The Letters of A. E. Housman.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 2007. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original navy cloth, gilt. In slipcase as issued. Mint in slipcase. The standard edition containing over 2,200 letters.
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The Poems of Jonathan Swift.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Second edition. Reprints. First published in 1937. Second edition in 1958. Original navy buckram, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/ws.
The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, 1690-1745.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965-72. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Reprints with corrections. First published 1963-5. Original maroon buckram, gilt. Price-clipped d/ws are uniformly slightly faded on the spines, with a few nicks, spots and creases. Fine in near fine d/ws. The standard edition.
The Letters of T. S. Eliot. Edited by Valerie Eliot. Volume I. 1898-1922.
London & New York: Faber and Faber & Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. 8vo. Limited edition. #114 of 250 copies published by Faber and Faber (there were also 250 copies published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Signed by Valerie Eliot on the colophon. Original quarter blue cloth, printed in black and gold.....
Weeds and Wild Flowers. Some irreverent words by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt and with wood-engravings by George Mackley.
London: The Two-Horse Press, 1965. Folio. Limited edition. #87 of 250 copies, signed by the artist and the author (as 'The Two Colts') on the colophon. Original quarter green buckram, gilt, over yellow Tatsumaki Japanese paper boards by Mansell of London. Designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant.....
Engraved in the Wood. A collection of wood engravings by George Mackley with an appreciation by Ruari McLean and with a glimpse of the artist by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt.
London: The Two-Horse Press, 1968. Folio. Limited edition. #44 of 300 copies, signed by the artist. Original paper-covered booklet, printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge on paper made on the cylinder mould machine at Wookey Hole, Somerset. The type is Hermann Zapf's Palatino. With.....
The George Mackley Collection. 1. Confessions of a Woodpecker 2. George Mackley - Wood Engraver 3. Wood Engraving.
Old Woking: Gresham Books Limited, 1981. Small folios and 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Limited edition. #44 of 250 copies signed by the author/artist. Original quarter tan calf over marbled paper boards, gilt, in matching slipcase. The leather spine of the slipcase is a little rubbed. Fine in near fine slipcase.....
Whittington: Aspects of a Cotswold Village. With 34 wood-engravings.
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1991. 4to. Limited edition. #III of 50 special copies (from an edition of 350) with an additional suite of plates and signed by the artist. Original russet morocco-backed paper-covered boards. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper, edges uncut. With a portfolio containing 12 of the engravings (each.....
A View of the Cotswolds. Photographs by Edwin Smith, with essays, commentaries, & a checklist by Shawn Kholucy, Ian Mackenzie-Kerr, Alan Powers, George Ramsden, Edwin Smith, Veronica Watts and Rory Young.
Risbury: The Whittington Press, 2005. Folio. Limited edition. Copy no. LXX of 70 copies (from an edition of 350) half-bound in black morocco, with printed paper boards with a repeat pattern from an engraving by Edwin Smith, and with the addition of a portfolio containing two prints made from the.....
The Terror of St. Trinian's. Or Angela's Prince Charming.
London: Max Parrish, 1952. 8vo. Probably a second impression in the same year as the first. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Jacket and illustrations by Ronald Searle. Spine skewed. Endpapers a bit tanned. Something has been carefully erased on the verso of the title page below 'First published 1952', probably to.....
My Uncle Harry.
London: Max Parrish, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Jacket design by Ronald Searle. Unclipped d/w is slightly faded and tanned on the spine, with tape repairs to the reverse of the spine and top edge of the back panel. Near fine in good d/w.
The Rake's Progress.
London: Perpetua Books, 1955. Royal 8vo. First edition, second impression (before publication). Original black cloth, gilt. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Clipped d/w is worn, with tiny loss to the corner tips and spine ends, and a very short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel.....
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the Year 1641. Re-edited from a fresh collation of the original Ms. in the Bodleian Library. With marginal dates and occasional notes, by W. Dunn Macray.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1958. Small 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First edition in 1888. Reprinted lithographically from sheets of the first edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. The spine of volume 2 is slightly indented towards the middle. Each volume has an ink ownership on the rear free endpaper. Contents clean.....
The Letters of Samuel Pepys 1656-1703.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2006. 8vo. First edition of this selection. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Paper beginning to yellow. Near fine in near fine d/w.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Edited by R. C. Latham & W. Matthews.
London: Bell & Hyman, 1978-1983. 8vo. 11 volumes, set. Volumes 10 & 11 are first impressions, the other volumes are reprints from 1978 or 1979. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges stained green. Most volumes have a bit of shelf lean. Volume 1 has a presentation label on the front.....
De Rerum Natura. Libri Sex. Edited with Prolegomena, Critical Apparatus, Translation, and Commentary by Cyril Bailey.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Original navy cloth, gilt. Bottom edges untrimmed. Each volume has 'Glasgow 1947' and the ink ownership of J. Farquhar Maclay on the fly. The ownerships are over some Tippex (presumably a previous owner's name). D/ws uniformly tanned on the spines and.....
The Works of Sir Thomas Malory. Edited by Eugene Vinaver.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Each volume has 'Glasgow 1947' and the ink ownership and round blind stamp of J. Farquhar Maclay on the fly. The ownerships are over some Tippex (presumably a previous owner's.....
The Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne. Done into English by John Florio. With an Introduction by Thomas Seccombe.
London: Grant Richards, 1908. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Limited edition. #115 of 1150 copies for sale in England and America. Original quarter brown buckram, gilt, with grey paper boards Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece to each volume. Spine ends a little rubbed and the lower edge of each board is slightly darkened.....
My Past and Thoughts. The Memoirs of Alexander Herzen. Translated by Constance Garnett. Revised by Humphrey Higgens. With an Introduction by Isaiah Berlin.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. 8vo. Four volumes, set. First editions of this revised translation. Original brick red cloth, black spine panels, gilt. Jackets designed by Enid Marx. Erratum tipped into the Introduction of volume 1. Price-clipped d/ws are just a little rubbed except for volume 1 which is also.....
Oxon. A Shell Guide.
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow plastic comb binding, with 'Oxon' printed in red, with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. A little rubbed around the edges. Near fine.....
Hampshire. (Towards a Dictionary of the County of Southampton commonly Hampshire or Hants). A Shell Guide.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1937. 8vo. First edition. Ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Fine. 'Rayner's Hampshire is unique amongst the early guides being better written and more modern than any of the others'. (David Heathcote, A Shell Eye on England.....
Shell Guide to Derbyshire. Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities, &c.
London: The Architectural Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Two page colour map of the county and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Covers just a little rubbed at extremities and with a strip of abrasion to the lower edge of the front cover. Very.....
Shell Guide to South-West Wales. Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. First edition. Original bright green cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w has a hint of rubbing to the spine ends and a very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine d/w.
South-West Wales. A Shell Guide. Part of Dyfed. The old counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 8vo. New edition. First published in 1963. Original green cloth, gilt. Black and white photographs throughout. Contents slightly foxed. Clipped d/w is a bit tanned and marked with a short creased tear to the top edge of the back panel. Very good + in good.....
North Wales. A Shell Guide. Caernarvonshire, Anglesey, Denbighshire & Flintshire.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1971. Original terracotta cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.