Hudibras. With an introduction by Henry Morley.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. 8vo, 286 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges, prize label to paste down. Contemporary brown calf with light rubbing, gilt spine and monogram, red label. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. 8vo, 286 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges, prize label to paste down. Contemporary brown calf with light rubbing, gilt spine and monogram, red label. More
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
London: Chatto & Windus, (2009). Limited edition, no. 454 of 1,000 copies signed by the author, 8vo, (viii), 617, (1) pp. Pictorial boards, top of the spine very slightly rubbed, pictorial slipcase slightly torn at the top edge. More
London: Henry Colburn, 1822. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 428 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Later 19th century gilt decorated maroon morocco, a.e.g., spine sunned, upper joint with a small hole to the middle otherwise sound, some mild scuffing. Wise II p. 77. More
London: John Murray, 1818. Second edition, 8vo, (iv), 49, (1) pp. Modern boards reproducing the title page, slightly faded. Wise I p. 125. More
London: John Murray, 1812. Second edition, 8vo, xii, 300, (2) pp. Small strip cut from the top of the title page, lacking the folding facsimile at the end, light foxing, light damp stain to the top corner through the second half of the volume, marbled endpapers. Contemporary vellum with some..... More
London: John Murray, 1818. First edition, third issue, 8vo, (xvi), 257, (1) pp. Faint damp stain to the top margin through much of the volume, small bookseller's label to the foot of the paste down. Contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked with a red morocco label. Wise I p. 61... More
London: John Murray, 1816. First edition, second issue, 8vo, (iv), 79, (1) pp. Some foxing at the beginning and end. Modern quarter calf, marbled sides. Wise I p. 56. More
London: John Murray, 1974-84 and 1994. Thirteen volumes, all first editions except volumes I, II and XII. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, gilt to the spines and upper boards, top edges red, dust jackets. Twelve volumes with frontispieces, 2 in colour. Very good. More
London: John Murray, 1817. First edition, third issue, 8vo, (iii)-80 pp, bound without the half title. Some light damp staining, contemporary signature to the title page. Modern boards reproducing the title page, slightly faded. More
London: John Murray, 1842. 12mo, Engraved second title, this foxed, marbled endpapers and edges, armorial bookplate. Bound by Dean of Canterbury in full calf, gilt spine with a black label, extremities rubbed. More
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
London: Frederick Warne and Co., [c.1880]. 8vo. viii, 668 pp. Contemporary blindstamped dark green full morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece and eight plates. A little light rubbing to the extremities, very good. The Landsowne Poets. 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
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
London: Stainer & Bell Ltd, Galliard, 1974. First edition. 8vo. 127, (2) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Clare with love Sydney". A little light wear to the jacket edges, very good. 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: 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