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First edition, 8vo, 319, (1) pp, a few spots, pictorial endpapers, original black cloth, slightly rubbed and marked. £40
First edition, small 8vo, 24 pp. Contemporary inscription from the Author to the half title. Original decorative wrappers, some light browning and soiling. £60 The Hogarth Letters no. 12. Woolmer 305. r - Back to top
Large 8vo, (iv), 636 pp, portrait frontispiece and 12 plates, a few light spots to text leaves, contemporary red cloth, gilt spine, a few marks, spine ends and joints a little worn. £40
Second edition. Three volumes. 12mo. 380; (ii), 360; 34, 39-444 pp, lacking pages 35-38 in the third volume. Modern quarter faux tan leather over marbled paper boards, red gilt lettered labels, renewed endpapers. Title page of the second volume slightly shaved, small ink stain to upper corner of last few leaves of the third volume, otherwise in very good condition. £150
First edition. Four volumes. 12mo. Bound without the half titles called for in volumes three and four only, thus: (iv), 132, 186; (iv), 399, (1); (iii-vi), 375, (1); (iii-v), vi, (2), 331, (1) pp. Near contemporary brown half calf over marbled boards, spine flat with double gilt ruled compartments, gilt titled black labels, plain endpapers, old ownership inscriptions of one Mrs Edward Flowers to the free endpapers of each volume, further inscriptions of a W.L. Taylor to upper edge of title pages to the third and fourth volumes partially shaved. Two of the volumes with old notes to rear endpapers. Margin of one leaf (pp. 90/91) in volume one torn with loss though not affecting text, small hole to one of the front endpapers in volume three, light wear to extremities of the bindings, a very good set overall. £750 First written in 1802, this the first edition was published posthumously, Radcliffe having died in 1823. As well as being hugely influential as a female writer, her work also helped define the genre of the Gothic novel. The work is prefixed with a memoir of the author’s life and appended by the long poetical work St. Alban’s Abbey, the latter two-thirds of volume four comprises her “Miscellaneous Poems”. Wolff, 5680.
4to, (xvi), 52, (66) pp. 2 portraits, 60 pages of photographs and a folding map, a couple of margins soiled, original wrappers bound in, stained and marked. Plainly bound in half morocco. £125 Volume XIII of “Reports and Memoirs” edited by Giuseppe Tucci for the Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente.
First edition, 8vo, 29, (3) pp, signed by the Author on the title page, one of 200 copies bound in cloth from a larger edition of 1,000 copies, d.w., a fine copy. £40 Loosely inserted is a printed sheet, folded twice, containing a 6 part poem by Raine entitled “A Journey to Greece”, with the imprint “Sycamore Broadsheet 28”.
Limited edition, 122 of 145 copies, 12mo, (22) pp. Original wrappers, printed label, fine. £40
First edition, 8vo, (56) pp. Coloured frontispiece, inscribed from the Author on the half title to “dear Rosamond” [Lehmann]. Cloth, d.w., spine slightly faded. £100
8vo, viii, xi Subscribers List, (208), 6 Notes, (1 Errata, 1) pp. Printed in dialect on versos and in English on rectos, some spotting and mostly marginal marks, contemporary signature on paste down. Uncut in contemporary boards, very worn but sound, rebacked in modern calf, typed spine label. £75
Second edition, 4 volumes, small 8vo. Binder’s leaf bound in at the front of volume I, marbled endpapers. Modern blue calf, gilt spines with brown labels, an excellent set. £350 A varied and entertaining collection of 18th century works, including Gray’s “Elegy”, Garrick’s “Odes”, plus his anonymous “Fribbleriad”, Christopher Smart’s “Hilliad” and Fielding’s “Essay on Nothing” as well as more eccentric tracts, such as John Hall-Stevenson’s anonymous “A Pastoral Puke. A Second Sermon preached before The People called Whigs” and “The Council in the Moon”, a satire on Cambridge University’s fellows.
Seventh edition, 8 volumes, 12mo. 18th century bookseller’s label to paste down in volume I - Théophile Barrois, Paris. Contemporary calf, rather worn, green morocco spine labels, lacking one and with some loss to others, tops of spines with loss but otherwise a sound unsophisticated set. £225 First published in 1748 and also known as “Clarissa Harlowe”, this was the most successful of Richardson’s three novels and was translated almost immediately into several languages. Rousseau commented “...there is in no language a romance equal to or approaching ‘Clarissa’” (DNB).
Fourth edition, small 8vo, (viii), 205, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers, booklabel (“Milheugh”) to paste down. Contemporary tree calf with a border of gilt leaves to covers, rebacked in a lighter 20th century calf. £125 A Professor at Glasgow University who as “a student... had interested himself in the prosperous business of the brothers Foulis”, Richardson was widely respected by his peers and published essays on Shakespeare and an account of his time in Russia while in the service of Lord Cathcart as well as his own verse. Gaskell 588, stating “[?Third] issue, called the ‘fourth edition’, with the addition of The Indians”. First published 1774.
Limited edition, no. 46 of 500 copies, 8vo, 82 pp, illustration on title page, endpapers browned, cloth backed gold and black decorative boards with small cloth corner pieces to covers, some minor browning, otherwise a very good copy. £40
Limited edition, no. 230 of 300 copies, 4to, 33, (1) pp. Brown cloth, a fine copy. £350
Limited edition, no. 61 of 75 large paper copies, large 8vo, (x), 245, (1) pp. Unopened in the original cream buckram, soiled and browned. £45 The eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, Ritchie knew pretty much everyone of literary note during her lifetime, and wrote many valuable biographical sketches, not least for the Dictionary of National Biography on its first appearance.
First edition, small 8vo, (iv), iv, 92 pp, with an Errata slip tipped in at the end and several corrections made in a contemporary hand. Small patch of damp staining to the middle of the majority of the leaves, top section of half title laid down. Recent speckled quarter calf, marbled sides. £350 Scarce - Copac listing only two copies: National Library of Scotland and National Maritime Museum.
4to, (ii), 34, (2) pp, engraved title and 6 plates, marbled endpapers, a fine copy bound by Grieve in blue full morocco, ends of spine slightly worn, small marks to upper cover, gilt ruled borders to covers, gilt spine. £150
First edition, 8vo, 67, (1) pp. Some light foxing, signature to fly leaf. Original printed lavender boards, spine and edges browned, spine rubbed. £40 Hogarth Living Poets No. 14. Woolmer 234. One of 400 copies.
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 502, (2) pp, double page map of Mars, cloth, d.w., light damp staining to top edge of both lower cover and wrapper. £150
Limited edition, one of 300 copies, 8vo, (viii), 34, (6) pp, small mark to fly leaf, an unopened copy in the original cloth backed boards, still protected by the original plain white wrapper, this browned and with some loss to the spine and bottom edge. £285 23 poems by 20 poets, including Yeats, Lady Gregory, L.A.G. Strong, Frank O’Connor and “A.E.” Wade p455.
8vo, 432 pp, with a frontispiece and engraved second title, later inscription on front blank, bound by Dutton and Compane in later half calf, marbled sides, ornately gilt spine with brown labels, some very minor rubbing, a near fine copy, t.e.g. £85
Second edition, 8vo, (vi), 198 pp, endpapers and blanks a little foxed, 2 leaves with tiny red flecks of red ink on top margin, otherwise a good clean copy in contemporary full calf, extremities worn, covers with gilt ruled borders, spine with delicate tooling, morocco label. £50 The second part was published in 1828.
First edition, 8vo, xxvi, 398, (2 advertisement) pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original gilt ruled cloth designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, corners bumped, spine with light wear and one tiny hole. £45
Limited edition, one of 310 copies printed on Flower paper. (iv), 227, (1) pp. Original full limp vellum, silk ties (3 intact, 1 missing), gilt lettered direct to spine, contemporary neat ownership inscription first free endpaper. Spine slightly darkened, some light marks, front and rear endpapers very lightly spotted, otherwise very good. £1850 The text is printed in black and red in Golden type. Peterson, A20. Halliday Sparling, 20.
Two volumes, square 8vo, xxvii, (i), 227, (1); xiii, (iii), 246, (2) pp. 20 plates, later inscription to both fly leaves, marbled endpapers. Bound for William Brown, Edinburgh, in contemporary blue half morocco, gilt spines, t.e.g., some minor rubbing, some marks to the boards otherwise an attractive set. £375 Including valuable notes by the Editor, and including the first publication of the sonnet “After the French Liberation of Italy”. Wellbeck II p697. Printed at the Astolat Press, Guildford.
Small 8vo, 16, 713, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece, contemporary inscription front blank. Contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., green cloth sides, gilt decorated spine with a brown label, slight loss to label otherwise very good. £45
Limited edition, one of 310 copies printed on Flower paper. (xii), 197, (1) pp. Original full limp vellum, silk ties (one intact, the others frayed with loss), gilt lettered direct to spine, contemporary neat ownership inscription first free endpaper. Spine slightly darkened, a few very minor marks, front and rear endpapers very lightly spotted, otherwise very good. £1850 The text is printed in black and red in Golden type. Peterson, A20a. Halliday Sparling, 20a.
