Allingham,
H[elen]. and D. Radford (ed.s), WILLIAM
ALLINGHAM: A DIARY (London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1907).
First edition, 22 x 14.5cm (tall 8vo), in publisher's navy linen
w/blind ruling to covers & gilt title to spine, a.e. untrimmed, 404
[xii] pp. w/frontis portrait engraving & 7 full-page plates (one in
colour), all except one w/tissue-guards. Printed by R. & R.
Clark Ltd., Edinburgh. Inscribed to recto of fr. ep.: "Anne A.
Brown, December 1907." Binding Near-Fine (extremities sl.
bumped); contents Near-Fine. Fredeman 46.22, Colbeck 36, Lasner
31. (Inv. #896) C$100 (a Near-Fine copy of the 1967
reprint is available at C$40)
[Allingham,
William], YE DIRTY OLD MAN (DIRTY DICK): A LEGEND OF BISHOPSGATE,
FROM HOUSEHOLD WORDS CONDUCTED BY CHARLES DICKENS (London: D.D.
Cellars, n.d. [ca.1870]). First edition thus, 16.5 x 13cm [8vo],
in original printed & sewn paper wraps w/title to covers &
adverts to inner sides, [8] pp. Binding Fair (wraps soiled &
split at fold); contents Very Good (lt. foxing). Lasner 12 ("the
poem first appeared in Household Words on 8 January
1853"). (Inv. #535) C$100Avery, Gillian, and Julia Briggs (eds.), CHILDREN AND THEIR BOOKS: A CELEBRATION OF THE WORK OF IONA AND PETER OPIE (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989). First edition, 21.5 x 13.5cm, in publisher's dark blue cloth w/gilt title to spine, pale blue ep.s, 414 (xvi) pp. w/numerous b&w illustrations, in pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket Very Good (sl. stained); binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine (edges darkened). (Inv. #487) C$60
Bishop, Roy, PAINTINGS OF THE ROYAL COLLECTION (London: Harrap & Co., 1937). First edition, 23 x 15cm (8vo), in original grey wraps w/blue lettering to fr. cover, 233 pp. Advance Proof Copy w/upper corner trimmed by binder, text only. Binding Fair (some wear & dampstains to spine); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #47) C$40
Blackburn,
Henry (ed.), ACADEMY NOTES (London: Chatto & Windus,
1875-84). Ten volumes bound in one, first editions, 21 x 13cm
(8vo), in 19thC. black half-calf w/marbled boards, red & gilt
title-label to spine, raised bands, aqua ep.s, w/numerous wood
engravings after drawings by the artists exhibiting at the R.A.
Binding Very Good (extremities sl. bumped); contents Good (1882 is
incomplete). (Inv. #37) C$150 (individual
copies of 1882, 1885, & 1887, all in original wraps, are also
available at C$25 each)
Blanche,
A. (M.R. Barnard, transl.), MASTER
OF HIS FATE: A SWEDISH TALE (London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden &
Welsh, 1886). First edition, 18.5 x 13.5cm (8vo), in publisher's
dark olive cloth w/red, black & gilt decorations & title to fr.
cover & spine, a.e.g., olive ep.s, 440 [viii] pp. w/tissue-guarded
frontis & 7 unpaginated full-page plates by A.F. Hughes (eldest son
of Arthur Hughes). Printed by Richard Clay & Sons.
Binding Near-Fine; contents Very Good (some scattered foxing).
(Inv. #71) C$50
Buchanan,
Robert, NORTH COAST AND OTHER POEMS (London: George Routledge
& Sons, 1868). First edition, 23 x 16.5cm (4to), in
publisher's russet sand-grain cloth w/elaborate blue & gilt
embossed decorations & title (designed by John Leighton?) to fr.
cover & spine (blind to rear), bevelled edges, a.e.g., 250 (xiv)
pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis & 53 wood engravings after A.B.
Houghton, G.J. Pinwell, etc., +6pp. publ. adverts to rear.
Printed at the Camden Press, London. Binding Fair (recased w/new
ep.s, covers & spine sunned, & extremities rubbed & worn);
contents Very Good (occas. lt. foxing). White 134 ("maintains the
tradition of Dalziels ... the engraving is at their best level [&]
the printing unusually good"), Dalziels 354, Reid 278, Ray 156, Ball 55
& 165, Colbeck 7, Goldman 139. (Inv. #69) C$100
Buchanan,
Robert, IDYLS AND LEGENDS OF INVERBURN (London: Strahan,
1865). First edition, 17 x 10.5cm (small 8vo), in publisher's
dark-green linen w/gilt ruled decorations to fr. cover & spine
(blind to rear), gilt title to spine, dark-brown ep.s w/binder's ticket
(Burn; Ball 20A) to rear pastedown, 206 [vi] pp. +16pp. publ. cat.
(dated May 1865) to rear. Printed by Bradbury & Evans,
London. With the armorial bookplate of Richard Ellis to fr.
pastedown, & signature of May Belle Eckley to titlepage.
