On The ROAD To SLEEPING CHILD HOTSPRINGS
Vancouver: Published by Pulp Press, (1972). 1st Edition, Review copy. 67, [1] pp. 8" x 5-1/4". White glossy stock paper covers, printed in black, with b/w photographic image to front cover. More
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The EUROPE THAT WAS.
Newton Abbot / London / North Pomfret: David & Charles, (1979). 1st Edition. 192 pp. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
DYLAN THOMAS And VERNON WATKINS.; Portrait of a Friendship.
Seattle. University of Washington Press. (1983). Reprint. [xviii], 226, [(4 blank)] pp. Nine illustrations. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Black cloth, red box stamped to back strip with gilt lettering. In dust jacket. More
INFELICIA.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. Later edition. 124 pp. Engraved t.p. Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 5-7/8" x 4-1/8". Green publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. Red edgestain. "Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was..... More
IDYLLS Of The KING.
London: Edward Moxon & Co, Dover Street, 1859. 1st edition, 1st issue (NCBEL III, 415). [8], 261, [1 (blank)] pp. 8 page publisher insert tipped-in prior to ffep [dated July 1859]. Title leaf without publisher imprint to verso. 7" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to..... More
The BISHOP'S AUNT and Other Stories.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. 1st Edition. 204 pp. 8" x 5-1/4". Maroon cloth binding. Blue & white dust jacket. More
A POINT Of SKY.
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1964. 1st Book Edition. 77, [1] pp. 8" x 5" Blue cloth binding with white lettering. More
The POEMS Of FRANCIS THOMPSON.
London: Hollis and Carter Ltd., 28 Ashley Place, S.W.I, 1946. 1st edition thus. Bookplate SIGNED by Duncan. ix, [1 (blank)], 388 pp (with Index to First Lines). 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
The POEMS Of ROBERT BROWNING.; Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances, Dramas, Men and Women, Pauline, Paracelsus, Christmas - Eve and Easter - Day, Sordello and Dramatis Personae.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932. Later edition. viii, 696 pp (with Index to First Lines). 7-3/8" x 5". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Blue topstain. More
LEGENDS And LYRICS Together with A CHAPLET Of VERSES.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1914. "Oxford Edition" lx, 316 pp. With six illustrations. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Blue topstain. More
QUICK Or The DEAD? A Study.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1888]. Early printing, if not the first, of the 1st book edition (cf. Wright III, 5572). Pp 433 - 522. Pp 523 - 574 comprise other material, e.g., "Western Investments for Eastern Capital", "Some Days with Amélie Rives" & "Our Monthly Gossip". 16 pp of Lippincott's..... More
The LYING VALET. A Comedy, In Two Acts, As it is Performed at the Theatre - Royal in Drury - Lane, By His Majesty's Servants.
London: Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1769. The Seventh Edition (Berkowitz 24). 54, [2 (adverts)] pp. Half-title present. T.p. printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 8" x 5" Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The EARL Of ESSEX. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent - Garden.; Written by Mr. Henry Jones. Price One Shilling and Six Pence.
London: Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. 1753. 1st edition. vi, [2]. 61, [3]. P. 60 misnumbered as 56. Epilogue spoken by Mrs. Cibber. T.p. printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 4-15/16". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The DAY AFTER The WEDDING; or, A Wife's First Lesson. An Interlude.
London: Printed by Brettell and Co. Marshall - Street, Golden Square. For Appleyards, Wimpole - Street, Cavendish - Square. 1808. 1st Printing. 32 pp. 8vo. 8-3/16" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. With shrew-taming the theme, this a popular work in print for most of the..... More
UNDERTONES.
London: Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 1865. Second Edition, Enlarged and Revised. 235, [1 (blank)], 4, 16 pp. 20 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
KING COAL. A Novel.; With an Introduction by Dr. Georg Brandes.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. 1st edition (Ahouse A23a). xi, [1 (blank)], 396, [12] pp. 9 pages of adverts follow text. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Original publisher black cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More
JIMMIE HIGGINS. A Story.
Pasadena: Upton Sinclair, 1919. 1st edition, author issue (Ahouse A25b). v, [1 (blank)], 282, [2] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher red cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More
The OVERMAN.
New York: Doubleday Page & Company, 1907. 1st edition (Ahouse A10.a). [6], 90 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Grey-green cloth binding with white & gilt stamping to front board, gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. More
A CURE For The HEART- ACHE; A Comedy, in Five Acts, As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden; Prologue written by T. W. Fitzgerald, Esq. Spoken by Mr. Macready. Epilogue written by M. P. Andrews. Spoken by Mrs. Mattocks.
London: Printed for T. N. Longman, Paternoster Row, 1797. Secon edition (cf. NCBEL II, 851). iv, [5] - 87, [1 (advert)] pp. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The BRITON. A TRAGEDY. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants. By Mr. Philips.
London: Printed for B. Lintot between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-street, 1722. 1st edition (NCBEL II, 562). [16], 64 pp. Half-title present. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The GOSLINGS. A Study of the American Schools.
Pasadena: Upton Sinclair, 1924. 1st edition (Ahouse A32a). x, 454, [8] pp (including index). 7 pp of adverts @ rear. Frontis by Art Young. Crown 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering & front board stamped with black lettering & pictorial. No dust jacket. "The Goslings proceeds around the country..... More
The WET PARADE.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, (1931). 1st edition (Ahouse A47a). [6], 431, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Yellow topstain. No dust jacket. Per Ahouse, "Sinclair's novel about temperance strikes a tone of reasoned regret at the evident failure of 'The Nobel Experiment' to stem..... More
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A FELLOWSHIP In SONG [comprised of] From Midland Meadows; Nightingales; A Verdant County.
Rugby / London: George E. Over / Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1893. First Edition. Limited to 310 cc, of which 300 were for sale. Tipped-in limitation notice SIGNED by the publisher. [6], 31, [1]; [4], 32; [4], 32, [4], 11, [1] pp. Individual dated t.p. for each work. 11..... More
UNPUBLISHED EARLY POEMS.; Edited by Charles Tennyson, His Grandson
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, 1931. 1st edition. Limited to 1500 cc. xvi, [2], 83, [5] pp. Whatman hand-made paper. Deckle edges. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's parchment spine, over blue & grey marbled paper boards. Gilt stamped title lettering. More
The POETICAL WORKS Of SIR WALTER SCOTT.; Including Introduction and Notes.
London: Frederick Warne & Co., (n. d.). 'Albion Edition', ca late 1890s. viii, 758, [2 (advert)] pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. Thick 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. Grey paper dust wrapper printed in red. Quite rare in jacket. More