CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT. ANON.

THE ORDER OF CAROLS SUNG AT NORWICH SCHOOL CHRISTMASTIDE MCMLI.

NP. 1951. Oblong 4to. (11.5 x 7.9 inches). Beautiful calligraphic manuscript in red and black. Six leaves written on both sides on hand made paper, plus four blank leaves, all sewn in with red cord. In a fine leather binding of full dark brown morocco with bevelled edges to the boards. Multiple blind ruled line borders and gilt ruled panel with floral corner pieces to the front board. A little rubbing and marking to the binding but still a very good attractive volume. ---- The carols included are; God rest you merry, gentlemen, Annunciation Carol, The Shepherd's cradle song, King Jesus hath a garden, Nowell! Nowell!, In the manger he lies, Falan-Tiding, O little town of Bethlehem, The holy well, Midwinter, The infant king, Ding dong merrily on high, A carol of adoration, The first Nowell.

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Book number: 10957

ANON.

THE ROBIN. A Collection of choice songs.

Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials. London. - No date. Circa 1830. (3.4 x 2.4 inches). 32pp. Sewn into plain yellow paper wraps. Illustrated with ten wood engraved vignettes and decorative head piece on the first page, plus one leaf with four lines of music, for voice and violin, for the song The Southern Breezes. Page edges a bit creased and rubbed and a small stain to the rear blank wrap, but overall a very good copy. Contains a short anti slavery verse, simply entitled The Slave. --- Rare. No copies listed on Worldcat or Copac. "One class of literature which Jemmy Catnach made — by reason of greater mechanical skill and a larger capital than his rivals — almost his own, was children's farthing, halfpenny, and penny books." - The history of the Catnach press by Charles Hindley. 1886. Catnach was publishing at this address between c. 1813 and his retirement in 1838.

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Book number: 10608

ANON. (LOWTH. ROBERT).

A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR: With critical notes. A new edition, corrected.

Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall; and T Cadell, successor to Mr. Millar, in the Strand. London. 1775. Small 8vo. (6.4 x 4.1 inches). xv, 221pp, Publishers advert leaf. A neat previous owner name and date, 'Miss Barwell, Oct. 1779', on the front free endpaper. Small crease to the bottom outer margin of a few pages but overall a bright, clean and fresh copy. Fine contemporary binding of full tan calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments have gilt rules. Red title label, gilt. Board edges with decorative gilt roll design. Marbled endpapers. A small ink spot to the lower board but overall a lovely copy in a fine 18th century calf binding. Originally published in 1762, Lowth's Introduction to Gramar went through several printings and revisions by the author.

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Book number: 10699

ANON. -- BERESFORD. JAMES. -- Atkinson. J(ohn) A(ugustus), illustrates.

SIXTEEN SCENES TAKEN FROM THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. By one of the Wretched.

Wm. Miller. Albemarle Street. London. 1807. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 8vo. (7 x 8.8 inches). Title page with hand coloured vignette and 16 full page hand coloured plates by Atkinson (one folding), each with an accompanying page of text opposite. The text consists of excerpts from James Beresford's The Miseries of human life (1806). An uncut copy in the original brown paper covered boards with a printed paper label to the top board. Expertly re-cased with a new spine. Boards rubbed, stained and chipped to edges. Internally a few marks to a handful of pages but generally very good. --- R. V. Tooley: English Books with Coloured plates, #89.

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Book number: 11022

ANON.

THE TRIAL OF HER MAJESTY, QUEEN CAROLINE, CONSORT OF GEORGE IV. For an alledged Adulterous Intercourse with Bartolomo Bergami; comprising the whole of the proceedings since her arrival in this country. Embellished with portraits.

Dobson and Co. London. 1820. FIRST DOBSON EDITION. 8vo. [2], [11]-194, [492] pages. There is an error in the pagination: 44-73 are omitted in the page numbering but the text is complete. Illustrated with engraved portraits of Queen Caroline (frontispiece) and Bergami, and a large hand coloured folding plate showing a depiction of the Lords at the trial with a legend of the individuals present. One page with a small hole to the middle of the leaf and some offsetting to the two portrait engravings otherwise a very good copy in an attractive early fine leather binding of full mid brown calf. Both boards elaborately decorated with blind tooled multiple oval design panel within twelve ruled line border. An arc and star gilt roll has been tooled around the outside of the boards. Spine with four wide raised bands, each with gilt decorations. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Board edge corners with gilt ruled lines. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. --- Contains a full transcript of the sensational and controversial trial, instigated by George to rid himself of his wife by accusing her of Adultery, the only way he could divorce her. --- A rare variant publication. All copies listed on Worldcat and Copac show the publisher as T. Kaygill in London and show the same text pagination and date but don?t mention the illustrations, which all bear the imprint of Dobson.

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Book number: 10560

ANTHONY. PIERS.

