Altenburgisches Gesangbuch nebst Gebeten. Zum Gebrauch bei der öffentlichen Gottesverehrung und häuslichen Andacht
Altenburg, H.A. Pierer, 1871. An attractive velvet-bound German Hymn Book. More
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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. With Portraits. In Two Volumes
London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1897 (first thus)/ 1863. More
The Life of Charles Lever. In Two Volumes
London, Chapman and Hall, 1879 [first edition]. With the uniquely-shaped bookplates of William E. Stuart, featuring a unicorn (possibly William Stuart (1825-93), see wiki) // Charles Lever (1806-1872) was a mercurial Irish novelist. More
L'Éducation sentimentale. Histoire d'un jeune homme
Paris, Georges Crès et Cie, 1924 (first thus). Number 1014 of a total edition of 1961 sets, this being one of 1850 on Rives paper (numbered 112-1961). The 140th title in the Maitres du Livre series. [2 items]. More
Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue
Paris, Calman-Lévy, Editeurs, 1908 [first edition]. One of 100 copies on 'vélin d'Arches' paper (from a total edition of 161 copies) of this collection of short stories. The illustrations and ornaments, printed in gold and coloured inks, mimic mediaeval illuminations. More
Thaïs
Paris, F. Ferroud [for the] Librairie des Amateurs, 1909 [first thus]. Number 816 of a total edition of 1200 copies, this being one of 1050 copies on vélin d'Arches' paper, intialled 'F.F.' by the publisher François Ferroud, who had succeeded his better-known uncle André Ferroud as head of the firm..... More
Short Studies on Great Subjects. New Edition in Three Volumes
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879 (new edition). Prize binding of Merchant Taylor's School. Pigeon and Pugh Mercantile Prize, 1881. 'Merchant Taylors School, one of the major public (privately endowed) schools in England ... The school was founded (1561) by the Merchant Taylors Company of London, an incorporated group of..... More
The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II (three volumes), [together with] View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (three volumes), [and] Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries (three volumes)
London, John Murray, respectively 1854 (seventh edition), 1856 (eleventh edition), and 1854 (fourth edition). A handsome set of the principal works of Henry Hallam in nine volumes, with the armorial bookplates of Sir Alexander 'Alick' Russell Downer KBE (1910-1981) and Sergius Henry d'Avigdor in each volume. [9 items]. More
St. Giles and St. James
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1851 [first, revised, edition]. Volume 1 of the Collected Edition (originally serialised in the author's 'Jerrold's Shilling Magazine', 1845-1848). 'The completion of the first volume of a collected edition of his writings - scattered over the space of years - is an opportunity tempting to the..... More
A Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To which are prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar
London, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and numerous others], 1799 ('eighth edition, corrected and revised')/ 1755. Courtney and Smith: 'A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson', page 58. [2 items]. More
Moralités Légendaires de Jules Laforgue. Contenant: Hamlet ou les suites de la piété filiale; Le miracle des roses; Lohengrin fils de Parsifal, Salomé; Pan et la Syrinx; Persée et Andromède
Paris, Éditions de la Banderole, 1922 [first thus]. Number 165 of a total edition of 700 copies, this being one of 594 copies on vélin d'Arches' paper (numbered 107-700). More
Paintings in Oil ... With Essays by Douglas Stewart and Norman Lindsay
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, [1945]. Number 376 of 1000 copies with the artist's signature in facsimile. This copy is inscribed 'Because Lois is beautiful this is her book, from Bill Rodie, 4-iii-49'. Bill Rodie wrote a gossip and scandal column ('Bill Rodie Presents Real Life') in the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph'..... More
Aphrodite. Illustrations en couleurs de Paul-Émile Bécat
Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1937 (first thus). Number 941 of a total edition of 3200 copies, this being one of 2870 copies on 'beau vélin' paper (numbered 330-3200). More
Vers et Prose. Morceaux choisis par Stéphane Mallarmé
[Paris, Georges Crès and Éditions Les Arts et le Livre, under the imprint] L'Intelligence, 1926 (first thus). Number 1044 of a total edition of 1230 copies, this being one of 1000 copies on 'vélin de Rives' paper (numbered 231-1230). The fifth title in the L'Intelligence series. More
Le Travailleur Étrange et Autres Récits
[Paris], Éditions du Sablier, 1921. Number 372 of a total edition of 512 copies, this being one of 445 copies on 'hollande van Gelder' paper (numbered 1-445, the last 20 hors-de-commerce). This is the 17th volume in the Le Sablier series. More
Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of Both Testaments
London, Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery, & for Darton & Harvey ('E. Hemsted, Printer, Great-New-street, London'), [circa 1790]. Spielmann 18 (recording a minor variant printed by 'Darton & Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, London', with 15 plates): 'Very similar to the Newbery Bible [1780], but with some alterations. The preface, for example..... More
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The Reproof of Brutus [a Poem]
London, Printed for Hurst, Chance, and Co.... and Effington Wilson, 1830. Fortunately, the first paragraph of the lengthy preface to this very lengthy poetical work (replete with numerous footnotes) provides the context: 'Intending to compose a few lines to prefix a work* ["Hampden in the Nineteenth Century, or Colloquies on..... More
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The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version, 1611 [in four volumes]. [Together with] The Apocrypha ...
