Classic Literature

  1. Anthology of Chinese Literature: from earliest times to the Foutreenth Century. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn. 487pp. Compiled and edited by Cyril Birch. Small ownership signature to ffep. All pp slightly tanned. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sund copy. (Stock ref 8045) £5.00
  1. The Golden Casket: Chinese novellas of two millennia. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. 1st. Penguin edn. 393pp plus 6pp publisher’s list. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers rubbed on edges and spine otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 3905) £6.00
  1. Aesop.: The Fables of Easop. London: The Folio Society, 1998. 1st. edn. thus. xvi,152pp 23 cold. plates and many b/w illus. by Edward J. Detmold. Ochre pictorial cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy in a very slightly dust-marked slipcase. (Stock ref 7921) £20.00
  1. Andersen, Hans.: Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. London: The Folio Society, 1995. 1st. edn. thus. xii,288pp. 16 cold. plates and numerous b/w illus. by W. Heath Robinson. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration. A fine copy in a very slightly dust-marked slipcase. (Stock ref 7917) £150.00
  1. Aristotle.: The Politics. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1962. 1st. Penguin edn. 320pp.Translated with a n introduction by T. A. Sinclair. Pictorial card covers slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7537) £8.00
  1. Arrian: The Life of Alexander Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958 1st. Penguin edn. 256 pp. Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt. Pages somewhat browned as usual. Pictorial card covers slightly creased on spine and very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 2632) £6.00
  1. Bacon, Francis.: Essayes: religious meditations, places of perswasion and disswasion. London: Haslewood Books, 1924. No. 241 of an edn. of 975 copies. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners with several small, closed tears otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8140) £15.00
  1. Baudelaire, Charles-Pierre.: Selected Writings on Art and Artists. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 1972. 1st. Penguin edn. 460pp. All pp slightly tanned. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and with some slight crease marks to front panel otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4972) £10.00
  1. Bennett, Bridget (ed.): Ripples of Dissent: women’s stories of marriage from the 1890’s. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1996. 1st. edn. xx, 458pp. Includes stories by E. Nesbit, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton et al. D/w faded on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5075) £9.50
  1. Breton, Nicholas.: Nicholas Breton Poems not hitherto reprinted. Liverpools: Liverpool University Press, 1967. Reprint. clix,229pp. Edited with biography, canon and notes by Jean Robertson. Clipped d/w dust marked else a fine copy. (Stock ref 8179) £20.00
  1. Bronte, Charlotte.: Jane Eyre Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1953. 1st. Penguin edn. 447pp. All pp. somewhat tanned. card covers rather dull and slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very good, sound copy. (Stock ref 5583) £5.00
  1. Browne, Sir Thomas.: The Major Works. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977. 1st. Penguin edn. 558pp. Edited with an introduction and notes by C. A. Patrides. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and corners else a fine copy. (Stock ref 8226) £10.00
  1. Butler, Samuel.: Erewhon. Harmondsworth: Penuin Books, 1936. 2nd. impression of the 1st. Penguin edn. 256pp. All pp. slightly tanned. D/w with several closed tears and a little rubbed on edges. Binding very clean and bright. (Stock ref 4976) £15.00
  1. Carroll, Lewis.: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground: being a facsimile of the original ms. book afterwards developed into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan & Co., 1886. 1st. edn. thus. viii(8)95 plus 4pp publisher’s list. 37 b/w illus. by the author. Red cloth gilt rather rubbed on corners and rebacked with original backstrip laid on. A clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 5303) £175.00
  1. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.: The Adventures of Don Quixote. Harmondsworth: Panguin Books, 1950. 1st. Penguin edn. 940pp. Translated by J. M. Cohen. Price-clipped d/w chipped and worn otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 5572) £8.00
  1. Chapman, George.: The Revenge of Bussy D’Ambois. Menston: The Scolar Press, 1973. Reprint. Unpaginated. Introductory note by David P. Willbern. A Scolare Press Facsimile. D/w over plain white card covers. A fine copy. (Stock ref 8134) £20.00
  1. Colonna, Francesco.: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: the Strife of Love in a Dream. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. 1st. edn. thus. xix(1)474(2)pp. The entire text translated for the first time into English with an introduction by Joscelyn Godwin. D/w a trifle dust marked and a little creased rubbed h along edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6146) £50.00
