Carleton Brown

A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1916-1920. First edition. Cloth. Two extensive works on Middle English verse. Complete in two volumes. First edition copies. These works are an interesting reference work on Middle English religious and didactic verse which has been complied by Carleton Brown. The first volume contains a list of manuscripts and the second volume gives an index of first lines and an index of subjects and titles. With some pages unopened. In quarter cloth with paper boards. Externally, smart with some marks to the spines. Bookshop sticker to both pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. With some pages unopened.  Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 864B43

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse Middle English Carleton Brown Literature Middle English None

John Bunyan

The Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come

London , George Routledge and Sons, Limited , 1879. Cloth. A scarce edition of one of the most significant works of theological fiction by John Bunyan, with decorative cloth binding and coloured plates. Illustrated with a frontispiece, monochrome and coloured plates and vignettes throughout. Undated, dated from a similar copy held at British Library. A contemporary Sunday School Prize to the front paste down dated 1896.John Bunyan's significant work of theological fiction. It is a Christian allegory presented as a dream sequence, centering on the protagonist's journey from his hometown, "City of Destruction" to the "Celestial City". With a memoir of John Bunyan to the front of the work. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, excellent with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the head and tail of spine and corners. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves and fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: J. D. Watson. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 903Y30

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Pilgrim's Progress Fiction Theological Fiction J. D. Watson

Lord Byron

The Corsair a Tale

London , John Murray , 1814. First edition. Cloth. This popular text of love and adventure has gone on to inspire operas, music and ballets. The first edition, second issue, without printer's imprint to final leaf and without 'To a Lady Weeping' final four leaves as required. Lacking the half title and advertisements. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Written in 1814 this verse tells the story of love and adventure. It follows the story of Conrad a privateer. Byron writes about love, lust and adventure. It is a story of high drama. When published this work was an immediate success and has gone on to inspire operas, music, art and ballets. Inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy Byron draws the reader in. He creates a likable character in Conrad who develops throughout the narrative. Byron focuses on ideas surrounding the outcast and so doing so he goes on to explore issues surrounding social acceptance in relation to class. Rebound in modern cloth. Externally very smart. Internally firmly bound. Lacking half titles and advertisements. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Pages bright and clean. Bookplate clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 876V11

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Byron Literature Adventure Literature None

Lewis Carroll

Alice&Apos;S Adventure in Wonderland

London , Cassell and Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, first illustrated Cassell edition of Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland, with colour plates. This is a first UK edition of this illustrated edition published by Cassell and Company. Stated as first impression, November 1907 to the edition page. This volume of the hugely popular tale, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, reimagines the story with beautiful and colour illustrations by Charles Robinson. This edition is notably the first illustrated edition to feature Alice with short hair. This version of Alice with short hair was possibly due to the publication of Lewis Carroll's photograph of Alice Liddell with a bob haircut. With seven colour plates and colour frontispiece and many other illustrations throughout the text.Collated, complete.This is an especially hard first edition format of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to find. This first edition is special as the reprints of this work were issued in a smaller format with smaller and less impactful images.  In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With a bookplate for Suzanne Eward to the front pastedown. Front hinge is starting and is generally firm. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright pages with some scattered spots, mainly concentrated to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Charles Robinson. Very Good .

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Book number: 837B68

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Alice's Adventure in Wonderland Lewis Carroll children's story Alice Lewis Carroll Charles Robinson

Erckmann-Chatrian

Contes Fantastiques

Paris, Librairie, 1881. Leather. A jointly written historical novel by the French authors Emile Erckmann and Alexander Chatrian. This is an 1881 edition. Jointly written by Emile Erckmann and Alexander Chatrian. Their historical novel puts politics at the centre going on to attack the Second Empire. Contes Fantastiques is a collection of short stories. Erckmann and Chatrian raise questions over the monarchy suggesting that it damaged French identity. Though they both were criticised for their political work they were also praised by authors including Victor Hugo. Bound in a half calf binding. Externally fairly smart. Rubbing to the boards, spine and joints resulting in loss. Fading to the leather visible on the front board. Internally firmly bound. Spotting throughout. Ink annotation to the last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 876V20

