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Coleridges Essays and Lectures on Shakspeare and Other Poets and Dramatists

by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Rhys, Ernest (Ed.)

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London : J. M. Dent, 1907. Hardcover. Good. First Edition Undated circa 1907, contemporary previous owner’s name dated February 1907 handwritten in pencil on front endpaper. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Xvi + 479pp. Part of the Everyman library series. Contents include, Shakespeare with introductory matter on poetry, the drama and the stage, Notes on Ben Jonson, Notes on Beaumont and Fletcher, A course of lectures, Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton. etc. Spine cracked inside at blind title page, some shelf wear, generally good. Nice and clean inside.
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A Collection of Poems ;  in Six Volumes by Several Hands (vol.s I & II)
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A Collection of Poems ; in Six Volumes by Several Hands (vol.s I & II)

by Various

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London : J. Dodsley, 1765. Hardcover. Good. Volumes 1 & 2 only in matching bindings. 8vo, full calf. An early edition of this 18th century collection of English poetry compiled by R Dodsley. Vol I 383pp including index, vol II 400pp including index. Some wear etc to binding, but generally well bound and clean inside. Ex reference library with single stamp on front endpapers, pictorial bookplate on rear pastedown. **Over 1kg and may require additional overseas postage***
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Complete Works of William Shakspeare: With Dr. Johnson's Preface; A Glossary, and an Account of Each Play

by Shakspeare, William

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Scott, Webster, and Geary, London, 1836. Hardcover. Poor. Scott, Webster, and Geary, London, 1836. Poor. First edition thus. Includes 'a Memoir of the Author, by The Rev. William harness, M. A.'. Approx. 10'', full leather binding with 5 slightly raised bands on spine. Binding worn (see pictures), front boards detached inside, marbled endpapers. 926pp with 41 engraved illustrations, including the Chandos portrait of Shakespeare as the frontispiece. Acceptable copy only, some foxing, grubbiness & occasional loose pages. Ex reference library with number on reverse of title page, single stamp on front endpapers & title page. No other obvious library markings. Contemporary handwritten note of two births on front endpapers, similar note on rear endpapers. ***Over 1 kg & may require additional overseas postage***
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Corydon - Four Socratic Dialogues
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Corydon - Four Socratic Dialogues

by Gide, Andre

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London : Secker & Warburg, 1952. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First UK Edition. 8vo, original dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Previous owner's name handwritten on front endpaper in ink dated October 1952. Un price clipped jacket with chips, repairs and tears. This contains the 4 famous dialogues in which Gide defends homosexuality. It appeared originally in France in 1911, bearing neither author’s nor publisher’s name. First appearance in English 1952. Translator P.B. From the Standard edition of the works of Andre Gide.
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A Dissertation on Romance and Minstrelsy: to Which is Appended the Ancient Metrical Romance of...
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A Dissertation on Romance and Minstrelsy: to Which is Appended the Ancient Metrical Romance of Ywaine and Gawin

by Joseph Ritson

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Edinburgh: E & G Goldsmid, 1891. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good. Edinburgh: E & G Goldsmid, 1891. Limited ed. Very Good. This edition limited to 400 copies. 8 vo, half leather with blue cloth boards, paper label with gilt titles on spine, upper edge gilt. 98pp. Ex reference library with pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, single stamp on endpapers, blind stamp & number on reverse of title page. No other obvious library markings, inner book is clean & in very good condition +.
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Elements of Criticism (2 volume set)
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Elements of Criticism (2 volume set)

by Henry Home Kames

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Edinburgh: Bell and Creech, 1788. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edinburgh: Bell and Creech, 1788. Seventh Edition. Very Good. Complete in 2 matching volumes. Elements of Criticism with the author's last corrections and additions. 8vo, full leather binding which has been rebacked at some point, using the original boards. 518pp + 573pp, including index. Ink stain to the base of vol. I., shelfwear commensurate with age. Contemporary previous owner's name on front endpaper. Ex reference library with pictorial bookplate on front & rear pastedown, marks on spines where stickers have been removed. Inner books are in very good clean condition. ***Over 1kg & may require extra overseas postage***
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The Flower in Season
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The Flower in Season

