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22pp., with half-title, disbound. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe but not in Moore. The Triennial Act, reluctantly agreed to by Charles I (who said it reduced his sovereign powers), which stated that there had to be a parliament of at least 50 days duration every three years. It was designed to prevent a repetition of the long absences of parliament seen in the '11 Year Tyranny' of 1629-1640.
First edition, 2 vols., [2], viii, 40; [8], 41, [5]pp., presentation inscription from the author to his friend Charles A. Bolton, frontis., orig. quarter morocco, slightly rubbed, uncut, a nice copy. Provenance: From the library of Lt. Col. William Allen Potter, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire 1944/45.
200 p. Large 16mo. 17 cm. Some age stain. Plain paper wraps. Stamped ownerships of the German Roman Catholic Seminary, Heidelberg. Scarce. OCLC shows only seven copies in U.S. libraries. "Addison was famous as an English essayist, poet, and statesman. Educated at Charterhouse, where he was a classmate of Richard Steele, and at Oxford, where he became a distinguished classical scholar. His travels on the Continent from 1699 to 1703 were recorded in 'Remarks on Italy' (1705). Addison first achieved prominence with 'The Campaign' (1704), an epic celebrating the victory of Marlborough at Blenheim. The poem was commissioned by Lord Halifax. Its great success resulted in Addison's appointment in 1705 as undersecretary of state and in 1709 as secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland. He also held a seat in Parliament from 1708 until his death. Addison's most enduring fame was achieved as an essayist. In 1710 he began his contributions to the Tatler, which Richard Steele had founded in 1709. He continued to write for successive publications, including the Spectator (1711-12), the Guardian (1713), and the new Spectator (1714). His contributions to these periodicals raised the English essay to a degree of technical perfection never before achieved and perhaps never since surpassed. In a prose style marked by simplicity, order, and precision, he sought to engage men's thoughts toward reason, moderation, and a harmonious life. His works also include an opera libretto, 'Rosamund' (1707); a prose comedy, 'The Drummer' (1716); and a neoclassical tragedy, Cato (1713), which had an immense success in its own time. In his last years Addison received his greatest prominence. In 1717 he was made secretary of state, an office he resigned the following year. The period (1714-1719) was also marked by failing health, a supposedly unhappy marriage, and the severing of his relations with his good friend Richard Steele." - Columbia Encyclopedia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140 FarRt
Minor water damage to boards else VG. Small edgewear to extremities. ; 339 pages; A detailed history of the Infinitive in Anglo-Saxon. This study is based upon a statistical reading of the whole of Anglo-Saxon literature with the exception of the glosses and of a few out-of-prints.
Tiny faint stain to front wrap. Very slight shelfwear. Else fine. ; Psalter is in Old English and Medieval Latin. Apparatus is in English. Tiberius C vi is a "continuous interlinear gloss to a psalter of the Gallican version (ff. 31-129) ". ; Ottawa Mediaeval Texts and Studies; 302 pages
Seven Volumes. Inked ownership of M. A. Grace. XLib stamps, but not on title pages. Bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary on front paste downs. Large 12mo. 215mm. Original full cloth bindings. Boards decorated in blind. Front boards decorated in gold with a scepter and seal. White call numbers on spines. Volume One spine very worn with loss. All other volumes worn with slight loss at head and tail. All corners bumped. Hardbound. Please email us directly about postal charges on these sets. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGSETS BX 1
Two volumes in one. pp. xxxi, 558; 255. Misbound with some signatures repeated. Maybe missing one or two leaves of text in title 10. Mixed signatures and pagination. Signed twice with the manuscript autograph of the original owner, Garret Dorset Wall (1783-1850). Wall was an attorney who commanded a New Jersey regiment in the War of 1812. In 1829 he was elected Governor of New Jersey, but declined to serve. He was U.S. Senator for New Jersey form 1835-1841. Foxed. Damp stain. 240 mm. Original worn full polished roan binding with scroll on edges of boards. Original leather spine label. Spine very worn with loss. Extremely important text on the law of Real-Estate issued for an American audience. This edition (two volumes in one) seems to be quite scarce and much rarer than the (five volume?) edition issued in the same year by Alsop, Brannan and Alsop. S&S/AI 14804; Cohen 9459. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 7
Two volumes. Uncut and unopened. With original invoice from John & Edward Bumpus, Ltd. to Alfred Reginald Allen, Philadelphia, 1930. Dr. Allen was a prominent Philadelphia physician who is most famous for founding the Savoy Company to perform Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas. Linen backed paper bindings. Original spine labels. Limited Edition. Number 846 of only 900 sets. Very nice set. PRESS/W43
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 106 pages. Text in French and English. Pictorial cover. Many color plates. Marcel Fecteau was born in Quebec in 1927 and has been painting the Quebec landscape in a variety of mediums over the past 40 years. He is one of the six founding members of the Norditude du Parc des Grands Jardins de Charlevoix.
Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Turkish. [iv], 112 p. Rare first Turkish edition of Animal Farm by Orwell in a book form. The novella was serialized in Turkish, 1952 in Cumhuriyet newspaper with Halide Edip Adivar (1884-1964)'s translation. Later in 1954 it was published in a book form by Turkish Ministry of Education again with Halide Edip Adivar's translation. Interestingly, the novella was published under the title New American Literature Series', and this mistake continued until 1990. In the 1990 edition, 'New American Literature' title was removed without any explanation. Four copies in OCLC; (Three in Turkish, one in US libraries). OCLC: 850815315. Not in Fenwick.
pp. viii + 688 + Hand colored frontis + Full page archictectural photo illustrations; etc. Manuscript genealogical notes. 4to. 260 mm. Nineteenth century half leather over cloth boards binding; joints cracked. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce original 1885 first edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NEW ENG 4.
Very light shelfwear to DJ else Fine. ; Early English Text Society S. S. 18; 856 pages; This is the third and final volume in the Early English Text Society's edition of AElfric's Catholic Homilies, a set of preaching texts in two series composed in Old English around 900 for the use of preachers throughout England. This final volume gives an account of the origin, function, and dating of the Catholic Homilies and their Latin sources; a detailed commentary on all eighty homilies; and a glossary of all words occurring in the text.
Minor bump to base of spine. Light creasing to wraps top of spine. ; British Archaeological Reports (B. A. R. ) British Series 332; 159 pages; Grainge's dissertation examines recent evidence from maritime archaeology, in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Britain, to reinterpret the events of AD 43. Grainge's principal aims are to identify Roman bridgeheads on the British coastline, to examine the technology available to the Romans for seafaring and to assess the value of Romano-Celtic vessels. The study also considers more recent invasions for clues as to where the Roman force landed.
Two volumes in one. pp. 564; 658. This was probably issued with two engraved title pages and 16 portrait plates - which are not now present. Thick 12mo. Early and unusual moire cloth binding. Spine repaired. Hardbound. Very good. Mary Anne Thompson Clarke (1776-1852) became the mistress of Prince Frederick Augustus (1763-1827) Duke of York in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of British forces. He set her up in a fashionable residence, but failed to supply the funds necessary to support their lavish lifestyle. In 1809, a national scandal arose when Clarke testified before the House of Commons that she had sold army commissions with the Duke of York's knowledge. Frederick was forced to resign from his position. A select committee was appointed by the British House of Commons to enquire into the matter. The parliament eventually acquitted the Duke of having received bribes by 278 votes to 196. He nevertheless resigned because of the high tally against him. In 1811, after it was revealed that Clarke had received payment from the Duke's disgraced chief accuser, Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle (1762?-1833), the Prince Regent reappointed the now exonerated Duke of York as commander-in-chief. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGLAND 6
Four Volumes. Profusely illustrated with wood and steel full page plates from drawings by A. De Neuville, Sir John Gilbert, P. Leyendecker, G. Staal, Emile Bayard, T. Weber and others. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. XLib stamp on title pages and elsewhere. Bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary on front paste downs. Half Title in volume one printed in red and black with stamped ownership of J.T.R. McKay. 4to. 250mm. Original half leather over marbled paper covered boards. Spines lettered and decorated in gold with original spine labels and raised bands. Hardbound. Very good. Please email us directly about postal charges on these sets. This full four volume set of this First American Edition is rather scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGSETS BX 4
