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1829757P54London: Thomas Hookham 1829. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of Peacock's historical romance based on Arthurian legend one of the finest work of Arthurian literature of the Romantic period. The first edition of this work.'The Misfortunes of Elphin' is Peacock's entertaining parody of Arthurian legend a satirical historical romance.Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper 'Robert Temple to his cousin .'. Prior owner's pencil note to the recto to the front endpaper.Library labels to the front pastedown. In the original paper covered boards rebacked with a cloth spine. Externally generally smart. Bumping has resulted in some loss to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. A little loss to the spine label. Spine is a touch discoloured. Light marks and rubbing to the boards. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm rear hinge is starting but firm. Library labels to the front pastedown. Prior owner's ink and pencil inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Good Thomas Hookham hardcover
1812757P60London: T. Hookham Junior 1812. Hardback. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Various. The second edition of this charming topographical poem by Thomas Love Peacock here bound with one of his other popular poems. The second edition of this work.'The Genius of the Thames' is an ode to the River Thames; during the composition of this poem Peacock set out on a two-week expedition to trace the course of the Thames.Also bound with 'Palmyra'.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'.Prior owner's ink inscription to the reverse of the title page 'G. A. Robinson from his affection mother April 19th 46'. In the original paper covered boards. Externally generally smart. Light discolouration and marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages ae bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the reverse of the title page. Very Good T. Hookham Junior hardcover
1863002812Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863
180125262Paris: Chez Giguet 1801. First edition printed from the original manuscript. Depuis son origine jusqu'ê la retraite du Duc de Brunswick; Imprimés sur le manuscrit original revu et corrigé par l'auteur peu de tems avant sa mort augmenté de notes et pièces essentielles qui ne se trouvent pas dans l'édition anglaise. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf richly gilt spines with black leather labels marbled endpapers. Upper joints starting but sound corner a little rubbed else very good. First edition printed from the original manuscript. Depuis son origine jusqu'ê la retraite du Duc de Brunswick; Imprimés sur le manuscrit original revu et corrigé par l'auteur peu de tems avant sa mort augmenté de notes et pièces essentielles qui ne se trouvent pas dans l'édition anglaise. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 2 vols. 12mo. Bouillé was a French general who served in the West Indies and distinguished himself as a commander of French forces in the American Revolution; he was the cousin of La Fayette. He was also Lieutenant-General of the Royal forces in the days of the French Revolution and remained loyal to the King playing a major role in the plan for Louis XVI's escape which ended in the King's arrest at Varennes. Bouillé escaped to England where he supported the royalist cause and where he died in 1800.<br/>These Memoires were first published in London in 1794 in translation; they were then re-translated from the English into French and published there in 1798. According the publisher of this edition Bouillé's family which consigned the original manuscript to him claims that the English translation was faulty filled with errors incomplete and disavowed by Bouillé himself. Chez Giguet unknown books
180125262Paris: Chez Giguet 1801. First edition printed from the original manuscript. Depuis son origine jusqu'ê la retraite du Duc de Brunswick; Imprimés sur le manuscrit original revu et corrigé par l'auteur peu de tems avant sa mort augmenté de notes et pièces essentielles qui ne se trouvent pas dans l'édition anglaise. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf richly gilt spines with black leather labels marbled endpapers. Upper joints starting but sound corner a little rubbed else very good. First edition printed from the original manuscript. Depuis son origine jusqu'ê la retraite du Duc de Brunswick; Imprimés sur le manuscrit original revu et corrigé par l'auteur peu de tems avant sa mort augmenté de notes et pièces essentielles qui ne se trouvent pas dans l'édition anglaise. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 2 vols. 12mo. Bouillé was a French general who served in the West Indies and distinguished himself as a commander of French forces in the American Revolution; he was the cousin of La Fayette. He was also Lieutenant-General of the Royal forces in the days of the French Revolution and remained loyal to the King playing a major role in the plan for Louis XVI's escape which ended in the King's arrest at Varennes. Bouillé escaped to England where he supported the royalist cause and where he died in 1800.<br /> These Memoires were first published in London in 1794 in translation; they were then re-translated from the English into French and published there in 1798. According the publisher of this edition Bouillé's family which consigned the original manuscript to him claims that the English translation was faulty filled with errors incomplete and disavowed by Bouillé himself. Chez Giguet unknown
