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Splendours and Miseries Sitwell, Sacheverell [1897-1988] (Book #ID 737) Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square London First Edition 1943. 1943. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Light ink mark to front end paper. Near Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Memoirs of Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart [Two Volumes] Scott, Sir Walter [1771-1832] (Book #ID 4192) Published by Robert Cadell, Edinburgh. John Murray and Whittaker, London 1837 and 1838. Two Volumes. 1837. Two volumes sixth and seventh. Exterior in poor condition. Internally sound and clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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My Dear Dorothea: A Practical System of Moral Education for Females Embodied in a Letter to a Young Person of that Sex Shaw, Bernard [Illustrated by Clare Winsten with a note by Stephen Winsten] (Book #ID 9129) Published by Phoenix House Ltd., London First edition 1956. 1956. First edition hard back illustrated paper covered boards. 5¼" x 8¼". 55 pp. Illustrated with twenty-one full page black and white lithographic plates by Clare Winsten. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with light shelf rubbing to lower panel, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Bedside Rambler: A Tour Through Country Writers Britain Somerville, Christopher (Book #ID 10935) Published by HarperCollins 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London First edition 1991. 1991. First edition hard back publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 9½" x 6¼" 368 pp. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Cambridge Book of Prose and Verse in Illustration of English Literature From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance Sampson, George (Book #ID 15946) Cambridge at the University Press First edition 1924. 1924. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aquamarine cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine and upper panel, fore and lower edges untrimmed. 8vo 8" x 5¾" xxxviii, 438 [pp] Eight monochrome illustrations on glossy silk art paper. In Very Good clean and bright condition, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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A Complete Manual of English Literature with a Sketch of American Literature Shaw, Thomas B. [Notes by William Smith] and Henry T. Tuckerman (Book #ID 20452) Sheldon and Co. New York 1868. 1868. Hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 540 pp. Foxing to end papers and slightly to some margins, snagging of cloth across spine tips, corners turned-in, one page section slightly proud and in Very Good condition, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Some Versions of The Fall: The Myth of the Fall of Man in English Literature Smith, Eric (Book #ID 23998) Published by Croom Helm, London First Edition 1973. 1973. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original russet paper covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 228 pp ISBN 0856640816. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with fading to spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart Scott, Sir Walter [1771-1832] (Book #ID 26985) Published by George Routledge and Sons Broadway House, Ludgate Hill, London circa 1870 edition not stated. 1870. Hard back binding in elaborately designed brown cloth covers, gilt lettering and decorations to the spine, elliptical gilt and scarlet design to the centre of the upper panel, gilt lettering, all page edges gilt. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 740 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Frontispiece adhered down to upper paste down, light foxing to end papers and in Very Good condition, super binding. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World [4] Swift, Jonathan [1667-1745] Illustrated by John Harris (Book #ID 36267) Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London circa 1930 edition not stated. London circa 1930. Hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, black lettering and small detail to the spine, colour illustrated onlay to the front cover, blue illustrations to the end papers and paste downs. 4to 9½'' x 7¼'' 287 pp. Five full-page single-sided colour plates, monochrome illustrations throughout, six maps over three pages. While the covers are secure to the text, the paper gutters are torn, spine sun faded, dust soiling to the page edges, no foxing, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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A Book of Verse From Langland to Kipling Being a Supplement to the Golden Treasury Smith, J. C. (Book #ID 36617) Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1921. Oxford 1921. Hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covers, black lettering and designs to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼''. Small name and stamp inside the front cover, repaired cracking to the lower spine edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Chaucer; The Clerkes Tale of Oxenford Sisam, Kenneth [Edited by] (Book #ID 36705) Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1966. 1966. Hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covers, black lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 78 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Ex Franciscan Central Library with book plate to the front paste down and only one stamp to the copy right page. Paper clean and fresh and in Very Good bright and sharp condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The School For Scandal: A Comedy [2] Sheridan, Richard Brinsley [Introduction and Notes by A. S. Collins] (Book #ID 36908) Published by University Tutorial Press Ltd, London circa 1930 edition not stated. London circa 1930. Publisher's original black light blue card covers, navy lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 205 pp. Extensive notes to the lower end paper, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Essays of Richard Steele Steele, L. E. (Book #ID 37851) Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., St. Martin's Street, London 1914. London 1914. Hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine [slightly faded] and the upper panel. 12mo 6½'' x 4¼'' 358 pp. Monochrome frontispiece. Small name to the free front end paper and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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English Satire Sutherland, James (Book #ID 44647) Published by Cambridge at the University Press First Edition 1958. 1958. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains vi, 174 printed pages of text. Some neat pencil under linings to the early pages. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tears to the corners and spine tips, not price clipped 18s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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English Men of Letters; Dryden Saintsbury, G. [Edited by John Morley] John Dryden (19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 - 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. (Book #ID 48848) Published by Macmillan & Co., London 1881. London 1881. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel, black paper end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [viii] 192 [iv] printed pages of text. Spine just a little darkened, without any ownership markings and in Very clean Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. with Notes and Life of the Author with Illustrations on Steel by Eminent Artists [2] Scott, Sir Walter [1771-1832] (Book #ID 61002) Published by Charles Daly, 17 Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London circa 1840. London circa 1840. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, elaborate gilt design with title and author lettering to the spine, lemon end papers. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [xvi] 563 [32] [vii] printed pages of text with paper guarded monochrome steel engravings throughout. Repaired snagging of the cloth across the spine ends, whilst the covers are secure to the text, the front free end paper is cracked, foxing present around the edges of the frontispiece, the rest of the plates are clear and without any age toning or foxing. We currently hold in stock 15 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Dictionary of National Biography Founded 1882 by George Smith The Concise Dictionary From the Beginning to 1911 Being an Epitome of the Main Work and its Supplement, To which is Added an Epitome of the Supplement 1901-1911 Sir Sidney Lee (Editor) George Smith (Book #ID 106821) Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1920. 1920. Hard back binding in publisher's original Brunswick green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8v. 9½'' x 6½''. The 1920 Oxford reprint of this work, originally published in 1903, with index and Epitome to the Supplement originally published in 1913. A concise national biography up to 1911 edited by Sir Sidney Lee, an English biographer, writer, and critic. Contains (viii), 1456; 129 pp. From 'Morley Memorial College Library' with indigo stamps to the title and end papers. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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The Man of Law's Tale, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Squire's Tale Skeat, Professor W. W. [Geoffrey Chaucer] (Book #ID 61256) Published by Alexander Moring Ltd., The De La More Press 298 Regent Street, London 1904. 1904. Hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covered board, red and black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 6½'' x 5''. Contains [xxii] 127 printed pages of text with woodcut leaf and monochrome frontispiece. Front free end paper missing, very minor darkening to the spine, without any foxing and in Very Good clean and fresh condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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My Dear Dorothea | A Practical System of Moral Education for Females Embodied in a Letter to a Young Person of that Sex Shaw, Bernard [Illustrated by Clare Winsten with a note by Stephen Winsten] (Book #ID 106799) Published by Phoenix House Ltd., London First Edition 1956. 1956. First edition hard back illustrated paper covered boards. 8¼'' x 5¼''. 55 pp. Illustrated with twenty-one full page black and white lithographic plates by Clare Winsten. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper, in original and scarce folded tissue outer protective dust wrapper, not price clipped, 9s 6d. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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