Three volumes. pp. xii, 339; vii, 288; vi, 364 + 19 engraved plates by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and others (most with marginal damp stain, but text quite clean). Tall 12 mo. 209 mm. Half leather bindings, over marbled boards; slightly rubbed. All edges marbled. Hardbound. Very good. With the engraved Railroad Bookplate of Robert Heysham Sayre, South Bethlehem, PA 1900 (the long-time President of the Pennsylvania & New York Railroad). Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845), was an English novelist, humorous poet, and priest in the Church of England. He was very much better known by his nom de plume - Thomas Ingoldsby. From Wiki: "on the establishment of Bentley's Miscellany in 1837 he began to furnish the series of grotesque metrical tales known as The Ingoldsby Legends. These became very popular, were published in a collected form and have since passed through numerous editions. In variety and whimsicality of rhymes these verses have hardly a rival since the days of Hudibras. But beneath this obvious popular quality there lies a store of solid antiquarian learning, the fruit of patient enthusiastic research, in out-of-the-way old books, which few readers who laugh over his pages detect." Even with the dampstain on the plates, this is a very attractive set of the fifth edition of this classic work. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 SETS SW2
pp. xii, 176. Foxed. Age stained. Inked ownership of A. A. Smetz? December 30, 1826 on title page. Inked ownership of Francis Wilson, 1889, on front fly leaf. Mildly XLib. Bookplates of W. Emmert Swigart and Juniata College library (withdrawn). 12mo. Original stiff paper boards. Spine very worn with major loss at head and tail. XLib call marks on top of front board. Boards detached. Virtually disbound. S&S #25212. Promoted to Admiral, Maitland (1777-1839) later commanded the British fleet in India and China. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 5
Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [4], 403 p. First edition of Urgan's thesis through which she became an associate professor. A comprehensive study of harlequins in Shakespeare's plays by an internationally renowned English language professor. Mina Urgan (1916-2000) was a Turkish (with Armenian origin) academic, translator, author and socialist politician. After graduating from the Department of French Philology at Istanbul University, Mina Urgan, who completed her doctorate in English Language and Literature at the same university, continued her post-doctoral education. She started her career as an associate professor with her thesis "Harlequins in the Era of Elizabeth 1 of England Theatre", which she completed in 1949, and through which she received the title of Professor in 1960. OCLC 1128311793, 1030079607.
This is a fine hardcover copy in olive green boards with gilt titles, and almost no wear. Spine title a little faded. No jacket as issued. Completely clean inside and out. This is a modern reprint of Eric Newton's previously unpublished diary, now in the collection of the Manuscript Division of Canada's National Archives. 9" high X 6" wide, 107 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
pp. xxviii, 226 + Plus Frontis and 32 engraved portraits with original text tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of Francis H. Lee. A few signatures loose. Limited edition. Number 101 of only five hundred copies. 4to. Original leather spine over cloth boards. Spine worn with some loss. Hardbound. Scarce and significant. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHAKESPEARE BOX 2
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph 'Mürûr tezkîresi' given to Kayikçi kethüdasi Hidayetzâde Osman' for his travel to Rize by the Ottoman Census Directorate of Trebizond. 4327 cm. In Ottoman script. With special Ottoman period-stamp '2 Kurus'. Two seals on paper dated 'fî sene 5 Haziran [1]322' and '[1]324'. [i.e. AH 1906 and 1908]. Folded. Some stains on paper and minimal holes. Otherwise a good copy. There were several restrictions upon the travelling inside the state during the Ottoman Period. Both local residents and foreigners had to get some official documents called as "yol hükmü (hereafter, the route pass)" in 16th century and "Mürur Tezkiresi (hereafter, the trip permission)" in the 19th century to travel inside the state. The administrators of the settlements in which the visitors would pass were assigned with authorities in the route passes. In this regard, administrators were ordered to help the ambassadors of the foreign states, traders, religious people, to protect them, and not to disturb them with such reasons as collecting taxes, as well as to assist them in getting food and drinks. In the trip permissions, the information on the name of the father, nationality, address and travelling route of the travellers were included. During the period in which the photos didn't exist or weren't prevalent, some information on the age, height, and physical descriptions (beard, moustache, eye color, etc.) were included in the document. The owners of the trip permissions would show the documents to the local administrators or officers upon their arrival, and the