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SAMUEL JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE.

[JOHNSON, Samuel]. Edited with Introduction by: WIMSATT, W.K., Jr. · 1960

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1960. Small 8vo., pp.xxxv,115,(ii), black hardcover, gilt, foxing to all edges, partial toning to free endpapers, else very good, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is foxed, with toning to spine, complete and otherwise very good.

The Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontes: SHIRLEY.

BRONTE, Charlotte. Edited by ROSENGARTEN, Herbert; SMITH, Margaret. · 1979

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.xii,835, navy cloth, gilt, five b/w plates, comprising the facsimile of one ms. page from Volume III, facsimiles of the original title pages to each volume, and a photograph of Rawfolds Mill; foxing to top edges, an...

CROSSING BOUNDARIES. Interdisciplanary Approaches to the Art, Material Culture, Language and Literature of the Early Medieval World. Essays presented to Professor Emeritus Richard N. Bailey, OBE, in honour of his eightieth birthday.

Edited by: CAMBRIDGE, Eric; HAWKES, Jacquetta. · 2017

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2017. 4to., pp.xv,299, glazed pictorial hardcover, colour and b/w illustrations; light bumping to foot of spine, light bruising to corners, else very good indeed. No dust-jacket, as issued.

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM - THE TAPESTRY COLLECTION: Medieval and Renaissance.

WINGFIELD DIGBY, George. · 1980

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1980. Oblong 8vo., pp.83, oatmeal cloth, lettering in brown and gilt, colour frontispiece, 108 b/w plates; a near-fine copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, with one small closed tear to rear upper margin, else very good indeed, and n...

THE NOVELS OF I. COMPTON-BURNETT. [Set of Nineteen Volumes] Slipcase I.: 1. Pastors and Masters (1925); 2. Brothers and Sisters (1929); 3. Men and Wives (1931); 4. More Women Than Men (1933); 5. A House and Its Head (1935). Slipcase II.: 6. Daughters and Sons (1937); 7. A Family And A Fortune (1939); 8. Parents and Children (1941); 9. Elders and Betters (1944). Slipcase III.: 10. Manservant and Maidservant (1947); 11. Two Worlds and their Ways (1949); 12. Darkness and Day (1951); 13. The Present and the Past (1953). Slipcase IV.: 14. Mother and Son (1955); 15. A Father and His Fate (1957); 16. A Heritage and its History (1959); 17. The Mighty and Their Fall (1961); 18. A God and His Gifts (1963); 19. The Last and the First (1971).

COMPTON-BURNETT, Ivy. · 1972

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1972. Limited edition of 500 sets, of which this is no.58, each volume hand-numbered to title verso, complete in nineteen volumes, 8vo., red cloth, gilt, ribbon bookmarks, top edges magenta; a fine set, in unclipped dust-jackets, which are un...

SONGS OF INNOCENCE. Reproduced In Facsimile From An Original Copy Of The Work Printed In The British Museum.

BLAKE, William. · 1926

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1926. First edition thus; 8vo., unpaginated colour facsimile, black cloth, gilt, with decorative borders in gilt, full colour facsimile plates throughout; light partial toning to endpapers, slight wear to cloth at head and foot of spine, a very good...

BEHOLD THE PAINFUL PLOUGH. Country Life in West Tilbury, Essex 1700-1850.

BINGLEY, Randal. · 2006

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Norfolk: Thurrock Unitary Council Museum Service. 2006. 8vo., pp.ix,395, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations throughout, pictorial end papers; very light marking to fore edge, overall a near fine copy, in a pictorial dust jacket with very slight rubbing to...

RIVAL JERUSALEMS: The Geography of Victorian Religion.

SNELL, K.D.M; ELL, Paul S. · 2000

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000. 8vo., pp.xvi,499, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w figures and tables; ownership autograph to front paste down endpaper, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has light shelf wear.

THE TEMPLE OF NATURE Or, The Origin of Society; A Poem With Philosophical Notes.

[DARWIN, Erasmus]. · 1973

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Menston and London: The Scolar Press Limited. 1973 Scolar Press facsimile; 8vo., pp.174,124 (Additional Notes), tan cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and one further plate; light foxing to endpapers, tiny closed tear to head of rear blank, light foxing and toning to edges otherw...

SELECTED POEMS.

FORD, Ford Madox. Edited with Preface by: BUNTING, Basil. · 1971

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Pym-Randall Press, 1971. First edition, 8vo., pp. xiii, 235, paperback; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims and edges, otherwise internally clean, light surface soiling and rubbing to wrappers, overall a very good copy.

TOLERATION, IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE.

Edited by, HORTON, John; MENDUS, Susan. · 1999

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Basingstoke, Macmillan Press, 1999. 8vo.,pp. xi,200, hardcover, gilt; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has sunning to spine.

MASTERS AND MEN. In the West Midland metalware trades before the industrial revolution.

ROWLANDS, Marie B. · 1975

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1975. 8vo.,pp. x,198, grey hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations and tables; a very good copy, in a very good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.

JOHN LOCKE: Symposium Wolfenbuttel 1979.

Edited by, BRANDT, Reinhard. · 1981

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 1981. 8vo.,pp. 234, blue hardcover, white lettering; foxing to edges of text-block, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

POPULAR ANTI-CATHOLICISM IN MID-VICTORIAN ENGLAND.

PAZ, D.G. · 1992

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1992. 8vo.,pp. 332, beige cloth, burgundy lettering; ownership autograph to front paste down endpaper, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.

THE FOUNDATIONS OF MYSTICISM: ORIGINS TO THE FIFTH CENTURY.

MCGINN, Bernard. · 1992

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, SCM Press, 1992. 8vo., pp, xxii,494, black hardcover, gilt, ownership autograph to front paste-down endpaper, boards lightly knocked to edges, otherwise a very good, clean copy in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine, and now in a clear...

PHOTOREALISM: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting.

Edited by, LETZE, Otto. With texts by, CANE, Simon; CHASE, Linda; KNOLL, Nina S; LETZE, Otto; MEISEL, Louis K; SCHNEEDE, Uwe M. · 2013

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2013. 4to.,pp. 199, pictorial wrappers, b/w and colour illustrations, colour frontispiece; a near-fine copy.

HENRY JAMES AND H.G. WELLS. A Record of their Friendship, their Debate on the Art of Fiction, and their Quarrel.

Edited with an Introduction by: EDEL, Leon; RAY, Gordon N. · 1959

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. 8vo., pp.272, cream cloth, black lettering, b/w frontispiece; light foxing to top edges, very slight bruising to upper corner of front board, a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is slightly foxed.

THE BLACK DEATH AND MEN OF LEARNING.

CAMPBELL, Anna Montgomery. · 1931

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, Columbia University Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo., pp.x,210, red cloth, gilt, publisher’s device in gilt to front board; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper and contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, internally clean, rubbi...

CRYSTAL PALACE. A Guide to the Palace & Park.

PHILLLIPS, Samuel. · 1857

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1857. Pocket 8vo., pp.197,16, pale blue pictorial paper wrappers, b/w frontispiece, folding map, two folding plans, engraved b/w illustrations accompany the text throughout; very light foxing throughout, otherwise internally clean, wrappers ligh...

IAMBLICHUS: ON THE PYTHAGOREAN LIFE. Translated Texts for Historians Volume 8.

Translated with notes and introduction by CLARK, Gillian. · 1989

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Liverpool Liverpool University Press 1989. 8vo., pp. xxi,122, paperback, b/w map; from the library of Gordon Leff, with ownership inscription to front wrapper verso, light sunning to spine, o/w a near fine copy.