AMERICAN POETRY
ADAMS, Charles F. Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and other poems. With sixty-five illustrations by 'Boz.' Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1878
Front., illus., 12pp cata. Orig. red cloth, blocked in black, elaborately lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed, front inner hinge starting but sound.
NORWAY
ANONYMOUS. Oscar; a tale of Norway. Groombridge & Sons. [1871]
Front., engraved titlepage, illus. Orig. orange printed paper wrappers, back cover ad. v.g. 48pp.
ANONYMOUS. Picture Book for Little Children. Religious Tract Society. [c.1874]
Engr. titlepage, illus; sl. tear to pp 39-42. Orig. mauve cloth by Davison, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; spine faded to brown, sl. rubbed. Contemp. inscription on leading f.e.p. A nice copy.
ANONYMOUS. The Tailor & Cutter Year Book of Fashions. 1922. The John Williamson Co. 1922
4to. Illus. throughout. Orig. printed brown boards, grey cloth spine. v.g.
THE GARTHS OF RAVENSGARTH
ANONYMOUS. White Elephants. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Tinsley Brothers. 1882
Bound without half titles in contemp. half maroon morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt; a little rubbed.
MEN OF BUSINESS
ANTHOLOGY. The Importance of Literature to Men of Business: a series of addresses delivered at various popular institutions. Revised and corrected by the authors. John J. Griffin; Glasgow, Richard Griffin. 1852
Orig. blue cloth, sl. mark to spine. Booklabel of Cheltenham Grammar School.
'SNAILWAY GUIDE' PRESENTED TO EDMUND YATES
ASHBY-STERRY, Joseph. Tiny Travels. FIRST EDITION. Tinsley Brothers. 1875
Half title, 4pp cata. Orig. maroon cloth, ruled in black & blocked in gilt, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed, spine faded. Armorial bookplate of journalist and novelist Edmund Yates on leading f.e.p., ink presentation inscription on titlepage: 'Edmund Yates Esq, with the author's kind regards'.
BANGS, John Kendrick. The Pursuit of the House-Boat, being some further account of the doings of the Associated Shades, under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes Esq. (14th impression.) Harper & Bros. 1919
Half title, front., plates. Orig. black pictorial cloth, blocked in red; sl. cocked. Ownership inscription of Molly Kemp, Dumbarton on leading f.e.p. v.g.
GERMANY
BARING-GOULD, Sabine. Germany, present and past. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1879
Half titles, 31pp cata., 1p ads in vol. II. Unopened in orig. brown cloth, ruled in black, with a gilt roundel depicting an eagle on upper left of boards, spine lettered in gilt; spines sl. faded, otherwise a nice copy. With the armorial bookplate of 'Woburn Abbey 1873' on leading pastedowns.
BOERS & BASUTOS
BARKLY, Fanny Alexandra. Among Boers and Basutos. The story of our life on the frontier. 2nd edn. Remington. 1894
Half title. Orig. olive brown cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt. v.g.
GEORGE-ANNE BELLAMY, THE ACTRESS
BELLAMY, George Anne. Mémoires de George-Anne Bellamy, Actrice du Theatre de Covent-Garden. Traduit de l'Anglais, sur la quatrième edition, par A.-V. Benoist. Two volumes. Paris: chez H. Nicolle, libraire, rue du Bouloy, no. 56. [1799]
[4], 426pp; [4], 406pp, half titles, engr. fronts; 8vo. A little faint waterstaining to some leaves including front., vol. II. Contemp. quarter calf, sprinkled paper boards, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco title labels, small black oval volume labels. A very nice copy.
ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS
BENNETT, Arnold. Anna of the Five Towns: a novel. FIRST EDITION. Chatto & Windus. 1902
Half title, 32pp. cata. (Jan. 1902). Orig. blue pictorial cloth; spine darkened, sl. worn at head & tail & v. sl. chipped. t.e.g. A nice copy.
BENNETT, Arnold. Fame and Fiction. An enquiry into certain popularities. FIRST EDITION. Grant Richards. 1901
Half title. Orig. blue cloth; spine dulled & a little worn at head & tail, v. sl. lifting to front board.
BENNETT, Arnold. Friendship and Happiness. A plea for the feast of St Friend. Hodder & Stoughton. [c.1914]
Half title. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; a little darkened.
BENNETT, Arnold. Married Life: the plain man and his wife. Hodder & Stoughton. (1921)
Half title. Orig. red cloth; rear hinge rubbed, spine a little sunned.
