TRENT ET QUARANTE
ABOUT, Edmond. Trente et Quarante. Translated from the French by Lord Newton. With an introduction by T. Gibson Bowles, M.P. Edward Arnold. 1899
32pp cata. (Dec. 1898, partially unopened). Orig. olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in red & pictorially blocked in red & black; spine dulled & sl. rubbed. 'With the publishers compliments' stamped on first text page.
AMIEL, Henri-Frédéric. Amiel's Journal: the journal intime. Translated with an introduction and notes by Mrs. Humphry Ward. (2nd edn, reprinted.) Macmillan & Co. 1894
Half title, front. port. Orig. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed.
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Ice-Maiden. Translated from the Danish by Mrs. Bushby. With drawings by Zwecker, engraved by Pearson. 4to. Richard Bentley. 1863
Illus. Orig. blue pebble-grained cloth, bevelled boards, attractively blocked & lettered in gilt; carefully recased. a.e.g. A good-plus copy.
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Improvisatore: or, Life in Italy. From the Danish. By Mary Howitt. A new and carefully corrected edn. Ward, Lock, & Tyler. [c.1870]
Partially interleaved with blanks. Contemp. full vellum, red labels; boards sl. bowed.
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Improvisatore: or, Life in Italy. From the Danish. By Mary Howitt. Richard Bentley. (Bentley's Standard Novels, no. CX.) 1847
Front.; sl. spotted. Orig. brown cloth, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; knocked & chipped at head & tail of spine, rubbed.
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Improvisatore; or, life in Italy. From the Danish. Translated by Mary Howitt. 2 vols. Richard Bentley. 1845
Half titles. Contemp. green half morocco, gilt spines, marbled boards; spines sl. faded. Armorial bookplate of John Blount in Vol. I. A v.g. copy.
FIRST ISSUE
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Sand-hills of Jutland. Translated by Mrs. Bushby. Richard Bentley. 1860
Orig. dark purple cloth by Edmonds & Remnants, blocked & lettered in gilt; darkened & rubbed, evidence of library label removal from front board. A fair copy only.
SECOND ISSUE
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Sand-hills of Jutland. Translated by Mrs. Bushby. Richard Bentley. 1860
Sl. careless opening to one or two leaves. Orig. red binder's cloth; a little dulled & marked.
EXPANDED EDITION
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Story of My Life. Now first translated into English and containing chapters additional to those published in the Danish edition, bringing the narrative down to the Odense Festival of 1867. Author's edn. Sampson Low, Son, & Marston. 1872
Front., 32pp cata. (Oct. 1871). Orig. brick-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine & boards blocked in black; sl. rubbed. v.g.
NEW TRANSLATION
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Story of My Life; and In Sweden. George Routledge & Co. 1852
Half title. Orig. brown cloth, spine dec. & lettered in gilt; head & tail of spine sl. rubbed, a little damp marking to back board. 'Hobart Cust' booklabel & signatures; also signed Victoria Yorke, 1853, on half title. A good-plus copy.
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The True Story of My Life: a sketch. Translated by Mary Howitt. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. 1847
Half title, 32pp cata. (Oct. 1847). Orig. pink cloth; spine sl. faded to brown. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p, pencil notes on back. v.g.
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Will-O'-The-Wisps Are in Town, and other new tales. 16mo. Alexander Strahan. (The Shilling Illustrated Edition.) 1867
Half title, front., plates. Orig. pale yellow paper-covered boards, printed in black; spine expertly replaced with appropriate yellow paper, sl. dusted. 189pp.
ANATHEMA; A TRAGEDY
ANDREEV, Leonid Nikolaevich. Anathema; a tragedy in seven scenes. Authorized translation by Herman Bernstein. New York: The Macmillan Co. 1910
Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. dark blue cloth, dec. in blind, lettered in gilt; v. sl. rubbing to head & tail of spine. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p. & half title. v.g.
