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ANDERSON. ANNE. ILLUSTRATES.
THE GILLYFLOWER GARDEN BOOK.
Thomas Nelson & Sons. London. ND. [1915] 1915. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.3 x 701 inches). Illustrated with 12 full page colour plates and line drawings around the text pages opposite each plate, plus illustrated title page, all by Anderson. A little browning to the blank endpapers and a neat previous owner name on the front free endpaper, otherwise a very good, clean copy in the publishers grey cloth covered boards. Full colour illustrated onlay to the front board and green line border, decoration and lettering. Blue cloth spine lettered in dark blue. Aside from some darkening to the plain spine and minor rubbing to the extremities this is a very good copy. The book is undated but the British Library catalogue gives the publication date as 1915.
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Book number: 10328
GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 146.5 US$ 157.74 | JP¥ 23883]

 
SEWELL. ANNA.
BLACK BEAUTY. His Grooms and Companions. The autobiography of a Horse. Translated from the original Equine by Anna Sewell.
David Paradine Developments Limited. London. 1977. FACSIMILE OF FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(6.8 x 4.2 inches). Limited edition, one of only 100 copies, this number 17, numbered and signed by Champion British Equestrian Lucinda Prior-Palmer, later Green, to mark the centenary of the book's first publication. Finely bound in publishers delux leather binding of full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments with gilt lettering and gilt stamped Horse head devices. Front board with black stamped illustration of a horse. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Single gilt rule on inner boards. Housed in the original marbled paper and brown cloth covered slip-case. Fine condition throughout. ---- An attractive facsimile edition, issued to mark the centenary of Black Beauty and signed by one of the greatest Horse Women in Great Britain. Lucinda Green (born Lucinda Prior-Palmer, she married the Australian Equestrian David Green in 1981 and competed under both names) won a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, 2 gold medals at the 1982 World Championships, and five gold & four silver medals at the European Championships between 1975 and 1987, among many other achievements.
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Book number: 11019
GBP 850.00 [Appr.: EURO 995.5 US$ 1072.63 | JP¥ 162404]

 
ANON. ; GUMUCHIAN COPY.
THE BASKET OF FLOWERS. Or piety and truth triumphant.
Frederick Warne and Co.London. circa 1860.. FIRST EDITION.16mo.(11.8 x 7.5 cms).Colour frontispiece,printed in the Kronheim style.Previous owners book label to front pastedown endpaper.Beautiful,fine copy in original decorative blindstamped green cloth with gilt stamped title within a decorative centre-piece to front board.Housed in a chemise and burgundy morocco spined slip case with raised bands,ruled and lettered in gilt.The Gumuchian copy,as listed in the famous 1931 catalogue.-Not in Osborne..
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Book number: 4557
GBP 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 234.25 US$ 252.38 | JP¥ 38213]

 
ANON.
A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF PROTESTS. From the Year M.DC.XLI. (1641) to the present year M.DCCC.XXXVII. (1737).
Printed for W. Webb. London. 1737 . FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.1 inches). [12], 352, 351-470 [i.e. 472]p. Pagination is irregular, but the text is continuous and complete. Contemporary binding of full tan calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments double ruled in gilt. hand written paper title label (probably 19th century) with small area of loss to the top right corner. Boards with double gilt ruled borders. Hinges cracked but still firm. Edges rubbed and bit scuffed but still a tight and well bound copy of this interesting title which describes a Collection of protests made in the House of Lords.
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Book number: 8264
GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 292.75 US$ 315.48 | JP¥ 47766]

