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9492 results (displaying results 351 - 400) First « 5 6 7 8 9 10»Last

'USEFUL IN CORRECTING FOLLY'

(B., F.W.) Woman's Whim; or, The broken heart. A true tale. 16mo.
Webb, Millington & Co. [1854]
Col. front. & plate. Pink e.ps. Orig. blue dec. cloth; sl. rubbed. a.e.g. 30, [2]pp.
Stock #64553 full description >>
£75


VERULAMIANA

BACON, Francis. Verulamiana; or Opinions on Men, Manners, Literature, Politics and Theology. To which is prefixed a life of the author. By the editor.
Printed [by T. Plummer] for R. Dutton. 1803
xxviii, 319, [1[p, engraved portrait frontispiece. 12mo. Full contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, black morocco label; sl. chip to label, light browning & occasional foxing. Armorial bookplate & signature of John Alliston, of Grendon Lodge, Atherstone.
Stock #78948 full description >>
£65


BADDELEY, G.C. A Case of Pickles. A new and original farce, in one act.
Edward Hastings. (Hasting's Acting plays, no. 11.) [1871]
Orig. yellow wraps. v.g.
Stock #33790 full description >>
£12


BADDELEY, G.C. A Case of Pickles. A new and original farce, in one act.
Edward Hastings. (Hasting's Acting plays, no. 11.) [1871]
Orig. yellow wraps. v.g.
Stock #75511 full description >>
£12


SIX VOLUMES

A Series of Plays: BAILLIE, Joanna. A Series of Plays: in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind. Each passion being the subject of a tragedy and a comedy. 3rd edn / FIRST EDITION / FIRST EDITION. 3 vols.
T. Cadell; Longman, &c. 1800-1812
Occasional light foxing. BOUND WITH: Miscellaneous Plays. 2nd edn. Longman, &c. 1805. ALSO WITH: Metrical Legends of Exalted Character. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. 1821. ALSO WITH: Three plays bound together: The Family Legend: a tragedy in 5 acts (bound without titlepage); The Martyr: a drama in 3 acts. FIRST EDITION. Longman. 1826; The Bride; a drama in 3 acts. FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn. 1826. 6 vols in near-uniform full contemp. tree calf, gilt spines, black leather labels; a little worn, the odd small chip. Vols I & II of A Series of Plays, and Miscellaneous Plays inscribed 'From the Author'. All six vols signed 'A. Elliott' & 'Eliz. C. Elliott, Jan. 1836'; later booklabels of Esme Nicoll. An attractive collection in contemporary binding.
Stock #47080 full description >>
£450


FOUR VOLUMES

A Series of Plays: BAILLIE, Joanna. A Series of Plays: in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind. Each passion being the subject of a tragedy and a comedy. 2nd edn / FIRST EDITION / FIRST EDITION. 3 vols.
T. Cadell; Longman. 1799-1812
BOUND WITH: Miscellaneous Plays. 2nd edn. Longman, &c. 1805. 4 vols uniformly bound in contemp. full speckled calf, gilt spines, red & black leather labels; a little rubbed, vol. IV very slightly chipped at head & tail of spine. Armorial bookplates of the Marquess of Headfort. A good-plus set.
Stock #52673 full description >>
£325


BAILLIE, Joanna. The Bride; a drama. In three acts. 2nd edn.
Henry Colburn. (Printed by Henry Diggens.) 1828
Last page sl. marked. Disbound.
Stock #80912 full description >>
£50


BAILLIE, Joanna. The Family Legend: a tragedy. 2nd edn.
Edinburgh: printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for John Ballantyne and Longman, London. 1810
Disbound.
Stock #79414 full description >>
£40


BAILLIE, Joanna. The Martyr: a drama, in three acts. FIRST EDITION.
Longman. 1826
Disbound.
Stock #80913 full description >>
£60


BAILWARD, Margaret E. Mothers and their Responsibilities. With a preface by the Rev. L.R. Henslow. FIRST EDITION.
Longmans, Green & Co. 1904
Ad. leaf preceding half title. Partially unopened in orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; front board spotted by ink. 18 line pencil ms. facing title. Cloth sl. marked but a good sound copy.
Stock #41010 full description >>
£25


