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37006Manchester: Printed by Love and Barton 1839. First edition 12mo 155 x 100 mm 244 p. engraved frontis. and 11 plates lightly foxed double-page engraved map orig. cloth gilt a very good copy. Manchester: Printed by Love and Barton, 1839 hardcover
198432039AB1984. Two Volumes. Muenchen C.H.Beck 1984. Octavo. 383 468 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Bibliothek des 18.Jahrhunderts. hardcover
65579London: Marcus Ward & Co. 1876. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. 22 x 17 cm. pp.152. Publisher's original gilt-decorated green cloth red title-label to upper cover navy-coated endpapers all edges gilt. 8 chromolithographic plates some heightened in gold after drawings by Walter Crane and K. Greenaway and additional chromolithographic page. With a charming manuscript gift presentation to first blank dated 25th October 1876 executed in gold green and blue ink. Some minor wear to extremities a few gatherings a bit shaken generally a very good example of this beautiful piece of Victorian book production. 'Although numerous Selections of Poetry have been published there are none which fill exactly the place of the present book. A Volume has long been wanted consisting of Love Lyrics - all strictly speaking "Valentines" or capable of being used as such - which would be suitable for a Gift-Book either as a token of esteem or as an indication of deeper regard' Preface. The poetry is sourced from a variety of English authors including Burns Byron Coleridge Dryden Hood Longfellow Marlowe Moore Palgrace Rochester Rossetti Shakespeare Shelley Spenser etc. etc. The ultimate Valentine's Day gift. London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876. hardcover
1922296Richmond: Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board ca 1922. 7.25 x 5 in. pp. 300; frontispiece and five plates; printed paper wrappers; light soiling to wrappers some dogearing to leaves with a couple folds starting to split text clean very good. A collection of reports from 5 missions in China and Japan largely recounting the history of those missions from 1835 to 1921. This book was meant to serve as the selection for the convention's yearly study circle book club. Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board 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
186134556London: Parker Son and Bourne 1861. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter red morocco and marbled boards and edges. Lower joint starting spine a little darkened; lacking final two leaves of ads. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Peacock's final novel. Wolff 5479 Parker, Son, and Bourne unknown
1861elala1203London: Parker Son And Bourn 1861. 1861. 8vo. pp. viii 316. woodcut ornaments & initials. 19th century half roan spine & corners bit rubbed some light marginal foxing. First Edition. First published in Frasers Magazine Peacocks Gryll Grange was lacking "the exuberant humour of his former works but the book is delightful from its stores of anecdote and erudition and unintentionally most amusing through the authors inveterate prejudices and pugnacious hostility to every modern invention." DNB NCBEL III 702. 1st Edition. London: Parker, Son, And Bourn, 1861. unknown
186122181<p>London : Parker Son & Bourn 1861. First edition : in Carter's primary binding of green pebble-grain cloth. Peacock's final novel - a country house eccentric guests - and full to the last of his "inveterate prejudices and pugnacious hostility to every modern innovation" Garnett. Post 8vo 20cm. viii3164pp. Original cloth; some minor wear; endpapers cracking; text somewhat shaken and a little slack; some mild discolouration to first few leaves; occasional marking and spotting; but a good and presentable copy in cloth. With the neat ownership inscriptions of members of the Vachell and Wilson families. Wolff 5479. Carter BV pp.146-147 & MBV p.32.</p> London : Parker, Son & Bourn, 1861. hardcover
181666949London: printed for T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin Cradock and Joy Paternoster Row 1816. 12mo pp. 4 217 1 2 ads; original blue paper-covered boards brown paper shelfback printed paper label on spine; some cracking along the joints corners bumped but generally very good and sound. On the front pastedown in ink: "Calgarth Park / 1818" and with a Calgarth Park bookplate. Calgarth Park was the home of Richard Watson 1737-1816 Bishop of Llandaff and a Whig politician. This second edition is published the same year as the first. "With this work Peacock found the true field for his literary gift in the satiric novel interspersed with delightful lyrics amorous narrative or convivial" Wikipedia. printed for T. Hookham, Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row unknown
1817250494London: For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin Cradock and Joy Paternoster Row 1817. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. Dark blue green textured cloth over boards printed paper spine labels minor chipping bottom edge slightly trimmed others uncut. Fine. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. "ANTHELIA MELINCOURT at the age of twenty-one was mistress of herself and of ten thousand a year and of a very ancient and venerable castle in one of the wildest valleys in Westmoreland." <br /> The opening line of Melincourt is indisputably a rejoinder to Austen's celebrated gambit in Pride and Prejudice 1813 and Peacock's sharpest satire of wealth fortune-hunting and politics recounts the fortunes of the heiress and her social climbing friends as well as the bon-vivant Sir Telegraph Paxarent his philosophical friend Mr. Forester and the career of Sir Oran Haut-ton - a "specimen of the natural and original man" and an orang-utan of high fashion "heightened by a pair of enormous whiskers and the folds of a vast cravat" - who is elected as one of the MPs for the venerable rotten borough of Onevote.<br /> A rare work that is almost invariably seen in worn half leather bindings the present copy of Melincourt is in a nicely preserved near contemporary binding of dark green cloth with printed spine labels the publication date is too early by a few years for this to to be publisher's cloth a very handsome triple-decker with good provenance. A note from Esther Potter to Marilyn Butler quotes Victor Schulderer of the British Museum who called Meyerstein 1889-1952 a "poet novelist and musician outstandingly gifted and eccentric". Sadleir 1957e; not in Wolff; Garside & Schöwerling 1817:46. Provenance: English scholar and collector E.H.W. Meyerstein his monogram and date of acquisition 1944 "from J.R.T. E-" ; bookseller and bibliographer Graham Pollard 1903-1976; given to Marilyn Butler wife of his nephew David author of Peacock Displayed 1976 For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row unknown