  1. Commynes, Philippe de: Memoirs: the reign of Louis XI, 1461-83 Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972 1st. Penguin edn. 443 pp. Translated and introduced by Michael Jones. Pages very slightly browned. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and creased on spine. A very good copy. (Stock ref 2671) £6.00
  1. Constable. Henry.: The Poems of Henry Constable. Liverpool: Liverpool University, 1960. 1st. edn. thus. 261pp. Edited by Joan Grundy. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8177) £30.00
  1. Coventry, Francis.: The History of Pompey the Little or The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. London: Oxford University Press, 1974 1st. edn. thus. xlvi,221pp. Edited with an introduction by Robert Adams Day. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w faded on spine and very slightly rubbed on edges and corners Otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7954) £10.00
  1. Crashaw, Richard.: The Poems, English, Latin and Greek, of Richard Crashaw. London: Oxford University Press, 1968. 2nd. edn., reprint. xciv,476pp. B/w illus. Edited by L. C. Martin. Clipped d/w faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8169) £20.00
  1. Crayon, Geoffrey.: Tales of a Traveller. London: John Murray, 1824. 1st. edn. Two vols., I, xvi,364pp: II, vi,394(2)pp. Crayon is the psudonym of Washington Irving. Armorial bookplate of Edward John Stanley to front pastedowns. 1/2 calf over marbled boards with gilt title label to spine somewhat rubbed on edges and corners. Overall a clean, sound set. (Stock ref 6009) £90.00
  1. Davenant, William.: Sir William Davenant’s Gondibert. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st. edn. thus. xlvi,312pp. Edited by David F. Gladish. D/w somewhat faded on spine and generally slightly rubbed and dust marked.. Internally, a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8154) £25.00
  1. Davies, John.: The Poems of Sir John Davies. London: Oxford University Press, 1975. New edn. lxviii,431pp. Edited by Robert Kreuger with an introduction and commentary by the Editor and Ruby Nemser. D/w faded on spine and very slightly so on front panel otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8167) £50.00
  1. Defoe, Daniel.: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders. London: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st. edn. thus. xxxiv,408pp. Edited with an introduction by G. A. Starr. One of the Oxford English Novels. Price-clipped d/w slightly rubbed on edges and faded on spine., A very good copy. (Stock ref 7956) £15.00
  1. Defoe, Daniel.: The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner.. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. 1st. edn. thus. xxxiv,316pp. Edited with an iintroduction by J. Donald Crowley. One of the Oxford English Novels series. D/w a little faded on spine and slightly frayed at spine head otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7952) £20.00
  1. Diaz, Bernal: The Conquest of New Spain Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963 1st. Penguin edn. 413 pp. Three maps. Translated and with an introduction by J. M. Cohen. Page edges very slightly browned. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 2748) £5.00
  1. Dickens, Charles,: Oliver Twist. London: Oxford University Press, 1966. 1st. edn. thus. lxv, 403pp. B/w illus., fold-out map. Edited by Kathleen Tillotson. One of the titles in the Clarendon Edition of the author’s works. Some light tape staining to fep’s. D/w a trifle stained at spine head and tail otherwisea a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3919) £30.00
  1. Dickens, Charles.: David Copperfield. London: Oxford University Press, 1981. 1st. edn. thus. lxxvi, 781pp. B/w illus. Edited by Nina Burgis. A title in the Clarendon Edition of the author’s works. D/w very slightly creased at spine tail otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3921) £50.00
  1. Dickens, Charles.: Little Dorrir. London: Oxford University Press, 1979. 1st. edn. thus. lxv, 835pp. B/w illus. Edited by Harvey Peter Sucksmith. A title in the Clarendon Edition of the author’s works. D/w showinga little shelf wear otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 3922) £50.00
  1. Dickens, Charles.: Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Oxford University Press, 1982. 1st. edn. thus. lxxvi, 864pp. B/w illus. Edited by Margaret Cardwell. One of the titles in the Clarendon Edition of the author’s works. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 3920) £50.00
  1. Donne, John.: The Elegies and The Songs and Sonnets of John Donne. London: Oxford University Press, 1978. Reprint. c.272pp. Two b/w illus. Edited with an introduction and commentary by Helen Gardner. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8172) £35.00
  1. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.: The Devils. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1953. 1st. Penguin edn. 669pp. New translation by David Magarshack. All pp lightly tanned. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges with spine slightly stained and frayed at head and tail. A very good copy. (Stock ref 4973) £15.00