Seven volumes, first deluxe editions, 8vo. Bound in red, light blue, green, purple, maroon, blue and black cloth respectively. Gilt edged and with a coloured illustration to the upper cover, the title and Rowling's signature are detailed in gilt as well. A complete set of all the first issues of the deluxe editions. Fine. £2000
8vo. (4), 112 pp. Publisher’s full vellum, gilt lettered to spine, gilt rules to boards, contemporary ownership inscription to first free endpaper. Vellum slightly marked, more pronounced on the lower board, otherwise in very good condition. £40
RUSHDIE, Salman. Midnight’s Children. London: Jonathan Cape (1981). Second reprint, 8vo, 446 pp. Inscribed from the Author to the actress Carol Drinkwater on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine faded. £250 Winner of the Booker Prize, and subsequently the “Booker of Bookers” prize.
Nine volumes, including the Index volume, mixed editions, including first editions of volume V and the Index volume, 8vo. 17 plates, marbled endpapers, morocco bookplate lettered in gilt in volume I. Contemporary brown half morocco, cloth sides, spines - excepting volume I - a little sunned, t.e.g., a most attractive set. £700 “...one of the curiosities of literature. Its discursiveness, its garrulity, its petulance are amazing... [it] is full of passionate intensity; it abounds in forcible writing, and the ingenuity with which innumerable threads are knit together to enforce the author's economic principles is remarkable” (DNB). Wise I pp 177, 186.
First ‘ordinary’ edition, 2 volumes, 4to. 27 plates, including 4 facsimiles showing Ruskin’s handwriting, marbled endpapers. Later brown half morocco, cloth sides, spine faded, t.e.g., a near fine copy. £250 Published at the same time as a ‘special’ edition bound in vellum and a ‘small’, i.e. 8vo, edition. Wise II p212.
RUST’HVELI, Shot’ha. The Knight in the Tiger Skin. Poem. (Translated by Majory Scott Wardrop... Illustrations by I. Toidze). Moscow: Progress Publishers 1977. Second printing, 8vo, 430, (2) pp. Portrait and 20 plates, decorative endpapers, inscriptions in English and Russian opposite title. Original cloth, but with brass casings fastened over the covers with decoration in relief, noted in one of the inscriptions as being designed by Koba Gouruli. A unique and unusual copy. £200
Limited edition, one of 150 copies, 8vo, (24) pp. Original patterned wrappers after a design by Eric Ravilious, printed label to upper cover, a fine copy. £40 s - Back to top
First edition, 8vo, 304, 24 advertisement pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, edges with some creasing, very slight loss to top of spine. £40
First edition, 8vo, (vi), 57, (1) pp, some foxing to first and last few leaves, gilt titled two-toned cloth, very slight rubbing to spine ends. £45
First edition, 8vo, 325, (3) pp, free endpapers browned else a very good clean copy in the original orange cloth, d.w. browned with some tears, loss to top of spine, lower joint and some other small chips. £125 No second volume was ever issued. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A29a.
First edition, 8vo, 317, (1) pp. A few spots, map to paste down, inscribed from the Author’s mother, Lady Sackville, on fly leaf. Original light green cloth, slightly rubbed otherwise very good. £100 Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A30a.
First edition, 8vo, 134, (2) pp. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly sunned, otherwise very good. £60 “This book won the Heinemann Prize of £100 in 1946, which VSW spent on azaleas for Sissinghurst gardens.” Cross & Ravenscroft Hulme A.44a.
First edition, 8vo, 306 pp. Original green cloth, some light marking, spine a little sunned. £70 Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A10a.
Limited edition, no. 87 of 125 copies printed on Japon vellum, signed by both Author and Artist, square 8vo, (xii), 107, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 4 woodcuts, fly leaf, limitation leaf and frontispiece with a couple of creases. Original quarter vellum with some light discolouration, a few marks to the boards. £500 Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A13b.
SACKVILLE-WEST, V. The Land. London: William Heinemann, 1926. First edition, (x), 107, (1) pp. Bookplate of [Sir] Trevor Bigham, barrister and Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police 1931-35, to fly leaf, with his notes in pencil to the margins and rear free endpaper. Original upper wrapper stuck to the paste down with a small piece from the upper flap detailing the artist (George Plank) stuck to fly leaf. Tipped onto the rear paste down is a two page als. from the Author to Bigham. Buckram, light marks to the upper cover, complete with a further example of the d.w., some light soiling otherwise a very good copy. £625 The letter, dated “Oct. 22” but with no year, thanks Bigham on behalf of the Author’s mother for sending her a book and discusses her health “...I force her not to write letters and to keep quiet while I write them for her...”. Written from her London home at 182 Ebury Street and signed “Vita Nicolson”, it goes on to sympathise with Bigham’s mother’s own failing health. She uses her wry nickname for her mother, B.M. (“Bonne Mama”) in the letter, and Bigham has also noted “Given me by B.M.” to the fly leaf. An excellent association. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A13a.
First edition, small 8vo, 55, (1) pp. Slight staining to top of early leaves and the outside edge of the upper corners throughout. Original printed wrappers, slight loss to foot of spine. £50 Verse by 17 poets, selected by Vita Sackville-West. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme B25.
Limited edition, one of 120 copies - this copy not numbered, signed by the Author, 8vo, (xiv), 436 pp, 9 plates and 4 maps - 1 folding, original cream buckram, spine and edges browned, lower corners worn, some marking, t.e.g. £300 Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A31b.
First edition, 8vo, 102, (2 advertisement) pp, a few spots, in the original linen backed paper boards, slightly browned and a little rubbed, paper labels on upper cover and spine. £65
First edition, 8vo, (vi), 26 pp. Two engravings by David Jones and 13 by Mary Dudley Short. Uncut in modern cloth, fine. £90 Taylor & Sewell A160.
8vo, 152 pp. 12 woodcut illustrations - one coloured, including four by Eric Gill. Original quarter linen, very good. £550 A scarce bound copy of a complete year’s worth of this pamphlet. Only 34 issues were produced between 1916 and 1923. Including 6 pieces by Gill, including “The Song of Solomon and Such-Like Songs” spread over 5 issues, a “Note on Divorce”, and “Custard” under the nom-de-plume Philippa McDougall. Taylor & Sewell F1. Evan Gill 69(o-t), 263(s-v).
Limited edition, one of 500 copies from a larger edition of 600, 4to, [viii], 41, (2) pp. 8 small wood engravings by Philip Hagreen plus the press device by Eric Gill, light spotting to free endpapers only. Original linen backed boards, a near fine copy. £150 Taylor & Sewell A176a.
One of 400 copies, small 8vo, (vi), viii, 97, (1) pp. Six wood engravings, three by Eric Gill, one each by David Jones and Desmond Chute and one unknown. Original plain wrappers, slight creasing to the lower edge. £100 Taylor & Sewell A98d. Evan Gill 381.
Fifth edition, small 8vo, (iv), 89, (5, 6 advertisement) pp. Two contemporary engraved devices and five 18th century engravings. One of the advertisements has a piece of dyed fabric tipped in. Original buckram backed patterned boards, slight browning to edges, a very good copy. £100 Taylor & Sewell A1d. Originally the first book Pepler printed, in 1916 in Hammersmith. This is the final edition published.
16mo, (8) leaves, unopened. 7 engravings and the Press device by Gill, contemporary Christmas inscription to final page. Sewn as issued, fine. £110 Taylor & Sewell A5i. Evan Gill 264.
4to. Curiously paginated thus (4), 1-198, (3), p. 199, p. 102, p. 200, 205-225, (2), 226-227, 230-317, (1) pp., but obviously complete by the catchwords and signatures. Full patterned calf, spine flat with gilt rules, recent green gilt lettered label, gilt decorated to compartments, decorative gilt tooled border to boards. Joints and spine expertly repaired, the latter slightly darkened and with slight loss of gilt, a few abrasions with loss to leather on boards, contents clean throughout, a handsome copy. £325 Gaskell, 51 .
Limited edition, no. 421 of 550 copies, small 4to, (viii), 58, (6) pp. 7 full page wood engravings plus several others by John O’Connor. Original blue buckram, d.w., light browning to spine and top of lower cover, roughly trimmed short at the base as seems to be common. £60
First edition, 317, (1) pp. Signature to paste down, evidence of tape having been removed from the front endpapers. Original light blue cloth, a little rubbed and marked. £40
First edition, 8vo, (4) pp. Full page coloured illustration. Original printed wrappers, sewn as issued, faint rubbing to the spine, near fine. £50 No. 34 of the Ariel Poems.
Limited edition, no. 400 of 1,500 copies, signed by the Illustrator, 4to, 163, (1) pp, black and white illustrations, L.E.C. monthly letter for October 1951 loosely inserted, quarter cloth, wood veneer boards, slipcase with some light marks otherwise fine. £45
8vo, (iv), 447, (1) pp. Frontispiece and title vignette, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate with a note of the Prize for which this volume was given below. Contemporary full calf, a.e.g., gilt spine and borders, Harrow School arms to upper cover, slight sunning of spine otherwise fine. £65
First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, bound without the half titles and the advertisements at the end of volume III. One gathering slightly proud in volume I, some foxing. Contemporary salmon half calf, marbled sides with some rubbing, gilt banded spines with compartments containing a blind stamped pattern, morocco labels, speckled edges, some light marks. £750 Todd & Bowden 140Aa.
