The Novels of Barbara Pym
New York: Garland Publishing, 1989.
Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Garland Reference Library of the Humanities; Ex-Library; Vol. 901; 209 pages. More
Literature English
Letters to Richard Heber, Esq M P : Containing Critical Remarks on the series of novels beginning with "Waverley" and an attempt to ascertain their author
London: Rodwell and Martin, 1822.
Second Edition. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/slip/pocket, library REBIND, random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Half-title: Letters on the Author of Waverley. Adolphus established by internal evidence the public case for Sir Walter Scott's authorship of the then-anonymous Waverley series of novels. ; Ex-Library; 317..... More
Letters from a Father to His Son on Various Subjects, Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life : [2 volumes] [Volume I] Written in the Years 1792 and 1793 [and] Vol II Written in the Years 1798 and 1799
London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1803.
Hardcover. Professionally Respined with black spine labels and gilt rulings, light foxing, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers. ; Full mottled calf binding with modern respine and modern black spine labels. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Merriman on front paste-downs of..... More
On Heroic Love 1673 : [Reflexions on Marriage, and the Poetick Discipline; Animadversions on Two Late Books; Raillerie a la Mode Consider'd]
New York: Garland Publishing, 1975.
Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcover.; Facsimile reprints of three anonymous works: 1673 edition of Reflexions on Marriage, and the Poetick Discipline, printed for Allen Bancks, London; 1673 edition of Animadversions on Two Late Books, printed by A.C. for William Hensman..... More
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The Amours of Edward the IV [and] Elysium : Or, the State of Love and Honour in the Superior Regions of Bliss
New York: Garland Publishing, 1973.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, sunning, corner bump, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 2 works. Original title page of the 1st reads: The amours of Edward the IV. An historical novel. By the author of the Turkish spy. London. Printed for Richard Sare..... More
The Finish'd Rake Or, Gallantry in Perfection; The Secret History of Mama Oello, Princess Royal of Peru; The Masterpiece of Imposture; The Temple Rakes, or Innocence Preserved
New York: Garland Publishing, 1973.
Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, light spine sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contains reprints of: The finish'd rake. Printed for A. Dodd, E. Cook, and J. Jolyffe, London [1733]--The secret history of Mama Oello, Princess Royal of Peru. Printed for J. Dent, London, 1733.--Harding, Elizabeth. The..... More
The Lady and the Cavalier, The Mistletoe Bough and other Poems
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1891.
Illustrated by Jane Willis Grey illustrations. Hardcover. Random foxing, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Solid sewn hardcover. ; Undated; circa 1890-1891. [36] unnumbered illustrated pages. Printed by Fine Arts Work in London. Decorated cloth cover. All edges gilt. Contents include "A Bunch of Primroses"..... More
Letters To Felicia
London: C Arthur Pearson, 1921.
Illustrated by Alister K Macdonald. Hardcover. Dampstain on top edge, tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket dampstained, edgeworn, tears with chipping, rub, wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper: "Dorothy Shepherd - from - F E Baily - July 1921". Illustrated..... More
The Cytezen and Uplondyshman : An Eclogue
London: Printed for The Percy Society, 1847.
Pamphlet. Library REBIND in paper wraps with typed label, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, faded cover, cocked, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback pamphlet. ; Printed from the original edition (circa 1518) of Wynkyn de Worde. Edited, with an introductory notice of Barclay and his..... More
Old Hall Rhymes
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1868.
Hardcover. Front hinge poorly repaired, rear hinge started, tone, pencil notes on recto of rear free endpaper, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Inscribed by author on title page. Third book of poetry by this founding member of the Manchester Literary Club and of the..... More
A Concordance to Conrad's Romance
New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
Hardcover. Front free endpaper REMOVED with hinge firm, cover clear plastic laminated, library stamps/marks/labels, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover.; "In part because of the great length of Romance, this volume utilizes both the key word out of context format and a stop word list..... More
Concordances to Conrad's The Shadow Line and Youth : A Narrative
New York: Garland Publishing, 1980.
Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels, otherwise light wear. Crisp oversize hardcover.; Garland Reference Library of the Humanities; Ex-Library; Vol. 204; 155 pages. More
The Money Market
Philadelphia: Drexel Biddle, 1898.
