FALLEN AMONG THIEVES
A'BECKETT, Arthur. Fallen Among Thieves. A novel of "Interest". FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. 1870
Half titles. Original dark green morocco-grained cloth by Virtue & Co., boards blocked in blind, spine lettered & decorated in gilt.
ARTS OF LIFE
(AIKIN, John) The Arts of Life: I. Of providing food, II. Of providing cloathing, III. Of providing shelter; described in a series of letters. For the instruction of young persons: by the author of Evenings at Home. 2nd edn. 12mo. J. Johnson. 1807
8pp ads. Orig. half green vellum, paper label, marbled boards; expert repairs to spine. v.g.
LETTERS FROM COCKNEY LANDS
(AINSWORTH, William Harrison) Letters from Cockney Lands. FIRST EDITION. John Ebers. 1826
Half title, errata leaf at end. Sl. thinning of areas of titlepage from removal of small label to verso. A very nice clean copy, uncut, excellently rebound in suitable blue boards, drab paper spine.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF MELTON CONSTABLE HALL
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Old Saint Paul's: a tale of the plague and the fire. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Hugh Cunningham. 1841
Fronts, vols I & II, plates: 2pp cata. Contemp. half scarlet calf, gilt spines, dark green morocco labels. Inscription on leading pasteowns (obscured by Hastings armorial bookplate in vols I & II): 'Delaval Loftus Astley, Melton Constable, Norfolk, March 1843'. A very handsome copy in a recent maroon cloth slipcase.
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Lord Mayor of London: or, City Life in the Last Century. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. 1862
Original magenta wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, coat of arms in gilt to front boards, spines lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. Booklabel of George Staehl vol. I; modern booklabels of Lucius Wilmfording in all three volumes.
WITH ALS FROM THE AUTHOR
AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The Miser's Daughter: a tale. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Cunningham & Mortimer. 1842
Fronts & plates; plates browned & spotted in places, esp. in vol. II. Following e.p. replaced vol. III. Uncut in orig. dark green vertical-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; vol. II boards rather damp-marked, sl. wear to tails of spines. A decent copy in custom-made black cloth box.
COLOUR PLATES
AKERMAN, John Yonge. Remains of Pagan Saxondom. FIRST EDITION. 4to. John Russell Smith. 1855
Half title, vigette title, illus. with 40 colour plates. Orig. green cloth, paper spine label; head & tail of spine a little worn, inner hinges cracking.
ALADDIN. The History of Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. New York: McLoughlin Bro's. [c.1858]
8 hand-coloured illus. Orig. pink pictorial printed paper wrappers; small tear to upper margin, repaired, sl. dulled. v.g. 8pp.
ALMACK'S. Admission Ticket. Attractive oval engraved 'ticket'. A classical scene, depicting, within a laurel-wreath roundel, a young woman dancing with Cupid, while another seated woman strums a lyre. 1783
Engraved ticket, printed in red on paper, 11 x 14cm. In the section below the plate mark is written, in a contemporary hand - 'Almack's Tuesday April 25th 1783'. v.g.
1871 IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
ALMANACK. CASSELL. Cassell's Illustrated Almanack for 1871. Cassell, Petter, & Galpin. 1871
Front., illus. title, illus. Orig. colour printed wrappers, sewn as issued; some sl. wear to spine, but a nice copy. 80pp.
THE FIRST WHITAKER'S ALMANACK
ALMANACK. WHITAKER, Joseph. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1869. Containing the usual astronomical and other phenomena. Also a large amount of information respecting the government, finances, population, commerce, and general statistics of the British Empire throughout the world, with some notice of other countries, &c. &c. J. Whitaker. 1869
2pp initial ads., dec. titlepage printed in red & black, 13pp ads. Evidence of label removal from leading f.e.p. Rebound in contemp. green binder's cloth, red roan spine lettered in gilt; extremities v. sl. rubbed. A nice copy of the first issue of this important and enduring almanack.