8vo, viii, 629, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece, some spots, later inscription, marbled endpapers. Contemporary black morocco, blind stamped borders, a.e.g., inside gilt borders, some very minor rubbing otherwise an excellent copy. £45
Large 8vo, (iv), iv, 823, (1) pp. Engraved second title, rather foxed, and a folding facsimile letter, printed in double column throughout, marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary inscription to front blank, armorial bookplate of the King’s School, Canterbury. Contemporary full calf, rather rubbed and marked, slight loss to foot of spine, gilt arms to upper cover. £75
Illustrated Cabinet edition, 48 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces and numerous plates, one half title with a closed tear. Original blue cloth with gilt spines, t.e.g., some rubbing otherwise a very good set. £500
First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, bound without the half titles. Signature of Franc Sadleir, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, to titles, with the bookplate of his wife Letitia in each volume. Contemporary maroon half morocco, marbled sides, some mostly light rubbing. £110 Todd & Bowden 144Aa.
Two works in eight volumes (four volumes each), first series second edition, second series first edition, 12mo. Uniformly bound in contemporary green half morocco, marbled sides and edges, slight sunning of spines otherwise a handsome set. £300 Todd & Bowden 98Ab & 122Aa.
Four volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt spines with maroon labels, some minor marks and rubbing, a handsome set. £250 First published 1837-8.
Together 3 issues, small 8vo, occasional pencillings, first 2 issues in the original linen backed boards, third issue in original printed paper wrapper. £125 Popular selection of verse by Scottish poets edited by C.M.Grieve, perhaps better known under the pseudonym of Hugh MacDiarmid. The journal was described by one critic as “...the most important Scottish book that has appeared within recent years. It is arresting to the literary student because it shows that the Scottish mind is at last escaping from its Genevan prison-house into the wind-blown moors and stone-walled towns of life itself”.
First edition, 8vo, 319, (1) pp, 12 plates, with a few spots, booklabel on fly leaf, contemporary green half calf, spine faded. £85
Twelfth thousand, 12mo, (viii), 277, (1) pp, bound in contemporary dark green morocco, gilt title to upper cover, slight rubbing to extremities else a near fine copy. £75 A little used birthday book - only 7 names have been entered - with 3 days per page and verse from Shakespeare for each day opposite.
4to, (iv) pp, followed by 45 plates, each with tissue and leaf printed on recto only with a relevant quote from Shakespeare, some foxing of plates, mostly marginal, marbled endpapers and boards, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, gilt tooled spine. £95
8vo, lvi, 285, (1) pp, interleaved with blanks throughout. Green silk bookmark. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, gilt title and the initials “A.E.H.” to spine, very slight sunning otherwise fine. £75 The Arden Shakespeare.
8vo, viii, 1352 pp. Prize inscription to front blank. Contemporary full vellum, t.e.g., gilt devices of Chigwell School to covers, a couple of very minor marks otherwise a fine copy. £150
8vo, lxvi, 256, (2) pp, interleaved with blanks throughout. Green silk bookmark. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, gilt title and the initials “A.E.H.” to spine, slight sunning otherwise fine. £85 The Arden Shakespeare.
8vo, lii, 196 pp, interleaved with blanks throughout. Green silk bookmark. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, gilt title and the initials “A.E.H.” to spine, very slight sunning otherwise fine. £75 The Arden Shakespeare.
8vo, lviii, 174 pp, interleaved with blanks throughout. Green silk bookmark. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, gilt title and the initials “A.E.H.” to spine, very slight sunning and rubbing to one edge otherwise near fine. £65
Six volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary half calf, gilt spines with green labels, some fading to spines otherwise a handsome set. £575 “The Riverside Shakespeare”. Jaggard p548.
Four volumes bound in two, 4to, with 28 portrait plates of Actors including Ellen Terry and Henry Irving in costume - 23 photographic, one plate torn with loss to top edge, some occasional light foxing, contemporary green half calf, red and black morocco labels, an attractive set. £125
Six volumes, 8vo. Bookplate in three volumes, neatly removed from the other three, front and rear blanks foxed. Contemporary calf with an old reback, red spine labels, some wear, top part of lower joint of volume II with loss. £425 Jaggard p507.
Three volumes, small 4to. Engraved titled in volume I and 66 plates, plus a 4 page facsimile of Shakespeare’s will and a plate showing his various signatures, one text leaf detached in volume III, front blank removed in volume I, marbled endpapers, Contemporary dark blue half calf, gilt banded spines with red labels, t.e.g., cloth sides with some marking. £200
8vo, lxxxviii, 167, (1) pp, interleaved with blanks throughout. Green silk bookmark. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, gilt title and the initials “A.E.H.” to spine, very slight sunning otherwise fine. £85 The Arden Shakespeare.
Limited edition, one of 450 copies from a total edition of 606 copies, 4to, (lxxx), 89, (33) pp. 5 colour plates plus black and white illustrations at the end, signature to fly leaf. Original cloth backed boards, edges rubbed and browned. £85
SHAKESPEARE, William. [Works]. Love’s Labour Lost. The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The Comedy of Errors. All’s Well That Ends Well. Titus Andronicus. Romeo and Juliet. The Merchant of Venice. Henry VI. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. King John. King Richard II. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Taming of the Shrew. The Merry Wives of Windsor. As You Like It. King Henry IV. King Henry V. Much Ado About Nothing. Twelfth Night. Measure for Measure. Julius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Coriolanus. Hamlet. Othello. Troilus and Cressida. Timon of Athens. Pericles. Macbeth. King Lear. Cymbeline. The Tempest. The Winter’s Tale. Poems. Sonnets. London: The Vale Press 1900-1903. Limited edition, one of 310 sets, being thirty-nine volumes bound in fourteen, 8vo. Marginal decorations by Charles Ricketts to the first leaf and then to a selection of others in each work. Uncut in contemporary vellum with yapp edges, spines with gilt titles after the typography found within, some rubbing and discolouration of the vellum otherwise a very good set. £3000 A complete set of Charles Rickett’s Vale Press Shakespeare, rebound in a simple style redolent of many of the private press books of the era.
“Larger Temple Shakespeare”, 12 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece in each volume - a couple in colour - plus a few other illustrations, including a folding panorama of London in 1616 in volume VI, one leaf with a marginal tear, some foxing to endpapers. Original green cloth, gilt spines, t.e.g., minor rubbing to spine ends otherwise a very good set. £275
“Édition de Luxe”, no. 98 of 1,000 large paper sets, fifteen volumes, 4to. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus a plate at the beginning of each play and further illustrations in the text, armorial bookplates, with perhaps half the leaves still unopened, some browning and foxing to the endpapers and first and last leaves. Original grey cloth, paper spines labels slightly browned and soiled, one with some loss, volumes I and II with small abrasions to the spines otherwise a very good sound set. £1000
Eight volumes, large 8vo. 37 plates plus illustrations in the text, some occasional light foxing. Original decorative brown cloth with bevelled edges, a.e.g., foot of lower joint of volume I worn otherwise an excellent set. £200 The Henry Irving Shakespeare, Subscription edition.
SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works of... in eight volumes. Collated with the oldest copies, and Corrected: With Notes, Explanatory, and Critical: by Mr. Theobald. London: Printed for C. Hitch [et al], 1757. Eight volumes, 12mo. Printed frontispiece and 36 plates - one per play. One gathering slightly proud in volume I with the fly title to Midsummer Night’s Dream lacking, some mostly marginal worming at the beginning and end of several volumes, marginal loss to two leaves - with only very slight loss of text in one instance, one other leaf with a closed tear, contemporary signatures to titles and the first fly title in each volume with one set crossed out. Contemporary dappled calf, gilt spines with orange labels, some very light wear to extremities, minor loss to foot of one spine otherwise a handsome set. £1400 Theobald’s “Shakespeare Restored” appeared in 1726, correcting Pope’s edition of the previous year. It provoked much controversy - Pope appropriated most of Theobald’s work in his second edition and later attacked him in his “Dunciad”. Theobald’s own edition of Shakespeare was first published in 1733 and remains a valuable work - “It would not be too much to say that the text of Shakespeare owes more to Theobald than to any other editor. Many desperate corruptions were rectified by him, and in the union of learning, critical acumen, tact, and good sense he has perhaps no equal among Shakespearean commentators” (DNB). Jaggard p501. A second edition of Theobald appeared in 1740 with another issue in 1752 before this one. Jaggard notes no major differences between this set and the 1740 second edition except for the addition of Shakespeare’s will to the first volume, which had been included in the 1752 edition for the first time.
First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, original green cloth, some slight rubbing otherwise very good. £40
8vo, xl, 316 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary half calf, slight rubbing to corners, a very good copy. £55
First edition, 8vo, (iv), 104, 2 advertisement pp, a very good copy, cloth backed boards, gilt lettered spine, a few marks. £50 Laurence A86a.
LOWELL, James Russell. The Biglow Papers. [with] [BROWNE, Charles F.]. Betsey Jane Ward [Better Half to Artemus], Hur Bok of Goaks... London [1866], 1864, [1866]. Three volumes in one, small 8vo, 200, xvi, 200, xvi, 192 pp, some foxing, bookplate of George Montgomery Traherne, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, a little rubbed, green morocco spine label. £85
Third American edition, small 8vo, 177, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. Signature on front blank of Edward P. Warren, dated 1882. Publisher’s advertisement slip laid in by title - the recto advertising “Vanity Fair”, some light foxing, one gathering loose. Original purple cloth, faded and marked, spine ends worn. £500 Edward Warren, (1860-1928), art collector and patron. As well as commissioning Rodin to sculpt “The Kiss” he acquired a superb collection of classical antiquities, many of which now reside in the Boston Museum and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. First published in London in 1818, the first American edition appeared in 1833.
