ANONYMOUS. Little Facts for Little People by S.T.C. FIRST EDITION. Seeley, Jackson & Halliday. 1867
Front., engr. plates, 2pp cata. Orig. maroon cloth decoratively blocked in blind & gilt; spine faded & a little rubbed, rear board sl. rippled. Bookplate of Maie Mitchell & bookseller's ticket of Sefton & MacKenzie on leading pastedown.
BROWN, Mrs. J.W. Muriel's Dreamland. A fairy tale. With illustrations by the authoress and her daughter, Alberta Brown. Large quarto edn. Griffith & Farran. 1871
Half title, front., plates, 6pp 'Opinions of the Press'; occasional sl. spotting. Orig. green bevelled boards, pictorially blocked & bordered in gilt. a.e.g. A lovely copy.
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Goldsmith's Wife. With 12 illustrations by F. Gilbert. John Dicks, Office of 'Bow Bells', 313 Strand. [c.1875]
Double-column text, half title printed on recto of front., plates. 20thC maroon moiré cloth, brown calf spine ruled in gilt, black leather label. A very clean copy.
SOUTH-SEA BUBBLE
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The South-Sea Bubble. With nineteen illustrations by Edward Henry Corbould. John Dicks, Office of 'Bow Bells', 313 Strand. [1871]
Double-column text, half title printed on recto of front., ad. on verso of title, plates. 20thC maroon moiré cloth, brown calf spine ruled in gilt, black leather label. A very clean copy.
PICTORIAL ALMANACK FOR 1875 - UNRECORDED
ALMANACK. BENNETT, E. Bennett's Pictorial Almanack for 1875. Ledbury: E. Bennett, chemist. 1875
llus. Orig. mauve printed paper wrappers; sl. worn. 32pp.
1840 DAILY CALENDAR
ALMANACK. ENGLISHMAN. The Englishman's Almanack; or, Daily calendar of general information for the year 1840. Printed for the Company of Stationers. 1840
Illus.; paper flaw pp 41-48 with loss of text largely to pp 45-48. Orig. grey printed paper wrappers. v.g. 72pp.
MINIATURE NEW YORK ALMANACK
ALMANACK. FRIENDS' BOOK & TRACT COMMITTEE. Pocket Almanac for 1901. New York: Friends' Book & Tract Committee. 1901
Orig. grey printed paper wrappers, stapled as issued; staples rusted, contents loose in binding. (40)pp, 8.5 x 3.5.cm.
IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS - NORFOLK
ALMANACK. GOULD, William, pub. William Gould's Companion to the Almanacs, for the year 1877, containing lists of fairs in Norfolk and other useful information. Swaffham: William Gould. 1877
Illus, 16pp cata., ads. Stabbed but entirely unsewn, loosely inserted into orig. yellow printed paper wrappers. v.g. 36pp.
UNRECORDED NOTTINGHAM ALMANACK IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
ALMANACK. MAPLES, Robert Sewell, pub. Maples' Companion to the Almanack for 1833. 12mo. Nottingham: R. S. Maples. 1833
A few contemp. ink annotations. Uncut in light brown printed paper wrappers; one old vertical fold, sl. marked. v.g. 24pp.
ALMANACK. MOORE, Francis. Vox Stellarum! Old Moore's almanack, for the year 1875. T. Roberts & Co. 1875
Illus. Orig. illus. printed paper wrappers. Disbound.
1877 PUNCH IN PAPER WRAPPERS
ALMANACK. PUNCH. Punch's Almanack. 1877. Punch publishing office. 1877
Folding plate loosely inserted, illus. Unopened in illus. printed paper wrappers; sl. fraying to edges. 16pp.
ALMANACK. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. The Christian Almanack for the Year 1839, being the third after leap year. RTS. 1839
Front. Orig. green moiré printed paper wrappers. a.e.g. a v.g. crisp copy. 72pp.
ALMANACK. SUTTON, W. D., pub. Sutton's Household Almanack and Year-Book of Useful Knowledge for 1878. Buxton: W. D. Sutton. 1878
Orig. printed paper wrappers; sl. browned. Disbound. (48)pp.
UNRECORDED HAT MANUFACTURER'S ALMANACK
ALMANACK. YEOMANS, J. Almanack for 1878. J. Yeomans. 1878
Illus. Orig. purple printed paper wrappers, sewn as issued; sewing partially loose. A nice copy as issued. (40)pp.