ANDREEV, Leonid Nikolaevich. He Who Gets Slapped; a play in four acts by Leonid Andreyev. Translated from the Russian with an introduction by Gregory Zilboorg. New York: Brentano's. 1922/1915
1922. Half title, front. BOUND WITH: The Life of Man; a play in five acts by Leonidas Andreiev. Translated from the Russian by C.J. Hogarth. George Allen and Unwin. 1915. Half tan calf for Sotheran, spine gilt in compartments, maroon labels. v.g.
ANDREEV, Leonid Nikolaevich. Plays by Leonid Andreyeff. The Black Maskers. The Life of Man. The Sabine Women. Translated from the Russian by Clarence L. Meader and Fred Newton Scott with an introductory essay by V.V. Brusyanin. Authorised edition. Duckworth & Co. 1915
Half title, front., 16pp cata. Orig. brown cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g.
ANDREEV, Leonid Nikolaevich. The Life of Man; a play in five acts. Translated from the Russian by C.J. Hogarth. George Allen & Unwin. 1915
Half title, 3pp ads. Orig. pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded. v.g.
HORROR AND MADNESS
ANDREEV, Leonid Nikolaevich. The Red Laugh. Fragments of a discovered manuscript translated from the Russian by Alexandra Linden. T. Fisher Unwin. [1905?]
Half title. Contemp. half calf, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing. v.g.
SEVEN THAT WERE HANGED
ANDREEV, Leonid Nikolaevich. The Seven that were Hanged. A tragedy in seven scenes. A.C. Fifield. (The Tucker Series.) 1909
Half title with ad. on verso. Orig. dark orange printed wrappers; spine sl. chipped at tail. Library stamps of the Indian YMCA, London. A good-plus copy.
REIGN OF TERROR
ANONYMOUS. "The Reign of Terror"; or, The Diary of a volunteer of the year 2 of the French Republic. Translated from the French by Samuel Copland. And edited by C.M. Smith, ... W. & F.G. Cash. [1855?]
Engr. front. after W.H. Mote. Orig. dark blue pebble-grained cloth; a little rubbed. A good-plus copy.
ANONYMOUS. The Broken Troth. A tale of village life in Tuscany. From the Italian. By Philip Ireton. 2 vols. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. 1861
Half title, 24pp cata. vol. I. Sl. damp-marking on e.ps. Orig. purple pebble-grained cloth; spines darkened & rubbed at heads & tails, edges faded, vol. II with string marks. Kimpton's Library labels, with rules. A good sound copy.
ANONYMOUS. The Countess of Glosswood. A tale. Translated from the French. Burns, Oates, & Co. 1870
Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. pebble-grained brown cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Blind stamp of St Clare's Abbey, Darlington; bookseller's ticket: R. Washbourne, London.
ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS
ANTHOLOGY. Ancient Spanish Ballads; historical and romantic. Translated by J.G. Lockhart. 4th edn. John Murray. 1853
Half title, 32pp cata. (Oct. 1851). Later green functional library cloth. Stamp of St Joseph's Convent, Hendon. A good sound copy.
SCANDINAVIAN BALLADS
ANTHOLOGY. Ballad Stories of the Affections. From the Scandinavian by Robert Buchanan. Sampson Low, Son & Marston. 1869
Half title, vignette title (with port. of Adam Oehlenschlaeger), 16pp cata. (March, 1869). Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt, blocked in blind; sl. dulled & rubbed. Ownership stamp of 'Morrison October 1903. a.e.g.
ANTHOLOGY. Barthel Winkler, and other tales of the German fatherland.
Published at the Leisure Hour Office. [1864]
Front. & 5 plates. Orig. sand-grained green cloth, blocked in blind & gilt; sl. dulled . Inscribed on leading f.e.p., 'For dear Pollie with Mama's best love Sept. 30th 68'', and with a stencil drawing of flowers. A nice copy.
Published at the Leisure Hour Office. [1864]
Front. & 5 plates. Orig. sand-grained green cloth, blocked in blind & gilt; sl. dulled . Inscribed on leading f.e.p., 'For dear Pollie with Mama's best love Sept. 30th 68'', and with a stencil drawing of flowers. A nice copy.
