Biografia

The Brownings, a biography compiled from contemporary sources

Joanna Richardson · 1986 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

The Folio Society, London, 1986. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Slight sunning of slip-case adjacent to opening. First printing in this edition. Clean sound slip-case, fresh illustrated covers, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers. Slip case as oppose...

Columbus on Himself

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto · 1992 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Folio Society, London, 1992. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Clean sound slip-case, fresh illustrated covers, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contains colour and black and white plates. Slip case as opposed to dust-jacket. Quantity Available...

Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty Caroline

Joseph Nightingale, edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert · 1978 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Folio Society, London, 1978. Revised Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Clean sound slip-case, fresh covers, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contains black and white illustrations...

Companionable Books

Henry Van Dyke. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong · 1922 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.97 | ¥17,720)

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1922. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed and signed by author on front end-paper "To my faithful secretary Agnes Rix, Henry van Dyke,Oct. 6, 1922. Avalon & Sylvanora". Van Dyke was the...

A Translation of the Passages From Greek, Latin, Italian, and French Writers, Quoted in the Prefaces and Notes to the Pursuits of Literature, a Poem in Four Dialogues & Epistle; Chalmeriana; Prose on Various Occasions

not given (Thomas James Mathias); Goeorge Chalmers, arranged and printed by Mr Owen Junior assisted by Mr Jasper Hargrave · 1798 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

T Becket; T Hurst, London, 1798. First Edition, Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Three works bound together in marbled end-papers but is missing covers and spine. Binding of the text-block is sound and pages are clean. The works consist of: "A Translation of the Passa...

Gide, a collection of Critical Essays

ed. David Littlejohn · 1970 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1970. Reprint, Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Covers are rubbed at edges, sound binding, lightly pencilled underlining and marginal notes at pages 93-111 (essay by Loring D Knecht). No dust jacket, as published. Previous owner's name...

I Henry VI, Oxford Shakespeare Concordances - a Concordance to the Text of the First Folio

Edited by Dr T H Howard-Hill · 1970 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Unclipped dust-jacket is rubbed, clean dark blue covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ...

Selections From Matthew Arnold's Prose

D C Somervell, Matthew Arnold · 1924 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Methuen & Co. Ltd. London, 1924. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean dark green covers with gilt lettering aon spine and blind lettering on the front, sound binding, slightly darkened end-papers, clean pages. Publisher's catalogue at rear. xxii,...

The Scots Literary Tradition, An Essay in Criticism

John Speirs · 1940 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Chatto & Windus, London, 1940. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Clean unclipped dust-jacket with dark red lettering is s;ightly darkened, clean pale blue covers with dark red lettering on the spine, sound binding, previous owner's name amd small Foyles ...

Studies of Some of Longfellow's Poems

Frank Walters · 1892 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Sunday School Association, London, 1892. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Firm blue covers with black lettering and decoration, sound binding, foxing to end-papers, clean pages, blind printed previous owner's name of title-page. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Wei...

A Short Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Literature. Everyman

R Farquharson Sharp · 1933 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

J M Dent and Sons Ltd; E P Dutton & Co. Inc. London & Toronto; New York, 1933. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Fresh covers, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of ...

Evenings with a Reviewer or Macaulay and Bacon, Vol. II only

James Spedding, prefatory notice by G S Venables · 1881 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Kegan Paul, Trench & Co Ltd, London, 1881. First Edition, Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Missing spine cover, brown covers with wear at edges. cracks on inner hinges, labels for Pallas Athene Lodge No. 987 at front, wrinkled front end-paper with corner missing, prev...

Baconian Essays

E W Smithson, introduction and two essays by Sir George Greenwood · 1922 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Cecil Palmer, London, 1922. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Purple covers with faded spine and edges, darkened paper spine-label, bumped spine-ends and corners, clean uncut (untrimmed) pages. Presentation plate on inside of front cover to the the ...

The History of Early English Literature, Being the History of English Poetry from the Beginnings to the Accession of King Aelfred (Alfred) In Two Volumes (complete)

Stofford A Brooke · 1892 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

MacMillan and Co Limited, London, 1892. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ex-library copies rebound in clean fresh blue covers with gilt lettering on the spine and strengthened inner hinges, various stamps at the front and on the prelims, pages are ...

Chaucer the Maker

John Spiers · 1960 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1960. Reprint, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean covers with gilt lettering on the spine, lightly bumped spine-ends, paper is split over front inner hinge but binding is sound. Previous owner's name at the front, library stamp ...

Bacon versus Shakespeare, Who Wrote the Plays?

George Seibel · 1919 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Lessing Company, Pittsburgh, 1919. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark green covers with gilt lettering are rubbed adjacent to the upper edge and at corners, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1...

The Literary Criticism of John Stuart Mill

F Parvin Sharpless · 1967 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Mouton & Co . N.V., The Hague, 1967. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Rear of dust-jacket has light wear. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Light shelf-wear on upper ...

What is Shakespeare? An Introduction to the Great Plays

L A Sherman · 1902 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

The MacMillan Company, New York and London, 1902. First Edition, Hardcover. Dark green covers with gilt lettering on spine are lightly marked and with bumped spine-ends and corners. Sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. P...

A Pioneer, In Memory of Delia Bacon, February 2nd 1811 to September 2nd 1859

Martin Pares · 1959 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Francis Bacon Society Inc.; Rydal Press, London; Keighley, 1959. Second Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Sunned and lightly marked pink dust-jacket with plain spine, fresh dark blue covers with gilt lettering, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers. Quanti...

A Charlotte Bronte Anthology

J C Wright · 1921 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Whitefriars Press Ltd, Tonbridge, 1921. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark green card covers with red lettering on front are slightly darkened at spine edges. Plain spine with shelf-wear at spine-ends. Sound binding. Clean pages with light foxin...