  1. Drummond, William.: The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1913. 1st. edn. thus. Two vols. cxviii,254pp: xviii,434pp plus 5pp publisher’s list.. Two frontis. plus 27 other b/w illus. Edited by L. E. Kastner. Brown cloth gilt boards bumped on corners and the back board of vol. II is stained. D/ws tanned on spines and generally chipped and worn with several closed tears and some fairly minor loss at spine heads and tails. Clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 8174) £45.00
  1. Edgeworth, Maria.: Castle Rackrent: an Hiberian tale. London: Oxford University Press, 1964. 1st. edn. thus. xxxvi,130pp. Edited with an introduction by George Watson. One of the Oxford English Novels series. D/w slightly faded on spine with a tiny nick at spine head and generally dust-marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7951) £15.00
  1. Eusebius: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine Harmondsorth: Penguin Books, 1965 1st. Penguin edn. 429 pp. Translated and with an introduction by G. A. Williamson. Pages slightly browned. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 2658) £10.00
  1. Fielding, Sarah.: The Adventures of David Simple: containing an account of his travels through the cities of London and Westminster in the search for a real friend. London: Oxford University Press, 1969. 1st. edn. thus. xxviii,436pp. Edited with an introduction by Malcolm Kelsall. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w Very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7957) £15.00
  1. Galt, John.: The Entail or The Lairds of Grippy. London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 1st. edn. thus. xxii, 414pp. Edited with an introduction by Ian A. Gordon. One of the Oxford English Novels. Some fox spotting to edges of text block. D/w a little rubbed and worn on edges otherwise a a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7958) £20.00
  1. Godwin, William.: Caleb Williams. London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 1st. edn. thus. xxxii,351pp. Edited with an introduction by David McCracken. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w a trifle tanned on spine and slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7959) £15.00
  1. Goethe, J. W.: Italian Journey, 1786-1788. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970. 1st. Penguin edn. 508pp. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7756) £10.00
  1. Goldoni, Carlo: Four Comedies Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1968 1st. Penguin ed. 332 pp. Translated with an introduction by Frederick Davies. The plays are The Venetian Twins, The Artful Widow, Mirandolina and The Superior Residence. Pages very slightly browned. Pictorial card covers slightly rubbed on edges and creased on spine otherwise a clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 2684) £8.50
  1. Gower, John: Confessio Amantis Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963 1st. Penguin edn. 287 pp. Translated into modern English and with an introduction by Terence Miller. Page edges slightly browned. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed on top edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 2747) £10.00
  1. Graves, Richard.: The Spiritual Quixote or the Summer’s Ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 1st. edn. thus. xxviii,504pp. Edited with an introduction by Clarence Tracy. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7960) £18.00
  1. Greene, Robert.: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. Ilkley: The Scolar Press, 1973. New edn. Unpaginated. A Scolar Press Facsimile. D/w, over plain white card covers, just a trifle faded on spine and adjacent ares of both panels else a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8137) £15.00
  1. Gregory of Tours.: The History of the Franks. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974. 1st. Penguin edn. 708pp. Translated with an introduction by Lewis Thorpe. All pp lightly tanned. Small ownership signature to ffep. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed and creased otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 8046) £10.00
  1. Habington, William.: The Poems of William Habington. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1969. Reprint. lxxx,208pp. B/w frontis. Edited with an introduction and commentary by Kenneth Allott. Clipped d/w rather dust marked otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8178) £15.00
  1. Hall, John.: The Court of Virtue. London: Rouytledge & Kegan Paul, 1961. 1st. edn. thus. xxvi,424pp. Edited with an introduction by PRussell A. Fraser. Price-clipped d/w tanned on spine and rubbed on corners and edges with some minor loss. Very clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 8153) £15.00
  1. Hall, Joseph.: The Poems of Joseph Hall, Bishop of Exeter and Norwich. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1969. Reprint. lxxxii309pp. Edited by Arnold Davenport. Price-clipped d/w a trifle dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8176) £15.00
  1. Hawthorne, Nathaniel.: The Scarlet Letter. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1944. 1st. Penguin edn. 208pp. Paper covers slightly tanned otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8001) £8.00
