Albert Stratford George Canning

British Writers on Classic Lands. A literary sketch

T.F. Unwin. Hardcover , Condition: Good.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000059219

Anonymous

The British Prose Writers: Dr. Johnson's Sermons

Nabu, 2010. Facsimile Edition, Softcover. Fine Condition. Fine 2010 Nabu Press facsimile print on demand large format paperback. Sent Airmail at no extra cost; Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request.

84 Charing Cross Road BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 055192

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: BZDB14 Literature & Literary; The British Prose Writers Dr Johnsons Sermons Anonymous

Baker, David Erskine; Reed, Isaac; Jones, Stephen, compilers.

Biographia Dramatica; or, a Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers ... Together with an Introductory View of the Rise and Progress of the British Stage.

London: Printed for Messr. Rivingtons, et. al. 1782. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. I: [iv], lii, 496pp.; II: [iv], 442pp. I:[] 2 (-[]1), b8-d8, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ii8; II: []2, B8-Z8, Aa8-Ee8, Ff4, Gg2 (- Gg2 blank). With the half-title to volume II present. Blue cloth. With the ownership inscription of Thomas Fairman Ordish (1855-1924) on the verso of the front free endpaper, dated 1880. Ordish was an English author who specialized on folklore, Shakespeare and drama. One of the richest sources on British Theatre in the 17th and 18th centuries. Good.

Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 1876

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Books about Books, Theater

BAKER (David Erskine):

Biographia Dramatica; Or, a Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and critical Memoirs, and original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of our Theatrical Exhibitions; among whom are Some of the Most Celebrated Actors...Together with An Introductory View of the Rise and Progress of the British Stage. Originally compiled, to the year 1764, by David Erskine Baker. Continued thence to 1782, by Isaac Reed...And brought down to the End of November 1811, with very consideration Additions and Improvements throughout, by Stephen Jones.

London: Printed for Longman...[et al], 1812. 3 volumes in 4 (volume 1 in 2 parts). 8vo, pp. lxxxv [lxxxvi Abbreviations], 384, [ii], [385] - 789 [790 blank]; [iv], 404; [iv], 478, including half-title in each volume, contemporary tree calf, rebacked in rather unsympathetic calf and without titles or volume numbers- but sound.

John Price Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 2468

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Drama literature

Baker, David Erskine; Reed, Isaac; and Jones, Stephen.

Biographia Dramatica; or, a Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of out Theatrical Exhibitions; Among Whom Are Some of the Most Celebrated Actors: Also an Alphabetical Account, and Chronological Lists, of Their Works, the Dates When Printed, and Observations on Their Merits: Together with an Introductory View of the Rise and Progress of the British Stage. Originally Compiled, to the Year 1764, by David Erskine Baker. Continues Thence to 1782, by Isaac Reed. And Brought Down to the End of November 1811, with Very Considerable Additions and Improvements Throughout, by Stephen Jones. (3 Volumes Bound in 4 Books).

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown et al, 1812. 1812. - Octavo. 8-7/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Four volumes uniformly bound in speckled brown calf rebacked with matching calf spines, with gilt-titled labels & raised bands on the spine. The corners of each volume have also been reinforced with later calf. The crudely rebacked spines are coming loose from the covers and the front cover of the first volume is detached and that of the third volume is nearly detached. The covers are rubbed and scuffed and the labels are chipped. The rear cover of the last volume is stained with red ink. Title, pages [1]-384; title & pages [385]-789; title & pages [1]-404; and title & pages [1]-476. There is dampstaining throughout and the pages are wrinkled. A contemporary owner's name dated in the year of publication is penned at the top of the title pages. Fair working copies.

