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London first edition thus with text in Italian. Printed in two volumes. Distinguished by the inclusion of a historical account (narrazione) of Petrarch’s poetic coronation on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, written by his close friend and fellow poet Sennuccio del Bene. In overall good plus condition, both volumes bound in soft brown calf with 6 panel… Read more…

A scarce example in good plus condition of this c1910 illustrated edition in original dust jacket. Publisher’s illustrated boards very good; colours and decoration remain bright; spine top and tail just a touch bumped; spine cracking over front gutters but remains a sound and square copy. Text block age toned as expected; very light foxing to a few… Read more…

Scarce First Edition 12 mo in good plus condition bound in later 19th c sheep, a little knocked to corners, nicked to spine edges and suffering partial loss to title panel on spine. A sound and square copy just cracking over rear gutters. Frontispiece pasted onto later flyleaf; age toned throughout. 181 pp. plus 1 p. advertisement; pp.7 & 8 missing… Read more…

In good plus condition in contemporary brown calf which has been laid over a later tan binding with a handsome 6 panelled spine. A little scuffed to upper and lower but a very sound and square copy. A contemporary inscription to front free reads ‘Richd Crompton Jan 28th 1830’. Age toned as expected throughout with very light scattered foxing; a few… Read more…

A hand written letter from John Aitken Carlyle M.D., written in May 1865 and addressed to the notable Victorian photographer John Watkins of Parliament St. London. He requests for a second time, a dozen copies of ‘your photographs of my brother Thomas Carlyle’. There is some urgency as he plans to leave his address, 62 Hanover St, Edinburgh in only… Read more…

A very sturdy edition with 12 superb b/w original plates. 798 pp. collated and complete. In good plus condition bound in contemporary calf boards scratched and scuffed in parts as expected to upper and lower; corners a little bumped. Handsome 6 panelled spine in a lighter calf titled in gilt over black ground. Most probably rebound in 20th century… Read more…

A signed copy of this soft cover boards in good condition showing signs of typical shelf wear; lightly age toned front and rear; corners still sharp. Text block similarly age toned; unmarked with a few page markers laid in by a previous owner. Inscribed by the author to the top of the front free ‘For Alistair and Jennifer from Douglas’. The copy co… Read more…

A good card-wrappered poetry pamphlet inscribed by the author. b/w industrial image on front cover; 23 pp.; covers a little age toned; text clean and unmarked. Laid in is a 2pp. typed poem titled ‘Eighteen Eighteen’. From the collection of a retired University of Leeds academic. Contains 14 poems written by John Goodby who was born in Birmingham an… Read more…

A very good signed copy of Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s first book of poems. A fresh copy; clean and unmarked; signed by the author to half title page; 80 poems; 80 pp. Renowned poet and playright Simon Armitage was born in 1963 in Huddersfield, worked as a probation officer in Oldham and won an Eric Gregory Award for his poetry in 1988. He succe… Read more…

Two good plus wrappered editions of the poetry of Christopher Pilling, a graduate of the University of Leeds and first winner of the Leeds University School of English/ Yorkshire Post/ Arts Council of Great Britain, New Poet’s Award with his collection ‘Snakes and Girls’. 1. Snakes and Girls. School of English Press: The University of Leeds, 1970.… Read more…

First Edition. Publisher’s red illustrated cloth boards in good condition; sunned to spine; spine slant evident otherwise bright and unmarked. Endpapers clean; frontispiece b/w photograph of Mark Twain protected by original tissue guard in very good condition; six illustrations by Louis Loeb in very good condition. From the collection of a retired… Read more…

An uncommon edition of this ‘New and Cheaper Edition’. Publisher’s illustrated cloth boards in near very good condition; just a little scuffed to upper and lower; colours remain bright; gilt title and additional illustration to spine panel very good. Decorative endpapers very fresh; preliminaries just a little age spotted; colour frontispiece very… Read more…

