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The Spanish Ladie, and two other stories from Cervantes translated from the original by James Mabbe, 1640, and newly illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1928. [Illustrated Spanish Literature] FIRST BLISS-ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[8] 197 [3]. With occasional wood engraved illustrations by Bliss, some printed in colour. Publisher's salmon quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey paper-covered boards, illustrated in brown to upper..... More
L'Alleluja. Poesie di Ennio Contini e La Prima Decade dei Cantos di Ezra Pound.
Mazara: Societa Editrice Siciliana, 1952. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.131 [5]. All text in Italian. Publisher's soft covers titled in red and black, priced at L.1000. Publisher's promotional slip to preliminaries. Toned throughout, especially to edges. Vertical crease to front cover, with light spotting and moderate wear..... More
Brangwyn Talks.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1944. [Art] FIRST EDITION, with a LETTER FROM BRANGWYN. Limited to 500 copies, this being number 92. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xx; 182. Includes a carbon copy of an original letter from Brangwyn to fellow artist Delmar Banner. With 24 halftone plates including a frontispiece, as..... More
Don Quixote; Pamela; Peruvian Tales etc; Arabian Nights [Four bound volumes of The Novelist's Magazine].
London: Harrison and Co., Paternoster Row, 1782-6. [Literature] Four volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 19). Vignette engraved illustrations to title pages. Engravings to Pamela (XIV plates) and Peruvian Tales (XV plates). Bound in simple red half English calf over marbled sides, five raised bands, simple gilt rule and titles..... More
The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha.
London: Gibbings and Co., 1895. [Classic Literature] FIRST BRANGWYN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 304; pp.xii; 344; pp.xiv; 351 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 291 [1]. Each volume with five black and white plates, including a frontispiece, illustrated by Brangwyn. One of 1500 copies printed for..... More
The Life and Times of Madame Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin.
Reims: Printed for Champagne Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin by the Curwen Press, 1961. [Champagne] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Large octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.[8] 54 [2]. With frequent black and white illustrations by Drian. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's yellow patterned soft covers, with the original..... More
William Tell, or the Patriot of Switzerland. And Hofer, the Tyrolese.
London: J. Harris, no date [circa 1824]. [Swiss Legend] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a New Edition. Duodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.[2] 252. With 10 engraved plates, and a decorated title page from the 1823 edition. Contemporary brown half calf, with gilt titles to brown label, and further decoration in gilt..... More
"Castelli Romani", an account of certain towns and villages in Latium, with an appendix containing short notices of Tivoli, Anzio, and Nettuno, illustrated with original sketches by Roman artists.
Florence: Alinari Brothers, 1904. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto, pp.158 [2]. With many monochrome reproductions of paintings by various artists. In publisher's cream cloth with red titles to upper board and significantly raised relief-decoration. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Some marks to boards and bumped corners, otherwise very good... More
A City by an Order.
Valletta: Progress Press Co., 1986. [Maltese Architectural History] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.xii; 259 [1]. With two folding maps and a folding time-line at rear, as well as numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown leatherette with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Some light handling..... More
Secundus Tomus Concionum de Tempore, quae Quartis, & Sextis seriia, & diebus Dominicis Quadragesimae in Ecclesia haberi solent. [with] Quinque Conciones de Poenitentia, Habitae in Quadragesima post meridiem: in quibus primum quidem exhortatio ad poenitentiam continetur: deinde qua ratione vera poenitentia, & peccatorum consessio agenda sit, traditur. [Second Book of Sermons, and Five Sermons on Penance].
Antuerpiae [Antwerp]: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Architypographi Regii, 1587. [Catholic Sermons] FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.805 [3]; 94. Finely printed by the Plantin Press. In a very fine contemporary vellum binding with two metal clasps, raised bands, and elaborate blind decoration to boards. Black ink manuscript titles..... More
Historia Ecclesiastica Veteris Testamenti in Rem Theologiae Candidatorum [The Ecclesiastical History of the Old Testament, concerning matters of Pure Theology], Ubi res praecipuae, quae vel ad historiam sacram, et eius chronologiam, Legem, ac Disciplinam Hebraeorum spectant, vel quae ad Prophetarum Gesta, Vaticinia in Jesu Christo ad amussim impleta, et ad Divinam sacrorum Librorum, quibus continetur Historia Veteris Testamenti, Auctoritatem attinent, per breves interrogationes, et Responsiones perstringuntur, et in praeclaro ordine collocantur. Opus tribus tomis comprehensum, auctore Fr. Ignatio Hyacintho Amat de Graveson. Editio Novissima, Luculentissimis additionibus, ac perpetuis adnotationibus illustrata A.P. Joanne Dominico Mansi, congregationis matris dei Lugensi.