Illustrated by A Burnham Shute frontispiece. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, spine sun, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; English society romance novel by popular novelist E F Benson. Decorative Book Cover with money bags, currency and coins floating down. ;..... More
The Lemmings
New York: Coward-McCann, 1969.
Illustrated by Lydia Rosier dj design. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine lettering fade, otherwise slight wear; Dust Jacket light rub, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; "A proud and lovely West African student and a liberal white teacher confront the emotional and racial tensions..... More
With Tennyson at the Keyboard : A Victorian Songbook
New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
Hardcover. Ink note on rear paste-down, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; "This volume is concerned with the efforts of a number of [Victorian] musicians, both professional and amateur, to write appropriate settings for poems by Tennyson. Strict technical analysis is for others to pursue..... More
Mock-Heroic Poetry 1680-1750
Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1971.
Trade Paperback. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, some laminate peeling, otherwise light wear. Solid small trade paperback.; Contents: Mac Flecknoe, by John Dryden -- The battle of the books, by Jonathan Swift -- The rape of the lock, by Alexander Pope -- The fan, by John Gay --..... More
Spenser's Faerie Queene : A Critical Commentary on Books I and II
Totowa NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1977.
First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels, toned, pastedown peel and protector residue, dj protector tape on covers, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine label, light tone, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "This important new commentary comes in response to the renewed interest..... More
Law Sports At Gray's Inn (1594) : Including Shakespeare's connection with the Inn's of Court, the origin of the Capias Utlegatum re Coke and Bacon, Francis Bacon's connection with Warwickshire, together with a reprint of the Gesta Grayorum
New York: Privately Printed by the Author, 1921.
First Edition. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, edgeworn, light tone, prior owner's bookplate "From the library of Alexander McQueen", otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Isabelle Kittson Brown (1860-1928) was a scholar of Elizabethan history who authored several books on the subject under the pseudonym..... More
The Snare Of The Fowler
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1936.
Illustrated by Salter dj art. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear; DJ light wear. Crisp hardcover.; "This novel is a modern-life adaptation of an ancient and admired story: that of Oedipus the King..."; 276 pages. More
En Christens Resa genom werlden till den saliga ewigheten : äfwensom Hans Hustrus, Christinnas, och deras barns efterföljande uppbrott fran staden Förderf, äfwentyrliga wandring och lyckliga ankomst till det himmelska landet
Örebro: N M Lindh, 1859.
Hardcover. No flyleaves, front hinge started, tone, edgeworn, joints rubbed, 1863 owner's signature on front pastedown with note on rear pastedown, modern owner's emboss on title page, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Half leather binding with marbled paper boards, gilt spine lettering and rulings..... More
Lexiphanes 1767
New York: Garland Publishing, 1974.
Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, light cock, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of the 1767 1st edition, printed for and sold by J. Knox, London. Original title page reads: "Lexiphanes, A Dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present Times. With A...... More
The Plays of Henry Carey
New York: Garland Publishing, 1980.
Reprint Editio. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Reprints of the 1743 edition of The Dramatick Works of Henry Carey, printed by S. Gilbert, London; of the 1722 edition of Hanging and Marriage, printed for W. Chetwood, London; and of the 1732 edition..... More
Observations and Discourses : Horae subsecivae : London 1620
Amsterdam: Da Capo Press / Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1970.
Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, light sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile of 1620 anonymous work, London: Edward Blount. S.T.C. no. 3957. Also attributed to Gilbert Cavendish. Original title-page reads: Horae subsecivae. Observations and discovrses. London, Printed for Edward Blount and..... More
An Allegory Of Othello
London: Arthur L Humphreys, 1912.
Hardcover. Spine covering mostly lost, edgewear, tone with random foxing, otherwise light wear. Still solid oversize hardcover. ; "The author finds a religious and political allegory in Shakespeare's play, which he analyzes and explains."; 139 pages. More
The Jade Lotus
New York: Claude Kendall, 1934.
Hardcover. Bottom corner dampstain, light cock, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket large chip at top front cover, front flap detached, edgewear with small tears and chips. Solid hardcover. ; "April Trevor cannot forestall the chain of circumstances that brings Brian Macbeth into her life, to..... More