[CLARKSON (Benjamin)]

The Battle of Newland, an Historical Ballad. In Four Parts.

London: [s.n.], 1790. First and only edition, 12mo, [2], 45, [1]pp., with half-title, some minor spotting, orig. marbled paper wrappers, cont. manuscript notation of title and author on upper cover "The Battle of Newland 1790, By Benjn. Clarkson, Alverthorpe Hall". ESTC fails to attribute this to an any particular author, however, the contemporary inscription on the upper cover does give strong evidence to Benjamin Clarkson as being the writer of these poems. Benjamin Clarkson (d. 1820), a Wakefield attorney, resided at Alverthorpe Hall. "Several well known circumstances which happened some years ago in the town and neighbourhood of Wakefield, gave rise to the following Ballad". (Advertisement leaf). Rare; ESTC locating 4 copies (all in the UK).

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Book number: 30382

Keywords: POETRY YORKSHIRE BALLAD YORKSHIRE WAKEFIELD ALVERTHORPE HALL

[CROCKER (John Wilson)]

The Battles of Talavera. A Poem.

London: Printed for John Murray, 1809. Second edition, [ii], 39, [1]pp., recent marbled boards. A heroic poem about the bloody but inconclusive battle at Talavera, southwest of Madrid (July 27-28, 1809), in which a combined British-Spanish force under Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) forced the French army of King Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, to withdraw from field. The author, John Wilson Croker, was a high-Tory politician and man of letters, one of the founders of the legendary Quarterly Review and for nearly thirty years its primary contributor. Wellington himself singled out this poem for praise. Surprisingly uncommon: we find no copy of the first or this second edition, Copac locates the third and later editions only.

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Book number: 27383

Keywords: IRELAND ENGLISH LITERATURE POETRY MILITARY BATTLE OF TALAVERA DUKE OF WELLINGTON BONAPARTE

[CROCKER (John Wilson)]

The Battles of Talavera. A Poem.

London: Printed by Harding & Wright, for John Murray, 1810. Eight edition, with some additions, 8vo (205 x 125mm), [4], 43, [1]pp., title page with presentation inscription from the author to Sir Francis Freeling, cont. short note on the authorship of the book on front-free endpaper, some foxing and browning throughout, cont. blue full morocco, lightly rubbed but a very nice copy. A heroic poem about the bloody but inconclusive battle at Talavera, southwest of Madrid (July 27-28, 1809), in which a combined British-Spanish force under Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) forced the French army of King Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, to withdraw from field. The author, John Wilson Croker, was a high-Tory politician and man of letters, one of the founders of the legendary Quarterly Review and for nearly thirty years its primary contributor. Wellington himself singled out this poem for praise. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Freeling; small book label of Alan G. Thomas.

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Book number: 35453

Keywords: IRELAND ENGLISH LITERATURE POETRY MILITARY BATTLE OF TALAVERA DUKE OF WELLINGTON BONAPARTE

[SHEPHERD (W.R.)], Editor.

The Benedictines of Caldey Island (formerly of Painsthorpe, York) containing the history, purpose, method, and summary of the Rule of the Benedictines of the Isle of Caldey, S. Wales.

Published at the Abbey, Isle of Caldey, S. Wales, 1907. 8vo (230 x 145 mm, xvi, 111, [1]pp., folding map of Caldey Island, 21 plates, orig. cloth, gilt, t.e.g., gilt wrappers bound in, a nice copy.

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Book number: 32005

Keywords: Topography Wales The Benedictines of Caldey Island (formerly of Painsthorpe, York) containing the history, purpose, method, and summary of the Rule of the Benedictines of the Isle of Caldey, S. Wales.

[FUSI (Francesco)]

Bibliografia od Elenco Ragionato delle Opere Contenute nella Collezione de' Classici Italiani.

Milan: Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1814. vii, [1], 260pp., armorial bookplate for Shirley of Shirley with motto "Deo Gratias", some light foxing, cont. calf calf, lacks spine. A detailed bibliography of the editions of Italian literature found useful for the publication of the series Classici Italiani. Many of the entries contain annotations and useful collations. Petzholdt p. 356.

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Book number: 19323

Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY ITALIAN BOOKS ITALY ANTIQUARIAN

[FRENCH (Gilbert J.) Editor.]

Bibliographical Notices of the Church Libraries at Turton and Gorton, Bequeathed by Humphrey Chetham.

Printed for the Chetham Society. 1855. First Edition, 4to, [vi],199,[1]pp., Graham Pollard's copy with his bookplate, facsimiles, orig. cloth. A catalogue (with a facsimile of each title-page) of the chained libraries deposited in the Church of St. Ann, Turton & Chapel of St. Thomas, Gorton.