Binding Very Good (tail of spine creased, & hinges cracked);
contents Near-Fine. Colbeck 2. (Inv. #91) C$75
Byron,
George Gordon, 6th Baron (William Michael Rossetti,
ed.), THE POETICAL WORKS (London: E. Moxon Son & Co.,
1870). First edition thus, 18 x 12cm (8vo), in publisher's maroon
criss-cross grain cloth w/gilt & black embossed decorations &
title to fr. cover & spine (blind to rear), bevelled edges, a.e.g.,
chocolate ep.s, 604 (xx) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis portrait, prelim
titlepage steel engraving & 4 others after Ford Madox Brown, &
2 others after Oliver Madox Brown. Printed by Sanson & Co.,
Edinburgh. Binding Good (edges of rear cover sunned, & rear
hinge starting); contents Near-Fine. Goldman 367. (Inv.
#575) C$100
Caine,
W. Ralph Hall, ANNALS OF THE MAGIC ISLE (NY: Frederick A.
Stokes Co., n.d. [1926]). First edition, 21.5 x 14cm (8vo), in
publisher's light grey linen w/red & black title to fr. cover &
spine, 356 (xxix) pp., w/frontis illus. from a drawing by Arthur Hughes
(printed in blue) & titlepage illus. from an amphora in the British
Museum. Printed in Great Britain. With the armorial
bookplate of Eleanore M. Jewett to fr. pastedown. Binding Very
Good (spine darkened w/short closed tear at head); contents
Near-Fine. (Inv. #327) C$60
Chesneau,
Ernest, LA PEINTURE ANGLAISE (Paris: A. Quantin, n.d.
[ca.1885]). "Nouvelle" (second?) edition issued by the
Bibliotheque de l'Enseignement des Beaux-Arts, French language text,
20.5 x 13.5cm (8vo), in publisher's aqua fine rib-grain cloth w/gilt
& black decorations & title to covers & spine, tan ep.s,
356 (xvi) pp., w/numerous engravings by Marius Michel, Michelet, etc.
after paintings by Constable, Turner, D.G. Rossetti, Arthur Hughes,
etc., +8pp. issuer's cat. loosely inserted. Binding Very Good
(extremities sl. rubbed, & ep.s browned); contents Very Good
(margins & gutters a bit browned). (Inv. #895) C$60Dulcken, H. W. (ed.), DALZIELS' ILLUSTRATED ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS (London: Ward Lock & Tyler, 1865). Two volumes, first edition in book form, 27 x 19.5cm (4to), in publisher's dark red ribbed morocco-grain cloth w/gilt ruling to covers, gilt decorations & title to fr. covers & spines, pale yellow ep.s, 822 [viii & xii] pp. w/frontis & numerous wood engravings by the Dalziels after J.E. Millais, A.B. Houghton, John Tenniel, G.J. Pinwell, etc. in each vol. Printed at the Camden Press, London. Inscribed to recto of Vol. I's fr. ep.: "Thomas Reid from his brother Alexander Comrie, May 15/[18]69." Bindings Fair (extremities bumped & worn, gilt to Vol. I's fr. cover rubbed, cloth rather soiled, & hinges cracked); contents Very Good (occas. foxing). White 122, Reid passim, Fredeman 95.45, Ray 151 ("perhaps the Dalziels' most successful collaborative volume"), de Beaumont 13, & see Goldman 176. (Inv. #648) C$200
du
Maurier, George, THE MARTIAN: A NOVEL (London:
Harper & Bros., 1898). First edition, 18.5 x 14cm (8vo),
bound in dark aqua calf by Zaehnsdorf (stamped to verso of fr. ep.),
w/gilt ruling to covers & gilt decorations to spine, raised bands,
red & gilt title-panels, t.e.g., decorative gilt turn-ins, red
& blue-swirled ep.s, 471 (viii) pp. w/frontis portrait of &
numerous illustrations by the author. Printed by Ballantyne
Hanson & Co., Edinburgh & London. Binding Very Good
(extremities moderately rubbed); contents Near-Fine. Sadleir
1673. (Inv. #301) C$100
du
Maurier, George (ed. & illus.), PETER IBBETSON
(London: Osgood McIlvaine, 1896). Early reprint, 18.5 x 14cm
(8vo), bound in dark aqua calf by Zaehnsdorf (stamped to verso of fr.
ep.), w/gilt ruling to covers & gilt decorations to spine, raised
bands, red & gilt title-panels, t.e.g., decorative gilt turn-ins,
red & blue-swirled ep.s, 381 [viii] pp. w/numerous illustrations by
the editor. Printed by R. & R. Clark Ltd., Edinburgh.
Binding Very Good (extremities moderately rubbed); contents
Near-Fine. (Inv. #300) C$100
Elliott,
J.W. (ed. & set to music by), NATIONAL NURSERY RHYMES AND
NURSERY SONGS (London: Novello & Co. Ltd., n.d.
