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Image for Elegant Extracts: or, useful and entertaining pieces of poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: being similar in design to Elegant Extracts in Prose.

Elegant Extracts: or, useful and entertaining pieces of poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: being similar in design to Elegant Extracts in Prose.

By: N/A

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London. 1796:

Seller ID: 70871

Size 5.75 x 9.5 inches. Re-bound in grey hard card covers with gilt to maroon morocco title label on leather spine. New endpapers. In very good condition. Small marks to front. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 544pp. With illustrated main title page. Anthology of ‘improving’ verse, for young people, from the end of the 18th century. Includes works by, Dryden, Johnson, Gay, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton and many others. View more info

Image for The Poetical Works of the Rev.George Crabbe. With Letters and Journals, and Life. By his Son. In eight volumes.

The Poetical Works of the Rev.George Crabbe. With Letters and Journals, and Life. By his Son. In eight volumes.

By: (CRABBE):

Price: £250.00

Publisher: John Murray. 1851:

Seller ID: 61650

8 vols.; 8vo. In light brown full calf leather binding with gilt to spine and tan and green morocco title labels. Raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. In very good condition. Spines slightly faded and rubbed. Light scratches and small marks to covers. Owner’s bookplate to front endpaper. A couple have small pencil marks in margins. There are a couple of contemporary inserts loose at front . Else very clean and tight copies. Eight volumes. With b/w engraved fr... View more info

Image for Blackie's English-Study Readers. Fifth Reader. Book V. Henty, Hardy, Conrad, Kipling, Dickens, etc.

Blackie's English-Study Readers. Fifth Reader. Book V. Henty, Hardy, Conrad, Kipling, Dickens, etc.

By: (HENTY), VARIOUS:

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London & Glasgow, Blackie & Son. n.d ca 1938:

Seller ID: 77303

Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. In dark grey cloth with dark green lettering and blue design to front board. In very good condition. Corners, edges and ends of spine rubbed, rubbing to boards. Slight darkening to endpapers with inscription to front “Sylvia M. Gee 9/2/38.” Some small spots to outer page edges, slight darkening to top of title page. Colour plates clean and bright. Inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 256pp. 8 Colour plates and 14 full-p... View more info

Image for Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II. comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith from the original shorthand in the Pepysian Library, and a Selection from his Private Correspondence. Second Edition. In Five Volumes.

Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II. comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith from the original shorthand in the Pepysian Library, and a Selection from his Private Correspondence. Second Edition. In Five Volumes.

By: (PEPYS) RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE:

Price: £225.00

Publisher: London, Henry Colburn, 1828 2nd:

Seller ID: 78908

5 vols. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In full tree calf leather bindings, with green and light brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt (light brown label has circular white leather inset with numbering,) raised banding and extensive gilt decoration to spines, gilt decorations around board edges. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good conditions. Beautiful bright clean boards. Slight fading to top of front board on vol.4. Spines a little rubbed and darkened. Hin... View more info

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The Clerkenwell Tales.

By: ACKROYD, PETER:

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Chatto and Windus. 2003 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 72978

Size 6.25 x 9.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maroon endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Slightly creased along top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 213pp. Set in London in 1399, prophets forsee the Day of Judgement. the author uses the cast of the Canterbury Tales to elucidate the mysterious events. View more info

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A Fiery Eye. Signed copy.

By: ALCOCK, FRANK:

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Piscean Press. Portland, Dorset. 2000 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 65771

5.5” x 8.5”. In illustrated limp card covers with red lettering to spine and front. In near fine condition. Author’s dedicatory inscription to title page. A very clean and tight copy. 80pp. 79 poems from Frank Alcock. View more info

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Images.

By: ALDINGTON, RICHARD:

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London. The Egoist Ltd. n.d ca 1925:

Seller ID: 58227

Sm 8vo. In brown hard card covers with green cloth spine. Paper title labels to spine and front. In very good condition. In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened and covers slightly marked. Owners’ nameplate to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 60pp. “These poems are taken from “Images” (published around 1915 and now out of print), and the various Imagist anthologies which are also being allowed to lapse. I have rescued one ... View more info

Image for Paris Symphony. With a foreword by John Cowper Powys.

Paris Symphony. With a foreword by John Cowper Powys.

By: ANDERSON, JOHN REDWOOD:

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London. George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1947 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73995

Size 5.5 x 8.0 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Price clipped). Else a clean and tight copy. 87pp. With portrait frontis. Poems in four Movements. View more info

Image for Archie Armstrong's Banquet of Jests Reprinted from the Original Edition. Together with Archy’s Dream, Printed in the year 1641. LTD ED.

Archie Armstrong's Banquet of Jests Reprinted from the Original Edition. Together with Archy’s Dream, Printed in the year 1641. LTD ED.

By: ARMSTRONG, Archie

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Edinburgh / London. William Paterson / Southran, Baer & Co. 1872 Ltd Ed.:

Seller ID: 75903

8 x 5.5 inches. Brown cloth hardback with paper title label to spine. In very good condition. Corners bumped, cloth faded, spine darkened. Label rubbed. A couple of small minor marks to title and endpapers else pages clean and tight throughout. 383pp. Frontis portrait and illustrated title page. Decorative chapter headings. View more info

Image for Poems. Three volumes. Vol I, Early Poems, Narrative Poems and Sonnets; Vol II, Lyric and Elegiac poems; Vol III, Dramatic and Later Poems.

Poems. Three volumes. Vol I, Early Poems, Narrative Poems and Sonnets; Vol II, Lyric and Elegiac poems; Vol III, Dramatic and Later Poems.