1875045515London: Richard Bentley and Son 1875. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in early full green morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with inner dentelles spines edges and some of the boards gently toned to brown light rubbing to hinges. Clean and bright internally - an attractive in fine Harcourt bindings. Size: Octavo 8vo. 3-volume set complete. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 045515. <br/><br/> Richard Bentley and Son hardcover books
1818539108London: Printed for T. Hookham Jun 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Original blue papercovered boards with small printed paper spine label. Old bookseller's description affixed to front pastedown corners a little rubbed light evidence of professional repair at the joints a handsome very good or better copy housed in a custom clamshell case. Printed for T. Hookham, Jun hardcover
1875045515London: Richard Bentley and Son 1875. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in early full green morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with inner dentelles spines edges and some of the boards gently toned to brown light rubbing to hinges. Clean and bright internally - an attractive set in fine Harcourt bindings. <br /> <br /> Provenance: American businessman and politician Frederick S. Peck armorial bookplate. Peck was most famous for his estate and his autograph and book collection. Size: Octavo 8vo. 3-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry. Inventory No: 045515. Richard Bentley and Son hardcover
1843757P55London: John Cundall 1843. Hardback. Very Good. 6.5" by 5". Not Stated. A very scarce reprint of this satirical Thomas Love Peacock poem about Lancelot illustrated beautifully throughout. Very scarce illustrated edition.A new edition of this work published thirty years after the equally scarce first edition.An entertaining grammatico-allegorical ballad satirising the life of Lancelot and Sir Hornbook.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates.Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'.Bookseller's label to the front pastedown.Eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally smart with a little discolouration to the boards and spine. Light rubbing to the boards resulting in a small amount of wear to the front board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is starting a little but remains firm. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good John Cundall hardcover
1891443933London : Dent 1891. 1st and later editions. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Richard Garnett to General Strachey. Good set in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 10 voll. London : Dent hardcover
18611003Y45London: Parker Son and Bourn 1861. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. A first edition copy of Thomas Love Peacock's final and anonymously published novel 'Gryll Grange'. First edition. In the publisher's pebbled cloth. Gryll Grange is Thomas Love Peacock's final novel published after his retirement from the East India Company and first appearing in Fraser's Magazine in 1860. The novel concerns itself with the business of the unmarried Gregory Gryll and his niece who he adopted out of a need for an heir to Gregory Grange and how she at last comes to find a man to her taste. Typical to Peacock's other works the novel's setting involves the characters at a table discussing and criticising philosophical opinions of the day. Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original pebbled cloth. Externally generally smart with moderate rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A couple ink spots and marks to the boards. Spine slightly cocked. Internally generally firmly bound with binding tender to pp 49-96 and 163-174. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spots. Contemporary ink inscription to title page. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. Good Parker, Son, and Bourn hardcover
188519828Paris, Bachelin-Delflorenne, 1885 ; in 8, demi chagrin maroquiné bleu-nuit, dos à nerfs, titre et fleurons dorés, tête dorée, non rogné (Vernhes à Montpellier) ; 157, [1] pp., eau-forte en frontispice.