  1. Herbert, George.: The Works of George Herbert. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Reprint. lxxviii,619pp. B/w frontis. Edited with a commentary by F. E. Hutchinson. D/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy.. (Stock ref 8170) £20.00
  1. Holcroft, Thomas.: Hugh Trevor. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st. edn. thus. xviii,511pp. Edited with an introduction by Seamus Deane. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w very slightly faded on spine and na trifle rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7961) £18.00
  1. Homer.: The Whole Works of Homer, the Celebrated Grecian Poet and Historian. London: Correctly Printed for Alex, Hogg at thr Kings Arms, Paternoster Row, nd. (c1800) 659(5)pp. Frontis. and 39 copper-plate illus., one map. Contemporary half-calf binding over marbled paper boards, rebacked with new epp. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Boards a little rubbed on edgers and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7666) £200.00
  1. Horace.: Odes and Epodes. London: William Heinemann, 1964. Reprint. xxii,436pp. Translated by C. E. Bennett. No. 33 in the Loeb Classical Library. D/w, a fine copy. (Stock ref 7953) £10.00
  1. Inchbald, Elizabeth.: A Simple Story. London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 1st. edn. thus. xxx,345pp. Edited with an introduction by J. M. S. Tompkins. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w dust-marked and slightly darkened on spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7962) £12.00
  1. Jefferies, Richard.: Wood Magic New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881. 1st. US edn. 263pp. Front inner hinge weak. Pictorial cloth gilt rather rubbed on edges and bumped on corners. Otherwise a good copy. (Stock ref 4613) £30.00
  1. King, Henry.: The Poems of Henry King. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. New edn. xiv,264pp. Edited by Margaret Crum. Price-clipped d/w faded on spine otherwise a very clea, bright copy. (Stock ref 8166) £40.00
  1. Kyd, Thomas.: The Works of Thomas Kyd. London: Oxford University Press, 1901. 1st. edn. cxvi,470pp. B/w fold-out frontis. Edited from the original texts with an introduction, notes and facsimiles by Frederick S. Boas. Ownership signature in red ink to ffep. Price-clipped d/w chipped and worn with many closed tears and some minor loss to spine head and tail. Clean and sound internally. (Stock ref 8173) £45.00
  1. Lennox, Charlotte.: The Femlae Quixote or, The Adventures of Arabella London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 1st. edn. thus. xxiv,427pp. Edited with an introduction by Margaret Dalziel. D/w dust-marked and slightly faded on spine with some edge rubbing otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7963) £18.00
  1. Lewis, Matthew.: The Monk. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st. edn. thus. xxx,455pp. Edited with an introduction by Howard Anderson. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w fade on spine and slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7965) £15.00
  1. Livy: The War with Hannibal Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965 1st. Penguin edn. 688 pp. Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt, edited and introduced by Betty Radice. The text comprises books XXI to XXX of The History of Rome from its Foundation. Pages edges rather browned. Pictorial card covers rubbed on corners and slightly creased on spine otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 2685) £10.00
  1. Lyly, John.: The Complete Works of John Lyly. London: Oxford University Press, 1902. 1st. edn. three vols., xvi,543: iv,574: iv,620pp. Three b/w illus. Now for the first time collected and edited from the earliest quartos with a life, bibliography, essays, notes and index by R. Warwick Bond. Bookplates to front pastedowns and ownership signatures to fepp. Green cloth gilt boards just a little rubbed on edges an corners else a very clean, sound set. (Stock ref 8164) £150.00
  1. Mackenzie, Henry.: The Man of Feeling. London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 1st. edn. thus. xxx,137pp. Edited with an introduction by Brian Vickers. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7966) £10.00
  1. Massinger, Philip: A New Way to Pay Old Debts. Menston: The Scolar Press, 1972. Reprint. Unpaginated. A Scolar Press Facsimile. Dust marked d/w over laminated card covers othyerwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8135) £15.00
  1. Mathers, Powys.: The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1953. 9th. impression. Four vols. xii, 871; viii, 825; viii, 795; viii, 746pp. Rendered into English from the literal and complete French translation of Dr. J. C. Madrus. All d/w’s have very minor shelf wear and some fox spotting otherwise a very clean, bright set. (Stock ref 3924) £60.00
  1. Middleton, Thomas and Rowley, William.: The Changeling. Menston: The Scolar nPress, 1973 New edn. Unpaginated. Introductory note by N. W. Bawcutt. D/w, over plain white card covers, just ba little rubbed at spine head and tail otjherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8138) £15.00
