Literature
The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. Small octavo; very good copy on India paper, bound in red polished calf, spine with raised bands, gilt dentelles, spine slightly sunned. A very good copy of this famous anthology, in Baynton binding.
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$475.00
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Oeuvres de maitre François Rabelais avec remarques historiques et critiques de Mr. le Duchat. Nouvelle edition.
Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1741.
The enlightenment Rabelais
Three quarto volumes, with two frontispieces, two engraved decorative titles, and 16 plates (of which three are folding), contemporary binding of polished calf, flat spines gilt with complex ornaments in panels. Beautifully printed with an impressive array of engraved plates, this is...
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$5,400.00
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Les Voyages de Cyrus, avec un Discours sur la Mythologie.
Paris: Gabriel-Francois Quillau, 1727. Two volumes bound in one, small octavo, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt. First edition of this influential description of an ideal kingdom, populated with figures from classical Greece.Ramsay was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1686, the son of a baker. As a young man he fought...
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$900.00
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The Works.
London: Cadell and Davies, 1809. Three volumes, octavo, aquatint frontispiece portrait; fine in contemporary sprinkled calf, spines simply ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering pieces and circular green volume labels. Fourth edition, corrected, in a restrained contemporary binding: the works of Sir Joseph Reynolds, the most influential of eighteenth-century English...
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The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters…
London: Printed for S. Richardson, 1754. Seven volumes, small octavo, single leaf publisher's advertisement in volume IV, marginal tear with slight loss to one page of volume III and two pages in volume VI, some pages becoming loose (see volume IV), early owner's inscription to each title-page ("Jurin"), occasional eighteenth-century...
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$2,950.00
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The History of Sir Charles Grandison…
London: T. Longman et al. 1796. Seven volumes, small octavo; each volume with an engraved frontispiece showing a scene from the narrative; contemporary half roan, marbled paper sides, flat spines lettered in gilt. A very attractive set, from the library of the Marquess Conyngham at Slane Castle, Ireland, with his...
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Italy a Poem [and] Poems…
London: T. Cadell, 1830 / 1834. Two works, octavo, with numerous engravings; contemporary polished pale calf, spines ornately panelled in gilt, bright crimson endpapers with inner gilt dentelles, gilt edges, crimson silk markers; binding by Tout. A beautiful set in very fine condition, in a superb binding by Tout with...
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$685.00
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Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours.
Rouen: circa 1480. Illuminated leaf, 182 x 116 mm., with an exquisite panel border on both sides of blue and gold acanthus leaves with unusual orange and red flowers on the verso and red and white flowers on the recto, with ten 1-line initials and two 2-line initials in red...
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$1,600.00
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Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours.
Rouen: circa 1480-1500. Illuminated leaf, 166 x 112 mm., panel border on each side of the leaf composed of blue and gold acanthus, coloured flowers, fruits and leaves; 15 1-line initials in dark red and blue alternately. Fine leaf from a French Book of Hours with a typical Rouen decorative...
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$1,450.00
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De le lettere di tredici huomini illustri libri tredici…
Rome: Valerio Dorico, 1554. Small octavo, italic letter, guide-letters for initials; olive morocco gilt, gilt edges, silk tie. Fine early anthology of letters by famous men, including Giovio, Bernardo Tasso, Annibal Caro and others. The delightful binding is attributed in an old owner's note to Padeloup. There are a few...
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$1,450.00
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A Guide to the Collector of Historical Documents…
London: S.J. Davey, 1891. Octavo, finely bound in morocco by Riviere, all edges gilt. A very fine copy, from the library of Reginald Huth. Includes an appendix illustrating early English watermarks 1363-1611.
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$540.00
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Collected works of Sir Walter Scott.
London: Marcus Ward, 1878-1879.
Victorian medieval fantasies unfold
Octavo, 26 volumes, a handsome set in uniform black polished half calf with gilt spine lettering. Comprehensive illustrated edition of the Scott's complete works, enriched with charming plates and vignettes throughout.