1875954F1London: Richard Bentley and Son 1875 . Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Henry Cole. A scarce complete three volume edition of the works of Thomas Love Peacock in half morocco signed bindings by Maclehose. Complete in three volumes this is a scarce set.With a portrait frontispiece to volume I by Henry Cole.A collection of the satirical novels poetry criticism and miscellaneous works of Thomas Love Peacock an English novelist poet and official of the East India Company. Peacock is best known for the novel 'Nightmare Abbey' present in this collection.With an introduction from the Hon. Lord Houghton and biographical notes from Edith Nicolls.In half morocco signed bindings by Maclehose.With the bookplate of British Conservative Party politician Major Ernest Everard Gates to the front pastedowns. In half morocco signed bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Externally excellent with instances of light rubbing to back strip. Boards bright. Hinges of volume III strained with front free endpaper and title page consequently slightly tender. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Richard Bentley and Son hardcover
1810AQ9734London: T. Hookham 1810. vii 1 147pp 1. With half-titles. Victorian tan half-calf gilt contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed with loss to head of spine. Ink-dated author obituary clippings pasted to blank-fly four small mount-holes cut to half title; combined with the indentation on the following leaves suggestive that this once held a Carte de Visite of the author. Some glue residue to gutter of title. Leaf C5 bound before C4. Thomas Love Peacock 1785-1866 English poet and novelist. Extended from an original composed during Peacock's time as secretary to Sir Home Riggs Popham aboard HMS Venerable in May 1808. Tracing the river from its Cotswold source through Oxford by way of several stanzas ending as the river flows to the North Sea east of London. . First Edition. 8vo. T. Hookham unknown
1810757P58London: T. Hookham 1810. First edition. Hardback. Good. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of Peacock's poetical study of the River Thames a loving poem on the central river of England. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.'The Genius of the Thames' is an ode to the River Thames; during the composition of this poem Peacock set out on a two-week expedition to trace the course of the Thames.Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'. In the original paper covered boards. Externally generally smart with some loss to the head of the spine. Minor bumping to the tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. Front joint is starting. Smaller amount of loss to the tail of the spine and to the head of the rear board. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd spots. First few pages are working loose a little. Good T. Hookham hardcover
185012307Paris, Eugène et Victor, Penaud Frères (Imprimerie d’Alexandre Bailly), sans date (circa 1850) ; 6 tomes in-8, demi-veau glacé vert foncé, dos lisses, faux nerfs dorés, caissons ornés dans le style romantique, palette décorative dorée en pied du dos, titre et tomaison dorés ; tome 1 : (4), X, 334, (2) pp. ; tome 2 : (4), 334, (2) pp. ; tome 3 : (4), 334, (2) pp. ; tome 4 : (4), 334, (2) pp. ; tome 5 : (4), 334, (2) pp. ; tome 6 : (4), 332, (4) pp. ; en tout, 66 planches hors-texte (dont une aquarellée) + 1 non annoncée.
1822757P56London: T. Hookham 1822. First edition. Hardback. Good Only. 7" by 4". None. The very scarce first edition of this immensely romantic and entertaining novel by Thomas Love Peacock. The very scarce first edition of this work.'Maid Marian' is romantic novel by Thomas Love Peacock.Peacock referenced this novel in a letter to Percy Shelley.Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'.Bookplate of R. W. Chapman to the front pastedown. Chapman was a British scholar and book collector known for editing the works of Samuel Jonson and Jane Austen.Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown 'James Richards Digous'.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally the boards are detached but present. Bookseller's label to the front board. Lacking the spine. Boards are a little discoloured with some minor marks. Very light bumping to the extremities. Bound without front endpaper. Bookplate and prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Good Only T. Hookham hardcover
1818757P51London: T. Hookham 1818. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 7" by 4". None. The first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's influential early poem one of his last longer poems written under the influence of Percy Shelley. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.An early long-form poem by Thomas Love Peacock influenced by the poetry of Shelley.Shelley published a very favourable review of this poem shortly before his trip to Italy on which he would die.Peacock was an English novelist active during the nineteenth century. He was a close friend of Percy Shelley the friends influencing each other's works. Peacock was a satirical writer best known for 'Nightmare Abbey' and 'Crotchet Castle'. In the original paper covered boards. Externally generally smart. A little loss of paper to the head and tail of the spine and to the front joint. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. Minor marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few odd scattered spots. Very Good T. Hookham hardcover
