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Christie, Richard CopleyLondon: Macmillan, 1880. Cloth. ETIENNE DOLET, THE MARTYR OF THE RENAISSANCE: A BIOGRAPHYChristie, Richard Copley (1830-1901)Published by London: Macmillan, 18808vo 559 pages; Title vignette, plates, Dolet, Etienne. Classical studies. French Literature - Printers - France - 16th Century. Bibliography: p. [517] - 553. On last page: Dolet's printer's mark. Bound in original publishers' brown cloth, clean sharp tight copy of this excellent work.Étienne Dolet, 3 August 1509 – 3 August 1546) was a French scholar, translator and printer. Dolet was a controversial figure throughout his lifetime. His early attacks upon the Inquisition, the city council and other authorities in Toulouse, together with his later publications in Lyon treating of theological subjects, roused the French Inquisition to monitor his activities closely. After being imprisoned several times, he was eventually convicted of heresy, strangled and burned with his books due to the combined efforts of the… Read More

MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZHERBERT
By Langdale, Charles
Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1856
Cosway Style Binding, Extra illustrated 30 added plates 10 in colour
Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert by Charles Langdale, London, 1856 with extra illustrations in full red levant, octavo, lavish gilt decoration. All edges gilt with two miniature portraits on Ivory of Mrs. Fitzherbert on the front cover and H.R.H. George IV on the back cover. Moiré silk ends and red cloth slipcase. Signed on inside of the front cover lower turn-inn Bayntun Binders, Bath England. William George Weld bookplate. Provenance: Weld family library.
"Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert" by Charles Langdale, published in London in 1856, is a notable work that delves into the life and experiences of Maria Fitzherbert. Maria Anne Fitzherbert was a prominent figure in British history, known for her connection to King George IV. The book sheds light on the fascinating and controversial relationship between Maria Fitzherbert and the future King George… Read More

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTS: PAPERS / FOCUS ON EGYPT. 3 VOLUMES, 1921, 1937, 1939 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Papers Bas-Reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos; The Temple of Ramesses I at Abydos; The Burial Chamber of the Treasurer Sobk-Mosē from Er Rizeikāt. Three volumes, in original print wrappers, each featuring unique plates. Bas-Reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos. Winlock, Herbet E. (1921). Vol.01. Pages unbound (as designed) in paper cover. Eleven black and white plates near back, featuring photos of the reliefs themselves, alongside artist renditions. Photographs and drawings can be found throughout the work. The first volume in a two-part series, alongside The Temple of Ramesses I at Abydos. The Temple of Ramesses I at Abydos. Winlock, Herbet E. (1937). Vol. 05. Limited Edition with only 500 copies in release. A follow-up to the previously mentioned work, Bas-Reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos. Features 5 black and white plates attached near… Read More

MILTON'S PARADISE REGAINEDwith Select Notes Subjoined: to which is added a Complete Collection of his Miscellaneous Poems, both English and Latin
Milton, John
Published by Printed by Bensley for Printed by T. Bensley; for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson, W. Richardson, W. Otridge and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, J. Scatcherd, Ogilvy and Speare, W. Lowndes, G. and T. Wilkie, G. Kearsley, Vernor and Hood, T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, and S. Hayes. London, 1796
Bound in 18c full red straight grain Morocco simple gilt lines on the board and spine stormont pattern marble endpapers. Slight wear to the head and board edges, commensurate with its age.Engraved frontice and three engraved plates throughout, some foxing of the plates and prelims. 428pp. bookplate on front paste down. R.Foyle booksellers ticket to the inside of the front fly leaf.
Paradise Regained, this collection includes Samson Agonistes, poems upon several occasions, sonnets, psalms, a Latin ode to… Read More

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THE MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART
Scott, Walter
Published by Cadell, 1848, Houlston & Stoneman, London
Complete in one Volume, containing a summary and parts of larger more comprehensive works, including The Life of John Dryden, Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists, Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk, Essay on Chivalry, Essay on Boarder Antiquities, Provincial Antiquities of Scotland, Letters of Malachi Malagrowther on the Currency, on Planting Waste Lands, on Landscape Gardening, Davy's Salmonia, Life of J. P. Kemble, Life and Works of John Home, & Reliques of Robert Burns.
Engravings by Cadell.
FORE-EDGE PAINTING
A beautiful and detailed early fore-edge of Aberdeen's North Pier and docks from the South Pier, Circa 1700-1800s [Footdee]
Years ago, there was much Ferrying 'to and fro' between Futty, as it was then called in the language that was never spelt or written down consistently, and the South Bank Torry on the opposite… Read More

Davies, Robertson. The Manitcore. 1972. Viking Press. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good condition. Light shelf wear to jacket and small bend to inner front flap (as pictured). "David Staunton, a most successful criminal lawyer, is, above all, a tidily rational man. Even so, it is perhaps not so odd that he should feel a touch of madness and plunge himself into Jungian analysis as a result of his father's accidental (suicidal? homincidal?) death." Very good condition. Interior pages are clean and readable. Jacket is not wrapped in protective plastic.

