BRIGHTWELL C.L.

Palissy. The Huguenot Potter. A True Tale. WITH BINDER'S TICKET

Religious Tract Society,, [1858]. 12mo., First Edition, with an engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations in the text, some very light and occasional age-staining, wanting free endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on front paste-down; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, case a little shaken else a bright, firm copy. With the binder's ticket of Lewis & Sons of Gough Square, London on rear paste-down, and 10pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first appearance of this popular tale that was reissued many times across the last half of the nineteenth century. The engravings are uneven in quality; those signed by Geo. Meason are by far the best. The first edition is scarce.

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Book number: 18169

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BRITISH PLUTARCH.

The British Plutarch. Volume I [THIS VOLUME ONLY]. Containing the Lives of the most eminent Statesmen, Patriots, Divines, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland. Revised, corrected and considerably enlarged by T. Mortimer. IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

Printed for E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry,, 1776. 8vo., on laid paper, with engraved allegorical frontispiece; strongly bound in contemporary full calf, back with raised bands, second compartment wanting label, all other compartments numbered and tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a crisp, clean copy. The first volume includes lives of Wolsey, Thomas More, Fisher Bishop of Rochester, Cromwell Earl of Essex, Howard Duke of Norfolk, Archbishop Cranmer, Cardinal Pole, Sebastian Cabot and others. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 33239

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BRONTE Charlotte

The Complete Poems of Charlotte Bronte. Edited by Clement Shorter. Now for the First Time collected, with Bibliography and Notes, by C.W. Hatfield. THE FIRST COMPLETE COLLECTION

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1923]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, free endpapers lightly spotted, fore-edges lightly browned; original grey paper boards, blue cloth back lettered in gilt, uncut, joints very lightly rubbed, case very slightly shaken (but binding entirely sound), a fresh, clean copy. THE FIRST COMPLETE COLLECTION, AND THE FIRST SEPARATE COLLECTION PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND. It contains every published poem, all the poems printed for private circulation only and a large number of poems previously unpublished. Hatfield's collection is based on texts edited by Shorter (who retained copyright in all Bronte writings still protected by law) and the Bonner Collection. With an index of first lines. The bibliography remains the most detailed to date, though it includes several pamphlets 'printed for private circulation only' supplied by Wise. Due caution, therefore. Extremely scarce.

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Book number: 15477

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BRONTE, Charlotte

[The Life and Works of the Bronte Sisters. The Novels, Poems and Gaskell's 'Life']. NEAR FINE SET IN SIGNED TRUSLOVE & HANSON ART-NOUVEAU VELLUM

Smith Elder & Co.,, 1897-1902. 7 vols., 8vo., elegantly bound in contemporary half vellum BY TRUSLOVE & HANSON, sides in rose cloth, backs with tan leather labels blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrips elaborately tooled, ruled and dated in gilt to an ornate art-nouveau design, gilt tops, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, crisp set in splendid, wholly unrestored art-nouveau binding. THE BINDINGS ARE SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSOS. The set comprises (in chronological sequence): [Bronte, Charlotte.] Shirley. A Tale. New Edition 1897; [Bronte, Charlotte.] The Professor. To which are added the Poems of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, now first collected 1898; [Bronte, Charlotte.] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, New Edition 1899; Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights [with] Bronte, Anne. Agnes Grey. With a Preface, and Memoir of both Authors, by Charlotte Bronte. New Edition 1899; Gaskell, [Elizabeth]. The Life of Charlotte Bronte 1900; [Bronte, Charlotte.] Villette. A New Edition 1901; Bronte, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. New Edition 1902. Gaskell's 'Life' has engraved title-vignette and full-page facsimile in the text. A SPLENDID SET IN OUTSTANDING SIGNED ART-NOUVEAU BINDING.

