ANONYMOUS. An Old Bachelor's Reflections on Matrimony. To which are added, The Tombs. A translation from the French. And True Enjoyment. 8vo.
Glasgow: printed for and sold by Brash & Reid. [1797]
Disbound. 8pp.
Glasgow: printed for and sold by Brash & Reid. [1797]
Disbound. 8pp.
BYRONIC GOTHIC DRAMA
ANONYMOUS. Astolfo; a dramatic romance: in three parts.G. Purkess. (R.S. Francis, printer.) 1842
Following f.e.p. torn out. Contemp. half dark green roan; rubbed.
ANONYMOUS. Bow Bell(e)s. (Mistaken.)
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 493.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps; torn.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 493.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps; torn.
Stock #30187
£8
ANONYMOUS. Bow Bell(e)s. (Mistaken.)
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 493.) [c.1885]
Without wraps.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 493.) [c.1885]
Without wraps.
Stock #30188
£8
ANONYMOUS. Days of Old. Three stories from old English History. For the young. By the author of "Ruth and her Friends". Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. 1859
Front., title in red & black. Contemp. half blue calf, spine with raised gilt bands and maroon leather label; a little faded. v.g.
PATRIOTIC MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS
ANONYMOUS. Doing Our Bit, & The World's Greatest Song.Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. (Series of original dramas, no. 317.) [c.1890]
Orig. wraps.
ANONYMOUS. Doing Our Bit, & The World's Greatest Song.
Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. (Series of original dramas, no. 317.) [c.1890]
Orig. wraps.
Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. (Series of original dramas, no. 317.) [c.1890]
Orig. wraps.
ANONYMOUS. Domestic Scenes; a tale of the times. By the author of "The Baroness", and "Distinction".
Seeleys. 1848
Half title, final ad. leaf + 16pp cata. Orig. dark purple cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; faded and sl. marked. Owner's inscription, Dec. 1848. A good-plus copy.
Seeleys. 1848
Half title, final ad. leaf + 16pp cata. Orig. dark purple cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; faded and sl. marked. Owner's inscription, Dec. 1848. A good-plus copy.
ANONYMOUS. Each For Himself; a farce, in two acts, now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane.
Printed for Effingham Wilson; sold by Messrs. Rodwell & Martin. 1816
Disbound.
Printed for Effingham Wilson; sold by Messrs. Rodwell & Martin. 1816
Disbound.
HANDS, FEET, FINGERS & TOES
ANONYMOUS. Economy of the Hands and Feet, Fingers and Toes; which includes the prevention, treatment, and cure, of corns, bunnions, and deformed nails; the removal of excrescences, superfluous hairs, freckles, pimples, blotches, and other cutaneous eruptions ... By an old army surgeon. Author of "Economy of the Teeth and Mouth". 2nd edn, carefully revised, and enlarged. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. 1830
Front., 18pp cata. Untrimmed in orig. drab pictorial boards, printed in blue & black; spine worn, chipped at head & tail, sl. rubbed. A nice copy.
ANONYMOUS. Fidelity: a play in three acts.
n.p. [c.1880?]
Contemp. marbled boards, purple cloth spine; rubbed, paper label worn. Armorial bookplate of Raymond Richards.
n.p. [c.1880?]
Contemp. marbled boards, purple cloth spine; rubbed, paper label worn. Armorial bookplate of Raymond Richards.
MANCHESTER PRINTING - NOT ON COPAC
ANONYMOUS. Fontainbleau: an historical drama, in five acts.Manchester: printed by Lowes & Co. 1848
Grey boards; sl. marked, crimson leather label.
ANONYMOUS. Helen; or, The renegade. A tragedy in five acts.
(Chiswick Press, printed by Whittingham & Wilkins.) [c.1870?]
A few internal marks. Orig. green cloth; marked & dulled.
(Chiswick Press, printed by Whittingham & Wilkins.) [c.1870?]
A few internal marks. Orig. green cloth; marked & dulled.
ANONYMOUS. High Life, a novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Saunders & Otley. 1827
A little spotted in places. Early 20thC half calf, marbled boards, later spine labels; recased, one or two gatherings sl. proud.
ANONYMOUS. His First Peccadillo: a farce, in one act.
G.H. Davidson. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [1848]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
G.H. Davidson. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [1848]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
ANONYMOUS. Is he Alive? Or, All puzzled!! A farce, in two acts. ...
Richard White. 1818
Disbound.
Richard White. 1818
Disbound.
POLITICAL SATIRE
ANONYMOUS. John Bull; or, The comedy of 1854.T.H. Lacy. [1854]
Orig. dull green cloth; sl. fading with paper label & library pressmark, but a good copy.
KING HARRY OF SCOTLAND
ANONYMOUS. King Harry the Ninth's Speech to both Houses of P-t. The 31st Day of November, 1647. 2pp, woodcut coat-of-arms at the head.n.p., n.d. [1747]
Folio. Printed on both sides on cheap paper, rather browned, inner edge just cropped near foot, affecting a few letters, fore-edge uncut.