By: ARNOLD, MATTHEW:

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Macmillan & Co. 1888:

Seller ID: 72599

Size 5.0 x 7.5 inches. In brown morocco bindings with gilt to spines. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Spines slightly darkened. Small marks and handling marks. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Vol I has marks to first blank page. Else a clean and tight set. Three volumes. Poems by Matthew Arnold. View more info

Image for On the Frontier. A Melodrama in three acts.

On the Frontier. A Melodrama in three acts.

By: AUDEN, W.H. / ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited. 1939 2nd imp.:

Seller ID: 73983

Size 6.0 x 9.0 inches. In maroon cloth boards with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Handling marks. Not price clipped). Small marks to boards. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1943. 123pp. Play in three acts by W.H.Auden and Christopher Isherwood. View more info

Image for Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Illustrated by HUGH THOMSON. With an Introduction by Austin Dobson. Two Volumes in One.

Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Illustrated by HUGH THOMSON. With an Introduction by Austin Dobson. Two Volumes in One.

By: AUSTEN, JANE:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., 1951:

Seller ID: 78869

Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Top red edging. In paper dustwrapper with red lettering. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW darkened, some minor handling marks.) Cloth slightly rubbed at edges else clean and bright. Endpapers partially darkened, a couple of negligible spots else a very clean and tight copy. 444pp. With full-page B&W illustrations by HUGH THOMSON. View more info

Image for Northanger Abbey and Persuasion Introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan’s Illustrated Pocket Classics.

Northanger Abbey and Persuasion Introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan’s Illustrated Pocket Classics.

By: AUSTEN, JANE:

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., 1933 repr:

Seller ID: 79456

Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Top edges gilt. Plain endpapers. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrap (DW spine darkened, chip to edge of spine. Small chips to corners. In protective sleeve.) Corners slightly bumped & some slight rubbing to cloth. Inside pages all very clean and tight. 444pp + cat. B&W Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. View more info

Image for Emma Introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan’s Illustrated Pocket Classics.

Emma Introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan’s Illustrated Pocket Classics.

By: AUSTEN, JANE:

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., 1938 repr:

Seller ID: 79457

Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Top edges gilt. Plain endpapers. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrap (DW spine darkened, some minor rubbing to edges. In protective sleeve.) Corners slightly bumped & some slight rubbing to cloth. Inside pages all very clean and tight. 437pp + cat. B&W Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. View more info

Image for Pride and Prejudice Introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Macmillan’s Illustrated Pocket Classics.

Pride and Prejudice Introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Macmillan’s Illustrated Pocket Classics.

By: AUSTEN, JANE:

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., 1938 repr:

Seller ID: 79458

Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt to spine. Top edges gilt. Plain endpapers. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrap (DW spine darkened, some minor rubbing to edges. In protective sleeve.) Corners slightly bumped & some slight rubbing to cloth. Inside pages all very clean and tight. 351pp + cat. B&W Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. View more info

Image for Mansfield Park With Coloured Illustrations by C. E. Brock. “The Series of English Idylls.”

Mansfield Park With Coloured Illustrations by C. E. Brock. “The Series of English Idylls.”

By: AUSTEN, Jane:

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London & New York, J. M. Dent & Sons, & E.P. Dutton & Co., no date ca1928:

Seller ID: 79794

Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. Light pale green cloth with red decorative design and lettering to front and gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Top edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor handling to cloth, corners slightly bumped, small nick to rear bottom corner of spine. Endpapers slightly darkened. Some minor foxing to outer page edges else a clean and tight copy. 396pp. 15 coloured plates + a decorative title page by C. E. Brock. View more info

Image for The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot. Edited by Norman St John-Stevas. The Literary Essays in two volumes. The Historical Essays in two volumes.

The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot. Edited by Norman St John-Stevas. The Literary Essays in two volumes. The Historical Essays in two volumes.

By: BAGEHOT, WALTER:

Price: £100.00

Publisher: The Economist. London. 1965-68 1st editions.:

Seller ID: 72744

Size 5.75 x 8.75 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrappers (dw; slightly rubbed at ends of spines. Small marks. Not price clipped). Vol III has small marks to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight set. Four volumes. With b/w portrait frontis to Vol I. The first four volumes of the Collected Works of the Victorian writer Walter Bagehot. These volumes have the Historical and Literary Essays. ... View more info

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Poems of a Country Lover.

By: BARR, E.D.:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Arthur H.Stockwell Ltd. 1966. 1st edition:

Seller ID: 66007

Size 5.0 x 7.25 inches. In green cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 80pp. Collection of poems on a rural theme. View more info

Image for Intimate Journals. Translated by Christopher Isherwood, Introduction by W. H. Auden. With Six Collotype Plates and One Line Drawing. LIMITED EDITION of 750 Copies.

Intimate Journals. Translated by Christopher Isherwood, Introduction by W. H. Auden. With Six Collotype Plates and One Line Drawing. LIMITED EDITION of 750 Copies.

By: BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES; ISHERWOOD, C.; AUDEN, W. H.;

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1949 1st thus LTD Edition:

Seller ID: 77535

Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW minor rubbing to edges, spine a little faded and darkened, minor tears to corners, in protective sleeve.) Cloth clean. Inside pages all very clean and tight. 71pp. Illustrated with Six Collotype Plates and One Line Drawing. Plates with tissue guards. View more info

Image for Green and Pleasant Land. Poetry of the English Countryside. Pictures by Gordon Beningfield.

Green and Pleasant Land. Poetry of the English Countryside. Pictures by Gordon Beningfield.

By: BENINGFIELD, GORDON:

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Selectabook. Devizes. 2003:

Seller ID: 71211

Size 10.0 x 7.0 inches, oblong. In illustrated hard card covers with matching dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; front slightly faded. Price clipped).Small stain to bottom edge affecting some pages inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 125pp. Collection of poems by various authors on themes of English countryside and nature, illustrated by Gordon Beningfield. View more info

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