183165276London: T. Hookham 1831. Small 8vo. viii 300 pp. Bound in blue paper boards with white paper spine. Boards are marked with rubbing to the extremities and some loss. Binding firm with some scattered spotting. The author Thomas Love Peacock was a great friend and contemporary to the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and was best know for his satiric novels. . Good. Paper Covered Boards. First Edition. 1831. T. Hookham 1831 hardcover
1831819F10London: T. Hookham 1831 . First edition. Disbound. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's satirical 1831 Gothic novel. The first edition of this humorous and satirical Gothic novel from Thomas Love Peacock with page 154 numbered 54 as called for.Peacock's sixth novel in the work the author gathers a group of eccentrics in the titular castle deriving humour and social satire from their various interactions and conversations.Bound without the preliminary advertisement leaf and half title.The first edition of one of the best known work of this nineteenth century novelist a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley. In a contemporary cloth binding. Small losses of cloth to back strip head and tail and joints. Front joint starting with board slightly tender. Internally firmly bound. Light handling marks to preliminary leaves. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Good T. Hookham unknown
1831302London: T. Hookham 1831. First Edition. About very good with edges worn modern rebacking occasional minor foxing and soiling in a custom cloth clamshell box. First edition in the scarce publisher's blue-grey drab boards.<br /> <br /> A satirical gothic novel wherein as with his earlier novel Headlong Hall Peacock assembles an eccentric cast of characters whose banter and obsessions satirize Regency society. This work includes a character which unlike other works is largely based on Peacock himself.<br /> <br /> 8vo. 10-page publisher's catalogue lacking first leaf ad leaf 6 300pp. Page 154 misnumbered 54. Carter Binding Variants pg. 146 this copy is flat backed and unglazed thus not a remainder. Sadleir 1957j. Scarce in boards. T. Hookham unknown
1838AMO-3063aris, Charpentier, Libraire-éditeur, 1838. [Imprimerie d'Ad. Everat et Cie]. 1 volume in-18 (18 x 11,5 cm) de XXII-408-(2) pages. Reliure demi-cuir de Russie vert sombre, dos lisse orné de roulettes dorées, plats de papier marbré, doublures et gardes de papier blanc, coins de parchemin (reliure de l'époque). Reliure en excellent état. Intérieur très frais malgré les rousseurs habituelles (les premiers et derniers feuillets étant plus touchés que les autres). Nouvelle édition. Première édition Charpentier dans ce format. L'édition originale de la Physiologie du mariage de Balzac parait à la fin de décembre 1829 sous la date de 1830, en 2 volumes in-8. Une deuxième édition voit le jour en 1834, également en 2 volumes in-8. On trouve ensuite les quatre éditions Charpentier. La première en 1838, la nôtre, inaugure avec quelques autres premiers titres le lancement de la Bibliothèque Charpentier dans le format in-18 anglais, dit format Charpentier, puis viennent les éditions de 1840, 1843 et 1848. C'est pour contrecarrer la contrefaçon belge que Gervais Charpentier crée sa collection in-18, de typographie compacte et à bon marché. Une contrefaçon belge parait d'ailleurs en 1834 à Bruxelles chez Méline. La publication de la Physiologie du mariage fit scandale, mais le Tout-Paris le considéra comme un événement et le succès pour Balzac fut sans précédent, d’autant plus qu’on voulait savoir qui se cachait sous la signature anonyme du jeune célibataire qui devint aussitôt un auteur à la mode (1830). A la fois essai, méditation, et récit, le texte oscille entre l’étude de mœurs et le traité analytique. C’est d’ailleurs dans ce dernier genre que la cinquième édition de l’ouvrage (Furne) classera l’œuvre en 1846 dans la section Études analytiques de la Comédie humaine. Mais malgré son caractère osé (pour l’époque), sa structure peu conforme au roman balzacien, la Physiologie jette les fondations de la Comédie humaine. Quelques aphorismes Balzaciens sur la femme et le mairage : Une femme honnête est essentiellement mariée. Une femme honnête à moins de quarante ans. Une femme mariée dont les faveurs sont payables n’est pas une femme honnête. Quand un homme a gagné vingt mille livres de rente, sa femme est une femme honnête, quel que soit le genre de commerce auquel il a dû sa fortune. Une femme honnête est celle que l’on craint de compromettre. La femme d’un banquier est toujours une femme honnête ; mais une femme assise dans un comptoir ne peut l’être qu’autant que son mari fait un commerce très-étendu et qu’elle ne loge pas au-dessus de sa boutique. Un volume savoureux où l'humour grinçant et réaliste est présent à chaque ligne. Très bel exemplaire conservé dans son élégante première reliure de l'époque. Cette édition au format in-18 de la Physiologie du mariage de Balzac marque une date importante dans l'histoire de l'édition au XIXe siècle.