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Classic French Historical fiction French None

Geoffrey Chaucer; Walter W. Skeat [editor]

The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, c1900. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the works of English author Geoffrey Chaucer. With a portrait frontispiece. The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales, who has been called the "father of English literature". Edited from numerous manuscripts by Walter Willian Skeat, a British philologist and Anglican deacon. Bound in half brown calf with brown cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 896T65

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Complete Works Chaucer Skeat Works None

Alfred J Church

Stories from the Greek Tragedians

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1880. Leather. A beautifully illustrated copy of Reverend Alfred J. Church's Stories From the Greek Tragedians. 24 illustrations throughout, with designs by Flaxman and Others. Alfred John Church was an English classical scholar. In a quarter-morocco prize binding with school coat of arms to front board. Externally rubbed, particularly to the spine and extremities. Internally generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Prize bookplate to front pastedown dated 1885. Good . Ill.: Flaxman et al. Good .

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Book number: LTH11-C-22

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Flaxman Greek Tragedy Classics Greek Flaxman et al.

Ciceronis; Cicero

M.T. Ciceronis Orationes Quaedam Selectae, Cum Interpretatione & Notis Quasinusum Serenissimi Delphini

Londini; [London], T. Longman; B. Law; T. Pote; G. & G. Ginger; et al, 1793. Leather. An eighteenth century edition of the influential orations of Cicero, in the original Latin. ESTC citation number T138391.In the original Latin.The twelfth edition edited by Merouille.The collected orations of Cicero, the noted Roman statesman, who was an important figure in the politics of the late Roman Republic.Cicero was an accomplished orator, and is known for his large influence on the Latin language. His speeches included in this volume are still well regarded today for their intelligence and eloquence. Including a life of Cicero.Monastic bookplate to the front paste down of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate.One leaf of adverts to the rear. In the original calf binding. Externally, a little worn, with rubbing to the boards and spine. Joints are cracked with some loss to the leather, a larger amount of loss to the head of the rear board. A little loss to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. A little discolouration to the boards. Hinges are strained but remain firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, with the head of the endpaper excised. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 860P2

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: M. T. Ciceronis Orationes Quaedam Selectae ciceronis cicero orations ciceronis None

J. Payne Collier

Illustrations of Old English Literature

New York , Benjamin Blom, 1966. Cloth. A smart three volume set of this collection of old English works. A complete three volume set. These volumes are facsimile reprints of the original 1866 edition of Old English works. Each volume contains eight works of Old English literature, each work is paginated separately. Some of the works include Lamentation against London, 1548, Pasquil's Palinodia, 1619 and News from the Levant Seas 1594. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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Book number: 866B96

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Illustrations of Old English Literature old English Literature old English Not Stated

J. Fenimore Cooper

Mark&Apos;S Reef; or, the Crater. A Tale of the Pacific; the Heathcotes: Or, the Wept of Wish-Ton Wish. A Romance of Prairie Life.

London, G. Routledge and Co. 1854-7. Leather. Two, new editions, of James Fenimore Cooper's exciting novels, bound together in smart half calf. Two scarce new editions. Bound together in half calf by James C. Paterson. Comprising of: 'Mark's Reef', or 'The Crater&apos. An exciting novel following the adventures of Mark Woolston as he founds a new colony on native land in the Pacific. 'The Heathcotes: or The Wept of Wish-ton Wish&apos. Fenimore's first attempt at describing Native Americans. The story is set during and after King Philip's War of 1675 and revolves around the relations between the white and Native American populations. James Fenimore Cooper was a famous American writer known for his historical romances depicting colonist and indigenous characters from the 17th and 19th century. With a bookseller's label and bookbinder's label to the front paste-down. In half calf binding. Externally, very smart with some rubbing to the extremities and spine. A few light marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookseller's label and Bookbinder's label to the front paste-down. Offsetting, spotting and age-toning to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with a few scattered spots and age-toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 832G14

