Chambers&Apos;S Papers for the People

London, William and Robert Chambers, 1850. First edition. Leather. Containing volumes I and II of the scarce periodical 'Chambers's Paper for the People.' Volumes I and II of the scarce periodical published by the Chambers brothers between 1850 and 1856. William and Robert Chambers were Scottish publishers and authors, both popular and influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles. They are mainly known for their extensive work 'Chambers's Encyclopaedia.' Containing sixteen articles and essays, each with unique pagination. Volume I: The Bonaparte Family; The Sepulchres of Etruria; Valerie Duclos; Education of the Citizen; The Myth; The Sunken Rock; Popular Cultivation of Music; Ebenezer Elliot.Volume II: The Sanitary Movement; Washington and His Contemporaries; Edmund Atherton; Memorabilia of the Seventeenth Century in Britain; Ruined Cities of Central America; The Ivory Mine; Secret Societies of Modern Europe; Francis Jeffrey. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally sound with some shelf wear, rubbed and lightly scuffed to extremities of boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light spotting to occasional leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 852A72

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

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Chronica de Mailros E Codice Unico

Edinburgh, Typis Societatis Edinburgensis, 1835. Leather. A leather bound copy of the medieval chronical. With three facsimiles from the Cottonian manuscript. An uncommon copy of the Chronicle of Melrose, with three facsimiles from the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. ix, collated and complete. Published in Latin, with an introduction in English. Believed to have been written by monks at Melrose Abbey, the two part chronical spans 735 to 1270. The first part of the chronicle is a compilation from the Anglo-Saxon Chronical along with other historical works written by Simeon of Durham and Hoveden. The second section starts from 1140, and contains original work illustrative of the early history of Scotland. In 2014, it was discovered that the Chronicle contains the oldest intendent account of the sealing of the magna carta. The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts once owned by the seventeenth antiquarian and bibliophile Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. Cotton's collection was one of the 'foundation collections' of the British Museum, and now comprises a large section in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Library. The chronicle is currently in the British Library. Presented to the Bannatyne Club by John Hay and Alexander Pringle, with a list of the club to the front of the volume. The Bannatyne club was a text publication society founded by Sir Walter Scott to print rare works of Scottish interest across various genres. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. From the library of Mr Blackwood Greenshields. With an institutional bookplate to the front pastedown from The Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow. Some of the ink from this bookplate has caused some offsetting to the adjacent page. In a quarter calf binding over dark orange paper boards. Externally, generally smart. There are a couple of marks to the boards, with some scuffing of the leather to the front extremities. Lightly rubbed to the spine, a little more so to the joints and the head and tail of the spine. The front and rear hinges are starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Aside from the odd spot towards the front of the volume, pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 864N8

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Chronicle of Melrose Cottonian Libraru Magna Carta Medieval Chronicle Cottonian Libraru Leather Binding None

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

London , Macmillan and Co. 1886. Cloth. A smart and intricately illustrated copy of Days with Sir Roger de Coverley. This copy of Days with Sir Roger de Coverley is extensively and beautifully illustrated by the renowned illustrator Hugh Thomson and is a reprint from The Spectator. The Spectator was the magazine that Richard Steele and Joseph Addison began together in 1711. Including sixty-two illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Collated, complete. Rebacked in blue Morocco leather with blue cloth covered boards. The original spine is pasted to the rear and a decorative bookplate is to the front pastedown. Externally, smart. Some fading and discolouration to the boards and light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Some scattered spots to the first few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 816B43

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: jospeh addison Days with Sir Roger de Coverley illustrated humour Days with Sir Roger de Coverley Hugh Thomson

Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the Life of a Private Tutor

London, A. Hall , c1850. Leather. An early printing of this uncommon collection of the author's recollections of juvenile escapades at a private tutor. Published anonymously, this work contains the recollections from the author's escapades at a private tutor's during his youth. Written by Frank. E. Smedley, devoted to share the life of a privately-educated pupil. An early printing, the first edition appears dated both at the title page and preface, and illustrated with thirty steel engravings by 'Phiz;' this edition was dated from Copac and lacks illustrations. No advertisements to the rear. No half title. In a charming half calf binding. In a half calf binding over marbled boards, with new endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear and a minor rubbing to the leather and boards. Lambert 'ut quocunque paratus' bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 806A10

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: early printing memoirs recollections private tutor memoirs None

Jon Duan: A Twofold Journey with Manifold Purpose

London, Weldon & Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this illustrated Victorian satire of the Prince of Wales, with illustrations. The first edition of this work. Satirical work attributed to Samuel Orchard Beeton, verse in eight cantos satirising the Prince of Wales. With numerous illustrations both in text and full page plates. Original coloured wraps bound in. Advertisements to rear.Binding signed C. Winstanley. Full cloth binding signed C. Winstanle. Externally sound with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, loss to head and tail of spine, marks to rear board. Original colourful wraps bound in. R. Simpson's bookplate to front pastedown. Front free endpaper excised. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally very clean throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 831A81

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

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De Lisle; or, the Shipwrecked Stranger

London , W. Caffyn , 1848. Leather. A very scarce copy of De Lisle; or, The Shipwrecked Stranger by James Lindridge with illustrations throughout. De Lisle; or, the Shipwrecked Stranger is by James Lindridge and is a romance of real life. With an illustrated additional title page and illustrations throughout the text by H. Carter. With two previous owner inscriptions to the front free endpaper for Thomas Pardoe dated 1849 and William Teague dated 1861. Dated from Jisc. In half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, a little worn to the spine with some rubbing to the spine and extremities and some marks to the boards. With two previous owner inscriptions to the front free endpaper for Thomas Pardoe dated 1849 and William Teague dated 1861. Rear hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright pages with some scattered spots throughout. Good . Ill.: H. Carter. Good .

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Boeknummer: 828B6

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: De Lisle; or, The Shipwrecked Stranger james lindridge fiction james lindridge H. Carter

Mr Facey Romford&Apos;S Hounds

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition. Leather. First edition of this sporting novel by Robert Surtees, adorned with hand-coloured plates. The first edition of this work. Collated, complete with half title, engraved title page and twenty-three hand-coloured full page plates by celebrated illustrators John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. A Surtees's sporting novel following the adventures of Facey, a trickster who takes advantage of society's greed and gullibility. Sequel to Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour. Robert Smith Surtees's novels follow the adventures of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. Surtees' novels are entertaining and witty, and his writing style and characters are often compared to Charles Dickens.Published anonymously. Rebound in half calf signed Henderson & Bisset. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards. Externally, sound with some shelf wear, boards lightly marked, rear joint starting, boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. ink staining mark to lower outer margin of pp. 185-187, not affecting any of the text but bleeding through to plat to face p. 185. Light minor spotting scattered to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: John Leech; Hablot K. Browne. Good .

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Boeknummer: 841A90

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

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Mr Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour

London, Bradbury, Evans, & Co. c1853. Leather. An early printing of Surtees's sporting novel featuring Mr Sponge, adorned with hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Undated early printing of this work, dated from other copies catalogued at the British Library. One of Robert Smith Surtees's popular sporting novels, originally published in parts. Robert Smith Surtees's novels follow the adventures of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer. Surtees' novels are entertaining and witty, and his writing style and characters are often compared to Charles Dickens.Published anonymously. Rebound in half calf without half title, no advertisements to rear, all thirteen hand-coloured plates by John Leech present, as well as numerous further vignettes in text. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards. Externally a trifle worn with shelf wear, rubbing to spine, boards, joints, and extremities, front joint starting. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1874. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally very clean throughout. Good . Ill.: John Leech. Good .

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Boeknummer: 841A91

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

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Mr. Facey Romford&Apos;S Hounds

London , Bradbury and Evans , 1865 . First edition. Leather. A stunning first edition copy of Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, with beautiful hand coloured illustrations. Robert Smith Surtees was an English novelist most widely remembered for his invested character of Jorrocks, a vulgar but good natured cockney grocer. This is a wonderfully illustrated copy of Mr. Facey Romford's Hound, with twenty-four hand coloured illustrations by John Leech and Halbot K. Browne. John Leech was a caricaturist and illustrator best know for illustrating Punch magazine. Collated, complete. In half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart. The boards are a little marked. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown. Front hinge is starting and weak. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. The pages are occasionally a little spotted. Very Good . Ill.: John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 820B24

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Robert Smith Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds fiction illustrated Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds John Leech and Hablot K. Browne

The Net-Maker of Bagdad; or, the Fool and His Cousin

London, Printed by T Maiden, [1807]. Disbound. A very scarce illustrated booklet containing an Eastern tale of life in Baghdad. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally only at the British Library and the University of Oxford libraries. Collated, complete with forty-eight leaves of text and a frontispiece. Frontispiece hand-coloured. Containing a short novel concerned with Baghdad life and customs. Published anonymously. Issued both separately and as part of 'Popular stories.' Dated via Jisc.  Unbound. Frontispiece loose but present. Text block bound firmly. Pages clean with only a touch of age toning to title page and odd minor light spotting scattered to odd leaf. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 860A25