1817023400Phila.: Moses Thomas. Poor. 1817. Disbound. disbound Volume 1 ONLY of a 2 volumes set 1st American edition very scarce. Probably the 1st American edition though apparently an edition was published in New York this same year by Kirk & Mercein. The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review in 1817 said of this work-"This book has the worst of all faults in a work designed for amusement-that of being extremely tedious. The Author has attempted to introduce various political philosophical and if we may so speak sentimental opinions in the form of a story; and in so doing he has produced a jumble from which the reader can extract no interest and very little information. On this last point we would speak with some diffidence for the work has an air of mystery and may contain stores of recondite knowledge which our vision bedimmed by its powerful soporific influence had not the keenness to detect. The writer certainly appears to be a man of some knowledge and latent but he has learned nothing of the art of writing in a popular manner. His perpetual stateliness perpetually tires and his manner of trifling which he frequently attempts reminds us of the mode in which Goldsmith said Doctor Johnson would write fables-' His little fishes talk like whales.'"; Sm. 8vo . Moses Thomas unknown
1891980T78London: J. M. Dent & Co 1891. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart ten volume set of the large paper edition of Thomas Love Peacock's works limited to one hundred copies. Complete in ten volumes. Large paper edition limited to one hundred copies of which this is number twenty-nine. With a frontispiece to each volume. A collection of works written by Thomas Love Peacock an English novelist poet and official of the East India Company. Peacock is noted for his satirical novels each with the same basic setting: characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day. Edited by Richard Garnett a British scholar librarian biographer and poet who was keeper of printed books at British Museum from 1890 to 1899. This set contains: Calidore & Miscellanea 1891. Being a collection of shorter works including Calidore: A Fragment of an Unfinished Romance The Four Ages of Poetry and Horae Dramaticae I-III amongst others. Crochet Castle 1891. Peacock assembles a group of eccentrics each with a single monomaniacal obsession and derives humour and social satire from their various interactions and conversations at Crochet Hall. Gryll Grange 1891. Complete in two volumes. The author's final novel beginning with a discussion around the dinner table of Mr. Gryll in which his friend the genial gourmet the Rev. Dr. Opimian holds forth on misnomers fish and the contemporary fashion for lectures. Headlong Hall 1891. As four visitors arrive at Headlong Hall they find further guests and are lead through a series of dinners and Christmas celebrations by Squire Headlong. Maid Marian 1891. A novella set against the backdrop of medieval England focusing on themes of romance adventure and social justice. Following noble Matilda Fitzwater and her intended the Earl of Huntingdon who is embroiled in conflict with the king's authority. Melincourt 1891. Complete in two volumes. A satirical novel in which an orangutan called Sir Oran Haut-ton is put forward as a candidate for election as a Member of Parliament. The Misfortunes of Elphin 1891. A short historical romance set in sixth century Wales which recounts the adventures of the bard Taliesin the princes Elphin ap Gwythno Seithenyn ap Seithyn and King Arthur. Nightmare Abbey 1891. A novella which makes good-natured fun of contemporary literary trends. It follows the fortunes of Christopher Glowry a morose widower who lives with his only son Scythrop in the isolated family mansion Nightmare Abbey. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spines and board edges. The odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. With age toning and minor spotting to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed J. M. Dent & Co hardcover
1894AMO-4216Mémoires d'une glace. Album absolument inédit en noir. Par Albert Guillaume. Préface de Paul Hervieu. H. Simonis Empis, éditeur, s. d. (1894). Format 35,5 x 28 cm. Couverture illustrée en couleurs (premier plat) et 26 planches imprimées en noir au trait. (avec 1 feuillet de faux-titre, 1 feuillet de titre et 2 feuillets de préface). Superbe et très rare tirage de luxe sur papier de Chine à 10 exemplaires seulement signé par l'artiste (avec 15 ex. sur Japon) Exemplaire dérelié. Tête dorée. Très bon état de fraicheur des couvertures (les deux plats sont conservés en très bon état). Intérieur parfait sans rousseurs. A noter une déchirure marginale sans manque au bord extérieur de trois feuillets, sans atteinte au texte ou à la gravure. A relier (un cartonnage papier serait le bienvenu). Voir photos de l'annonce. Très rare dans ce tirage.