[ca.1885]). Early reprint, 26.5 x 18.5cm (4to), in publisher's
saddle brown fine rib-grain cloth w/gilt & black decorations &
title to fr. cover & spine (black only to rear), bevelled edges,
a.e.g., cream ep.s, 112 [x] cardstock pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis
& numerous wood engravings by the Dalziels after Arthur Hughes,
G.J. Pinwell, A.B. Houghton, etc. Binding Very Good (extremities
sl. rubbed, & lt. foxing to ep.s); contents Very Good (moderate
foxing to 1st & final leaves). (Inv. #564) C$100
(a Good copy of the 1st US edition is available at C$50)Evans, Mrs. Godfrey, SOCIETY OF WATCHERS AND WORKERS. THANKSGIVINGS AND INTERCESSIONS FOR DECEMBER, 1916 [Castle Eden, Co. Durham: 1916]. First edition, 12.5 x 6.5cm (a single leaf folded twice), printed on thin card, 6 pp. w/Bible quotations & instructions. A Fine copy. (Inv. #888) C$20
Falconer, William, THE SHIPWRECK (London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1868). First edition thus, 18.5 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's brown sand-grain cloth w/embossed decorations to covers & gilt title to fr. cover & spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g., dark chocolate ep.s, 170 pp. w/numerous in-text wood engravings by Edmund Evans etc. after Miles Birket Foster, & vignettes & initials by H.N. Woods after Noel Humphreys. Inscribed to half-title: "Mrs E.D. Stewart from O.M.O.N. [&] A.E.N., Christmas 1870." Binding Very Good (extremities sl. rubbed w/top of spine worn, fr. hinge cracked, & some mottling to cloth & ep.s); contents Fair (titlepage lacking, otherwise Near-Fine). (Inv. #785) C$50
Farrar,
Frederic W[illiam]., THE LIFE OF CHRIST (London: Cassell Petter
& Galpin, n.d. [1874]). Two volumes, sixth edition, 22 x 14cm
(tall 8vo), in publisher's brown sand-grain cloth w/blind ruling to
covers & gilt titles to spines, dark green ep.s, 480 (xxxii) &
516 (xii) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis wood engravings by "WH" after
William Holman Hunt to each vol., +4pp. publ. adverts to rear of vol.
I. Printed in London by the publisher, this title went thru
several editions in 1874, but Holman Hunt's designs were omitted from
the 1st ed. Bindings Good (extremities sl. rubbed, fr. hinges
cracked, prev. owner's labels removed from fr. ep.s, & 2 small
closed tears to fr. ep. of Vol. I); contents Near-Fine. See
Goldman 216. (Inv. #547) C$400Faulkner, Peter (ed.), THE LETTERS OF JANE MORRIS TO WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM BLUNT'S DIARIES (Exeter: University of Exeter, 1986). First edition, 21 x 14.5cm, in publisher's midnight-blue embossed calico-grain cloth w/gilt title to spine, 136 [xii] pp. +4pp. Index, in pictorial dust-jacket. Printed & bound by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd., Exeter. Dust-jacket Very Good (small rectangular piece clipped from lower edge of fr. flap); binding Fine; contents Fine. (Inv. #866) C$50
Faulkner, Peter (ed.), WILLIAM MORRIS: THE CRITICAL HERITAGE (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1973). First edition, 21.5 x 13.5cm, in publisher's blue cloth w/gilt title to spine, 465 (xiii [+i +iii]) pp., in mylar-protected pictorial dust-jacket. From the library of Louis Fisher, w/his seal to fr. ep. Dust-jacket Near-Fine; binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #634) C$100
Fredeman, William E. (ed.), THE JOURNAL OF PRE-RAPHAELITE AND AESTHETIC STUDIES, I:1 (Part 1) (Vancouver: JPRS, Fall 1987). First edition, 28 x 21.5cm, in original red wraps w/black text to covers, 113 (x) pp. w/colour frontis & titlepage. Also incl. are three off-prints from this journal ("John Stuart Mill-ennium," Index of PR & JPRS, & "Literary-Art of DGR"). Near-Fine. (Inv. #944) C$25
Fredeman, William E. (ed.), THE JOURNAL OF PRE-RAPHAELITE AND AESTHETIC STUDIES, II:1 (Vancouver: JPRS, Spring 1989). First edition, 28 x 21.5cm, in original red wraps w/black text to covers, 122 [x] pp. w/colour titlepage. Also incl. are three off-prints from this journal ("John Stuart Mill-ennium," Index of PR & JPRS, & "Literary-Art of DGR"). Near-Fine. (Inv. #945) C$25
Fredeman, William E., PRE-RAPHAELITISM: A BIBLIOCRITICAL STUDY (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1965). First edition, 24 x 16.5cm, in publisher's charcoal grey linen w/gilt title to fr. cover & spine, 327 (xix) pp. w/plates sections, in decorative dust-jacket. The "indispensable" bibliography of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Dust-jacket Good (spine faded as usual, & moderate edgewear & stains); binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine. Fennell 11. (Inv. #233) C$100
Fredeman, William E., ROSSETTI'S "IN MEMORIUM": AN ELEGIAC READING OF "THE HOUSE OF LIFE" (Manchester: John Rylands Library, 1965). First edition thus, 24.5 x 15.5cm, in original pale olive wraps w/black text to covers, [45] pp. Near-Fine. (Inv. #396) C$80
Fredeman, William E. (guest ed.), VICTORIAN POETRY CENTENNIAL OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE (Morgantown: West Virginia Univ., Autumn-Winter 1987 [Vol. 25, Nr. 3-4]). First edition, 23 x 15cm, in original decorative card wraps w/black title to spine, 243 (vi) pp. w/colour frontis & numerous b&w plates. Binding Very Good (lt. staining); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #484) C$80
Gwynn,
Stephen, and Gertrude M. Tuckwell
(eds.), THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE (NY:
Macmillan, 1917). Two volumes, first US editions, 22 x 14cm
(8vo), in publisher's olive cloth w/gilt armorial devices to fr. covers
& gilt titles to spines, 557 (xix) & 614 (vi) pp. w/frontis
& 7 b&w plates in each vol. (incl. 2 portraits by Arthur
Hughes). Printed in England by Billing & Sons,
Guildford. With the decorative bookplate of Charles Gardiner
Cowan to fr. pastedowns. Bindings Good (extremities moderately
bumped, & spine gilt dulled); contents Very Good (a bit
shaken). (Inv. #78) C$80
Hamerton,
Philip Gilbert, THOUGHTS ABOUT ART (London: Macmillan,
1889). Revised edition, 18.5 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's black
cloth w/blind-ruled borders to covers & gilt title to spine,
charcoal ep.s, 383 (xxiv) pp., +54pp. publ. cat. to rear. Printed
in England by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd. Binding Good
(extremities bumped & rubbed); contents Near-Fine. (Inv.