First authorized edition, four volumes, 12mo. Portrait frontispiece and inscription on half title in volume I, bookplates of Julian Henry Charles Fane, diplomat and minor poet. Original green ribbed cloth, spines a little sunned, some light marking to covers, spine ends bumped with slight wear, but overall a well preserved set. £450 Containing Mary Shelley’s valuable notes, this set was published after various pirated editions had kept Shelley’s poetry in the public eye, and also includes hitherto unpublished lyrics from extant manuscripts.
“Albion edition”, 8vo, xvi, 656 pp. Portrait frontispiece, slightly foxed, marbled endpapers, inscription dated 1909 to front blank. Contemporary quarter vellum, blue cloth sides, green spine label with gilt flowers, some light soiling otherwise a handsome copy. £60
First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, with a frontispiece in each volume, small ink stamp on fly leaves, cloth, d.w.’s, spines and edges browned, prices clipped from upper flaps. £85 The first collection of Sheridan’s letters, including a quantity of material never before published.
First ‘ordinary’ edition, no. 170 of 250 copies signed by the author, (12) pp, engraved title and 2 other wood engravings, a very good copy partly unopened in the original green paper boards, spine and top edge of covers faded, top of spine chipped, yellow paper label on upper cover. £40 Fifoot EA21b.
Limited edition, no. 55 of 275 copies signed by the Author, large 8vo, (vi), 20, (2) pp. Gilt titled buckram, d.w. spotted with slight loss to spine ends and corners. £125 Fifoot EA17.
Limited edition, no. 102 of 165 copies signed by the Author, large 8vo, 99, (1) pp. Unopened in the original yellow buckram, d.w. soiled with loss to the top edge of the lower wrapper. £60 Fifoot OA12b.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 288 pp. Small booklabel to paste down, signature to fly leaf. Original cloth backed patterned boards, slight wear to corners. £45 Fifoot OA15a.
First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 496 pp, frontispiece, engraved second title and 28 plates, with marginal browning and light damp-staining to some plates, a few spots, modern bookplate on fly leaf, original blind stamped cloth, gilt vignette, slightly faded, on upper cover, neatly rebacked retaining the original gilt decorated backstrip. £80 Wolff 6403.
Large 8vo, viii, 503, (1) pp, title vignette and 21 steel engraved plates, internally fine, contemporary half morocco, a little worn. £60 First published in 1844.
First edition. Four volumes bound in two. 12mo. Half title in volume one present, the others never bound in, thus: (iv), 273, (1); (ii), 313, (1); (ii), 303, (1); (ii), 353, (3) pp. Full contemporary calf, spines flat with gilt tooled bands, bookplate of the baron Sir Thomas Hesketh of Rufford Hall, Lancashire to the front pastedowns, also the annotated library labels of Easton Neston House (also a country seat of the Hesketh family). Heads and feet of bindings neatly repaired, slight loss of gilt to spines. £950 Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806), was a Romantic poet and novelist whose works garnered much praise in the late 18th Century. Her first collection of poems, Elegiac Sonnets, was published in 1784. This the first edition of her third novel, her first novel, Emmeline, was published in 1788 and her second, Ethelinde, the year after. Uncommon.
First edition. Three volumes. 12mo. Bound with half titles, errata leaves to the first two volumes present but the final errata leaf sometime removed, thus (4), 259, (3) ; (4), 257, (3); (4), 326, (2) pp. Contemporary speckled calf sometime rebacked to style, spines flat with blindstamped rules, gilt lettered red labels, gilt numbered direct, old ownership inscriptions of one Sarah Roper to front pastedowns of volumes one and three, also rear pastedown of volume two presumably due to the restorer’s error, a slightly later ownership inscription of one Edward S. Dodgson dated St. Patrick’s Day, 1914 to the first free endpapers of the first and third volumes again, the first volume with a cutting from the Hampstead and Highgate Express featuring a short printed letter regarding the novel by the inscriber, old manuscript notes to rear endpapers of the first two volumes, presumably by Dodgson. Some light wear to boards, small loss to rear endpaper of volume three, otherwise a very good set. £850
Two volumes, 8vo, xii, 274; xiv, 242 pp, portrait frontispiece in volume I, with some minor foxing and browning, mostly marginal, contemporary black half calf, marbled boards, a little wear to joints and corners, red morocco spine labels. £75 First published by Bowdler in 1808, after Smith’s death in 1806 at the age of 29, this collection was a popular work - NSTC listing 16 editions before 1815.
8vo, (469)-479, (1) pp. Recent wrappers, title page replicated on upper cover. £75 An Irish judge and “disciple of Burke” (DNB), Smith composed many essays and pamphlets, the two brief works here being “The Rights of Water” and “The Hill of Government, a Vision”.
First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, xvi, 296; iv, 280 pp, with the half titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of an elderly gentleman with an ear trumpet round his neck, bound for Hatchards in brown straight grained calf, matching cloth sides, gilt ruled spine in compartments, t.e.g. £95 Amusing collection of bon mots arranged alphabetically, with some 80 pp of verse at the end.
8vo, (ii), 406 pp. 34 wood engraved illustrations in the text, modern bookplate, slight cracking of hinges. Original blind stamped green cloth, some light marks, gilt titled spine with a little wear to the foot. £175 First published in 1793, this edition is not noted by Summers or Copac - indeed the latter only lists nine titles published by John Lofts.
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 311, (1) pp. 8 plates by Somerville. Original light green cloth, foot of spine very slighly browned otherwise an excellent copy. £70
First edition, 8vo, viii, 249, (3) pp, frontispiece and 24 plates plus 20 further plates, “Slipper’s ABC of Fox-Hunting”, at the end, lacking the fly leaf and with some cracking to the upper hinge, original cloth, a few marks, spine a little darkened. £40 Cummins p256.
Two works bound in one volume, both sixth edition, 8vo, xv, (i), 122, (iv), 82 pp. 8 plates, later signature to paste down. Contemporary sheep, corners with some wear, rebacked with a gilt banded spine, retaining the original maroon label. £100 First published in 1735 and 1740 respectively.
First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 320, (2 advertisement) pp, photographic portrait frontispiece, owner’s signature on fly leaf, original blue cloth, spine a little browned. £85 Sorley died at only 20 during the Battle of Loos and his posthumous collection “Marlborough and other Poems” (1916) became immediately popular.
First edition in English, two volumes in one, 8vo, (iv), 206, (ii), 234, (2) pp, bookplate, marbled endpapers, contemporary full morocco, spine ends and joints worn, a.e.g. £100 Sotheby was a friend of some of the great writers of the day, including Coleridge, Wordsworth and Scott, and rates a mention in Byron’s ‘English Bards and Scotch Reviewers’, although he was more acclaimed in his lifetime as a translator than a poet.
Ten volumes, small 8vo. Frontispiece and engraved title in each volume, some with offsetting, foxing to front and rear blanks, marbled endpapers, sides and edges, armorial bookplates. Contemporary dark blue half calf, gilt spines with brown labels, spine a little darkened, some minor marks otherwise an attractive set. £750 A set first published in 1837.
Second edition, folio, vi, 361, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece, offset onto the title, and 41 plates, 4 double page, some light foxing, light staining to a couple of plates, only just affecting the image on one, some edgewear to title with a few small repairs. Contemporary calf, some wear, handsomely rebacked with restoration to the corners, spine with gilt tooling retaining the original black label. £650 An “an agreeable book, owing to the urbanity of its old-fashioned scholarship” (DNB), the excellent plates show a range of classical sculptures and figures.
SPENSER, Edmund. The Shepheardes Calender [Shepherd’s Calendar]. Conteyning Twelve Æglogues proportionable to the Twelve Monethes... London: The Cresset Press 1930. Limited edition, no. 116 of 350 copies, small folio, (xxiv), 133, (3) pp. Coloured title and 12 coloured vignettes by John Nash. Original quarter vellum, coarse light green linen sides, a couple of light mark, t.e.g., later slipcase, a near fine copy. £300 Colvin 1.18.
Limited edition, no. 85 of 110 copies initialled by the publisher, 8vo, 22 pp, with a presentation inscription on the fly leaf from the publisher dated 1929, in addition the accompanying als. is loosely inserted - “...I doubt if I could find another copy of this little squib! Very few were done and none ever sold...”, original boards, spine and edges of covers faded. £50
Second edition, 8vo, (ii), 14 pp. Pages browned with some marginal chips and creasing. Bound in later limp marbled boards, a little rubbed. £80 A satire on the Whigs. With “Blackbird” spelt correctly in the first line. Foxon S681
Limited edition, one of 250 copies, signed by the Author, 8vo, (10) pp, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £60
Small 8vo, (iv), iv, 136 pp, engraved frontispiece portrait and 32 woodcuts in the text, repairs to hinges, inscription on fly leaf, contemporary calf, slightly worn and rebacked with the original red morocco spine label. £50 First published in 1750 and for many years attributed to Dodsley, although meanwhile 18th century translations into Spanish, Portuguese and Italian had correctly given Stanhope - the 4th Earl of Chesterfield - as the Author.
First edition, 8vo, (xii), 355, (1), 8 advertisement pp. Contemporary owner’s signature to fly leaf and title page, small marginal tear to the final text leaf. Original cloth with some marks and rubbing, spine ends slightly worn. £75
8vo, (xxx), 882, (30 Index) pp. Fine engraved frontispiece, modern inscriptions to front endpapers, bookplate. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine with handwritten title and blindstamped decoration, some light soiling otherwise a very good copy. £175 A first century Roman poet, Statius “unquestionably shines in many respects when compared to other post-Augustans... his poetic expression is... richer on the whole and less forced, more buoyant and more felicitous, than is to be found generally in the Silver Age of Latin poetry” (Encyc. Brit.).
