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London: Tinsley Brothers, 18, Catherine Street, Strand, 1862 .. First edition. A very good half calf binding. [4pp.]/pp.307/[1p. - Adverts] . Green calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with 4 raised bands and leather title label: "Accepted Addresses". Marbled endpapers and matching page edges. Bookplate to the verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Ll, G. Goadby-Griffiths." Light foxing to free-endpapers and title-page, otherwise clean English tet throughout. A very good copy of this scare book. ** "George Augustus Henry Sala (24 November 1828 � 8 December 1895), was a journalist associated with Charles Dickens during much of his career and noted for his turgid style. He also published novels and other works, and much of his journalistic writing. He was editor of CHAT, founded and edited (1860-1866) the TEMPLE BAR magazine, and was special correspondent in 1856 to Russia for Charles Dickens and for the TELEGRAPH during the civil war in America. Sala… Read More

London : Edward Lumley, Chancery Lane [William Stevens, printer, Bell Yard, Temple Bar], M.DCCC.XLVIII. [ 1848 ] .. A very good original cloth binding. 8vo. [4pp.]/pp.329/[1p.]/[2pp. - Adverts] . 8.5" x 4.75" x 1" [19.4cm x 12cm x 2.5cm]. Crimson cloth with a gilt image of a knight on horseback to the front board. Smooth spine with gilt titles and a gilt cross. Hinges and corners carefully strengthened. Yellow endpapers. Verso of front board with presentation label for Clifton School, from Sir A. V. Paton, with his heraldic book plate to the front free-endpaper. "Ex Libris Aluredi Vaughan Paton..." Dated 1923, designed by; "A. G. Law Samson Del.", and engraved by; "Lyon Court." dated 1930 William Stevens, printer, Bell Yard, Temple Bar. Half title with printer's details to verso: "William Stevens, printer, Bell Yard, Temple Bar.", followed by Printed title with engraved vignette. Clear English text, but with some underlining. Small binder's label to the recto of the rear board: "Bound By Remnant &… Read More

London: G. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street / New York: 18, Beekman Street, 1854 / 1856 .. Two works bound together, written and illustrated by A. H. Forrester. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 16.6cm x 1.0cm x 3.4cm. pp.vii/pp.9-245/[1p.]/pp.224. Maroon calf spines and corners over marbled boards. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with 5 raised bands and dark green title label (chipped with some loss). Marbled page edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. First title-page: 'A Bundle Of Crowquills, Dropped By Alfred Crowquill...' (dated 1856) ; Second title-page: 'The Electric Telegraph Of Fun...' (dated 1854). VG. ** Alfred Henry Forrester (10 September 1804 � 26 May 1872) was an English author, comics artist, illustrator and artist, who was also known under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill.

London: John Murray, 1848 .. 8vo. pp.4/436. Prize binding. Contemporary full calf, with gilt filett border and gilt crest to front board. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and original red leather title labels. Marbled endpapers. Aeg. Prize label to front free-endpaper: "Blackheath Proprietary School." (dated March 1888). light spotting to free endpapers, otherwise clean English text. G++ .

London: Printed for Vernor And Hood; And Sold by T.C. Rickman, et al, MDCCC. [1800 ] / 1802 / Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXXV. [1785 ] .. Three titles bound together. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. pp.32/[2pp.]/pp.128/pp.12/[7pp.]/pp.147. Old tree calf leather boards, rebacked with a later light brown leather spine. Corners rubbed and bumped. Spine with 4 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and green leather title label: "The Farmer's Boy - Bloomfield". 2 book plates to verso of the front board: (i.) "From the Library of Anne Renier and F. G. Renier"; (II.) James Elsden Everard. Also (to verso front board): Small Binder's label: "T. Miller, Binder, High Street, Lynn." Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Clear English text throughout. 10 engravings present in"The Farmer's Boy"; Engraved portrait frontis (foxed) to "Rural Tales, Ballads, And Song". Printed title to "The Shipwreck." also foxed. An unusual collection of works with an interesting provenance. VG. **… Read More

London: Lawrence And Bullen, 16, Henrietta Street, 1892 .. Limited edition No. 41 (of 1000 copies). A very good later green cloth binding. 4to. Vol. I.: pp.xlvi/ [2p.]/pp.341/[2pp.] . Vol. II. : pp.xi/[3pp.]/pp.455/[1p.] . Clean green cloth boards with gilt crest. Smooth spines with gilt titles. Later endpapers. Original owner's signature to front endpaper of both volumes: David Crook. Light foxing to endpapers and intermittent spotting throughout. All illustrations present and with tissue guards. Each volume ends with Chiswick Press clophon and crest. VG. N.B. : Note to endpaper of Vol. I. - "David Crook 18/6/41 Downingbury Farm, Pembury I. Wells, (Frank & Queenie Roberts - Where Dougie White & I had been living when Guy was evacuated to Pembury Hospital - During Spring 1940, The Battle of Britain etc) ."

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in ordinary to Her Majesty, MDCCCLXI. [ 1861 ] .. A very good two volume set, in matching half leather bindings. 8vo. 8.5" x 6" x 1". Original brown calf over brown washed silk covered boards. Spines with 5 raised bands, and bright gilt titles. Marbled endpapers and matching page edges. Each volume with an engraved armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: Sir Andrew Barclay Walker. Also, a second almost "full-page" engraved bookplate to the recto of the rear board (for his son): "William Hall, Baron Wavertree". Clean text throughout. A very good set with an excellent pedigree! Vol. I.: pp.32/pp.501; Vol. II.: pp.4/pp.455 . ** " William Hall, Baron Wavertree. Known as Colonel Hall-Walker (1856-1933), he became the 1st Baron Wavertree, a peerage that became extinct at his death in 1933. William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (25 December 1856 � 2 February 1933) was a British businessman, art collector, and an important figure in… Read More

[London, Re-printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1818] .. Scarce privately printed book in a very good contemporary leather binding. 8vo. 7.5" x 5.0" x 0.5". pp.15/pp.104 . Tan full calf binding. Edges and hinges carefully strengthened. Spine with 5 raised bands and old black leather title label: "Institutions". All page edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Engraved frontis: Coat of arms for Lieut General Burr." Colophon to verso of the title-page and to the last page: "London, Re-printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1818." Clear English text. Light intermittent foxing throughout, and 2 pages with ink blots. Still a very good copy of this scarce book. * "Re-printed at the expense of Lieut-General Burr. A gentleman by the name of Parsons, obtained a portion of the Scudamore property with General burr and assumed the name Higford. In all probability this book was written by a connexion of the family." - See "A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books Privately… Read More

London: printed For Rodwell And Martin, Bond-Street, 1821 .. First edition. 8vo. 210mm x 135mm x 20mm. pp. 255/[1p. - Colophon London: Printed By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars.] . Contemporary quarter green cloth over marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. Hinges cracked, but boards firmly attached. Bookplate to verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Ed. Wilding". Half title present. Clear English text. Sporadic foxing throughout. G+ ** "This work was published anonymously by John Leycester Adolphus (1795-1862), an English lawyer and author. He discusses the authorship of the then anonymous Waverley novels, and concludes that they were written by Sir Walter Scott, based on the resemblance of the novels in general style and method to the poems acknowledged by Scott. Scott thought at first that the letters were written by Reginald Heber - the great bookcollector, later to become bishop of Calcutta, who had earlier postulated that Scott was the author - and the discovery of J. L. Adolphus's identity led… Read More

London : Published by Wm. Suttaby, Stationers Court, Ludgate Street, 1806.. Early 19th century miniature edition. 4.5" x 2.75" x 0.75". 16mo. pp.6/[8pp.]/pp.327/[5pp. - |Adverts]. With a 4-page catalogue of "W. Suttaby's miniature library" bound at the end. Very good original full leather binding. Hinges and corners carefully strengthened. Smooth spine with gilt decoration and original red leather title label. Marbled endpapers. Free-endpapers lightly soiled. Engraved frontis by "J. Chapman sc." after a design by "R. Cooke el.", lightly soiled and foxed. Printed title and clean text throughout, on lightly toned paper. colophon to base of title and at the base of p.327: "C. Whittingham, Printer, Desn Street." * The "Junius Letters" appeared anonymously between 1768 and 1773. They were published in various newspapers before being gathered together. They were political letters, opposing the policies of the king and the government. Their authorship has never been definitely proven, but Sir Philip… Read More

London:Baynes and Son, et al, 1825 .. 12mo. 13.2cm x 7.5cm x 2cm. pp.10/368. Contemporary navy full calf. Hinges carefully strengthened at some time in the past. Engraved frontis and engraved title by Romney, followed by printed title. All lightly toned. Clean English text with only intermittent spotting. Some gatherings not flush with main block of the book. G+.

New York: John W. Lovell Company, 14 & 16 Vesey Street, [no date - c. 1890 ? ] .. Early 19th century paperback. 7" x 4.75" . [2pp.]/pp.130/[4pp.] . Illustrated paper covers, soiled and chipped. Spine with loss, hinges weak, staples rusted. Adverts both before and after the text, clean throughout. Preface dated 1869. G+. John Ruskin (8 February 1819 � 20 January 1900) was an English art critic and social thinker, also remembered as a poet and artist. His essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras." - See Wikipedia

