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1873636L24Paris: Alphonse de Lemerre 1873. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 8". None. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry written and published in memory of French author Theophile Gautier. Contributors to this work include Victor Hugo Emile Blemont Leon Cladel E Corra John Payne and Swinburne. All poems to this work are in the original language. Therefore the majority of the work is in French with the poems by Swinburne and Payne typically in English. Algernon Swinburne contributed six poems four of which are in English one in Latin and one in Greek. All of the poems to this work are in honour of Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier. With a frontispiece of Gautier. Loosely inserted is a portion of what was the original front wrap. Theophile Gautier was a French author who penned poems plays and novels as well as his many works of criticism. Gautier's works were difficult to classify and contain elements of many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism Symbolism Decadence and Modernism. This is a fascinating work with many famed contributors. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally in an excellent condition with just minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages have deckled edges which are slightly age toned. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good Indeed Alphonse de Lemerre hardcover
1953948Y39Ipswich: W. S. Cowell Limited 1953. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". John Nash. A smart limited edition collection of Suffolk poetry collected by the Earl of Cranbrook. A limited edition of 500 copies this being number 94. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. With an illustrated title page and vignettes throughout by John Nash. This work comprises a series of early English verses originating from Suffolk written between 1327 and 1864 and collected here in one volume by the Earl of Cranbrook.Also with biographical notes accompanying several of the poets. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally smart with discolouration to the spine and slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good W. S. Cowell Limited hardcover
1968961H14Various: Various; Angus & Robertson Ltd; 1968-1993. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 9.5". Various. A comprehensive quartet of volumes authored by experts and enthusiasts covering all aspects of oenology. One of which is signed by the author. This is a four volume set covering all aspects of oenology authored by experts and enthusiasts.The volumes consist of:Pictorial Atlas of Australian Wines by Thomas K. Hardy with photography from Milan Roden. Published by Grape Vision Pty Ltd 1968:This copy is a first edition signed by the photographer and the author. It is bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. This copy illuminates the Australian wine industry celebrating 300 hundred Australian wines with the hope of guiding those looking to follow the "wine discovery trail". The Great Book of Wine edited by Joseph JobeÌ in collaboration with Percy Knauth and Valerie Green. Published by Edita Lausanne c1982 via copies held at Jisc:This edition is a revised edition first thus. This volume is bound in the publisher's original cloth binding with original unclipped dust wrapper. This is a comprehensive exploration of global wine culture exploring the history culture production and traditions of winemaking across various regions with complementing maps photograph facsimiles and illustrations.South African Wine by Dave Hughes Phyllis Hands and John Kench. Published by Struik 1992:This copy is a first edition with the publisher's original green cloth binding and the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This copy is a comprehensive authority on South African wine with more than 250 full-colour photographs and illustrations. With chapters covering the wine industry appreciating the wine its cultivation and grape varieties to name a few.The Wine Atlas of California by James Halliday published by Angus & Robertson Ltd 1993:In the publisher's original bottle-green cloth binding with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the first Australian edition of this work. This volume delves into the diverse regions of California providing an in-depth exploration of the wine making industry. With 36 coloured maps and 300 colour illustrations and photograph facsimiles throughout. In the publisher's original binding and dust wrapper. Externally generally very smart. Slight rubbing to extremities. One or two faint handling marks to boards. Wraps of Pictorial are detached from binding. Offsetting from author's and photographer's gold ink signatures on title page of Pictorial. Dust wrappers in smart condition Unclipped. One or two faint handling marks and slight bumping. One small chip to South African Wine. One small closed tear to The Wine Atlas of California's back wrap. The odd closed tear to extremities of Great Book of Wine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Various; Angus & Robertson Ltd; hardcover
