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The Book of Common Prayer
Church of EnglandLondon: Published for John Reeves. 1801.12mo. 157x97mm. Unpaginated. Contemporary red morocco, wide gilt and blind roll-tooled borders to the covers, spine lavishly decorated in gilt. Very smart green silk doublures. All edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of Terry. With a New Version of the Psalms by Brady and Tate.
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Church of EnglandCambridge: Printed by C.J.Clay and Son at the University Press for the SPCK.. n.d. [c1890]. Bound with Hymns Ancient and Modern. London: William Clowes. 178x140mm. The Prayer Book is unpaginated but collates pi1; A16-O16. Hymnal, pp. xv [ibl], 681, [1]. Bound by "Watson, Binder, Marylebone" (signed at foot of front pastedown) in beige cloth decorated with inlaid silver quatrefoil and flower motifs. Calf turn-ins tooled in gilt. Silk endpapers. Gauffred edges. Two silver pillar and heart-shaped silver clasps, one engraved with the letters "I.J" and the other with the date "1760". Both have the silver mark "IL".
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Church of EnglandLondon: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1852.Bound with The Proper Lessons to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer and The New Testament. Handsomely bound in maroon morocco decorated in blind with a gothic tracery pattern. Spine decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Gilt turn ins and gauffred edges.
View full detailsThe Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. Translated into Mara'thi'
DIXON, The Rev. J.Bombay: Published for the Church Missionary Society. Printed at the American Mission Press. 1835.First edition. 8vo in 4s. 213x130mm. pp 711 [1bl]. Text in Mara'thi'. Contemporary purple full calf, spine decorated in gilt and blind. Maroon morocco label to spine, lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and scuffing and corners bumped and worn. Internally very good. Front pastedown has the bookplate of the SPCK. A nice copy of a rare book, Worldcat locating only two copies (BL and Yale).Mara'thi' is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in India and is the official language of the state of Maharashtra.
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WOOD, WilliamLondon: Printed by S.R., and are to be sold by Edward Gough. 1682.First edition. 8vo. 173x110mm. pp.[16], 78, [2]. With a separate title page for "A remembrance of the worthy show and shooting by he Duke of Shoreditch, and his associaties ... By W.M." (p. [33]-71). Contains the scarce Postscript which was missing from three of the six copies appearing in the auction records since 1975. Contemporary brick red morocco with double fillet border and gilt panel of double fillet and roll-tool decoration with inner and outer corner pieces to upper and lower covers.
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WILSON, SandyLondon Andre Deutsch Limited. 1955. First edition. Signed. 222x143mm. pp.(iibl) x,126, (iibl). Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Original dust jacket. Illustrated throughout; illustrations on front and back pastedown and free endpapers. One minor tear and chip to head of dust jacket. Internally excellent; overall in excellent condition. Sandy Wilson's signature in blue ink on front half-title. Beautiful, signed copy of the script for Sandy Wilson's smash hit musical, with Wilson's own charming illustrations.
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ZANGWILL, Edith AyrtonLondon: George Allen & Unwin. 1924.A rare suffragette novel.First edition. 8vo. 182x120mm. pp. 378. Green cloth, lettered in red. Fading and slight soiling to spine and bumping to head and foot of spine. Edges toned and slight cracking to hinges. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Overall a very good copy of a scarce book, Worldcat recording eleven copies and no copies appearing in the auction records. The Call is regarded as on of the most important suffrage and feminist novels.
View full detailsThe Cenci. A Tragedy. In Five Acts
SHELLEY, Percy ByssheLondon: C and J Ollier. 1821.Second edition. pp. xvii (but xv), 104. Lacking half title. The original book has been disbound and the pages cut, very neatly and expertly and then carefully pasted at the hinge edge on a leaf of plain white paper so that the leaves of text are interleaved with the plain leaves. This is one way in which prompt books were made, allowing for notes and directions to be written on the plain leaves without disturbing the text. The leaves of text are cut to measure 151x95mm and the plain paper is 235x190mm.