ANTHOLOGY. Characteristic Features of Russian and Slavic Poetry, with specimens translated by English authors. Selected and published by J.S.C. de Radius, an exile, (a native of Volhynia, Southern Russia). (Privately printed.) Seyfang & Co. 1854
Half title, 4pp subscribers list. Orig. blue morocco-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered 'Slavic Poetry' in gilt. a.e.g. v.g.
ANTHOLOGY. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen. From the French of Alex Chodsko. Translated and illustrated by Emily J. Harding. George Allen. 1896
Half title with small closed tear in lower margin, front., & 55 plates. Orig. green pebble-grained cloth, spine & front board lettered & elaborately blocked in black; spine sl. darkened. t.e.g. v.g.
IRISH, RUSSIAN & POLISH
ANTHOLOGY. Folk-Lore and Legends. Ireland & Russia. [2 vols in 1.] Gibbings & Co. 1894
2 works in 1 vol. in publisher's remainder binding. Contemp. half brown cloth, green cloth sides, spine lettered in gilt; lacks leading f.e.p. t.e.g.
RUSSIAN & POLISH
ANTHOLOGY. Folk-Lore and Legends: Russian and Polish. W.W. Gibbings. 1890
Half title, ad. leaf preceding title, 8pp cata. (Oct. 1890). Orig. cream floral-patterned cloth, maroon cloth spine, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled, but a good-plus copy.
ANTHOLOGY. Half-Hours with Foreign Novelists. By Helen and Alice Zimmern. With short notices of the lives and writings of the various authors. 2 vols. Remington & Co. 1880
Half titles. Contemp. half dark green morocco by Butterworths; v. sl. rubbed. Bookplates of S. Clarke Noble. v.g.
ANTHOLOGY. Half-Hours with Foreign Novelists. By Helen and Alice Zimmern. With short notices of the lives and writings of the various authors. 2 vols. 2nd edn. Chatto & Windus. 1882
Half titles, 32pp cata. (Oct. 1882) vol. I; some light foxing. Orig. grey dec. cloth, blocked in black, spines lettered in gilt; a little marked & spotted. Ownership inscription in vol. II of A. Lloyd Jones, Angola Expeditionary Force, Summer 1896. A good sound copy.
ANTHOLOGY. Russian Folk-Tales. (Translated from the Russian.) With introduction and notes by Leonard A. Magnus. 2nd imp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. 1916
Half title. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. v.g.
FOLK-LORE
ANTHOLOGY. Serbian Folk-Lore; popular tales selected and translated by Madam Csedomille Mijatovies [sic]. Edited, with an introduction, by the Rev. W. Denton. W. Isbister & Co. 1874
Half title, 6pp ads, partially unopened. Orig. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a little rubbed, spine faded.
NATIONAL SONGS
ANTHOLOGY. Serbski Pesme; or, National Songs of Serbia. Translated by Owen Meredith. Chapman & Hall. 1861
Half title. Contemp. half dark blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed.
ANTHOLOGY. Servian Popular Poetry. Translated by John Bowring. Printed for the author: sold by Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy. 1827
Contemp. half green morocco, marbled boards; hinges a little rubbed. A family association copy, with the signature of Thomas Bowring, Brooklyn, 19th June 1879, on initial blank.
ANTHOLOGY. The Diadem of Stars and other tales. From the Spanish by Mariana Monteiro. London, Dublin, & Edinburgh: John Chisholm. 1880
4pp cata. Orig. brick-brown cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. A good-plus copy.
ANTHOLOGY. The Early French Poets. A series of notices and translations, by the late Henry Francis Cary, translator of Dante. With an introductory sketch of the history of French poetry, by his son, Henry Cary.
Henry G. Bohn. 1846
Orig. purple wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. v.g.
Henry G. Bohn. 1846
Orig. purple wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. v.g.
HUMOUR OF RUSSIA
ANTHOLOGY. The Humour of Russia. Translated by E.L. Voynich, with an introduction by Stepniak. Illustrations by Paul Frénzeny.Sidney Kiek. (Humour Series.) [1895?]
Half title with ad. on verso, front., numerous illus. Orig. pale green cloth, dark green cloth spine, lettered in gilt; boards sl. bowed. t.e.g. v.g.