EXPERIMENTS, TRICKS, FIREWORKS
ANONYMOUS. The Young Man's Book of Amusement. Containing the most interesting and instructive experiments in various branches of science. To which is added all the popular tricks and changes in cards; and the art of making fireworks. Halifax: Milner and Sowerby. 1854
Large fold-out front., some vignette text woodcuts. Milner & Sowerby ads on e.ps. Orig. dark brown cloth, neatly recased. Neat contemp. ownership inscriptions of R. Owsley. Booksellers & bookbinders ticket of John Bent, Leicester. v.g.
AUSTEN, Jane. Emma. With an introduction by Joseph Jacobs and illustrations by Chris Hammond. George Allen. 1898
Half title, front., illus. throughout. Orig. dark green cloth, front board & spine lettered & pictorially blocked with floral design in gilt; spine v. sl. dulled, one corner sl. bumped. Bookseller's ticket: B.H. Blackwell, Oxford. t.e.g. A nice copy of this attractively produced edition.
LARGE PAPER COPY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice, with a preface by George Sainsbury and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. George Allen. 1894
Half title, front. & India Proof illus. within text. Half brown crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. v.g.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: ORIGINAL GLAZED CLOTH
AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. A novel. FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION. Richard Bentley. (Standard Novels, no. XXX.) 1833
Series title, front., additional engr. title; plates a little foxed, otherwise a nice clean copy. Orig. glazed plum cloth, black paper labels blocked in gilt; expertly rebacked retaining upper third of original spine & title label, series label replaced, spine faded, very sl. cocked. Signature of S. Ramsden Roe, November 1833, on leading f.e.p. A nice copy.
(BAKER, William) Quærenda; or, Two Historical Secrets. FIRST EDITION. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1879
Largely unopened in orig. blue dec. cloth; sl. rubbed. Presentation inscription on titlepage: 'Rachel Mary Rutter. A souvenir of the Rev. W. Baker & Mrs Baker. May 1908'. v.g.
PEDLAR'S PACK
BALDWIN, Louisa, Mrs. Alfred. The Pedlar's Pack. With nine coloured illustrations by Chas. Pears, author and illustrator of Mr. Punch's Book for Children. FIRST EDITION. W. & R. Chambers. [1904]
Col. front., illus., plates. Orig. beige cloth, blocked in black. A nice crisp copy.
BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael. The Eagle Cliff; a tale of the Western Isles. New edn. S.W. Partridge & Co. [c.1910]
Front., plates & illus., 32pp cata; text block sl. browned. Orig. sand-grained scarlet cloth, blocked in black, lettered in black & gilt. Sunday School prize label, 1911. A v.g. bright copy.
BARCLAY, Robert. A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Robert Barclay. Printed & Sold by W. Phillips. 1802
Contemp. speckled calf, spine ruled in gilt; head of spine chipped, front hinge split but sound, a little rubbed. Ink signature on leading f.e.p.
THE ART OF PLANTS
BARNARD, George. Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing. Illustrated by numerous examples of trees, shrubs, climbing, meadow, and water plants: with explanations shewing the best method of acquiring the characteristic touch for each. FIRST EDITION. Ingram, Cooke. 1853
60 plates inc. engr. title. Orig. light green cloth blocked in blind, dec. & lettered in gilt; inner hinges sl. weak. v.g.
AMERICAN EDITION IN BOARDS
(BEAZLEY, Samuel) The Oxonians; A glance at society. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo. New York: J.&J. Harper. 1830
12pp initial cata., vol. I, final ad. leaf, vol. II; spotted in places. Orig. drab boards, maroon cloth spines faded to brown, yellow labels sl. chipped; sl. marked & a little worn at edges. Crisp.