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Book number: 26275

Keywords: CHAINED LIBRARIES BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS TURTON GORTON MANCHESTER LIBRARY CATALOGUES

[FRENCH (Gilbert J.) Editor.]

Bibliographical Notices of the Church Libraries at Turton and Gorton, Bequeathed by Humphrey Chetham.

Manchester: Printed for the Chetham Society, 1855. First edition, 4to, [vi], 199, [1]pp., numerous facsimile title-pages, orig. orange blind-stamped cloth, a nice copy. A catalogue (with a facsimile of each title-page) of the chained libraries deposited in the Church of St. Ann, Turton & Chapel of St. Thomas, Gorton.

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Book number: 38875

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[BAUDRIER (Henri)]

Bibliographie Lyonnaise au XVe Siecle.

Lyon: Imprimerie Pitrat Aine, 1881. First edition, large 8vo, 13, [1]pp., presentation inscription to head of title-page, orig. printed wrappers. [A review of "Origines de l'imprimerie d'Alby en Languedoc," etc., by A. Claudin. Signed: H. B., i.e. H. Baudrier. Extracted from the "Revue Lyonnaise."]

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Book number: 38896

Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY

[SHEPHERD (Richard Herne)]

The Bibliography of Swinburne. A Bibliographical List Arranged in Chronological Order of the Published Writings in Verse and Prose of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1857-1887).

George Redway. 1884. vi,42pp., one of 250 numbered copies, loose, lacks wrappers.

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Book number: 19452

Keywords: ANTIQUARIAN

[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.

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Book number: 9397

Keywords: ENGLISH LITERATURE ANTIQUARIAN

[EDMOND (J.P.) Compiler]

Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Catalogue of English Broadsides 1505-1897.

New York: Burt Franklin, (Reprint of the 1898 Edition) 1968. Large 8vo, xl, 526pp., orig. cloth. 1,814 Items described.

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Book number: 29149

Keywords: BROADSIDES BIBLIOGRAPHY

[EDMOND (J.P.) Compiler]

Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Catalogue of English Broadsides 1505-1897.

New York: Burt Franklin, (Reprint of the 1898 Edition) 1968. Large 8vo, xl, 526pp., orig. cloth. 1,814 Items described.

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Book number: 31558

Keywords: BROADSIDES BIBLIOGRAPHY

[JOOST (Siegfried)]

Bibliotheca Docet. Festgabe für Carl Wehmer.

Amsterdam: Erasmus, 1963. First edition, 4to, 411pp., a very good ex-library copy, illustrs., orig. cloth.

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Book number: 32354

Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS

[PARIS DE MEYZIEU].

Bibliotheca Parisiana. A Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Formed by a Gentleman in France, not less Conspicuous for his Taste in Distinguishing, than for his Zeal in Acquiring, whatever, of this kind, was most Perfect, Curious, or Scarce. It includes... Books Magnificently Printed on Vellum, with Illuminated Paintings; Manuscripts on Vellum, Embellished with Rich Miniatures... They will be Sold by Auction, in London, on Monday the 26th of March, 1791, and the Five Days Following.

London: [J. Edwards]. 1791. 8vo (195 x 125 mm), viii, 164pp., with half-title, original pink boards, rubbed, spine rather chipped, but still a nice uncut copy. First issue of the title page with the 26th instead of the 28th of March as the first day of the sale. An interesting sale of mysterious ownership put together by James Edwards who had already brought the Pinelli books from Venice for sale in London. The additions came from the library of Cardinal de Brienne and from Italy. The sale also contained Aldines which never existed. Renouard in his Annales de Alde suggested that Edwards had purchased these books in Italy and had used the Italian booksellers notes to catalogue them without having seen them personally. The deception created five fictitious Aldines (lot 18, 171, 206, 223 and 526). De Ricci, p. 89; Munby and Coral, p. 90, Arthur Rau, Bibliotheca Parisiana in 'The Book Collector', Autumn, 1969.

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Book number: 37312

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[LOWTH (Rev. Robert)]

Billesdon Coplow Hunt. Monday, February 24th. 1800.

[S.n.] [c. 1810]. Drop-head title, 8pp., small closed tear to lower margins, disbound. The Rev. Robert Lowth was a keen huntsman, it was while visiting Melton Mowbray and out with the Quorn Hunt, when he was an eyewitness to the celebrated run from Billesdon Coplow which he describes in this poem.

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Book number: 26626

Keywords: POETRY FOX HUNTING MELTON MOWBRAY LEICESTERSHIRE ANTIQUARIAN