ANONYMOUS. The Cottage Fire-Side. 12mo. Dublin: printed by Napper and White. 1826
Front., illus. Contemp. full speckled calf, later red morocco label; a little rubbed. Ownership inscription of 'C. Wykeham Martin, Leeds Castle' on leading f.e.p. A nice copy.
MUNCHAUSEN
ANONYMOUS. The Surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen, in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland... a voyage to the moon and dog star; with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets which are there called the human species. A sequel containing his expedition into Africa - his being buried in a whirlwind of sand... Published for the Booksellers. [c.1840]
Front., plates (3 folding); 1 plate with closed tear, repaired. Untrimmed in orig. pebble-grained orange cloth, dec. in blind, spine lettered in gilt; a little marked, spine sl. dulled. Bookseller's ticket of C. & E. Brown, Bayswater on leading pastedown, ownership syamp of W.J.F. Galloway on leading f.e.p.
MEMOIRS OF A CANARY BIRD
BUCKLE, Mrs. Matthew Hughes George. Fifi; or, Memoirs of a Canary Bird. 2nd edn. Edward Bumpus. [c.1865]
Half title, front., plates Orig. pebble-grained purple cloth, bordered in blind, blocked & lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. 90pp.
CAMPBELL, Mrs. Edmund. Buckets and Spades. Nursery rhymes. With illusrtations by M.A.C. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Dean & Son. [1883]
Col. front., illus. Orig. glazed pictorial boards, green cloth spine; v. sl. wear to corners, a little rubbed & marked but a nice, fresh copy. Ownership inscription of Ellery Yale Wood on leading f.e.p. 32pp.
FAIR ROMANCE
(CONSTABLE, Thomas) Prince Perindo's Wish. A fairy romance for youths and maidens. FIRST EDITION. Edmonston and Douglas. 1874
Front., illus. Orig. green cloth, bevelled boards, bordered in black, pictorially blocked & lettered in gilt. Inscriptions naming author & illustrator on leading f.e.p. & titlepage. a.e.g. A nice copy. 84pp.
DIET FOR THE POOR
COOKERY. RIDGE, John James. Diet for the Sick: being nutritious combinations suitable for severe cases of illness. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. J. & A. Churchill. 1875
Sewing a little loose in places. Orig. limp brown cloth wrappers; spine faded, sl. rubbed. 47pp.
PAINTING IN NORTH ITALY
CROWE, Joseph Archer and CAVALCASELLE, Giovanni Battista. A History of Painting in North Italy. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John Murray. 1871
Prelims a little spotted. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt, bordered in blind and gilt; spines a little dulled. Bookplates of 'Belper' on leading pastedowns. A nice copy.
D'AULNOY, Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness. Fortunio. Illustrated by J.W. 4to. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. 1847
Front., 7 plates; text rather spotted, front. & 4 plates lacking tissue guards. Contemp. red cloth by John Gray, Edinburgh, pictorially blocked in gilt; dulled & a little marked. a.e.g. 23pp.
EARLY NAUTICAL NOVEL, SCARCE IN FIRST EDITION
(DAVIS, John) The Post-Captain; or, The Wooden Walls well manned; comprehending a view of naval society and manners. FIRST EDITION. Thomas Tegg. 1806
A little spotted throughout, sl. heavier in places. Contemp. half calf, black morocco label; joints worn but remaining firm, rubbed.
HOLLAND OR ODDLAND?
DODGE, Mary Mapes. Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates. Sampson Low. 1880
Half titles, front., plates. Ads on final pastedown; leading pastedown v. sl. damp affected. Orig. green pictorial cloth, blocked in black & gilt; a little rubbed & marked. Gift inscription 'For Ellise, with Aunt Annie's best love, April 16th 1885'.
BRIGAND TALES
DUNCOMBE, John. Duncombe's Miniature Library. Brigand Tales. Volume II. 24mo. J. Duncombe & Co. [1831-32?]
Hand-coloured folding front. for all but 1 of the 16 tales; lacking series title & index & two titlepages, a few plates sl. torn. Contemp. half calf; rubbed & a little worn.
MUTUAL ADVERTISEMENTS
FRASER, James. ALS to 'Sir' (M. Galibert). From 215 Regent Street London. Oct. 17 1836. 'I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 24th...' 1836
39 lines on first 2pp of a folded 4to sheet, integral address leaf; sl. browned, a little rippled & sl. torn at outer margin. Typed slug identifying the author laid down at upper corner of first page.