1994Q-0525937358Dutton 1994-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dutton hardcover
1944897M1London: Nicholson & Watson 1944. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Gerald Wilde; Mervyn Peake. A first edition copy of Volume 2 Number 10 of this brightly illustrated and highly regarded literary magazine Poetry London. The first edition of this work Volume 2 Number 10 of Poetry London in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper dated 1945. Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu 1915-1983 was a Tamil poet editor critic and publisher who had significant influence in the literary scenes of London and New York City particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1939 he founded the literary magazine Poetry London to which many well-known writers contributed including: Lawrence Durrell Kathleen Raine W. H. Auden Jack Kerouac Allen Ginsberg Roy Campbell Robin Skelton and many others. Consequently the magazine showcased late modernist and American Beat poetry.This 1944 work is Volume 2 Number 10 of Poetry London containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas 1920-1944; poetry and prose from well-known writers such as R. S. Thomas Stevie Smith Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell; a lithograph to T. S. Eliot's Rhapsody on a Windy Night by Gerald Wilde and drawings for The Ancient Mariner by Mervyn Peake. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally cloth is generally smart though faded to the spine and front board with a little bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with spotting to the first and last few pages and to the fore edge affecting the occasional page. Very Good Nicholson & Watson hardcover
1858954P3Edinburgh; London: James Nichol; James Nisbet & Co 1858. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smartly bound set of this important anthology of ancient English poetry a brilliant collection compiled by Thomas Percy. Complete in three volumes.'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry' is a collection of poems ballads and songs collected from Ancient England.Many poems in this volume came from a manuscript that Thomas Percy found at the house of his friend Sir Humphrey Pitt. Pitt wasn't treating the manuscript well with his housemaids using pages from the manuscript to light fires.The work was incredibly popular when it was first published in 1765 greatly capturing the public's imagination. It inspired poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge Sir Walter Scott and William Wordsworth.Including 'The Ballad of Chevy Chase' 'The Battle of Otterburn' 'Lillibullero' 'The Dragon of Wantley' and more.Gift inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper of Volume I "Henry Hallam Parr from his affectionate friend C. H. H. Parry on his leaving Eton Easter 1863" in addition to Parr's bookplate to the front paste downs. Henry Hallam Parr was an officer of the British Army who became General Officer Commanding North-Western District. Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry 1st Baronet was an English composer and historian of music. In a full calf binding with blind stamped decorations to the boards. Externally generally smart with a little light rubbing and marks to the boards and spine. Head of the front board of Volume III is faded as are the spines. Bookplate to the front paste downs gift inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper of Volume I. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with a few scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed James Nichol; James Nisbet & Co hardcover
2000Q-0140447326Penguin Classics 2000-12-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
E9-BLP3-5WEOHardcover. Very Good. VG. c.1945. Bound in 4 volumes. . 'Connecticut Historical Publications'. Maps fold-outs etc. Nice set. hardcover
1924933Y26London: R. Cobden-Sanderson 1924. First edition. Paperback. Good. 9" by 6". None. A desirable pair of two very scarce issues from T. S. Eliot's literary magazine. Featuring early drafts of Wyndham Lewis' 'The Apes of God'. Includes two very scarce issues from 'The Criterion' a literary magazine created by the poet dramatist and literary critic T. S. Eliot who served as its editor for its entire run. Very scarce to find copies of issues from before 1926. In the publisher's wraps with yapp edges.Featuring Number VI and Number VII of Volume II February and April 1924. With contributions from Eliot as well as various notable writers such as Wyndham Lewis John Middleton Murry Hugh Walpole and Ezra Pound among others. Both issues contains early draft forms of Wyndham Lewis' novel 'The Apes of God' which was first published in 1930 and satirises London's contemporary literary and artistic scene. The drafts here demonstrate as a short prose piece in Number VI titled 'Mr. Zagreus and the Split-Man' which is subtitled with a note wishing to finish the book it belongs to by next autumn. In the finalised novel Zagreus ends up as an infatuated