  1. Middleton, Thomas.: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. Menston: The Scolar Press, 1969 New edn. (8)71pp. A facsimile of the 1630 edn. White card covers with blue lettering slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 8132) £8.00
  1. Moore, John.: Mordaunt.: sketches of life, characters and manners in various countries: including theMemoirs of a French lady of quality. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. 1st. edn. thus. xviii(4)508pp. Edited with an introduction by W. L. Renwick. One of the Oxford English Novels series. D/w rather frayed at spine head and, generally, rather dust-marked otherwise a very good copy. (Stock ref 7950) £20.00
  1. Morris, William.: The Well at the World’s End. London: Ballantine Books, 1971. 1st. UK P/B edn. Two vols., xii,320pp, (10)242pp. All pp somewhat tanned. Pictorial card covers very slightly creased on spines and very slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound set. (Stock ref 6417) £10.00
  1. Morrison, Arthur.: A Child of the Jago. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1946. 1st. Penguin edn.191pp. Paper covers a little tanned with some rubbing at spine tail otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8002) £6.00
  1. Paltock, Robert.: Peter Wilkins. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st. edn. thus. xxiv,388pp. Edited with an introduction by Christopher Bentley. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7967) £15.00
  1. Perrault, Charles.: Perrault’s Fairy Tales. London: The Folio Society, 1998. 1st. edn. thus. (10)185pp. 30 cold. plates by Edmund Dulac, Red pictorial cloth gilt. A fine copy in a ver slightly dust-marked slipcase. (Stock ref 7919) £120.00
  1. Plato.: The Collected Dialogues of Plato: including the Letters. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Reprint. xxvi,1743pp. Edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns with introduction and prefatory notes. Bollingen series LXXI. Dust marked d/w rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy. Distributed in UK by Oxford University Press hence their d/w. (Stock ref 7785) £40.00
  1. Rabelais, Francois.: The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais. London: The Bodley Head, 1933. 2 vols. xl, 499, xv, 730pp. 24 b/w plates and numerous text figures by Frank C. Pappe. Translated from the French by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux. Introduction by J. Lewis May. D/W’s a little chipped and rubbed on edges with some fairly minor loss at spine heads and tails. Otherwise, a clean, sound set. (Stock ref 5419) £30.00
  1. Reeve, Clara.: The Old English Baron. London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 1st. edn. thus. xxii,154pp. Edited with an introduction by James Trainer. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7968) £15.00
  1. Rouland, David.: The Pleasaunt Historie of Lazarillo de Tomes. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1924. New edn. xvi,80pp. Edited by J. E. V. Crofts. One of the Percy Reprints series. Pencilled gift inscription to ffep. D/w rather chipped and rubbed on edges with some minor loss at spine head. A very good copy. (Stock ref 8141) £20.00
  1. Ruding, Walt.: An Evil Motherhood: an impressionist novel. London: Elkin Mathews, 1896. 1st. edn., 2nd. thousand. (12)99pp. Frontis. by Aubrey Beardsley. All pp untrimmed. Date, in ink, to front pastedown. Dark blue cloth, rubbed on edges and corners, with gilt lettering, faded on spine, and spider’s web design to front panel. Internally, clean and sound. (Stock ref 3803) £50.00
  1. Shakespeare, William: The Tempest London: Hodder & Stoughton, nd (1908) No. 207 of an edn. of 500 signed by the artist. xxix, 144 pp. 40 tipped in, tissue guarded cold. plates by Edmund Dulac. Neat gift inscription to limitation page. Teg. Some foxing to text pp. Cream vellum gilt binding somewhat dust marked and slightly bumped on corners and spine head, boards very slightly bowed. Silk ties intact. A very good copy of this beautiful book. (Stock ref 2438) £1200.00
  1. Shakespeare, William.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Londob: The Folio Society, 2001. 1st. edn. thus. xvi,183pp. 12 cold. and numerous b/w illus. by W. Heath Robinson. Green pictorial cloth gilt. A fine copy in a very slightly dust-mareked slipcase. (Stock ref 7920) £50.00
  1. Shakespeare, William.: Sonnets. Ilkley: The Solar Press, 1974. Reprint. Unpaginated. A Scolar Press Facsimile. D/w slightly sunned and rubbed on spine over plain white card covers. A clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8136) £10.00
  1. Sidney, Philip.: The Poems of Sir Philip Sidney. London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Reprint. lxxii,578pp. Two b/w illus. Edited by William A. Ringler. Clipped d/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy./ (Stock ref 8171) £30.00
  1. Sienkiewicz, Henryk.: Quo Vadis? London: J.M. Dent & Sos, 1962. Reprint. xii,448pp plus 16pp publisher’s list. Translated bb C. J. Hogarth and introduced by Monica M. Gardner.Ownership signature to front pastedown. Binding slightly cocked. D/w slightly rubbed on corners and edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 3910) £4.00