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$1,500.00
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Set of The Novels.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1894.
large format edition
Large octavo, 25 volumes; illustrations and plates throughout, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards. A substantial set of the novels of Sir Walter Scott, often considered the best collected edition on account of its lavish illustration and ample size...
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$1,750.00
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The Works of Sir Walter Scott…
Edinburgh: Constable, 1820-1826.
First editions of the great chivalrous romances
Uniform partial set, twenty five volumes, duodecimo; all bound without the half-titles and advertisements, handsome set contemporary polished calf. First editions, works include Redgauntlet, A Tale of the Eighteenth Century; Kenilworth a Romance; The Abbot; The Monastery. A Romance; The...
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$1,750.00
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The Works… containing his Poems…
London: S. Briscoe, 1722. Two volumes, octavo, frontispiece portrait; blue morocco gilt, by Smith. First edition thus: expanded from an edition of 1702, it has been conjectured (probably unsubstantially) that this edition was prepared by Defoe. Dashing, profligate and witty, Sedley was a favourite of Charles II. He 'gained a....
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$485.00
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The Works of Shakespeare…
London: Nonesuch Press, 1929.
Beloved by Lawrence of Arabia
Seven volumes, octavo, top-edges gilded 'on the rough' and others uncut; publisher's full tan niger morocco by A. W. Bain, with raised bands and gilt spine lettering. A splendid set: a benchmark for modern editions of Shakespeare and the 'chef d'oeuvre'...
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$3,200.00
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Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824.
With the introduction by Mary Shelley
Octavo, 415 pp., bound without the errata; contemporary polished green calf, An attractive copy of this important collection, with a short but poignant biographical notice by Mary Shelley.Shelley died in July 1822, drowned in the sea off...
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$4,250.00
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The Very Copy of a Paper Delivered to the Sheriffs, Upon the Scaffold…
London: Printed for R.H.J.B and J.R, 1683. Folio, four pages (last blank). The English republican and political libertarian Algernon Sidney was executed on 7 December 1683 after a lengthy show trial attracting widespread public attention. Charged with treason in a time of crisis, Sidney saw that his case was foregone.....
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$475.00
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The miscellaneous works with a life of the author…
Oxford: D.A. Tallboys, 1829. Octavo; vii,[3],69,[1],[2],[3]-329pp. in nineteenth century half maroon roan. First edition thus, with errata slip. "This volume is very carefully edited; it contains Sir. P. Sidney's Sonnets, Masque, Defence of Poesy, and some letters now first published" (Lowndes).
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$250.00
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The Adventures of Roderick Random.
London: B. Law et al. 1792. Two volumes, small octavo; engraved frontispieces; contemporary half roan, flat spines lettered in gilt. A fresh and attractive copy, from the library of the Marquess Conyngham at Slane Castle, Ireland, with his bookplates and his signature at the top of each title page.This is...
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$985.00
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker.
London: T. Longman, and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1792. Three volumes, small octavo; a fine copy in contemporary half roan, flat spines lettered in gilt. A fine set of the fourth edition of this famous novel, from the library of the Marquess Conyngham at Slane Castle, Ireland, with...
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$1,150.00
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The Works of Edmund Spenser.
London: Bell and Daldy, 1862.
Homage to Elizabeth Regina
Five volumes, large octavo, fine in half polished calf binding by Bayntun of Bath, spines gilt. Handsome collected edition, edited with notes by J. Payne Collier and featuring a special biographical section titled The Life of Spenser. As with the writings...
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$850.00
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"Plain or Ringlets?"
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. Octavo, 13 handcoloured illustrations and numerous woodcuts; full calf. First edition with illustrations by John Leech: a classic of Victorian sporting literature. Surtees was an aficionado of the hunt and failed solicitor, who began writing his Sporting Magazine in 1831. Immensely popular in the Victorian...
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$450.00
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Voyages de Gulliver.
Paris: Bechet Aine, circa 1830. Large octavo, woodcuts; some spots, unobtrusive stamp for 'Colportage Seine' on half-title, recent quarter morocco. An attractive French edition of Gulliver, with an eclectic series of woodcuts clearly borrowed from diverse sources. The edition's educational value is underlined not only by the introduction to Swift's...
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$250.00
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