STEEL, Flora Annie. On the Face of the Waters. A Prince of Dreamers. Mistress of Men. London: William Heinemann, 1897, 1908, 1918. Three volumes, second edition; first edition; first edition, second impression respectively, 8vo, viii, 432, (32 advertisement); (xii), 348; (viii), 368, (4 advertisement) pp, some slight browning of endpapers, cloth, some rubbing, first two works with black and silver decorated upper covers, third work with spine browned and tears to ends. £150 The third work is a presentation copy from the Author inscribed “To Betty...” and with 6 lines of poetry below. A photograph of the Author in her garden is pasted onto the verso of the title, with her caption “It here was written”. Sadleir 3142. Wolff 6551, 6553.
First edition, 8vo, 83, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, signature and bookplate to front blanks. Cloth backed boards, top edge slightly browned, d.w., not price clipped, some edgewear and browning, minor loss to spine ends. £40
First edition, 8vo, 279, (1) pp. Pencil signature of M.D[?]. Stein on fly leaf. Original blue ribbed cloth, light damp-staining on lower portion of upper cover, ends of spine bumped. £750 The Author’s first published work.
First edition, 8vo, xii, 10-512 pp. Signature crossed out to fly leaf, some light browning throughout. Original cloth, gilt titles and vignette dull, spine ends a little worn with slight loss, corners bumped. £50
Two volumes, 8vo. Bound by Bickers & Son in contemporary maroon half morocco, t.e.g., gilt spines, slight darkening to edges and some light rubbing, a few minor marks to boards. £150 “Library of English Classics” series.
First edition, 8vo, xii, 250, (2) pp, a good clean copy in the original green cloth, faded. £40 Prideaux 36.
Small 8vo, viii, 376 pp. Frontispiece, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Phyllis Fagan. Contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., gilt decorated spine in the Art Nouveau style, brown label, a lovely copy. £50
Four volumes, small 8vo. Portrait frontispieces, minor foxing at the front of each volume, marbled endpapers, bookplates of Harold John Tennant, M.P. for Berwickshire. Partly unopened in contemporary dark blue half calf, t.e.g., gilt spines slightly faded with a couple of very minor patches of wear. £130
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 289, (3), 32 advertisement pp. Original dark blue buckram with bevelled edges, t.e.g., slight fading of spine otherwise a near fine copy. £50 Prideaux 45
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xiv, 333, (3), 32 advertisement; x, 368 pp, portrait frontispieces and one other plate, a few spots at the front and back of each volume, inked price on front blanks, otherwise a very good unopened copy in the original green cloth, slight rubbing to spine ends. £40 Scottish classicist and educational reformer.
Twenty-one volumes, large 8vo. Several volumes a little sprung with some loose gatherings or pages. Contemporary half calf, gilt banded spines with black labels, some general wear. £500
Small 4to, 300 pp, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
Limited edition, no. 12 of 25 copies, signed by the Author, large 8vo, 74 pp, original gilt titled cream cloth, lightly browned, else a near fine copy. £40
8vo, (xvi), 578, with 17 hand coloured steel engraved plates plus a hand coloured vignette on the title and 30 wood engraved plates, 67 further wood engravings in the text, marbled endpapers, bound by Harrison and Sons in later red half morocco, red cloth sides, gilt motifs on spine, darkened, slight rubbing to joints and raised bands, t.e.g., a very good copy. £250
Five volumes, 8vo. 80 hand coloured plates in all, one gathering loose in “Ask Mamma”, marbled endpapers and sides. Finely bound in contemporary red half morocco, gilt spines, some very minor rubbing else a handsome set. £500
8vo, (ii, xiv), 398 pp, with 12 coloured and 8 black and white plates, numerous illustrations in text, 20th century bookplate, a very good copy in the original decorated red cloth, spine faded, title and illustration in gilt and black on upper cover. £50 A later 19th century edition of this classic work.
Two volumes, 8vo. 6 portraits and a facsimile plate, bookplates to both paste downs and fly leaves in both volumes. Cloth, very good. £40 A collection of letters to two women, Esther Johnson and Rebecca Dingley.
Three volumes bound in one, 12mo, 104, 112, 112 pp. Frontispieces to each part, two pages with a printing fault from a piece of thread having been laid across the text. Attractively bound in modern period style dappled calf, gilt borders and tooling to spine, red spine label, joints recently and almost imperceptibly repaired. £650 Teerink 321. Seemingly very scarce, ESTC listing only one copy.
First edition, 8vo, (xxviii), 269, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece and 13 plates and facsimiles, signature of Ivon H. Price to fly leaf verso, who is thanked in the Preface, and inscribed “From the author” (ie Birkbeck) on the half title, later bookplate. Original gilt titled buckram, edges and spine faded, lower cover with some abrasion, t.e.g. £50
SWIFT, [Jonathan]. Voyages de Gulliver, dans des Contrées Lointaines. Edition Illustrée par Grandville. Paris 1838. Two volumes, 8vo, lxx, 279, (1); (iv), 319, (1) pp. Frontispiece in volume I and nearly 400 engravings in the text, some light foxing, marbled endpapers. Attractively bound in contemporary full calf, signed “Capé” at the foot of the spine of volume I, covers with triple gilt rules and blind stamped decorations, spines with gilt tooling and morocco labels, a.e.g., light rubbing to joints and edges else a very good set. £700 A finely bound edition of a famous book. Regarded as a forerunner of the surrealists and an influence on Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel, Grandville’s caricaturist’s style is well suited to the bizarre images that Swift’s satire calls up.
SWINBURNE, A.C. Pasiphaë. A Poem by... (London: Golden Cockerel Press 1950). Limited edition, no. 81 of 100 specially bound copies with an extra engraving, from a total edition of 500, 8vo, 40 pp. 7 copper engravings by John Buckland-Wright. Original purple vellum by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt spine title and vignette to upper cover, some light rubbing, spine sunned, t.e.g. £375 “Correctly printed for the first time” from the manuscript. Cock-a-Hoop 185.
Limited edition, no. 550 of 1000 copies, small 4to, xx, 80, (4) pp, very good in the original cloth backed decorative boards, printed d.w. browned with loss to top of spine. £40
First collected edition, 6 volumes, 8vo. Partly unopened. Original black buckram, slight fading of spines, t.e.g., a near fine set. £80 Wise II p335.
SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. Selections from the Poetical Works of... To which is appended a Sketch of the Poet’s Life by himself. London: Chatto & Windus, 1917. 12mo, xiv, 273, (3) pp. James Lees-Milne’s copy, with his ownership inscription to the fly leaf, noting the gift came ‘from the “Sphinx”’, his family’s armorial bookplate to paste down also. Original gilt titled blue cloth, slightly rubbed, spine a little browned. £40 t - Back to top
Two volumes, 32mo, 91 x 52 mm. Portrait frontispiece and engraved title in volume I, lacking the fly leaf in volume II, text in Italian throughout, marbled endpapers. Original cloth, paper spine labels with some light wear. £50 Keynes p91. One of the Diamond Classics series.
Limited edition, no. 100 of 394 copies, 4to, xxxii, (viii), 152, (2) pp. Press prospectus for the Shakespeare Head publication of Ovid loosely inserted. Unopened in the original cloth backed boards, paper labels on spine and upper cover, printed d.w. worn and torn along fold with loss, especially to lower wrapper, carefully repaired. £200 A finely printed edition of this little known work, of which only one copy survives, coming to light only in 1905. Franklin p233.
Second edition, 8vo, xx, 324 pp, frontispiece of Taylor’s silhouette, a little foxed, some other marks, binding cracked in prelims, later half calf, marbled boards, morocco label. £80 Jane Taylor, 1783-1824, prolific writer of children’s books and hymns.
Limited edition, one of 375 copies, this copy unnumbered, 8vo, 32 pp, hand coloured frontispiece plus 4 full page hand coloured illustrations, signed on the fly leaf by the Artist and the publisher, Hugh Macdonald, light browning to endpapers, cloth backed boards, browned and with edges worn. £50 First published c.1628.
First limited edition, one of 1,500 copies, 8vo, 68, (2) pp, 2 plates, internally a fine copy, unopened, parchment backed decorative boards, d.w. soiled and chipped with loss to upper wrapper. £45 Taken from an unpublished manuscript. “This play, in its unguarded freshness, shows us Tennyson the boy, and should help not a little to solve the enigma of Tennyson the man” (from Charles Tennyson’s Introduction).
8vo, (viii), 261, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers. Later full calf, a.e.g., covers with triple gilt and double blind ruled borders, gilt spine with red and green labels, some light scuffs otherwise a handsome copy. £50 First published 1859.
TENNYSON, Alfred. Poems. Illustrated by T. Creswick, J.E. Millais, W. Mulready, D. Maclise, Clarkson Stanfield, J.C. Horsley, &c. London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1860. 8vo, (xvi), 375, (1) pp. Frontispiece and vignette engravings in the text, a few spots. Inscribed on the title page from the pioneering photographer Julia Margaret Cameron to James Campbell (possibly the Liverpudlian painter), with a later inscription from a Miss Campbell to the front blank. Attractive marbled endpapers, bookplate of Sir Harry Lloyd-Verney, later private secretary to Queen Mary. Contemporary gilt decorated calf, a.e.g., recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip. £600 A nice association copy; Cameron moved to Dimbola Lodge, next door to Tennyson, in 1860, and famously photographed the poet as well as illustrating his verse.