PRESENTATION COPY
BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge. Alice Lorraine: a tale of the South Downs. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle. 1875
Half title & 40pp cata. vol. I (February 1875). Original purple-blue sand-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines decorated & lettered in gilt; a little rubbed. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed in vol. I on half title: 'Revd. Robert F. Gould from a writer who respects & admires him. R.D.B. June 1875' with three lines in Latin. Modern booklabels of Christopher Clark Geest.
PRESENTATION COPY
BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge. Perlycross. A tale of the Western Hills. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Sampson Low, Marston, & Co. 1894
Contemp. full red morocco, elaborate gilt borders & dentelles, raised bands, gilt compartments. Presentation inscription on original publisher's f.e.p. bound in opposite title: 'To the hero of many adventures [surpassing any accounted here] this book from his affectionate R.D. Blackmore. August 16th, 1894'. Bookplate of Alfredo Pinto Leite. a.e.g. Fine.
BOLDREWOOD, Rolf (pseud. Thomas Alexander Browne) The Ghost Camp; or, The Avengers. Macmillan. 1902
Half title, 16pp cata. (Autumn 1902). Orig. blue dec. cloth. v.g.
HOW TO BE HAPPY
BREWER, George. How to be Happy; or, The agreeable hours of human life; being a series of essays on the influences which produce happiness, with humorous and satirical characteristics. Dedicated to George Colman, the younger. W.M. Thiselton for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, J. Hatchard, H. Colburn and E. Wilson. 1814
Rebound in blue boards, drab paper spine. A nice copy.
SUBSCRIPTION TICKET
BRISTOL PUBLIC FREE LIBRARY. Brass Subscription Membership Ticket for the Bristol Public Free Library. [c.1870]
Oval brass subscription ticket, Bristol coat of arms & lettering 'Bristol Public Free Library open daily from 10am to 10pm', verso: 'This ticket is issued subject to the rules and regulations'. v.g. 2.3 x 1.9cm.
TOBACCO THIEVES
BROADSIDE. BRISTOL. 150 Guineas Reward. Whereas Thomas Gray... stands charged with having stolen and received knowing the same to have been stolen, divers large quantities of leaf and manufactured tobacco, from the warehouses of Messrs. Franklyn and Humphries... in the City of Bristol. Bristol: Rudhall & Gutch. [c.1806]
Single sheet folio broadside; sl. creased & spotted. 49 x 30cm. Mounted, framed & glazed.
THE HAMPSTEAD BEADLE & BELLMAN
BROADSIDE. HAMPSTEAD A Copy of Verses for the Year 1844: humbly presented to the worthy inhabitants of Hampstead, by Charles Adams, Beadle. J.V. Quick. 1844
Single sheet folio broadside, two large woodcuts at the top & bottom of the leaf, with 14 additional woodcuts surrounding three columns of text; old folds. A superb crisp copy. 57 x 45cm.
THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT
BROADSIDE. METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICE. Police Notice. Street crossing signals. Bridge Street, New Palace Yard. Metropolitan Police Office. Waterlow & Sons, printers. December 10th, 1868
Single sheet folio colour-printed broadside, illus.; a few small tears along old folds, sl. offsetting. Approx. 63 x 50cm. Glazed & framed.
BRONTË SISTERS. Works. The Novels of the Sisters Brontë. New edns. 7 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. 1898-1906
Contemp. red half calf, spines in raised bands, brown & green morocco labels,.
PURCHASED FROM THE SIGN OF THE CABOT HEAD, BRISTOL
(BROUGHAM, Henry Brougham, Baron) Albert Lunel: a novel. By the late Lord Brougham. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Charles Knight. 1844
Half titles vols I & II. 3 vols in 1. Contemp. full green calf by Maltby, Oxford, gilt & blind ruled borders, raised bands, compartments in gilt, red morocco labels; spine a little rubbed. Pencil inscription on leading blank: 'J. Hastings Bonnyman 11 Howell Crescent, Llandaff, Glamorganshire'; later inscription of M. Anstey, 1900'. Printed catalogue description tipped on to another leading blank.
(BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett, trans.) ÆSCHYLUS. Prometheus Bound. Translated from the Greek of Æschylus. And miscellaneous poems, by the translator, author of "An Essay on Mind", with other poems. FIRST EDITION. Printed & published by A.J. Valpy. 1833
Half title. Orig. blue moiré cloth, paper spine label; spine faded & a little chipped at head & tail, but overall a nice clean copy as originally issued. Pencil signature 'Lord Northampton' on leading pastedown.
BUCKLE, Henry Thomas. History of Civilization in England. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John W. Parker & Sons; Parker, Son & Bourn. 1857/1861
Half titles, 8pp cata. vol. I, 6pp cata. vol. II. Orig. brown wavy-grained cloth, double-ruled borders in blind, spines lettered in gilt; minor neat repairs to hinges vol. I. A v.g. copy.
CITY OF LONDON POLICE LIBRARY
(BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron) ELZE, Karl. Lord Byron: a biography. With a critical essay on his place in literature. FIRST UK EDITION. John Murray. 1872
Half title, front. port., fold. facsimile. Contemp. half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine dec. & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed & dulled. Book label & rules for the City of London Police Library on leading pastedown; pictorial booklabel & ink signature of Alex Bridge, 28-8-1947 on leading f.e.p. verso; library cancel stamps on leading prelim & half title.
CAREW'S CORNWALL, REVISED IN MANUSCRIPT BY THOMAS TONKINS
CAREW, Richard. The Survey of Cornwall. (And an Epistle Concerning the Excellencies of the English Language...) New Edition. (B. Law; Penzance, J. Hewett.) [1769]
Full collation of the volume as published is: xxv (7), 159 leaves, (10), (13) (1). Rectos only numbered in main text. 4to. This copy lacks leaves 55, 56, 60, 97, part of 124 and final 2 leaves, pp.11-(14) of the Epistle. The half title is present, but not the titlepage and prelims; text starts on B. Many pages loose and edges worn. With Manuscript corrections, additions and deletions on most pages of the Survey by Thomas Tonkins, many of the notes initialled 'T.T.' The binding is contemporary half calf; lacking marbled paper covering of boards.
THE IRISH AGENT
CARLETON, William. Valentine M'Clutchy, the Irish agent; or, The Chronicles of Castle Cumber... FIRST EDITION. Dublin: James Duffy. 1847
20 illus. by Phiz; some foxing. Original red vertical fine-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered & decorated in gilt. Early ownership stamp of Joseph Halpin, Gowran Hall, Kingstown, Co. Dublin & more recent bookplate of Eric Quayle.
OLIVER CROMWELL: MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY COPY
CARLYLE, Thomas. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with elucidations. 2 vols. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1848
Front. port. vol. I; sl. foxing. Leading f.e.ps removed. Orig. green cloth; sl. rubbed & marked. Library label, with rules & regulations, of West Boxford Public Library on leading blanks.
FINELY BOUND COPY OF SARTOR RESARTUS
CARLYLE, Thomas. Sartor Resartus; the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. In three books. FIRST UK TRADE EDITION. Saunders & Otley. 1838
Half title, 4pp ads. Finely bound by Rivière in 20thC full red crushed morocco, triple gilt ruled borders, raised bands, compartments ruled & dec. in gilt. v.g.
WITH A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR
CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 6th thousand (3rd edn). WITH: Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan & Co. 1867-1872
Half titles, fronts, illus. by John Tenniel, final ad. leaf vol. II; small closed tear in outer margin of half title vol. II, neatly repaired with archival tape. Finely rebound in recent full vellum, spines lettered in gilt, boards with triple-ruled gilt borders, front boards with central vignette illus. of Alice in gilt. a.e.g. v.g. in custom-made grey folding cloth box, dec. in gilt.