 
ANON. ( SCOTT. SARAH.)
A DESCRIPTION OF MILLENIUM HALL. And the country adjacent: Together with the Characters and inhabitants. And such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the mind to the love of virtue. By A Gentleman on his travels.
J. Newbery. London. 1764. Second edition, corrected. Published two years after the first edition. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.4 inches). Engraved frontis showing two men viewing Millenium Hall through several trees, engraved by A. Walker. , iv, 264pp, 2pp of publishers adverts. Some light spotting to several pages but overall a very good copy in a recent period style binding of half tan calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Red and green labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Two neat previous owner names on front blank endpaper; 'Mary (Fl ?)avel her book. : 1769. and Maria Gresley, August 18th 1840'. ---- An important early feminist utopian novel. The most famous work of Sarah Scott (1720-1795), 'Millenium Hall' describes a female utopia, free from male violence, where property is held in common and a community of women conduct lives devoted to artistic pursuits and education, Christian virtues, and philanthropy. Through its focus on female equality, education and friendship, and with the Hall forming a model of mid-century reform ideas, it provided a fictional embodiment of the ideals of the Blue Stockings Society, of which Scott was a member and of which her sister, Elizabeth Montagu, was leader. A successful work in its time, it went through four editions by 1778, and in recent years has undergone a resurgence of scholarly and public interest, with a renewed focus on its early feminist meaning. [ESTC: T107679].
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Book number: 10454
GBP 475.00 [Appr.: EURO 556.25 US$ 599.41 | JP¥ 90755]

 
ANON. ( SCOTT. SARAH.)
A DESCRIPTION OF MILLENIUM HALL. And the country adjacent: Together with the Characters and inhabitants. And such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, and lead the mind to the love of virtue. By A Gentleman on his travels.
T. Carnan, and F. Newbery. London. 1778. Fourth edition. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.4 inches). Engraved frontis showing two men viewing Millenium Hall through several trees, engraved by A. Walker. ii, 262pp. Some very light spotting to a few pages but overall a very good copy in a recent period style binding of half tan calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Red and green labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. ---- An important early feminist utopian novel. The most famous work of Sarah Scott (1720-1795), 'Millenium Hall' describes a female utopia, free from male violence, where property is held in common and a community of women conduct lives devoted to artistic pursuits and education, Christian virtues, and philanthropy. Through its focus on female equality, education and friendship, and with the Hall forming a model of mid-century reform ideas, it provided a fictional embodiment of the ideals of the Blue Stockings Society, of which Scott was a member and of which her sister, Elizabeth Montagu, was leader. A successful work in its time, it went through four editions by 1778, and in recent years has undergone a resurgence of scholarly and public interest, with a renewed focus on its early feminist meaning. [ESTC: T107679].
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Book number: 10543
GBP 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 527 US$ 567.86 | JP¥ 85978]

 
ANON. - Crossley-Holland, Kevin Translates and introduces.
THE EXETER RIDDLE BOOK. Drawings by Virgil Burnett.
The Folio Society. London. 1978. FIRST PRINTING OF THIS EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.7 inches). Finely illustrated by Virgil Burnett with full page frontispiece and 75 head pieces, printed in red. A fine copy in a fine unique leather craft binding. Full mid brown morocco. Front board with blue, tan, green and dark brown onlay letter R's, each with a gilt dot in the round of the character. Rear board with four gilt dots. Plain brown endpapers with a hand painted design in green, blue, white, tan and gold to both paste-downs. Fine hand made rag paper blank endpapers front and rear. All edges gilt. The book is housed in a custom made clam-shell case with padded calico lining. Brown cloth on the boards of the box and the spine with a hand lettered title strip. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a highly skilled bookbinder. A fine and beautiful example of this fascinating, bawdy, enigmatic book, the work of tenth century scribes and here translated from the original Anglo Saxon and with 35 pages of notes deciphering the riddles.
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Book number: 10803
GBP 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 761.25 US$ 820.25 | JP¥ 124191]