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: baghdad very scarce chapbook very scarce Not Stated

The Pensioner: An Interesting Narrative

Dublin, Printed by Bentham and Hardy, 1827. Unbound. The second edition of this very scarce chapbook concerned with the story of a pensioner. The second edition of this work. Very scarce in all editions, rarely seen in commerce. Only a copy of the 1830 fourth edition is catalogued institutionally at the National Library of Wales. A charming tale set in North America. Illustrated with vignette to title page. Unbound. Title page may detach with further handling. Leaves chipped to extremities. Binding tender. Pages clean with age toning, as usual with the type of paper used. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

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Boeknummer: 860A46

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: pensioner early editions very scarce early editions None

Shakespeare and His Friends

London , Henry Colburn , 1838. First edition. Leather. A very scarce collection of Robert F. Williams' three part novel. The first edition, complete in three volumes. The first edition of this novel by Robert Folkestone Williams, complete in three volumes. A very scarce copy. Williams was an all-round man of letters, who produced numerous poetry, fiction, journalistic, historical, and biographical works. These volumes contain a historical fiction inspired by and loosely based on the life of William Shakespeare and sixteenth century England.  In a half calf binding over marbled boards with leather spine labels, slightly chipped to volume III. Externally smart with some shelf wear and rubbing to the boards and leather, particularly to the head and tail of the spine, as well as some minor scuffing. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor faint scattered spotting to the leaves throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 779A61

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

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Talpa; or the Chronicles of a Clay Farm

London, Reeve and Co. [1852]. Cloth. Agricultural text adorned with lovely illustrations by George Cruikshank. Agricultural fragment, with practical instruction in manures and cultivation as well as its draining. This copy has no title page, exact publication date indiscernible however cover matches first edition publisher's binding of 1852. With four leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear. Adorned with illustrations by George Cruikshank. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Front free endpaper with some loss to upper and lower margin. Previous ownership ink inscription to front blank leaf. Title page excised. With half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: George Cruikshank. Good .

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Boeknummer: 832A36

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: illustrated talpa agriculture talpa George Cruikshank

Year After Year: A Tale

London, Saunders and Otley , 1858. First edition. Leather. Very scarce leather bound first edition of this tale by Caroline Clive. The first edition of this novel by "the author of 'Paul Ferroll' and 'IX Poems by V.'" Tale written by Caroline Clive, highly regarded English author known for her poems, particularly her IX Poems which were influential in feminine verse at the time. Rebound in half straight up grain morocco binding over marbled boards and endpapers. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, rubbed to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to endpapers, affecting odd leaf only; pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 834A59

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

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Charlotte Brontë; Emily Brontë; Anne Bronte

The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1900-6. Cloth. A seven volume set of 'The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters' illustrated throughout, with introduction and notes by Mrs Humphry Ward and Clement K. Shorter With eleven illustrations each in Volumes I-V, eight in Volume VI and seventeen in Volume VII. The Brontë sisters, Charlotte (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855), Emily (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) and Anne (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849), were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Their novels caused a sensation when they were first published and were subsequently accepted into the canon of great English literature. The sisters grew up in Haworth, near Keighley in West Yorkshire (the region has come to be known as Brontë Country), surviving their mother and two elder sisters into adulthood. Charlotte and Emily had written compulsively from early childhood and were first published, at their own expense, in 1846 as poets under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. The book attracted little attention, selling only two copies. The sisters returned to prose, producing a novel each in the following year. Charlotte's Jane Eyre, Emily's Wuthering Heights and Anne's Agnes Grey were released in 1847 after their long search to secure publishers. The novels attracted great critical attention and steadily became best-sellers, but the sisters' careers were shortened by ill-health. Emily died the following year before she could complete another novel, and Anne published her second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, in 1848, a year before her death. Upon publication Jane Eyre received the most critical and commercial success of all the Brontë works, continuing to this day. Charlotte's Shirley appeared in 1849 and was followed by Villette in 1853. Her first novel, The Professor, was published posthumously in 1857. The first biography of Charlotte was written by her friend Elizabeth Gaskell and published in 1857. It helped create the myth of a doomed family living in romantic solitude. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. In full cloth binding with gilt lettering. Externally, smart. There is some mild wear to the extremities including slight bumping to the corners and tops and tails of the spines, minor rubbing and marks to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound, although hinges are slightly strained. Pages are clean and bright with the occasional handling mark and isolated spot. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: SET3-F-1

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Illustrated Novels Poetry Bronte Novels Mrs Humphry Ward Clement K. Shorter Various