Heart's Quest (SIGNED) by Rutledge, Archibald - n.d.

The Fortune Press, London, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition of the author's first book, this being in un-noted binding variant in grey cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. Printed on Glastonbury watermarked paper by S.C.Jennings & Sons Ltd. Slim 8vo. 36pp. A touch of wear to two or three extremities. Some production fault creasing to two text leaves. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. Bloomfield (2002) notes: "White laid paper watermarked: 'I Batchelor & Sons Ltd | HAND MADE'. Copies are also found with paper watermarked: '[crown] | Glastonbury' and with mixtures of both. This is due to the owner of The Fortune Press habitually buying end runs of paper stock for his printers". Printed in an edition likely not exceeding 500 copies. Thirty-one poems. Bloomfield (2002) A1..

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly sunned and worn, silverfish . damage to boards.. 1921. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon. Red cloth with printed paper spine label. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Owen with tissue guard. xi, 34pp. Some pages unopened. A collection of Owen’s poems published posthumously after he was killed in action in France in 1918. The iconic World War I poem “Dulce et Decorum est” is included in this volume (but is printed on one of the unopened pages.) Verso of half-title notes that “For the preparation of this book thanks are primarily due to Miss Edith Sitwell. ” ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

John Murray. London. 1958. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 4.7 inches). A fine copy in recent leather binding of full dark purple morocco. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy of this fantastic collection.

Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1912. FIRST AMERICAN TRADE EDITION, IN PUBLISHERS DELUX LEATHER BINDING. Oblong 8vo. (4.4 x 6.4 inches). 8 unnumbered leaves. Each text leaf has a green rule and dot border, the text printed in black with green initial letters. Pages are sewn in with the original white cord. In the rare original delux publishers dark green morocco leather binding with gilt ruling and lettering to the front panel. A little rubbing to the edges but overall a superior copy of this fragile book. Small printed paper label of a New York Bookseller on the rear blank endpaper. An attractive copy of this uncommon little book. Published on 28th March 1912 in two binding variants; beige printed paper covered boards, issued at 25 cents, and this delux leather version at 50 cents. -- Richards A254.

No place. No date. Circa 1870. ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT. Oblong 8vo. (9.4 x 5.5 inches). Longfellow's popular eearly poem, An April day, written in a neat hand on 12 thick paper leaves. Ten of the leaves are beautifully illustrated in watercolour by an unknown but very skilled artist. Bound in attractive nineteenth century full red morocco. Spine with multiple gilt ruled lines and three raised bands. Both boards have a highly decorative gilt roll and ruled lines border around a double ruled and corner decorated blind tooled panel. The front board has the title and author lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles and yellow coated endpapers. All edges gilt. A little rubbing to the extremities but overall a beautiful volume in very good condition.

Athens, OH: Labyrinth Editions & The Iris Press, 1982. LIMITED TO 50 COPIES with and extra portfolio of the prints signed (of a total edition of 130 copies). SIGNED by the artist, the printer, and Bradford Morrow who wrote the introduction. Fine in cloth box. LIMITED TO 50 COPIES with and extra portfolio of the prints signed (of a total edition of 130 copies). SIGNED by the artist, the printer, and Bradford Morrow who wrote the introduction. Unpaged. Illustrated by Daniel Goldstein printed from photomechanical magnesium engravings. Folio. Gilt-titled vellum spine over boards designed by the artist. Prospectus laid in.

1721 Batrachomyomachia GREEK Homer Iliad Frogs & Mice Isaac Newton One of 204
"Batrachomyomachia" or 'Battle of the Frogs and Mice' is a parody of Homer's famed Greek epic poem the 'Iliad'. This story follows the tale of a mouse-prince who encounters the legendary Frog King. Originally thought to be written by Homer himself, numerous other figures are considered to be the author of this work, including Pigres of Halicarnassus, Lucian, or even the Queen of Caria.
This 1721 Maichael Maittaire edition was printed as part of a very limited print run, one of only 204 copies given to subscribers. Notable names included in the subscriber list include Richard Mead, the Bishop of Winchester, and even Isaac Newton!
Item number: #19496
Price: $599
HOMER [attributed]
Batrachomyomachia Graece ad veterum exemplarium fidem recusa: glossa Graeca ; variantibus lectionibus ; versionibus Latinis ; commentariis & indicibus illustrate
Londini. : Typis Gulielmi Bowyer., M. DCC. XXI. [1721]. Limited edition.

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1755 ENGLISH ed Works of VIRGIL Aeneid Bucolics Eclogues Joseph Trapp 3v SET
"If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell."
― Virgil,
The Aeneid

A rare and highly desirable 18th-century edition of the works of Virgil. Virgil is regularly considered one of the greatest Roman poets because of his poems, 'Eclogues,' 'Georgics,' and 'Aeneid' – some of the most important works of western literature. This 1755 English edition was translated into English with commentary by Joseph Trapp.
Item number: #20175
Price: $599
VIRGIL
The works of Virgil : translated into English blank verse
London : printed for W. Meadows, 1755.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o Vol. 1 – [2], xciv, [2], 240
o Vol. 2 – [2], 420
o Vol. 3 – [2], 430, [2]
o Engraved frontispiece in each volume
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Provenance:
o Handwritten –
John Gaskarth, 1770
o Armorial Bookplate – S&B
Includes a styled '&' of rope, with an English earl's coronet.
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1692 French Theatre Dramatic Poems of Thomas Corneille Plays Drama 5v SET Paris
Thomas Corneille was a 17th-century French writer who best-known for his lyric poetry and plays. Younger brother of the more famous Pierre Corneille, Thomas composed numerous plays and other works of French literature including works such as 'Don Bertrand de Cigarral'. This and many other dramatic plays are included in his 1692 set of the works of Thomas Cornille.
Item number: #20621
Price: $750
CORNEILLE, Thomas

Poemes dramatiques
Paris: Chez Pierre Traboüillet, 1692.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes
o Vol. I – [2], 592, [4]
o Vol. II – 545, [3]
o Vol. III – 511, [1]
o Vol. IV – 642
o Vol. V – 598
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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1845 DANTE Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Paradise Ichabod Wright 3v
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
Dante's "Divine Comedy" is one of the most important and long-lasting works for literature. This mid-19th-century English edition was translated by Ichabod Wright, an edition of Dante which was considered to be one of the best translations. This beautiful three-volume set was published in London in 1845.
Item number: #24800
Price: $795
ALIGHIERI, Dante
Dante
London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o 'Inferno' – xxxii, 306
Includes engraved frontispiece
o 'Purgatorio' – xii, 319, [1]
o 'Paradiso' – xvi, 317, [1], xxvii, [1]
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Edward Francis Witts
o Likely Edward Francis Witts (1813-1886), rector of Upper Slaughter in Gloucestershire. He was also the father of George Backhouse Witts (1846–1912), a British civil engineer and… Read More