#345) C$60
Harlaw,
James, THE CHARM OF MILLAIS (London: T.C & E.C. Jack, n.d.
[1910]). First edition, 14.5 x 11.5cm, in publisher's emerald
suede w/gilt decorations & title to fr. cover & spine, t.e.g.
(others untrimmed), 48 (ii) pp. + colour frontis & 3 unpaginated
colour plates. Printed by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh.
Inscribed to recto of fr. ep.: "With best wishes from Janet M. Speed,
July 1914." Binding Very Good (spine darkened, & moderate
stains to fr. cover & ep.s); contents Near-Fine. Fredeman
37.79. (Inv. #647) C$50Hayman, John (ed.), JOHN RUSKIN: LETTERS FROM THE CONTINENT (Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1982). First edition, 23.5 x 15cm, in publisher's tan cloth w/black title to spine, black ep.s, 207 (xxvii) pp. w/frontis & 13pp. of b&w plates, in pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket Very Good (sl. darkened); binding Fine; contents Fine. (Inv. #100) C$50
Hill,
George Birkbeck (ed.), LETTERS OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO WILLIAM
ALLINGHAM 1854-1870 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897). First
edition, 22 x 14cm (8vo), in publisher's dark aqua linen w/gilt
decorations & title to fr. cover & spine, t.e.g. (others
untrimmed), 307 (xxviii) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis & 13 b&w
plates. Printed at the Gresham Press, Woking & London.
Binding Very Good (extremities moderately bumped, & ep.s browned);
contents Very Good (a few marginal pencil notes). Academy
18 Dec. 1897 p.543, Rossetti p.34, Vaughan 11, Ashley IV 151, Ehrsam
& Deily 218, Fredeman 24.6, Fennell 121, Colbeck 36. (Inv.
#472) C$150Ingelow, Jean (1820-97, British poet), AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED. "O Patient Hand," a fifteen-line poem from "Brothers, And A Sermon" (1st publ. in 1863), written in ink entirely in the poet's hand on a sheet of 26.5 x 21cm gilt-edged card (backed w/paper), signed & dated "Jean Ingelow, July 3rd 186[4?]"; one side, approx. 110 words. Near-Fine (ink sl. faded). (Inv. #573) C$100
Ingelow,
Jean, FAVORITE POEMS (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1886). First
edition thus, 23.5 x 17cm, in publisher's red cloth w/gilt decorations
& title to fr. cover & spine, inlaid gilt metallic device (St.
Botolph Church) to fr. cover, bevelled edges, a.e.g.,
tapestry-patterned ep.s, [196 + vi] cardstock pp. w/tissue-guarded
frontis portrait, 4 wood engravings by the Dalziels after Arthur
Hughes, & others after Childe Hassam, F.S. Church, etc. A
compilation of Songs of Seven, High Tide on the Coast of
Lincolnshire, & The Shepherd Lady. Inscribed to
1st blank: "To Maria Eva with Grand Mamma Kitten's love, Christmas
1888." Binding Good (extremities moderately bumped & worn,
& rear cover sl. stained); contents Near-Fine. (Inv.
#12) C$50
Ingelow,
Jean, MOPSA THE FAIRY (London: Strahan & Co. Ltd., n.d.