by Brooke, Jocelyn

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London: The Bodley Head, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Stewart, Charles W.. ‘A Calendar of Wild Flowers’. 8vo, coloured illustrated dust jacket over dark green boards with gilt decoration on front and gilt titles on spine.160pp with 12 full page line illustrations. Some edge wear and part missing of dust jacket, top of front board sunned here. A book about flowers in Britain arranged as to their months of blooming, musing on names, cultural aspects , colours etc. ‘for people who, like myself, are fond of flowers, unscientifically and for their own sake’
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The Genuine Works of Charles Cotton Esq.
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The Genuine Works of Charles Cotton Esq.

by Cotton, Charles

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London: Printed for R. Bonwicke, Tim. Goodwin et al, 1715. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +. Various. “Containing I. Scarronnides, or Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scott. III. The Wonders of the Peake. IV. The Planters Manual. Illustrated with many curios Cuts, all new design’d, and engraved by the best Artists.”. A collection of 4 books in one volume, each with their own title page. Some humorous writing and in the case of the Planters manual, practical advice on the grafting and cultivation of fruit trees. 8vo, half leather with green cloth boards. Gilt titles on spine. Marbled endpapers. Spine and corners rubbed and worn, nibbles at top of spine. 384pp illustrated with 9 engravings (one folding), frontispiece. Inner book in lovely condition, some age spotting, but generally clean. At some point this has been library rebound. Ex reference library with number and name on spine, pictorial bookplate on rear pastedown, blank plate on front pastedown. No other… Read More
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The Goose Cathedral
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The Goose Cathedral

by Brooke, Jocelyn

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London: The Bodley Head, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Julian Trevelyan. 8vo, coloured illustrated dust jacket by Julian Trevelyan over green boards with gilt titles on spine. Some chipping / tears to edges of price clipped dust jacket. 186pp. Part 3 of the Orchid Trilogy. Part fiction and part autobiography, these reminiscences ‘cover loosely linked periods in the author’s childhood and later life…. here the theme is woven about the startling pseudo - Gothic lifeboat station at Folkestone, which, with its grotesque gaggle of geese, became known as the The Goose Cathedral.’ Originally from the library at a Royal Air Force station with a single stamp on the blind title page & with a personal pictorial bookplate on the front endpaper.
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The Hollow Land

by William Morris

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London : Longmans, Green, & Co. , 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. And Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. First edition thus. 8vo. Iii + 332pp. Original blue paper covered boards with cloth spine and printed paper label. Printed on hand made paper with the Golden Type designed by Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Printed in red and black and with an extra title ticket inserted at front. This contains both prose and verse, which first appeared in the magazine in 1856, when the author was 22 years old. Prose: The story of the unknown church; A Dream ; Gertha's Lovers ; Svend and his Brethren; Lindenborg pool; The Hollow Land; Golden Wings; Frank's Sealed Letter ; 'Men and Women.' By Robert Browning; The Churches of North France. Shadows of Amiens; 'Death the Avenger' and 'Death the Friend' ; Verse: Winter Weather ; Riding Together ; Hands; The chapel in Lyoness ; Pray but one Prayer for us. Some edge wear and rubbing to corners and spine. Slightly cocked. Very good + and clean inside,… Read More
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Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen (5 vols)
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Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen (5 vols)

by Landor, Walter Savage

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London: Henry Colburn, 1826. Second edition. Hardcover. Good +. Complete in 5 volumes The Second Edition, New and Enlarged. Published1826 - 1829. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 512 + 632 + 546 + 326 + 548 + 4pp. publisher's adverts. Vol I missing a small piece at top of spine, some foxing to front and rear. & some shelf wear. Pictorial bookplates of former owner’s personal library on front pastedowns. Inner books very good & clean, some pages still uncut. These are imagined conversation between the great and the good ranging from emperors, statesmen, poets, philosophers to other interesting individuals, coming from different ages, from classical times to the early 19th century. ***Over 2kg and may require extra overseas postage***
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In Memoriam: George R Mather M.D.

