J W Mackail

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1911. Cloth. Bright copy of this anthology of Greek epigrams. The third edition of this work, edited with revised text translation, introduction, and notes by J W Mackail, Scottish academic known as a scholar of Virgil. Text in Greek and English.A selection of epigrams titled 'Love,' 'Prayers and Dedications,' 'Epitaphs,' 'Literature and Art,' &c. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards only lightly marked. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1911. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 866A66

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: third editions epigrams greek literature epigrams None

Sir Thomas Malory; A. W. Pollard; Henry Littlehales

Le Morte D&Apos;Arthur

London, Jonathan Cape and the Medici Society Ltd, 1923. Cloth. The complete two-volume set of Pollard's edition of Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, with colour illustrations by W. Russell Flint. A two-volume set, the third reprint of this edition printed in the Riccardi Press Books, in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with gilt detailing to the front boards. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and 17 further colour plates to each volume by the Scottish artist Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), who worked for The Illustrated London News as well as illustrating several books. Collated, complete. Thomas Malory's tale of adventure and conquest, describing the life of King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. Since the 19th century, many authors have used Malory's text for inspiration. This text went on to inspire T. H. White's Sword In the Stone. This work was edited with an introduction by Alfred William Pollard (1859-1944), an English bibliographer, well-known for his scholarly Shakespeare criticism. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally sound though faded with shelfwear, particularly to the spines. Gilt remains bright to the front boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with spotting to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Good . Ill.: W. Russell Flint. Good .

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Book number: 900M10

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Malory Morte D'Arthur Pollard W. Russell Flint Morte D'Arthur W. Russell Flint

Mr. Marmontel

Contes Moraux Suivis Dune Apologie Du Theatre

Amsterdam, Aux Depens de la Compagnie , 1766. Leather. A series of charming french literature from Jean-Franois Marmontel, famous for its delicate finish of style, and in the portrayal of society under King Louis XV. A series of charming french literature from Jean-Franois Marmontel, famous for its delicate finish of style, and in the portrayal of society under King Louis XV. With armorial bookplate of Sir Baldwin Leighton, English politician, to the front board of each volume. Complete in three volumes. In speckled calf bindings with gilt design to the spines. Externally, sound with only light rubbing and wear to the spines. All hinges are slightly strained but firm joints starting. Internally, all are firmly bound with bright and clean pages, aside from light off-setting to endpapers, and the odd spot scattered throughout the text. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: FGN19-C-2

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: French literature Sir Baldwin Leighton King Louis XV Sir Baldwin Leighton Not Stated

Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro]; Carolus Ruaeus [Charles de la Rue]

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera

Londini, J.J. & P. Knapton, R. Knaplock et al. 1735 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated Latin edition of the collected works of ancient Roman poet Virgil. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, fourteen engraved plates, and a folding map. Collated, complete.The collected works of Virgil, printed in the original Latin, and with additional notes from Charles de la Rue, known as one of the great orators of the Society of Jesus in seventeenth century France.Virgil is one of the best remembered Ancient Roman poets, active during the Augustan period. Across his career he composed three of the most famous poems in the canon of Latin literature, 'Eclogues', 'Georgics', and 'Aeneid&apos. ESTC Citation No. T170291 With the stamp of the Pax St. Augustine's Abbey Library Ramsgate to the recto of the frontispiece, their bookplate to the front pastedown, and a handwritten shelf number to the spine.Virgil's works have had a great and far-reaching influence on Western literature, with his 'Aeneid' being considered the national epic of Ancient Rome. In a full calf binding. Significant rubbing to back strip and board perimeters. Ink library number to spine. Joints starting, with rear board firmly held, and front board held by one cord only. Library bookplate to front pastedown. Lacking front and rear free endpapers. Frontispiece detached to head, and only tenderly held to the tail, with a stamp to the recto. Loss towards tail of fore edge of frontispiece. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, but generally clean and bright. Worming to tail of front pastedown and a number of early leaves, not affecting text. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Book number: 860F2

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: vergil virgil charles de la rue st augustine's abbey library virgil Not Stated

P. Virgilii Maronis [P. Virgilio Marone]

Opera. Interpretatione Et Notis

London, Impensis G. et G. Ginger; G.G. & J. Robinson; R. Baldwin: G.J. et J. Richardson; et al. 1798. Leather. Virgil's opera in the original Latin, a new 1798 edition embellished with folding plates. Virgil's famous Opera in the original Latin, with a large Index of two-hundred and twenty two leaves bound in to rear. ESTC Reference N9923Including a biographical sketch of the well-known Roman poet Virgil, followed by his three books Bucolica, Georgica and Aeneis, known as some of the most famous and influential operas in classical Latin literature. Virgil's opera was studied since ancient times, and had a profound influence on numerous western authors, most notably on Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy, where Virgil is guide through Inferno and Purgatorio. Illustrated with a folding map.  In full period tree calf binding. Externally sound with shelf wear, bumped to extremities with chipping to head and tail of spine, front joint cracked, boards holding firm. Minor previous ownership inscription to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Carolus Ruaeus. Good .