ELEVATION OF THE WORKING CLASSES
CHANNING, William Ellery. Self-Culture, and the elevation of the working classes. With a biographical sketch of the Author... Groombridge & Sons. [c.1854]
Front. port., final ad. leaf; occasional pencil markings & annotation. Orig. green printed paper boards; sl. rubbed. v.g. 54pp.
AS ISSUED
CHAPBOOK. HONESTY. Honesty the Best Policy: being the history of a Ferryman: giving an account how he found his master's pocket-book, and lost it again; with many interesting particulars. Printed by A. Applegath & E. Cowper. [c.1820]
Vignette illus. A single sheet, uncut & folded as issued; sl. dusted. v.g. 8pp.
CHAPBOOK. HOULSTON & CO. Houlston's Series of Tracts. Vol. I. (Nos. 1-30.) Printed by & for F Houlston & Son. [1825?]
Front. dated 23 July, 1825, each tract 12pp. with title vignette. Contemp. diced calf, brown labels. v.g.
(COLLIER, John) The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing his view of the Lancashire dialect, with large additions and improvements; also his poem of the Flying Dragon, and the Man of Heaton; together with other whimsical amusements in prose and verse. Manchester: Printed for Hopper & Son. [c.1800]
204pp, frontispiece & engraved title, 'New edition corrected and revised price 1s. 6d.'. 12mo. A little browned. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, simply rebacked. The novelist John Fowles' blind stamp to leading f.e.p.
COLLINS, William Wilkie. The Dead Alive. Fully Illustrated. Tenth thousand. Boston: Shepard and Gill. 1874
Four illus., 2pp ads. Original green fine-ribbed cloth, front board & spine decorated in black, front board lettered in red, spine lettered in gilt.
TREATMENT OF THE INSANE
(CONOLLY, John) CLARK, James. A Memoir of John Conolly, comprising a sketch of the treatment of the insane in Europe and America. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. 1869
Portrait front., 32pp cata. (Nov. 1868). Orig. blue cloth; extremities sl. rubbed, a few faint marks to front board. A nice copy.
PRESENTATION COPY, WITH CORRECTIONS
COOPER, William. A Drama, in Three Acts, entitled Mokanna; or, the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. With chorusses and song. Norwich: Matchett, Stevenson, & Matchett; London: Edwards & Hughes. [1843]
Orig. stiff blue paper wrapper, paper label; lacking spine strip & back wrapper, front wrapper sl. marked. Ink presentation inscription on leading f.e.p.: 'Wm. Matchett Esq, With the author's kind regards'; a number of pencil corrections and additions on 17pp, ink deaccession stamp of Norfolk County Library on t.p. verso. 55pp.
DAVIDSON, John. The Last Ballad and Other Poems. FIRST EDITION. John Lane. 1899
Half title. Uncut in orig. blue-black cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt. A nice, crisp copy.
INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR TO ANTHONY HOPE
DAVIS, Richard Harding. The Princess Aline. With illustrations by C.D. Gibson. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Macmillan & Co. 1895
Half title, front., plates, 2pp cata. Partially uncut & unopened in red & yellow patterned buckram-covered card wrappers, lettered in red; spine darkened, back wrapper rubbed & dulled. Signed ink inscription from Davis to Anthony Hope on leading f.e.p; signed ink inscription from C.D. Gibson on front. A nice copy with interesting provenance.
FINANCIAL STATE OF NEW YORK
(DEWAR, J.) A Vindication of the Public Faith of New York & Pennsylvania, in Reply to the Calumnies of the "Times". To which is appended a report made to the Senate of New York, in relation to the debt, revenue, and financial policy of the state. John Miller. 1840
Disbound. 56pp.
DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. A facsimile of the original edition, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and a preface by B.W. Matz. With four illustrations in colour and four woodcuts by John Leech. Arcturus. 1922 [2018]
Half title, ms. facsims., col. plates, 2pp ads. Orig. red cloth, blocked in gilt. a.e.g. v.g.
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