[ca.1884]). Fourth edition, 17.5 x 11.5cm (8vo), in publisher's
navy diagonal-ribbed cloth w/gilt & black decorations &
title to fr. cover & spine, embossed ruling & circular device
to rear cover, 248 [viii] pp. +tissue-guarded frontis & 6 full-page
wood engravings by the Dalziels after Alfred W. Hunt, Jessie MacGregor,
etc. Printed at the Strathmore Press, Perth. With the sig.
of Mrs. Hobday Hawkings to recto of fr. ep. Binding Good
(extremities bumped & worn, rear cover wrinkled at centre, &
hinges broken); contents Fair (1 plate lacking, & occas. lt.
stains). (Inv. #934) C$100
Ingelow,
Jean, POEMS (London: Longmans Green Reader & Dyer,
1867). First edition, 23 x 16.5cm (4to), in publisher's dark blue
sand-grain cloth w/elaborate gilt & black decorations & title
to covers & spine, w/central white sunken panels to covers (all
designed by Albert Warren), bevelled edges, a.e.g., cream ep.s, 318
[xvi] pp. w/frontis. & 97 wood engravings by the Dalziels after
G.J. Pinwell, E.J. Poynter, J.W. North, A.B. Houghton, etc.
Printed at the Camden Press, London; a Daziel Gift Book issued in Nov.
1866 at 1 guinea. Association Copy inscr. to verso of fr.
ep.: "Miss Fanny Burness with kind regards from W.F. Ingelow,
21st April 1873-" (William Frederick Ingelow was the author's eldest
brother). Binding Good (corner tips worn & spine tips chipped
away); contents Very Good (occas. lt. foxing). White 129-30,
Dalziels 354, Reid passim, Ray 155, Wolff 3473a, de Beaumont 137,
Goldman 263. (Inv. #444) C$150
Ingelow,
Jean, THE SHEPHERD LADY, AND OTHER POEMS (Boston: Roberts
Bros., 1876). First edition thus, 23.5 x 17cm [4to], in
publisher's brick red moire-patterned cloth w/elaborate black &
gilt decorations & title to fr. cover & spine, bevelled edges,
a.e.g., dark blue ep.s, 60 red-ruled pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis
portrait & 4 wood engravings by the Dalziels after Arthur Hughes,
& 14 after other artists. Printed by John Wilson & Son,
Cambridge MA. Binding Near-Fine (extremities sl. rubbed);
contents Very Good (moderate foxing to 1st & final leaves).
White 172, Reid 95, Fredeman p.284, de Beaumont 138, Goldman 266.
(Inv. #7) C$50 (a copy in publisher's navy moire-patterned cloth
is also available)Ingelow, Jean, A STORY OF DOOM AND OTHER POEMS (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1867). First US edition, 17.5 x 11.5cm (8vo), in publisher's brick-red cloth w/gilt boar's head device to fr. cover, blind ruling to both covers, & gilt title to spine, t.e.g., chocolate ep.s, 290 (vi) pp. w/roundel wood engraving to verso of half-title, & tissue-guarded frontis portrait steel engraving by H. Wright Smith, +4pp. publ. adverts to fr. & rear. Printed by Welch Bigelow & Co. Binding Fair (spine darkened & chipped at head, & rear ep. lacking); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #351) C$25
Ironside, Robin, with a Descriptive Catalogue by John Gere, PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTERS (London: Phaidon, 1948). First edition, 30.5 x 23.5cm, in publisher's orange cloth w/gilt title to fr. cover & spine, 49 pp. w/12 b&w & 4 colour plates, +94 unpaginated b&w plates to rear, in pictorial dust-jacket. The 1st of the modern scholarly vols. on the Pre-Raphaelites; Ironside's discourse still holds its place as one of the more intelligent ever written on the subject. Dust-jacket Good (price-clipped); binding Near-Fine (extremities sl. rubbed); contents Near-Fine. Fredeman 83.8, Fennell 74. (Inv. #248) C$80
Johnson, Diane, THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE FIRST MRS. MEREDITH AND OTHER LESSER LIVES (London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1973). First UK edition, 17.5 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's burgundy linen w/gilt title to spine, 239 [xvi] pp. w/16 b&w illus., in pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket Near-Fine (sl. tear to top edge; binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #793) C$30
Knight,
Joseph, LIFE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (London: Walter Scott,
1887). First edition, 17.5 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's dark
blue cloth w/gilt title to spine, a.e. untrimmed, 186 mostly unopened
pp., +19pp. "Bibliography & Catalogue of Pictures" by John P.
Anderson & 6pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed in Newcastle
by the publisher. Binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine.
Ashley IV 157, Ehrsam & Deily 212, Fredeman 25.11, Fennell 157,
Colbeck 55. (Inv. #342) C$50
Knight,
William, SIX LECTURES ON SOME NINETEENTH CENTURY ARTISTS
(Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1909). First edition, 16 x
24cm, in publisher's pale green bead-grain cloth w/gilt title to cover
& spine, a.e. untrimmed, 189 pp. w/frontis photo of G.F. Watts, +50
unpaginated plates after Turner, Corot, Millet, Rossetti, Watts, &
Burne-Jones. Printed at the Alderbrink Press, Chicago.
Binding Good (spine tips & corners rubbed, & rear hinge
starting); contents Near-Fine. Fredeman 75.26, Fennell 729.
