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A TRUE COLLECTION OF THE WRITINGS OF THE AUTHOR OF THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN CONTAINING THESE FOLLOWING TREATISES. The true-born English-man a Satyr. The Third Edition, corrected and enlarg'd by the Author.
London.Printed and sold by the Booksellers. [1703]. 2 volumes; [xxiv],470pp. [xvi], 479pp. plus 1 leaf of adverts. Full calf gilt. Octavo. First authorised edition corrected and enlarged by Defoe. Contemporary ownership note to front free endpapers of both. Volume one lacks A1, a portrait. Volume two has a corner torn from page 3 with the loss of one letter of the catchword. Author's name written in contemporary hand to title page of Volume I. Occasional light spotting and some browning to interior of both volumes. Slight crease to p 13, and light rubbing to rear board of Volume 1. Spines expertly repaired. A handsome set.
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A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
London.William Heinemann Ltd. 1949. No 92 of a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author. Original quarter vellum over blue buckram. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Original Card slipcase with the number '92' written in biro on the base. Octavo. Slipcase rather marked and worn; the book itself, apart from some very light spotting to the vellum, is almost fine.
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ADAM GRAINGER. A Tale. Copyright edition. Vol. 1586.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1876. 255 pages. Bound with; OLIPHANT, Mrs. THE CURATE IN CHARGE. Copyright edition. Vol. 1561. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz. 1876. 311 pages. The two bound as one in blue pebbled cloth gilt; both titles on the spine. Paper of the second title a little browned; else a good pair, with both half-title present.
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ADÈLE DE SENANGE, ou Lettres de Lord Sydenham. En deux volumes.
Londres: Se trouve chez Debrett, Piccadilly; Hookham, Bond Street; Edwards, Pall Mall; & chez De Boeffe, Gerrard Street, 1794. Two volumes bound as one. [4], xxiv, 186; [4], 259 pages. Contemporary full calf gilt. 12mo. First edition. Spine expertly repaired, and with a new title label; some spotting on the fore-edges, which has penetrated a few millimetres into some of the pages; lack half-titles; else a very good copy. The front pastedown bears the bookplate 'Panshanger' which was the country estate of the Earls of Cowper; the library was dispersed in 1953.
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AFTER DARK. Copyright edition. Vol. CCCLXVII.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1856. 377 pages. Half-title present. Bound in quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Half-title, title, and last leaf lightly browned, and the occasional patch; else a very good copy.
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AIDS TO REFLECTION in the Formation of a Manly Character on the several grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: illustrated by select passages from our elder divines, especially from Archbishop Leighton. By S.T. Coleridge, Esq. R.A., R.S.L. Second edition.
London: Hurst, Chance, & Co. St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1831. xv, [1 blank], 408 pages. Contemporary calf, sometime re-backed. All edges gilt. Octavo. Bookplate; inners joints cracked but firm; else very good
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ALICE OR THE MYSTERIES A sequel to "Ernest Maltravers". By the author of "Pelham," "Rienzi," "The Student," &c. &c. In three volumes.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards with twin labels. First edition. Bound without half-titles; Title-page to volume one a little browned and marked; some occasional light marking throughout; else a very good set.
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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, 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, 1784. 118 pages. Not illustrated. Bound with: ANNOTATIONS by Sam. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and the various commentators, upon All's Well That Ends Well, written by Will. Shakespere. John Bell. 1787. 91 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; slight loss to head of spine; else a very good copy.
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AMBUSH.
London.Faber & Faber. 1930. [8], 9-43pp. 2 flyers for The Criterion loosely laid in. Original cloth gilt. 19.5 x 13.5 cms. First edition. Head of spine very slightly bumped; fore-edges uncut; else a near fine copy.Criterion Miscellany - No. 16
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AMOROUS FIAMMETTA Reprinted from the original English edition, translation of Bartholomew Young (1587) Now edited with an Introduction by K.H. Josling and decorated in colour by M. Leone.