WOMANHOOD

BAIRD, Mona. Womanhood. With a preface by Mrs Mary Scharlieb. FIRST EDITION.
Health Promotion, Ltd. (Life and Race Books.) [1919]
Half title, 9pp ads for Health & Efficiency Magazine, 'Plain Volumes on vital subjects', 'The Origin & Nature of Sex' by Lady Blount, etc. Untrimmed in orig. grey printed wrappers. v.g.
Stock #42049 full description >>
£85


DR. ANTHONY ASKEW'S LIBRARY

BAKER, S., & LEIGH, G. Bibliotheca Askeviana. Sive catalogus librorum rarissimorum Antonii Askew, M.D. Quorum auctio fiet apud S. Baker & G. Leigh, In Vico dicto York Street, Covent Garden, Londini, die Lunae 13 Februarii MDCCLXXV. & in undeviginti sequentes Dies. Catalogi venundantur apud Londini Bibliopolas; Baker & Leigh, York-Street, Covent-Garden; Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Robson, Bond-Street; Walter, Charing-Cross; Owen, Temple-Bar; Brotherton & Sewell, Cornhill; & a Paris chez J.B. Gibert, Hotel de Cluny, Rue des Mathurins, St. Jaques; & Amsterdam chez Marc Michel Rey. (price One Shilling and Six-Pence.) There are a few copies printed on royal paper. Price four shillings.
[1774]
vi, 149, [1]p. 8vo. A v.g. copy, uncut with wide margins. Contemporary unlettered half calf, marbled boards, raised & gilt banded spine; some sl. wear to head & tail of spine & corners. Prices neatly added to all 3,570 lots in a contemporary hand. The Conditions of Sale are dated July 1774.
Stock #77404 full description >>
£750


(BAKER, Thomas) Tunbridge-Walks: or, The yeoman of Kent. A comedy. By the Author of the Humour o' the age. 12mo.
Printed for Bernard Lintot; and sold by W. Feales. 1736
Front., title in red and black. Disbound.
Stock #78098 full description >>
£20


INSCRIBED

An Authors Love. (BALCH, Elizabeth) An Author's Love. Being the Unpublished Letters of Prosper Mérimée's 'Inconnue'. 2 vols.
Macmillan & Co. 1889
Half titles; errata slip & 2pp ads in vol. I. Original dark blue-green smooth cloth, spines lettered in gilt; small mark on front board vol. II, otherwise v.g.
Stock #35135 full description >>
£200


PEDLAR'S PACK

The Pedlars 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.
W. & R. Chambers. [1904]
Col. front., illus., plates. Orig. beige cloth, blocked in black. A nice crisp copy.
Stock #85520 full description >>
£70


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY HENRY JAMES

The Average Woman: BALESTIER, Wolcott. The Average Woman: A common story, Reffey, Captain my Captain; with a biographical sketch by Henry James. FIRST EDITION.
William Heinemann. 1892
Half title, 8pp cata. (June 1892). Orig. blue cloth, blocked in dark green with peacock design & crosshatching; spine faded to brown, dulled.
Stock #85840 full description >>
£45


The Bantams of Sheffield. BALGUY, Guy. The Bantams of Sheffield. FIRST EDITION.
Leadenhall Press. 1891
14pp cata. Orig. pale green cloth, lettered in black; sl. marking to boards, spine v. sl. rubbed at head & tail.
Stock #27279 full description >>
£65


BALLOU, M.M. Miralda; or, The Justice of Tacon. A drama, in three acts ...
New York: Samuel French. (French's Minor drama, no. CCLVII.) [c.1865]
Orig. wraps; sl. dusted.
Stock #33998 full description >>
£10


BALLOU, M.M. Miralda; or, The Justice of Tacon. A drama, in three acts ...
New York: Samuel French. (French's Minor drama, no. CCLVII.) [c.1865]
Orig. wraps; sl. dusted.
Stock #75512 full description >>
£10


The Wisdom of the Supreme Being. BALLY, George. The Wisdom of the Supreme Being. A poem.
Cambridge: printed by J. Bentham, sold by W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, and T. Merrill, (&c.). 1756
[ii], 27, [1]pp. 4to. Half title, but without final ad. leaf. Disbound.
Stock #78432 full description >>
£125