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Book number: 47494

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Keywords: literature, bronte, charlotte bronte, currer bell, emily bronte, ellis bell, anne bronte, acton bell, gaskell, elizabeth gaskell, fine bindings

BRONTE SISTERS

[Novels of the Sisters Bronte]. [Thornton Edition. Edited by Temple Scott. Complete set including Gaskell's 'Life']. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE BEST COLLECTED EDITION

John Grant, Edinburgh,, 1924. 12 vols., 8vo., on laid paper, with 12 frontispieces, series and volume titles in red and black, and 55 plates on 54; original leaf-green cloth, backs gilt extra, gilt tops (excepting one volume), uncut, some backstrips lightly faded (that of 'The Professor' rather more so) but all gilt designs and lettering entirely legible, else a very good, crisp, internally spotless set. The edition comprises Bronte (A): The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (2 vols; 2 frontispieces); Agnes Grey (1 vol; frontispiece). Bronte (C): Jane Eyre (2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 9 plates); Shirley (2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 10 plates); Villette (2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 4 plates); The Professor (1 vol; frontispiece and 3 plates). Bronte (E): Wuthering Heights (1 vol; frontispiece and 4 plates). Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte (1 vol; frontispiece and 25 plates on 24). First issued in 1911, the Thornton edition is by far the finest twentieth century collected edition, well printed with broad margins and fine plates.

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Book number: 7816

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BRONTE, pseud. Charlotte

Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell, Author of 'Jane Eyre'. IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING

Smith Elder & Co.,, 1849. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, uniform mid-nineteenth inscription above title on all three title-pages, fore-margins mildly age-soiled (rather more heavily so on first leaves of first volume; see below); attractively bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back ruled with six flat bands, second compartments lettered in gilt, fourth compartments numbered in gilt, backstrip gilt faded (but all lettering and numbering wholly legible), neatly recased with new endpapers, sprinkled edges, a very good, tight copy. The work was issued without half-titles. This is likely to be an early issue since it is bound without the 16pp publisher's catalogue dated October 1849 sometimes found at end of first volume. With the first of two leaves of publisher's advertisements at end of third volume. The mid-nineteenth century presentation inscription above titles is blotted and obtrusive but nowhere affects printed lettering. This copy has the following minor imperfections: Vol. I: mild marginal age-soiling to title and following eight leaves, short closed tear on title neatly repaired on verso; Vol. III: wanting second leaf of publisher's advertisements at end. The first leaf (here present) contains the announcement of the third edition of Jane Eyre, the second leaf (here absent) contains press opinions of the same work. Overall a nice copy of the author's second novel (set during the Luddite riots) in partially restored period binding. SCARCE. Sadleir 348; Smith, p.112; Parrish, p. 93; Wise 6 (pp.22-29)

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Book number: 45905

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BROWNING Robert

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1845-1846. With Portraits and Facsimiles. [Edited by F.G. Kenyon and Roger Ingpen]. HANDSOME SET IN SIGNED BUMPUS BINDING

Smith Elder & Co.,, 1899. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 2 portrait frontispieces in photogravure and 2 folding facsimiles on japon, free endpapers and preliminaries lightly spotted; handsomely bound in blue crushed half morocco BY BUMPUS, blue buckram sides, backs with five raised bands, second and third compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a floral motif, gilt tops, laid endpapers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper versos. It was commissioned by Helen Gordon Clark and carries her name inlaid in gilt on front paste-downs. NCBEL III, 437.

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Book number: 33287

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BROWNING Elizabeth Barrett

The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. With Memoir, etc. The 'Albion'' Edition. THE ALBION EDITION IN FULL ROAN

Frederick Warne,, [1894]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and title in red and black, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; handsomely bound in full dark purple roan, sides with frame border stopped at corners with floral leaf all in gilt, back with flat bands, second compartment with dark green leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, an attractive copy in period binding.

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Book number: 37885

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BROWNiNG Robert

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. Complete from 1833 to 1868 and the Shorter Poems thereafter. Edited by Eugene Vinaver. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oxford University Press, Oxford,, [1962]. 8vo., original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, blue top (mildly faded), a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 48447

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BUNYAN John

The Pilgrim's Progress. A New [Second] Edition, divided into Chapters. [With] large explanatory and practical Notes. With the Life of the Author: by G. Burder. HANDSOME COPY OF A RARE COVENTRY ISSUE

M. Luckman, Coventry and J. Mathews, 18 Strand, London,, 1791. 2 parts in one vol., 12mo., on laid paper, with an engraved frontispiece and 8 engraved plates, some mild age-staining (rather heavier on frontispiece and some plates), contemporary name on title; strongly and attractively bound in early nineteenth-century half roan, marbled boards tooled in gilt, back with four flat bands elaborately tooled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a very good, firm copy in well-preserved period binding. With three pages of hymns and single-page publisher's advertisement at rear. L6 has short tear (not affecting text) and neat repair at upper margin. The work is divided into two parts as often. Burder was a Congregationalist minister [sometime active in Coventry] who began life as an engraver but subsequently played an important role in the founding of the RTS. His edition of 'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1786) is the first to be divided into chapters and was frequently reprinted. This is apparently the second Coventry printing; we have a note of an earlier (1790) version issued by Luckman & Suffield. In the earlier issue the pagination is similar but the plates include a frontispiece to each part; here the number of plates remains the same, but all are numbered for inclusion in the first part. Rare. ESTC lists only the 1786 edition.

