FINE BINDING
À KEMPIS, Thomas. Of the Imitation of Christ. (Large Paper Edition.) C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1881
Half title, front. Contemp. half brown calf. Bookplate of Michael Tomkinson on leading pastedown. t.e.g. v.g.
SCARCE EARLY POEMS
(AINSWORTH, William Harrison) The Works of Cheviot Tichburn. (Manchester:) with the type of John Leigh. 1825
Half title; sm. tear to upper margin of half title & contents leaf. 20th century half calf by Bayntun. v.g.
ALLINGHAM, Helen & HUISH, Marcus B. Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham. With a memoir and descriptions by Marcus B. Huish. 4to. Adam & Charles Black. 1903
Half title, front., col. plates. Orig. blue pictorial cloth; sl. rubbed; leading inner hinge sl. cracked. t.e.g.
NIGHTINGALE VALLEY
ALLINGHAM, William. Nightingale Valley: A collection, including a great number of the choicest lyrics and short poems in the English language. Edited by Giraldus. FIRST EDITION. Bell & Daldy. 1860
Half title. Orig. maroon cloth; sl. rubbed, spine sl. faded to brown. Date in ink on titlepage, 11th Feb. 1860, ink inscriptions on verso of leading f.e.p. v.g.
ALMANACK. SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. The British Almanac ... for .. 1868. (Companion to the Almanac; or, Year-Book of general information for 1868.) Knight & Co. [1867]
WITH: MOORE, Francis. Vox Stellarum: or, A Loyal Almanack for ... 1868, ... Printed for the Company of Stationers. Title in red & black. 3 works in 1 vol. Handsome full scarlet straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, borders & dentelles; ink spots. a.e.g. v.g.
U.C. PRIVATE PRESS
ANONYMOUS. A Proper Sonet from A Gorgeous Gallery of Gallant Inventions. Sm. 4to. Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, London. 1935
Orig. orange brown printed wraps. (2), 4, (2)pp.
MANUSCRIPT VERSE
ANONYMOUS. A Voluntary. Manuscript poem in 10 verses. 'Ever since the days of Harold, The praise of fighting swells ...' 1859
82 lines mss on 6 sides of 2 folded sheets, with original sewing. WITH: printed copy of the same poem dated Althorp, 27th September 1859. 3pp. 4to.
ANONYMOUS. Annals: nineteenth century. n.p. [c.1920-60?]
Orig. maroon cloth boards; rubbed & dusted with blue paper ms. title. Cloth tabs are attached to pages, marking decades.
NIGERIAN PALM OIL - WRITING HOME FROM NEW CALABAR
ANONYMOUS. Autograph letter from 'your affectionate son Arthur', Hulk 'Gary Owen', New Calabar, June 1, 1868. 'I am glad to say that I am once more safe here. I arrived at Bonny on the 23rd and came out here on the 24th ... 1868
57 lines on 4 sides of single folded sheet.
ANONYMOUS. Creation's Dawn. By "Kish". With a preface by A.H. Sayce. John Long. 1908
Half title. Orig. orange cloth.
ANONYMOUS. Scenes and Thoughts. Printed for G.B. Whittaker. 1824
Uncut in orig. drab boards; spine neatly repaired, paper label sl. defective. Handsome armorial bookplate of Henry Collingwood.
ALPHABET
ANONYMOUS. The Alphabet Annotated for Youth and Adults. In Doggerel Verse. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to. Ackermann & Co. 1853
Engraved titlepage, illus. & etched by G.W. Terry; some spotting throughout, a few leaves sl. torn without loss. Orig. blue cloth, large paper label on front board. A good-plus copy.
SAN FRANCISCO
ANONYMOUS. Views of San Francisco, California. Obl. San Francisco: Cardinall Vincent Co. [1915?]
24 postcard views in brown card wraps with photographic onlay. v.g.
ANSTEY, F., pseud. (Thomas Anstey Guthrie) The Giant's Robe. Smith, Elder. 1884
Half title; sl. tear to leading f.e.p. Orig. green cloth; sl. rubbed, cloth sl. lifting in places.
(ARNOLD, Matthew, ed.) Isaiah of Jerusalem in the Authorised English Version; with intro., corrections, and notes by Matthew Arnold. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. 1883
Half title, 32pp cata. (Nov. 1883). Orig. brown cloth; sl. dulled.
(ARNOLD, Matthew, ed.) Isaiah XL-LXVI, with the shorter prophecies allied to it; arranged and ed. with notes by Matthew Arnold. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. 1875
Orig. brown cloth; sl. marked.
(ARNOLD, Matthew, ed.) BURKE, Edmund Letters, Speeches and Tracts on Irish Affairs; collected and arranged by Matthew Arnold, with a preface. Macmillan. 1881
Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. dark blue cloth; sl. chipped, spine faded, inner hinges cracking.