(Inv. #21) C$40
Locker[-Lampson], Frederick, and Richard Doyle (illus.), A SELECTION FROM THE
WORKS (London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1865). First edition,
second issue, 16 x 12.5cm (8vo), in publisher's maroon criss-cross
grain cloth w/elaborate gilt design by John Leighton to fr. cover
(blind to rear) & gilt decorations & title to spine, bevelled
edges, pale slate-grey ep.s, 180 [xii] pp. w/frontis portrait wood
engraving after J.E. Millais, & titlepage vignette & 18 wood
engravings by Joseph Swain after "Dickie" Doyle. Printed by
Bradbury & Evans, London. Binding Very Good (extremities a
bit bumped & rubbed, spine sl. darkened, & prev. owner's name
to fr. pastedown); contents Very Good (1 section sl. proud & A7-8
clumsily opened at fore-edge). Slater p.182, Colbeck 5.
(Inv. #658) C$100
London,
Jack, SMOKE BELLEW (Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, 1912).
First Canadian edition, 19 x 13cm, in publisher's slate blue cloth
w/black & yellow decorations & title to fr. cover & spine,
385 (x) pp. w/frontis & 7 full-page b&w illustrations by P.J.
Monahan. Binding Very Good (½" spot to fr. cover &
prev. owner's ink name to fr. ep.); contents Near-Fine. (Inv.
#489) C$50Maas, Jeremy, GAMBART: PRINCE OF THE VICTORIAN ART WORLD (London: Barrie & Jenkins Ltd., 1975). First edition, 23 x 15cm, in publisher's burgundy bead-grain cloth w/gilt title to spine, 320 pp. w/frontis portrait & numerous b&w illus., in pictorial dust-jacket. Printed in the UK by The Anchor Press Ltd. Dust-jacket Near-Fine; binding Near-Fine; contents Very Good (top-&-fore-edges sl. browned). (Inv. #796) C$50
MacDonald, Lilia Scott (chosen by), and Arthur Hughes (illus.), BABIES' CLASSICS (Portland OR: Wingfold Press, 1995). Reprint edition, 21 x 13.5cm, in publisher's cream card wraps w/illus. & printed title to fr. cover, 66 [vi] pp. w/numerous b&w illus. by Hughes. Near-Fine. (Inv. #943) C$25
Maclean, Catherine Macdonald, MARK RUTHERFORD: A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM HALE WHITE (London: Macdonald & Co., 1955). First edition, 21.5 x 16cm, in publisher's emerald linen w/gilt title to spine, 416 pp. w/frontis portrait from a drawing by Arthur Hughes & 8 b&w plates, in lime green dust-jacket w/portrait repeated to rear. Printed in the UK by Purnell & Sons Ltd. Dust-jacket Fair (edgeworn w/minor loss, price-clipped, & tidemark to rear edge); binding Very Good (sl. rubbing to extremities); contents Good (sl. shaken, w/tidemark to lower fore-edge). (Inv. #789) C$40
Mackay,
Charles (ed.), A THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS OF ENGLISH POETRY
(London: George Routledge & Sons, 1872). First edition thus,
21 x 15cm (8vo), bound by Ramage (stamped in gilt to inside fr. cover)
in cushioned burgundy morocco w/gilt & black decorations &
title to covers & gilt title to spine, raised bands, a.e.g.,
marbled ep.s, 538 (iv) pp. w/numerous wood engravings after Arthur
Hughes, Birket Foster, J.E. Millais, John Tenniel, etc. Printed
by Bradbury Evans & Co., London. Binding Very Good
(extremities moderately rubbed & darkened, & corners sl.
bumped); contents Very Good (1st & final leaves sl. foxed &
chipped at fore-edges). (Inv. #139) C$100McLean, Ruari, VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BOOK-BINDINGS IN CLOTH AND LEATHER (London: Gordon Fraser, 1974). First edition, 30 x 21cm, in publisher's blue cloth w/circular design to fr. cover & gilt title to spine, burgundy ep.s, 160 pp. w/numerous b&w & colour plates, in mylar-protected pictorial dust-jacket. Printed by Lund Humphries Ltd., Bradford. Dust-jacket Near-Fine; binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #382) C$100
Macleod, Norman (ed.), GOOD WORDS FOR 1866 (London: Strahan & Co., 1866); Also, CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL OF POPULAR LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART (London: W. & R. Chambers, 7, 14, 21 & 28 January 1865). First editions, 23.5 x 16cm (8vo), bound together in contemp. ¾ black morocco w/dark green morocco-grain cloth boards, 5 raised bands, gilt decorations & title to spine, marbled edges & ep.s, 862 [vi] pp. w/numerous wood engravings after A.B. Houghton, J.W. North, G.J. Pinwell, etc., & literary contributions by the Editor, William Gilbert, Charles Kingsley, etc. From the collection of Maggie H. Grant with her name in gilt to fr. cover. Binding Good (extremities bumped & worn w/some surface loss to top of fr. board, fr. hinge cracked, & rear ep. lacking); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #942) C$50
Macleod, Norman (ed.), GOOD WORDS FOR 1869 (London: Strahan & Co., 1869). First edition, 23.5 x 16.5cm (8vo), in 19thC. tan half calf w/marbled boards, raised bands, gilt decorations & title to spine, marbled edges, aqua ep.s, 886 [viii] pp. w/numerous wood engravings after Arthur Hughes, John Leighton, etc., & literary contributions by William Morris ("Hapless Love"), William Gilbert, etc. Printed by Virtue & Co., London. Binding Very Good (extremities moderately rubbed); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #534) C$100
Milton,
John, COMUS. A MASK (London: George Routledge & Co.,
1858). First edition thus, 20 x 14.5cm (4to), in publisher's dark
red rib-grain cloth w/gilt decorations & title (designed by Albert
Warren) to fr. cover & spine (blind to rear), bevelled edges,
a.e.g., chocolate ep.s w/trimmed binder's ticket ("Fisher & Son / Binders";
Ball 34A?) to rear pastedown, 92 (viii) pp. w/30 wood engravings by the
Dalziels after Birket Foster, Pickersgill, Arthur Hughes, etc.