Limited edition, no. 285 of 500 large paper copies, large 8vo, vi, 111, (1) pp, 5 plates, all of Tennyson, browning to endpapers only, else a very good copy bound in the original white cloth, some light marks, spine a little browned. £50 Published at the end of October, a few weeks after the poet’s death, although he was able to examine the proofs before he died. Wise 165.
Eversley edition, nine volumes, 8vo. Some foxing, marbled endpapers. Contemporary half vellum, t.e.g., with some browning and soiling, spine with gilt flowers and maroon labels, head of one spine very slightly worn otherwise a good set. £350
8vo, viii, 632 pp. Portrait frontispiece, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original publisher’s quarter vellum, t.e.g., spine with brown labels and gilt flowers, some light marks, very good. £60
First edition, 8vo, x, 98, (6 advertisement) pp. 20 coloured plates with captioned tissues, some mostly marginal foxing. Original decorated cloth, t.e.g., spine a little browned, minor wear to top. £50 In two parts - Farringford and Aldworth. Inman 183.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 346, 6, 6, advertisement pp. Original cloth, a little rubbed, a very good copy. £110 “Frederick Tennyson was from the first overshadowed by the greater genius of his brother Alfred. His lyric gift was considerable, his poetic workmanship choice and fine, and the atmosphere of his poetry always noble. But he has remained almost unknown to the modern student of poetry...” (DNB).
First edition, 8vo, (x, 140) pp, with much mispagination as is usual, slight marginal browning, otherwise a fine copy bound in recent quarter calf, marbled sides, red morocco spine label. £50 Wise 8.
THACKERAY, Miss [later RITCHIE, Lady Anne]. The Village on the Cliff. Old Kensington. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1892, 95. Two volumes, 8vo. Title vignettes, marbled endpapers and sides, inscribed from the Author in both volumes “Agatha Blyth from ATR 1887-1906”, small labels to foot of both paste downs. Contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt spines with some sunning and minor wear, t.e.g. £125 Two volumes originally from a 10 volume edition of “Works”.
First edition, second issue, square 12mo, (viii), 9-40 pp. One plate of music and 11 etchings, some light offsetting from the plates onto the text leaves. Original limp green cloth, gilt decoration to upper cover, minor wear to edges otherwise a very good copy. £450 Dickens provided the Introduction and Notes. A couple of cuttings from the Athenæum concerning the authorship are loosely inserted. Cohn 243.
First edition thus, 8vo, xlvi, (2), 402, pp. 48 plates and 2 other illustrations, Chigwell School prize inscription to paste down. Contemporary full vellum, t.e.g., gilt arms, some minor marks otherwise a handsome copy. £70
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, (viii), 384; (ii), v-xii, 384 pp, without the half titles and with a leaf of the preliminaries from volume II bound in volume I, with engraved titles and 46 plates, light damp staining to a few plates in volume I, marginal foxing to plates in volume II, marbled endpapers, sides and edges, contemporary half calf, slightly worn, rebacked with original backstrips, black morocco spine labels, chipped. £75
[THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. Mrs. Perkins’ Ball. By M.A. Titmarsh. London: Chapman & Hall [1847]. First edition, 8vo, (ii), 46, (2) pp. Hand coloured pictorial title page and 21 hand coloured plates - one folding, each with a tissue guard, with the original wrappers bound in at the end. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in later maroon morocco, red silk endpapers and inside gilt borders, covers with gilt rules and cornerpieces, spine with further gilt tools and raised bands - a little sunned, a.e.g., a lovely copy. £500 Shepherd 75.
First bound edition, 8vo, viii, 380; viii, 375, (1) pp, engraved titles and 45 (of 46) plates, foxing to plates throughout, bound in later half vellum, red cloth sides, maroon morocco labels - slightly scuffed else an attractive binding. £70
Together twenty seven volumes. 8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary half burgundy calf over green cloth boards by Spottiswoode & Co., spine with gilt tooled raised bands, twin gilt lettered brown labels, gilt tooling to compartments and to sides, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate of George Fox Pitt-Rivers to front pastedowns. Some occasional light rubbing to extremities, occasional very minor bubbling to cloth sides, some light spotting to endpapers, a very good set. £750 A complete set of the Works including, the final volume, “Contributions to “Punch”” (as stated on title page, not previously reprinted). The final volume, extra to the set but uniformly bound, being an edition of Anthony Trollope’s biography and criticism of Thackeray from the “English Men of Letters” series, published by Macmillan in 1906. The volumes variously dated between those years indicated, though not chronologically through the set.
Limited edition, no. 94 of 175 copies, signed by the Author, large 8vo, (30) pp. 3 coloured illustrations. Cloth, label on upper cover, a fine copy. £80
First edition, 8vo, xiv, 178 pp. Portrait frontispiece by Augustus John, contemporary signature to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, browned with a couple of chips to the spine end and to the top edge of the upper wrapper. £95 Rolph B16.
First edition, 8vo, 254, (2) pp. Signature to fly leaf. Original green cloth, spine faded. £50 Rolph B6.
First edition, 8vo, 48 pp. Owner’s signature to fly leaf. Printed boards, d.w., not price clipped, spine browned, very good. £75
THOMAS, R.S. Destinations. With Illustrations by Paul Nash. (Shipston-on-Stour): The Celandine Press (1985). Limited edition, no. 151 of 300 copies, 8vo, (34) pp, with 3 coloured plates from paintings tipped in, tissue guards, cloth backed marbled boards, a fine copy. £125
Limited edition, no. 36 of 125 copies - one of 85 copies signed by the Author, 8vo, (16) pp. Marbled wrappers, a fine copy. £115
Limited edition, no. 49 of 75 copies, signed by both Author and Illustrator, 8vo, 36 pp. 12 full page illustrations, 6 in colour. Pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. £60
Fifth edition, small 4to, viii, 81, (3) pp, title vignette and frontispiece by Laurence Housman, marbled endpapers and sides - the latter browned and spotted with a couple of marks, contemporary half morocco, a litle faded, spine with title, date at foot and gilt tendrils and flowers. £75
First edition thus, 8vo, xxxii, 164 pp. Black and white illustrations, some light foxing. Original gilt decorated green cloth, small mark to lower cover, a very good copy. £40 One of Macmillan’s splendidly bound “Cranford” series.
First edition thus, 8vo, xxii, 372 pp, engraved frontispiece plus 6 fine chromo-lithographs by Kronheim, a few spots, Prize label of the West of England Dissenters’ Proprietary School on paste down, in the original decorated cloth, lower cover dull, upper cover and spine heavily decorated in gilt with a coloured oval illustration set in to the upper cover, a.e.g. £75
First edition, 8vo, viii, 184, (8 advertisement) pp, original cloth, small mark to lower cover else a fine copy. £50
First edition, 8vo, 47, (1) pp, frontispiece, with small piece cut from corner not affecting image, some soiling and damp staining throughout, bookplate, modern quarter roan, marbled boards. £165 Foxon T269.
Second edition, eleventh, ninth and ninth impressions, 3 volumes, 8vo. Folding map in each volume, brief inscription in dwarf runes in two volumes. Cloth, d.w.’s, price clipped, one small blemish otherwise a very good set. £150
Limited edition, no. 838 of 1,025 copies, signed by the Author, 8vo, (x), 539, (1) pp. Frontispiece. Original buckram with bevelled edges, spine very slightly browned, t.e.g., slipcase, this with some marks otherwise near fine. £85 A renowned novel of the first World War.
Limited edition, no. 64 of 90 copies, 8vo, (24) pp, printed paper wrappers, a fine copy. £50 Loosely inserted is an unbound copy of the first edition of this Bibliography, published in 1979, along with a handwritten letter from Anderson dated 1986 and 2 leaves of typescript updating the list to 1989.
First edition, one of 400 copies, 8vo, 59, (1) pp. Original boards decorated in red, some minor marks, still with the original tissue wrapper, this with some tears and slight loss. £80 Hogarth Living Poets, Second series, no. 3. Woolmer p129.
TREVELYAN, R.C. Polyphemus & other Poems. With Designs by R.E. Fry. London: R. Brimley Johnson 1901. First edition, square 8vo, (x), 56 pp. Illustration to title page plus 10 further illustrations, later signature to fly leaf. Original cloth backed boards, spine and top edge slightly browned. £125 Colbeck II p880.
Three volumes in one, 8vo, iii-vi, 370, iii-vi, 350, iii-vi, 350 pp, lacking the half titles. Contemporary full parchment, covers gilt bordered, spine with raised bands, a few light marks otherwise a very good copy. £135 Published the same year as the first edition. Sadleir p44.
First edition, first issue, 2 volumes, 8vo, bound from the parts with the stabholes visible, bound with the half titles but not the advertisements. 40 plates, some foxing to early and late leaves, particularly at the end of volume II, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary black half calf, gilt banded spines with red labels, some slight wear otherwise a very good set. £575 Sadleir 13.
8vo, xxvi, 564, 32 advertisement pp, frontispiece and 313 illustrations in the text, upper hinge slightly cracked, owner’s name and address on fly leaf, original red cloth decorated in gilt and black, spine sunned, ends a little worn. £45 Published the same year as the 2 volume first edition.
