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A SUMMER MISCELLANY
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A SUMMER MISCELLANY

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Happy England 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.
Stock #61591 full description >>
£125


NIGHTINGALE VALLEY

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.
Stock #22837 full description >>
£150


U.C. PRIVATE PRESS

A Proper Sonet 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.
Stock #59771 full description >>
£45


MANUSCRIPT VERSE

A Voluntary. 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.
Stock #57050 full description >>
£120


Annals: 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.
Stock #54958 full description >>
£45


NIGERIAN PALM OIL - WRITING HOME FROM NEW CALABAR

Autograph letter from your affectionate son Arthur, Hulk Gary Owen, 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.
Stock #57071 full description >>
£75


Creations Dawn. ANONYMOUS. Creation's Dawn. By "Kish". With a preface by A.H. Sayce.
John Long. 1908
Half title. Orig. orange cloth.
Stock #58541 full description >>
£30


Scenes and Thoughts. 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.
Stock #48770 full description >>
£125


ALPHABET

The Alphabet Annotated for Youth and Adults. 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.
Stock #22439 full description >>
£110


SAN FRANCISCO

Views of San Francisco, California. 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.
Stock #48655 full description >>
£50


The Giants Robe. 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.
Stock #57093 full description >>
£35


CULTURE & ANARCHY

Culture and 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.
Stock #54642 full description >>
£220


Discourses in America. ARNOLD, Matthew. Discourses in America. FIRST EDITION.
Macmillan. 1885
Half title. Orig. dark green cloth; sl. dulled.
Stock #54561 full description >>
£65


WORKING COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

Essays in Criticism. 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.
Stock #54648 full description >>
£75


Essays in Criticism. ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in Criticism. Second series. FIRST EDITION.
Macmillan. 1888
Half title, 2pp ads + 32pp cata. (April 1888). Orig. blue cloth; sl. rubbed.
Stock #55435 full description >>
£50


Friendships Garland, 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.
Stock #54568 full description >>
£20


Friendships Garland: 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.
Stock #54586 full description >>
£35


Friendships Garland: 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.
Stock #54587 full description >>
£30


Higher Schools and Universities in Germany. 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.
Stock #54566 full description >>
£35


Irish Essays ARNOLD, Matthew. Irish Essays and others. Popular edn.
Smith, Elder. 1891
Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. crimson cloth; spine sl. faded.
Stock #54567 full description >>
£20


Passages from the Prose Writings. ARNOLD, Matthew. Passages from the Prose Writings.
Smith, Elder. 1880
2pp ads. Orig. dark blue cloth; sl. marked.
Stock #54559 full description >>
£30


SECOND SERIES

Poems. 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.
Stock #54582 full description >>
£50


THE ARMY IN 1906

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.
Stock #62116 full description >>
£60


The Season: 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.
Stock #55455 full description >>
£40


The Angel World, 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.
Stock #48459 full description >>
£30


THE EXILED RAJA

Statement of Rungo Bapojee, 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.
Stock #26570 full description >>
£110


THE SILVER STORE

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.
Stock #14465 full description >>
£30


Old Country Life ... 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.
Stock #48719 full description >>
£25


Silver Store, 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.
Stock #48726 full description >>
£20


RELIGIOUS BELIEF

The Origin and Development of 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.
Stock #48717 full description >>
£40


SILESIA

Lares and Penates: 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.
Stock #62125 full description >>
£225


CORSICA

Studies in 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.
Stock #60498 full description >>
£75


BIRTHDAYS

A Medley of 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.
Stock #58427 full description >>
£40


BIRTHDAY BOOK

A 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.
Stock #55033 full description >>
£125


MR BOUNCER

Little Mr. Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green. 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.
Stock #48682 full description >>
£75


ALS TO FREDERICK PARDON

ALS as Edward Bradley, to (George 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]

Stock #48748 full description >>
£120


VERDANT GREEN

The Adventures of Mr 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.
Stock #48672 full description >>
£100


The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green, 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.
Stock #48673 full description >>
£75