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Book number: 823A13

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: virgil new editions opera new editions Carolus Ruaeus

George du Maurier

The Martian a Novel

London and New York, Harper & Brothers, 1898. First edition. Vellum. A smart large paper limited edition of this autobiographical novel by George du Maurier, with illustrations by the author throughout. A limited edition copy of this work. Only two hundred and fifty copies were printed of this large paper edition, of which this copy is number one hundred and eighty one. George du Maurier was a cartoonist and writer known for his work in Punch and for his Gothic novel Trilby. The Martian is a largely autobiographical novel that describes the life of Barty Josselin as told by his close friend Robert Maurice. With six facsimiles of selected pencil studies by the author and forty eight further illustrations throughout the text. Collated, complete. In quarter vellum with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with some marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: George du Maurier. Very Good .

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Book number: 834B55

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: George du Maurier The Martian autobiographical novel The Martian George du Maurier

Andre Maurois

Climats

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1928. Leather. One of Andre Maurois' best-known works, in the original French. One of Andre Maurois' best-known works, in the original French. With an ink inscription by Andre Maurois to the title page. Ex libris William Tyrell. Tyrrell served in the Foreign Office from 1889 to 1928. He was private secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Thomas Sanderson from 1896 to 1903 and then secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence from 1903 to 1904 before being appointed as second secretary at the British embassy in Rome. He returned firstly as precis-writer from 1905 to 1907 and later, with Louis Mallet, as private secretary to Sir Edward Grey from 1907 to 1915. Tyrrell supported the Entente Cordiale with France and did not think a rapprochement with Imperial Germany was possible before 1914. In the spring of 1915 Tyrrell appears to have suffered an almost total breakdown and he was moved to a less stressful job at the Home Office before being made head of the Political Intelligence Department from 1916 to 1919. He was Permanent Under-Secretary from 1925 to 1928 and British Ambassador to France from 1928 to 1934. As Permanent Under-Secretary he did not think there was a military threat from Japan and that Russia was the enemy and as Ambassador he worked for an Anglo-French agreement. He was also suspicious of Nazi Germany. He was sworn into the Privy Council in 1928 and made a Peer as Baron Tyrrell of Avon in the County of Southampton, in 1929. In 1935 he was appointed President of the British Board of Film Censors, a post he held until 1947. This book seems to date from his time in Paris as British Ambassador. Numbered 95 to the verso of the title page. Maurois' first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty and socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English, as they often dealt with British people or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley. In a quarter-morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have some slight marginal browning, with just a few instances of foxing. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: FGN22-E-2

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: French literature Andre Maurois romance Andre Maurois Not stated

Meleager

The Songs of Meleager

London , The First Edition Club, Chiswick Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first of this edition of the Songs of Meleager, translated into English. Published by the First Edition Club, being a first of this edition.Translated into English with designs by Frederick Baron Corvo. Meleager of Gadara was a poet and collector of epigrams who wrote some satirical prose which is now lost and some sensual poems of which 134 epigrams survive. This volume contains a selection of the Songs of Meleager of Gadara. With some in-text illustrations. In the original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Some of the pages remains unopened. Near Fine . Ill.: Frederick Baron Corvo. Near Fine .

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Book number: 858B30

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: The Songs of Meleager Meleager greek mythology Meleager Frederick Baron Corvo

G. J. Whyte-Melville

The Works of G.J. Whyte Melville

London, W. Thacker and Co, 1899. Cloth. Volumes five and six of Whyte-Melville's series on British social life and custom. Volume Five and Six of a larger set of the popular Scottish author George Whyte-Melville. This edition is from 1899 published after Whyte-Melville's death. M. and N. originally published in 1869. Contraband originally published in 1870. Whyte-Melville critiques British customs and etiquette through exploring the upper class narrative of everyday life. Social commentary is central to the construction of the narrative. Bound in full cloth bindings. Externally very smart. Light marks on the boards. Slight fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages roughly cut. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Bernard Patridge and C. E Brock. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 874V18

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Classic Illustrated Children's Illustrated Bernard Patridge and C. E Brock

George Meredith

The Adventures of Harry Richmond

Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. 1902. Leather. A handsome copy of this popular romance novel by the Victorian writer and poet, George Meredith. A new edition. Rebound in full crushed morocco with gilt detail. 'The Adventures of Harry Richmond' is a popular romance novel by George Meredith. It is believed to be strongly autobiographical. George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He is best known for his works, 'Diana of the Crossways&apos. and 'The Egoist&apos. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature seven times. In full crushed morocco binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the edges and some fading to the spine. Light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages slightly age-toned but otherwise very bright and clean. The occasional handling mark throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 837G12