ANTHOLOGY. The Italian Novelists: selected from the most approved authors in that language. Translated from the original Italian by Thomas Roscoe. Accompanied with notes, critical and biographical. 2nd edn. 4 vols. W. Simpkin & R. Marshall. 1836
Half titles. Orig. drab boards, dark green fine diaper cloth spines impressed with 'holly & dot' pattern, paper labels (price: 2L.2s.); some rubbing. Contemp. owner's signature on leading pastedown vol. I. v.g.
ANTHOLOGY. The Spanish Novelists: a series of tales, from the earliest period to the close of the 17th century. Translated from the originals, with critical and biographical notices. By Thomas Roscoe. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Richard Bentley. 1832
Final ad. leaf vol. II. Neatly bound in 20th century purple binder's cloth; sl. rubbed. v.g.
ANTHOLOGY. BORROW, George. Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish; and miscellaneous pieces; by George Borrow. Norwich: S. Wilkin. 1826
Half title, 12pp 'list of works' on smaller paper; some sl. foxing. Uncut in orig. blue boards, neatly respined. v.g.
ANTHOLOGY. BORROW, George. Romantic Ballads, translated from the Danish; and miscellaneous pieces; by George Borrow. Norwich: printed and published by Jarrold & Sons. 1913
Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, marbled paper spine, paper label; spine a little rubbed & chipped at head, corners knocked.
ANTHOLOGY. (BOWRING, John) Batavian Anthology; or, Specimens of the Dutch Poets; with remarks on the poetical literature and language of the Netherlands, to the end of the seventeenth century. By John Bowring, Honorary Correspondent of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands, &c. and Harry S. Van Dyk. Printed for Taylor & Hessey. 1824
Half title. Contemp. half green calf, marbled boards; a little rubbed. A family association copy, signed Thomas Bowring, Brooklyn, 1879. t.e.g.
ARANY, János. The Legend of the Wondrous Hunt, by John Arany. With a few miscellaneous pieces and folk-songs. Translated from the Magyar by E.D. Butler. Trübner & Co. 1881
Dual-language text, 1p ad. Orig. red pebble-grained cloth on limp boards, lettered in gilt. v.g.
ARBIB, Edoardo. Maria Countess of Saletto. Translated from the Italian by Sydney King. Digby, Long & Co. [1894]
Half title; small tear to top outer corner of title not affecting text. Orig. blue patterned cloth; spine a little faded. v.g.
BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de. Béranger's Songs of the Empire, the Peace, and the Restoration. Translated into English Verse by Robert B. Brough. Addey & Co. 1856
Half title. Orig. olive green cloth; sl. dulled. v.g.
BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de. Songs of Béranger. Translated into English verse by William Toynbee. Walter Scott. (Canterbury Poets.) [1892]
Half title, 8pp ads. Unopened in orig. blue cloth, paper label; some sl. rubbing. 'To Dearest Mrs Lucas, Xmas 1892'.
DROLL STORIES
BALZAC, Honoré de. Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine; translated into English, complete and unabridged. Illustrated with 425 designs by Gustave Doré. John Camden Hotten. [1874]
Half title, front., plates & illus. throughout. Untrimmed in orig. red cloth, spine & front board blocked & lettered in gilt & black, bevelled boards; spine & edges a little faded. t.e.g. A good-plus copy.
ILLUSTRATED BY ROBIDA
BALZAC, Honoré de. Droll Stories, collected from the Abbeys of Touraine. Translated into English complete and unabridged. With 50 illustrations by A. Robida. Privately printed. [c.1900?]
Half title, front., title printed in red & black, plates. Orig. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. t.e.g. v.g.
BALZAC, Honoré de. Modeste Mignon. George Routledge & Sons. 1888
Half title with ad. on verso, front., one plate, 8pp ads. Orig. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing.
BALZAC, Honoré de. Repertory of La Comédie Humaine. With illustrations. 2 vols. The Caxton Publishing Co. (Caxton Edition.) 1900
Half titles, fronts, plates, facsims. Untrimmed in orig. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, publisher's monogram in gilt on front boards. t.e.g. A v.g. bright copy.
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