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Bury-Fair

Thomas Shadwell
1689
A Restoration era play quarto from a collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. Collated, lacking 3 leaves (A1-3) including the title page. Bound in half vellum over attractive marbled boards with black Morocco label, last quarter of the 19th century, binder's… Read more…
#4749

£100.00

A Wife for a Month

Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
1717
A Restoration era play quarto from a collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. pp61 [3] adverts. Collated and complete as per the English Short Title Catalogue. Bound in half vellum over attractive marbled boards with black Morocco label, last quarter of the 1… Read more…
#4750

£250.00

The Tender Husband; or The Accomplish'd Fools

Richard Steele
1705
A Restoration era play quarto from a collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. [10] pp62, collated, no half title or advert leaf. Bound in half vellum over marbled boards with black Morocco label, last quarter of the 19th century, binder's ticket of 'T Connoll… Read more…
#4751

£225.00

The Island Princess

Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
1717
A Restoration era play quarto from a collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. pp64, collated and complete as per the English Short Title Catalogue. Bound in half vellum over attractive marbled boards with black Morocco label, last quarter of the 19th century,… Read more…
#4753

£225.00

Alexander Technique Letters of Shamsi Davis

Shamsi - Ashraf Davis [Colin Davis] Dorothea Magonet; Peter Shellard
1993
Documents from the estate of the conductor Sir Colin Davis relating to his wife's role as an Alexander Technique tutor at the Royal Academy of Music. Lady Davis is appointed to her post in the first letter from 1993 written by Dorothea Magonet and in the second Peter Shellard allocates her payments to the Alexander Technique Fund. Most interesting… Read more…
#4757

£65.00

The Theory & Practice of Creole Grammar

J J Thomas
1938
viii, pp 134. Scarce New Orleans reprint of Thomas' rare 1869 first edition of this study of what it describes as 'Creole "Patois" or "gombo French"' misleadingly dated 1869 on the title page, reproducing the original imprint from Port of Spain. Bound in publisher's pebbled black cloth with gilt title panel to upper cover, ownership inscription of… Read more…
#4758

£125.00

A Free Address to Protestant Dissenters, on the Subject of the Lord's Supper

Joseph Priestley
1768
pp 64 [2] adverts. Priestley pamphlet including the final advertisement leaf which promises still further publications by this prolific writer to include his Chart of Biography. Small Dutch institutional ink-stamp to verso of title page, browning to margins of title page. Bound in what may be the original blue-green paper wrappers, professionally r… Read more…
#4771

£145.00

Facade (Revived) [Full Score]

William Walton [Colin Davis, Kathy Berberian, Richard Baker]
1977
Colin Davis' lightly annotated conductor's score of the 'revived' version of William Walton's mini-masterpiece Façade with the conductor's initials in pencil to the upper cover. Large folio in green card wrappers of this new work created by the composer for his 75th birthday - using unpublished numbers from the original work. The title is written i… Read more…
#4775

£150.00

Theses Physicae de Vacuo

Isaac Gautier [Ezechiel Gallatin]
1730
pp 12 Early eighteenth century study of the vacuum published with the approval of Ezechiel Gallatin at the University of Geneva. Original marbled wrappers, stained affecting most leaves to some extent; leaves foxed and discoloured. Not a beautiful thing but Worldcat locates two institutional copies only, both in Switzerland. Read more…
#4776

£200.00

An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs Eliza Bradley

Eliza Bradley
1823
[frontis] pp 108 Almost certainly spurious account of the 'shipwreck and sufferings' of Mrs Eliza Bradley, supposedly autobiographical, but borrowed in large part from Captain James Riley's 1816 account of his capture and exploits on the 'coast of Barbary'. The second Boston edition of 1823 bound in quarter roan over marbled paper covered wooden bo… Read more…
#4790

£120.00

Essay on Satirical Entertainments To which is Added Stevens's new Lecture upon Heads

George Alexander Stevens
1772
viii, pp88 [4] adverts. A humorous essay on drama followed by Stevens' Lecture upon Heads bound in contemporary quarter roan, chipped and worn to spine, over faded marbled boards. This the issue with a half title, first owner's signature 'Wm White Jun.r 1772' to the half title. Engraved vignette to the title page, lightly foxed and old stab sewing… Read more…
#4805

£120.00

The Meaning of Life [signed]

Alfred J Ayer - Freddie [Anthony Quinton]
1988
pp 33 [1] Freddie Ayer's 1988 lecture inscribed to his intimate friend and fellow Oxford philosopher Anthony Quinton on the upper card wrapper: 'To Tony from Freddie'. In his autobiography, Ayer records that Quinton supported him in his election to the Wykeham Professorship, and became his closest friend. Ayer's 1988 lecture was published in this o… Read more…
#4816

£75.00

Chapter M: Documents dealing with the Political Status of Various Territories

[Kenneth Robinson]
1948
A large card folder of about 100 typescript pages consisting of copies of 31 British Government and other documents (dating from 1684-1948) dealing with the political status of various British Territories, and of linking text. This seems to be a working draft for one chapter of a publication as it contains many annotations, crossings out, and indic… Read more…
#4848

£55.00

The History of the White Cat

Madame D'Aulnoy, Thomas Richardson
1833
[Coloured Frontispiece] pp 12 A scarce Thomas Richardson juvenile imprint from Derby which dates from the 1830s and displays a hand coloured frontispiece. Bound in worn and torn printed wrappers which are chipped but largely complete, the text is good with a bright frontispiece showing two vignettes from the story which is based on a French origina… Read more…
#4859

£60.00

The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq..