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Glasgow: R Robertson, 1896. Hardcover. Very good . 8vo, brown cloth boards with gilt emblem on front. 97pp with tissue guarded portrait frontispiece. Upper edge gilt. A collection of prose regarding, and speeches delivered by Mather, who took a keen interest in literary and historical figures. Spine slightly sunned, generally very good.
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The King’s Mirror
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The King’s Mirror

by Hope, Anthony

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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles and motif on spine. Blind embossed motif on front. Undated circa 1907. 368pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue illustrated with frontispiece in black and white. Generally very good and clean inside, some toning to the endpapers. A not entirely serious story of the trials and triumphs of the royal life set in the late 19th century.
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Lions and Shadows
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Lions and Shadows

by Isherwood, Christopher

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London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Good. - An Education in the Twenties -. First edition and a rare signed copy. Gift dedication on front endpaper to his friend Jeremy signed by Isherwood and dated May 1961. 8vo, blue cloth boards with black titles on spine. 312pp illustrated with frontis portrait of Isherwood in 1921. Tear to spine at front board and some edge wear. Inner book very good and clean.
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Little Eyolf
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Little Eyolf

by Henrik Ibsen

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London: William Heinemann, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with label on spine. 180pp. Marbled endpapers with some discolouration. Nice and clean inside.
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Margaret Ogilvy
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Margaret Ogilvy

by Barrie, J. M

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. By Her Son. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 164pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Undated circa 1925. Very good and clean inside. The classic children’s story with Tinker Bell et al. We have a few more from this series in stock. Private library mark on front end paper and half title page.
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The Military Orchid
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The Military Orchid

by Brooke, Jocelyn

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London: The Bodley Head, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Stephen Bone. Slim 8vo, tan cloth boards with titles on spine. 135pp with coloured frontis and other decorations by Stephen Bone. Tear to outer spine and some other edge wear. Very good + and clean inside. The first in the Orchid Trilogy. The Military Orchid is a comic masterpiece blending memoirs, satire and a love of the natural world in the search for one flower, Orchis Militaris, the military orchid.
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A Mine of Serpents
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A Mine of Serpents

by Brooke, Jocelyn

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London: The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. P Vinton. First edition with signed dedication to Desmond MacCarthy (British writer, member of the Bloomsbury group & critic) by author. 8vo, coloured illustrated dust jacket by P Vinten over blue grey boards with gilt titles on spine. Upper edge red. Some chipping / tears to edges of the unclipped dust jacket, lower part of jacket at spine absent with a couple of repairs. 252pp. Frontispiece illustration of Radnor Terrace, Sandgate slightly damaged (see pictures), other illustrations at the front of each section throughout the text. Very good and clean inside. Part 2 of the Orchid Trilogy. Part fiction and part autobiography. ‘Childhood, soldiering and travel are recurring themes, together with a range of incidental topics.’
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New Writing in Europe
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New Writing in Europe

by Lehmann, John

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London: Pelican Penguin, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Very good. First edition Pelican no. 81. Softcover 158pp plus 2pp adverts at rear. Illustrated with several pages of photographs of authors/ stage sets. ‘A story of recent trends in English and European literature to the works of the most interesting younger writers of today… poets, novelists and dramatists..’
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Of the Imitation of Christ in Three Books: With the Book of the Sacrament
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Of the Imitation of Christ in Three Books: With the Book of the Sacrament

by Kempis, Thomas A; Payne, John (trans)

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Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Phillips, London, 1785. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Translated From the Latin of Thomas A Kempis by John Payne. 8vo, original full leather binding with gilt border on covers & edges. Xliv + 341pp. Outer binding in poor condition with front board loose, cracked at spine & wear to corners, marbled endpapers, Hardwicke Knight's bookplate on front pastedown. Inner book generally clean & in very good condition.
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