sixty-year-old albino who is determined to educate a young simpleton named Dan Boleyn. However in this draft he takes the form of an "important ghost".In Number VII there is a an extracted letter sent from Zagreus to Dan Boleyn offering his review of his society and the future states of the artistic populations and identities. Further contributions include a discussion of American composer George Antheil by Ezra Pound an essay on romanticism and tradition by John Middleton Murry and notes on art and life b G. Hauptmann. With a tipped in portrait plate of New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield to Number VII. In the publisher's wraps with yapp edges. Externally sunned with heavier instances of wear to the yapp edges of Number VII resulting in closed tears and chipping to the extremities. Internally Pages are generally bright with scattered spots throughout. Good R. Cobden-Sanderson paperback
58790London: George Newnes October and November 1910. Literary Magazine FIRST APPEARANCE. Two octavo magazines 27 x 19cm pp.84 385-508 12; 85-108; pp.90 509-636 91-116. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled and illustrated in dark blue stapled twice and priced at 6d. Presented in a black fleece-lined quarter morocco clamshell box with raised bands gilt titles to spine and blue cloth over sides. Heavy wear to number 238 with old repairs to spine and binding. Much lighter wear to number 239 but with some losses to spine nonetheless. Toning and rubbing to spines of both numbers. Clean and complete internally. Good. The first serial appearance of Thurston's murder-mystery also including 'Out of School' by Wodehouse and several chapters from 'The Magic City' by Nesbit. London: George Newnes, October and November 1910 unknown
1808979H22London: J. Sharpe 1808-1809. Leather. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None Stated. A near-complete set of The British Poets spanning forty-one main volumes and five supplements featuring Milton Dryden Pope Swift and many lesser-known poets smartly bound in half calf. Bound in a half leather binding with green cloth boards.A near complete set. This set is sadly missing Volume XVII which would be Pope First and Second Volumes. This series published between 1808 and 1809 brings together the major and minor British poets of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Spanning forty-one main volumes and a five supplementary volumes. This collection offers the works of Milton Dryden Pope and Swift but also many lesser-known poets offering both the poetry itself and critical commentary. This set consists of: Volume I Containing the First and Second Volumes of Milton 1808.Volume II Containing the Third and Fourth Volumes of Milton 1808.Volume III Containing Addison"s Critique and Johnson"s Remarks on Milton; and the Poems of Sir John Denham 1808.Volume IV Containing the Two Volumes of Waller 1808.Volume V Containing the First and Second Volumes of Butler 1808.Volume VI Containing the Third Volume of Butler and the Poems of Philips 1808.Volume VII Containing the Two Volumes of Dryden"s Fables 1808.Volume VIII Containing the First and Second Volumes of Dryden 1808.Volume IX Containing the Third Volume of Dryden and the Poems of Garth 1808.Volume X Containing the Poems of Addison and Tickell 1808.Volume XI Containing the First and Second Volumes of Prior 1808.Volume XII Containing the Third Volume of Prior and the Poems of Parnell 1808.Volume XIII Containing the First and Second Volumes of Gay 1808.Volume XIV Containing the Third Volume of Gay and the Poems of Savage 1808.Volume XV Containing the Two Volumes of Somervile 1808.Volume XVI Containing the First and Second Volumes of Swift 1808.Volume XIX Containing the Third and Fourth Volumes of Pope 1808.Volume XX Containing Two Volumes of Thomson 1808.Volume XXI Containing Two Volumes of Watts 1808.Volume XXII Containing the Two Volumes of Shenstone 1808.Volume XXIII Containing the First and Second Volumes of Young 1808.Volume XXIV Containing the Third and Fourth Volumes of Young 1808.Volume XXV Containing the Two Volumes of Akenside 1808.Volume XXVI Containing the Poems of Dyer and William Thompson 1808.Volume XXVII Containing the Poems of Green and Jago and Hammond and Lord Lyttelton 1808.Volume XXVIII Containing the Two Volumes of Hamilton 1808.Volume XXIX Containing the Poems of Edward Moore and Mallet 1808.Volume XXX Containing the Poems of Collins and Gray and Falconer and Day 1808.Volume XXXI Containing the First and Second Volumes of Churchill 1808.Volume XXXII Containing the Third Volume of Churchill and the Poems of Jenyns 1808.Volume XXXIII Containing the Poems of Blair Glynn and Boyce and Shaw Lovibond and Penrose 1808.Volume XXXIV Containing the Poems of Armstrong and Mickle 1808.Volume XXXV Containing the Poems of Cunningham and Cotton 1808.Volume XXXVI Containing the Two Volumes of Langhorne 1808.Volume XXXVII Containing the Poems of Goldsmith and Beattie and Johnson and Joseph Warton 1808.Volume XXXVIII Containing the Two Volumes of Glover 1808.Volume XXXIX Containing the Poems of Scott and Thomas Warton 