Henry Fielding [Edward Lascelles, Earl of Harewood]
1771
[Vols I, II, V, VIII] Four volumes from an incomplete set of Henry Fielding's work, being the new edition of 1771, owned and bearing the bookplates of Edward Lascelles, first Earl of Harewood. Bound in a very handsome tree calf with neo-classical decoration to the boards and sun-bursts to the spine with red moroccos labels, the leather is now crack… Read more…
#4873

£75.00

Conciones Adventuales, Quarum Pars Prima Agit De Peccatis Alienis, Secunda de Captivitate Petri [with] Sermones de Carcere Purgatorii

Leon Maes; Leone a S. Laurentio; Leon de St Laurent
1735
The Carmelite Leon Maes on the sin and the captivity of Saint Peter in an attractive speckled calf contemporary binding with speckled edges and wear to the head of the spine. The text is very clean with an old ownership signature on the title page. Read more…
#4879

£60.00

The Coming of the Kings: A Christmas play in one act by Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes [Sylvia Plath, Frieda Hughes]
1972
The Coming of the Kings: A Christmas play in one act by Ted Hughes. The Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago, 1972. Note in Frieda Hughes' hand on scrap of paper laid in "Hughes-play-1972, The Coming of the Kings". Near fine in card wrappers, a little soiling to front cover. Provenance: from the sale by Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath and T… Read more…
#4933

£65.00

The Magic Apple Tree: Poems by Elaine Feinstein [Uncorrected Proof Copy]

Elaine Feinstein, [Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Frieda Hughes]
1971
The Magic Apple Tree by Elaine Feinstein. Uncorrected proof copy, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, Provisional date 19th April 1971. Note in Frieda Hughes' hand on scrap of paper laid in "Feinstein 1971. The Magic Apple Tree. Uncorrected proof". Very good in card wrappers, staining to foot of front cover and a few pages. Feinstein was a close friend of… Read more…
#4936

£60.00

The Western Australian Theatre Company in Barry Kyle's Sylvia Plath: a dramatic portrait

Barry Kyle, Sylvia Plath, [Ted Hughes, Frieda Hughes]
1975
Belonging to Ted Hughes' and Sylvia Plath's daughter, Frieda Hughes, inherited from her father: A souvenir programme of The Western Australian Theatre Company in Barry Kyle's Sylvia Plath: a dramatic portrait. Directed by David Addenbrooke. The Upstairs Theatre (Above Hayman Theatre) September-October 1975. Very good in lightly rubbed and creased b… Read more…
#4939

£60.00

Critical Quarterly, Vol 13, No 2, Summer 1971

Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, [Frieda Hughes]
1971
Belonging to Ted Hughes' and Sylvia Plath's daughter, Frieda Hughes, presumably inherited from her father: Critical Quarterly, Vol 13, No 2, Summer 1971. Pages 165-172 Sylvia Plath's 'Crossing the Water': Some Reflections by Ted Hughes. Note in Frieda Hughes' hand on scrap of paper laid in "Plath - 1971. Critical Quarterly Vol 13/No 2: Plath's 'cro… Read more…
#4944

£65.00

Critical Quarterly, Vol 10, No 3, Autumn 1968

Sylvia Plath, [Ted Hughes, Frieda Hughes]
1968
Belonging to Ted Hughes' and Sylvia Plath's daughter, Frieda Hughes: Critical Quarterly, Vol 10, No 3, Autumn 1968. Featuring (on pages 213-214) two poems by Sylvia Plath taken from Plath's radio play 'Three Women'. Note in Frieda Hughes' hand on scrap of paper laid in "Plath - 1968 Critical Quarterly Vol 10/No 3. 2 poems by Plath". Leaflet laid in… Read more…
#4945

£65.00

Order of Service: Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Ted Hughes, OM, OBE 1930 - 1998, Poet Laureate

Ted Hughes, [Sylvia Plath, Frieda Hughes]
1999
Order of Service: Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Ted Hughes, OM, OBE 1930 - 1998, Poet Laureate. Thursday 13 May 1999, Westminster Abbey belonging to Ted Hughes' daughter, Frieda Hughes. A fine copy. Provenance: from the sale by Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes of 'my personal family items' at Bonhams, London… Read more…
#4949

£55.00

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Babi Yar and other poems read in Russian by the author and in English by Alan Bates

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Alan Bates, [Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Frieda Hughes]
1966
Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Babi Yar and other poems read in Russian by the author and in English by Alan Bates. LP Caedmon TC 1153, New York. Viny:l near fine, dusty with a couple of scratches. Sleeve: very good, rubbed to edges and lightly marked. Provenance: from the sale by Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes of 'my personal family… Read more…
#4955

£55.00

Memorials of Calverley Parish Church and its Forty-One Vicars

Henry Stapleton
1886
[8] pp 9- 313 An unusual Leeds imprint, limited edition number 54 of 100 copies, bound in vellum with bevelled edges, gilt decoration and spine lettering, top edge gilt, thick paper pages, illustrated with 30 black and white plates. Near very good, the vellum is rubbed, soiled and nicked to the head of the spine, some spotting to the uncut page edg… Read more…
#4973

£60.00

The Marchman [author's typescript, proofreader's marked set and dust jacket]

Nigel Tranter
1997
[ff] 3 ff 370. Full length authorial typescript of Tranter's novel 'The Marchman', the 16th century story of John Maxwell, Warden of the West March of the Borderland between Scotland and England. Typed by the author who entitles his book "-Marchman- A Novel by Nigel Tranter'. Minor authorial corrections throughout. The typescript is bound in a home… Read more…
#4984

£125.00