 
ANON. (PENN. JOHN. Founder of the Outinian Society, edits: -- RICHARDSON. JONATHAN, - secretary to the Society).
THE GENERAL ADDRESS (IN TWO PARTS) OF THE OUTINIAN LECTURER TO HIS AUDITORS. Periodically read by him as a lecture during the season in London and descriptive of the institution of the Outinian Society in the hundredth year after the death of the benevolent William Penn, and the year of the second peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, to secure the advantages of justice and benevolence, with the aid of ethical and critical lectures where no other provision can easily be made for that purpose.
Printed by W. Nicol, late Bulmer & Co. London. 1822. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.3 x 6.1 inches). Illustrated title, 56pp, 7 full page engravings, each with a plain tissue guard. Aside from some light spotting to the tissue guards this is a bright and clean copy throughout. Finely bound in nineteenth century full burgundy morocco. Spine with four wide raised bands, each with gilt box ruling. Compartments triple ruled and lettered in gilt. Boards with five ruled line gilt borders. Board edges and turn-ins with gilt decorative roll. All edges gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Some minor wear to the edges of the binding but overall a very good and attractive copy of this rare work, both inside and out. Contains a lithographed title page illustrating both sides of the medal of the Outinian Societ and seven full page plates; portrait frontispiece of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania; Lady Juliana Penn; Vice-Admiral Sir William Penn; Thomas Penn; a memorial urn dedicated to the memory of Lady Juliana; the remnant of the Great tree at Stoke Park under which the treaty was held between William Penn and the Original Natives of America; and another, different portrait of Penn. --- Sabin lists the author as John Penn (1760 - 1834), Grandson of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania and also, incorrectly, only calls for 6 plates. The anonymous publication of a poem titled "Marriage", in a Monthly Magazine issue during the summer of 1815, inspired Penn to organise The Matrimonial Society, which he established in early 1817 and which had for its object an improvement in the domestic life of married persons. It later extended its aims to include other schemes of domestic utility, and the society re-named itself the Outinian Society. During the summer of 1818 meetings of the society took place at Penn's house in London's Spring Gardens, and later at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, the family home purchased by his father in 1760. Penn, who acted as president, edited the works of the society for publication. The Second Lecture appeared in 1819, the General Address of the Outinian Lecturer in 1822, Records of the Origin and Proceedings of the Outinian Society in 1822, A Proposal of the Outinian Society in 1823 (written by Penn), and the Seventh Outinian Lecture in 1823. The society was still existing in 1825. Sabin 26864.
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Book number: 10708
GBP 1500.00 [Appr.: EURO 1756.5 US$ 1892.88 | JP¥ 286595]

 
ANON.
HAIL, HITLER ! The Nazi speaks to the world. Illustrated by Mendoza.
Christophers, London 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text. Publishers yellow cloth with black lettering to the spine and black illustration to the front board. In the scarce original dustwrapper with a design by Ruth Wood, printed in red and black to the front panel. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with some loss to the very top of the spine, which is also toned. ---- Summary: A collection of short extracts from the Nazi propaganda. The anonymous editor wants to show the contradictions, distortions and exaggerations in the Nazi ideology and propaganda. The goal of the collection is to point to the grave dangers embedded in the Nazi ideology, to the violence and brutality of the Nazi revolution. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism). An interesting and uncommon book ridiculing the ideology of the National Socialists in early 1930's Germany, by using there own statements and propaganda to show both the absurdity and danger of their thinking.
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Book number: 10946
GBP 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 234.25 US$ 252.38 | JP¥ 38213]

 
ANON. JUVENILE.
THE HISTORY OF LITTLE LYDIA SOMERVILLE. An interesting story;calculated for the instruction and entertainment of juvenile minds.Embellished with sixteen beautiful engravings on wood.
Edinburgh:Published by Oliver & Boyd;and sold by Law and Whittaker,London;Johnston and Dean,Dublin;and W.Turnbull,Glasgow. Circa 1829.. EARLY EDITION.6mo.(5.6 x 3.6 inches).Engraved frontis,100,4pp publishers adverts.Lacking both blank free endpapers but all printed pages present.Small tear,without loss,to the bottom inner margin of one leaf.Neat early inscription to front paste down endpaper---M.Fosters love to Miss Toone and begs her acceptance of this book if she likes it.---Miss Toone's name and address written neatly on blank rear of frontis.Some spotting to a few leaves and edges a bit rubbed but overall very good in publishers green roan backed boards with gilt ruling.Marbled paper on boards.Edges bumped.-----A rare work.Not dated but listed in the Osborne Collection catalogue with date of circa 1820.No copy in the British Library catalogue.A search of Copac shows just one copy,a reprint of 1829 with fewer pages(89pp) in the National Library of Scotland,possibly a mis-collation.-The Oliver and Boyd ledgers,in the National Library of Scotland,show that in 1829 a new set of 16 wood blocks were commissioned by one artist.These were to replace the earlier edition that was made up of two sets of illustrations (6 and 10),by different artists.The artist of these new 16 blocks is unknown but one illustration has the intitials "FC" in the corner,possibly the engraver Frederick Craig.
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Book number: 6417
GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 292.75 US$ 315.48 | JP¥ 47766]