From the collection of William Twopeny, with his round armorial bookplate mounted on the front pastedown of each volume. The Twopeny library was sold by Sotheby in May of 1902. Fair .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 37024

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; BIOGRAPHY; THEATRE; STAGE; DRAMA; LITERATURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; SET; DAVID ERSKINE BAKER; ISAAC REED; STEPHEN JONES; BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA;; OR A COMPANION TO THE PLAYHOUSE; CONTAINING HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL MEMOIRS, AND ORIGINAL

BAKER, DAVID ERSKINE; REED, ISAAC; JONES, STEPHEN

Biographia Dramatica: Or a Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs and Original Anecdotes of British and Irish Dramatic Writers. 3 Volumes Bound in 4

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1812. Revised Edition. Quarter-blue paper backed marbled boards. (More images available on request). 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). lxxv, 789pp;404pp; 478pp.. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind. Some foxing .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: r6123

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Drama Biography 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

Kluver, Billy and Julie Martin; Jean Cocteau, by Richard Phelps, translated by Richard Howard; Lionel Abel; Noel Riley Fitch; Dougald McMillan; Friedrich Durrenmatt and Peter Selz; Hugh Ford

A Lot of Books Regarding "Kiki" (Alice Prin) and the Artists and Writers, Poets and Editors of Paris, France in the 1920s-1940s: Kiki's Paris: Artists and Lovers 1900-1930; Professional Secrets: Autobiography of Jean Cocteau; the Intellectual Follies: A Memoir of the Literary Venture in New York and Paris; in Transition: Writing and Art from Transition Magazine 1972-1930; Transition 1927-38: The History of a Literary Era; Varlin 1900-1977; Published in Paris: American and British Writers, Printers, and Publishers in Paris, 1920-1939

, , . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and useful lot of books designed to augment the main work, published in 1989 by Harry N. Abrams, by Billy Kluver and Julie Martin, SIGNED by both authors at the first free endpaper, 1) Kiki's Paris: Artists and Lovers 1900-1930. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in black cloth and with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, embossed title at front cover top. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. A stated First Edition, and replete with many, many score black-and-white photographs and illustrations, of Hemingway and Kiki, Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miro, Gertrude Stein, Guillaume Appollinaire, Henri Matisse, James Joyce, Modigliani, and many others--the list goes on and on and on. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. There is a signature, too, opposite those of the two authors: "W Matisse" . . . [5], 6-263 [1] pp. The lot includes also 2) Robert Phelps, Professional Secrets: autobiography of Jean Cocteau, translated by Richard Howard from the original French of Jean Cocteau (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970), stated First Edition thus, a Near Fine condition hardcover, gift inscription at first free endpaper, Very Good dust jacket with light creasing to, wear of upper front panel edge, illustrated, with a range of black-and-white photographs and illustrations, xiii [8], 8-331 pp.; 3) Lionel Abel, The Intellectual Follies: a memoir of the literary venture in New York and Paris (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1984), stated First Edition, First Printing, Fine hardcover, Very dust jacket, Brodart-protected, price-clipped, notes, bibliography and index, with [7], 8 [2], 12-304 pp.; Noel Riley Fitch, In Transition, a Paris Anthology: writing and art from transition magazine 1927-1930 (New York: Doubleday, 1990), [9], 10-256 pp., and with contributions by Samuel Beckett, Paul Bowles, Kay Boyle, Andre Gide, James Joyce, Paul Klee, Man Ray, Diego Rivera, Trsitan Tzara, Katherine Anne Porter, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and others; Dougald McMillan, Transition 1927-38: the history of a literary era (New York: George Braziller, 1976), stated First Printing, Fine in a like dust jacket, illustrated, frontis matter, 1-303 pp., complete with notes and bibliography; Claude Bernard Gallery, Varlin 1900-1977 (New York: Claude Bernard Gallery, 1986), with texts by Friedrich Durrenmatt and Peter Selz, photograph of the artist by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 56 pp., previous owner inscription on rear panel; Hugh Ford, Published in Paris: American and British Writers, Printers, and Publishers in Paris, 1920-1939 (New York: Macmillan, 1975), stated First Printing, Near Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dust jacket, slightly sunned, price-clipped, xvii [2], 3-453 pp., and complete with notes, bibliography and index. Special focus on the works of D.H. Lawrence, Djuna Barnes, Samuel Beckett, Kay Boyle, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Lawrence Durrell, Ezra Pound, H.D., Gertrude Stein and many others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Near Fine/Very Good,

Structure, Verses, Agency BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 345694

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Billy Kluver Paris France Montparnasse|Julie Martin Kiki exile D.H. Lawrence Djuna Barnes Samuel Beckett Kay Boyle Henry Miller Anais Nin Lawrence Durrell Ezra Pound H.D. Gertrude Stein Paris |French art history|artists painters

BOUTEROUE D'AUBIGNY, Claude.