MATTHEW FLINDER'S NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE IN THE SCHOONER FRANCIS: 1798. JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT. Published by London: Golden Cockerel Press. 1946. A numbered copy. 'Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove &c, by Geoffrey Rawson: With Engravings by John Buckland Wright'. "Another Book of Daring Exploration" printed from the original manuscript. Folio: 310 x 189mm. Publisher's full green buckram. Front cover pictorially stamped in gilt with a schooner designed by John Buckland Wright. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. A near fine copy.Nine wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright: including a frontispiece, title vignette, six head-piece vignettes, and the printer's device. Also contains a map printed in black and green ink. "'Matthew Flinders' Narrative' has been designed, produced, and published, by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, on Arnold's mould-made paper in 16pt. Aldine Bembo type, with Centaur initials,… Read More

Memoirs of Eminent Etonians London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. New Edition. Full Hard Grain Morocco. [FORE EDGE PAINTING]. CREASY, Edward, sir (1812 1878). Memoirs of Eminent Etonians, with an inscription by an Eton scholar and great nephew to Jane Austen. London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. 8vo. Illustrated with full-page plates including frontispiece. Presentation binding in full umber hard grain morocco, raised bands, gilt titling in compartments, dentelle turn-ins, pale yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Originally published in 1850 this new edition has frontice and 12 portrait illustrations throughout. FORE EDGE PAINTING containing a duck hunting scene of a dog retrieving the prize. Inscribed by a Scholar of Eton and Lower Master of the University on front flyleaf: Charles Fitzpatrick Burroughs/from/Edward Austen Leigh/Honoris causá)/Eton Easter 1889 . A FINE COPY WITH AN INTERESTING ASSOCIATION. Edward Compton Austen Leigh (1839 1916), son of the author James Edward Austen Leigh (nephew to Jane… Read More

THE MINT
The Mint, By 352087 A/c Ross A Day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August andDecember 1922 with later notes
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Published by London, Jonathan Cape.
Jonathan Cape, London, 1955. A day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross.
Title page printed in red & black, ¼ navy pigskin, spine lettered in gilt, dark blue/grey buckram boards, cockerel marbled endpapers t.e.g., others uncut, extremely clean no markings. Housed in publishers card slipcase, which is very small bump on one corner. limited edition, being #1947 of 2,000 numbered copies. Very Nice clean sharp copy. O'Brien A172.
T. E Lawrence, or "Lawrence of Arabia", as he is best known is recognized far and wide for his military exploits in the middle east. Following the expeditions that made him famous, Lawrence chose to disappear from view. The Mint is a collection of notes and insights into this time after the war, consisting of his time in the Royal Air Force, serving… Read More

MISCELLANEOUS AND POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE. HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE. Published by Parker, Son, and Bourn: London. 1861. 7 volumes in 3 titles. Beautifully bound in half red Morocco full gilt spines, with burgundy gold vein marble sides and ends, top edge gilt by Riviere & Son. 'History of the Civilization in England, In 2 Volumes'. Published by Parker, Son, and Bourn: London. 1861. 'Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle, In 3 Volumes'. Published by Longmans: London. 1872. 'The Life of H. T. Buckle, In 2 Volumes'. Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington: London. 1880. All bindings are in very good condition: no bumping of corners or chipping of head and tail, and all the joints are sound. The text is clean, bright, and sharp, with no foxing. A handsome set.

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. NORDHOFF, Charles (1878-1947). -- HALL, James Norman (1887-1951). Mutiny on the Bounty. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932.

8vo. 20th-century blue crushed levant gilt, upper cover with central illustration of a ship in white, red and green morocco on-lay, edges gilt, concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of the H.M.S. Bounty and a ship of mutineers at sea; quarter morocco gilt slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of the first work in the Bounty Trilogy, based on the 1787 mutiny in Tahiti. Throughout history, few voyages are as infamous as that of the bounty. Even before the doomed sailing, the naval exploits of Lieutenant William Bligh and his participation in the third and final voyage of Captain James Cook, were quickly becoming legend. Sailing with such a distinguished officer should have been an honour but this was not the case.

On April 28th, 1789, the HMS Bounty was taken over by disgruntled crew members, led by acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian. The mutiny came on the heels of… Read More