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SOMERVILE, WilliamLondon: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. 1802.Second Bewick edition. 8vo. 235x160mm. pp. xxiii, [i bl]; 105 [1bl]. Illustrated with thirteen wood engravings, twelve by Thomas Bewick from designs by his brother John and the final one by Bewick's pupil Charlton Nesbit. Bound in navy blue morocco, decorated in gilt and blind. Turn ins decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Corners a little worn, some marking and scuffing to boards and rubbing to upper joint but overall a handsome binding in good condition. Some foxing and spotting but otherwise internally very good.
View full detailsThe Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes.
PARRY, Ernest JLondon: Scott, Greenwood and Son. 1918.Two volumes. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Large 8vo, 248x154mm. pp. xi [i], 521, [3]; [viii], 344. Original green cloth, lettered in black. Bumping to head and foot of spines with some very small tears. Some slight marking in places and rubbing to joints. Internally very good but with some slight loosening to the hinges in volume two. This second volume has the signature of "O.
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KIRK, EleanorNew York: The Publishers' Printing Company. 1901.First edition. 175x120mm. pp. xviii, 138. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover. Some marking and soiling to boards, rubbing to edges and slight fraying to head and foot of spine. Internally very good and overall a nice copy of a book which is rare in commerce, no copies appearing in the auction records. Eleanor Kirk (1831-1908) was an extraordinary woman who wrote curious books.
View full detailsThe City of the Jugglers; or, Free-Trade in Souls.
NORTH, WA Romance of the "Golden" Age.London: H.J.Gibbs.. 1850."Soul exchange"First edition. 199x120mm. pp. xii, 250 [2bl, 5 publisher's adverts, 1bl]. Frontispiece and three etchings by F.H.T.Bellew. Modern brown cloth, slight rubbing to extremities. Frontispiece is a little chipped along fore-edge and all plates are a little foxed and there is offsetting from them.
View full detailsThe Companion. Vol. 1
ANONYMOUSn.p. c1830.An unpublished manuscript literary magazine in twelve numbers. 178x120mm. pp. [2], 256, [2]. Brown half calf notebook with marbled paper covered boards. Joints a little worn and split at the foot of the spine at the lower cover. Chipping to head and foot of spine. Paper label to spine printed with the title "The Companion". Hinges are worn and splitting in places and there is some slight soiling but overall it is in good condition.
View full detailsThe Complete Portraiture. With an Essay and Iconography by Geoffrey Keynes Kt.
BLAKE, William & Catherine.Clairvaux: The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust. 1977. Quarto. Original brown quarter morocco, spine lettered gilt, grey cloth sides. With original grey cloth slipcase. Illustrated with 51 monochrome portraits of William and Catherine Blake. Very light sunning to spine, else a fine copy. First edition, number 119 of 500 copies thus bound, from a total edition of 562. Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982) was an academic, biographer, and the younger brother of John Maynard Keynes.
View full detailsThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE, WilliamOxford: OUP. 1913.185x130mm. pp. viii, 1350. Bound in red morocco by W.H.Smith (blind stamp on rear pastedown). Douglas Cockerell managed the bindery from 1906-1914 and this plain but attractive binding would have been made under his supervision as it was given as a Cheltenham Ladies' College form prize to Margaret E. Giddings in 1914. The upper cover has the monogram "CLC" of the school.
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"DIGIT"London: Herbert Jenkins. 1924. First edition. 185x120mm. pp. 192. Illustrated with amusing line drawings. Green cloth blocked in black to upper cover and spine. In the scarce original illustrated dustjacket. Some rubbing to head and foot of spine and fading to edges of upper cover. Dustjacket is chipped and a little torn in places along the top and bottom edge and upper cover has a price label reading "Offered at 1/-". Internally very good with some slight toning.
View full detailsThe Connoisseur's Repertory
DODD, ThomasBY THE CATALOGUER OF THE BODLEIAN AND WALPOLE COLLECTION OF PRINTS Manchester and London: Hurst Chance and Co. and Hunt and Clarke. n.d. [1825-1829].Six parts bound in two volumes. 12mo in 6s (180x110mm). pp. [36], 378ll; [6], 445ll. The first two parts were printed in Manchester under a slightly different title. They were then reissued in London under the present title between 1825 and 1829. Contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards. Spine has four raised bands decorated in gilt, compartments decorated in blind. Contrasting lettering pieces, lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. A little rubbing at the extremities.