RARE SHORT STORIES IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

(Comédie Humaine.) First Translation into English of Balzacs Rare Short Stories (Volume 1). BALZAC, Honoré de. (Comédie Humaine.) First Translation into English of Balzac's Rare Short Stories (Volume 1). Translated from the French, ...
The Camden Publishing Co. (Caxton Edition.) [1945?]
Orig. printed pictorial wrappers, following wrapper ad. for the Sexual Science series; spine sl. chipped at head & tail. 192pp.
Stock #71231 full description >>
£40


(Comédie Humaine.) Miniatures from Balzacs Masterpieces. BALZAC, Honoré de. (Comédie Humaine.) Miniatures from Balzac's Masterpieces. Translated and compiled by Samuel Palmer Griffin and Frederick T. Hill.
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1901
Orig. beige cloth, front board lettered within floral border in gilt. a.e.g. v.g.
Stock #39578 full description >>
£25


DROLL STORIES

Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine; 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.
Stock #71169 full description >>
£110


ILLUSTRATED BY ROBIDA

Droll Stories, 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.
Stock #71178 full description >>
£45


Modeste Mignon. 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.
Stock #39461 full description >>
£45


Repertory of La Comédie Humaine. 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.
Stock #71221 full description >>
£120


Sons of the Soil. BALZAC, Honoré de. Sons of the Soil. (Les Paysans.)
George Routledge & Sons. (Balzac's Novels in English.) 1891
Half title, 16pp ads, plain e.ps. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; sl. rubbing. v.g.
Stock #11270 full description >>
£50


Sons of the Soil. BALZAC, Honoré de. Sons of the Soil. (Les Paysans.)
George Routledge & Sons. 1891
Half title with ad. on verso, front. & one plate. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A v.g. bright copy.
Stock #39455 full description >>
£50


YELLOWBACK

The Alkahest; BALZAC, Honoré de. The Alkahest; or, The House of Claës.
George Routledge & Sons. (Balzac's Novels in English.) 1887
Half title, 8pp ads. Leading f.e.p. laid down, remains of old label on following pastedown. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; sl. rubbed, spine chipped in places.
Stock #11272 full description >>
£50


The Alkahest; BALZAC, Honoré de. The Alkahest; or, The House of Claës.
George Routledge & Sons. 1887
Half title with ad. on verso, front., 8pp ads (1885, 1886); some sl. foxing. Orig. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. v.g.
Stock #39471 full description >>
£50


The Alkahest; BALZAC, Honoré de. The Alkahest; or, The House of Claës.
George Routledge & Sons. 1887
Half title, front., 4pp cata. Uncut in orig. pale green glazed cloth, spine lettered in gilt & blocked in red, front board blocked & lettered in red, probably the primary binding; spine sl. darkened.
Stock #39473 full description >>
£50


CAT AND BATTLEDORE

The Cat and Battledore, BALZAC, Honoré de. The Cat and Battledore, and other tales. Translated into English by Philip Kent. 3 vols.
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1879
Half titles, 32pp cata. vol. III; some sl. foxing. Orig. blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt; spines darkened & worn at heads & tails.
Stock #39453 full description >>
£225


The Cat and Battledore, BALZAC, Honoré de. The Cat and Battledore, and other tales. Translated into English by Philip Kent.
Chicago: Belfords, Clarke & Co. 1879
Half title, 3pp ads. Orig. sand-grained brown cloth, front board & spine attractively lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing to extremities. Christopher C. Geest booklabel. v.g.
Stock #71168 full description >>
£175


The Country Doctor. BALZAC, Honoré de. The Country Doctor.
George Routledge & Sons. 1887
Ad. leaf preceding half title, front., one plate, 8pp ads (1885, 1886). Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened. Booklabel of R.G. Taylor. A good-plus copy.
Stock #39458 full description >>
£50


The Magic Skin. BALZAC, Honoré de. The Magic Skin. (La Peau de Chagrin.)
George Routledge & Sons. 1888
Half title with ad. on verso, front., 3 plates. Orig. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Booklabel of R.G. Taylor.
Stock #39460 full description >>
£50


The Mystery of the Rue Soly. BALZAC, Honoré de. The Mystery of the Rue Soly. Translated by Lady Knutsford.
Edward Arnold. 1894
Prelims rather spotted, title page repaired in inner margin on verso. Orig. olive green moire cloth, front board pictorially blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened, otherwise v.g.
Stock #71183 full description >>
£125