ANONYMOUS. La Jettatura; a play in three acts.
n.p. [c.1890?]
Contemp. marbled boards, purple cloth spine; faded & rubbed, paper label worn. Armorial bookplate of Raymond Richards.
n.p. [c.1890?]
Contemp. marbled boards, purple cloth spine; faded & rubbed, paper label worn. Armorial bookplate of Raymond Richards.
ANONYMOUS. Leycesters Common-wealth: conceived, spoken, and published with most earnest protestation of all dutifull good will and affection towards this realme; for whose good onely it is made common to many.
n.p. 1641
[8], 88, 81-128, 137-183, [3], 34pp. Without the engraved portrait. 8vo. Titlepage dusted, backed with contemporary paper, some dusting & occasional marking to text. Eighteenth century calf, gilt ruled borders, expertly rebacked in matching style, raised & gilt bands, red morocco label.
n.p. 1641
[8], 88, 81-128, 137-183, [3], 34pp. Without the engraved portrait. 8vo. Titlepage dusted, backed with contemporary paper, some dusting & occasional marking to text. Eighteenth century calf, gilt ruled borders, expertly rebacked in matching style, raised & gilt bands, red morocco label.
'FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION'
ANONYMOUS. Marden Mote: a story of a western county. Founded on fact. Printed for private circulation. Chichester: Wilmshurst. 1884
Orig. dark brown cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt; unevenly dulled & sl. damp marked. Contemp. gift inscription on leading f.e.p. 65pp
ANONYMOUS. Max Wentworth. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12mo. Saunders & Otler. 1839
Occasional light spotting. Contemp. half dark maroon morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt ruled spine; expert repair to hinges. A nice copy.
ANONYMOUS. Midnight Banquet; or, The castle of Cataldo. A melo-drama, in two acts ...
New York: Samuel French. (French's Standard drama, no. CCXCIX.) [c.1870]
Sl. damp marked. Orig. wraps. v.g.
New York: Samuel French. (French's Standard drama, no. CCXCIX.) [c.1870]
Sl. damp marked. Orig. wraps. v.g.
ANONYMOUS. Mildred's Last Night; or, the Franklyns. Bell & Daldy. 1863
Half title, 32pp cata. (April 1863). Uncut in orig. red cloth; spine a little dulled. Contemp. ownership inscription on half title.
ANONYMOUS. My Day in Town: a monologue.
Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. (Series of original dramas, no. 200.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps.
Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son. (Series of original dramas, no. 200.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps.
ANONYMOUS. One Foot in the Grave. A Love Story. FIRST EDITION. Saunders, Otley & Co. 1868
Half title. Lacking leading f.e.p. Orig. red cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed.
ANONYMOUS. One, Two, Three, Four, Five; by advertisement. A musical entertainment, in one act.
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [c.1835]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's British theatre.) [c.1835]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound.
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. Ponce De Leon; or, The Rise of the Argentine Republic. A Novel. By An Estanciero. Tall 8vo. FIRST EDITION Chapman & Hall. 1878
32pp cata. (Nov. 1877). Orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt & black, spine lettered in gilt; a little rubbed.
ANONYMOUS. Porsenna's Invasion; or, Rome preserv'd. A tragedy.
Printed for the Author, and sold by W. Owen. 1748
Without half title; blank last leaf marked. Disbound.
Printed for the Author, and sold by W. Owen. 1748
Without half title; blank last leaf marked. Disbound.
ANONYMOUS. Priscilla, the stolen one, and Theodore, her faithful lover. Literally true and authentic. To which is added Louise, or The cottage on the moor. Halifax: William Nicholson & Sons. [c.1872]
Half title, col. front., 4pp ads. Orig. purple cloth, blocked & lettered in black. v.g.
PUBLIC PRAYER
ANONYMOUS. Public Prayer. A treatise in two parts. part I. Representing the advantages & disadvantages of set forms ... Part II. Pointing out the defects of public free prayer as practised among Protestant Dissenters ... J. Buckland. 1766
[8], 155, [5]pp. 12mo. Half title, addendum, 4pp ads. Contemp. dark blue morocco, gilt borders & spine, maroon label; a bit rubbed.
ANONYMOUS. Russell: or, The Rye-House Plot. A tragedy. In five acts.
T. Jones; C. Dolman. (Printed by C. Richards.) 1839
Partly unopened; several leaves torn in margins by careless opening, not affecting text. Sl. later half green roan; sl. rubbed.
T. Jones; C. Dolman. (Printed by C. Richards.) 1839
Partly unopened; several leaves torn in margins by careless opening, not affecting text. Sl. later half green roan; sl. rubbed.
ANONYMOUS. Ruth Clayton; or, The Contrast. Frederick Warne & Co. 1869
Col. front., 4pp ads. Lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. royal blue cloth, borders blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened. a.e.g.