  1. Smith, Charlotte.: Emmeline. London: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st. edn. thus. xviii,531pp. Edited with an introduction by Anne Henry Ehrenpreis. One of the Oxford English Novels. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7970) £20.00
  1. Smith, Charlotte.: The Old Manor House. London: Oxford University Press, 1969. 1st. edn. thus. xxx,544pp. Edited with an introduction by Anne Henry Ehrenpreis. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7969) £25.00
  1. Smollett, Tobias.: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. London: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st. edn. thus. xxvi,384pp. Edited with an introduction by Damian Grant. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7971) £15.00
  1. Somerville, E. & Rosss, Martin.: Some Experiences of an Irish R. M. london: Longmans, Green & Co., 1947. Reprint. viii, 329pp. Line drawings by E. Somerville. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w rather rubbed and worn on edges and corners otherwise a sound copy. (Stock ref 3917) £4.00
  1. Sterne, Lawrence.: A Political Romance Menston: The Scolar Press, 1971. New edn. (8)60pp. A facsimile of the 1759 edn. Green card covers with black lettering rather tanned otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8133) £12.00
  1. Sterne, Lawrence.: A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick: to which are added The Journal to Eliza and A Political Romance London: Oxford University Press, 1968. 1st. edn. thus. xxvi,241pp. Edited with an introduction by Ian Jack. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w faded on spine and very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 7972) £30.00
  1. Stevenson, Robert Louis.: Fables. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1902. New edn. xxii,99pp. Six captioned, tissue-guarded plates by Ethel King Martyn. Neat but lengthy gift inscription. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper-covered boards with paper spine label slightly bumped on corners and generall rather dust marked otherwise a reasonably clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8037) £30.00
  1. Surtees, R. S.: Mr. Jorrocks’ Lectors: from Handley Cross. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Probably a reprint as first inscription is dated 1914 and the decoration on the front board is not gilt. (8)150pp. 25 tissue-guarded plates by G. Denholm Armour. Two neat gift inscriptions to ffep. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and decoration and lettering in black on front board. Spine faded otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 6011) £20.00
  1. Swift, Jonathan.: The Drapier’s Letters to the People of Ireland Against Rewceiving Wood’s Halfpence. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Reprint. xcviii,400pp. B/w frontis. Edited by Herbert Davis. Pencil ownership signature to ffep. Price-clipped d/w rather grubby otherwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8165) £35.00
  1. Twain, Mark.: The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories. London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. 1st. UK edn. (8)311pp plus 32pp publisher’s list dated March, 1893. Binding slightly cocoked. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and black decoration with corners slightly bumped, edges a little rubbed and some fading on back panel. Otherwise, a clean sound copy. (Stock ref 4109) £0.00
  1. Vaughan, Henry.: The Works of Henry Vaughan. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. 2nd. edn. xxviii,771pp. Edited by L. C. Martin. Clipped d/w rather faded on spine otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8168) £50.00
  1. Virgil: The Pastoral Poems ( The Ecologues). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1949. 1st. Penguin edn. 151pp. A new translation by E. V. Rieu. All pp somewhat tanned. D/w a little faded and rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 4112) £3.00
  1. Wilkins, George.: The Painfull Aduentures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1967. Reprint. xvi,120pp. Edited by Kenneth Muir. English Reprints Series. D/w, over card covers, with two small, closed tears and some creasing at spine head otherwise a very clean, bright copy. (Stock ref 8139) £15.00
  1. Wollstonecraft, Mary.: Mary, a fiction and The Wrongs of Woman. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. 1st. edn. thus. xxxii,231pp. Edited with an introduction by Gary Kelly. One of the Oxford English Novels. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy. (Stock ref 7974) £30.00
  1. Wu, Ch’eng-en.: Monkey. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1942 1st. edn. in English. 305pp. Title page design by Duncan Grant. Translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley. Orange cloth boards with green lettering. Rather faded on spine and frayed at head and tail, some spotting to front and back boards and with a split in rear outer hinge. Otherwise, a clean and sound copy. (Stock ref 4885) £25.00
  1. Wyatt, Thomas.: Collected Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1969. 1st. edn. thus. xxviii,479pp. Edited by Kenneth Muir and Patricia Thomson. Ownersip signature to ffep and title page. D/w dust marked and a lttle rubbed on corners and edges othyerwise a very clean, sound copy. (Stock ref 8175) £20.00