CULTURE & ANARCHY
ARNOLD, Matthew. Culture and Anarchy: an essay in political and social criticism. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. 1869
Half title. Orig. brown cloth, bevelled boards; spine sl. worn at head & tail, inner hinges splitting. A decent copy.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Discourses in America. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. 1885
Half title. Orig. dark green cloth; sl. dulled.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in Criticism. Second series. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. 1888
Half title, 2pp ads + 32pp cata. (April 1888). Orig. blue cloth; sl. rubbed.
WORKING COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION
ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in Criticism. 2nd edn. Macmillan. 1869
Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. brown cloth, dark green e.ps; dulled & sl. rubbed, inner hinges strengthened with paper.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Friendship's Garland, being the conversations, letters, and opinions of the late Arminius, Baron von Thunder-Ten-Tronckh; collected and ed., with a Dedicatory Letter to Adolescens Leo, Esq., of 'The Daily Telegraph'. Popular edn. Smith, Elder. 1903
2pp ads, half title removed. Orig. crimson cloth; spine faded.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Friendship's Garland: being the conversations, letters, and opinions of the late Arminius, Baron von Thunder-Ten-Tronckh. Collected and ed., with a Dedicatory Letter to Adolescens Leo, Esq., of 'The Daily Telegraph'. 2nd edn. Smith, Elder. 1897
Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. white cloth; spine sl. dulled, a few spots. Monogram bookplate of C.F. Mason.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Friendship's Garland: being the conversations, letters, and opinions of the late Arminius, Baron von Thunder-Ten-Tronckh. Collected and ed, with a Dedicatory Letter to Adolescens Leo, Esq., of 'The Daily Telegraph'. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder. 1871
2pp ads, half title removed. Orig. white cloth by Hanbury & Simpson; spine sunned, sl. discoloured. Attractive bookplate of Leonard Courtney, 15 Cheyne Walk.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Higher Schools and Universities in Germany. (2nd edn.) Macmillan. 1874
83pp cata. (Oct. 1873); browning caused by e.ps. Orig. brown cloth; dulled.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Irish Essays and others. Popular edn. Smith, Elder. 1891
Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. crimson cloth; spine sl. faded.
ARNOLD, Matthew. Passages from the Prose Writings. Smith, Elder. 1880
2pp ads. Orig. dark blue cloth; sl. marked.
SECOND SERIES
ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems. Second series. FIRST EDITION. Longmans. 1855
vi & 24pp cata. (Nov. 1854). Orig. green cloth by Westleys, orange e.ps with printed ads; spine faded with splits in hinges. Bookplate of Orford Young.
THE ARMY IN 1906
ARNOLD-FORSTER, Hugh Oakeley. The Army in 1906: a policy and a vindication. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. 1906
Half title. Orig. red cloth; sl. rubbed, spine sl. dulled. Army & Navy Club library label on leading pastedown & stamp on leading f.e.p.
AUSTIN, Alfred. The Season: a satire. New & revised edition, (being the third). John Camden Hotten. 1869
Half title, final ad. leaf + 4pp ads. Orig. brown cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; sl. dulled. a.e.g.
BAILEY, Philip James. The Angel World, and other poems. W. Pickering. 1850
Front., title in red & black; pp.107-111 advertise 'Festus', erratum slip. Orig. dark blue cloth by Bone & Son; sm. split at head of following hinge, lacking leading f.e.p. a.e.g. v.g.
THE EXILED RAJA
BAPOJEE, Rungo. Statement of Rungo Bapojee, accredited agent of His Highness Purtaub Sing, the deposed and exiled Raja of Sattara; delivered at a Great Meeting in the Hanover Square Rooms, Wednesday, December 2, 1846. General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. in the Chair. n.p. 1846
Contemp. cream wraps, titled in blue ink. 24pp.
THE SILVER STORE
BARING-GOULD, Sabine The Silver Store collected from mediaeval Christian and Jewish mines. (2nd edn.) W. Skeffington & Son. 1882
Half title; printed in purple-brown ink. Orig. blue cloth, blocked in silver; sl. rubbing.
BARING-GOULD, Sabine. Old Country Life ... 4th edn. Methuen & Co. 1892
Half title, front., illus., music, 6pp ads. Orig. dark blue cloth printed in red; sl. affected by damp on front board & prelims.
BARING-GOULD, Sabine. Silver Store, collected from mediæval, Christian, and Jewish Mines. New edn. (5th impression.) Skeffington & Son. [c.1890?]
Half title, title in red & black. Orig. grey-green pict. cloth; spine sl. dulled.