First UK edition, 8vo, (2 advertisement, vi), 311, (1), 32 advertisement pp. Barely perceptible owner’s blind stamp to the fly leaf. Original gilt titled red cloth with black decoration, spine sunned, some marks otherwise very good. £60 The advertisements (at the end) are dated March 1893.
Three volumes, each limited to 500 copies, 8vo, in the original printed card covers, numbers 1 and 2 with covers detached but in near fine condition, spines a little worn, held in separate cloth slipcases, number two with original printed label on side. £60 Including contributions from Joyce (pirated printings of his “Work in Progress”), Hardy, D.H. Lawrence and Verlaine. u - Back to top
First edition, 8vo, (vi), 316 pp. Booklabel, a few spots. Contemporary black half calf, red spine label, slight wear to top of spine. Scarce. £125 The Author’s second novel. v - Back to top
Small 4to, (x), 480 pp, with 43 plates and 3 maps, signed on the half title by the Author, original gilt decorated cloth, rubbed, t.e.g. £75
First English edition, 8vo, (viii), 292 pp. 24 black and white plates, occasional light foxing to text leaves, subtle repair to hinges. Original gilt titled dark blue cloth, coloured illustration to upper cover, lower cover with some damp staining, spine slightly sunned, light wear to top of upper joint. £225
12mo, 190, (2) pp. Inscription to fly leaf dated 1918. Original pictorial red cloth, slightly sprung, spine a little dull and rubbed. £50
Author’s copyright edition, 8vo, 200, (12 advertisement) pp. Coloured frontispiece, text leaves browned, slight edge wear to a couple of the advertisement leaves, contemporary inscription dated 1922 to fly leaf. Original pictorial green cloth, top of lower cover damp stained, spine dull. £40
Author’s copyright edition. 8vo. (iv), 142 pp. Publisher’s pictorial blue cloth, neat contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown. Colour frontispiece. Paper browned as usual, otherwise a very good copy. £40
First English edition, 8vo, 317, (3) pp. 30 plates, one with soiling and light wear to the outer and lower edges, contemporary pencilled inscription to fly leaf. Original decorative green cloth, some mostly light wear and soiling, top edge with some damp staining. Scarce. £500 Myers 37.
Author’s copyright edition, 8vo, 183, (1) pp. Colour frontispiece, inscription dated 1922 to to fly leaf. Original pictorial cloth, some light soiling, very good. £40
Author’s copyright edition, 8vo, 176, 96 pp. Coloured frontispiece and 2 black and white plates, contemporary inscription to fly leaf, hinge slightly cracked but sound by title. Original pictorial green cloth, some light soiling, spine dull. £45
Seven loose sheets, each 39 x 21 cm. Title with a large coloured illustration by Chagall plus 6 leaves of poetry with coloured illustrations. Original decorative folder, this held in its original cardboard case. Fine. £200 The six sheets contain poetry by Geoffrey Scott, George Barker and Frederick Johnston as well as verses from Greek and Chinese, plus illustration by Frans Masereel, Aristide Maillol, G. de Chirico, Raoul Dufy, G.G. Boehmer and Karl Walser.
Limited edition, one of 225 copies, 8vo, 33, (1) pp. Frontispiece by T.J. Bond, tailpiece by the Author. Original printed wrappers, some minor browning otherwise fine. £50
Second edition, 12mo, 82, (2 advertisement) pp. Old signature and small blind stamp to title. Contemporary speckled calf, joints a little cracked, maroon label. £125 Foxon P418. Bishop of Alba, Vida’s work was first published in Paris in 1534. This translation first appeared in 1725.
8vo, 184 pp. Some occasional light foxing. Modern calf, black spine label. £400 A pirated printing of the first edition. French text. w - Back to top
Two volumes in one, small 8vo, 3-304, 3-288 pp, without the half titles, foxing to first and last leaves, bookplate, marbled endpapers, sides and edges, contemporary green half calf, corners worn, gilt spine, faded, in compartments with red morocco spine label. £40 Todd & Bowden 1563-4.
[WALPOLE, Horace]. The Castle of Otranto, A Story. Translated by William Marshall, Gent. From the Original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto. London: Printed for Tho. Lownds, 1765. First edition. Small 8vo. viii, 200 pp. Recent period style full speckled calf, spine with raised bands, double gilt rules and gilt decoration to compartments, gilt lettered red label, gilt tooling to edges of boards, near contemporary inscription to upper edge of title page reading “H Carr the gift of / Eleanora Swinburne” followed by another mark scribbled out by an old hand. The inscription in two hands, Eleonora’s name presumably noting her ownership of the book and the first part recording its presentation. Small tears to inner margins of F7 and F8 expertly repaired, slight toning to first and last few leaves, otherwise in very good condition. £4750 As Hazen notes the novel was actually first published 24th December, 1764, though the title page bears the following year. Walpole, for fear of public ridicule, purportedly published the novel under the ruse of it being a translation of a much earlier Italian text. When its success became apparent he began to assert his authorship, writing to a contemporary within a few months of the publication: “a little story book, which I published some time ago, though not boldly with my own name; but it has succeeded so well, that I do not longer entirely keep the secret.” Walpole writes in the preface to the second edition, that the work was an “attempt to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern”. In creating this fantastical historical tale, Walpole thus established the genre of the Gothic novel. Eleanora Swinburne was the daughter of Sir John Swinburne of Capheaton Hall, Northumberland, 3rd Baron Swinburne. The poet Algernon Charles Swinburne was the grandson of the 6th Baron. Coincidentally Hazen refers to a copy of the book sometime owned by Richard Bull rebound in red morocco which came up for sale at the Julia Swinburne sale at Sotheby’s in June, 1894. Julia who Algernon Charles’ aunt, died in 1893 aged 97. Hazen, 17.
16mo (covers measuring 91 x 55 mm), (xx), 442 pp. Engraved frontispiece after Stothard, later inscription to front blank. Contemporary dark green full morocco, a.e.g., some light rubbing otherwise a very good copy. £250 Keynes p94. One of the Diamond Classics series.
First edition, 8vo, xii, 506 pp, with a frontispiece and 8 plates by Albert Sterner, 1 or 2 smudges, initials and some spotting on outer blanks, bound by Roffey and Clarke of Croydon in dark green half morocco, matching cloth sides, t.e.g. a very good copy. £45
Limited edition, no. 56 of 100 copies printed on Velin Arches paper, of a larger edition of 200 copies, large 8vo, (18, 2 blank) pp, fine in the original printed wrappers, sewn as issued. £75
8vo. xv, [i], 189, [3] pp. Contemporary full dark blue calf, spine flat with gilt rules, gilt decoration and lettering to compartments, boards with scrolled leaf border in gilt and decorative blind stamped panel to centre, Greek key design in gilt to edges of boards and inner dentelles, plain brown endpapers. Frontispiece, title vignette and one other engraved plate. Slight discolouration to endpapers, otherwise a most handsome volume. £125
WAUGH, Evelyn. The Loved One. An Anglo-American tragedy. Illustrations by Beryl Cook. London: The Folio Society 1983. No. 41 of 100 copies signed by Cook, small folio, (xx), 107, (3) pp. 8 coloured plates. Quarter goatskin, t.e.g., marbled sides, slipcase, very slight browning of spine otherwise a fine copy. £350
First edition, 8vo, (iv), 88 pp. Coloured frontispiece, endpapers browned. Cloth, d.w., browned and spotted with slight loss to top of spine. £45 The frontispiece and dust wrapper are by John Piper. Davis, Doyle et al XXII.
First edition, 8vo, (iv), 88, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece by John Piper. Cloth, d.w. also by Piper, not price clipped, with light foxing and a couple of minor tears. £45 Davis, Doyle et al XXII.
ANON. The Tenants at Tinkers’ End. A Tale. London 1855, [1855]. Two works bound in one volume, 12mo, 295, (1), (iv), 156 pp, both works with frontispieces, the first also with an engraved title, later half calf, marbled sides, gilt tooled spine, some light wear otherwise very good. £175 Wolff 7100 (first work), second work not listed. Neither works are in Sadleir. Only 2 copies of the second work could be located.
First edition, one of 660 copies, 8vo, 58 pp. Cloth, d.w. with a few minor marks otherwise fine. £60
First edition, 8vo, 239, (1) pp. 9 black and white plates at the end. Cloth, slight fading, d.w. browned with a little loss to corners and spine ends. £40 A collection of short stories, also including the Author’s poetry and paintings.
First edition, 8vo, 238 pp, original printed boards, spine slightly sunned. £65 No. 17 in the Hogarth Living Poets series and including work by Blunden, Brooke, T.S. Eliot, Graves, Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Wilfrid Owen, Vita Sackville-West, Sassoon and two of the Sitwells. Woolmer 242.
First edition, 8vo, 574, (2) pp, coloured frontispiece, cracking of hinges otherwise good in the original blue blind stamped cloth, spine a little dull with rubbing to ends. £40 Thirty-three short stories - “all... that I care for anyone to read again...” (Introduction). G.H. Wells 41.
First edition, 8vo, 320 pp, light browning of free endpapers, in the original dark red cloth, spine ends rubbed. £45 G.H. Wells 86.
First edition, second issue, (viii), 342 pp. 12 illustrations. Original blue cloth, spine ends rubbed with slight wear to the lower joint. £250 The second issue, with black lettering to the binding. Geoffrey H. Wells 18.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 355, (1, 4 advertisement) pp, end papers lightly foxed, original cloth dull. £40 A collection of pieces on Socialism. Watkins 347. Wells Society 35. G. H. Wells 34.