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Book number: 15114

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BUNYAN John

The Pilgrim's Progress as Originally Published. Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition.

Elliot Stock,, 1875. 8vo., on laid paper, with 2 woodcut frontispieces and 16 woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, endpapers very lightly browned; original brown cloth, boards with elaborate floral roll in blind, back with four flat bands, second compartment with label lettered in gilt, red edges, backstrip lightly pulled at head else a very good, crisp, clean copy. With the contemporary binder's ticket of Smith Brothers of Paternoster Row on rear paste-down. Bunyan's allegory was first published in 1678, less than a handful of copies are known to exist. This much-needed facsimile includes the frontispieces and titles to both parts, the 14 woodcut illustrations of the first part and the 2 woodcut illustrations of the second part. All marginalia (comprising arguments and biblical references) are faithfully retained. The work was not divided into chapters until Burder's edition of 1786. A notable and very scarce facsimile edition.

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Book number: 15206

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BUNYAN John

The Pilgrim's Progress as originally published by John Bunyan. Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition. 350 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Elliot Stock,, [1885]. 12mo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with full-page facsimiles of the first edition title, free endpaper moderately browned; attractively bound in ivory faux-vellum, boards ruled and blocked in red to a geometric pattern enclosing small arabesque, backstrip lettered and tooled in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 350 COPIES. A delightful, affordable and good quality facsimile of the sole surviving first edition.

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Book number: 21800

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BUNYAN John

The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come. A New Edition with explanatory Notes by Offor. Illustrated by John Gilbert.

Routledge Warne & Routledge,, 1860. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates, some very light age-staining, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original dark red cloth, sides elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, brown endpapers, uncut, a very good, firm copy. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Thew of King's Lynn on rear paste-down.

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Book number: 26460

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BUNYAN John

The Pilgrim's Progress. From this World to that which is to come. Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream. A New Edition, adorned with Cuts. [Parts I, II and III together] BUNYAN IMPERFECT BUT RARE

Printed for T. Wilkins, No. 23, Aldermanbury,, 1797. 3 parts in 1 vol., 8vo., with woodcut frontispiece and 18 woodcut plates, separate pagination for each of the three parts, frontispiece and title mildly age-soiled, some lighter age-soiling throughout (rather heavier on a few blank margins), neat nineteenth century inscription on front paste-down, PART III WANTING LAST TWO LEAVES; nineteenth century full roan, back with flat bands in blind, neatly rebacked to style with old backstrip laid down, a very good, firm copy. 'Wherein is discovered I. The Manner of his Setting-Out; II: His dangerous Journey; and III: His late Arrival at the Desired Country. Also that of Christian's Wife and Children following after him'. The woodcuts are delightfully naïve as befits a mock-chapbook treatment. A VERY SCARCE EDITION, ALBEIT WANTING TWO LEAVES. ESTC locates only 4 copies: BL; Birmingham; Quebec; Florida.

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Book number: 28100

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BURNET Bishop [Gilbert]

The Lives of Hale, Bedell and Rochester by Bishop Burnet: with Fell's Life of Dr. Hammond. BURNET'S LIVES IN PERIOD BINDING

J.F. Dove, St. John's Square,, n.d. [?1830]. 12mo., First Edition thus, with engraved portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), engraved and printed titles, and separate titles to the parts, small neat signature on blank preliminary; attractively bound in dark red full calf, boards with frame border in gilt enclosing double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in blind, back with three flat bands, second compartment with green leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, label chipped (without loss of lettering), joints moderately rubbed, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound), else a very good, clean, crisp copy. The plates are engraved for Dove's 'English Classics'. The frontispiece reproduces Robert Graves' portrait of Matthew Hale; the engraved title, the same artist's portrait of Rochester. RARE. BLPC gives one copy and provisional dating.

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Book number: 19564

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Keywords: literature, bishop burnet, gilbert burnet, matthew hale, william bedell, earl of rochester, doves english classics