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: The Crater Vulcan's Peak Mark Woolston Pacific Vulcan's Peak None

Madame Cottin and Jacques-Bernardin-Henri De Saint Pierre

Elizabeth; Ou, Les Exiles En Siberia and Paul Et Virginie

London , Chez Charles S. Arnold , 1823 . Leather. A volume consisting of of two French classics. Two French classics. Madame Cottin also known as Sophie Ristaud Cottin was a French writer whose novels became extremely popular in the 19th century. Elizabeth or The Exiles of Siberia was originally published in 1806. it is a widely romantic novel that tells a moral tale. When published it was considered to be wild and outrageous. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for the novel Paul et Virginie published in 1788. This novel is considered a French classic. It is a story of love and friendship set during the French Revolution. Bound in a full calf binding. Generally smart. Missing the spine label. Rubbing to the boards, spine, and hinges resulting in loss. Age toning to the text block. Internally firmly bound. Spotting to the first and last pages but generally, pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription on the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 879V27

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Literature French Classic French None

F. J. Harvey Darton; F. J. Furnivall

Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims Retold from Chaucer & Others

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1906. Cloth. A decoratively bound copy of Darton's retelling of the Canterbury Tales, delightfully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton (1878-1936) was an author, publisher, and historian of children's literature. He was best known for his pioneering works in The Story of English Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social Life (1932).First published in 1904, Darton provides retellings of stories from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He includes tales from all the pilgrims apart from the Reeve, the Merchant, and the Monk. The Miller's tale is briefly told. He also includes 'The Siege of Thebes' and 'The Tale of Beryn&apos.This work is charmingly illustrated throughout by the popular artist Hugh Thomson, best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with shelf wear to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Gilt remains bright. The hinges are starting but firmly held by cords. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .

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Book number: 889M4

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Canterbury Tales Harvey Darton Hugh Thomson Chaucer Harvey Darton Hugh Thomson

James Davies; G C Lewis

The Fables of Babrius

London, Lockwood and Co, 1860. Leather. An uncommon nineteenth century English translation of Babrius' fables. With an introductory preface on Babrius' life.  Babrius was the author of a collection of Greek fables more commonly known today as Aesop's fables. Internally, an exceptionally bright copy. An uncommon imprint, particularly under the attribution of Babrius. In a full calf prize binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Loss to the head of the spine. Prize dedication to the recto of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 783L7

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Fables Babrius Aesop G C Lewis Babrius None

James Davies; G. C. Lewis

The Fables of Babrius

London , Lockwood and Co, 1860. First edition. Cloth. A smart and uncommon English copy of the Fables of Babrius. This is an uncommon English translation of the Fables of Babrius, translated in English verse from the text of Sir G. C. Lewis by Rev. James Davies, who was a scholar at the University of Oxford. Babrius was the author of a collection of Greek fables, many of which are known today as Aesop's Fables. There is little known about him today and this volume is a lovely addition to the history of Greek fables. There is an introduction to the fables and discussion of who Babrius was within the preface. Bound by Bone & Son.With a bookplate for Percival F. Hinton, who was a local historian and scholar of Birmingham with a keen interest in poetry, to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the spine and boards. A bookplate for Percival F. Hinton to the front pastedown. Binders sticker to rear pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 833B57

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Fables of babrius babrius greek fables Aesop's fables babrius None

Daniel Defoe

Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with His Vision of the Angelick World

London , Constable and Company , 1925. Brochure/Pamphlet. A limited facsimile of the popular novel Robinson Crusoe. A limited edition facsimile copy of the first edition, with this being limited to 775 copies. Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. Robinson Crusoe is his most famous novel. Robinson Crusoe was presented as an autobiography of the title character who is a castaway who spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical island. With a double page plate and a facsimile of the original title page. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with fading to the spine and light marks to the boards. Previous owner inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper and pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 865B21

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with his vision of the Angelick World Robinson Crusoe daniel defoe facsimile Robinson Crusoe Not Stated