The Rooks Garden: 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.
Stock #48681 full description >>
£75


SHILLING BOOK OF BEAUTY

The 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.
Stock #48692 full description >>
£85


HABITS & TREATMENTS OF ANIMALS

Fact Against Fiction. BERKELEY, George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge. Fact Against Fiction. The habits and treatments of animals practically considered; hydrophobia and distemper; with some remarks on Darwin. 2 vols.
Samuel Tinsley. 1874
Half titles, 16pp. cata. vol II. Orig. red morocco-grained cloth, bevelled boards; spines sl. rubbed & dulled.
Stock #61655 full description >>
£60


GOSPELS

The Gospel According to Matthew, Mark & Luke. BIBLE. The Gospel According to Matthew, Mark & Luke. (Large Paper Edition.)
Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1885
Half title. Contemp. half brown calf. Bookplate of Michael Tomkinson on leading pastedown. t.e.g. v.g.
Stock #58925 full description >>
£150


Curiosities of Light and Sight. BIDWELL, Shelford. Curiosities of Light and Sight. FIRST EDITION.
Swan Sonnenschien & Co. 1899
Half title, illus. Orig. red cloth, sl. dulled.
Stock #60252 full description >>
£40


BLACKSTONE'S LAW

Commentaries on the Laws of England. BLACKSTONE, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. 4 vols.
Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press. 1768-69
4to. Vols I & II, third editions, Vols III & IV, first editions. Full contemp. calf, raised bands, red & green gilt labels; joints cracked but firm, surface abrasion to boards. Contemp. signature of W. Jeffreys Jr. dated 1769, and later bookplate of Fort Augustus Abbey. A v.g. clean set.
Stock #42612 full description >>
£2250


CANARIES & CAGE BIRDS

The Illustrated Book of Canaries, and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign. BLAKSTON, William, SWAYSLAND, Walter, & WIENER, August F. The Illustrated Book of Canaries, and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign. 4to.
Cassell & Co. [c.1890]
Colour chromolithograph front. & plates, illus. 1 vol. bound in 2. Contemp. half maroon calf; sl. rubbed.
Stock #55410 full description >>
£200


PRIVATE PRESS

Two Poems from Englands Helicon. BOLTON, Edmund. Two Poems from Englands Helicon. Sm. 4to.
Privately printed in the Department of English at University College, London. 1934
Unopened in orig. blue printed wraps. (8pp.)
Stock #59770 full description >>
£40


TO MY SON

BOOK MARK.  To My Son. BOOK MARK. STEVENS, Thomas. BOOK MARK. To My Son.
Coventry: Thomas Stevens. [1870]
Woven in coloured silk, pinned on to original Thomas Stevens headed card as issued. v.g. & bright. Bookmark 5.3 x 23cm.
Stock #57144 full description >>
£100


BOOK MARK.  Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, BOOK MARK. STEVENS, Thomas. BOOK MARK. Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, opened July 1866.
Coventry: Thomas Stevens. [1866]
Woven in coloured silk. v.g. & bright. Approx. 5 x 31cm.
Stock #57141 full description >>
£85


TRANSLATED FROM THE CAMBRIAN

The Sleeping Bard; BORROW, George. The Sleeping Bard; or Visions of the world, death and hell, by Elis Wyn. Translated from the Cambrian British by George Borrow ...
John Murray. 1860
Titlepage sl. spotted. Uncut in orig. pink paper wraps; sl. creased.
Stock #41126 full description >>
£280


GYPSIES OF SPAIN

The Zincali; BORROW, George. The Zincali; or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an original collection of their songs and poetry, and a copious dictionary of their language. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo.
John Murray. 1841
Half titles, final ad. leaf in vol. II. Uncut in orig. dark green cloth, paper labels sl. chipped; sl. rubbing to head & tail of spines, boards sl. marked. Booklabel of Eric S. Quale. Bookseller's tickets of Sharland, Southampton. A very nice copy.
Stock #55965 full description >>
£225


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