Printed by Richard Clay, London. Binding Good (spine darkened
w/gilt a bit rubbed, extremities moderately rubbed, & fr. hinge
cracked); contents Near-Fine. White 109, Dalziels [353], Ball
163. (Inv. #584) C$100
Palgrave,
Francis Turner, and Arthur Hughes
(illus.), THE FIVE DAYS ENTERTAINMENTS AT WENTWORTH GRANGE
(London: Macmillan & Co., 1868). First edition, 20 x 15cm
(8vo), in publisher's dark blue cloth w/gilt device to fr. cover &
gilt title to spine, t.e.g., chocolate ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn
& Co.; Ball 20C) to rear pastedown, 328 (xii) pp. w/tissue-guarded
titlepage steel engraving & 17 wood engravings by James Cooper
after Hughes, +2pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed by R. Clay Son
& Taylor, London. Inscribed to verso of fr. ep.: "James
Shapland Sargeaunt from his father, Xmas 1868." Binding Good
(rebacked w/original spine laid down, & hinges repaired); contents
Very Good (occas. lt. thumbing). Macmillan 177, White 170, Reid
92, Osborne 377, Fredeman 93.10, Wolff 5380, Colbeck 20, de Beaumont
243, Goldman 338. (Inv. #326) C$100
Pater,
Walter (Charles L. Shadwell, ed.),
MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS (NY &
London: Macmillan & Co., 1895). First edition, 20.5 x 13cm
(8vo), in publisher's dark blue linen w/gilt title to spine, deckle
edges, 222 (xiii) pp. Stated Limited Edition (22/100)
printed on watermarked handmade paper at the Norwood Press. With
the signature of Katharine R. Curtis (dated 1900) & decorative
bookplate (designed by Pearson, 1927) of Henry Hill Pierce to fr.
ep.s. Binding Good (head of spine chipped & lower corner tips
bumped & worn); contents Near-Fine. Colbeck 19. (Inv.
#411) C$100Presentation Copy
Peattie, Roger W. (ed.), SELECTED LETTERS OF WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI (University Park & London: Penn. State Univ. Press, 1990). First edition, 22.5 x 15cm, in publisher's burgundy linen w/silver title to spine, 728 (xxxiv) pp., in decorative dust-jacket. Printed in the US. With presentation inscription from the editor to recto of fr. ep., & loosely inserted note from him to the recipient. Dust-jacket Very Good (spine darkened); binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #799) C$100
Periodical, THE BIBLIOPHILE, Vol. I No. 5 (London: The Bibliophile, July 1908). First edition, 27 x 19cm [4to], in original tan wraps w/yapped edges, black title & text to covers, pp.231-284 w/wood engravings after Arthur Hughes ("reproduced from the original blocks by permission of Messrs. Blackie & Co."), several full-page b&w plates, & 1 colour plate, +numerous adverts to fr. & rear. Very Good. Fredeman 49.2. (Inv. #229) C$90
Periodical, GEMS OF POETRY (NY: John Dougall & Co., 1 June-28 Dec. 1880). First edition, 29 x 20.5cm, in publisher's dark brown fine net-grain cloth w/gilt title to fr. cover, embossed decorations to covers, lt. tan ep.s, 248 pp., w/Index to rear. The 1st 31 issues bound in 1 vol.; includes poetry by Byron, Longfellow, Wordsworth, Robert Burns, E.A. Poe, Tennyson, the Brownings, Milton, William Blake, Shelley, etc. Binding Good (extremities rubbed); contents Very Good (moderately age-toned). (Inv. #75) C$100
Periodicals, GOLDEN HOURS FOR 1867, and KIND WORDS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 1868 (London: William MacIntosh, 1867; and Henry Hall, 1868). Two volumes bound in one, first editions of Golden Hours (Jan.-Dec. 1867) & Kind Words (2 Jan.-31 Dec. + Xmas number 1868), 22.5 x 17cm, in 19thC. black half-calf w/marbled boards, gilt ruling & title to spine, 188 (iv) & 424 (iv) pp. w/Indexes, colour frontis to Kind Words, & numerous wood engravings after William J. Linton, G.J. Pinwell (2), W. Small, etc. Binding Fair (extremities & covers rubbed & worn, & hinges split); contents Good (closed tears to margins of a few leaves, & moderate foxing). (Inv. #20) C$100
Pulte, J. H., M.D., HOMŒOPATHIC DOMESTIC PHYSICIAN: CONTAINING THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES (NY: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1852). Third edition (revised & enlarged), 20.5 x 13.5cm (4to), in publisher's quarter black morocco w/brown criss-cross grain cloth boards, gilt title to spine, embossed decorations to covers, decorative ep.s (w/publ. adverts), 540 (xxiv) pp. w/Index, +5pp. publ. adverts to rear. Binding Fair (extremities rubbed & worn, & ep.s foxed); contents Very Good (lt. scattered foxing). (Inv. #264) C$40