TRANSLATED BY CARLYLE
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. A novel. Translated from the German by Thomas Carlyle. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 3 vols. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London: G. & W.B. Whittaker. 1824
Bound without half titles; occasional spotting & dusting. Sl. later half calf, raised bands, red morocco labels; a little rubbed. Ownership inscription of John C[?]'s library, Johnstone on titlepage.
KIPLING, Rudyard. Soldiers Three: a collection of stories. 6th edn. Sampson Low (A.H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library no.1). 1890
Sewn as issued in orig. grey-green pictorial wrappers; a little dusted, front wrapper v. sl. chipped, spine sl. worn. A nice copy as issued. (94)pp.
CRUIKSHANK ILLUSTRATION
(KIRTON, John William) Buy your own Goose. By the author of 'Buy your Own Cherries'. FIRST EDITION. S.W. Partridge & Co. (Illustrated Penny Readings). [1868]
Illus. titlepage as front cover by George Cruikshank. Sewn as issued. Renier booklabel. 16pp.
MAP OF RHODE ISLAND
KITCHIN, Thomas. A Map of the Colony of Rhode Island: with the adjacent parts of Connecticut, Massachusets Bay, &c. Printed for R. Baldwin. 1778
Map, 21cm x 26cm, two folds. From Long Island to Nantucket Island, Boston to the North.
FONTAINE'S FABLES: FIRST COLLECTED EDITION
LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Fables and Tales from La Fontaine. In French and English. Now first translated. To which is prefix'd, the Author's Life. Printed for A. Bettsworth [sic] and C. Hitch, and C. Davis in Pater-Noster-Row. 1734
[10], iii-xxvi, [6], 293 [i.e. 295, as pp.175-176 are repeated in pagination], [1]p ad. 8vo. Excellently rebound in half sprinkled calf, vellum tips, marbled boards, gilt-banded spine, maroon label. A very good, internally fresh and clean copy.
THE WHITE WHALE
LEE, Henry. The White Whale. R. K. Burt, printers. [1878]
16pp pamphlet, pale yellow printed wrappers, sl. marked.
SCARCE EDITION
LEE, Sarah. The Juvenile Album; or, Tales from Far and Near. Illustrated with eight steel engravings by T, Woolnoth. Landscape 4to. Thomas Holmes. [c.1846]
Engr. front. & plates, tissue guards. Orig. pebble-grained blue cloth, bordered in blind, blocked in gilt; rubbed & marked, small chip to head on spine. 67pp. a.e.g.
DERBY INVENTORY
MANUSCRIPT INVENTORY. Inventory and Valuation of Household Furniture Effects Upon the Premises No. 22 Duffield Road, Derby. From Miss White to Miss Beeland. August 1898. 1898
5pp ms. on foolscap paper watermarked 'Hercules'; a few old folds, lacking pin in upper left corner.
CONTENTS OF A MANSION FLAT, 1896
MANUSCRIPT INVENTORY. SMITH, Percy Stansfield. Inventory of the Furniture and Effects in the Premises No.17 Buckingham Palace Mansions the property of Percy Stanfield Smith Esq. 1896
106pp., 4to ruled notebook, half green morocco, green cloth boards stamped: Army & Navy Auxiliary Co-operative Supply, Ltd. House & Estate Agency, Francis Street, Victoria Street, Westminster. (A label on pastedown indicates that it is only necessary to quote the code RR1883 to order another book.)
MARSHALL, Emma. Only a Bunch of Cherries. FIRST EDITION. Partridge & Co. [1887]
Engr. front., illus., 8pp cata. E.ps a little marked. Stapled & bound into green pictorial cloth; spine a little creased, but a nice bright copy. Gift inscription to Cecil Willoughby from Nelly Vine on leading f.e.p.
MARTIN, Mrs. A.H. The Cuckoo in the Robin's Nest. 11th thousand. Cassell. [1891]
Initial ad. leaf, half title, front., illus., 16pp cata. (5G 6.91). Orig. brown & green cloth, lettered in gilt, leaf motif blocked in brown & green. Bookseller's ticket of George Deal & prize label of F.C. Willshire on leading pastedown.
BEATRICE HARRADEN'S COPY
MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Contes et Nouvelles. Avec deux dessins de Jeanniot gravés à l'eau-forte par F. Massé. Paris: G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle. (Petite Bibliothèque Charpentier.) 1896
Half title, front., contents leaf at end; one leaf excised between half title & front., possible an ad. or a blank. Orig. plain blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine a little darkened. A good-plus copy.
