Anglophilia

London: Smith and Robins, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good -. xxiv, 250 p.: 1 leaf of engraved portrait of Horace Walpole, in-text illustrations; 29 cm. Later 19th-century brown cloth spine with original boards. Engraved cover title: A Catalogue of the Contents of Strawberry Hill. Engraved title page. George Robins, the auctioneer, advertised the sale to begin on April 25, 1842, and continue for 24 days. However, the original plan to sell some of the prints, drawings, and illustrated books in large lots was altered, so the contents originally proposed for the seventh and eight days of the sale were withdrawn, recatalogued in smaller lots, and sold later. As many as 7 editions of the catalog are known. This edition includes descriptions of contents through day 24, omitting days 7 and 8; the 6th day concludes with lot 160, omitting the Waldegrave manuscripts (originally lots 161- 187). It does not include the "Names of purchasers and the prices" sometimes found on 58 pages at the end.… Read More

Paris and Rotterdam, 1893. Three volumes handsomely bound in dark blue cloth with black leather at spine and tips, gilt titles and rules, 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, half-titles. Overall Near Fine, all three vols. scant rubbing at the tips, Vol. I bottom corners of 2 of the blank rear endpages unevenly clipped, Vol. II first signature a bit loose, all 3 Vols. with single "Duplicate" stamp to an endpage, this set having recently been deacquisitioned by the Kinsey Institute Library, although no other library markings or indications. RARE as a complete set and in such lovely condition. A classic of Victorian erotic fiction, "pettycoating", sometimes called "pinaforing", involves the dressing of a young boy in girls clothing as a form of punishment, which was usually administered by an older woman.. Cloth and Leather. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Fine. 4to. ¼-vellum-backed decorated white linen, gilt letters on spine. Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, London, 1928. First Edition. Limited to 55 numbered copies printed on Millbourn hand-made paper, signed by Eliot. In a deluxe binding. This is copy #31. (Gallup B7a). Linen slightly soiled, o/w a fine copy with clean, crisp pages. Unopened.

1791. 1st Edition, Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Johnson by J. Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds, and 2 additional engraved plates. All 3 plates with imprints dated April 10, 1791. Frontispiece with the original tissue-guard intact. 4to. Bound in contemporary (circa 1800) speckled calf with gilt armorial supralibros on all 4 covers, spines with raised bands; red morocco gilt-lettered labels; small black morocco circular volume-number labels. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, London, 1791. First Edition. Limited to 1750 copies. Printed on light blue paper. Vol. I has the correct give reading on page 135, line 10, generally considered the second state (although, as Pottle notes, booksellers have given this rather uninteresting point more attention than it deserves.) The copies printed on light blue paper were presumably reserved for members of the nobility: When Boswell published his The Life of Samuel Johnson, the King… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son , 1838. All four volumes published 1838, bound in unsigned contemporary half polished calf over brown pebbled cloth, backs with five raised bands, red morocco labels lettered in gilt, decorations stamped in gilt, matching marbled end pages and page edges, a handsome and quite well-bound set. Near Fine, scant toning to end pages only, small rubs to calf at tips. Vols. I - III with 436 engravings, Vol. IV. with 114, including frontispiece engraving each volume. viii, 1720, viii, 1712, (4), 888, (2), 1646. SCARCE in the 1838 printing and in such lovely condition. . Later Edition. Half Calf Over Buckram Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Woman In White (1860 Harper & Brothers 1st Edition) BY WILKIE COLLINS. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860.[2], 260, [4, ads] pp. States 1860 on the title page. In-text illustrations by John McLenan. Publisher's dk. brown stamped heavy cardboard boards with elaborate blind-stamped Harper and Brothers cartouche on front and back boards. Ads state B. Miss Mulock spelled correctly. Ads list eleven titles, and verso advertising The Mill on the Floss [Gasson p. 160.]Used. Good- Condition: Our copy lacks its spine, otherwise in good condition and a good candidate for rebinding. Chocolate brown endpapers are in good shape. Please see our photos. Will ship from Oregon. We consider offers.

1795. 13-1/4" x 9-1/2" hand-colored etching and aquatint. 13-1/4" x 9-1/2" hand-colored etching and aquatint. "Well Friend, Where A'You Going, Hay?" Gillray, James [1756-1815]. Affability. [London: Hannah Humphrey, c. 1795]. 13-1/4" x 9-1/4" hand-colored etching and aquatint (measured to plate marks) on wove paper, without watermark, attractively mounted and matted. Light even toning to margins. A good impression with vivid colors. $950. * "The King in profile to the right, with the Queen holding his right arm, leans towards a startled yokel who clutches his hat and a bucket. Behind the yokel (right) are pigs sniffing at the bucket and the gable end of buildings. All are caricatured. The King wears riding-dress, with a broad-brimmed hat and a spencer (see BMSat 8192) over his coat. He stands as if knock-kneed, his legs awkwardly splayed out. The Queen is dwarfish, wearing a hood over her hat and a shapeless cloak. In her right hand is a snuff-box. The yokel, wearing smock and gaiters, has the staring… Read More

