplate defaced. With the full index in each volume 14pp and 18pp respectively and 8pp list of subscribers and separate single leaf of additional subscribers often missing at end of first volume. The first edition with Grey's extensive notes and splendid plates engraved by Mynde after Hogarth. The frontispiece is engraved by Vertue after Soest. The present copy is almost certainly an Irish pirated version of Bentham's Cambridge edition of the same year. The list of subscribers includes several Irish booksellers who presumably resold the Cambridge edition. A clean copy with particularly sharp impressions of the plates. See NCBEL II p.437 Printed by A. Reilly, on Cork-Hill, for Robert Owen in Skinner-Row, and William Brien in Dame-Street, Dublin, hardcover
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1815Best.-Nr. 18677Printed for CP Archer Dublin and Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown London 1815. 8vo. First Edition with engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved plate some light offsetting from frontispiece to title; nineteenth century half roan marbled boards marbled endpapers very neatly rebacked with old backstrip lettered in gilt laid down a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. Walker 1761-1810 Irish antiquary writer and translator was a founder member of the Royal Irish Academy. An acute asthmatic he spent much time in Italy indulging his lifelong love of Italian literature; among his most important works is 'Historical Memoir on Italian Tragedy' 1799. On his return to Ireland he settled in Bray to pursue his parallel passion for Irish antiquities resulting in many studies including 'Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards' 1786. The present work was published posthumously with a lengthy preface by his brother and poems in his memory by Eyles Irwin. The fine portrait frontispiece and plate are engraved by Neagle after the author and Redmond respectively. The extended title reads: Memoirs of Alessandro Tassoni Author of La Secchia Rapita; or the Rape of the Bucket; interspersed with occasional Notices of his literary Contemporaries and a general Outline of his various Works. Also an Appendix containing biographical Sketches of Ottavio Rinuccini Galileo Galilei Gabriello Chiabrera Battista Guarini and an inedited Poem of Torquato Tasso with additional Notes and the Author's Preface by the late Joseph Cooper Walker. Edited by Samuel Walker. RARE. Printed for CP Archer, Dublin, and Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, London, hardcover
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1885Best.-Nr. 18848Calmann-Levy Paris 1885. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus with pictorial and printed titles 15 fine full-page coloured illustrations and very numerous illustrations in monochrome in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary brown half morocco BY H WOOD marbled boards back with five raised bands second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt gilt top marbled endpapers heightened with gilt original wrappers printed in red and black preserved corners very lightly frayed else a most attractive crisp clean copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. This splendid copy was presented as a prize in the Grand Concours Annual of the Societe Nationale des Professeurs de Francais. It was awarded in December 1890 to J W Blagden of Dulwich College.The society's fine presentation bookplate completed in MS and with blind-embossed stamp is tipped to front paste-down. Calmann-Levy, Paris, hardcover
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1962Best.-Nr. 19106Privately Printed 1962. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper text in black letter; original navy blue buckram upper board blocked in gilt gilt back a very good bright clean copy. [Privately Printed], hardcover