Literature
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# 29073
HOWE, Robert (1795-1829) (printer and publisher); MANSFIELD, Ralph (1799-1880) (editor)
The Australian Magazine; or, Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Miscellaneous Intelligence. Volume 1. For 1821.
Sydney : Printed by Robert Howe, Government Printer, 1821. Volume 1, Number 1, May 1 1821, to Volume 1, Number 8, December 1, 1821 (i.e. the first eight issues). Octavo (190 x 125 mm), contemporary half calf over pink papered boards (heavily rubbed, with some surface loss), spine with contrasting red morocco title label lettered in …
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# 46388
TASSO, Torquato [1544 - 1595]
Jerusalem delivered : an heroic poem (large paper edition)
Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoyle. London : printed by T. Bentley for J. Johnson [and others], 1803. Eighth edition. Two volumes, octavo, finely bound in full straight grained red Morocco, elaborate gilt tooled floral borders, spines in compartments with raised bands, lettered and tooled in gilt (slightly faded), edges a …
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# 42472
Van Gulik, Robert (1910-1967)
The given day : an Amsterdam mystery.
Kuala Lumpur : Art Printing Works, 1964. First edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers (canted, lightly marked, glue marks to gutters of endpapers); pp. 132, with illustrations by the author; a very good copy (without the production fault found in other copies on pp.21-30). Robert van Gulik (1910-1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician, and writer. He …
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# 46667
THOMPSON, Francis
Shelley
With an introduction by the Rt. Hobble. George Wyndham. London : Burne & Oates, 1909. Octavo, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf with their binder’s stamp in half crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt with ornamentation, edges faintly rubbed, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, pp. 91, …
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# 46668
GRAY, Thomas (1716 - 1771)
Poems and letters
London : Chiswick Press, 1879. Quarto, full polished calf by Riviere and Sons, with their binder’s stamp, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled and ornamented in gilt, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, light edge rubbing and a few small stamps, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, foxing to preliminaries, pp. xvi; …
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# 46386
AUSTEN, Jane (1775 - 1817)
Mansfield Park
With an introduction by Austin Dobson. London : Macmillan and Co., 1929. Octavo, decorated leather, lettered in gilt light wear to head and foot of spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, pp. xviii; 429, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, clean internally, a very good copy. A desirable Thomson illustrated edition of one of Jane Austen’s most …
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# 46379
AUSTEN, Jane (1775 - 1817)
The Novels of Jane Austen (in ten volumes)
Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson. London : J. M. Dent, 1893. Third edition (of this collected set of Austen’s novels). Ten volumes, octavo, attractively bound in the publisher’s original pale green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, photogravure frontispieces, ornamental decorated title pages, pagination various, some light and minimal handling …
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# 45923
VOGEL, Julius, Sir (1835-1899)
Anno Domini 2000 : or, Woman’s destiny. (First edition, colonial issue)
/ by Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G. London : Hutchinson and Co., 1889. “Colonial edition”. Octavo (195 x 130 mm), publisher’s gilt-lettered pictorial grey cloth (boards rubbed and lightly marked, corners bumped; spine sunned and marked, frayed at ends); frontispiece portrait of the author, pp. viii, [1]-331, [4 publisher’s advertisements]; newspaper cutting to verso of front endpaper …
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# 46364
HUBBARD, Elbert Green and HUBBARD, Alice Moore
Justinian and Theodora : drama, being a chapter of history and the one gleam of light during the Dark Ages
East Aurora, N.Y. : Roycroft Press, 1906. Octavo, finely bound in half mauve crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, pp. 107; (2), decorated title page, head and tail pieces, the deluxe edition limited to 106 copies printed …
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# 46111
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)
The Works of Charles Dickens. The Pocket Volume Edition.
London : Chapman and Hall, 1880. Thirty volumes bound in fifteen, small octavo (150 x 105 mm); contemporary uniform bindings of half navy calf over marbled papered boards (very lightly rubbed), spines in compartments with gilt decoration and contrasting red and brown leather title-pieces lettered in gilt (gleaming and bright); marbled edges and endpapers; bindings …
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# 46340
RICHARDS, William C.
The apostle of Burma : a missionary epic in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Adoniram Judson [Prospectus]
Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1889. Octavo, self-wrappers, pp. 16, cover illustration, portrait frontispiece, includes a preface, two pages sample from the poem, letters to the publisher. Uncommon prospectus for the book.
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# 46412
WELLS, Charles (1838-1917)
The literature of the Turks. A Turkish chrestomathy, consisting of extracts in Turkish from the best Turkish authors (historians, novelists, dramatists, &c.), with interlinear and free translations in English, biographical and grammatical notes, and facsimiles of ms. letters and documents.
London : Bernard Quaritch, 1891. First edition. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked red cloth, spine lettered in gilt (slightly sun-faded); front pastedown with ex libris of [Lt. Colonel Victor] de Guinzbourg, pp. xix, 275, 4; texts in Turkish in Perso-Arabic script, with parallel translations and editorial notes in English; binding firm, clean throughout, …
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# 46411
READE, Charles (1814-1884)
‘It is never too late to mend.’ A matter of fact romance.
/ by Charles Reade. New Edition. London : Richard Bentley, 1857. Second edition. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), contemporary gilt-ruled half black calf over marbled papered boards (heavily rubbed), spine in compartments decorated in gilt and with contrasting leather title piece lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers, early ownership inscription to dedication page; pp. 274, with several …
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# 46384
AUSTEN, Jane (1775 - 1817)
Emma
With an introduction by Austin Dobson. London : Macmillan and Co., 1904. Octavo, decorated cloth, lettered in gilt light wear to head and foot of spine, all edges gilt, pp. xviii; 437; [blank]; (6 – catalogue), illustrated by Hugh Thomson, a few spots of foxing to preliminaries, otherwise clean internally, a very good copy. A …
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# 46550
KNIGHT, Charles
A history of England
London : Bradbury, Evans & Co., circa 1860. Eight volumes, octavo, finely bound in half calf over marbled papered boards (edges a little rubbed), spines in compartments with raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling and contrasting morocco title labels with gilt lettering (spines a little scuffed at heads); marbled edges and endpapers; various paginations, with numerous engraved plates …
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# 41732
WRIGGLESWORTH & BINNS
Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 116 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Wrigglesworth & Binns, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand’, and contemporary inscription in ink ‘Oct. 17th 1881’; both the print and mount are in fine condition.