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1891WRCLIT42413London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. Large octavo. Original publisher's vellum over boards lettered in red and black. Head- and tail- pieces after engravings by Linton. Title-vignette. Attractive bookplate and remains of another on front pastedown vellum slightly bowed and smudged but a very good or better copy. First British edition limited issue. One of thirty-five numbered copies on Japon vellum specially bound from a total edition of 330. Linton is credited on the half-title as editor and illustrator but he of course was the composer of the poems as well. Scarce in this issue. NCBEL III:533. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
186443052London: Smith Elder 1864. Linton W. J. 8vo pp. xxx 351. Appendices on local words botany geology; index. Illustrated with a map 100 illustrations drawn and engraved by W. J. Linton. AEG. Maroon cloth with fancy gilt stamping on front and spine. Cover little worn at edges spine faded slight foxing here and there o/w a very good copy. Smith, Elder unknown books
1850WRCLIT57303London 1850. 6pp. plus blank. Octavo. Printed self-wrappers. Engraved decorative head and tail pieces. Slight tanning at edges and verso of blank a bit dusty else very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet to all appearances printed in the U.K. possibly for his own distribution in the period prior to his emigration to the U.S. OCLC locates a single copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale there tentatively dated 1850. It is not listed in his entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
1889WRCLIT57209London: John C. Nimmo 1889. Large octavo. Publisher's quarter calf and boards t.e.g. Portrait. Bookplate on front pastedown spine a bit rubbed at extremities but a very good copy much better than the norm. With the scarce but somewhat browned prospectus laid in. First edition. One of 780 numbered copies printed on handmade paper for distribution in the UK and US. This copy bears the publisher's presentation inscription: "Charles. T. Jacobi with J.C. Nimmo's compliments April 3/89." The last substantial edition of the radical poet/engraver's works published in the UK during his lifetime. NCBEL III:533. John C. Nimmo hardcover books
1882WRCLIT74443Hamden CT: Appledore Press 1882. xvi4187pp. Large octavo. Original printed decorated boards. Wood-engraved title-page and head- and tail-pieces. Boards a bit darkened at edges and spinesmall chip at toe of spine and thin residue of old cellotape mend to chip occasional faint foxing otherwise a very good copy of a book often seen with the spine perished. First edition. One of 225 numbered and signed copies edited set and printed by hand by Linton at his Appledore Press. The selection of poems from the 16th-19th centuries includes those Linton felt had not seen frequent publication in anthologies. He dedicated it to his friend Richard H. Stoddard. RANSOM 4. NCBEL III:533. Appledore Press] hardcover books
1856WRCLIT57337London or Brantwood: By the Author 1856. 4pp. Folded small octavo leaflet. Slightly dusty else a very good copy. First separate edition of this poem composed and published by Linton on the occasion of the celebration of peace with Russia at the end of the Crimean War. It is quite possible that this item was printed by Linton on the press he maintained at Brantwood and on which he printed the concluding numbers of THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC prior to its cessation in 1855. Rare. OCLC locates a copy at Brown and copies in the definitive Linton collection at Yale; it is not reported in Linton's NCBEL entry nor in NSTC. By the Author] unknown books
188298639Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1882. later cloth. 4to. later cloth. x 711 pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages. First edition limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson Linton Cole Kruell Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount additional plates. These pages are blank in this copy. Ex-library copy with markings. One leaf partially detached. Estes and Lauriat unknown books
1845WRCLIT57304London 1845. 4pp. Octavo. Folded leaflet. Light use at edges but very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet signed at the end 'W.J.L.' and to all appearances printed in the U.K. possibly for his own distribution in the period prior to his emigration to the U.S. OCLC locates a copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale undated as well as a different printing in company with two other poems tentatively dated 1845 in an odd format paginated 51- 74pp. It is not listed in Linton's entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
1875WRCLIT43776London: Blakeman & Jagger Old-Style Printers 1875. Printed broadside 26.5 x 21.2cm. Text in double columns. Old folds a bit dusty at edges but very good. A rare broadside printing of this poem by Linton in memory of his close friend and publisher fellow radical James Watson. Written after Linton's removal to the U.S. the text is dated at the end "U.S. Dec 20 1874." Linton's early publication history in Britain was closely connected with Watson dating from the years of Linton's first major endeavor the radical weekly THE NATION. In 1879 Linton published his own significant prose memoir of Watson and their association. Not in Linton's entry in NCBEL. Blakeman & Jagger, Old-Style Printers unknown books
1866WRCLIT57343Brantwood Coniston Windermere: Printed for the Author 1866. Narrow folio broadside 44.5 x 14cm. Printed on recto only. Folded across middle light use and foxing at edges very good. First separate printing of these two poems the first on the cession of Venetia to Italy by Napoleon and the second re: Bismark Garibaldi and other affairs signed "Spartacus. It is quite possible that this item was printed by Linton on the press he maintained at Brantwood prior to his departure for America and on which he printed the concluding numbers of THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC prior to its cessation in 1855. OCLC reports only copies in the near definitive Linton collection at Yale and supplies the date above. Printed for the Author unknown books
1897WRCLIT42662Hamden CT: The Appledore Press 1897. 176pp. Octavo. Folded untrimmed sheets. Occasional decorations by the author. Near fine. First edition thus reprinting the text of the 1845 edition supplemented by a generous selection of poems from later years including many on political and economic themes. Printed by Linton on his own press in an edition of fifty copies only but not bound and published due to his death on New Years Day 1898. Not in NCBEL or Ransom. The Appledore Press unknown books
