BLACK IRISH BLUES
by (BROODING HERON PRESS). MCLAUGHLIN, JOE-ANNE
Waldron Island, Washington: Brooding Heron Press, 2000. COPY B OF 26 LETTERED COPIES on Rives Lightweight paper (and 274 on Mohawk Superfine). 242 x 160 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4"). [17] leaves. Publisher's blue and black cloth, front cover titled in black, spine with a paper label. Illustrations on frontispiece and colophon by Julie Loyd. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title; signed by the printer, binder, and illustrator on the limitation page. With a publication notice... Read More
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1914 AND OTHER POEMS
by BROOKE, RUPERT
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1915. FIRST EDITION. One of 1,000 copies. 192 x 130 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4"). 63, [1] pp. Publisher's black cloth, paper label on smooth spine. With frontispiece portrait of the poet. Front pastedown with ink owner's inscription of S. J. A. Evans, 1915. ◆Spine a little faded, paper label a bit rubbed and with a chipped corner, a couple of corners gently bumped, minor browning to endleaves (from pastedown glue), occasional... Read More
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POEMS
by BROOKE, RUPERT
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1911. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. 190 x 125 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 7/8"). viii, 87, [1] pp. Publisher's black cloth, paper label on spine. In a maroon morocco-backed pull-off case. Front pastedown with small ex-libris of C. S. Currie, Ettrick, Derrinallum (see below). Spine very slightly cocked, isolated trivial thumbing, but A FINE COPY, clean, fresh, and bright internally, in an unworn binding. This is the first collection of... Read More
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POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT
by BURNS, ROBERT. (BINDINGS - RIVIERE)
London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell; and W. Creech, 1787. Third Edition; First London Edition, First State (with "stinking" instead of "skinking" in "To a Haggis"). 210 x 126 mm. (8 1/4 x 5"). xlviii, [13]-372 pp. With half title and the subscriber list [to the Edinburgh edition]. VERY FINE RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY RIVIERE & SON (stamp-signed on front turn-in), cover with French fillet border, raised bands, spine compartments with acorn-and-lancet central ornament, floral vines... Read More
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ROBERT BURNS IN OTHER TONGUES
by (BURNS, ROBERT). (BINDINGS - MACLEHOSE). JACKS, WILLIAM
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1896. FIRST EDITION. 200 x 130 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 1/8"). xix, [1], 560 pp. Handsome contemporary dark teal morocco by MacLehose (stamped-signed on verso of front flyleaf), covers with lacy gilt filigree frame, raised bands, spine compartments similarly gilt, gilt titling, elegantly gilt inner dentelles, ivory watered silk endleaves, marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt (invisible repair to front hinge). With frontispiece portrait of Burns and 14 photographic portraits of the translators.... Read More
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POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT
by BURNS, ROBERT
London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell; and W. Creech, 1787. Third Edition; First London Edition, First State (with "stinking" instead of "skinking" in "To a Haggis"). 212 x 126 mm. (8 1/2 x 5"). xlviii, [13]-372 pp. With half title and the subscriber list [to the Edinburgh edition]. Pleasing contemporary tree calf, smooth spine rebacked preserving most of original backstrip (small restoration at head), this divided into panels with gilt floral centerpiece by gilt chain roll, red... Read More
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS WITH NOTES, GLOSSARY, INDEX OF FIRST LINES AND CHRONOLOGICAL LIST
by BURNS, ROBERT
London: Oxford University Press, 1939. 14th Printing. 180 x 120 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 3/4"). xx, 636 pp.Edited by J. Logie Robertson. Attractive burnt orange morocco, covers with gilt filet border, raised bands, gilt in compartments with central fleuron, floral gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt. With frontispiece portrait of Robert Burns. Spine sunned to even tan color, very slight scratches on boards, small tear on fore margin of three leaves, not affecting text, otherwise very fine inside... Read More
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POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT
by BURNS, ROBERT. (BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE)
Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and Sold by William Creech, 1787. First Edinburgh Edition. 210 x 123 mm. (8 1/4 x 4 3/4"). xlviii, 3[9]-68 pp. Without the half title but with the list of subscribers. ELEGANT EMERALD GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND ONLAID, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on rear doublure), covers framed by floral chain roll between two sets of gilt fillets, central panel with lobed fillet frame, oblique thistle tools at corners, upper cover with... Read More
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THE KASÎDAH (COUPLETS) OF HÂJÎ ABDÛ EL-YEZDÎ: A LAY OF THE HIGHER LAW
by [BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS]
London: Privately Printed [Bernard Quaritch], 1880. FIRST EDITION, First Issue. 270 x 205 mm. (10 5/8 x 8 1/8"). 2 p.l., 33 pp.Translated and Annotated by his Friend and Pupil, F. B. ORIGINAL PRINTED YELLOW WRAPPERS, very expertly rebacked. In a (slightly worn) plush-lined navy blue Roan-backed buckram clamshell box, gilt lettering on back. Penzer, pp. 97-98. Wrappers just lightly soiled, gutter open at quire E, but a really excellent copy, the volume entirely firm, and text clean... Read More
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HUDIBRAS
by BUTLER, SAMUEL
Cambridge: J. Bentham [spelled "Bettenham" in volume II], 1744. 203 x 133 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). Two volumes. Edited and annotated by Zachary Grey. Recent dark brown half morocco over linen boards, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Butler after Soest, and 16 lively engraved plates after Hogarth, five of them folding. Title pages with early ownership inscription marked out with black ink; title... Read More
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FINDEN'S LANDSCAPE & PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATIONS, TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LORD BYRON
by (BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD). FINDEN, WILLIAM, Illustrator
London: John Murray, 1833-34. FIRST EDITION. 232 x 168 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/2"). Three volumes. With descriptions by William Brockedon. Very nice contemporary deep maroon morocco (apparently a publisher's deluxe binding), covers framed in blind with gilt floral scroll cornerpieces, raised bands, spine compartments gilt, turn-ins gilt ruled, leather hinges, all edges gilt. WITH 124 LOVELY ENGRAVED PLATES by William Finden, including three engraved title pages. Volume III lacking two plates, "The Rialto, Venice," and "Temple... Read More
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![[THE COMMENTARIES] QUAE EXTANT. . . . TABULIS AENEIS ORNATA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/526/135/1401135526.0.l.jpg)
[THE COMMENTARIES] QUAE EXTANT. . . . TABULIS AENEIS ORNATA
by CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS
London: Jacob Tonson, 1712. 466 x 290 mm. (18 3/8 x 11 1/2"). 3 p.l., 560 pp.With the supplementary commentaries attributed to Aulus Hirtius and others. Edited and annotated by Samuel Clarke. Stately contemporary red morocco over thick boards, elegantly gilt, covers with three concentric mitered frames of decorative rolls, outer frame with oblique floral sprays at corners and intricate pyramids of flowers at the center of each side, delicately tooled mandorla in center panel, raised bands, spine... Read More
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BIOGRAPHIES, MEMOIRS, AND LETTERS OF SIX DISTINGUISHED BRITONS
by (BINDINGS - TREE OR POLISHED CALF)
London, 1836-50. Various editions. 224 x 137 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). 16 volumes.. FINE CONTEMPORARY FULL CALF, MOST EITHER TREE OR POLISHED CALF (see below), raised bands, spines intricately gilt in compartments, morocco labels, marbled endpapers and edges. Some works with frontispiece portraits. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt (see below). A LOVELY COLLECTION--WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE. Handsomely bound, with beautifully gilt spines, and just about uniform in size, these... Read More
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IN CAMP AND CABIN. MINING LIFE AND ADVENTURE, IN CALIFORNIA DURING 1850 AND LATER
by (CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH). STEELE, JOHN
Lodi, Wisconsin: J. Steele, 1901. FIRST EDITION. 232 x 155 mm. (9 1/8 x 6"). 81 pp. Original green (faded to brown) printed paper wrappers. Housed in a fine modern caramel-colored morocco clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. Inside front wrapper with ink signature of M. R. Skinner; occasional pencil underlining in the text. Howes S-924; Graff 3964; Streeter 3027; Wagner-Camp 244 (note). Top inch of spine chipped away, a little fraying to edges, first three leaves... Read More
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Opening page with engraved titling of "MR. LINLEY'S COMMERCIAL AND MATHEMATICAL ACADEMY.