STRANGE SURVIVALS
BARING-GOULD, Sabine. Strange Survivals: some chapters in the history of man. FIRST EDITION. Methuen & Co. 1892
Half title, front., illus. Orig. red cloth; spine faded with sm. split at head.
BARING-GOULD, Sabine. Strange Survivals: some chapters in the history of man. 3rd edn. Methuen & Co. 1905 [1910]
Half title, front., illus., 31pp cata. (Aug. 1910). Orig. blue cloth; spine dulled.
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
BARING-GOULD, Sabine. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief. New edn. 2 vols. Rivingtons. 1882 / 1878
Half titles. Orig. purple cloth; spines faded with sm. labels. Booklabels of St. Paul's Lecture Society Library, St. Paul's Cathedral.
SILESIA
BARKER, William Burckhardt. Lares and Penates: or, Cilicia and its governors; being a short historical account of that province from the earliest times to the present day: together with a description of some household gods of the ancient Cilicians, broken up by them on their conversion to Christianity, first discovered and brought to this country by the author. Ed. by William Francis Ainsworth. FIRST EDITION. Ingram, Cooke & Co. 1853
Front., plates & illus., 2pp ads. Orig. red cloth; spine sl. faded. A nice copy.
CORSICA
BARRY, John Warren. Studies in Corsica, sylvan and social. Sampson Low. 1893
Front., plates, fold. map, 2pp cata. Orig. green cloth, bevelled boards; a little rubbed & dulled.
FOR 'THE MAN OF THE WORLD'
(BAUDOUIN, Alexandre) The Man of the World's Dictionary. Translated from the French. J. Appleyard. 1822
Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, marbled paper spine, paper label; spine rubbed. A nice copy in the original binding.
BIRTHDAYS
BAUMGARTNER, E.F.A. A Medley of Birthdays. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons. 1911
Half title; occasional birthday entries in ink. Orig. cream boards. a.e.g.
BIRTHDAY BOOK
BEATRICE MARY, Princess of England. A Birthday Book. Designed by Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice. 4to. Smith, Elder & Co. 1881
Colour litho. plates by J.G. Bach of Leipzig. Half title. Dec. light brown cloth by Burn & Co.; a little marked. a.e.g. v.g.
MR BOUNCER
BEDE, Cuthbert, pseud. (Edward Bradley). Little Mr. Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green. With illustrations by the Author. FIRST EDITION. James Blackwood & Co. [1873]
Half title, 31pp cata. unopened. Orig. bright green cloth. v.g.
ALS TO FREDERICK PARDON
BEDE, Cuthbert, pseud. (Edward Bradley). ALS as Edward Bradley, to (George Frederick) Pardon. 69 lines on 4pp, from Denton Rectory, Stilton, Peterborough April 27, (1860). He speaks of his preferment and various offers made to him, and describes his travels, including to Scotland and his preference for his 'pretty new Rectory house'. [1860]
BEDE, Cuthbert, pseud. (Edward Bradley). The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green, an Oxford freshman ... 94th thousand. James Blackwood & Co. [c.1865?]
Front. port., added engr. title, illus. by the Author. Orig. green cloth; spine dulled.
VERDANT GREEN
BEDE, Cuthbert, pseud. (Edward Bradley). The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green, an Oxford freshman. 6th edn. H. Ingram & Co., 1855. 1855 / 1856 / 1857 / 1855
BOUND WITH: The Further Adventures of Mr Verdant Green, ... 5th edn. James Blackwood, 1856. WITH: Mr Verdant Green Married and Done For: ... FIRST EDITION. James Blackwood, 1857. WITH: The Autobiography of P.T. Barnum: clerk, merchant, editor, and showman. Ward & Lock, 1855. 4 works in 1 vol. in contemp. half maroon roan. Armorial bookplate of William Frederick Webb.
BEDE, Cuthbert, pseud. (Edward Bradley). The Rook's Garden: essays and sketches. FIRST EDITION. Sampson Low. 1865
Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. green cloth, bevelled boards by Bone & Son; spine rubbed, inner hinge cracking.
SHILLING BOOK OF BEAUTY
BEDE, Cuthbert, pseud. (Edward Bradley). The Shilling Book of Beauty. Edited & illustrated, by Cuthbert Bede. FIRST EDITION. James Blackwood. 1856
Front., added engr. title, illus.; sl. browned at end. Dark green binder's cloth; sl. marked. Booklabel of John Sparrow.
(BEDE, Cuthbert, pseud. (Edward Bradley).) ELLIS, Stewart Marsh. A Twin Centenary. The authors of 'Mr Verdant Green' and 'Guy Livingstone'. An extract from The Bookman, April 1927. 1927
pp. 10 (part) - 14. Illus. Disbound leaves with old folds. In a blue folder.
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