Bassani [Bassano]: Prostant Venetiis apud Remondini, 1791. [Church History] NEW EDITION, finely bound from a provincial press. Complete in three volumes, bound as one. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.xxiv; 112; 132; 164. All text in Latin. Contemporary half vellum, with gilt titles to black labels on spine, and decorated paste..... More
The Lord Fish.
London: Faber and Faber, 1933. [Children's] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [II], blank; 289; [5], blank. Publisher's mauve cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dustwrapper with printed price of 10s 6d to front flap. Illustrative front and back boards. Toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine..... More
Stuff and Nonsense, and So On.
London: Constable & Co., 1927. [Comic Verse] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 110 [2]. With frequent vignette woodcut illustrations by Bold. SIGNED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf, dated February 1934. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Label..... More
Told Again: Traditional Tales Told by Walter de la Mare.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1927. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.viii; 320. With six colour plates, and numerous in-text line drawings, by Watson. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. A nice clean copy, with some offsetting to fly-leaf only. Light toning to spine, and..... More
The Burning-Glass, and Other Poems.
London: Faber & Faber, 1945. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.106 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the plain typographic dust-jacket titled in black and red, priced at 7/6. A little bumping to boards. Jacket a little rubbed to..... More
The Burning-Glass, and Other Poems.
London: Faber & Faber, 1945. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.106 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the plain typographic dust-jacket titled in black and red, priced at 7/6. Black ink ownership to front pastedown. Some toning to edges..... More
Poems 1901-1918.
London: Constable and Company, 1920. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes uniformly bound. Octavos (20 x 14cm), pp.[2]; ix; [1]; 251; [1]. pp.[2]; ix; [1]; 250; [2]. Publisher's grey cloth with embossed pattern to front boards lettered in gilt to upper boards and spine, typographic dust-jackets. (Vol. 1) Ex-libris stamp front..... More
Poems 1919 to 1934.
London: Constable and Company, 1935. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xiv; [2]; 379; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth. Gilt titles, gilt pictorial design, and decoration in blind to upper. Gilt titles to spine. With the matching dust-jacket. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Interior lightly foxed, toning to..... More
Centenary at Jalna.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1958. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 302 [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf, and dated 14-7-58. Publisher's tan cloth with green titles to spine and upper. With the green illustrated dust-jacket, clipped and re-priced to 15s. Top..... More
Doctor Heraclius Gloss. Translated by Jeffery E. Jeffery.
London: Brentano's Limited, 1923. [Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.127; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 6/- to spine. Interior lightly toned, one or two pages faintly spotted. Offsetting to preliminaries and rear leaves. Edges spotted. Upper cloth..... More
The Age of Churchill. Heritage and Adventure 1874-1911.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. [Politics]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[10];627; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, blue top edge, photographic dust-jacket. Some marks to the top centimetre or so of the cloth, a couple of patches of tape burn to free endpapers, very slight bowing..... More
De Veritate Religionis Christianae Liber; Adversus Atheos, Epicureos, Ethnicos, Iudaeos, Mahumedistas, et caeteros Infideles: a Philippo Mornaeo Plessiaci Dominio, nobili Gallo, Gallicè primùm conscriptus, Latinè versus, nunc autem ab eodem accuratissimè correctus.
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1592. [Christian Theology] PLANTIN PRESS, the Second Latin Edition. Octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.[36] 694 [8]. Contemporary full vellum. All edges speckled red. Toning to edges, with some creasing to the first and final few blank leaves. Very occasional black ink..... More
[Playbill for] The Exquisites.
London: Printed by W. Reynolds, Friday, June 17, 1831. [Musical Theatre] ORIGINAL PLAYBILL. A single sheet of paper (36 x 20cm), backed and mounted with cream card. Advertising a performance of the new Comedy by Telesforo de Trueba, featuring the brilliantly named Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Taglioni. Lightly browned. A...... More
Three Tales. A Simple Heart; The Legend of Saint Julian; Herodias.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1978. [French Literature] LEATHER BOUND, first edition thus. Octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.[2] xx; 132 [6]. With six colour plates by Neama, and several in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue full morocco, with four raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and heavy gilt decoration to..... More
The Windsor Magazine No. 264. Vol. 45.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., December 1916. RARE ORIGINAL PERIODICAL. Demy Octavo. pp. xl, 192 [8]. With frequent b/w in-text illustrations and 15 full-page colour plates. In original colour pictorial paper covers featuring Windsor Castle above the Thames; red and white titles. Adverts to prelims in the style of the..... More