authorities would stamp, signed and dated the back of the documents while they were leaving the settlement. In those regions where epidemics were occuring, the back of the travellers' documents were written that they didn't have any diseases while leaving the state. The "mürur" trip permission was redesigned along with the modern state organization structured by II. Mahmud period. Passport regulations inside the country were institutionalized thanks to "Mürur Nizamnameleri" in this period in which there weren't official passport regulations in practice. The Rum Riots in 1820s and the abolition of Janissary corps of the Ottoman Empire in 1826 affected the mürur practices and its supervision. Following the Rum Riots, there were some claims that several spies existed among the Rums in Istanbul, so the Rums who lived in the settlements of Istanbul were made to pay bail after their numbers were determined. It was especially declared that those without the trip permission couldn't enter Istanbul, and even couldn't go to Anatolia. In addition to the Rum Riots,an emergency state was declared due to the start of Janissary corps' riot, and a great number of Janissary were killed or exiled. On the other hand, it was thought that those exiled out of the state might try to come back as they were accustomed to earning their life in Istanbul, and so "Mürur Nizami" practices were put into effect. Those using ferries or sailing ships, on the other hand, needed to submit their passports to the captains in order to get a permission form (pusula) in return for it. After the captains delivered the passports to the officers, those who came to Istanbul would get their passports back in 24 hours, while those outside Istanbul would submit the permission form and take their passports. If they intended to stay, they had to predicate where and how long they will stay. When the visitors couldn't submit their passports or give a reasonable excuse, they would be deported from the Ottoman territories. In the event of determining a fake passport or travel document, those would be deported, following the contacting with the diplomatic representatives of the other countries. Those who showed their passports wished to stay in the Ottoman Territories needed to get a residence permit from the diplomatic representatives [.] (Source: UNEARTHING THE PAST: PASSPORT REGULATIONS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Burak Eryilmaz)
Crease along front wrap else fine. ; 345 pages; This Festschrift honours the Dutch Latinist Ben Hijmans. Besides his studies on Seneca and Ovid, Hijmans published numerous articles on Apuleius' works. In 1973 he initiated the research project Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius, and until his retirement he was editor-in-chief of the series of commentaries issued from that research project. This collection of essays contains a number of important new and original articles on Apuleius' Metamorphoses, on the reception of the Latin novel, and on Apuleius' rhetorical work. The book presents original research on Ovid's Metamorphoses and its reception. Other contributions testify to the broader interests of Ben Hijmans and deal with general cultural aspects, art history, the art of translating, archaeology and iconography. Ben Hijmans' fascination with, and insight into mythical motifs is reflected not only in articles on Pyramus and Thisbe and Actaeon respectively, but also in contributions on Narcissus and on Seneca's mythical tragedies and their transformation in Roman Declamation.
pp. xv, 208 + Plus color frontis and full page drawings by Eugene Karlin. Maroon silk moire endpapers. All edges gold. Original maroon page ribbon. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, not filled in. 4to. Original full maroon leather binding gold decorated over-all with gold borders, arabesque panels and center sun burst designs. Spine with gold arabesque design and raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. This Collector's Edition is published in advanced for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W75
Vol 1: one corner bumped VG+ in no DJ. Scholar's name to ffep: (Peter H. Salus) & Vol 2: very light shelfwear NF in no DJ. ; Vol 1: 1967, 491 pp & Vol 2: 1968, 492-945 pp. ; Early English Text Society No. 259 & No. 260; 508 pages; "Being twenty-one full homilies of his middle and later career for the most part not previously edited with some shorter pieces mainly passages added to the second and third series."
pp. (12), 372. 8vo. Age stain. Top edge of some leaves slightly worn away. Lacks fly leaves. Contemporary full leather binding. Front board detached. Early ownerships of Samuel and David Stockton on title page. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59.