1845008561Wiley and Putnam 1845. Hardcover. Good. Very light foxing. Half leather with wear at edges heel and head. A good plus copy. First of this edition. Copy of William Henry Sedley Smith 1806-1872 with his pencil signature on free front endpaper. Bound with the first American editions of Thomas Love Peacocks works:"Headlong Hall" was Peacock's first novel originally published in England in 1815. Set at a Welsh country manor it is peopled by a set of characters each embodying a particular intellectual obsession and is replete with comic and satirical elements. "Nightmare Abbey" originally published in England in 1818 was Peacock's most famous and enduring work filled with gothic motifs like shadowy manor houses with secret rooms and sliding panels. In point of fact the book is a series of satirical romances poking fun at some the major figures of the Romantic Movement; Byron appears as Mr. Cypress Coleridge Mr. Floskey and Shelley Scythrop Glowry. Smith was an actor and stage manager who first appeared in the United States at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1827. During his later years he was both actor and stage manager at the California Theatre in San Francisco. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
182974912London: Thomas Hookham 1829. 12mo. First edition. viii ii quotation from Crofton Croker's Fairy Legends 240 pp. Half brown morocco over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt lettering to spine and top edge gilt. Rubbing with some heavier damage to leather at front corner. Faint margin notes to a few pages and ink notes at prelims otherwise foxing to text. Some critics consider this to be the greatest of the Arthurian literary genre of the Romantic period. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1829. Thomas Hookham 1829 unknown
198943429Chicago: Haase-Mumm Publishing 1989. First edition. 279 pp w/index. Corners lightly tapped else very near fine in full blue cloth. Lacks dust jacket. Pasted inside the front cover is a label designating “This copy is no. 323 of the first edition.†Chicago: Haase-Mumm Publishing hardcover
19922090502113715553Not Available 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
196982207New York: McGraw-Hill 1969. First Edition. First printing. Thick octavo 23cm. Black cloth hardcover; brown publisher's top-stain; dustjacket; 767pp. Light wear; top-stain unevenly faded; bottom edge of text block lightly soiled; Very Good. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced $10.00 on front flap lightly soiled and toned; Very Good. An exhaustive study of the Arab-Israeli War of 1956; the author was the New York Times Middle East correspondent from 1953-56. McGraw-Hill unknown
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
1816757P57London: T. Hookham 1816. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A lovely second edition of Thomas Love Peacock's first novel from the library of the Bloomsbury founder Lytton Strachey. The second edition of this work; the first and second edition were published in the same year and both are very scarce.From the library of Lytton Strachey with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Strachey was one of the founding members of the Bloomsbury Group bringing together influential figures such as Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. He was also a historian of the Victorian era publishing 'Eminent Victorians' and a noted biography of Queen Victoria.In a signed binding by Charles Lewis. Lewis was lauded was one of the best bookbinders of his day patronised by the 2nd Earl Spencer and the 6th Duke of Devonshire binding books for both Althorp and Chatsworth.'Headlong Hall' was Peacock's first long work of fiction grouping a selection of eccentric and obsessive people together at a country estate in Wales.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'.Bound without half-title. In a full calf signed binding by Charles Lewis. Externally smart. A little rubbing and a few minor marks and spots to the boards and spine. Bookplate and binder's label to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with just a couple of occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed T. Hookham hardcover
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
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
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
184835106Wien: Gredruckt bei Joseph Ludwig 1848. First Edition. Broadside 50.75x42cm. printed blackletter; previous folds two corners neatly clipped not approaching text else Very Good to Near Fine. Proposal issued shortly before the Vienna Uprising of October 1848 during which violence broke out between the laboring class of the city and the Hapsburg army as the latter was trying to leave in order to quell the Hungarian Revolution. Löve most likely a university student at the time proposes that Vienna would best be defended if the walls surrounding the inner city were to be dismantled they would be irreparable if damaged by enemy bombardment and the moat filled in for building development. Unlocated in OCLC or KVK though noted in James E. Walsh 1848 Austrian Revolutionary Broadsides and Pamphlets 1976 p. 143 dating the broadside to June 31 1848. Löve issued another five or six titles listed in Walsh one signed in type "Redacteur I der Studentenzeitung" editor of the student newspaper; another "Redakteur des Stürmers" editor of "The Strikers". Gredruckt bei Joseph Ludwig unknown
19232080502106505873Great Japan Sex Education Society 1923. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Great Japan Sex Education Society paperback
1333331266.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19592090202118205087Heibonsha 1959. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Heibonsha paperback