SOCIETY
ANONYMOUS. Society; or, The spring in town. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Saunders & Otley. 1831
Half titles, 8pp cata. Contemp. half tan calf, spines gilt in compartments, dec. blind tooling to margins & corners; a little rubbed, corners bumped. Bookplates of Mellinger Edward Henry & Florence Stokes Henry on leading pastedowns. An attractive copy.
THE CORK-SCREW
ANONYMOUS. The Adventures of a Cork-Screw; in which, under the pleasing method of a romance, the vices, follies and manners of the present age are exhibited and satirically delineated. Interspersed with striking anecdotes, characters and actions of persons in real life; All drawn to promote virtue, expose vice, and laugh folly out of countenance.Printed for and sold by T. Bell. 1775
[4], xv, [5], 170pp, half title. 12mo. Some occasional light browning, offsetting from pastedowns on to endpapers, leading edge of a9 torn without loss of text, the manner of the break suggesting this is an original paper flaw. Full contemporary sprinkled calf, raised & gilt banded spine; expert repairs to joints & corners, some early pencil calculations on inner front board & endpaper.
'THE SHAM WEDDING'
ANONYMOUS. The Apparition: or, The Sham-Wedding. A comedy. ... By a gentleman of Christ-Church-College in Oxford. The fourth edition. 12mo.Printed for W. Feales. 1736
Front., title in red & black. Disbound.
ANONYMOUS. The Borgias; or, Italy in the fifteenth century. An historical drama. Tall 8vo.
William Pickering. 1845
Partly unopened in contemp. plain green cloth; faded at head & spine
William Pickering. 1845
Partly unopened in contemp. plain green cloth; faded at head & spine
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.
ANONYMOUS. The Chateau de Vésinet: a memory of France. A tale. By the Author of "Cinderella: A New Version of an Old Story". Chapman & Hall. 1877
Half title. Orig. green cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt; spine v. sl. rubbed at head & tail, Mudie's Library label partially removed from front board. Booklabel of Reginald Thornton on leading pastedown.
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.
'THRONELESS, NAMELESS, DATELESS!'
ANONYMOUS. The Dalesman: a drama, in six acts.James Ridgway & Sons. (Chelsea: printed by W. Blatch.) 1836
Sm. tear from tail of 2nd leaf. Sl. later half dark green calf.
MIRACLE PLAY
ANONYMOUS. The Harrowing of Hell, a miracle-play written in the reign of Edward the Second, now first published from the original manuscript in the British Museum, with an introd., translation, and notes. By James Orchard Halliwell.John Russell Smith. 1840
Title in red & black, middle English text with parallel modern version. Orig. brown printed wraps; spine reinforced with paper.
PRINCE LEE BOO
ANONYMOUS. The History of Prince Lee Boo, a native of the Pelew Islands, brought to England by Captn. Wilson. A new edition. E. Newbery. [1790?]
vi, 178, [6]pp ads. 12mo. Front. port., 5 plates, one partly hand-coloured. Orig. marbled boards, green vellum spine; edges worn and remains only of paper label. Ownership inscr. of Louisa Bazett 1792 & also of another member of the Bazett family.
ANONYMOUS. The Honour and Prerogative of the Queen's Majesty Vindicated and Defended against the Unexampled Insolence of the Author of the Guardian; in a letter from a country Whig to Mr Steele. John Morphew. 1713
23 [1]pp. Nineteenth century half red roan, marbled boards.
SATIRE IN PLAY FORM
ANONYMOUS. The Humours of the Court: or, Modern gallantry. A new ballad opera. As it was intended to have been perform'd at one of the theatres.Printed for W. James. 1732
Dusted and stained at end with a few pencil and ink scrawls. Disbound.
ANONYMOUS. The Hunchbacks: a drama, in two acts.
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's Minor theatre.) [1826?]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound; badly marked.
John Cumberland. (Cumberland's Minor theatre.) [1826?]
Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound; badly marked.
J.P.'S GUIDE: SCARCE DUBLIN EDITION
ANONYMOUS. The Justice of Peace's Guide being a collection of precedents, relating to the office of a justice of peace. Consisting of informations, summonses, orders, examinations, warrants, recognizances, committals, and other instruments. In an alphabetical order. To which is prefixed a copy of the commission of the peace; with some observations thereon. The third edition.Dublin: printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury. 1790
v, 196, [15]pp ads. 12mo. Marginal tear to Q5 without loss of text. Full contemporary calf, decorative blind spine bands, red morocco label; v. sl. crack to upper joint towards head. From the library of the Perceval-Maxwell family of Finnebrogue, Downpatrick, Co. Down, and Groomsport House, Bangor.
POEMS ON THE DEATH OF QUEEN MARY
ANONYMOUS. The Mourning Poets: or, an account of the poems on the death of the Queen. In a letter to a friend.Printed for J. Whitlock, near Stationers-Hall. 12pp. 1695
Folio. Some browning. Probably originally bound in a contemporary miscellaneous collection, as top corners have hand-written pagination, 283-295. Rebound in recent leather-backed marbled boards, gilt lettered spine.
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