by (CALLIGRAPHY - MANUSCRIPT COPY BOOK). HIBBERD, S. M., Student
Leeds: Mr. Linley's . . . Academy, Low Ash Hall, Sheffield, [ca. 1870]. 238 x 295 mm. (9 3/8 x 11 5/8"). 12 unnumbered leaves, the last blank. Original white faux moiré wrapper, upper cover with a glazed oval color vignette of a pastoral scene at the center enclosed by a large and very ornate frame of green and gilt. First page with elegant engraved cartouche (around engraved Linley information) featuring three lovely vignettes of Cambridge landmarks, original... Read More
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THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR
by CAPOTE, TRUMAN
Publisher's cream-colored paper boards backed with black buckram. In the original blue slipcase with illustrated paper label on side (lightly soiled, with residue of a small sticker on one side). ◆Binding and contents in mint condition.This is a very fine copy of Capote's autobiographical short story about family and the trials and tribulations of childhood, in which the narrator learns a hard lesson about the price of revenge when he publicly embarrasses the school bully. As the colophon to the... Read More
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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
by (CARADOC PRESS). GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
Chiswick: The Caradoc Press, 1903. No. 215 OF 360 COPIES on paper (and 14 copies on vellum). 220 x 153 mm. (8 3/4 x 6"). 4 p.l. (first blank), 107, [4], 112-211, [1] pp. Publisher's limp vellum, flat spine with black lettering. Decorative woodcut borders on three pages, fine woodcut capitals in the strapwork style of 15th c. Italian initials, etched frontispiece portrait of Goldsmith by Harry George Webb, and signed by him in pencil. Printed in red... Read More
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![NOTHING FOR TIGERS. [and] FOR YOU. [and] THE MYTHOLOGY OF DARK AND LIGHT. [and] LIGHTER THAN AIR CRAFT. [and] THE SELECTED POETRY OF HAYDEN CARRUTH. [and] SONNETS. [and] THREE NEW POEMS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/746/881/1691881746.0.l.jpg)
NOTHING FOR TIGERS. [and] FOR YOU. [and] THE MYTHOLOGY OF DARK AND LIGHT. [and] LIGHTER THAN AIR CRAFT. [and] THE SELECTED POETRY OF HAYDEN CARRUTH. [and] SONNETS. [and] THREE NEW POEMS
by CARRUTH, HAYDEN. A COLLECTION OF SEVEN POETRY FIRST EDITIONS, OFFERED AS A GROUP
1965-99. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Seven separately published volumes.. All in original publisher's bindings, as issued (see below). Lighter than Air Craft with eight wood engravings by Barnard Taylor; "Sonnets" with seven wood engravings in the text by Barnard Taylor; "The Myth of Dark and Light" with six linoleum block prints, each in a different color, by Alice Wand. ALL SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SOME WITH ADDITIONAL PERSONAL INSCRIPTIONS (see below). Nothing for Tigers with light marginal dampstains; all... Read More
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DE PERFECTO MUNDI CONTEMPTU OPUSCULUM
by (BINDINGS - MARCANTONIO GUILLERY). DIONYSIUS CARTHUSIANUS
Lyon: Thibaud Payen, 1561. 122 x 78 mm. (4 3/4 x 3"). 567, [1] pp. CONTEMPORARY ROMAN RED MOROCCO, GILT, BY MARCANTONIO GUILLERY, covers with gilt strapwork frame accented with six-pointed stars, palmette and volute cornerpieces, central panel of upper cover with Jesuit IHS monogram within an oval laurel wreath, surrounded by swirling foliage linked with knots, lower cover with similar foliage and with author's name at center, four small holes for now-lacking ties, raised bands, edges gilt... Read More
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THE HOLZHEIMER VENETIAN GLOBE GORES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
by (CARTOGRAPHY - 16TH CENTURY GLOBES, FACSIMILES). WOODWARD, DAVID
Madison, Wisconsin: The Juniper Press, 1987. No. 116 OF 150 COPIES. 632 x 250 mm. (25 x 9 3/4"). 2p.l., 19 [1] pp. Black quarter buckram over maroon marbled paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. In a custom maroon buckram clamshell box. WITH 24 FACSIMILE GLOBE GORES. Signed by Woodward on the limitation page. Just a hint of use to the box, booklet corners just a touch rubbed, otherwise as new. This sizable, attractive publication reproduces one... Read More
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![THE ORIGIN OF THE SERIF: BRUSH WRITING & ROMAN LETTERS. [with] A BRUSH-WRITTEN ALPHABET OF 23 LETTERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/838/422/1728422838.0.l.jpg)
THE ORIGIN OF THE SERIF: BRUSH WRITING & ROMAN LETTERS. [with] A BRUSH-WRITTEN ALPHABET OF 23 LETTERS
by (CATFISH PRESS). (CALLIGRAPHY). CATICH, EDWARD M.
