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London: Printed for J & R Tonson, C Corbet, H Woodfall, J Rivington, R Baldwin, L Hawes, Clark and Collins, W Johnston, T Caslon, T Lownds and the Executors of B Dodd, 1765 Book. Fair. Full-Leather with Raised Bands. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Early edition of Samuel Johnson's Shakespeare. Vol VII: Julius Caesar; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Troilus and Cressida. 547pp. Vol VIII: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Othello, The Moor of Venice. 473pp plus appendices to all eight volumes to rear. Full calf with gilt lined border, 5 raised bands, black label to spine 'Johnson's Shakespeare' (text only just legible). Marbled endpapers. Red page edges. Boards rubbed to edges and corners. Top board of Vol VIII detached. Top board of Vol VII starting to loosen but holding. Text block appears complete and in good condition although pages a little browned. Title and half-title pages complete in both volumes. Minor foxing to endpapers. OFFERS INVITED FOR… Leer más

London: John Lehmann Ltd, 1950 Book. Illus. by John Minton (jacket design). Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce copy of a novel, set mainly in London, by the author of The Dark Peninsula, Ernest Frost. 253pp. Bronze lettering on oval black title label to spine. Edges age-toned and foxing to early and late pages, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear, with slight loss at head to spine and minor marking to rear panel, otherwise good..

London: John Bowyer, 1865 Book. Good. Full-Leather. 3rd Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Volume II of the 3rd edition, bound in calf with 5 raised bands to spine and illustrated with engravings. Pages bound into volume out of sequence as follows: pp1-33 (Bridport); Vol I pp 577-705; Vol II pp 217-787. Tape repair to p.217. Gilt lettering to spine. Bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, scuffing and scraping to leather surface and some marking and foxing to margins, otherwise good. VERY HEAVY BOOK (4.5kgs). Additional postage required..

London: John Bowyer, 1868 Book. Good. Full-Leather. 3rd Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Volume III of the 3rd edition, bound in calf with 5 raised bands to spine and illustrated with engravings. Pages bound into volume as follows: Vol II pp 789-856; Vol III pp1- 751; Vol IV pp1-60. Gilt lettering to spine. Bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, scuffing and scraping to leather surface and some marking and foxing to margins, otherwise good. VERY HEAVY BOOK (over 5kgs). Additional postage required..

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1960 Book. Good. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autobiography of the London publisher. 455pp with index, illustrated with 52 black and white photographs. Signed by the author to front endpaper, 'To Storm Jameson in gratitude (page 259)'. Also, loosely enclosed, handwritten letter from Stanley Unwin to Margaret Storm Jameson with thanks for Guy Chapman's review of his book in the Sunday Times. Slight foxing to edges, otherwise good. PRICE REDUCED..

San Diego, California: Lucy Carpenter Harris, 1936 Book. Fair. Card Covers. Presumed First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rare set of 12 typed manuscripts bound in orange card which is worn and in some cases detached. Typed pages inside are in good condition. No annotations or inscriptions. Follow-up to the 3-volume 'Lessons in the Law', this course deals in detail with the Soul and where it came from. The original course is available in facsimile, but this Advanced 12-volume course is not available in that format..

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1883 Book. Good. Quarter Bound Red Leather. Authorized Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition, Vol.2143. Two volumes bound in one, 295pp & 270pp. Memoir. Red leather spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering, over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Slight rubbing to spine, edges and corners and small chips to bottom of front board, top edges dusty, others age-toned, otherwise good plus copy, scarce in this edition..

London, New York & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 Book. Good. Quarter Bound Green Cloth. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Works of J M Barrie, No. 587 of an edition limited to 1000, with signatures of the publishers within the first volume. Bound in green linen over paper covered boards. Gilt titles to top boards and spines, with Kirriemuir roundel to rear. Top edges gilt, rest untrimmed as issued. Edges age-toned, darkened endpapers, slight marking to boards and minor rubbing to edges and corners, otherwise good copies with no inscriptions. HEAVY SET, additional postage will be required..

Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collections of essays paying tribute to the English historian Asa Briggs (1921-2016), covering each of the disciplines to which he contributed. 264pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Signed to the title page by the editor, Derek Fraser, with personal dedication. Minor bumping to spine and minimal marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. Scarce copy..

Murcia: Mestizo, 1997 Book. Very Good. Card Covers With French Folds. 10.5" Square. Collection of black and white photographs by the Spanish photographer Juan Manuel Diaz Burgos, taken in 1995/96 in Cuba, with three accompanying artlcles. Text in Spanish. Slight marking to cover, otherwise very good uninscribed copy of this scarce title..