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 328, (2) pp, slight cracking to hinges, W.H. Smith Subscription Library label to paste down, original red cloth, dull, spine a little faded. £100 G.H. Wells 15.
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 286, (10 advertisement) pp, a few light spots, signature to fly leaf, original blind stamped green cloth, extremities a little rubbed, t.e.g. £40 G.H. Wells 51.
First English edition, 8vo, (iv), 195, (1) pp. Small closed tear to top of half title, inscription to fly leaf. Original red cloth, spine faded. £100
Eight works bound in one volume, 8vo, original wrappers bound in. Inscribed from the Author on a front blank, dated 1927, and with his initials added to the end of six of the works. Contemporary calf, title and crest in gilt to upper cover, gilt spine, red and green labels, a few light marks otherwise a fine and unique compilation. £85
First edition, small 4to, 150 pp, with 4 plates and 5 vignettes in the text, cloth, d.w. with some light marks and slight browning of spine. £45
8vo, (24) pp. 12 coloured linocut illustrations plus one on the upper cover. Paper wrappers, a fine copy. £50
Sixth edition, one of 1,000 copies, 8vo, (iv), 31 leaves, printed on one side only. Endpapers browned. Original two-tone cloth, spine browned, some marks. £200 Mason 377. The last edition to appear without Wilde’s name on the title page.
First edition, 8vo, 151, (1, 40 advertisement) pp. Several brief inscriptions to fly leaf. Original gilt titled blue cloth designed by Charles Ricketts, spine slightly dull, ends a little worn, t.e.g. £125 Mason 388, calling for the advertisements to be dated March 1905, whereas in the present copy they are dated February.
Pirated and limited edition, no. 213 of 250 copies, 8vo, (iv), 216 pp, bookplate, a very good copy in the original cream buckram, a little soiled, spine browned, top worn with a small loss. £50 Mason 607.
First edition, 8vo, 16 pp. Bound without the wrappers in slightly later blue calf, marbled endpapers, gilt rules and cornerpieces, gilt lettered spine, a.e.g., some light rubbing and discolouration to the spine otherwise a handsome copy. £500 Wilde’s first publication in book form, after Ravenna had won the Newdigate Prize for a poem written in heroic couplets on the subject of classical antiquities. Mason 301.
First edition, one of 500 copies, 8vo, (xiv), 154, (2), 14 advertisement, (2) pp. Lightly browned throughout, endpapers with some foxing, old signature (“Louie Dowson”) to fly leaf. Original lilac cloth, gilt title and decoration by Charles Shannon, rather dull and soiled. £850 Mason 364.
First edition, large paper issue, one of 1,000 unsigned copies from a total edition of 1,100 copies, large 8vo, xii, 255, (1) pp. Some light spots to endpapers. Original buckram backed cloth, t.e.g., some minor marks, spine label with a little rubbing. £150 Matthews A8-1927b. The 100 signed copies were published a couple of months earlier.
Third edition, 8vo, (xvi), 398, (2) pp. 100 engravings in the text by Birket Foster, John Tenniel, J.E. Millais and many others, all engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, some mostly light foxing. Contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco, a.e.g., some rubbing to extremities. £60 A varied selection including the work of 73 poets, including Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Beattie, Campbell, Rogers etc.
First English edition, 8vo, 311, (1, 8 advertisement) pp. Light foxing to preliminaries, contemporary signature to fly leaf. Original blue cloth, slight sunning of spine. £80 McIlvaine A50b.
WOOLF, Henry. Poems. Privately Printed... at the direction of Mr. Harold Pinter [1966]. Limited edition, no. 48 of 200 copies, 8vo, (52) pp, signed on the half title by Pinter, original wrappers, slightly soiled, small bump to top of spine. £50 Lifelong friends, Woolf commissioned Harold Pinter’s first play, “The Room”, in 1957.
Five volumes, a mixed set - “Downhill...” and “The Journey...” first editions, others later impressions, 8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w.’s, three spines with some light browning, some minor marks, a couple of small tears otherwise a very good set. £100 “Growing” is in a variant wrapper with only one star on the spine, where normally there are two.
Limited edition, no. 17 of 500 copies signed by the Editor, 8vo, 205, (3) pp. 59 illustrations, including 7 facsimiles of letters plus wood engravings, coloured reproductions of paintings and pencil drawings by the Raverats. Cloth backed marbled boards, held in a slipcase with a numbered wood engraving by Gwen Raverat in a paper folder, fine. £125 Letters dating from 1920 to the early 1950s.
Six volumes, volumes I and IV-VI first edition, volumes II and III second impression, 8vo. Cloth, d.w.’s, volume II with some minor marks otherwise a very good set. £400 Bringing together the pieces collected in the two Common Reader collections, The Death of the Moth, The Moment, The Captain’s Death Bed and Granite and Rainbow plus further material and extensive notes and commentary, and including the most recently published volumes.
First edition, 8vo, 239, (1) pp. Book Society bookplate designed by Rex Whistler to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. designed by Vanessa Bell, not price clipped, very faint browning of spine otherwise a lovely copy. £140 Kirkpatrick A34.
First American edition, later impressions, 6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous illustrations, owner’s inscription to the fly leaf of the first three volumes. Cloth backed boards, remainder marks to the top edge of four volumes, d.w.’s with some minor creasing and a couple of small tears to the tops of spines. £150
First editions. Six volumes. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth, dust jackets, not price clipped. Numerous black and white illustrations. Spines of volumes 2 and 3 sunned, as is the upper board of volume 6, otherwise a very good set. £300
First edition, 8vo, (iv), 538, (2 advertisement) pp. Marbled endpapers. Recently bound in full black morocco, gilt spine, t.e.g., held in a black cloth slipcase, a lovely copy. £650 Kirkpatrick A4a.
First edition, 8vo, 329, (1) pp. 5 photographic plates, owner’s name and address to fly leaf, which is rather browned. Cloth, spine and edges browned, a couple of minor marks. £80 Kirkpatrick A23a.
Eight volumes, 8vo. Paperbacks, one corner a little creased otherwise fine. £100
WOOLF, Virginia. The Voyage Out. London: Duckworth & Co 1915. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 458, (4), 16 advertisement pp. A few light spots to the preliminaries. Recently rebound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, gilt titled spine, a.e.g., a lovely copy. £1300 Kirkpatrick A1a.
First edition, crown 8vo, 28 pp. Bookplate to inside upper wrapper with an inscription noting the book’s purchase from this shop in 1978. Original duck-egg blue paper wrappers, sewn as issued, illustration to upper wrapper by Vanessa Bell, mild browning to edges. £70 Kirkpatrick A20.
First edition, 8vo, 325, (1) pp. Original purple cloth, d.w. designed by Vanessa Bell with some light spots to the spine and lower wrapper, very minor loss to top corners and spine ends, top edge of lower wrapper with some creasing, a very good clean copy. £1850 Kirkpatrick A16a.
First edition, 8vo, x, 372, (2) pp. Cloth, d.w. designed by Vanessa Bell, not price clipped, some very faint creasing to lower wrapper and a couple of minor marks otherwise an excellent bright copy. £225 Kirkpatrick A31a.
First edition, 8vo, (iv), 469, (1) pp. Original green cloth with a small mark to the spine resulting from what looks like a fault in the material used, d.w. designed by Vanessa Bell in stunning condition with no browning or wear to the edges and only the faintest traces of soiling to the extremities. A near fine copy. £1500 Kirkpatrick A22a.
First edition, 8vo, 288 pp. Faint contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original cloth, spine and top edge of upper cover sunned. £40 x - Back to top
Fourth edition thus, 4to, (viii), lix, (i), 598, (2 advertisement) pp. Folding map, inscriptions to front blank, marbled endpapers and edges. Slightly later full russia with gilt borders consisting of rules and two repeated tools, blind stamped central panel with a monogram, CY, in the centre below a stag motif, skilfully rebacked to style, a few minor scuffs to edges otherwise a handsome copy. £475 Vicar of Horsham from 1748, Hutchinson’s editions of Cyropaedia and Anabasis first appeared in 1727 and 1735 respectively. The text is printed in Greek with a Latin translation and copious notes. y - Back to top
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 47, (1) pp. Contemporary inscription to front blank. Original quarter cloth, some rubbing and browning to edges, paper spine label browned and slightly worn. £40 Wade 69.
First edition, 8vo, vi, 94, (2) pp. Brief contemporary inscription to front blank. Original gilt decorated cloth, spine rubbed. £40 Wade 120.
Limited edition, no. 508 of 1,000 copies, signed by the Author, 8vo, (x), 247, (1) pp. Frontispiece portrait with a captioned tissue. Original quarter parchment, paper spine label, slight bumping to extremities, otherwise an excellent clean copy still with its original d.w., this with browning to spine and edges, minor loss to spine ends and corners. £1000 Wade 133.
Only two issues appeared. This issue includes, among other pieces, a poem (“In Holy Trinity, Sloane Street”) by John Betjeman and a short story (“The Enemies”) by Dylan Thomas. z - Back to top
Seventeen works in twenty-eight volumes, 8vo, marginal browning to the rather cheap paper, some volumes with the bookplate of Herbert S. Adler, marbled endpapers, uniformly bound in blue quarter calf, some corners a bit bumped, otherwise a very good set. £400 |
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