1808.Volume XL Containing the Two Volumes of Burns 1808.Volume XLI Containing the Poems of Smollet Bruce and Logan; Hoyland J. H. Moore Headley and Russell; and Oram Bampfylde and Lovell 1808.Volume XLII Containing the Two Volumes of Sir William Jones 1808.Supplement to the British Poets Volume I Containing Select Poems from the Works of The Earl of Rochester Earl of Roscommon Otway Pomfret Earl of Dorset Stepney Walsh Smith Duke King Sprat Earl of Halifax and Rowe 1809.Supplement to the British Poets Volume II Containing Select Poems from the Works of Hughes Duke of Buckingham Congreve Fenton and Blackmore 1809.Supplement to the British Poets Volume III Containing Select Poems from the Works of Granville Yalden Pattison Hill Broome Pitt Ambrose Phillips and Gilbert West 1809.Supplement to the British Poets Volume IVContaining Selected Poems from the Works of Harte Richard West Cawthorne Lloyd John Gilbert Cooper Paul Whitehead John Brown D. D. and James Grainger 1809.Supplement to the British Poets Volume V Containing Select Poems from the Works of Wilkie Dodsley Smart Graeme William Whitehead and Blacklock 1809.Volume VI Containing Poems Omitted in the Works of Addison Gay Pope Thomson Watts Akenside W. Thompson Lyttelton Collins Mickle Langhorne Johnson T. Warton and Smollett 1809. Bound in a half leather binding with cloth boards. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities more so to spines. The odd minor handling mark to boards. Slight fading to perimeters of cloth. Loss to spine labels and lettering. Spines slightly faded. Slight loss to calf at extremities. Offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. The odd tide mark to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and typical age toning heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edges. Good J. Sharpe hardcover
129032San Francisco: Sore Dove Press NONE NONE 2005. hardcover Various. Fine no dust jacket. Large folio. Fine. Portfolio with 7 broadsides two of which are original art pieces done in true Buk styje as a tribute. Each written / created by a close friend or and associate of Bukowski. Each broadside is signed by its respective author / artist. Half bound 3 green ribbon ties. Sore Dove Press NONE Hardcover
2002Q-0451205960Berkley 2002-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Berkley paperback
1989Q-0451627369Signet 1989-11-07. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Signet paperback
200112850Boston MA: Butterworth/Heineman 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Books include: <br /> Neurologic Complications in Organ Transplant Recipients 21. Edited by Eelco F.M. Wijdicks.<br /> Critical Care Neurology 22. Edited by David H. Miller Eric C. Raps.<br /> Clinical Trials in Neurologic Practice 25. Edited by José Biller Julien Bogousslavsky.<br /> From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. "Due to volume and weight of these collections a shipping surcharge may be calculated upon packing. Any shipping cost increase will be submitted for approval before the order is processed.". Like new mild scuffing else tight bright and unmarred. Bookplate pasted in. High glossy color boards. Butterworth/Heineman hardcover
199610-00956SYDA Foundation 1996-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. SYDA Foundation paperback
2001Q-0425181618Berkley Hardcover 2001-09-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Berkley Hardcover hardcover
2003Q-0425188531Berkley Trade 2003-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Berkley Trade paperback
20061290120603044Hmh Supplemental 2006-01. Hardcover. Very Good. great looking book. teachers guide. Hmh Supplemental hardcover
20042646200228020Oxmoor House 2004-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear. Oxmoor House paperback
65268London: R. Ackermann 1831. Anthology VINTAGE EDITION. Duodecimo 15 x 10cm pp.iv; vi; 386. Boards in green illustrative card with the matching green illustrative card box. Illustrative frontispiece and half-title page 12 plates embossed presentation plate in the style of Wedgwood Ceramics all edges gilt. All plates are present presentation plate has previous owner's name in black ink card of spine has been lost leaving fabric of spine exposed wearing to edges and corners sunning and wearing to box chipping and rolling to edges. Very good. An anthology of both prose and poetry presented in an intriguing little book and box with twelve illustrative plates throughout. The presentation plate is dated 1831 and is an embossed pattern emulating that of Wedgwood Ceramics. Although this edition is showing signs of wear it is a very charming book. London: R. Ackermann, 1831 unknown
1978Q-0140442235Penguin Classics 1978-10-26. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1996Q-0452271819Plume 1996-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Plume paperback
1991Q-0451450795Roc Hardcover 1991-06-04. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Roc Hardcover hardcover
1995Q-0399519092Perigee Trade 1995-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Perigee Trade paperback
