1911Best.-Nr. 1306926Hamburg, Gräfe, 1911. 32 S. OKart. (Umschl. m. Stempel u. Etikett).
1858Best.-Nr. 1089010Hamburg, Hoffmann u. Campe, 1858. Kl.-8vo. 38, 297 S. Neuer Ppbd m. aufgez. Vorderumschl. (St. a. T., vereinzelt etwas wasserrandig).
1838Best.-Nr. 1150720Stuttgart, 1838. Kl.-8vo. Zus. über 650 S. (Bibl. d. Frohsinns, Section 8). Neuerer Ppbd.
1965Best.-Nr. 1150364Münster, Aschendorff, 1965. 10, 244 S. (Märchen d. europ. Völker 6). OLwd.
1983Best.-Nr. 1150656Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, 1983. Gr.-8vo. (30 Bl.) m. einigen Faks. RBr.
1880Best.-Nr. 1150702Baden-Baden, Reichel, (etwa 1880). Kl.-8vo. 14 Bl., 14 Taf. Ppbd (durchg. stockfl.).
1857Best.-Nr. 1150714Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1857. 44, 347 S. m. 49 Notenbeispielen. OBr. (unaufgeschnitten).
2021br. 'Il Charroi de Nîmes, una chanson de geste del XII secolo appartenente al cosiddetto ciclo guglielmino, narra la liberazione della città di Nimes dal dominio saraceno ad opera di una spedizione capitanata da Guillaume d'Orange; l'impresa è resa possibile da uno stratagemma militare analogo a quello del cavallo di Troia: i guerrieri cristiani penetrano nella città nascosti in botti caricate su un convoglio di carri (uno charroi appunto), condotto da Guillaume ed alcuni compagni travestiti da mercanti. Precede le vicende della spedizione un secondo tema narrativo, quello del rapporto contrastato fra il re di Francia (Louis, cioè Ludovico il Pio) e il suo maggior vassallo, Guillaume, che, dimenticato nell'annuale distribuzione dei feudi, giunge a sfiorare la ribellione al suo signore legittimo. La mossa, che romperebbe l'equilibrio feudale, è sventata ricorrendo a una soluzione ingegnosa del conflitto: (...)'.
19244to., First Edition thus, with text printed in red and black, with numerous wood-engravings by Gibbings in the text; original boards, vellum back gilt, uncut, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. The second publication from the Golden Cockerel Press under Gibbings' management. Balston A2; Chanticleer 20; Kirkus 24.
190116mo., First Edition, with half-title and title in red and black; original green cloth, upper board blocked in black with an elaborately interlaced framework enclosing a unicorn and lettered gilt, back gilt extra, gilt top, uncut, two corners very faintly bruised else a near fine copy. Number Seven of the Unicorn Books of Verse. This copy bears an inscription on front free endpaper reading 'RKH to GLH, fellow descendant of the Ettrick Shepherd' [James Hogg]. All Unicorn Books are very scarce, especially in this condition.
19618vo., First Edition thus; original buff wrappers printed in black, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Augustan Reprint Society, Publication No. 94. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of the copy in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE.
19018vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, some very light and occasional foxing; original blue boards, faux-vellum back with title printed in black, silk marker, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy . EDITION LIMITED TO 450 COPIES
1934Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and 11 plates; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, backstrip lightly sunned, upper board unevenly faded at upper edge else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
17753 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.
19488vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; original yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes songs by Behn, Congreve, Dryden, D'Urfey, Etherege, Farquhar, Otway, Sackville, Shadwell, Vanbrugh, Wycherley and others. Uncommon in this condition.
1973Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 6 plates and very numerous illustrations and facsimiles (a number in colour) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. An outstanding history of a fundamentally influential press. The work includes a catalogue raisonne of books printed at the press between 1920-1932.
19712 vols., roy. 4to., First English Edition, with titles in red and black, with 63 fine tipped-in coloured plates, 510 plates in monochrome and decorative endpapers, fore-edges very lightly age-soiled; original red holland, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper to second volume chipped at headband (just affecting lettering). Nice set of the first English edition of the first detailed study of the iconography of Roland in sculpture, wall painting, the minor arts and, above all, illuminated MSS. First published in Brussels in 1966. Scarce in this condition.
19288vo., First Edition, with musical scores in the text, some light offsetting to free endpapers and title; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip mounting facing text. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Scarce, especially in this condition. Sullivan 355.
19638vo., with frontispiece and illustrations (many full-page) in the text; pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker blue, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
19698vo., First Edition;, with musical scores; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. THE UK EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
18688vo., First Edition thus, title lightly spotted; handsomely bound in contemporary full calf, sides with multiple frame border in blind, back with five raised bands tooled in blind, second and fourth compartments with red leather labels lettered and numbered in gilt, red edges, marbled endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in attractive period binding. First appearance of this volume, one of three such comprising first publication of one of the most important documents in English poetry. Now in the BM, Percy's MS is a major and primary source of Child's pioneering collection of English ballads. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19188vo., Third Impression, with full-page illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. This privately printed collection of RFC songs was first published in July 1917 with a second impression in April 1918. This third (and we believe final) impression was issued in October 1918 shortly before the Armistice. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Noffsinger 278 (recording only the second impression).
19868vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, cream endpapers, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
1905Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with title and text in red and sepia, and illustrations in the text, free endpapers mildly browned, some light and inoffensive spotting (mainly marginal); ivory boards printed in black, uncut, yapped edges, a very good, firm copy. Delightfully illustrated version of the popular London street rhyme. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
18318vo., First Edition, some light pencilled annotation in a neat scholarly hand; newly bound in brown cloth, gilt back, hand-made endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Collects twenty-nine fairy tales and six fairy songs. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.