London: Routledge / Thoemmes Press, 1996 Book. Fine. Burgundy Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Major work by the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, which draws on his 3 volume History of the Inductive Sciences of 1837. Facsimile edition, reprint of the two volume edition published by John W Parker, London, in 1840, with a new introduction by Andrew Pyle. Vol I 523pp, Vol II 586pp. Gilt titles to spines. Fine unmarked copies with no inscriptions. HEAVY SET, additional postage required for 1st class or overseas shipping..

Privately Printed for the Governors, 1977 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume containing the names and careers of all the Masters who taught in, and all the boys educated at St Paul's School during the period 1509 to 1748. 479pp with index. Gilt lettering on title label to spine. Edges speckled. Front board somewhat bowed, slight marking to boards and edges and minor foxing to endpapers. Printing error to pages 78-79 with loss of text, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Heavy book, additional postage will be requested for 1st clsss or overseas shipping..

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1928 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Eight uniform volumes: Popanilla and Other Tales, Contarini Fleming, Alroy, Coningsby, Sybil, Tancred, Lothair and Endymion. Undated but thought to be review copies, one has a publisher's note tipped in asking for reviews not to be released until the publication date in 1928. These books came from an "attic sale" of items from Renishaw Hall, home of the Sitwell family, and two of the dustjackets have "Sitwell" written on the front panel. Introductions by Philip Guedalla. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, decorated endpapers. Some bumping to spines and corners and slight foxing to edges, otherwise very good copies. All dustjackets are edgeworn and chipped, somewhat soiled and with darkened spines, otherwise good. Each has a different colour drawing by the same artist to the front panel. VERY HEAVY SET, additional postage will be requested..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1904 Book. Good. Burgundy Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vol 1: The Old Testament in Art, five books bound in one volume. Vol 2: The New Testament - two books bound in one volume: The Gospels in Art and The Apostles in Art. Gilt design to front boards and spines. Both volumes profusely illustrated with black and white plates, some tissue-guarded. Top edges gilt. Spines faded, Vol 2 frontis detached, spines and corners bumped, occasional foxing, former owners' names to frontis and hinges cracked, otherwise good condition. Very heavy set of books, extra postage will be required if ordering outside the UK..

London: The Bannisdale Press, 1954 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Extracts from Pierre Ceresole's private note-books, first published in a French edition "Vivre Sa Verite", translated and edited by John W Harvey and Christina Yates, with biographical notes. Rare title from the Swiss peace activist and founder of the Service Civil International. 192pp with index, black and white photograph of the author to frontis. Red lettering to spine. Boards slightly bowed, some white spotting to back board and slight foxing to top edges. Former owner's name to front endpaper, otherwise very good copy..

Czytelnik, 1962 Book. Good. Cream Linen Boards. Presumed First Edition. 7.9" Tall x 6.75" Wide. Rare volume from 1962, comprising a collection of tributes to the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz from writers around the world, members of the PEN Club, including the English novelist, Storm Jameson, from whose collection this copy was obtained. The texts appear in English/Polish, French/Polish, German/Polish, as appropriate. 237pp plus index, illustrated with black and white photographs of the writers. Bumping to corners and edges and some marking to the boards, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998 Book. Near Fine. Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Comprehensive study of Scandinavian landscape painting during its vital period of development in the 19th century. English translation by Nancy Adler. 293pp with index, illustrated lavishly throughout with colour reproductions. Gilt lettering to spine, illustrated endpapers. Some pencil marks have been erased from half title page, otherwise near fine copy. Near fine unclipped DJ has clear protective cover. VERY HEAVY BOOK over 2kgs, additional postage may be requested..

New York: Fleming H Revell Company, 1905 Book. Good. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. 4th Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Self help book, first published in the Saturday Evening Post and republished in 1899 in book form, by the American lecturer and essayist William George Jordan (1864-1928). 192pp. Gilt lettering to top board and faded gilt title to spine. Top edges gilt, rest untrimmed. All pages have decorative red border. Left hinge pulling, gift inscription to endpaper and margin note in ink to p.32, otherwise good copy of this scarce title..

London: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1954 Book. Illus. by Ian Ribbons (jacket design). Good. Pale Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Scarce copy of Kate Christie's first and only novel, set in the Cumberland hills. Reviewed on flyleaf by Storm Jameson. 254pp. Slight bumping to spine and lower corners, light foxing to edges and top edges a little dusty, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear and light marking, otherwise good in clear protective wrapper..

Paris: SPADEM, 1970 Book. Very Good. White Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Special edition of XXe Siecle magazine with articles by San Lazarro, George Rouault, Jean Cassou, Roger Fry and others, and biographical note by Henri Matisse. Text in French.126pp illustrated profusely throughout in colour and black and white. Bound in white linen boards with gilt lettering to top board and spine. Minor bumping to top edges and a couple of small spots to edge of top board, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..