A dreamer's tales by Dunsany, Lord - 1910

Gold Medal Books #1153, 1961. Paperback, Paperback ORIGINAL, stated 1st Edition, Sept. 1961, water stain back cover & few pgs back book, minor crease Cvr, VG-,AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

London: Simpkin and Marshall Book. Good. Half-Leather. 12mo. Contains a) W.Shakespeare, Richard the Third, a tragedy. 1818. iv, [ii], 68p. Jaggard p372 b) T.Otway, Venice preserved, a tragedy. 1820. iv, ii, ii, [ii], 56p. c) P. Massinger, A new way to pay old debts, a comedy. 1818. [odd pagination to prelims, then [7] - 78p d) Bickerstaff, The hypocrite, a comedy. [no date]. v, [iii], 63p. e) A.Cherry, The soldier's daughter, a comedy. 1819. 3, [v], 72p. f) T.Holcroft, Deaf and dumb, an historical drama. 1819. iii, [v], 60p. g) S.J.Arnold, The shipwreck, a comic opera, 1820. ii, [ii], 27, [1]p h) S.Beazley, Is he jealous? an operetta. 1818. ii, [iv], 25p. i) T. Knight, The honest thieves, a farce. 1820. iii, [iii], 28p. j) The magpie, or the maid of palaiseau, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 36p. k) M.G. Lewis, Rugantino; or the bravo of Venice, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 30p. Signs of original stab sewing to each play. Occasional spotting and browning. Some marks, small tears and creases. Titles… Read More

London: Harrison and Co, 1779 Book. Fair. Full-Leather. Full leather, but very very worn. Interesting book plate to front pastedown initials WS and crest of hand holding a pistol, above this printed name William Clarke. Contains a) Nath. Lee, Theodosius; or the force of love. 15p. Ink owner's name to title. b) Sir John Vanbrugh. The city wives confederacy. 24p, repair to title. c) Solomon an oratorio. 4p. d) Mr Havard, King Charles I.14p. e) Mr Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair, being the sequel of the trip to the jubilee. 19p. f) Saul, an oratorio. 6p. Small hole to inner margin of last page. g) Altered from Beaumont and Fletcher. Philaster. 16p. h) Ben Johnson [Jonson] Every man in his humour. 23p. i) Shakespeare. Coriolanus. 22p. j) Beaumont and Fletcher. The chances. 1780. 21p. k) Jephtha, a sacred drama. 4p. l) Esther an oratorio. 4p. m) W Whitehead, The roman fathers. 14p. n) Mr Moore, The foundling. 18p. o) Colley Cibber, The school-boy; or, comical revival. 8p. p) Theobald, Electra. 14p. q)… Read More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1885. Hardcover. Good+. 340pp; Half-leather with maroon cloth, raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, wear to corners of boards, front hinge starting, toning to endpapers, foxing to a few pages, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Collection of roadside songs of Tuscany translated and illustrated by Francesca Alexander and edited by John Ruskin. In ten parts with 20 illustrations.

In Toscano: A spese di Giovanni Ghiara, 1770 Book. Good. Full vellum. 5 volume set. Vol 1 - [2], xix, [1], 256 pages. Vol 2 - [2], viiii, 237, [1] pages. Vol 3 - [2], vii, [1], 160 pages. Vol 4 - [2]. 225, [1] pages. Vol 5 - [2], 216 pages. There are 14 plates. The half title pages are bound in after the title pages in all the volumes. Bound in full vellum, soiling and discolouring, mainly to the spines. Damage to the head of spine of vol 2 and the foot of spine of vol 1. Bookplates to the front pastedowns - Ex libris Stephani D Winkworthii..

London: Simpkin and Marshall Book. Good. Half-Leather. 12mo. Contains a) W.Shakespeare, Richard the Third, a tragedy. 1818. iv, [ii], 68p. Jaggard p372 b) T.Otway, Venice preserved, a tragedy. 1820. iv, ii, ii, [ii], 56p. c) P. Massinger, A new way to pay old debts, a comedy. 1818. [odd pagination to prelims, then [7] - 78p d) Bickerstaff, The hypocrite, a comedy. [no date]. v, [iii], 63p. e) A.Cherry, The soldier's daughter, a comedy. 1819. 3, [v], 72p. f) T.Holcroft, Deaf and dumb, an historical drama. 1819. iii, [v], 60p. g) S.J.Arnold, The shipwreck, a comic opera, 1820. ii, [ii], 27, [1]p h) S.Beazley, Is he jealous? an operetta. 1818. ii, [iv], 25p. i) T. Knight, The honest thieves, a farce. 1820. iii, [iii], 28p. j) The magpie, or the maid of palaiseau, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 36p. k) M.G. Lewis, Rugantino; or the bravo of Venice, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 30p. Signs of original stab sewing to each play. Occasional spotting and browning. Some marks, small tears and creases. Titles… Read More

London: Harrison and Co, 1779 Book. Fair. Full-Leather. Full leather, but very very worn. Interesting book plate to front pastedown initials WS and crest of hand holding a pistol, above this printed name William Clarke. Contains a) Nath. Lee, Theodosius; or the force of love. 15p. Ink owner's name to title. b) Sir John Vanbrugh. The city wives confederacy. 24p, repair to title. c) Solomon an oratorio. 4p. d) Mr Havard, King Charles I.14p. e) Mr Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair, being the sequel of the trip to the jubilee. 19p. f) Saul, an oratorio. 6p. Small hole to inner margin of last page. g) Altered from Beaumont and Fletcher. Philaster. 16p. h) Ben Johnson [Jonson] Every man in his humour. 23p. i) Shakespeare. Coriolanus. 22p. j) Beaumont and Fletcher. The chances. 1780. 21p. k) Jephtha, a sacred drama. 4p. l) Esther an oratorio. 4p. m) W Whitehead, The roman fathers. 14p. n) Mr Moore, The foundling. 18p. o) Colley Cibber, The school-boy; or, comical revival. 8p. p) Theobald, Electra. 14p. q)… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969, 4th edition. (Hardcover) 961pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Green leather decoratively stamped in gilt and green. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon page marker, appendices, tables. The spine is faded. Revised by Dorothy Eagle. (Reference).

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/good. [6], 101, [1] p.; 20 cm. Beige cloth spine with grey paper over boards. Paper labels on spine and front board printed in black with red borders. Dust jacket printed in red and black with advertisement for War Savings Stamps on back section. Advertisement for the YMCA on back flap. First edition. The first state with "recuiting depot" on p. 78, line 1. These stories framed as letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers were first published in the Saturday Evening Post in May and June 1917. Contents: A Retired Gentleman -- The Fumes of the Heart -- The Private Account -- A Trooper of Horse. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Frank P. Hadley. Book is in Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; head of spine starting to fray; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed and soiled; old repair to inside; minor loss at ends of spine and flap folds.

In Toscano: A spese di Giovanni Ghiara, 1770 Book. Good. Full vellum. 5 volume set. Vol 1 - [2], xix, [1], 256 pages. Vol 2 - [2], viiii, 237, [1] pages. Vol 3 - [2], vii, [1], 160 pages. Vol 4 - [2]. 225, [1] pages. Vol 5 - [2], 216 pages. There are 14 plates. The half title pages are bound in after the title pages in all the volumes. Bound in full vellum, soiling and discolouring, mainly to the spines. Damage to the head of spine of vol 2 and the foot of spine of vol 1. Bookplates to the front pastedowns - Ex libris Stephani D Winkworthii..