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.
(ANDERSON, Bessie) (METHUEN, Mary M.C.) The Morning of Life: a memoir of Miss A--n, who was educated for a nun; with many interesting particulars and original letters of Dr. Doyle, late Roman Catholic Bishop of Carlow. By her friend M.M.C.M. 4th thousand.
Bath: Binns & Goodwin. [1851]
Front. port., 16pp cata. Orig. red cloth, front board & spine blocked & lettered in gilt. Gift inscription to Emily Greenwood on leading f.e.p., 1853; Renier booklabel. A v.g. bright copy.
Bath: Binns & Goodwin. [1851]
Front. port., 16pp cata. Orig. red cloth, front board & spine blocked & lettered in gilt. Gift inscription to Emily Greenwood on leading f.e.p., 1853; Renier booklabel. A v.g. bright copy.
SCARCE GUIDE TO PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
ANDERSON, Elbert. The Skylight and the Dark-Room: a complete text-book on portrait photography. Containing the outlines of hydrostatics, pneumatics, acoustics, heat, optics, chemistry, and a full and comprehensive system of the art photographic. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson. 1872
Illus, 12 photographs laid down on 5 plates, 14pp ads. Orig. pict. green cloth, bevelled boards. v.g.
FAMILY COPY
ANDRED, pseud. Bianca Capello. A tragedy in five acts.James Cornish & Sons. [1879]
Orig. green cloth. v.g.
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.
ANDREWS, Alexander. The Eighteenth Century; or, Illustrations of the manners and customs of our grandfathers. FIRST EDITION.
Chapman & Hall. 1856
Half title. Orig. green cloth, spine dec. in gilt. Signature of Lord Carlingford, 1878, on half title. v.g.
Chapman & Hall. 1856
Half title. Orig. green cloth, spine dec. in gilt. Signature of Lord Carlingford, 1878, on half title. v.g.
ANDREWS, Alexander. The Eighteenth Century; or, Illustrations of the manners and customs of our grandfathers. FIRST EDITION.
Chapman & Hall. 1856
Half title. Pencil notes on following pastedown. Orig. brown cloth by Burn & Co.; spine sl. rubbed at head.
Chapman & Hall. 1856
Half title. Pencil notes on following pastedown. Orig. brown cloth by Burn & Co.; spine sl. rubbed at head.
ANDREWS, John. Raising the Wind; or, Habbie Sympson & his wife baith deid. As originally written... Together with The lyfe and deithe of Habbie Simpson, the famous pyper of Kilbarchan. Written by Robert Sempill...
Paisley: printed by G. Caldwell & Co. 1865
Folded as issued; creased at edges. 8pp.
Paisley: printed by G. Caldwell & Co. 1865
Folded as issued; creased at edges. 8pp.
ANDREWS, John. Raising the Wind; or, Habbie Sympson & his wife baith deid. As originally written... Together with The lyfe and deithe of Habbie Simpson, the famous pyper of Kilbarchan. Written by Robert Sempill...
Paisley: printed by G. Caldwell & Co. 1863
Folded as issued; creased & dusted. 8pp.
Paisley: printed by G. Caldwell & Co. 1863
Folded as issued; creased & dusted. 8pp.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Better Late Than Never.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 179.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 179.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Better Late than Never: a comedy. In five acts ...
Printed for J. Ridgway. 1790
Half title, final Epilogue leaf; tear in pp11-12 without loss. Disbound.
Printed for J. Ridgway. 1790
Half title, final Epilogue leaf; tear in pp11-12 without loss. Disbound.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ... The second edition.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title & final leaf sl. stained. Disbound.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title & final leaf sl. stained. Disbound.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ... The second edition.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Waterstained. Disbound.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Waterstained. Disbound.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ...
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title & final leaf sl. browned. Disbound.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title & final leaf sl. browned. Disbound.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. Dissipation. A comedy, in five acts; ... The second edition.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title browned, a few lines underlined. Disbound.
Printed for T. Becket. 1781
Title browned, a few lines underlined. Disbound.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. The Reparation, a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Printed for T. & W. Lowndes. 1784
Minor marking. Disbound.
Printed for T. & W. Lowndes. 1784
Minor marking. Disbound.
ANDREWS, Miles Peter. The Reparation, a comedy. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Printed for T. & W. Lowndes. 1784
Dusted with some browning, title sl. torn at edges. Uncut and stabbed as issued.
Printed for T. & W. Lowndes. 1784
Dusted with some browning, title sl. torn at edges. Uncut and stabbed as issued.
ANDREWS, Mrs C.C. Wedded Hands. (Favourite Fiction Series.) William Stevens. [1887?]
Half title. Original red diagonal fine-ribbed cloth, front board & spine lettered & decorated in black & gilt, back board in blind. (iv), (360).
ANLEY, Charlotte. Earlswood: a tale for the times, and all time. Second thousand. Thomas Hatchard. 1853
Half title, 32pp cata. (July 1862). Lacking leading f.e.p. Orig. blue cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt.
ANNUAL REGISTER. The New Annual Register, Or general repository of history, politics, and literature for the year 1797.
G.G and J. Robinson. 1798
xxviii, 297, [2], 328, 320pp. 8vo. Half calf marbled boards, spine detailed in gilt; leading hinge splitting, sl rubbing. Booklabel of Dr. Michael Brown, Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire.
G.G and J. Robinson. 1798
xxviii, 297, [2], 328, 320pp. 8vo. Half calf marbled boards, spine detailed in gilt; leading hinge splitting, sl rubbing. Booklabel of Dr. Michael Brown, Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire.