 
ANON. (BOYER. ABEL, edits).
THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE, DIGESTED INTO ANNALS. Year the fourth. Containing the most memorable transactions both at home and abroad: And in which are inserted several valuable pieces never before printed.
Printed for Francis Coggan. London. 1706.. Fourth year, of a total of 11 published, but complete in itself. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.1 inches). iv, 288pp, 72pp Appendix, 10pp Index. Two fold out plates, one the order of the battle of the confederate armies, 18th July 1705, the second a plan of the town and castle of Nice. A very good copy in a recent binding of half dark brown calf. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled paper on boards. One split to the fold-out plan of Nice, without any los, but generally this is very good indeed.
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Book number: 10921
GBP 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 351.5 US$ 378.58 | JP¥ 57319]

 
ANON. (Illustrations possibly by J. Smeeton).
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
Printed by J. Fairburn. 110, Minories. (London). No date. 1820 - 1842. (4.6 x 3.6 inches). 8pp, plus publishers green wraps, printed in black to the front panel with title, publisher and woodcut illustration. Unsewn but with the later addition of a pin to keep it all together. Each page with one or two, a total of ten, woodcuts and text printed below. A few creases to the page edges but overall a very good example of this rare edition. ---- No copy of this edition listed on Worldcat or Copac. ---- Fairburn was located at this address from 1820 to 1842.- P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers. p. 65. ---- The Osborne collection in Toronto has a similar edition, dated 1820 and published by Fairburn, that it records as being illustrated by Smeeton.
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Book number: 10611
GBP 185.00 [Appr.: EURO 216.75 US$ 233.45 | JP¥ 35347]

 
ANON.
A Hue and Cry After Part of a Pack of Hounds, Which broke out of Their Kennel in Westminster. To which is added, Modern Characters, By another Hand.
Printed for F. Style. London. 1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.
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Book number: 7194
GBP 135.00 [Appr.: EURO 158.25 US$ 170.36 | JP¥ 25794]

 
ANON.
LONDON AND ITS SIGHTS. Being a comprehensive guide to all that is worth seeing in the great metropolis.
T. Nelson and Sons. London 1858. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (5.8 x 3.8 inches). 48pp of text, with 14 vignette engravings among the text, and 12 colour tinted plates. Original publishers paper wraps, printed in gold, both front - which is illustrated, and rear, are bound in. Attractive early leather binding of full red pebble grained morocco. Gilt ruled and dotted line, with floral devices, design to both boards and spine. Front board lettered in gilt. Board edges with gilt dots. Marbled endpapers. Eight line poetic inscription to the front blank free endpaper. Faded light purple ex library stamp to the title page and the leaf with the inscription. Overall a very good and attractively bound copy of this uncommon little book. Copac shows just 3 copies of this 1858 edition, and one of those listed as only having 10 of the plates.
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Book number: 10489
GBP 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 410 US$ 441.67 | JP¥ 66872]

 
ANON. CHISWICK PRESS. ; GUMUCHIAN COPY.
MEMOIRS OF DICK.. The Little Pony;Intended for the instruction and amusement of little masters and misses.Supposed to be written by himself.
Printed for M.Arnold.London. circa 1823.. FIFTH EDITION.12mo.(14.2 x 9.5 cms).Engraved frontispiece & 18 woodcuts throughout the text.Previous owners name and date (1852) on verso of frontispiece.A very good copy in original decorative blindstamped publishers red cloth with gilt stamped horse in centre of front board.Spine lettered and highly decorated in gilt.Hinge cracked between frontis and title page.Both pastedown endpapers have four wax blobs where a previous owner has covered the book with paper wrapper and used red sealing wax to do it.The wrapper has now been removed and has done its job of keeping the decorative cloth binding very clean and the gilt still bright.Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.Housed in a chemise and burgundy morocco spined slip case with raised bands,ruled and lettered in gilt.The Gumuchian copy,as listed in the famous 1931 catalogue.-Not in Osborne..
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Book number: 4559
GBP 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 234.25 US$ 252.38 | JP¥ 38213]

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