In a good half binding of dark roan over marbled boards; corners a little bumped; lightly shelf worn to edges; scuffed in part to upper and lower; a sound and square copy. Marbled endpapers very good. Title page foxed and toned; a contemporary signature to half title verso is dated 1st July 1839; text block age toned as expected; unmarked otherwise… Read more…

Two volumes. New and Revised Editions with biographical preface by the Rev Charles Kingsley. In good plus condition in interesting publisher’s tactile ribbed cloth bindings featuring a blue honeycomb grain pattern and blind stamped to edges; a little faded; lightly shelf worn to edges and corners; titled in gilt to spines; sound and square copies.… Read more…

A soft backed pamphlet of poems in pristine condition which contains correspondence in the form of 4 hand written postcards and a note card written circa 2017 -18, the prose reflecting the author’s academic interests alongside her experiences in Sicilly, Pollenca and Toulouse. 32 pp. From the collection of a retired University of Leeds academic. Th… Read more…

A scarce first edition with attractive Wharfedale provenance. Paper covered boards in near overall fair condition; front board detached; rear board very tender; small booksellers label to front pastedown reads ‘Matthew’s and Brooke Bradford’. Text block age toned, holding well. Front pastedown reveals that the volume once belonged to and ‘must be r… Read more…

New Edition in very good condition, attractively bound in soft brown calf featuring a double gilt filet to the upper and lower borders and a decoratively embossed 6 panel spine with gilt title over red ground. Marbled endpapers fresh; front pastedown has a small white label pasted to top left; preliminaries a little age spotted; lovely title page v… Read more…

Fifth edition with the spine relaid, in good plus condition. Boards decoratively embossed to upper and lower; title faded but still visible to spine panel. Endpapers a little age toned and spotted as expected; small vignette to original half title page; illustrated throughout with an introduction by Benjamin Silliman; 428 pp.; missing frontispiece.… Read more…

Six imprints bound as one in half calf over marbled boards; bumped and scuffed to corners and boards; six panelled spine good; a sound and square copy. Endpapers and flyleaves age toned and water marked; a handwritten 1961 ownership inscription to top of front free endpaper; text block unmarked; tender over gutters front and rear. 1. Demon of the D… Read more…

First Edition of this Victorian era novel written by Mary Anne Jagger. In fair plus condition showing signs of use. Red roan boards age marked, faded and worn to fore edge and corners. Spine panel darkened; gilt titling still visible; bumped to top and tail. Pictorial endpapers worn and a little nicked to edges. An inscription in a contemporary han… Read more…

First Illustrated Edition in good condition. Publisher’s attractive green decorative boards age toned to edges; bumped to corners; spine browned; slight spine lean evident but otherwise a very sound copy with just a little spine lean. Publisher's advertisements to front and rear endpapers unmarked. Ownership inscription dated 1852 to top of half ti… Read more…

A beautifully designed first issue, part of The Golden Poets series. Publisher’s cloth boards in good plus condition feature a gilt wrap around design; just a little bumped to spine top, tail and corners; endpapers clean; frontispiece and vignette title by A.S. Hartrick in very good condition protected by original tissue guard; 8 further colour ill… Read more…

A scarce copy in good plus condition. Cloth boards a little age toned; endpapers clean with the bookplate of Clifford Stephenson, a long serving politician and prominent local figure from Huddersfield to the front pastedown dated June 1970; just a hint of age spotting to preliminaries; rough cut unmarked leaves; 12 b/w illustrations and biographies… Read more…

First Edition in jacket in very good overall condition. Cloth boards, endpapers and text block pristine. Jacket good; shelf worn and a little nicked to top edges; clipped; a little scratched to upper panel. 256 pp. Laid in is a signed letter from Tom Maschler, publisher and managing director of Jonathan Cape and the architect of the Booker prize fo… Read more…

Signed first Edition in good condition. Dark blue cloth boards a little dulled with a touch of patchy damp staining to upper and lower. Endpapers clean, inscribed by the author to front free ‘Elizabeth Bewen May 15th 1939’. Text block unmarked, crisp throughout. A little spine lean evident. 445 pp. An acclaimed 20th century novel set in 1930’s Lond… Read more…