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. (Twenty Minutes with a Tiger.) Taming a Tiger: a farce in one act adapted from the French. For private representation.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1860]
Disbound.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1860]
Disbound.
ANONYMOUS. (Twenty Minutes with a Tiger.) Taming a Tiger: a farce in one act adapted from the French. For private representation.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1860]
Disbound.
Thomas Hailes Lacy. (Lacy's Acting edition.) [c.1860]
Disbound.
ANONYMOUS. (Twenty Minutes with a Tiger.) Taming a Tiger: a farce in one act adapted from the French. For private representation.
Samuel French. (French's acting edition, no. 1079.) [c.1880]
Orig. wraps.
Samuel French. (French's acting edition, no. 1079.) [c.1880]
Orig. wraps.
PREPARATION FOR THE GRAND TOUR
ANONYMOUS. A Concise Introduction to the Knowledge of the most Eminent Painters... intended to instruct (as well as to assist the memory of) those Gentlemen and Connoisseurs, who either travel abroad for the improvement of their Taste, or intend to view the curious Collections in these Kingdoms.Printed for T. Cadell. 1778
[124]pp. 8vo. Some foxing & light browning, bound without half title. A large uncut copy in late 19th century half morocco, gilt banded spine. Armorial bookplate of Sir Peter Frederic Fleming, of Leicester. v.g.
ANSWERING SWIFT
ANONYMOUS. A Defence of the Allies and the Late Ministry: or, remarks on the Tories New Idol. Being a detection of the manifest frauds and falsities, in a later pamphlet, entituled, The Conduct of the Allies ... J. Baker. 1712
[2], 46pp. Disbound.
ANONYMOUS. A Fallen Angel. A novel. 3 vols. Tinsley Brothers. 1878
Half titles, 2pp ads vol. II. Original dark green fine-grained cloth, boards blocked in black, spines lettered in gilt, ruled in black & gilt. Vol. I (viii), 276 II (viii), 272, last leaf ads. III (viii), 272.
ANONYMOUS. A Key to the Present Politicks of the Principal Powers of Europe. Giving a succinct view of their conduct for many years past ... Translated from the original lately published at Amsterdam. T. Cooper. 1743
64pp. Uncut, stitched as issued; a little dusted.
ANONYMOUS. A Larum for London or The seige of Antwerp. Together with The Spoyle of Antwerpe. By George Gascoyne.
Longmans. 1872
(The School of Shakespeare, no.1.) Contemp. grey cloth. v.g.
Longmans. 1872
(The School of Shakespeare, no.1.) Contemp. grey cloth. v.g.
DEDICATED TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND
ANONYMOUS. A Life-Long Story; or, Am I My Sister's Keeper? Facts and Phases for the Times. Dedicated to the Women of England. By One of Themselves. Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1859
Half title, front., errata leaf. Orig. blue pebble-grained cloth by Lewis & Sons, blocked in blind & gilt, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled, otherwise a v.g. bright copy. With signature of John Ramsay, 1859 on half title.
ANTI-JACOBITE
ANONYMOUS. A Proposal for Arming, and Disciplining the People of Great Britain. With some occasional reflections on the late conduct of France. M. Cooper. 1746
35, [1]pp. Without half title. Twentieth century boards, cloth spine.
EAST DEREHAM IMPRINT
ANONYMOUS. A Sermon preached before the Officers and Gentlemen composing the Troop of Norfolk Dereham Cavalry, after the presentation of a standard by Mrs Bagge, and printed at the particular request for the Author.East Dereham: printed by W. Barker. 1795
[4], 19, [1], blank leaf. 4to. Stitched as issued, small closed puncture hole to inner margin well clear of text, titlepage dusted & rather soiled. Contemporary inscription at head of titlepage, 'R. Miller, Esq., with Mr Priest's compts.'
YOUTH'S GUIDE TO THE STATE OF BRITAIN
ANONYMOUS. An Account of the Constitution and Present State of Great Britain, together with a view of its trade, policy, and interest, respecting other nations, & of the principal curiosities of Great Britain and Ireland. Adorn'd with Cuts.Printed for J. Newbery. [1759]
[2], iv, 291, [1]p, engraved frontispiece, engraved titlepage, 7 engraved plates. 18mo. Small paper flaw to B5 touching several letters, some light browning. Contemporary sheep, gilt ruled borders, expertly rebacked, raised & gilt banded spine; corners rubbed.
ATTACKING ROBERT WALPOLE
ANONYMOUS. An Apology for the Conduct of a late celebrated second-rate Minister, from the year 1729, at which time he commenc'd courtier, till within a few weeks of his death, in 1746. Giving a clear view of his real principles and design, and containing many curious and interesting particulars, relative to the times and to persons in the highest stations. Written by himself and found among his papers.Printed for W.Webb, in Paternoster-Row. [1747]
6, 9-50pp. 8vo. Tear to lower blank margin of final leaf, original stab holes visible in some gutter margins, titlepage a little dusted. Bound in recent marbled boards, gilt lettered spine.
ANONYMOUS. An Episode at Schmeks: a novel. By the Author of a "Flight to Florida".
Skeffington & Son. 1895
Half title. Uncut in original dark blue cloth, front board is divided diagonally, lower half in pink moiré cloth; front board decorated & lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt.
Skeffington & Son. 1895
Half title. Uncut in original dark blue cloth, front board is divided diagonally, lower half in pink moiré cloth; front board decorated & lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt.
FOUR VERY GOOD OLD LADIES
ANONYMOUS. An Evening Conversation between Four Very Good Old ladies over a Comfortable Game at Quadrille. n.p. [1780?]
4pp. Disbound; sl. dusted.
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