WESTERN FRONT
BENNETT, Arnold. Over There: war scenes on the western front. FIRST EDITION. Methuen. 1915
Half title. Orig. blue paper-covered boards; sl. marked, spine a little worn, leading hinge starting.
BENNETT, Arnold. The Card: a story of adventure in the five towns. 2nd edn. Methuen. 1911
Half title, 32pp. cata. (Feb. 1911). Orig. green cloth; spine a little dulled. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p.
BENNETT, Arnold. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns. FIRST EDITION. Chapman & Hall. 1907
Half title, 10pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; boards a little marked, spine sl. rubbed at head & tail.
BENNETT, Arnold. The Roll-Call. FIRST EDITION. Hutchinson. 1918
Half title, 12pp. cata. (Autumn 1918); text sl. browned. Orig. red cloth; boards a little marked, spine faded to brown. Bookplate of William H. Zimmern on leading pastedown.
BENNETT, Arnold. These Twain. FIRST EDITION. Methuen. 1916
Half title, 4pp ads., 31pp. cata. (Oct. 1915); prelims & margins a little spotted. Orig. dark blue cloth, blocked & lettered in blind; sl. rubbed. Stamp of St. Nicholas Club on leading pastedown.
LONDRES
BERNHARDT, Fr. de. Londres et la Vie à Londres. 4to. Paris: Pierre Roger & Cie. [1912?]
Half title, 36 photographic plates. Orig. quarter red morocco; damp mark on front board, sl. rubbing to back board, traces of bookplate removal on leading pastedown.
MILITARY NOVEL
BLATCHFORD, Robert. Tommy Atkins of the Ramchunders. 2nd edn. Edward Arnold. 1898
Half title. Orig. red cloth, blocked & lettered in black, spine lettered in black & gilt; dulled & sl. rubbed, spine darkened. Ink inscription on first blank: 'To A.P. 1941.'
FRESH-WATER FISH
BOCCIUS, Gottlieb. A Treatise on the Management of Fresh-Water Fish. With a view to making them a source of profit to landed proprietors. John Van Voorst. 1841
Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. green moiré cloth, paper label; sl. wear to spine & corners. A good copy only.
BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, Nicholas. Oeuvres Diverses du Sieur D*** avec le Traité du Sublime ou du Merveilleux dans le Discours. Traduit du Grec de Longin. Nouvelle edition reveuë et augmentée. Paris: chez Claude Barbin. 1685
[8], 298, [16] index, privilege leaf; [17], 18-190, [8]pp index, general title & half title printed in red & black, frontispiece by Pierre Landry, 4 plates (one for the Satires, another for L'Art poëtique by Guillaume Vallet after Antoine Paillet, one for Le Lutrin by Landry, and a frontispiece for the Traité du Sublime signed Paillet et Vallet). 8vo. Contemporary note on front e.p., some marginal notes to section l'Art Poetique. Full contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments. Armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Bute. v.g.
UNRECORDED BROADSIDE
BROADSIDE. POGRAM. A Recipe to Make a True Pogram. Congleton: Addle, Printer. [c.1840]
Quarto broadside, title & 20 lines of text between two double-rules; faint crease in middle with tiny pinholes in upper margin not affecting text. 23.5 x 18.5cm.
DEDICATED TO DICKENS
BROOKS, Shirley. Aspen Court: a story of our own time. New edn, revised by the Author. Richard Bentley. 1857
Contemp. half dark blue morocco, red morocco label; a little rubbed.
ITALIAN SUBJECTS
BROWN, Alexander Theodore. Five Papers on Italian Subjects from Liverpool Societies. Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool; Liverpool Italian Literary Society. 1896-1922
Bound together in brown binder's cloth, spine lettered in gilt, all pamphlets retaining original wrappers. With occasional ink annotations. Pencil inscription on leading f.e.p.: 'E. Alba Crawford from A.T.B.' a.e.g.
LANDED ESTATES
BROWN, Robert Erskine. The Book of the Landed Estate. Containing directions for the management and development of the resources of landed property. FIRST EDITION. William Blackwood & Sons. 1869
Half title, illus. Quarter dark green morocco over pink cloth, spine pictorially blocked in gilt; front hinge cracked, sl. marking to boards & some water damage to rear board. Bookplate of Edward Chaddock Lowndes, Castle Combe, on leading paste-down.