London.The Mandrake Press 1929. [i-vi]vii-xlvii, [1-2],3-164pp. Colour vignettes and plates by M. Leone throughout. Original green pictorial vellum covers gilt. a.e.g. Large quarto. Limited edition no. 524 of 550 copies. Blue ownership stamp to font and rear endpapers. Spine lightly sunned; else, an excellent, bright copy.
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AN ALMANAC. Decorated by Enid Marx.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1945. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A near fine copy in an unclipped wrapper.
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AN EDITOR'S TALES. Fourth Edition.
London. Chapman and Hall, 1876. [4] 366 pages. Bound in contemporary half blue calf, gilt, over marbled boards. Octavo. Spine a little rubbed; some very occasional light foxing; else a very good copy.
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AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF INGENIOUSLY TORMENTING; with proper rules for the exercise of that amusing study. Humbly addressed, Part I. To the master, husband, &c. Part II. To the wife, friend, &c. With some general instructions for plaguing all your acquaintance. Third edition.
London: reprinted for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1805. [10], 229, [1 blank], [2 ad’s] pages. Engraved frontispiece by Gillray. Twentieth century binding of half calf gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. Name on half-title; else a very good, clean copy. Written as an antidote to the courtesy books of the time. .
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ANALYSIS OF MR TENNYSON'S IN MEMORIAM.
London.Smith, Elder, and Co. 1862. Not Paged., but a total of 56pp., including prelim's and ad's at rear. Black pebbled semi-stiff cloth, gilt. Small octavo. First edition. Small bookseller's label to bottom corner of paste-down endpaper. Minor wear to head and heel of spine; rear hinge cracking. A very good copy.
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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, 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. 145 pages. Not illustrated. Bound with: ANNOTATIONS by Sam. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and the various commentators, upon, ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. written by Will. Shakespere. John Bell. 1787. 92 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 chipped; small loss at head of spine and splitting at upper joint; else a very good copy.
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ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS.
London: W. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Co. & Scatcherd & Letterman, 1809. 3 volumes. Vol. I: Iv, 432; Vol’ II: [4], 479; Vol’ III: [4], 483, [5 ad’s] pages. Each volume has an engraved frontispiece and a separate engraved pictorial title. Bound in half calf gilt over marbled boards; black labels. 133 x 77 mm. Small rub on one label; small book label to each volume; short closed tear in one leaf; else a very good, clean set.
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ARDEN OF FEVERSHAM. An Historical Tragedy: taken from Holingshead’s Chronicles, in the Reign of King Edward VI. Acted at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. By the late Mr. Lillo.
London: T. Davies, at Shakespear’s Head, in Russell-Street, Covent-Garden, 1762. 64 pages. Bound in twentieth century half calf over marbled boards. 12mo. First edition. A very good copy. Scarce.
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AS YOU LIKE IT. 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, 1785. 110 pages. Not illustrated. Bound with: ANNOTATIONS by Sam. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and the various commentators, upon AS YOU LIKE IT, written by Will. Shakespere. John Bell. 1787. 64 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 chipped; else a very good copy.
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ASSORTED ARTICLES.
London: Martin Secker, 1930. 216 pages. Original cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. No dust-wrapper. A very good copy. Signed by the painter Mabel Harrison on the front free endpaper, and inscribed below that signature by Lawrence's wife, Frieda: 'To Mabel Harrison to one who knew him Frieda Lawrence'Mabel Harrison was a painter who met Lawrence when she moved to property near to where he was living in Taos, New Mexico.
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AUTHENTIC ADVENTURES OF THE CELEBRATED COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE. Including The Fraudulent Transaction with Cardinal de Rohan. translated from the French. To which is added, a Narrative of her escape to London, as stated by herself. Also memoirs of her sister, under the character of Marianne.
London.E. Johnson. 1787. [2], xii, 163, [1]pp. 12mo. Bound in a fine recent binding of full sprinkled calf gilt, with a red morocco label to the spine, and gilt decoration to the panels. First edition. [One of two issues are known, varying only in the details of the imprint.] Lacks half-title; clean tear to upper margin pf pages 123/4; title slightly grubby and with just a tiny piece lost from the lower outer corner; else a very good copy of a rare title.A translation of 'Histoire veritable de Jeanne de S. Remi.' OCLC records three copies only of this issue.
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