London, Nonesuch Press, 1924 (The Apocrypha), 1925, 1925, 1926 and 1927 (all first thus). One of 1000 unnumbered sets of the Bible and number 995 of 1250 copies of the Apocrypha, all printed on Japon vellum. [5 items]. More
Chambers's Encyclopaedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. New Edition
London, William & Robert Chambers, 1888-1892 [second, extensively revised, edition]. 'In this edition, the majority of the articles were rewritten and the articles on American matters were written mainly by Americans and an edition published there by Messrs. Lippincott of Philadelphia so that Lippincott and Chambers could claim relevant copyright..... More
Porius. A Romance of the Dark Ages
London, Macdonald & Co., 1951 [first thus]. Number 49 of 200 copies signed by the author. An initial blank is inscribed to 'Littleton C. Powys from The Publishers. Oct 6, 1951 (Mr E.H.R. Hervey)'. John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) had a brother, Littleton Charles Powys (1874-1955); doubtless this was his copy..... More
Phèdre et Hippolyte. Tragédie publiée sur le texte original avec un avant-propos et des anecdotes par Ad. van Bever
Paris, Georges Crès et Cie, 1919 (first thus). Number 701 of a total edition of 1700 copies, this being one of 1650 copies on 'vélin de Rives' paper (numbered 51-1700). The fifth title in the Le Théâtre d'Art series. More
The Law of Love. Being Fantasies of Science and Sentiment, inked into English to cheer up the Gloomsters
East Aurora, The Roycrofters [Roycroft Press], 1905. Number 40 of only 106 copies of the deluxe issue on Japan Vellum, numbered and signed in ink by Elbert Hubbard (publisher and leader of the Roycrofters). More
The Afghan Campaign of 1878-1880, compiled from Official and Private Sources... Comprising Historical and Biographical Divisions, and containing a Rapid Sketch of the War, Maps illustrating the Operations and the Movements of the Forces, One Hundred and Forty Permanent Photographs of Officers who lost their Lives in the Campaigns and of Recipients of the Victoria Cross, with Memoirs prepared from Materials furnished by their Relations and Surviving Comrades, Summaries of the Movements in the Field of the Various Regiments which were engaged, and Separate Records of the Services of Every British Officer who was employed in the War. Historical Division. [Together with] ... Biographical Division
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882. Loosely inserted is an albumen paper photograph (170 × 110 mm) mounted on card (300 × 230 mm, with the rubber-stamp credit of the photographers T. and R. Annan of Glasgow) of the memorial tablet in Glasgow Cathedral to Major Alexander Dunlop..... More
In Sunny Australia. A Novel
Melbourne, George Robertson & Company, 1896. The verso of the initial binder's blank is inscribed 'To The Hon G.H. Reid Esqre with kind regards. October 29th 1896'. Trove records the first newspaper reviews for this novel of station life in October 1896. We have not identified the handwriting, but it..... More