BYRON Lord Gorge Gordon Noel

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH

John Murray,, 1849. Sm. 8vo., with engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved and printed titles, frontispiece and engraved title very lightly browned; original brown cloth, boards framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, primrose endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Croydon of Torquay on front paste-down.

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Book number: 41648

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, byron, lord byron, george gordon noel byron, childe harold

BYRON Lord

Lord Byron. Selected Letters and Journals. In One Volume from the Unexpurgated Twelve Volume Edition. Edited by L.A. Marchand. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper.

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Book number: 44734

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: mstock, literature, byron, leslie marchand, marchand, lord byron, literature, lord, byron

BYRON Lord George Gordon Noel

Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. HALF MOROCCO BY ZAEHNSDORF

John Murray,, 1814. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in early twentieth century green crushed half morocco, marbled boards with gilt rules, backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, BY ZAEHNSDORF, uncut, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, clean copy. The binding is signed by Zaehnsdorf on front free endpaper verso. As usual, this copy is bound without the half-title and advertisement leaf. 'Very rare, in any condition - the half-title is usually lacking. A copy in wrappers is an extreme rarity' (Randolph). Randolph p. 40; Wise I, p.100.

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Book number: 9301

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Keywords: literature, poetry, odes, byron, romantics, bonaparte, lord byron, literature, ode, napoleon, buonaparte

BYRON Lord

Poetry of Byron Chosen and Arranged by Matthew Arnold. ONE OF 705 LARGE PAPER COPIES

Macmillan,, 1881. 8vo., First Edition, Large Paper, on laid paper, engraved portrait of Byron by Stodart mounted on title, endpapers mildly browned; original ivory buckram, backstrip with paper label printed in red, uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED, covers heavily age-stained (backstrip in particular faded to dark brown) else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 705 COPIES. Arnold contributes an extended Preface.

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Book number: 14635

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, byron, matthew arnold, lord byron, literature, poetry, byron, chosen, arranged, matthew, arnold

BYRON Lord

The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem. IN PUBLISHER'S WRAPPERS

John Murray,, 1816. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; front and rear inside wrappers very lightly spotted, corners of a few leaves mildly dog-eared; original publisher's brown paper wrappers, sewed as issued, backstrip (blank) largely worn away, uncut, a very good, crisp, clean copy now housed in a custom-made green cloth solander case, paper label lettered and ruled in black on upper board. Complete with half-titles to each poem and the 2pp of publisher's advertisements at end (the latter not recorded by Randolph). SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Randolph, p. 55; Wise I, p.106.

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Book number: 9396

Catalogue: Literature0

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BYRON Lord George Gordon Noel

The Siege of Corinth. A Poem [with] Parisina. A Poem. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED IN SIGNED ZAEHNSDORF BINDING

John Murray,, 1816. 8vo., First Edition, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved frontispiece and 18 engraved plates; most attractively bound in full red calf, sides with gilt frame border, expertly rebacked to style with old backstrip gilt laid down, gilt top, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, fresh, crisp copy. With the publisher's 4pp catalogue (dated February 1816) at end. THIS COPY WAS BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR CHICAGO PUBLISHER AND WHOLESALER A.C. McCLURG; the binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. It was possibly compiled on behalf of a dedicated collector, for the plates and portraits are numerous and relevant. The frontispiece ('Leila', engraved by Mote after Corbaux) and 11 plates relate to the first work; the remaining 7 plates to the second. Of particular interest are the fine portraits of John Hobhouse (to whom the work is dedicated) by Hopwood after Wivell, and John Sobieski (engraved by Thomson from a picture in the Louvre). A MOST UNUSUAL, AND EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE COPY IN sympathetically restored period binding. Randolph, p. 55; Wise I, p.106.

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Book number: 38597

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Keywords: literature, byron, lord byron, george gordon noel byron, john hobhouse, siege of corinth, parisina, zaehnsdorf, mcclurg, fine bindings

CAINE Hall

Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

Walter Scott,, 1997.. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; blue cloth, gilt back, gilt top, ivory endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. Published in the series 'Great Writers' edited by Eric Robertson.

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Book number: 32811

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, coleridge, samuel taylor coleridge, caine, hall caine

CARACCIOLI] [L-A.

Le Langage de la Raison. Par l'Auteur de la Jouissance de soi-meme.

Bassompierre, Liege,, 1763. 8vo., on laid paper, with decorative title, small neat contemporary signature on half-title, some negligible marginal age-staining on a few leaves; contemporary full speckled calf, back with five raised bands, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments framed and tooled in gilt to a floral design, marbled endpapers, red edges, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), two small worm-holes at tail of backstrip, a crisp, clean copy. Complete with half-title; wanting one blank preliminary.Louis-Antoine Caraccioli (1723-1803) was a prolific writer of poetry, history, fiction and biography. Born in Paris, he served as colonel to Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and so travelled widely throughout Europe. Despite close ties to both Louis XV and Louis XVI he managed to survive the Revolution, though eventually he died in penury. The broad thematic range of his works makes him interesting to scholars of manners and many other subjects. He is best known among bibliophiles for two publications printed with coloured inks: Le livre de quatre couleurs (1757) and Le livre à la mode (1759) But the full list of his works is much longer ('trop fécond' complains the ungenerous Nouvelle Biographie Générale), and many of them are of interest. The present work was first published in Paris by Nyon earlier in the same year. It remained popular throughout the eighteenth century and was translated into English as 'The Language of Reason' in 1802. This edition, the first non-French issue, is scarce.

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Book number: 8583

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Keywords: literature, theology, philosophy, caraccioli, france, french books, l-a. caraccioli, literature, le, langage, de, la, raison

CARLYLE Thomas

Sartor Resartus. Heroes, Hero-Worship. With Portraits.

Chapman & Hall,, n.d. [c.1900]. Roy. 8vo., with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 4 fine engraved portraits in photogravure (original tissue guards present), original blue ribbed cloth, upper board with blind frame border, back gilt extra, uncut, upper hinges cracked (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy.

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Book number: 13812

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Keywords: literature, carlyle, sart resartus, heroes, hero-worship, teufelsdrockh, thomas carlyle, literature, sartor, resartus

CARPENTER Maurice

The Indifferent Horseman. The Divine Comedy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Elek,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities.

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Book number: 41577

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, coleridge, st coleridge, samuel taylor coleridge, maurice carpenter

CARPENTER T. Edward

The Story of Jane Austen's Chawton Home. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

[Jane Austen Memorial Trust, Chawton],, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Gilson, M889.

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Book number: 11423

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, austen, jane austen, chawton, hampshire, hants, t. edward carpenter

CARROLL J.S.

Exiles of Eternity. An Exposition of Dante's Inferno. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BUCKRAM

Hodder & Stoughton,, 1903. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, and title in red and black, free endpapers very lightly browned; publisher's maroon buckram, backstrip with printed paper label, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 26863

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, dante, inferno, carroll, j.s. carroll, literature, exiles, eternity

CARROLL Lewis

For the Train. Five Poems and a Tale. Being Contributions to 'The Train', 1856-1857, with the original Illustrations by C.H. Bennett and W.M. McConnell together with some Carrollean Episodes concerning Trains.

Denis Archer,, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; endpapers lightly spotted, label scar on rear paste-down; original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible), edges lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy. Uncommon in this condition. Williams & Madan (Green), 307.

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Book number: 12886

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: modern firsts, literature, carroll, dodgson, railways, trains, lewis carroll, charles lutwidge dodgson, literature, train

CARROLL Lewis

The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits. With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.

Macmillan,, 1916. 8vo., with a frontispiece and 8 full-page illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; original red buckram, upper board framed and blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded (but all lettering entirely legible), a very good, firm, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end.

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Book number: 23093

Catalogue: Literature0

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CARROLL J.S.

Prisoners of Hope. An Exposition of Dante's Purgatorio. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BUCKRAM

Hodder & Stoughton,, 1906. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, and title in red and black, free endpapers very lightly browned; publisher's maroon buckram, backstrip with printed paper label, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 26862

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, dante, purgatorio, carroll, j.s. carroll, literature, prisoners, hope