1865WRCLIT57344Brantwood Coniston Windermere: Printed for the Author 1865. Narrow quarto broadside 28.5 x 11cm. Printed on recto only. Folded across middle light use at edges very good. First separate printing of this poem. It is quite possible that this item was printed by Linton on the press he maintained at Brantwood prior to his departure for America and on which he printed the concluding numbers of THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC prior to its cessation in 1855. OCLC reports only copies in the near definitive Linton collection at Yale and supplies the date range above. Printed for the Author unknown books
189146355London: Lawrence and Bullen 169 New Bond Street W. 1891. Limited Edition of 35 printed on Japanese Vellum of which this is 16. Tan half-calf with marbled boards. TEG. Marbled eps. Modest wear to binding front joint a bit rubbed. 19th C bookplate R. D. Jackson to front paste-down. A VG - VG copy. 4 blank i-xiii 1-3 4-100 4 blank pp. Small vignettes throughout done by J. W. Linton. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>The author is described as "A young lady of colour lately deceased at the age of 14". Lawrence and Bullen, 169 New Bond Street, W. hardcover books
1895WRCLIT43620Hamden CT: The Appledore Press 1895. 8pp. 12mo. Unprinted stiff wrappers. Near fine. First separate edition of this poem on Darwinian issues printed by Linton at his handpress in an unspecified but small edition. Not in Ransom or NCBEL. The Appledore Press unknown books
1866WRCLIT66779Brantwood Coniston Lancs 1866. Printed broadside or galley-slip 44.3 x 14.4cm. Folded in half some nicks and creases at edges a few foxmarks but very good. An interesting item being a printing of Linton's 17 July petition as presented to the House of Commons by John Stuart Mill on 22 July. The galley-slip like format suggests the possibility that this is some form of proof for publication in another format. unknown books
1875WRCLIT42415New York: S.W. Green Printer 1875. 24pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly dusty else near fine. First edition of this collection of eleven parodies of some of Poe's better known poems composed and published nine years after Linton left the UK to settle in Connecticut as overseer of his Appledore Farm printing and crafts shop. The copyright is taken in the name of 'Abel Reid' one of Linton's regular pseudonyms. NCBEL III:533. S.W. Green, Printer unknown books
1869WRCLIT59525Boston: Reprinted from THE RADICAL for 1869. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit foxed old soft crease lower wrapper neatly detached else a good copy. First separate edition with three small corrections likely in Linton's hand. NCBEL III:533. Reprinted from THE RADICAL for unknown books
1895WRCLIT56772Hamden CT: The Appledore Private Press 1895. 8pp. 12mo. Unprinted stiff wrappers. Trace of foxing else near fine. First separate edition of this poem printed by Linton at his handpress in an unspecified but small number of copies. Not in Ransom. NCBEL III:533. The Appledore Private Press unknown books
1880WRCLIT42433Hamden CT: The Appledore Press 1880. Square 16mo. Sewn into stiff plain wrappers titled in manuscript. Chip at crown of wrapper spine first gathering detached from thread else a good copy. First edition of this collection of relevant quotations from dramatic works assembled and printed by Linton in an unspecified but small edition. This is the first work Ransom cites in his brief checklist of Appledore imprints and he dates it "before 1879." However NCBEL dates it 1882. RANSOM p.200. NCBEL III:533. The Appledore Press unknown books
1875WRCLIT42405New York: S.W. Green Printer 1875. 24pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly dusty else near fine. First edition of this collection of eleven parodies of some of Poe's better known poems composed and published nine years after Linton left the UK to settle in Connecticut as overseer of his Appledore Farm printing and crafts shop. The copyright is taken in the name of 'Abel Reid' one of Linton's regular pseudonyms. NCBEL III:533. S.W. Green, Printer unknown books
1876WRCLIT42424Washington: In Our Centennial Year 1876. 24pp. Sewn printed self-wrappers. Slightly dusty otherwise very good or better. First edition of this extended exercise in political verse satire by the British radical poet/engraver by then resident in the U.S. for almost a decade. NCBEL III:533. In Our Centennial Year unknown books
1889WRCLIT42663London: John C. Nimmo 1889. Large octavo. Publisher's quarter calf and boards t.e.g. Portrait. Bookplate and shadow of another on front pastedown spine a bit rubbed at extremities boards toned and with a few smudges still a much better copy than the norm. First edition. One of 780 numbered copies printed on handmade paper for distribution in the UK and US. The last substantial UK edition of the radical poet/engraver's works published in the UK during his lifetime. NCBEL III:533. John C. Nimmo hardcover books
1876WRCLIT42426Cambridge MA: Printed by Welch Bigelow & Co. 1876. 8pp. Large octavo. Printed self-wrappers. A bit tanned at edges a few creases otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this poem by the British radical poet/engraver dedicated to Bryant and the "Members of 'The Century' in acknowledgement of hospitality and many courtesies received by an English Member." Not in NCBEL. Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co. unknown books
1879WRCLIT68645New Haven: Published by the Author 1879. 8pp. Printed self-wrappers. Soft vertical crease otherwise very good. First separate edition of Linton's responses to George Howells and James Knowles in defense of associates of Mazzini specifically General Cluseret. Not in NCBEL. Published by the Author unknown books
1891001868London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. First Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. No. 67 of 330 limitation. Tall 8vo. 100 pp. Feline heroic verse with a nod perhaps to Joel Chandler Harris and Uncle Remus tales and surely a worthy precursor of T. S. Eliot's "Old Possums' Book of Practical Cats". Part of the fun comes from footnotes informative and yet part of the joke. Clean and tight copy within. Soiling to the white cloth/buckram binding. <br/><br/> Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