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: romance harry richmond the ordeal of richard feverel harry richmond None

Arthur Meyer

Ce Que Mes Yeux Ont Vu & Ce Que Je Peux Dire

Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1912. Leather. Two volumes of Arthur Meyer's Ce Que Mes Yeux Ont Vu and Ce Que Je Peux Dire in calf bindings. Two volumes of Arthur Meyer's Ce Que Mes Yeux Ont Vu and Ce Que Je Peux Dire in calf bindings. Arthur Meyer (1844 1924) was a French press baron. He was director of Le Gaulois, a notable conservative French daily newspaper that was eventually taken over by Le Figaro (run by Franois Coty at the time) in 1929. This grandson of a rabbi from a modest Jewish family eventually became a royalist, an "anti-Dreyfusard" (a non-supporter of the victim of the Dreyfus affair) and a Catholic. He was an unusual personality, a key player at the crossroads of society life, the press, and politics under the French Third Republic. Frontispiece to both volumes. The first is a portrait of Meyer himself, and the second is of Madam la Comtesse de Loynes. In quarter-calf bindings. Externally generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally firmly bound with very bright and clean pages throughout. Bookseller's label to front pastedowns. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: FGN21-C-9

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: French literature Arthur Meyer French Arthur Meyer Not Stated

Henry Miller

Tropic of Capricorn

London , John Calder , 1964. Cloth. The first UK edition of Henry Miller's famous novel. The first UK edition. In a cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A semi-autobiographical novel by the renowned author, Henry Miller. A prequel of sorts to his first published novel, 'Tropic of Cancer&apos. It was banned in the United States until 1961, when a Justice Department ruling declared that it's contents were not obscene. Other notable works by Henry Miller include 'Black Spring' and 'The Rosy Crucifixion&apos. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelf wear and fading to the spine. A few marks to the boards. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in smart condition. Some shelf wear and a few closed tears to the edges. Creasing on the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Book number: 829G27

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Tropic of Cancer The Rosy Crucifixtion Manhattan New York The Rosy Crucifixtion None

[William Johnson Neale]

Paul Periwinkle: Or, the Pressgang

London , Willoughby & Co, c1850. Cloth. An illustrated copy of the sea story Paul Periwinkle by William Johnson Neale. Written by William Johnson Neale, an English barrister and novelist who wrote popular sea stories of which Paul Periwinkle: Or, The Pressgang is one. Illustrated by Phiz, or Hablot Knight Browne, who was an English artist and engraver well known for his illustrations of Charles dickens, Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth. With illustrations drawn and engraved by Phiz. With twenty two plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn. Fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with lightly age toned pages that remain clean. Good Only . Ill.: Phiz. Good Only .

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Book number: 835B51

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: Paul Periwinkle: Or, The Pressgang William Johnson Neale fiction William Johnson Neale Phiz

Baroness Orczy

The Elusive Pimpernel

London , Hutchinson and co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Baroness Orczy's fourth adventure novel staring Scarlet Pimpernel. Baroness Orczy was a Hungarian born novelist and playwright and is best known for her series of novels featuring Scarlet Pimpernel.The series began as a stage play with the name The Scarlet Pimpernel and follow Sir Percey Blakeney who leads a double life as both a wealthy man and a formidable swordsman and master of disguise. Baroness Orczy was the first to write about a daring hero with a secret identity, which has subsequently become a trope within superhero fiction, from Zorro to Batman. This series is a first edition copy with thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, the joints and spine are a little rubbed. The front hinge is starting but remains generally firm. There is a bookseller sticker to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright clean pages. Good . Ill.: none. Good .

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Book number: 820B9

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: baroness orczy the elusive pimpernell adventure book classic fiction the elusive pimpernell none

Baroness Orczy

The Elusive Pimpernel

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the fourth novel in the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. A first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth. With publisher's advertisements to the rear.This work is written by author and playwright Baroness Orczy. This work is the fourth novel in Orczy's adventure series about the 'Scarlet Pimpernel&apos. In this work a French agent is determined to get his revenge on the Scarlet Pimpernel for the humiliations he has caused him. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with bumping, fading and rubbing to the spine and extremities. Rubbing resulting in loss to the gilt lettering and marks to the boards. Pencil inscription and offsetting to the front and back pastedown. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages. Minor spotting, heavier to the front and rear. Offsetting to the half title. A blank page to the front has been excised. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 873Z7

Catalogue: Classical Literature

Keywords: First Edition Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel None