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DANTE.
London.Faber & Faber. 1929. 69pp. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. First issue. Very slight chipping at head and heel of spine and corners; bottom of spine just a touch bumped; some browning on endpapers; contemporary ownership name on endpaper; else a very good copy in a very good wrapper. The Poets on the Poets - No.2.
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DR. JOHNSON AND LORD CHESTERFIELD. Printed now for the first time with a facsimile of the manuscript for Ben Abramson, publisher, 3 West 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 1945.
New York: Ben Abramson, 1945. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. Original cloth backed paper-covered boards. 285 x 225 mm. A very good copy.
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Duncombe's Edition.JONATHAN BRADFORD, or The Murder at the Roadside Inn! A Drama in Two Acts; The only edition correctly marked, by permission from the prompter's book: To which is added, A description of the costume - cast of the characters, the whole of the stage business, situations - entrances - exits - properties and directions. As perfomed at the London Theatres. Embellished with a fine engraving, by Mr. Findlay, from an Original Drawing, taken in the Theatre.
London: Printed and Published by Duncombe, 19, Little Queen Street, Holborn, Circa 1840. Softcover. Engraved frontispiece and 38 pages. Original printed wrappers. 15. 3 x 9.6 cm's. Wrappers worn and splitting at spine; else a very good copy.
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ECHOES of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Three. With Portrait of the Author, engraved by J. D. Cooper.
London. Remington and Co, 1884. Hardback. [4], vi, [2], 410 pages. Frontispiece. Original pictorial red and black cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some occasional light spotting; very slight fading to spine; else a very good copy indeed.
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ERNEST MALTRAVERS By the author of "Pelham," "Eugene Aram," "Rienzi," &c. &c. In three volumes.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards with twin labels. Bound without half-titles; edges a little rubbed; one leaf in volume one with two clean marginal tears; some occasional light marking; else a very good set.
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FRIENDS OVER THE OCEAN. Andrew Lang's American Correspondents 1881 – 1912.
Gent: 1989. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 230 pages. Number 11 of a limited edition of 600 copies. A fine copy. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on half-title: ' In memory of our first 'Lucy-Clifford-day', 4 May 1993, Marysa.' A fine copy in a wrapper that is slightly worn at the head of the spine.
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GIL THE GUNNER; Or, The Youngest Officer in the East. Illustrated by W. H. Overend. Published under the Direction of the General Literature Committee.
London: S.P.C.K, No date. (1892.). [ii], [1], 2-542, [1]pp. cat'. Illustrated with 5 full-page colour plates. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Octavo. Binding very slightly cocked; bookplate; else a very good copy.
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS. In three volumes.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. First edition. Volumes one and two, bear title-pages stating 'second edition' i.e. second issues; volume three bears no such statement, so it is a first issue. Recently rebound in half calf, gilt over marbled boards; the spines with gilded raised bands and gilt decoration to the panels. Bound originally without half-titles or advertisements. The occasional minor mark and sign of use; else a very good set. Volume three has the following errors which were corrected in later issues, indicating an early state: 'theres' for there's, on page 173; 'be tween' for be-tween on page 228; 'skackled' for shackled, on page 262.
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HANDLEY CROSS; or Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. By the author of “Mr. Sponges Sporting Tour,” “Jorrocks’s Jaunts,” ETC. ETC. With illustrations by John Leech.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. 550 pages. Illustrated with 17 hand-coloured engraved plates and engravings within the text. Bound in half red morocco over marbled boards with gilt devices to the spine by Bumpus. All edges gilt. Octavo. First edition. A very handsome copy.
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HAVETH CHILDERS EVERYWHERE, Fragment of Work in Progress. Criterion Miscellany - No. 26.
London.Faber and Faber. 1931. 36pp. Original printed paper covers. No dust-wrapper. First U.K. edition. Title-page remains unopened. Small ownership inscription on the half title-page; 'J.S.D. I.32.' Some dust-soiling to the extremities on the covers; else a very good copy.
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HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. Sixth Edition.
London. Chapman and Hall, 1876. [4] 548 pages. Bound in contemporary half blue calf, gilt, over marbled boards. Octavo. Spine a little rubbed; else a very good copy.
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HEARING SECRET HARMONIES. A Novel.
London. Heinemann, 1975. Hardback in an unclipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Faint soft crease in first few leaves - hardly noticeable; else a fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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HEART'S NEEDLE.
London.The Marvell Press. 1960. [12], 13-75pp. Original cloth gilt with original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Tiny stain to corner of one page; dust-wrapper slightly sunned with three short tears and some old crease marks to top upper edge; else a very good copy.Ownership signature of the surrealist poet Paul Edwards on front free endpaper.
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HENRY VIII. By Will. Shakespere: Printed Complete from the Text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and revised from the last Editions.
London: John Bell, British Library, Strand, 1786. 132 pages. Not illustrated. Bound with: ANNOTATIONS by Sam. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and the various commentators, upon K. Henry VIII, written by Will. Shakespere. John Bell. 1787. 82 pages. The pair bound as one in contemporary half calf, gilt over marbled boards with a red gilt label to the spine. 12mo. 14.6 x 9.3 cm. Some browning to a few leaves at start and end from the leather corners; label a little chipped; else a very good copy.
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HIDE AND SEEK. Copyright edition. Vol. CCCLXX. CCCLXXI.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1856. 327; 316 pages. Half-titles present. Bound in quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Light water-stain to a couple of leaves; else a very good copy.
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IN YOUR GARDEN AGAIN.
London.Michael Joseph. 1953. 178pp. Original green cloth, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Couple of spots on fore-edge else a near fine copy in a like but price-clipped wrapper.
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IT WAS THE NIGHTINGALE.
London: Macdonald, 1962. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. Ownership label on front fixed endpaper; wrapper not price-clipped; few light spots on title; else a very good copy.
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IT WAS THE NIGHTINGALE.
London: Macdonald, 1962. Hardcover. Unprice-clipped dust-wrapper. First edition. Small book label on endpaper; few very light spots at start; else a very good copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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JAMES JOYCE AND THE PLAIN READER, An Essay by Charles Duff with a prefatory letter by Herbert Read.
London.Desmond Harmsworth. 1932. 75pp. Original cloth binding, orange text. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Untrimmed fore-edges have some very light spotting; the unprice-clipped wrapper has light chipping to the head & heel of the spine; ownership initials on front endpaper; else a very good copy in a like wrapper.
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JOHN CALDIGATE. Copyright edition. In three volumes. Collection of British Authors. Vol's 1839. 1840. 1841.
Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1879. Three volumes, each bound in half black calf over marbled boards, red gilt labels to spine. A very good set.
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