HOME VENTILATION
BURN, Robert Scott. Practical Ventilation: as applied to public, domestic, and agricultural structures being an elucidation of plans and suggestions, of easy application, for ventilating every species of architectural structure with remarks on heating, construction of fireplaces, cure of smoky chimneys; and an appendix on the ventilation of ships, steamboats, and railway carriages. FIRST EDITION. William Blackwood & Sons. 1850
Illus., 2pp ads, 32pp cata.; some pencil markings. Uncut in orig. green cloth; spine faded to brown, sl. spotting on front board, corners v. sl. bumped. A good copy.
BRITISH INDIA
CAMPBELL, William. British India, in its relation to the decline of Hindooism, and the progress of Christianity... FIRST EDITION. John Snow. 1839
Hand-coloured front., vignette title, nine plates. Orig. purple cloth, dec. in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine faded to brown, front board & corners a bit bumped and rubbed. A nice copy.
DISTRICT VISITING
CARPENTER, William Boyd. The District Visitor's Companion: a handbook of instruction, help, and encouragement for those engaged in district visiting. 16mo. Elliot Stock. [1881]
1p. ad. Orig. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt, blocked in black; sl. rubbed. 75pp.
CASTLE, Agnes & Egerton. My Merry Rockhurst: some episodes in the life of Viscount Rockhurst, a friend of the King, at one time Constable of His Majesty's Tower. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 4014.) 1908
Half title, 32pp cata. (Dec. 1907). Uncut in orig. buff printed paper wrappers; sl. dusted. A good-plus copy.
FRANCE, AMERICA, HAITI, ETC
CECIL, Lord Eusace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne. Impressions of Life. At home and abroad. FIRST EDITION. Hurst & Blackett. 1865
Half title, 12pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, bordered in blind, spine lettered in gilt; rather rubbed & bumped, evidence of label removal on leading f.e.p. Contemp. ownership inscription on titlepage. Barne bookplate on leading pastedown. A good sound copy.
CANTERBURY TALES
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer; with an essay upon his language and versification, and introductory discourse, notes, and a glossary, by T. Tyrwhitt. 19th edn. 5 vols. Printed for W. Pickering & R. and S. Prowett. 1822
Half titles, front. port, vol. I with Stothard engr. plate in two states; prelim & final blanks of each volume sl. foxed, the odd spot throughout. Sumptuously bound in contemp. crushed morocco, elaborately panelled in gilt, raised bands with gilt design; spines sl. faded, extremities a bit rubbed. An attractive set of one of the most important works in English literature.
INFAMOUS JOCKEY
CHIFNEY, Samuel. Genius Genuine. A fine part in riding a race, known only to the author. Why there are so few good rubbers; or why the turf horses degenerate. A guide to recover them to their strength and speed; as well as to train horses for running ... A full account of the Prince's horse Escape running at Newmarket on the 20th and 21st days of October 1791. Sold for the author, 232, Piccadilly, and no where else. 1804
Bound without half title in 20th-century quarter tree calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt; head & tail of spine sl. chipped.
CHISWICK PRESS TYPE SPECIMENS
CHISWICK PRESS. Decorative Initials. The Chiswick Press. [1952]
Each page with series of decorative initials. Orig. brown card wrappers, decorated with a large teal initial A, lettered in green; spine sl. worn, else v.g. 86pp.
WORLD TRAVELS
CLAYTON, Captain John William. Scenes and Studies; or, Errant steps and stray fancies. Longman, Green, & Co. 1870
Half title. Orig. green cloth, panelled in blind, spine lettered in gilt; rear board sl. rubbed.
SEA LIFE
COATE, H.E. Acraman. Realities of Sea Life. Describing the duties, prospects, and pleasures of a young sailor in the mercantile marine. With a preface by J.R. Diggle. FIRST EDITION. L. Upcott Gill. 1898
Half title, 11pp cata, 5pp ads; sl. browned. Orig. green cloth blocked & lettered in gilt; a bit rubbed, corners sl. bumped.
TRAVELS IN FRANCE
COBBETT, James Paul. A Ride of Eight Hundred Miles in France; containing a sketch of the face of the country, of its rural economy, of the towns and villages, of manufactures and trade, and of such of the manners and customs as materially different from those in England... 2nd edn. 12mo. Printed for the author, and published by Charles Clement. 1824
Bound in sl. later half calf over drab boards; rubbed, front hinge split but sound.