Recherches curieuses des monoyes de France depuis le commencement de la monarchie.Paris, Edme Martin, 1666. Large folio (42 x 27.5 cm). With title-page with engraved allegorical illustration by N. Bonnart (including a minting press), and numerous engravings in text incl. 7 full-page (on pp. 336, 342, 349, 354, 359, 364 and 370). Contemporary mottled calf (ca. 1693), richly gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges; and each board with the (later) gold-tooled British Royal arms in the form used in Scotland 1801-1816, encircled by the inscription, "The Society of Writers to the Signet" (that is the Signet Library in Edinburgh; stamp 3, ca. 1815).

[16], 398, [1], [1 blank] pp.Large paper copy of the first and only edition of a study of the coins circulating in France since antiquity, describing the coins of the Jews, ancient Gauls, and Romans, covering the period from the Gauls to the end of Merovingians, written by Claude Bouteroue d'Aubigny (1620-1680), antiquarian of noble descent. From 1654 Bouteroue was the advisor to the royal mint and during the years 1668-1670 intendant of Quebec. In his preface the author announces three other volumes to complete this history which were, however, never published.From the Signet Library in Edinburgh. Some occasional marginal spots and a few corners with traces of old folds, otherwise in very good condition. Spine worn and some minor wear along the extremities of the boards, but the binding is otherwise good.l Brunet I, col. 1185; Cat. Goldsmith I, 1808; Kress 1170; for the author: NBG VII, cols. 126-127.

A. Asher & Co. B.V.Professional seller

Book number: A5KEK2YO9BO4

Keywords: [7F0260752519] EUROPE|[7F0260752519] EUROPE -> [5C534DC5B117] France, Greece & Italy|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY -> [G8QGI4BLWW6I] Archaeology & Classical Antiquity|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOS

BRADY D

Contribution of British writers between 1560 and 1830 to the interpretation of Revelation 13.16-18 (The number of the Beast): a study in the history of exegesis (Beitrage zur Geschichte der Biblischen Exegese 27)

J C B Mohr 1983 J C B Mohr 1983 335pp plates hardback, binding unmarked, text pristine,dustwrapper edge rubbed and faded, a very good tightly bound copy Very Good

Rosemary Pugh BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 56893

Keywords: 3161444973

Brander, Laurence:

Thomas Hood. Writers and their works, No. 159 / Published for the British Council and the National Book League by Longmans, Green & Co.

London, Longmans / Green. 1963. 47 p. Paperback. Good. Library copy with usual marks. Cover slightly faded. Free shipping within Germany. Shipping costs to EU-countries: 9.50 EUR, to non-EU-countries: 15.00 EUR.

Antiquariat Thomas HakerProfessional seller

Book number: 872067

Catalogue: Literaturwissenschaft-Anglistik

Buck, Pamela

Objects of Liberty: British Women Writers and Revolutionary Souvenirs (EARLY MODERN FEMINISMS)

University of Delaware Press. paperback ISBN: 1644533324, Condition: New.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000364601

CANNING, Albert S.G.

British writers on classic lands: a literary sketch

T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. Used - Good. Good hardback 1st ed.. Red cloth with bright gilt titles on front board and (faded) spine; end papers lightly foxed, with inscripton on front free end paper. Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS211811I

Carswell, Catherine

The Camomile: An Invention: 25 (British Library Women Writers)

British Library Publishing. paperback ISBN: 0712355073, Condition: New.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000358816

CLARK ALAN

Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors

London, The British Library Publishing Division. 1998. (ISBN: 0712345213) Hard Cover, Large 8vo. Book measures 25.5x18.cm. ix,[2],196pp, illustrated. Bound in original publishers black cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean and bright. A very nice copy. Very Good/Very Good.

George Jeffery BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 010331

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: comic artists 0712345213

Cohen, J. M

English translators and translations (Bibliographical series of supplements to the British book news on writers and their work)

Published for the British Counci. Unknown Binding , Condition: Good.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000207839