London: John Murray, 1839. Eight volumes. 8vo. Contemporary purple straight grain morocco, spines faded to brown, twin olive gilt lettered spine labels, gilt decoration to the edges of the boards, endpapers and all edges marbled, armorial bookplate of Frederick Wildman Burnett to the front pastedowns. Frontispiece portrait and 8 engraved..... More
[Geneva]: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1577. 8vo, (xvi), 72, 134 pp. Printer's woodcut device to the title page, some light foxing, title browned with some small ink marks. Contemporary dappled calf with a central decorative blind stamped panel, a little worn, outer edge of lower cover darkened, recently rebacked with a...... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1931. First British edition. 8vo. 159, (1) pp. Publisher's lettered and decorated green boards, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper, a later book label to the front pastedown. Black and white illustrations in the text throughout. Spine darkened, else very good. More
Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1968. First edition. 8vo. 101, (3) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, silver lettered to the spine, illustrated dust jacket, the playwright Arnold Wesker's copy, inscribed twice by Carballido, first to someone called Ken - "...you surely remember this book. There it goes in English..."..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1949. First edition thus, 8vo, lxxx, 297, (1) pp. Frontispiece, brief inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. price clipped with some browning and mild loss to spine ends. More
Oxford: At the New Bodleian, 1956. Limited edition, no. 66 of 100 copies, signed by Cary and the publisher, Herbert Davis, 8vo, (vi), 44 pp. Title vignette and 6 plates, 2 in colour. Original boards, paper label, spine sunned, corners bumped. More
London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1922. Two volumes. 8vo. xxxii, 484; viii, 505, (1) pp. Publisher's cream buckram, gilt to the spines and upper boards. 2 frontispiece portraits and 10 plates. Spines slightly tanned, a few minor marks, very good. More
Hanoviæ [Hanover]: Typis Wechelianis apud Cl. Marnium... 1608. 8vo, (x), 342, 191, (1) pp. Initial letter to page 91 partly coloured, some browning and foxing, last 2 gatherings with a light stain to the top corner, brief later inscriptions to the paste down. Contemporary vellum, covers slightly bowed, handwritten spine..... More
London: The Scolar Press, 1976. Limited edition, no. 436 of 500 copies. 4to. (8) pp. then (142) ff. Publisher's rough hessian, black lettered tan morocco spine label. An excellent copy. More
London: The Scolar Press, 1976. Limited edition, no. 434 of 500 copies. 4to. (176) pp. Publisher's rough hessian, black lettered tan morocco spine label. An excellent copy. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1929]. Limited edition, no. 111 of 250 copies for the UK market from a total edition of 530 copies. 8vo. (viii), vi, 201, (1) pp. Publisher's black buckram, gilt to the spine and upper board. Very good. An English translation of the work "Aria di Capri"..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co. for the Anglo-Spanish Society, 1926. 8vo, (xvi), 710 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations. Original gilt titled buckram, spine sunned and slightly rubbed. More
London: William and Robert Chambers, [c.1860]. Two volumes. Large 8vo. xx, 811, (1); xvi, 815, (1) pp. Later red buckram, gilt lettered black spine labels, all edges marbled. Numerous illustrations in the text. Very good. More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870. 8vo, 476 pp. Marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary red half calf, gilt spine with a green label, mild rubbing and darkening to extremities, very good. More
The Charleston Trust, 1990-2001. Twenty-four volumes. Large 8vo. Each either 48 or 56 pp. Original decorative wrappers, with a small batch of Bloomsbury and Charleston related ephemera loosely inserted, including postcards, flyers, guides, etc. plus issue no. 10 of the Charleston Newsletter from March 1985. Occasional light wear to the..... More
Richmond: The Charleston Trust, 1985-1989. Six issues, 8vo, plus the separately produced part II of the index ("Index of Subjects") to the first 20 issues. A handful of illustrations, a few in colour. More
(London): Penguin Classics, (2009). First edition thus, 8vo, xxii, 436 pp. Black and white illustrations, inscribed from Ackroyd on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some light spots. More
London: The Folio Society, 1990. First edition thus, large 8vo, (xiv), 496 pp. 5 coloured plates. Dark green quarter morocco, patterned boards, slipcase, a fine copy. More
London: Basilisk Press, 1974. Limited edition, an out of series copy from an edition of 515 copies. Folio. ii, (2), 554, (2) pp. Brown buckram, gilt lettered to the spine. Illustrations, initials and decorative borders throughout. A magnificent facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Usually found in a William Morris designed..... More
Horsham: Stuart Guthrie, (1937). Limited edition, one of 250 copies, small 4to, (vi), 25, (1) pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth backed boards, mild browning to the spine, an excellent copy still with its original tissue wrapper, this browned. With an introduction by John Cowper Powys. More
London: Odhams Press, 1933. First edition. 8vo. 248 pp. Publisher's plum cloth, gilt spine very dull, dust jacket. The jacket worn and torn with losses, ghosts of old tape repairs on the verso jacket, since removed and now with more subtle tissue repairs, the cloth sound but faded in places..... More
Francofurti [Frankfurt]: Typis & Impensis Joannis Pressii, 1653. Three volumes, 8vo. Armorial bookplate of James Ibbetson (1717-1781), Archdeacon of St. Albans, in volume III with his inscription to the fly leaf in volume I and his bookplate mostly removed opposite, other 18th and 19th century inscriptions to fly leaves. Contemporary..... More
Dublin: Thomas Ewing, 1766. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 248; 243, (1) pp. Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, recent gilt lettered tan label. Dampstaining to approximately the first 80 and final 40 pages, joints and and spine ends neatly repaired. More
London: Hutchinson, (1953). First edition, 8vo, 87, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf, and with an autograph letter from him loosely inserted, on Ministry of Education stationery blind stamped with his home address advising on which poets to read - "How about concentrating on Andrew Young..... More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2004. First US edition. 8vo. (x), 782, (8) pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered and decorated to the spine, dust jacket, signed by the author on the title page. 4 black and white full page illustrations. A lovely copy. More