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8vo., original series binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in this form in OSA in 1950. The dustwrapper illustration is by Reynolds Stone.
Pages tanned. Light rubbing and creasing to wraps. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. ; Penguin Classics; 7.7 X 5.1 X 1.1 inches; 432 pages
Sm. folio, First Edition, with 80 fine coloured and tinted plates; original oatmeal holland, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy.
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Light shelfwear. ; Greek Text with Latin apparatus and introduction. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); Vol. 1; 376 pages
Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ is price-clipped. Edgewear to DJ. DJ spine browned. ; Greek Text with Latin apparatus and introduction. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); Vol. 1; 376 pages
Light shelfwear. Light bump to 1 corner. ; Greek Text with Latin apparatus and introduction. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); Vol. 2; 336 pages
6 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. An elegant set. The set comprises Vol. I: Sense and Sensibility; Vol. II: Pride and Prejudice; Vol. III: Mansfield Park; Vol. IV: Emma; Vol. V: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; Vol. VI: Minor Works. Chapman's third edition of the novels (five volumes) was first published in 1933; the sixrh volume was added in 1954. Chapman 18 (recording the first edition); Keynes 40, 41 (recording the first and second editions); Gilson E150, F15.
8vo., Third Edition thus [later impression], with a frontispiece, plates and full-page type-facsimiles, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Initially published in 1923 as Vol. V of Chapman's five-volume edition of The Novels. The 'illustrations from contemporary sources' are a new feature, augmented here by type-facsimiles of all three volumes of the first edition of 1813. Each of Chapman's five volumes is complete in itself, with introductory note and considerable bibliographical and literary apparatus. Gilson E150 (recording the five-volume collection).
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 4 plates, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately browned dustwrapper. Includes I. Juvenilia 1790-3 (Volume the First, Volume the Second, Volume the Third), II. Lady Susan, III. Fragments of Novels, IV. Plan of a Novel, V. Opinions of Mansfield Park and Emma, VI. Verses, VII. Prayers. It was originally intended to issue 'Minor Works' first as a limited edition on Large Paper to range with the 1923 editions of the novels, but the scheme was abandoned making this the work's first appearance. Increasingly elusive, especially in this condition. Gilson F15.
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: Houses of Parliament, London; The Choir in Westminster Abbey; Oxford University; Hawarden Castle, England; Room in which William Shakespeare was born; Ryburgh Abbey, Scotland; Crofters' homes in the Shetland Islands; Donegal Castle, Ireland; The Bourse, or Exchange, Berlin; The Famous Windmill at Potsdam; Augustus Place, Leipsic (Leipsig); Carlsbad, the famous Bohemian watering place; Bruhl Terrace, Dresden; Ruins of the Palaces of the Caesars; Tomb of Juliet, Verona, Italy; The Cathedral at Milan. Moderate staining/soiling. Unmarked. Chips from rust brown covers. Covers loose but present. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Oxford Street, London; Cheapside, London - wonderful busy street scene; Abbottsford, The Home of Sir Walter Scott; The Glyptothek in Munich; General View of Syracuse, Italy; Palace of the Luxembourg, Paris; Riddarholms Church, Stockholm; Mosque of Tulun, Cairo; The Tomb of Rachel; Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California; Singapore Water Carriers' Wagon; The United States Navy Yark, Brooklyn; Glacier Bay, Alaska; The City of Guanajuato, Mexico; Famous Places in London - London Bridge, The Old Curiosity Shop; The Execution Spot in the Tower of London; Newgate Prison; Albert Durer's House in Nuremberg. Some corners folded. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 2 sepia-toned frontispieces, 6 sepia-toned plates, 188 fine full-page sepia-toned portraits and a double-page musical score in the text, endpapers lightly spotted; original blue buckram, gilt backs, uncut, backstrips lightly browned (but all gilt fresh and wholly legible), a very good, firm, clean copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Cordeaux & Merry 6700.
