Search Results: Poetry, Plays and Theatre from Zetetic Books

Meerut: Royal Irish Fusiliers Printed, single-sided broadside with a poem within a decorative frame, no date, but probably relatively contemporaneous with the battle. Slightly chipped to edges, lightly browned, lightly creased from old folds, small hole to centre just catching a letter but with no loss of sense, generally fairly bright. A poem about the capture of the Napoleonic Eagle at the battle of Barrosa, on the 5th March 1811, and printed at their own press in Meerut. Uncommon, not found in COPAC. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. Folio. Broadside.

Glasgow: Commonwealth Office, 1859. 16pp, bound in later half-morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt title to spine. Spine faded, slightly rubbed to extremities, text a little grubby, title more so. Also bound in are a 4pp 'Autograph Poem of Robert Burns', published by Kerr and Richardson, Glasgow (late 19th C?), and two articles on Burns from the Edinburgh Review of 1809 and 1828. The first item is at the NLS only on COPAC. First Edition. Quarter Morocco and Boards. Good. 8vo.

London: Elliott and Fry Carte-de-Visite of Longfellow, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1870? Image slightly faded, sitters name to head of reverse in pencil and numbers in pencil to foot. Reverse with printed details of Elliott and Fry. For Elliott and Fry see Hannavy, pages 479-80. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, poet and translator. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

No Place: No Publisher, 1861. Single sided printed broadside in double column, approximately 165mm x 255mm in size. Slightly creased with patches of light foxing, otherwise clean. There is a manuscript alteration to the text, with 'Severn' being crossed through and 'Tene' (another local river), being written in above. Dated March 30, 1861, but with no publisher or place. The author was possibly George Newlings, whose 'Handy Book for the Common Law Judges' Chamber' was published in the same year under Geo. H. Parkinson. Not in JISC. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 4to. Broadside.

London : Dublin: Dean & Munday : For the Booksellers, 1819. Two copies of Mathews' 'Trip to Paris', the London edition of 1819, [3], 4-49pp, [3] and a Dublin edition, n.d. but probably the same year, [4], 8-56pp, with a colour frontispiece. Browned and chipped, lightly foxed with some pencilled annotations and underlining. The Dublin edition is erratically paginated, apparently lacking pages 17-18, but the register is A-C6, D7 and it appears to be complete. BL and Ox only in JISC for both editions. First Edition. Disbound. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xx, 214pp, full morocco, smooth back, author, title and publisher in gilt to spine, a.e.g. with marbled endpapers. Presentation label to front pastedown (from Jesus College). Howarth's own copy of his festschrift in a presentation binding. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.

London: The Medici Society for Eton College, 1928. [8], 87pp, [3], original full vellum, title label to spine, Eton College coat of arms in gilt to centre of upper cover, t.e.g. Very slightly rubbed and lightly discoloured, internally browned to edges, but generally fairly clean. With the usual Eton presentation leaf. Reprint. Full Vellum. Good+. 4to.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. 93pp, [3], (printed on rectos only). Contemporary full morocco, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, remaining panels with volute corner pieces and central lozenge-shaped tool, covers with multiple rolls and panels inside a triple fillet of varying thicknesses as a border. Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped, outer joints rubbed with a couple of small splits, black mark to upper cover. Internally lightly foxed throughout, occasionally heavier, but fairly bright. Inner hinges cracked and slightly weak, but holding well, slight movement in text block when laid flat. Attractive hand-drawn and coloured presentation dedication to ffep, the bookplate of Percival F. Hinton to front-pastedown, from the library of Eric Quayle (though no evidence of this). First Edition. Full Morocco. Good. Illus. by Dalziel Brothers. 4to.

London: J. Tabby [Printer], 1831. Single sided broadside, approximately 215mm x 340mm in size. Slightly chipped to edges, small spot to centre and one towards foot, otherwise quite bright and clean. A benefit for Mr. [James] Wallack, an actor and later manager, with a Napoleon related play, 'The Little Corporal; or, the School of Bonaparte', relating to his time at the military school at Brienne and the celebrated snow ball fight led by Napoleon in the winter of 1783-4, with a 'terrific bombardment with snow balls!' Also appearing were Cooke's Equestrian establishment and his 'celebrated stud of ponies', promising a 'grand attack of Lilliputian cavalry'. The printer was (I think) J.[ohn] Tabby (whose printing of his own imprint doesn't act as a very good advert for his services), see BBTI. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Broadside.

London: T. Cadell, A. Donaldson, J. Balfour and R. Taylor, 1772. [4], 40pp, bound in modern half-calf and boards, with leather title label to front board. Externally very good. Slightly cropped at head affecting page numbers towards end, but never text. Slightly browned, but generally quite bright, one instance of critical marginalia (in old hand) to page seven, with slight staining to margin of last three pages, otherwise quite clean. "Jenner, Charles (bap. 1736, d. 1774), writer and poet ... Jenner's first published work was a volume of poems in 1766 ... After The Placid Man his most interesting work was in verse once more, especially in Town Eclogues (1772)" (Oxford DNB). First Edition. Half Calf and Boards. Good+. 4to.

London and Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies and W. Creech, 1801. Four volumes complete - Volume One - [4], viii, 389pp, [1]; Volume Two - [4], xxiii, [1], 467pp, [1]; Volume Three - xvii, 431pp, [1] and Volume Four - xxiv, 415pp, [1]. Contemporary full mottled calf, smooth backs divided into six panels, leather title to second panel, matching volume label to fifth, remaining panels with central flower device, marbled endpapers. Spines rubbed, very slightly chipped to ends, slightly split to outer joints but holding well, corners bumped and worn. Internally some light browning and staining, occasional small ink stains to margins, small piece missing from fore-edge of final blank to volume one, but generally fairly clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown (removed from volume two). Portrait frontispiece to volume one. The second edition of this edition of Burns, first printed in Liverpool in 1800. Watkins 20; Egerer 61. Second Edition. Full Calf. Good. 8vo.