![Item #167468 THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. [together with] THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. Gilbert...](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/167468.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701075265)
In three volumes, illustrated by John Leech. Pp. xx+432+xvi+416+xviii+418, 30 hand coloured plates (10 each volume), black & white title page vignette, text illustrations and decorative initials, the title pages printed in red & black, indices; roy. 8vo; dark blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, light brown cloth boards, the..... More
[All 175 numbers, complete, from Thursday, March 12 to Thursday, October 1, 1713. In two volumes]. Pp. [xii]+348+[12](index)+[xii]+347+[13](index), title page ornaments, head and tailpiece decorations; cr. 12mo; early speckled calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title labels, the boards featuring double..... More
Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Pp. xvi+396(last colophon, blank)+4(Everyman's Library, by Ernest Rhys), title page ornament, patterned endpapers, index; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle faded; top edges brown; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly..... More
With an Introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. Pp. 12; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Warren House Press, Southrepps, Norfolk, 1969. First separate edition. *A Scottish ballad of the American Civil War; first published in 1899 in Northern Lights, William Allan's ninth collection of verse. More
Reminiscences of excursions round the base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part in early manhood. Pp. viii+80(last colophon)+[16](publisher's catalogue), decorative title and half-title pages; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the lower board a trifle marked, spine cloth faintly faded; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper..... More
Edited with an Introduction and notes by Anthony Powell. Pp. xxvi+410, notes, index; cr. 8vo; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed and chipped; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Cresset Press, London, 1949..... More
Edited by R. Brimley Johnson. With an Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. With coloured illustrations by C. E. and H. M. Brock. Complete in twelve volumes, totalling approximately 4,000 pages. All volumes with coloured frontispiece, each of the major novels also with 5 coloured plates, Volume XI [juvenilia] with 3..... More
Edited by R. Brimley Johnson. With illustrations by William Cubit Cooke and ornaments by F. C. Tilney. In ten volumes, totalling nearly 2,500 pages; frontispiece to each volume, plus another 21 plates in total (3 in Volume I and 2 in all other volumes, all plates with tissue guards), decorative..... More
In twelve volumes, totalling approximately 4,000 pages; frontispiece portrait and tissue guard Volume I, all title pages printed in red & black, appendices Volume XII; rebound in half navy morocco, the spines lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title labels, blue cloth boards;..... More
Pp. x+296, frontispiece, bibliography, index; bottom fore-corner of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, back panel lightly foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1955. First edition. *Alfred Austin is remembered as the writer of some of the worst verse..... More
Pp. xii+468(last blank)+44(publisher's catalogue, partly unopened), glossary (A list of some Dorset words with a few hints on Dorset word-shapes); cr. 8vo; dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered in gilt and decorated in black, boards a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, the spine extremities and fore-corners of boards worn..... More
Pp. 58, illustrated throughout; narrow super roy. 4to; beige papered boards, lettered and decorated in grey; uncut; within tan cloth portfolio; occasional light foxing; Old Stile Press, Llandogo, Gwent, Wales, 1998. Edition limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. *The Affectionate Shepheard was originally published anonymously in..... More
Edited, with an introduction and notes by J. St. Loe Strachey. In two volumes. Pp. xl+472+viii+520, frontispiece portraits, text decorations; f'cap. 8vo; orange/red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; dust wrappers, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with oval price-clips to backstrips, piece torn from head..... More
Edited with a memoir by Sir Edmund Gosse and decorated by The Dance of Death of Hans Holbein. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xxxvi+258(last blank)+590, frontispiece portrait (lightly offset), decorated title pages & headpieces; roy. 8vo; qr. black buckram, printed label on spines (slightly discoloured, edges a trifle chipped), patterned papered..... More
Pp. [vi]+52(last blank)+[6](notes)+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy 12mo; limp parchment secured with pigskin thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt; uncut and partly unopened; within plain card slipcase, which is slightly soiled; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928. Edition limited to 1,250 numbered copies, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper. McKitterick 54..... More
Pp. x+518+4(publisher's statement)+8(advertisements), patterned endpapers; f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges brown; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges slightly chipped and split; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1944. Reprinted. Everyman's Library No. 919. More
In three volumes. Pp. viii+316+[vi] +340(last blank)+[vi]+300(last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated September 1886), floral patterned endpapers; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, boards slightly canted, with small damp mark to upper board Volumes I & III, edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners bruised; armorial bookplate on blank preliminary leaf..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Comprising 10 tinted plates, plus 8 pages of editorial matter printed in green, including Description and Bibliographical Statement by Geoffrey Keynes; narrow med. 4to; qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, the boards a trifle sprung, spine faded to brown; uncut; within matching marbled slipcase..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [22](last colophon), comprising coloured frontispiece and facsimile title page, 4 tinted facsimile text pages (the last of which includes a coloured tailpiece illustration), one black & white plate and 8 pages of editorial matter, including Commentary and Bibliographical History by Geoffrey Keynes; wide demy 4to; qr. navy..... More
[Facsimile edition] Pp. [8](commentary by Geoffrey Keynes, last colophon), preceded by coloured frontispiece, pictorial title page, and 3 plates; med. 4to; qr. tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, the leather a trifle marked; matching marbled papered slipcase with leather fore-corner tips; book label of David Levine, Sydney..... More
[Facsimile edition]. In two different sized volumes, comprising: [Series a]: coloured frontispiece, black & white pictorial title page, and 7 coloured plates, plus 25 collotype states of all the plates, 7 colour progressive states of the frontispiece, plus a mounted guide sheet, and stencil at the end, no text; [Series..... More
Edited in three volumes by Geoffrey Keynes, totalling over 1200 pages, with frontispiece portrait volume I, plus 58 plates (one double page), text illustrations, notes, index of first lines; impl. 8vo; qr. parchment, spines lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, the spines slightly soiled, with gilt dulled and extremities lightly..... More
Pp. 380, notes; dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, top fore-corner of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, the back panel slightly soiled and silverfished; lower hinge tender, a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1936. The Life and Letters Series No. 76..... More
Essays in honour of Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Edited by Morton D. Paley and Michael Phillips. Pp. xvi+390, numerous illustrations (several full page), checklist of writings on Blake by Geoffrey Keynes, the half-title and title pages printed in red & black, index; small cr. 4to; dark green cloth, spine lettered and..... More
