Search Results: Titles starting with A from Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers

Glasguae [Glasgow]: in aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1760. 4to, pp. [ii], xii, 307, [i]. Half-title. Small hole to centre of A4 affecting a couple of words, paper flaw to Q4 resulting in shorter fore-edge margin. Deep red morocco, spine heavily gilt with black morocco label, ornate gilt border to boards, edges dark blue, marbled endpapers. A bit rubbed, joints and endcaps neatly repaired, corners worn, upper hinge repaired, but very good overall. Armorial bookplate of William Scott Kerr of Chatto to front paste-down, and gift inscription to blank endpaper: 'To William Kerr, from his friend James Hope, Edinb. 25th Oct 1823'. The luxurious 'large-paper' quarto imposition - using the same setting of text as the octavo, and therefore capaciously-margined - of the fourth Foulis edition of Horace, following on from the 1744 'Immaculate' edition and reprints of 1750 and 1756 (the latter a medal-winning printing). The process of rearranging the frames has… Read More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. 211. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new.

Antverpiæ [Antwerp]: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605; 1602; 1602; 1605; 1604; 1604. 6 parts in 1 vol. 4to., pp.223, [ix]; 366, [ii] + 1 folding plate; xxix, [vii]; [ii], 219, [iv]; 55, [i], [ii], 59-77, [vii] + 2 folding plates; 136, [iv] + 4 double-page plates. Many further illustrations in the text, engraved printer's devices. Occasional toning, some faint staining, tiny burn hole to leaf d4 Amiranda. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, overlapping fore-edges, edges sprinkled red. Vellum a little grubby, a few spots, but very good. Lipsius's (1547-1606) Opera Militaria, comprising six essays on Roman military power with plates depicting armaments, machinery, fortresses, gladiators and amphitheatres. First published in 1595 (Antwerp: Plantijn-Moretus).

Oxonii [Oxford], e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1678. First edition. Folio, pp. [xl] 219 [i] [xii] + 7 engraved plates (no.XII bound upside down), of which five are of coins. 2 further engravings (half-page) in text. Anglo-Saxon, Black Letter, Roman and Italic text. Engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on title-page, engraved royal arms at head of dedication (to Charles II). A few marginal pencil marks. Gathering K toned. Contemporary speckled calf, possibly later gilt title and rules to spine, marbled edges. Joints worn and just starting at head, head cap worn, still very good. Armorial bookplate of Gaddesden Library to front pastedown, and 'Gaddesden Park' pencilled to ffep. First edition of this life of Alfred the Great by the author and Royalist Sir John Spelman (1594-1643). It is believed to have been translated from the original English by Christopher Wase (1627-1690), the head of the Oxford university press, and edited by Obadiah Walker (1616-1699), the Master of University College… Read More

Stroud, Glos.: Tempus, 2002. Large 8vo., pp. 160 + colour plates. Maps and illustrations to text. Paperback, front cover illustrated. Light shelf-wear, corners only slightly creased, still very good. In the publisher's series: The Kings & Queens of Medieval England.

London: Macmillan, 2004. First edition. 8vo., pp. xviv, 330 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: brown cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, very good.