View full detailsThe Dangerous Sports Club: An archive of manuscripts and books
KIRKE, David.Various . From late 1970s.Description:A small collection of books and manuscripts belonging to David Kirke, the founder of The Dangerous Sports Club (DSC). Starting with a bungee jump on April Fool's Day 1979, the DSC went on, over the next decade or so, to embark on high profile, hazardous acts such as skiing down a mountain on a grand piano (an attempt to do the same with a double-decker London bus was banned), hang-gliding from active volcanoes and early BASE jumping. The collection is as follows: 1. Notebook (196x128mm). Bound in quarter leatherette and red cloth. 316pp of manuscript.
View full detailsThe Death Mask of David Garrick
PINE, R.E.R.E.Pine. 1779.Mezzotint of the death mask of David Garrick against a black background with the eyes articulated. The text "Publish'd April 4th 1779 by R.E.Pine" in scratch letter on plate, within platemark below the image. Initials J.L.G.D handwritten in brown ink. Pencil inscription to lower margin: "The Death Mask of David Garrick with the eyes painted in". Platemark, 240x155mm. Sheet, 305x246mm. Some surface soiling, foxing and a small rubbed patch to the margin. The image itself is in excellent condition.
View full detailsThe Devil turn'd Hermit: or the Adventures of Astaroth Banish'd from Hell. A Satirical Romance.
[LAMBERT DE SAUMERY, Pierre]Exposing. With great Variety of Humour, in a Series of Conversations between that Demon and the Author, The scandalous Frauds, lewd Amours, and devout Mockery of the Monks and Nuns; the Intrigues of Courts; the Ambition, Avarice, and Cruelty of Ministers; the Insincerity, Luxury, Prostitution, and Ingratitude of many private Characters; with other Capital Vices of the present Age. Founded chiefly on real Facts, and interspersed with the Portraits and secret History of most of the considerable Persons that have lived in Europe within these thirty Years past.
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GATES, H.LNew York: The Macaulay Company. 1933.First edition. 8vo. 189x126mm. pp. [8], 9-283 [1bl]. Yellow cloth illustrated and lettered in red. Original illustrated dustjacket, chipped and creased in places and with the spine a little faded but overall in very good condition. Internally excellent.
View full detailsThe Diary of a Drug Fiend
CROWLEY, AleisterNew York: E.P.Dutton & Company. 1923.First US edition in the scarce dustjacketFirst US edition. 8vo. 185x125mm. pp. [8], 368. Black cloth, lettered in red to upper cover and spine. Original dustjacket. Repaired closed tear to fold of dust jacket at spine and upper cover and small tears at the fold with the flap on the lower cover.
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BENNETT, William J. E.London: W.J.Cleaver. 1846.Inscribed by the author. Second edition. 8vo. 214x135mm. pp. xiv, [2], 463, [1bl]. Handsomely bound in contemporary brown morocco, boards and spine heavily tooled in blind and with title in gilt to spine. Brass cornerpieces and clasp. Beautifully gauffred edges, marbled endpapers, maroon silk ribbon. A blank preliminary leaf has the inscription "The joint gift of Mary Vickery and William J.E. Bennett to Elisa Vickery on her Birth Day 16th of June 1854. Pro salute anima preces sunt perpetua in Christo". In immaculate condition throughout and the binding is a splendid Victorian period piece.
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SHEARING, Joseph. [Margaret Bowen]London: Hutchinson and Co.. 1942.Rare supernatural crimeFirst edition. 184x130mm. pp. 184. Pale blue cloth, lettered in red. Original illustrated dustjacket. Top and bottom edges of jacket a little chipped and two small closed tears to foot of jacket. Internally very good but with some toning to the edges. Overall a very good copy. Rare (Worldcat recording ten copies) and especially so in the dustjacket.Margaret Long wrote under seven pseudonyms, principally as Marjorie Bowen. As Joseph Shearing she wrote crime mysteries, based on true stories overlaid with the supernatural.
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