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Inaugural Address Delivered at the Academia of the Catholic Religion

Cardinal Henry E Manning
1876
Presentation copy inscribed on the cover, 'Henry Bellingham from H.E. Cardinal Manning March 14th. 1876', probably in a secretarial hand. Bound in printed blue card wrappers, worn to edges and along spine fold where the upper and lower covers are partly separated. Internally very good, a couple of spots only. Sir Alan Henry Bellingham was Private C… Read more…
#6966

£90.00

My Official Wife [Stanislaus Joyce - brother of James Joyce - his Copy]

Colonel R H Savage; Stanislaus and James Joyce
1891
Stanislaus Joyce's copy, inscribed by him presumably in Triests where he shared lodgings with his brother James Joyce. Black textured cloth binding, presumed to be a mid twentieth century rebind, gilt spine lettering; original pastedowns laid down at either end of the small format Tauchnitz imprint - 15x11cm. Browning to paper stock which has becom… Read more…
#6968

£400.00

A Plea for the Faithful Restoration of our Ancient Churches [First Edition, Inscribed]

George Gilbert Scott
1850
Inscribed to the Deputy Dean of Westminster Abbey, the first and only edition of one of the most influential works on church restoration which is inscribed by the author to the Deputy Dean of Westminster, 'The Rev.d Lord John Thynne with the Authors very respectful compliments', just a year after Scott was appointed architect to the Abbey. Bound in… Read more…
#6969

£450.00

The Poetical Library with Morocco Case

William Shakespeare; Geoffrey Chaucer; Oliver Goldsmith; Falconer to Campbell; Longfellow; Peabody; Pierpont, Whittier
1838
Six volume set of English and American poetry contained in 'a Morocco [book]case with glass front' as described in The Gentlemen's Advertiser which originally offered the set at a guinea a piece in 1838. This set still boasts its original case (11.5x14cm) although the glass door has separated from its hinge leaving the original glass happily still… Read more…
#6972

£450.00

Undertones of War [Dustjacket Design]

Edmund Blunden
1965
Draft dustjacket design for the reissue of Blunden's classic account of battalion life on the Somme and in Flanders between 1915 and 1918. In this version the unnamed artist has laid out the montage, jotting a handwritten credit to the Imperial War Museum for the photograph of the stricken tank over a gouache backdrop of orange, red and crimson wit… Read more…
#6975

£95.00

Swing Hammer Swing! [inscribed to Alasdair Gray]

Jeff Torrington
1992
An excellent association copy inscribed by one eminent Scottish writer to another and annotated by the recipient, Alasdair Gray. Bound in the publisher’s illustrated card wrappers, about very good and inscribed on the first endpaper: ‘With fondest regards, Jeff Torrington 10-8-92’. Gray seems to have read the first two thirds of the book enthusiast… Read more…
#7008

£250.00

The Letters of Samuel Beckett, Volumes I-IV

Samuel Beckett
2016
The Letters of Samuel Beckett edited by George Craig, Martha Dow Fehsenfeld, Dan Gunn and Lois More Overbeck, published in four volumes with slipcase. This edition encompasses “sixty years of of Beckett’s writing life (1929-1989), and include letters to friends, painters and musicians, as well as to students, publishers, translators, and colleagues… Read more…
#7070

£125.00

Enchiridion feu Manuale Christianum [with] De Imitatione Christi

Thomas a Kempis
1750
pp 366 [2] pp120 Enchiridion bound with De Imitatione. Contemporary calf binding, worn to hinges but sound. Stamp of St Edmund’s College ‘Avita pro fide’ to front pastedown with old handwritten shelf mark above. Internally very good. Read more…
#7391

£70.00

De Republica seu Magistratibus Atheniensium

Guillaume Postel - Guillelmi Postelli
1635
Very uncommon in trade, the 1635 edition of this work on Athenian politics with the ownership signature of a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges and external bands along the hinges of the book. Ownership signature on the first flyleaf of ‘Wm Alex. Aytoun 1872’. On the verso of the title page an earlier owners… Read more…
#7393

£350.00

Sanctorum Patrum Opuscula Selecta: S

San Leonis Magni; Pope Leo I - Leo the Great - J M Robertson
1871
A copy owned and lightly annotated by the Scottish rationalist, atheist and literary critic J M Robertson. Beautifully bound in half parchment over marbled boards, Robertson’s ownership signature on the first flyleaf dated 1879. Some foxing but a very good copy. Robertson has left a few pencilled notes, jotting down dates when he read the first ten… Read more…
#7398

£95.00

The Adventure of Sir Launcelot Greaves - Henshall’s Pocket Library

Tobias Smollett
1800
Uncommon example of this Dublin imprint which formed part of Henshall’s Pocket Library. Full calf binding, cracking along outer hinges, morocco label to spine. Old ownership signature of ‘Caswell’ to first pastedown. Browning and soiling to early leaves, worm trail to last few leaves. Engraved frontispiece. Undated but around 1796. Read more…
#7431

£75.00

Graziella: Nouvelle Edition

M Alphonse de Lamartine
1854
Beautifully bound in straight grain red morocco with a black spine label and gilt decoration, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and tiny oval green bookseller’s ticket of ‘P Rolande Foreign Bookseller...’ Browning to endpapers, otherwise near fine. A lovely copy. Read more…
#7434