London: George Manwaring, 8, King William Street, West Strand, MDCCCLXII. [1862] .. Scarce! A very good original half leather binding. 8vo. pp.20/pp.363. 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.0". Brown calf spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges and corners lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with 5 raised bands and original dark green leather title label. Original grey-green endpapers. Light soilng and foxing to free-endpapers and preliminary leaves. Engraved frontis of the Cherbourg statue of Napoleon by 'Vincent Brooks Lith.' Otherwise clear English text throughout. ** Original review: "...William Brade - So he signs himself at the end of the preface - Is a writer of 310 pages of heavy print, but not heavy reading. he furnishes some amusement and the manner in which he lets fly at everybody who has an atom of any kind of corporate orthodoxy is pleasant enough... But who is the Sphinx? By the frontispiece, which is the Cherbourg statue of Napoleon, and by thundering interpretation of the Prophet Nahum, we suppose it… Read More

London, Chatto & Windus, 1928. Fourth Impression.. A very clean copy with the original dustwrapper. 4to. 10.50" x 8.25" x 0.25" Ivory paper-covered boards. Titles in red, to front board and spine. Printed dustwrapper with a little edge rubbing and small edge tears (Now protected by a removeable clear plastic wrap). Previous owner's name to verso of the front board: "Venetia Winifred Collyer." Clean throughout. Colophon to last leaf: "Here end the Prayers of Robert Louis Stevenson as designed, written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski; reproduced for messrs chatto & Windus, who publish the volume at St. Martin's Lane, London. All rights reserved. Fourth Impression MCMXXVIII " Leaves uncut (French folding). A very good copy, scarce in the original dustwrapper.

Cambridge: Macmillan And Co., And 23, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, 1859 .. A very good first edition in the original decorated cloth binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.5" x 0.75". pp.228/pp16 (Adverts dated 1858). Blue grained cloth covered boards, corners bumped and edges lightly rubbed. Bright gilt title with elaborate decorated border to front board (lightly rubbed). Spine with similar gilt decoration (a little dulled). All page edges gilt. Light pink endpapers, soiled plus pencil notes on the different editions . Half-title present. Double-page illustrated title, followed by the printed title. Clear text with illustrated capitals, just a few brown patches . Final 16 pages are: "Macmillan and Co.'s List of works adapted for Christmas presents", dated 1858 . First Edition 1st Impression 1859 with the two typos - pp 60 & 99 missing U in Up and puropse for purpose .

Paris: Published By A. And W. Galignani And Co., Rue Vivenne, No. 18, 1835 .. A very good half vellum binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" x 1.0" . [2pp.]/pp.ix. - xi./[5pp.]/pp.343 . Vellum spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. light soiling to the vellum. Spine with gilt banding and original brown leather title label. previous owner's name to front endpaper: "Ann Lambert Dec. 1917." Printed title (verso blank), Preface; Contents; Dedication ( Hertford Street, April 20, 1835.) Clear English text throughout out. Just a few creased page corners and a few small blemishes. VG. Contents: Fidelity In Love; Fi-Ho-Ti; The Pleasures Of Reputation. A Chinese Tale; On The Knowledge Of The World In Men And Books; The Tale Of Kosem Kesamim, The Magician; On The Passion For The Universal; Ferdinand Fitzroy: Or, Too Handsome For Any Thing; The New Phaedo; Or, Conversations On Things Human And Divine, With One Condemned; On The Difference Between Authors, And The Impression Conveyed Of Them By… Read More

London: Printed for C. and J. Rivington; J. Nunn; T. Cadell... et al (10 others), 1824 .. A very good full leather binding. 12mo. 5.0" x 3.0" x 1.0". pp.ix/[3pp.]/pp.480 . Black morocco binding with blind-stamped decoration, edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Flat spine with gilt tile: "Tales Of The Genii". All page edges gilt (rubbed ). A few gatherings just proud of the text block. Inner gilt dentelles. Yellow endpapers (soiled). Small pink bookseller's label to verso of the front board: "G Paul. Bookseller. Bury." Extra engraved frontis and title-page, followed by a printed title-page (all lightly soiled). Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper. Colophon to base of last page: "London: Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars." VG. ** Note from British Library Hub: "In fact an original work by James Ridley, writing under the pseudonym Sir Charles Morell, based on the 'Arabian nights' . "

London: William P. Nimmo, [ no date - C.1875 ].. 8vo. 24cm x 15.5cm x 4.5cm . pp.6/684. Engraved portrait frontis by T. Dick. Printed title with engraved vignette of Jerusalem. English text in double columns. Dedication in a contemporary hand to front free-endpaper: "This Book Was subscribed for by friends and presented by Frederick Haisman to Mr. G. Spooner Superintendent of the Dawn of Hope Senior Temple No. 50, On its first anniversary as a token of love and esteem. April 5th 1877." Free endpapers with very light foxing. Aeg. Contemporary crimson half-leather over crimson boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and gilt title. Spine and edges slightly rubbed. Overall VG.