RUTHENIAN - LANGUAGE OF THE COSSACKS
ANTHOLOGY. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales. Selected, edited, and translated by R. Nisbet Bain. Illustrated by E.W. Mitchell. Lawrence & Bullen. 1894
Half title, front., illus. Orig. green pictorial cloth, blocked & lettered in brown & gilt; spine darkened, a little rubbed. Bookplate of Clinton Thomas Dent. t.e.g.
CARLYLE'S MISCELLANIES
ANTHOLOGY. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays; collected and republished by Thomas Carlyle. Second edition. 5 vols. Chapman & Hall. 1842
Half titles. Orig. dark blue-green cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; v. sl. damp-marked, small nick to spine vol. I. A nice set.
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.
ANTHOLOGY. Russian Folk-Tales. By W.R.S. Ralston. Smith, Edler, & Co. 1873
Half title. Orig. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; following board marked. A good sound copy.
ANTHOLOGY. Russian Tales. Translated by Aylmer Maude. Collins' Clear-Type Press. [1927?]
Half title, engr. front. & title, illus. Orig. pale brown cloth, leather spine label.
ANTHOLOGY. Scenes and Sketches of English Life. A series of narratives, incidents, and details of attraction and interest. 3 vols. Reynolds and Son, 'price eight shillings'. [1840?]
Front. ports of Bulwer Lytton vol. I, Miss Mitford vol. II & Washington Irving vol. III. Original dark blue-green vertical straight-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines lettered & elaborately blocked in gilt. Vol. I (iv), (350) II (iv), (356) III (iv), 344.
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. Sixty Folk-Tales. From exclusively Slavonic sources. Translated, with brief introduction and notes, by A.H. Wratislaw. Elliot Stock. 1889
Half title. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Booklabel on leading f.e.p. v.g.
SLAVONIC FAIRY TALES
ANTHOLOGY. Slavonic Fairy Tales. Collected and translated from the Russian, Polish, Servian, and Bohemian. Edited by John Theoohilus Naaké. Henry S. King & Co. 1874
Half title, front. & 3 plates, 34pp cata. (May 1874). Orig. dark blue sand-grained cloth, bevelled boards, pictorially blocked & lettered in black & gilt; a little darkened & rubbed.
ANTHOLOGY. The Casket, a miscellany, consisting of unpublished poems. (Edited by Mrs. Blencowe.) FIRST EDITION.
John Murray. 1829
Half title, list of subscribers, index; largely unopened. Uncut in orig. dark blue-green glazed cloth, maroon leather label; spine sl. faded. A v.g. clean copy.
John Murray. 1829
Half title, list of subscribers, index; largely unopened. Uncut in orig. dark blue-green glazed cloth, maroon leather label; spine sl. faded. A v.g. clean copy.
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.
MEN OF BUSINESS
ANTHOLOGY. The Importance of Literature to Men of Business: a series of addresses delivered at various popular institutions. Revised and corrected by the authors. John J. Griffin; Glasgow, Richard Griffin. 1852
Orig. blue cloth, sl. mark to spine. Booklabel of Cheltenham Grammar School.
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 Juvenile Amulet, a pledge of affection. With fine engravings.
Edward Lacey. [c.1840]
Front., vignette title, plates. Orig. brown horizontal-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine elaborately blocked & lettered in gilt. v.g.
Edward Lacey. [c.1840]
Front., vignette title, plates. Orig. brown horizontal-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine elaborately blocked & lettered in gilt. 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.
CELEBRATED MINOR POETS
ANTHOLOGY. The Works of the Most Celebrated Minor Poets. Namely, Wentworth, Earl of Roscommon; Charles, Earl of Dorset; Charles, Earl of Halifax; Sir Samuel Garth; George Stepney, Esq; William Walsh, Esq; Thomas Tickell, Esq. Never before collected and publish'd together. In two volumes.Printed for F. Cogan. 1749
[12], 308pp; [2], 262pp. 8vo. Some even browning, two leaves a little proud. Contemporary calf, raised & gilt bands, red morocco labels, gilt stars; upper joints cracked but firm, spines &edges rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Lord Rolle, his name dated 1775 on each inner board.
