Cecilia. Or Memoirs of an Heiress.
London: J.M. Dent, 1893. Three volumes, 12mo. 9 plates. Original gilt titled green cloth, t.e.g., volume III bound in a slightly lighter cloth, a very good set. More
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Evelina; or, the history of a young lady's introduction to the world.
London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [1870s.]. Small 8vo, (iv), 379, (1) pp. Light foxing at the beginning and end. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, spine slightly sunned. More
Some Poems by... Illuminated and Lettered by Frances Richards...
(London): The Enitharmon Press, 1976. Limited edition, no. 58 of 250 copies, 4to, (44) pp. Illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w., spine and edges faded otherwise very good. More
Poems, Songs and Letters, Being the complete works of... Edited from the best printed and manuscript authorities by Alexander Smith.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1884. 8vo, lxii, 636 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges, prize label from the Glasgow Academy to paste down. Bound by Maclehose in dark blue full calf, gilt spine and arms, some rubbing to extremities. More
The Works of... with a series of authentic pictorial illustrations, marginal glossary, numerous notes, and appendixes: also the Life of Burns, by J.G. Lockhart; and Essays... by Thomas Carlyle and Professor Wilson. Edited by Charles Annandale.
London: Blackie & Son, 1888. Five volumes, 8vo. Two portrait frontispieces and 54 plates, plus a double page facsimile plate of hand-writing, a later owner's brief inscription to the fly leaf verso in volume I. Original gilt and black decorated red cloth, a.e.g., spines sunned, ends a little bumped otherwise..... More
The Works of... With an account of his life and a criticism of his writings. To which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry.
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. Eighth edition, five volumes, 12mo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I. Contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, neatly rebacked with maroon labels. More
Ali's Smile. Naked Scientology.
(Bonn): Expanded Media Editions, (1995). Two works in one volume, 8vo, 106, (4) pp. Black and white illustrations. Paperback, extremities a little rubbed. Text in both German and English. More
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainment, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights. [with] Supplemental Nights.
Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers only, [c.1920]. Luristan edition, no. 303 of 1,000 sets, seventeen volumes, large 8vo. Frontispiece and several plates in each volume. Original grey cloth, t.e.g., spines with paper labels, browned and faded, spines ends a little bumped otherwise a good set. More
Hudibras, in three parts. Written in the time of the late wars: Corrected and Amended with large annotations and a preface by Zachery Grey.
London: Printed for C. Hitch [et al], 1764. Second edition thus, two volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece and 16 plates, 5 of which are folding, armorial bookplates of Christopher Jeaffreson, Dullingham. 20th century quarter morocco, spines sunned, labels giving Grey as the author. More
The Reverse of the Picture. An Art Reverie.
Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son; London: Simpkin Marshall & Co., 1888. Sole edition. 47, (1) pp. Publisher's paper backed boards, the upper cover illustrated in the style of the reverse side of a framed painting. Frontispiece illustrated by Edith Somerville. A little light soiling to the lower cover, very good..... More
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt.
London: John Murray, 1860. 8vo. 192 pp. Contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered label. Frontispiece and an illustrated title page to each of the four cantos. Originally published in four cantos between 1812 and 1818. More
Don Juan. With... illustrations & decorations by John Austen.
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, (1926). First edition thus, large 8vo, (xiv), 408 pp. Black and white illustrations, signature to paste down. Original gilt titled cream buckram, t.e.g., spine a little browned. More
The Poetical Works of...
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
Callimachi Cyrenæi Hymni (cum suis scholii Græcis) & Epigrammata. Eiusdem Poematium De coma Berenices, à Catullo versum. Nicodemi Frischlini Balingensis interpretationes duæ Hymnorum: una, oratione soluta: altera, carmine.
[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
The Gardener's Year. Illustrated by Josef Capek.
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
The Norther (El Norte). Translated with an Introduction by Margaret Sayers Peden. Illustrated by José Treviño.
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
The Poems of... with his masque Coelum Britannicum. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Rhodes Dunlop.
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
The Old Strife at Plant's. With illustrations by the author.
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
The Memoirs of... Prince of Adventurers and the Most Indomitable of Lovers. A New Edition with Introduction, Notes and Appendices. [Illustrations] from Drawings by Antoine Gaymard.
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
Opera Catulli, Tibulli, Propertii, et Corn. Galli siue Maximani potius. Cum Indice diligenti vocum singlularum...
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
The History and Fables of Aesop. Translated and Printed by William Caxton 1484. Reproduced in Facsimile from the Copy in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, with an Introduction by Edward Hodnett.
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
The Game of Chess. Translated and Printed by William Caxton c.1483. Reproduced in Facsimile from the Copy at Trinity College, Cambridge, with an Introduction by N.F. Blake.
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
That Capri Air, with a Foreword by Francis Brett Young.
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
Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish of... by Charles Jarvis. Illustrated by Archibald Boyd Houghton.
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
Cyclopædia of English Literature. A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times. Edited by...
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