BEAUMONT Francis

The Lyric Poems of Beaumont & Fletcher. Edited [and with an extended Introduction] by Ernest Rhys.

J.M. Dent,, [1897]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with a fine engraved portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and several decorations in the text, free endpapers mildly browned; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt to an art nouveau design, gilt top, uncut, ivory silk marker (detached at head) a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in Dent's 'Lyric Poets' series, this is a typical Rhys brainchild combining fine paper, elegant typography and high production values. A stylish forerunner of the mighty Everyman's Library then waiting in the wings. Very scarce.

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Book number: 15586

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BEAUMONT Francis

Philaster. A Tragedy. As altered from Beaumont and Fletcher. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, and Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-Books, by Permission of the Managers. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN MODERN BOARDS

Bell,, 1791. 12mo., with 2 engraved plates; twentieth century grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, a very good, bright, crisp copy.

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Book number: 32133

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BEAUMONT Francis

The Spanish Curate. A Comedy. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Printed for J.T. [Jacob Tonson] and sold by J. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar,, 1718. 4to., on laid paper, some mild age- and damp-marking to several leaves; strongly bound in twentieth century boards, paper label, a bright, crisp copy. Although attributed here to Beaumont and Fletcher, later scholarship increasingly favours authorship by Fletcher and Massinger. The play, one of the finest Restoration comedies, was first performed in 1622 with the first licensed edition following in 1647. We have not been able to trace another eighteenth century edition of this work on its own. Tannenbaum, 501; see CBEL I, 635.

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Book number: 8872

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BEAUMONT Sir John

The Theatre of Apollo. An Entertainment written by Sir John Beaumont in 1625. Edited by W.W. Greg. [The Haslewood Books.] 250 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald,, 1926. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with engraved and printed titles; original series binding of terracotta boards, upper board blocked in gilt, brown buckram back lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 86).

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BEER John

Wordsworth in Time.

Faber,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, covers very lightly browned at edges, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at extremities.

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Book number: 10538

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BELL Currer

Shirley. A Tale. A New Edition.

Smith Elder,, 1857. 8vo., contemporary signature on title; strongly bound in contemporary half calf, pebble-grain cloth boards, back with four raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with a lozenge in blind, red edges, green endpapers, corners and joints mildly worn and rubbed else a very good, good, tight copy. The work was first issued as single volume in 1852. Nice copy of an early [fifth/sixth?] edition. See Wise, p.26.

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Book number: 14085

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BELL, pseud. Acton

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. [Illustrated by Jack Hewer]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE LARGE PAPER EDITION

Shakespeare Head Press,, 1931. 2 vols, roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, LARGE PAPER, pn laid paper, with frontispieces (original captioned tissue guards present), titles in red and black; original green buckram backstrips with printed paper labels, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 303).

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BELL Currer

Villette. A New Edition.

Smith Elder,, 1860. 8vo., strongly bound in contemporary half calf, pebble-grain cloth boards, back with four raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with a lozenge in blind, red edges, green endpapers, corners and joints mildly worn and rubbed else a very good, good, tight copy. Following the withdrawal of the two-volume second edition for fear of libel in 1857, the work was first issued as a single volume later in the same year. Nice copy of an early [fifth/sixth?] edition. See Wise, p.33.

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Book number: 14084

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BENNETT H.S.

Chaucer and Fifteenth-Century Verse and Prose. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, [1990]. 8vo., cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Oxford History of English Literature, II. Bennett's classic study was first published in 1947.

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Book number: 30088

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BENNETT J.A.W.

The Parlement of Foules. An Interpretation. [Third Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Clarendon Press, Oxford, [1971]. 8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece and plates; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in 1957, this is the fullest exegesis to date of Chaucer's famous allegory.

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Book number: 29080

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BERDOE (ed.) Edward

Browning Studies. Being Select Papers by Members of the Browning Society. Edited, with an Introduction by Edward Berdoe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

George Allen,, 1895. 8vo., First Edition, neat signature on front free endpaper; original burgundy ribbed cloth, upper board and back lettered in gilt, uncut, covers very lightly age-marked, fore-edges dusty else a very good, bright, clean, fresh copy. A valuable collection of papers delivered by members of the Browning Society. SCARCE.

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Book number: 31707

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BESANT Walter

The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies. Second Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

Chatto & Windus,, 1889. 8vo., Second Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece in photo-mezzotype (original tissue guard present); navy diced cloth, upper board blocked in black, gilt back, uncut, upper hinge starting (but binding wholly sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes extracts from letters and notebooks by Jefferies no longer extant. Miller & Matthews, E2.1 (recording the first edition of 1888)

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BESANT Walter

The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies. Third Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE THE THIRD EDITION

Chatto & Windus,, 1893. 8vo., Third Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece in photo-mezzotype (original tissue guard present), neat contemporary inscription on frontispiece recto; original blue diced cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, dark green endpapers, uncut, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Includes extracts from letters and notebooks by Jefferies no longer extant. Miller & Matthews, E2.1 (recording the first edition of 1888)

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BEWLEY Marius

The Eccentric Design. Form in the Classic American Novel. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Chatto & Windus,, 1959. 8vo., First Edition; original red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY ['For Talog with affectionate regards from Marius'] FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY

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Book number: 14081

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BICKERSTAFF Isaac

Love in a Village. A Comic Opera.. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-Book, by Permission of the Managers. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Bell,, 1791. 12mo., with 2 engraved plates; twentieth century grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, a very good, bright, crisp copy.

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