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| to select author names starting with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z back to page 1 of full catalog (starting with NO authornames) | This selection contains 137 title(s) on 6 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| [GIBSON (J.)] The Bibliography of Robert Burns, with Biographical and Bibliographical Notes, and Sketches of Burns Clubs, Monuments and Statues. Printed by James M'Kie, Kilmarnock. 1881. First Edition, one of 600 numbered copies signed by the printer, orig. boards, upper cover detached, uncut. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.5 US$ 46.65 | JP 4150] Book number: 9397 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| [SHORT (C.)] Dramas for the use of Young Ladies. Printed by Swinney & Walker, Birmingham. 1792. First Edition, 12mo, [2],178,[2]pp., engraved title vignette (offset onto free-endpaper), presentation inscription to endpapers and title page, with a minute ink stamp to title and final leaf “SS Vijin” (presumably from a ship’s library), cont. half calf, re-backed, marbled sides, corners rubbed. Consisting of two plays ‘The Fortunate Disappointment’ and ‘Domestic Woe’, written by Miss C. Short for a Society of Young Ladies. With a final leaf of gratitude to the authors poetical Friend, Miss Seward [Anna Seward], for her help. “These little Drama’s were written for a Society of Young Ladies, in whose welfare and improvement I am warmly interested; and as they have proved beneficial to this small circle, in promoting the habit of speaking with grace and propriety, I conceived they might be useful to others in similar situations, and therefore determined to present them to the public”. —Preface. GBP 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 442.5 US$ 658.07 | JP 58538] Book number: 26621 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| [BACON (FRANCIS)] The Essayes or Councels, Civill and Morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St.Alban. Printed by John Haviland. 1632. Small 4to, [vi],340,[42]pp., lacking initial and final blank leaves, A4 laid-down, lower corner of first seven leaves repaired (without loss of text), a couple of other leaves with minor repairs, with Henry Yates Thompson’s notes on front endpaper (see below), book label of Fanny Strutt on the front pastedown, later full calf by R. Riley with red ribbon ties, morocco label to spine. “N.B. The first edition of Bacon’s Essays dated 1597 is a diminutive volume in 12mo, & contains only ten essays, with a Dedication to “M. Anthony Bacon, his deare brother”. Of this edition there were several re-impressions. In 1612 when Bacon was solicitor-general he issued an enlarged volume in small 8vo containing 38 essays. This was reprinted in 1613, 1614, 1618 all in 8vo & there were also editions in 4to in 1622, 1623 & 1624. In his retirement after his fall Bacon again revised and augmented his essays and in 1625 he published the augmented edition, of which the present is a copy, having been re-printed from the same types in 1632. In a letter to the French Ambassador which he sent with a copy of this edition he writes:- “Cest un Recompilement de mes Essayes morales et civiles; mais tellement enlargies et enrichies, taut de nombre que de poid, que c’est de fait un ocuvre nouveau.” Bacon died in 1626. HYT. 3 Ap. 1891”. Gibson, 16. GBP 475.00 [Appr.: EURO 532.25 US$ 791.35 | JP 70394] Book number: 26802 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| [HAMMOND (WILLIAM)] Poems. By W.H. [T. Bensley, Printer]. [1816]. Small 4to, 96pp., one of 40 copies, the title-page is a reproduction of the original “Poems. By W.H. London: Printed for Thomas Dring... 1655”, engraved title vignette, orig. boards with vellum spine and corners. One of Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges reprints of the Lesser Caroline Poets. “...an interesting little volume reprinted in 1816 by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges. Several poems are addressed to Thomas Stanley, whose mother was a sister of William Hammond, and there is an elegy ‘On the Death of my much honoured Uncle, Mr. G. Sandys.’ The original edition is scarce, and Brydges’s reprint was limited to forty copies.”—DNB. GBP 345.00 [Appr.: EURO 386.5 US$ 574.77 | JP 51128] Book number: 24339 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| [HOLLINGSWORTH (NATHANIEL JOHN)] The Scorpion Critic Unmasked; or, Animadversions on a Pretended Review of “Fleurs, a Poem, in Four Books,” which Appeared in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, for June, 1821. In a Letter to a Friend. Printed by Edward Walker, Newcastle. 1821. First Edition, 48pp., disbound. Scorpion critic identified as Mr. L- [i.e. John Gibson Lockhart?]. Lockhart took over Blackwood’s in 1817 and was known for lampooning contemporary authors. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 84.25 US$ 124.95 | JP 11115] Book number: 25920 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ABBOTT (WILBUR CORTEZ) A Bibliography of Oliver Cromwell. A List of Printed Materials Relating to Oliver Cromwell, Together with a List of Portraits and Caricatures. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. 1929. First Edition, xxviii,540pp., frontis., 1 plate, orig. cloth, slightly faded otherwise a nice copy. 3,520 Items described. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP 4446] Book number: 21412 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ALLISON (A.F.): Four Metaphysical Poets. George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell; A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Early Editions of their Poetry and Prose (to the end of the 17th century). Folkestone. 1973. First Edition, 71 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 36 US$ 53.31 | JP 4742] Book number: 428 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ALLISON (A.F.) Robert Greene 1558-1592. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Early Editions in English (to 1640). Dawson. 1975. First Edition, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 13565 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ALLISON (A.F.) Thomas Lodge 1558-1625. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Early Editions (To the End of the 17th Century). Dawsons of Pall Mall. 1973. First Edition, 60 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 13580 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| ALLISON (A.F.) Thomas Lodge 1558-1625. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Early Editions (To the End of the 17th Century). Dawsons. 1973. First Edition, 60 title page facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 17038 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BATESON (F.W.) EDITOR. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press. 1940-57. 4 Vols., with the bookplate of Ellic Howe in each volume, orig. cloth. GBP 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.25 US$ 69.97 | JP 6224] Book number: 19606 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BEATTIE (JAMES) The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: and other Poems. Printed for John Shape. 1819. Small 8vo, half-title, additional engraved title, 176pp., 5 engravings, cont. blind-stamped calf, hinges slightly cracked, head and foot on spine chipped, red leather labels, spine gilt. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 22910 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BLOCK (ANDREW) Sir J.M. Barrie. His First Editions: Points and Values. W. & G. Foyle Ltd. 1933. First Edition, one of 500 copies, slight spotting to text, orig. cloth. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP 4446] Book number: 13618 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| TODD (WILLIAM) & BOWDEN (ANN) Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1796-1832. Oak Knoll, New Castle. 1998. Large 8vo, 1,092pp., orig. cloth. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 108.29 | JP 9633] Book number: 13873 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BROAD (C. LEWIS & VIOLET M.) Dictionary of the Plays and Novels of Bernard Shaw: with Bibliography of his Works and of the Literature Concerning him. With a Record of the Principal Shavian Plays Productions. A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1929. First Edition, frontis., orig. cloth. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP 3705] Book number: 13657 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BROAD (C. LEWIS & VIOLET M.): Dictionary of the Plays and Novels of Bernard Shaw: with Bibliography of his Works and of the Literature Concerning him. With a Record of the Principal Shavian Plays Productions. A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1929. First Edition, frontis., ex-library, library buckram. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP 1778] Book number: 827 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAGGS BROS. English Literature & Printing from the 15th to the 18th Century. Part I (A-L) [-Part II (M-Z)]. Catalogue No. 461 and 462. Maggs Bros. 1925. 2 Vols., in one, frontispieces, 88 plates, orig. wrappers bound-in, buckram-backed boards, 1,948 items. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP 2964] Book number: 14116 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAGGS BROS.: English Literature (Manuscripts and Printed Books), 14th to the 18th Centuries. Catalogue No. 446. Maggs Bros. 1924. Frontis., 60 plates, orig. printed wrappers bound in, cloth. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP 2223] Book number: 933 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAGGS BROS.: English Literature (Manuscripts and Printed Books), 14th to the 18th Centuries. Catalogue No. 446. Maggs Bros. 1924. Frontis., 60 plates, cloth, 2,436 items. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 | JP 2371] Book number: 637 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAGGS BROS.: English Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries... Catalogue 443 & 444. Maggs Bros. 1923. 2 Vols., in one, illustrs., orig. printed wrappers bound in, cloth, spine gilt, 3,497 items. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 | JP 2371] Book number: 838 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAGGS BROS.: The Growth and Development of the Novel from Antiquity to the Present Day. Catalogue 621. Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1936. Frontis., numerous plates and facsimiles throughout, orig. printed wrappers, 684 items. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP 2964] Book number: 569 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| MAGGS BROS.: John Milton. A Catalogue of Works by or Relating to John Milton, Largely Comprising the Library of the Well-Known Milton Scolar, the late Prof. Hugh C.H. Candy. Catalogue No. 620. Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1936. Frontis., 8 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers, 321 items. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 | JP 2371] Book number: 561 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BROWN (ANTHONY W.) Boswellian Studies: A Bibliography. Edinburgh University Press. 1991. First Edition, orig. cloth. This bibliography covers all the well-known works relating to James Boswell, including editions of his Life of Johnson, as well as less familiar works. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP 4446] Book number: 13840 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BUSH (DOUGLAS): English Literature in the Earlier Seventeenth Century 1600-1660. Oxford University Press. 1946. viii,621pp., orig. cloth. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP 1482] Book number: 443 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| BYRON. Bibliographical Catalogue of First Editions, Proof Copies and Manuscripts of Books by Lord Byron. Exhibited at the Fourth Exhibition Held by the First Edition Club, January 1925. Printed for the First Edition Club by the Curwen Press. 1925. 4to, one of 500 number copies, facsimiles, orig. buckram, uncut, t.e.g. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 | JP 5187] Book number: 22385 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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