CHTHON.

Macdonald Science Fiction. London.,1970. FIRST U.K EDITION. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper.:

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Book number: 4847

FROUDE. JAMES ANTHONY.

THE ENGLISH IN IRELAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. In three volumes.

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1872 - 74. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Previous owner armorial bookplate (Isaac Holden, politician and inventor of a wool-combing machine, who received a Baronetcy in 1893) and also ink name and address stamped to the front blank free endpapers. Some foxing to the blank endpapers otherwise a very good bright and clean set throughout. All three volumes in fine nineteenth century bindings of full tan calf. Spines with raised bands, the compartments ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Red and green labels, gilt. Boards with double gilt ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Some minor rubbing to edges but generally a very good copy in attractive nineteenth century bindings. The bindings are unsigned but very high quality work.

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Book number: 10804

TROLLOPE. ANTHONY.

TRAVELLING SKETCHES. Reprinted from the Pall Mall Gazette.

Chapman and Hall. London. 1866. FIRST EDITION in bookform. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). Bright clean, unread copy. Gatherings unopened. Bound without the publishers adverts found in some copies. A very good copy in the publishers red cloth, front board lettered in gilt. Two gilt ruled lines to spine. Some light fading and spotting to cloth but overall in very good clean condition.

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Book number: 10910

ARNOLD. MATTHEW.

SELECTED POEMS. The Golden Treasury series.

Macmillan and Co, Limited. London. 1902. Reprint. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.2 inches). Neatly hand written in ink on the last six blank leaves at the end of the book, is all of Arnold's poem, The buried life, otherwise a fine and clean copy throughout. Finely bound by Riviere in early full blue calf. The spine with five raised bands, each with five gilt dots. Compartments with gilt floral decoration, wavy line borders and lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled line to board edges. Marbled endpapers. Turn ins with double ruled and single piped dot borders and floral corner pieces, all in gilt. All edges gilt. Just a hint of fading to the spine but overall a fine copy in a fine, attractive early twentieth century leather binding.

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Book number: 9871

NIELSEN. KAY. Illustrates. ; Quiller-Couch. Sir Arthur.

IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE. Old Fairy tales.

Hodder & Stoughton. London. No date. 1913. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 9.1 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 24 fine tipped in colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard. The colour plates are mounted onto thick oatmeal paper within a decorative printed border. Illustrated mono title page, with red lettering. Illustrated with many fine, striking, mono illustrations throughout the text. Each page decorated with a floral design across the top of text. A very good copy in a recent fine binding of full dark blue morocco, complete with the original illustrated endpapers bound in. Spine with raised bands. Compartments double ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Floral blind tooled border on boards. Top edge gilt. Original illustrated front board bound in at the back of the book. Overall a lovely copy of this beautiful book. Among the very best of the early Twentieth century illustrated gift books.

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Book number: 10998

AUDEN. W. H.

THE DANCE OF DEATH.

Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :

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Book number: 7361

AUSTEN. JANE.; HAMMOND. CHRIS, ILLUSTRATES.

EMMA. With an introduction by Joseph Jacobs.

George Allen. London. 1898. FIRST HAMMOND EDITION. 8vo (7.4 x 5.1 inches). Fully illustrated with 86 beautiful line engravings throughout. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Red title label ruled and lettered in gilt. Compartments ruled and decorated with centre tools in gilt. Gilt chain and dot design border on boards. All edges gilt. A few small spots to the first and last couple of pages but overall a clean and bright, beautifully bound copy of this fine illustrated edition.

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Book number: 8514

AUSTEN. JANE.

EMMA.

Martin Secker. London. 1923. 8vo. (6.9 x 5.1 inches). A lovely clean copy in a fine contemporary leather binding of full tree calf. Spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and fully decorated with elaborate gilt tooling. Brown and green morocco labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Decorative gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A lovely copy.

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Book number: 8597

AUSTEN. JANE. ; THOMSON. HUGH. ILLUSTRATES.

EMMA. With an introduction by Austin Dobson.

Macmillan and co. Ltd. London. 1904. REPRINT OF 1896 ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page mono plates by Hugh Thomson. A clean tidy copy bound, for Truslove and Hanson in London, in early half burgundy morocco, spine with a single raised band, dotted in gilt. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. A small amount of wear to the extremities and some marks to the cloth boards but still overall a very good, attractive copy.

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Book number: 9895

AUSTEN. JANE. ; THOMSON. HUGH. ILLUSTRATES.

EMMA. With an introduction by Austin Dobson.

Macmillan and co. Ltd. London. 1904. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges untrimmed. Internally a fine bright and clean copy throughout. A little rubbing to the binding extremities and just a hint of fading to the spine but overall a very good, bright copy. Becoming increasingly difficult to find in collectable condition in the publishers cloth.

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Book number: 9991