Davenport, Iowa: Catfish Press, 1968. FIRST EDITION. No. 15 OF 50 COPIES specially bound, SIGNED by the author, and with a portfolio of brush-written letters (from a total edition of 1,400). 283 x 216 mm. (11 1/8 x 8 1/2"). xi, [i], 310 pp., [1] leaf; [7] printed leaves. Two volumes.. Publisher's marbled blue boards, text volume backed with reddish-brown leather, gilt lettering on spine, portfolio backed in gray cloth, paper label on upper cover. Housed together in... Read More
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THE NOVELS AND STORIES
by CATHER, WILLA
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937-41. No. 322 OF 970 COPIES of the Autograph Edition, volume I SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 232 x 156 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 1/8"). 13 volumes.. Publisher's original cream-colored linen over gray-blue linen boards, covers with author's cipher in gilt, black spine label, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed and UNOPENED, and IN THE UNCOMMON ORIGINAL OVERSIZED DUST JACKETS. Containing 12 frontispieces with tissue guards (volume XIII without frontispiece, as issued). Crane AA1, first... Read More
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DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA
by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818. First Edition with Smirke Plates. 222 x 137 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/8"). Four volumes. Translated by Mary Smirke. Attractive contemporary purple straight-grain morocco, gilt, covers framed by gilt rules with leafy cornerpieces, raised bands, spine panels with central ornament and small leaf tools at corners, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. With a total of 48 engravings (24 plates and 26 vignettes) after Robert Smirke.... Read More
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![[In Greek:] EIKON BASILIKE. [Then:] THE POURTRAICTURE OF HIS SACRED MAJESTIE IN HIS SOLITUDES AND SUFFERINGS. [with] A PERFECT COPIE OF PRAYERS USED BY HIS MAJESTIE IN THE TIME OF HIS SUFFERINGS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/433/273/1701273433.0.l.jpg)
[In Greek:] EIKON BASILIKE. [Then:] THE POURTRAICTURE OF HIS SACRED MAJESTIE IN HIS SOLITUDES AND SUFFERINGS. [with] A PERFECT COPIE OF PRAYERS USED BY HIS MAJESTIE IN THE TIME OF HIS SUFFERINGS
by (CHARLES I). [GAUDEN, JOHN]
[London]: s.n., 1648 [but 1649]. 162 x 98 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 7/8"). 3 p.l., 208, 107-154, 255-302, [16] pp. (pagination irregular, but text complete). Attractive early 19th century red pebble-grain morocco, gilt, covers with double rule border, frame of lancet and volute tools, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with saltire formed by lancet tools, gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a folding engraved portrait of Charles I kneeling in prayer, signed... Read More
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FROM A COLLECTARIUM IN LATIN MADE FOR A FEMALE RELIGIOUS
by CHARMING ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
France[?], ca. 1450. 97 x 61 mm. (3 3/4 x 2 5/8"). Single column, 20 lines in an attractive gothic book hand. Each leaf with two or more one- to two-line initials painted in blue or maroon with delicate white tracery and charming enclosed flowers, all on a field of burnished gold, the left or right margin on one or both sides with a bar border of blue and white, terminating in gold ivy leaves in the upper... Read More
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