London: Hutchinson &Co., 1971. First edition. 4to. (304 x 219mm), pp. 306. Hardback: black cloth, top edge red, edges lightly dusted. Dust-jacket, front flap price clipped, light shelf wear. A very good copy.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Cornelium Boutesteyn, 1708. 4to., pp.[viii], 782, [x]. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device. Woodcut initials and end-pieces. Divisional title page for 'De regimine Scoticanæ ecclesiæ'. Inkstamps to preliminary blanks (edges tattered) and to p. 17. Occasional light spotting. A little faint dampstaining to gutter up to about p.50, a few tiny scorch marks. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, plain frames and borders, blind embossed centrepieces, edges sprinkled red. Spine a bit darkened, a few scratches, very good. To ffep, preliminary blank and margin of p.17 an inkstamp reading: From the Library of Rev. Owen Thomas, D.D., Liverpool. Purchased and Present by Mr William Thomas, Bootle, Liverpool. The Theological College, Bala. December 1891. First published in 1621 in Amsterdam as 'The altar of Damascus or the patern of the English hierarchie, and Church policie obtruded upon the Church of Scotland', the… Read More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017. First edition. 8vo., pp. xii, 293, [ii]. Map and illustrations. Hardback: buff cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Cambridge University Press, 1895. First edition, (second impression?). 8vo, pp. xii, 139 + 8 plates at rear. Original blue publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered & stamped. Endcaps starting to fray, corners slightly bumped, boards a little marked, a bit of slackening between gatherings at gutters but binding still very sound, a little toning to pages but foxing mainly confined to endpapers. No dust-jacket. Still an excellent reading copy. There are copies, not discernably different, dated 1894.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. 8vo., pp. 222. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges dusted, very good. Dust-jacket, 1.8cm closed tear to bottom edge of front cover, 0.5cm and 0.3cm closed tears to fore-edge of front cover, shelf wear, still good.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. First edition. 8vo., pp. xi, 282. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new.

Londini [London]: Impensis Richardi Chiswel ad Insigne Rosae Coronatae [...], 1691. 2 vols., folio, pp. lviii, [ii] 805, [xi]; [viii], xxxiv, [ii] 706, [ii]. Half-title to each volume with arms of Archbishop of Canterbury to verso in vol. I., title pages in red and black with engraved printer's device, woodcut initials, vol.I with addenda and emendata at rear, vol.II with publisher's catalogue at rear. Some annotations, mostly numbering and underlining, in an old hand. Vol.I: a little toned with pp.371-4 very toned, head margin a bit dusty, sporadic foxing occasionally heavy, two small closed tears at half-title gutter, a few leaves with paper flaws at fore-edge causing some creasing and short closed tears, occasional tiny scorch marks. Vol.II: a little toned with a few pages eg. pp.1-8 very toned, sporadic foxing and occasional light ink spots. Contemporary Cambridge-panelled brown calf, rebacked with raised bands and green title labels and orange-red volume labels, edges sprinkled red.… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 2002. First edition. 8vo., pp. x, 393. Cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated, corners slightly bumped, edges lightly dusted, small remainder mark to top edge. Dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, some shelf wear. Overall, very good.

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2014. 8vo., pp. 156. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 453 in the Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies and Volume 7 in The French of England Translation ACMRS series.

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2009. 8vo., pp. 191. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1967. 8vo, pp. x, 484. A very good copy. Blue cloth, title gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, head and foot of spine a bit worn, flap folds repaired, a bit faded, modern ownership label to front pastedown, but still good. Second edition; first published in 1947.

Oxford: Clarendon Press (for Sandpiper Books), 2000. First edition thus. 8vo., pp. ix, 558. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered. Dust-jacket. Unread: other than a hint of shelf-wear to edges of dust-jacket, as new.

Manchester University Press, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. xx, 806. Hardback: laminated boards. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. In the series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

Londini: impensis M. Atkins in Coemeterio D. Pauli, 1709. 4to., pp. [ii], x, viii, 151, [xvii] + folding map + 2 further plates. Many illustrations in the text, errata and Atkin's catalogue at rear. Some odd leaves (eg. I3) a bit toned, old repair to title-page possibly where a name has been cut out, closed tear to map repaired with dots of glue. Contemporary dark brown speckled calf blind-tooled boards, recently rebacked with red label and a monogram (possibly FAB) at tail of spine, edges sprinkled red, hinges repaired. A few small scuffs, small patch repair to leather near bottom edge, corners repaired, endpapers a bit foxed, still very good. Armorial bookplate with the motto 'Manners Maketh Man' to front paste-down. 'M. Clarke, Stockton' inked in an old hand, and a pencilled signature with the surname Bennet, both to ffep. The British section of The Antonine Itinerary, with commentary by Thomas Gale. ESTC T90299; Lowndes 54.