84 pages. Features: Great color ad for Frigidaire fridges inside front cover features ladies in period fashion; For Your Child and Mine; Looking Back at Sex Education; How Efficient Should a Mother Be?; Give a Boy Adventure; Ways to Earn Spending Money; If Accidents Happen; About Mumps; Teaching a Young Child to Swim; Teen-age problems; Something new in Family vacations - youth hostels; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; Cover photo of Mom hugging two daughters; Med Life ad with photo of doctor making housecall for boy with tummy ache; Nice color Campbell's Soup ad shows daughter making soup for dad; Color-photo Certo ad on back cover features Jelly Champion Mrs. F. B. Tillou, Jr. of Oxford, NJ; and much more. Half of page 31 on party article and childhood problems missing. Small clipping from teen-age problems/family fun page 33. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
Hardcover and pages are in a very good, clean condition throughout with very few signs of any use or wear. Jacket displays some small marks, edgewear and chips. Used
4to., Facsimile Re-issue, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. First published in 1938, the author's first prose work is an entertaining survey (architectural, historical and social) of the Oxford he knew and adored as an undergraduate. The original edition is very scarce indeed; this re-issue is rapidly becoming elusive in its own right. Cordeaux & Merry, 433; Stapleton, I.54 (both recording the first edition).
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, with 76 photographic plates on 56, and very numerous illustrations, sketches and cartoons in the text, endpapers lightly spotted, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original marbled boards, buckram back gilt, gilt top, covers lightly chafed at edges and corners, a very good, clean copy. The author's first prose work is an entertaining survey (architectural, historical and social) of the Oxford he knew and adored as an undergraduate. All but five of the fine photographic plates are by Moholy-Nagy; the illustrations and cartoons are by Bradley and Lancaster; most of the engravings are taken from Ingram's 'Memorials of Oxford' (1837). A fine period piece printed for Miles at the Chiswick Press. Cordeaux & Merry, 433; Peterson A6a; Stapleton, I.54.
Book in mint unread condition. 51pp. Concise histories about a number of tram networks based on towns and cities including Cheltenham, Gloucester, Luton, Oxford, Northampton, Reading, Swindon and Worcester. Well illustrated with maps.
8vo., with 11 coloured and monochrome plates on 8; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The revised and updated edition of this definitive guide. The present edition includes all 33 episodes of the TV series together with the 2006 sequel 'Lewis'.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a fine portrait frontispiece of Smith by Bone, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original blue buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES. Smith was Merton Professor of English Literature in the University of Oxford. This wonderful encomium includes a bibliography of his works. Collects nineteen extended essays by many of Smith's most eminent literary contemporaries. 'Addison' (C.S. Lewis), 'The Conciseness of Swift' (Herbert Davis), 'Deane Swift, Hawkesworth, and the Journal to Stella' (Harold Williams). 'Pope at Work' (George Sherburn), 'The Inspiration of Pope's Poetry' (John Butt), 'Where Once Stood their Plain Homely Dwelling' (Collins Baker), ''Some Aspects of Eighteenth Century Prose' (James Sutherland), 'Note on the Composition of Gray's Elegy' (H.W. Garrod), 'John Langhorne' (Hugh MacDonald), 'Notes on some Lesser Poets of the Eighteenth Century' (W.L. Renwick), 'The Formal Parts of Johnson's Letters' (R.W. Chapman), 'Mrs. Piozzi's Letters' (James L Clifford), 'The Power of Memory in Boswell and Scott' (F.A. Pottle), 'Robert Burns' (R. Dewar), 'Fanny Burney's Novels' (Lord David Cecil), 'Elegant Extracts' (Edmund Blunden), ''The Old Cumberland Beggar and the Wordworth Unities' (H V D Dyson), 'Matthew Arnold and Eighteenth-Century Poetry' (Geoffrey Tillotson), 'A List of the Writings of David Nichol Smith 1896-1945' (F P Wilson), 'Index' (Arthur Tillotson).
2 vols., in 5, 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, six leaves poorly opened in vol. II, part 1; original series binding of purple cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, UNCUT AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, small pull at headband of first volume, a near fine set of a scarce work. With a bookplate. Oxfordshire Historical Society, vols., I, X, XI, XII and XIV. Cordeaux & Merry, 1582; Read 2629.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 52 fine plates in monochrome; original blue cloth, a very good, clean copy.
8vo., with 2 plates; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly browned at margins else a very good, bright, clean copy. The catalogue lists 191 items.
2 vols., roy. 4to., First Edition; original blue buckram, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-downs and neat accession data on title versos. The institutional marks notwithstanding, a lovely set in dustwrappers.