(MURRAY, Eustace Clare Grenville) Trois-Etoiles. The Member for Paris. A tale of the second empire. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Smith, Elder. 1871
Contemp. blue half calf, spine gilt in compartments, deep red leather labels. Armorial bookplates of Joseph Gundry on leading pastedowns, bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst on leading f.e.p., vol. I. v.g.
WITH SIGNED LETTER FROM MURRAY TO THE DUKE OF BEDFORD
MURRAY, Eustace Clare Grenville. Narrative of an Appeal to the Crown; in 1877, an episode of English history. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Laloux Son & Guillot. 1877
Half title; a little spotted. Contemp. brown buckram; sl. marked. 3pp folded signed printed letter, addressed to the Duke of Bedford in Murray's hand & signed by Murray, bound in before the pamphlet. Bookplate of the Duke of Bedford on leading f.ep.. 85pp.
MEMBERSHIP CARD
NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. Membership Card for the National Anti-Corn Law League. National Anti-Corn Law League. [c.1840]
Etching on recto only of cream card, completed in ms.; sl. thumbed. 11.5 x 15cm.
THE VIZIER & THE WOODMAN
(NICOL, George) The Great Bear's Story: The Vizier and the Woodman. 3rd edn.Wright. 1851
Half title, engr. title. Orig. printed wrappers; spine a little worn, rear wrapper torn with loss & repaired. 44pp.
PRESENTATION COPY
ORLEBAR, Frederica St. John. The Adventures of her Serene Limpness, the Moon-Faced Princess. Dulcet and debonair. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Richard Bentley and Son 1888
Front., illus. Orig, red cloth, pictorially blocked & lettered in black. Presentation inscription 'To my dear, kind friend Margaret Keefer, in remembrance of our mutual friend, The Moon-Faced Princess from F.S. Orlebar'. A v.g. bright copy.
WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
PAYN, James. Gleams of Memory, with some reflections. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. 1894
Half title, final ad. leaf; top corner of leading f.e.p. attached to pastedown. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. rubbed at head, rear board sl. marked, a little cocked. ALS tipped in to half title.
BIRMINGHAM PRINTING
PEMBERTON, Thomas Edgar. Fairbrass. A child's story. FIRST EDITION. Birmingham: Cornish. 1895
Half title, front., plates, 4pp ads; front., titlepage & tissue guards a little foxed. Orig. pale blue linen; sl. marked. A nice copy.
ADVOCATING POPULAR RIGHTS
PERIODICAL. O'CONNOR, Feargus and JONES, Ernest, eds. The Labourer; a monthly magazine of politics, literature, poetry etc. Vols I & II. Northern Star Office. 1847
2 vols in 1. Front. port. Contemp. pebble-grained green binder's cloth, red sheep label; a little rubbed.
PERIODICAL. (SMELLEY, William.) The Man in the Moon. Consisting of essays and critiques on the politics, morals, manners, drama, &c. of the present day. No. 1, 12th Nov. 1803 - no. 24, 26 Jan. 1804. Printed for S. Highley. 1803-04
Collective titlepage, 24 small 12mo issues, signed in 4s, stamped; a little browned in places. Expertly rebound in drab boards, printed paper label.
PHILLIPS, Edward. Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum: containing brief characters of the English poets, down to the year 1675. 3rd edn reprinted at the expence, and with the notes, of Egerton Brydges. Geneva: from the press of Bonnant. 1824
Handsomely bound in later 19thC full green calf, triple gilt-ruled borders, gilt spines; hinges a little rubbed, sl. bump to lower corner of front board. Armorial bookplate of Charles W.G. Howard on leading f.e.p. a.e.g.
PUGIN SKETCHES
(PUGIN, Augustus Northmore Welby) AYLING, Stephen. Photographs from Sketches by Augustus Welby N. Pugin. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 4to. S. Ayling. 1865
Half titles, front. vol. I, photos laid down 2 per page on rectos only; occasional spotting, index vol. II spotted. Untrimmed, orig. brown pebble-grained cloth blocked in gilt, morocco-grained calf spines, brown morocco labels lettered in gilt; spines a little rubbed. Blind stamp of Scarisbrick Hall near Ormskirk to half title, vol. I.
REVERSIBLE DRAWING
REVERSIBLE. Courtship / Matrimony. [c.1840?]
Orig. pencil & black ink drawing, image 13 x 10cm, on thick paper.
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