The Two Brothers. BALZAC, Honoré de. The Two Brothers.
George Routledge & Sons. 1887
Half title with ad. on verso, front., illus. Orig. pale green cloth, front board pictorially blocked & lettered in red, spine lettered in gilt; sl. darkened on spine but a good-plus copy. t.e.g.
Stock #39456 full description >>
£50


THE WORKS

BALZAC, Honoré de. Works. Edition Royale. 32 vols.
New York: The University Society. [1901?]
Half titles, fronts, titles printed in red & black, plates. Untrimmed in contemp. green cloth, spines lettered & with devices in gilt. t.e.g. A v.g. set.
Stock #73850 full description >>
£650


'THE MOST ELEGANT MACHINE IN THE WORLD'

This Years Favourite. BAMBOO CYCLE CO., LTD. 'This Year's Favourite.' The lightest and most elegant machine in the world.
Bamboo Cycle Co., Ltd. 1897
Single folded oblong 4to sheet. v.g.
Stock #90976 full description >>
£150


RECOVERY FROM MEASLES

From Death Unto Life; BANFIELD, Mary Grace. From Death Unto Life; diary and letters ... with a few connecting notes.
Farncombe & Son. 1906
Orig. dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. Gift inscription, 1915.
Stock #76825 full description >>
£25


The Pursuit of the House-Boat, BANGS, John Kendrick. The Pursuit of the House-Boat, being some further account of the doings of the Associated Shades, under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes Esq. (14th impression.)
Harper & Bros. 1919
Half title, front., plates. Orig. black pictorial cloth, blocked in red; sl. cocked. Ownership inscription of Molly Kemp, Dumbarton on leading f.e.p. v.g.
Stock #9669 full description >>
£25


(BANIM, John) Damon and Pythias: a tragedy, in five acts, ...
John Warren. (Printed by William Clowes.) 1821
Disbound.
Stock #81307 full description >>
£65


BANK OF ENGLAND

An Act to Enable the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to purchase certain houses and grounds contiguous to the Bank of England. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Act to Enable the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to purchase certain houses and grounds contiguous to the Bank of England. Folio.
(Printed by Charles and Andrew Strahan.) 1793
Pp. 371-394. Folded as issued with docket title; sl. dusted.
Stock #78195 full description >>
£125


BANKS, John. (Vertue Betray'd.) Anna Bullen; or, Virtue betray'd. A tragedy, ... (Bell's edition.)
Printed for John Bell. 1777
Front. by Roberts of William Smith as Percy. Disbound.
Stock #33133 full description >>
£10


BANKS, John. (Vertue Betray'd.) Anna Bullen; or, Virtue betray'd. A tragedy, ... (Bell's edition.)
Printed for John Bell. 1777
Front. by Roberts of William Smith as Percy; without final ad. leaves. Disbound.
Stock #81663 full description >>
£12


BANKS, John. (Vertue Betray'd.) Virtue Betray'd; or, Anna Bullen: a tragedy ... The fifth edition corrected.
Printed for T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, &c. 1753
Disbound. Ownership inscr. of Sarah Cooke, 1769.
Stock #78517 full description >>
£20


BANKS, John. (Vertue Betray'd.) Virtue Betray'd; or, Anna Bullen: a tragedy ... The fourth edition corrected.
Printed for W. Feales, R. Wellington; J. Wellington; &c. 1734
Disbound.
Stock #78111 full description >>
£25


BANKS, John. Cyrus the Great: or, The tragedy of love. ... 12mo.
Printed for W. Feales; R. Wellington, and C. Corbett; &c. 1735
Front. sl. col., title in red & black. Disbound.
Stock #78550 full description >>
£20


BANKS, John. The Albion Queens: or, The death of Mary Queen of Scots. A tragedy, ... (Bell's edition.)
Printed for John Bell. 1777
Front. by Roberts of Elizabeth Hartley as Mary. Disbound.
Stock #33132 full description >>
£10


BANKS, John. The Albion Queens: or, The death of Mary Queen of Scotland. ... 12mo.
Printed for W. Feales; A. Bettesworth; F. Clay, &c. 1735
Front., title in red and black. Disbound.
Stock #78084 full description >>
£20


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