Jane Austen. Facts and Problems. The Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1948.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1948. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w is tanned on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.
New Arrivals
On the Poetry of Pope.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1950. 8vo. Second edition (with corrections). First published in 1938. Original navy cloth with paper label to spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
Agnes Grey. The Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontes. Edited by Hilda Marsden and Robert Inglesfield.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1988. 8vo. First edition thus. Original dark navy buckram, gilt. Unclipped d/w spine very slightly faded. Fine in fine d/w. The sixth volume to be published in the Clarendon Edition. Very uncommon.
Villette. The Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontes. Edited by Herbert Rosengarten and Margaret Smith.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1987. 8vo. Second impression. First published in this edition in 1984. Original dark navy buckram, gilt. Contents clean. Unclipped d/w is a little faded on the spine and slightly rubbed at the top edge. Fine in near fine d/w. The fourth volume to be published in.....
Wuthering Heights. The Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontes. Edited by Hilda Marsden and Ian Jack.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1976. 8vo. First edition thus. Original dark navy buckram, gilt. Contents clean. Price-clipped d/w has tiny loss to the spine ends and corner tips and is a little rubbed. Fine in very good + d/w. The second volume to be published in the Clarendon Edition. Very.....
Charlotte Bronte. The Evolution of Genius.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Ink ownership on fly. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
The Letters of Charlotte Bronte. 1. 1829-1847; 2. 1848-1851. Edited by Margaret Smith.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1995 & 2000. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Volume 1 is a first edition. Volume 2 appears to be a second impression judging by the number string. Original navy cloth, gilt. Financial Times review loosely inserted into volume 1. Fine in fine d/ws. Very uncommon.
The Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain 1787-1788. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Boyd Alexander.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Portrait frontispiece and eight further plates. Ink ownership on fly. Price-clipped d/w tanned on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
Life at Fonthill 1807-1822. With Interludes in Paris and London. From the Correspondence of William Beckford. Translated and Edited by Boyd Alexander.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Portrait frontispiece and nine further plates. Contents clean. Price-clipped d/w with tiny loss to spine ends and corner tips and tanning to the spine. Near fine in very good + d/w.
Spenser's Faerie Queene. Edited by J. C. Smith.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1978. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1909. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws uniformly slightly faded and tanned on the spines. Two tiny nicks to the back flap of volume 2. Fine in near fine d/ws.
The Poems of John Donne. Edited from the old editions and numerous manuscripts with introductions & commentary by Herbert J.C. Grierson.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1951. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprint. First published in 1912. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. Bookplate on each flyleaf. Fine.
The Works of George Herbert. Edited with Commentary by F.E. Hutchinson.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1978. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1941. Original navy cloth, gilt. Near fine.
The Poems of Richard Lovelace. Edited by C.H. Wilkinson.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1963. 8vo. Third impression from corrected sheets. First published in 1930. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w faded and tanned on the spine. Tiny nick to the head of the spine and rubbing to the edges. Covers a little marked. Fine in very good + d/w. Uncommon.....
The Poems of Emily Bronte. Edited by Derek Roper with Edward Chitham.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1995. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w slightly faded and tanned on the spine. A few small marks to the covers. Fine in near fine d/w.
Centuries, Poems, and Thanksgivings. Edited by H.M. Margoliouth.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1972. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1958. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/ws uniformly slightly faded and tanned on the spines. Fine in near fine d/ws.
The Compleat Angler 1653-1676. Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Jonquil Bevan.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Portrait frontispiece and thirteen illustrations. D/w slightly faded and tanned on the spine. Faint mark on the front panel. Fine in near fine d/w. 'The present edition is the first to offer the 1653 Compleat Angler followed by.....
The Diary of a Country Parson. 1758-1802. Edited by John Beresford.
London: Oxford University Press, 1926-31. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Volume 1 is a third impression (first published in 1924); volume 2 appears to be a first impression but the d/w spine states 'second impression'; the remaining three volumes are all first impressions. Original black cloth with paper labels to spines.....
The Anatomy of Melancholy. Edited by Thomas C. Faulkner, Nicolas K. Kiessling & Rhonda L. Blair. With an Introduction by J.B. Bamborough. Commentary by J.B. Bamborough with Martin Dodsworth.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1989-2000. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Volumes 1, 2, 4 & 6 are first impressions. Volume 5 is a second impression. Volume 3 (first published in 1994) is a reprint from 2000. First published in 1621. Original navy cloth, gilt. Contents clean and without ownership marks or.....
In Parenthesis. seinnyessit e gledyf vm penn mameu.
London: Faber and Faber, July 1937. 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue grey. Two illustrations by the author/artist and a map. Boards a bit tanned. Spine ends slightly frayed. Light foxing to the endpapers. Unclipped d/w ('10s. 6d.') has small scattered loss along the top.....
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus. The translation of G. Rawlinson revised & annotated by A.W. Lawrence. To which is added a life of Herodotus and the Behistun inscription.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1935. Folio. #478 of 675 copies. Greek blue quarter vellum by Bain, decorated with gilt wavy lines, over blue cloth. Edges untrimmed. Top edge gilt 'on the rough'. With nine wood engravings by V. Le Campion and a series of new maps by T. Poulton. Spine.....
We go to the gallery. The Harlequin Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme Book 1a.
England: ArtQuarters Press Ltd, 2014. 8vo. First edition. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Unnumbered and unsigned copy. Illustrated paper boards. Illustrated with colour collages by Miriam Elia throughout. Just a hint of rubbing to the extremities. Fine. "We Go To The Gallery is the first in a series of 'Harlequin.....
Baroque in Italy.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1959. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Unclipped d/w slightly rubbed at extremities. Near fine in near fine d/w.
Another Self.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. 8vo. First edition. Original green hardcovers, lettered in gilt. Top edge stained purple. Jacket designed by Reynolds Stone. Price-clipped d/w is slightly tanned on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w. The author covers the first thirty-five years of his life but doesn't allow facts to.....
The Cambridge History of the First World War.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/ws. A 'comprehensive, three-volume work, which provides an authoritative account of the military, social, economic and cultural history of the Great War. Reflecting the very latest research in the field, the volumes.....
A Writer's Notebook 1854-1879 and Uncollected Writings. Edited by Joseph Wiesenfarth.
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984. 4to. Second impression. First published in 1981. Original green cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Contents clean. Near fine.