ANTHOLOGY. Volume of the Affections: and bridal offerings. 2nd thousand.
Printed and published for the proprietor: sold by Darton & Clark 1837
Engr. front. Contemp. half black calf; a little rubbed. A good-plus copy.
Printed and published for the proprietor: sold by Darton & Clark 1837
Engr. front. Contemp. half black calf; a little rubbed. A good-plus copy.
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. VACARESCO, Hélène (i.e. Elena Văcărescu). The Bard of the Dimbovitza; Roumanian folk-songs collected from the peasants by Hélène Vacaresco, translated by Carmen Sylva and Alma Strettell. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1892
Half title. Untrimmed in orig. smooth green cloth, spine dec. & lettered in gilt. v.g.
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.
ARCHER, Thomas. (Richard of England.) Richard Cœur de Lion. A historical romance. (Printed by Geo. Peirce.) [1845]/[c.1845]
[1845] Plates, calligraphic title, illus. BOUND WITH: TALES. Tales of Chivalry; or, Perils by flood and field. Illus. ... by S. Williams. (Vol. I.) G. Berger. [c.1845] Front. browned, illus, index bound first. Some spotting & browning. 2 works in 1 vol. in contemp. half calf, black label; leading inner hinge cracking. Monogram style bookplate of Charles Turnbull.
ARCHER, Thomas. Marguerite's Colours.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 1020.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 1020.) [c.1885]
Orig. wraps.
ARCHER, Thomas. Marguerite's Colours.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 1020.) [c.1885]
Without wraps.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 1020.) [c.1885]
Without wraps.
ARCHER, Thomas. Marguerite's Colours.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 1020.) [c.1885]
Without wraps.
John Dicks. (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 1020.) [c.1885]
Without wraps.
ARCHER, Thomas. Richard of England; or, The Lion King. FIRST EDITION. F. Hextall. (Peirce, printer.) 1842
Front., engr. title & 3 plates by W.J. Davey, foxed, illus; a few spots. Contemp. half dark green calf, crimson label; splits at head of leading hinges.
ARCHER, Thomas. Roderick-Dhu, Clan Alpine's Chief; or, The Scottish Outlaw. A romance. FIRST EDITION.
Hextall & Wall. 1843
Engr. title with imprint of F. Hextall, and Peirce, printer, illus.; internal marking. Contemp. half green roan as 'Scottish Outlaw'; rubbed, hinges splitting. Renier booklabels.
Hextall & Wall. 1843
Engr. title with imprint of F. Hextall, and Peirce, printer, illus.; internal marking. Contemp. half green roan as 'Scottish Outlaw'; rubbed, hinges splitting. Renier booklabels.
ARCHER, Thomas. Roderick-Dhu, Clan Alpine's Chief; or, The Scottish Outlaw. A romance. FIRST EDITION. Hextall & Wall. 1843/[c.1843]&c.
1843. Engr. title, illus. BOUND WITH: Kenilworth Castle, or, The days of Queen Elizabeth. An historical romance. W.J. Stych, Clerkenwell. [c.1843] Illus. BOUND WITH: Tales of the Wars: or, Naval and military chronicle. [No.1?] Vol.I. [W.M.Clark. 1836?] Illus. 8pp. BOUND WITH: The British Log Book; or, Yarns of the ocean. No.1. G.Mansell. [1839] Illus by J.Smeeton. 16pp. BOUND WITH: Floris & Blanchefleur. n.p., n.d. p.17-30. Some spotting. 6 works in 1 vol. in contemp. half maroon roan; hinges splitting.