USEFUL LIVES
COCHRANE, Robert, ed. Beneficent and Useful Lives. W. & R. Chambers. 1890
Front., plates, 12pp cata. Orig. green cloth, blocked in black & gilt, lettered in gilt; extremities sl. rubbed. Copperplate inscription on leading f.e.p. verso: 'St. Nicholas' Secondary School, Nottingham. Prize awarded to John Guy. For regular attendance, and good conduct. January 28th 1894.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY
COX, Francis Augustus. History of the Baptist Missionary Society, from 1792-1842. To which is added a sketch of the general Baptist mission. First thousand. 2 vols. T. Ward & Co. 1842
Orig. powder blue cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; a little rubbed, spines sl. faded. Ink inscription on leading pastedown of both vols: 'Club Book No. 4' in vol. I, 'Club Book No. 5' in vol. II, pencil inscription on leading f.e.ps of both vols: 'Frank Cross, Cottenham Cambs, 1907, Presented to an old friend Thomas Wiseman.'
TERRESTRIAL BALL
CRANE, Walter. Mrs Mundi - At Home - The Terrestrial Ball - R.S.V.P. 2nd edn. Landscape folio. London & Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co. [n.d.]
Vignette title & 24 numbered plates, printed in dark brown on plate paper; some worm damage in lower margin of titlepage & first few leaves. Orig. olive green cloth, bevelled boards, pictorially blocked & lettered in black & gilt; minor repairs to tail of spine, sl. rubbed.
VERSES SUGGESTED BY AN ATKINSON GRIMSHAW PAINTING
CROSLAND, T.W.H. Iris and the Water Lilies. Suggested by Mr. Atkinson Grimshaw's Picture, 'Iris.' n.p. [1888?]
3pp.
CUNEO, Cyrus. (HAGGARD, Sir Henry Rider) ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION for The People of the Mist. [c.1906]
Signed painting in gouache on heavy printer's board, printer's annotations on verso; some wear to lower right corner with sl. loss to image & signature.
CUNNINGHAM, John William. Sancho; or, The Proverbialist. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. T. Cadell & W. Davies. 1816
Half title; margins a little dusted. Recent drab boards, facsimile paper label. Faded gift inscription on half title.
PATRIOTIC IRISH POEMS
D'ARCY, Hal. Poems. FIRST EDITION. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co. [c.1930]
Half title. Uncut in orig. sage green cloth, Celtic design blocked in gilt; spine a little dulled. Gift inscription on leading f.e.p. Postcard of Robert Emmet loosely inserted. A v.g. bright copy.
SWEDISH WARS
DEFOEIANA. ANONYMOUS. The History of the Wars, of his present Majesty Charles XII. King of Sweden; from his first landing in Denmark, to his return from Turkey to Pomerania. By a Scots gentleman in the Sweedish Service. Printed for A. Bell in Cornhil. 1715
[4], 192, 225-400pp. 8vo. Pages 380-381 misnumbered 376-377. Original paper flaw to B1 without loss of text, old stain to leading edge pages 225-244, some occasional sl. dusting to fore-edges & titlepage. Contemporary panelled calf, raised bands, red morocco label. From the Library of Invercauld Castle, Braemar, with signature of Robert Comvie on titlepage, again on inner front board, and a note of the purchase price '2 shill' on front endpaper.
THOULIER'S TRANSLATION
DEMOSTHENES. Philippiques de Démosthène: et Catilinaires de Cicéron; traduites par L'Abbé d'Olivet; avec des remarques de Bouhier sur le texte de Cicéron. Paris: chez Pierre Gandouin. 1736
[2], 416, [4]pp. 12mo. Full contemporary calf; joints & corners rubbed, upper joint sl. cracked, lacking label.
DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S COPY
DENHAM, Michael Aislabie. Slogans of the North of England. 4to. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: imprinted George Bouchier Richardson ... printer to the Society of Antiquaries and to the Typographical Society ... 1851
With: LONGSTAFFE, William Hylton. Observations on Martial Mottos. Printed in blue, black and red, vignette illus. Contemp. presentation binding in full calf, triple gilt borders, gilt spine, maroon morocco label, yellow edges; some very slight rubbing. A v.g. attractive copy. Front board is blocked with the emblem of the Duke of Northumberland.
BRISTOLIAN
DIX, John. Local Legends and Rambling Rhymes. With illustrations, by A. Pen. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Bristol: George Davey. 1839
Front., additional engr. title, plates; some sl. spotting & foxing. Orig. brown cloth, pictorial blocked in gilt; sl. marked, spine sl. faded, a little rubbed. Bookselling ticket on leading pastedown: J. Harvey, Music Seller &c. Library Sidmouth.
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