£85.00

Liber Psalmorum

1887
Latin psalms in half pebbled black leather over blue textured cloth, lightly rubbed, top edge gilt. Pencil inscription to the flyleaf that seems to relate to Felsted school in Essex in the 1890s, noting that the book was rebound in 1908. Spotting to endpapers, browning to text; frontispiece of King David, text contained within red ruled boxes. Smal… Read more…
#7435

£95.00

Catulli Tibulli Propertii Carmina - The Poems of Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius

Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Maurice Hauptius
191885
Vellum bound edition with bevelled edges and black spine lettering, marbled endpapers with the bookplate of Hugh Scott-Charles, all edges gilt. Browning to frontispiece and title page. An excellent copy. Read more…
#7436

£60.00

Le Directeur Spirituel Pour Ceux Qui N’en Ont Point

Simon Michel Treuve
1699
An ‘Inner Library’ copy from the collection of the Catholic recusant Thomas Eyre of Hassop in Derbyshire with his posthumous bookplate: ‘Inner Library bequeathed by the Will of Thomas Eyre deceased, 1792’ to the front pastedown. Full English contemporary calf binding, faded gilt lettering and decoration to spine, speckled edges to the text block. E… Read more…
#7439

£195.00

Psalterium Hebraium in Usum Scholarum Edidit - The Psalter of Psalmes of David

Joachim Heinrich Raphael Biesenthal
1827
Pebbled deep red leather binding, a little rubbing to extremities; all edges gilt, pp 175. Interleaved for notes. An uncommon edition. The book’s editor was born into a Jewish family in Berlin in 1800 but became a convert to Christianity after meeting Wilhelm Vatke at Berlin University. Read more…
#7442

£95.00

Sacramental Exercises in Two Parts

Jabez Earle
1815
Full sheepskin binding; both covers cracked along outer hinges but attached by cords. Browning to text: pp140. Uncommon Scottish edition of this sermon written a century earlier by the English presbyterian minister. Read more…
#7443

£75.00

Methode Pour Converser avec Dieu

Michel Boutauld
1697
Incomplete but apparently unrecorded edition. Bound in worn calf, discoloured and cracked along hinges but still sound. Lacking preliminary blank endpapers, final blank endpapers and title page A1, consequently beginning with the ‘Avertissement du Libraire.’ Old inscription at head of page: ‘Bib: Theol: O. H...’ Manuscript casemark opposite. Librar… Read more…
#7444

£85.00

Sancho Panza’s Proverbs and others which occur in Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Ulick Ralph Burke
1892
Beautifully printed by the Chiswick Press, bound in blue cloth with a paper label, very good, top edge gilt, a little spine lean. Internally near fine, woodcut border to title page. A very nice copy of this interesting collection. Read more…
#7445

£85.00

A Sketch of the Denominations of the Christian World

John Evans
1808
Bound in the publisher’s printed boards with old paper repairs to spine. Early ownership signature of ‘Anna Machen’ to title page and similar to front pastedown. Frontispiece with tissue guard, some browning and spotting to text. xxxvi; pp287 [2] A pleasingly unsophisticated copy of this work, the best known by its Baptist author, published here in… Read more…
#7449

£175.00

De Imitatione Christi et Contemptu Mundi

Thomas A Kempis
1851
Pickering edition in a signed binding by Riviere for William Pickering’s son, Basil Montagu Pickering after he took over the family publishing and book-selling business in the 1850s. Crushed black morocco with gilt spine lettering, rubbing to corners. All edges gilt. Marbled endpaper with bookplate to front paste-down. ‘Bound by Riviere’ stamped at… Read more…
#7450

£200.00

The New Family Herbal Comprising A Description and the Medical Virtues of British and Foreign Plants

M Robinson
1865
Beautifully illustrated herbal, probably from the 1860s. Original printed cloth binding repaired with browned spine panel relaid over buckram, red edges to text block. New endpapers. Engraved title page and frontispiece precede letter press title page and 24 coloured plates of 130 herbs. 480 text pages, mostly arranged alphabetically with index. An… Read more…
#7451

£125.00

British Butterflies Indices [Manuscript]

Frederick A Wood [Westwood, Morris and Goodwin]
1880
Folio sized manuscript attempting to collate the indexes of Westwood, Monis and Goodwin’s butterfly studies. Worn half calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label and faded paper label with number. Brown endpapers and large bookplate showing the library of ‘Frederick A. Wood, Highfields, Chew Magna, Somerset’ with handwritten library numbers to t… Read more…
#7461

£300.00

Le Geographe Parisien ou Le Conducteur Chronologique et Historique des Rues de Paris.

Lesage - Pons Augustin Alletz; Lois Denis
1769
Illustrated Parisian guide acquired by an English Roman Catholic priest probably in the late eighteenth century while studying in France at Douai or during his Professorship at St Omer College. Unsophisticated example of this first edition complete in two volumes with 18 plates in volume I and 9 in volume II including the large folding map of Paris… Read more…
#7464

£450.00

PRESIDENT OF ROYAL SOCIETY'S COPY De Consolatione Philosophiae Libri V

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius [Davies Gilbert]
1671
With the bookplate and annotation of a former President of the Royal Society (1827-1830), Davies Gilbert Early nineteenth century full calf binding with gilt to the spine and gilt double panelling to the boards. Cracked along the outer hinges, some wear to leather at head and tail of spine; marbled endpapers, engraved title-page and portrait and wo… Read more…
#7474

£100.00