THE MAY BOOK
ARIA, Mrs. (Eliza Davis) The May Book. Compiled by Mrs. Aria. In aid of Charing Cross Hospital. 4to. Macmillan & Co. 1901
Half title, front., plates & illus., 16pp ads. Orig. light green cloth, blocked & lettered in pink, yellow, & darker green; sl. dulled & rubbed. Ink inscription on leading f.e.p.: 'Arthur W Pilleau, Nov. 1902'. v.g.
THE COMPLEAT MASTERPIECE, &C
ARISTOTLE. Aristotle's Compleat Master Piece. In three parts ... The twenty-third edition. Printed and sold by the booksellers. 1749 / [c.1750] / [c.1760] / 1761
Front., plates, 144pp. BOUND WITH: Aristotle's Compleat and Experienc'd Midwife ... The tenth edition. Printed and sold by the booksellers. Front, plates, [4], iv, 156, [4]pp. BOUND WITH: Aristotle's Book of Problems ... The twenty-sixth edition. Printed for J.W.J.K.D.M.A.B.E.R.M.R.T.L.B.M. and A.W. Front., 156pp. BOUND WITH: Aristotle's Last Legacy ... Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes ... Front., 120pp. Contemp. full speckled calf, panelled in gilt, raised bands; hinges starting to split, head & tail of spine chipped, boards & extremities rubbed.
ARISTOTLE. The Works of Aristotle. A new edn. WITH: Aristotle's Book of Problems... Printed for J. Urquihart. [c.1800]
Front., engr. titlepage, 204, [ii], 122pp; browned and spotting throughout. Rebound in functional half calf over marbled boards, spine. dec. in gilt, black label.
ARMSTRONG, Andrew J. The Cobbler o'Kirkiebrae, a romance of Galloway. FIRST EDITION. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent; Edinburgh & Glasgow: John Menzies; Dumfries: A. & T. Hunter. (Printed in Dumfries.) 1896
Half title. Orig. dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; hinges cracking.
ARMSTRONG, Andrew J. Through the Shadows: a story in three parts. Dumfries: John Anderson. [1887]
Half title. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in black & blind, lettered in gilt; spine a little rubbed at head & tail.
ARMSTRONG, John. Miscellanies; in two volumes. T. Cadell (Successor to Mr. Millaar). 1770
vii, [1], 216; iv, 279, [1]pp. Contemp. speckled calf, red labels; spine sl. chipped at head vol. II.
ARNE, Thomas Augustine. The Guardian Out-Witted. A comic opera. ... The musick composed by Tho. Aug. Arne.
Printed for J. & R. Tonson, and T. Lownds. 1764
Half title & final blank; stained, largely in margin. Disbound.
Printed for J. & R. Tonson, and T. Lownds. 1764
Half title & final blank; stained, largely in margin. Disbound.
PHRA THE PHOENICIAN
ARNOLD, Edwin Lester Linden. The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician. FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION. Chatto & Windus. 1891
Front. & illus. by H.M. Paget, 32pp cata. (April 1891). Orig. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; spine v. sl. darkened, boards v. sl. marked.
ARNOLD, Matthew. The Works. Edition de Luxe. 15 vols. Macmillan & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co. 1903-4
Half titles, front. port. vol. I; the odd spot. Uncut in contemp. half red morocco. t.e.g. A nice set.
(ARNOLD, Samuel James) The Woodman's Hut: a melo-dramatic romance, in three acts ... The music composed by Mr. Horn. FIRST EDITION.
John Miller. 1814
Marks on title. Rounded corners. Disbound.
John Miller. 1814
Marks on title. Rounded corners. Disbound.
ARNOLD, Samuel James. Man and Wife; or, More secrets than one: a comedy, in five acts. ... 5th edn.
Richard Phillips. (J.G. Barnard; later W. Flint, printer.) 1809
Disbound.
Richard Phillips. (J.G. Barnard; later W. Flint, printer.) 1809
Disbound.
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