London: G. Woodfall, 1754. First. Very Good. Elizabeth Canning (1734 â€"1773) was an English maidservant who claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will in a hayloft for almost a month She ultimately became central to one of the most famous English criminal mysteries of the 18th century She disappeared on 1 January 1753, before returning almost a month later to her mother's home, emaciated and in a "deplorable condition" After being questioned by concerned friends and neighbors she was interviewed by the local alderman, who then issued an arrest warrant for Susannah Wells, the woman who occupied the house in which Canning was supposed to have been held At Wells' house, Canning identified Mary Squires as another of her captors, prompting the arrest and detention of both Wells and Squires London magistrate Henry Fielding (yes, the famous author of Tom Jones!) became involved in the case, taking Canning's side Further arrests were made and several witness statements were taken, and… Read More

LARGE PAPER COPY, WITH AN EXTRA SUITEColor frontispiece. Illustrated with 53 leaves of plates. Thick Folio. Original printed wrappers, in dust wrapper. London, Goupil, J. Boussod, Manzi, Joyant, . . . 1900. Large Paper copy. Limited to 200 copies with an extra suite of 60 engravings in a separate folder. This copy # CLXXXIX.Lawrence was a leading English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. His first royal commission was a portrait of Queen Charlotte, in 1790, and he remained at the top of his profession until his death in 1830.Dust wrapper torn and darkened; folder of extra suite is separated at spine, cover detached; a few of the tissue guards are slightly crumbled. The engravings are in excellent condition, with no soiling or foxing. Housed in an archival black drop-front clamshell box with a color photograph on the cover, tied with wide black ribbon. Fine.

CHURCHILL "BUYS" BALFOUR A CAR!CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. "Confidential" typed letter signed by "Winston S. Churchill" as Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the name of the recipient "Bran" and part of the date "13" handwritten by Churchill.One page with the blind-stamped stationery "Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, S.W.," dated August 13, 1928. 4to.The letter concerns funds that Churchill raised to purchase a car and cover living expenses for former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour: "The subscription list is the Balfour Testimonial Fund being now closed. I feel that you, who so kindly subscribed to that fund, will like to know how much was subscribed and to what purpose it has been put. The total amount received from members of both Houses of Parliament was £4,918.6.6. [~$450,000 in 2021] The car has been paid for and the balance has been handed to Lord Balfour to be used for his personal benefit in any way he may think fit. I may add that I have received from him a letter expressing his grateful thanks to the… Read More

HERCULE POIROT The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd (1926, Dodd, Mead. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION Stated 7th Printing Thus, December, 1926. WITH NEW FAX JACKET. USED. VG CONDITION. Agatha Christie. HERCULE POIROT. 306 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 5/8. A nice copy.

Two volumes by William Fulbecke, sold together, at one price:

First Volume: "A PARALLELE OR CONFERENCE OF THE Civil Law, the Canon Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England." "Wherein the agreement and disagreement of these three Lawes, and the causes and reasons of the said agreement and disagreement, are opened and discussed. Digested in sundry Dialogues by William Fulbecke. At the end of these Dialogues is annexed a Table of the Sections or Di(sc)uitions of the principall points, matters, and questions which are handled in every Dialogue." "At London, "Printed for the Company of Stationeers," 1618 (Second Edition - First was 1601)



Second Volume: "THE SECOND PART OF THE Parallele, Or CONFERENCE OF the Civill Law, and the Common Law of this Realme of England," "WHEREIN THE AGREEment and disagreement of these three Lawes touching divers matters not before conferred, is at large debated and discussed. Whereunto is annexed a Table contayning the princpall Questions, matters, and pointes of… Read More

London: B. Fellowes, 1830. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF SCATHING DIATRIBE AGAINST THE ROYAL SOCIETY BY ENGLISH ORIGINATOR OF THE CONCEPT OF THE DIGITAL COMPUTER--COPY OF PROMINENT JOURNALIST OF THE PERIOD. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches hardcover, 3/4 brown calf with marbled cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt, with red leather label gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate to front paste-down, ink signature of George Augustus Sala on paper affixed to front free endpaper, xvi,+ 228,+ (4). Cover edges worn, scattered foxing, binding tight, very good. CHARLES BABBAGE (1792-1871) was an English polymath, mathematician, philosopher, inventor and originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer. In The Exposition of 1851, or Views of the Industry, the Science and the Government of England (1851) he pointed out the shortcomings of the British educational system. His Reflections on the Decline of Science and some of its Causes (offered here) aimed to improve British science, and more… Read More

George Bernard Shaw: Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the War.Inscribed and Signed by the author, G. Bernard Shaw: Inscribed to Arthur Brentano by Bernard Shaw. 11th Feb. 1920.First Edition, Published by Brentanos, New York, 1919, a week earlier than simultaneous edition in London.Inscribed to Arthur Brentano (1858–1944), President of the Brentanos, at the time, the largest bookselling firm in the world.Inserted, the handwritten by G. Bernard Shaw shipping address of Arthur Brentano, on the part of the package wrapping.

Basel: Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1555. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition thus (the first to include coverage of the reign of Henry VIII to 1538); folio; [2], 691, [39]pp. In mid-sixteenth century blind-panelled calf with blind arabesque to centre of each board (professionally respined and with corners repaired). Title with woodcut printer's device and early manuscript annotations and markings (title repaired, re-attached at gutter, with light creasing and soiling), decorative woodcut initials and borders to leaves a2 and a3, woodcut printer's device to reverse of final leaf, early marginal annotations and underlinings throughout volume, first few leaves lightly frayed to margins, small closed tear at foot of leaf H6, occasional unobtrusive damp stains to margins of a few leaves. First published in 1534, Polydore Vergil's history was a source for chroniclers Edward Hall and Raphael Holinshed, consequently influencing Shakespeare's history plays, and according to… Read More