Quick, Richard (ed.), BULLETIN OF THE RUSSELL-COTES ART GALLERY & MUSEUM (Vol. XI No. 1) (Bournemouth: Art Gallery & Museum Committee, March 1932). First edition, 24 x 15.5cm, in original white paper wraps w/black title & b&w photo to fr. cover, 16 pp. w/17 photographic plates. Binding Very Good (lt. stains); contents Near-Fine. Fredeman 49.3. (Inv. #298) C$40
[Rands,
William Brighty, aka Matthew Browne],
LILLIPUT LEVEE: POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, CHILD-FANCY, AND
CHILD-LIKE MOODS (London: Strahan & Co., 1868). Early
reprint, 13.5 x 10.5cm (16mo), in publisher's green sand-grain cloth
w/gilt & black decorations & title to fr. cover & spine
(black only to rear), a.e.g., chocolate ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn
& Co.; Ball 20C) to rear pastedown, 209 [+1] (viii) pp. w/prelim
& frontis wood engravings after J.E. Millais, & several others
after G.J. Pinwell, etc., +6pp. publ. adverts to rear. Printed by
Ballantyne & Co., Edinburgh. Binding Very Good (rubbing to
top of fr. cover); contents Fair (prev. owner's signature to recto of
frontis, occasional thumbing & foxing, & top half of p.65
excised). See Goldman 134. (Inv. #533) C$50Rossetti, Gabriele, IDDIO E L'UOMO SALTERIO (Italia: [no publ. imprint, but "T-G" appears in gilt on the spine], 1860). 17 x 11cm (12mo), in publisher's brown cloth w/gilt title to spine, pink speckled edges, cream ep.s, 186 pp. incl. prefaces & Index. Binding Very Good (cloth somewhat mottled); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #416) C$100
Rossetti,
Lucy Madox, MRS. SHELLEY (London: W. H. Allen & Co.,
1890). First edition, Eminent Women Series ed. by John H. Ingram,
18.5 x 12.5cm (16mo), in publisher's yellow linen w/black title to fr.
cover & spine, pale yellow ep.s, 238 (viii) pp., +10pp. publ. cat.
to rear. Printed in London by the publisher. Binding Very
Good (spine darkened, & lt. staining to covers); contents Near-Fine
(t.e. & half-title browned). Colbeck 110 (under D.G.
Rossetti). (Inv. #894) C$100
Rossetti,
William Michael, DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI AS DESIGNER AND WRITER
(London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1889). First edition, 18.5 x
12cm (16mo), in publisher's navy linen w/gilt title to spine, t.e.g.,
chocolate ep.s, 302 (xv) pp. w/silk ribbon marker, frontis portrait
photo by Lewis Carroll, & Preface by WMR. Printed in London
by the publisher. Binding Near-Fine (extremities sl. worn);
contents Fine. Athenæum 14 June 1890 p.679, Ashley
IV 158, Ehrsam & Deily 219, Fredeman 32.6, Fennell 989, Colbeck
10. (Inv. #271) C$100Ruskin, John, NOTES ON SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PICTURES EXHIBITED IN THE ROOMS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, AND THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS: NO. II (London: Smith Elder & Co., 1856). Sixth edition with Postscript, in original sewn paper wraps, 21.5 x 14cm (8vo), 50 pp. +14pp. publ. cat. (dated June 1856) to rear. Printed in London by the publisher. With the bookseller's ticket of G.G. Walmsley, Liverpool to fr. cover. Binding Good (covers sl. soiled & stained, & rear cover chipped at top corner); contents Near-Fine. Slater 12, Fredeman 45.1. (Inv. #42) C$75
Ruskin,
John, PRE-RAPHAELITISM, BY THE AUTHOR OF MODERN PAINTERS,
and NOTES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHEEPFOLDS (NY: John Wiley,
1851). Two volumes bound in one, first US editions, 20 x 12cm
(8vo), in publisher's sienna moire-patterned rib-grain cloth w/gilt
palette-&-brushes design to fr. cover, gilt title to spine,
embossed borders to covers, cream ep.s, 55 & 38 pp.
respectively. Notes printed by S.W. Benedict, NY.
Binding Very Good (extremities sl. worn); contents Very Good (P-Rism
moderately foxed). (Inv. #90) C$50
Skelton,
John, THE TABLE-TALK OF SHIRLEY (Edinburgh & London:
Blackwood, 1895). Fifth edition, 20 x 13.5cm (8vo), in
publisher's dark blue cloth w/gilt title to fr. cover & spine, dark
burgundy ep.s, 344 (viii) pp. w/tissue-guarded frontis & 1 wood
engraving, +34pp. publ. cat. to rear. Printed by the
publisher. With the neat signature & date (25 Dec. 1895) of
Harriet Fauchir Eaton to half-title. Binding Very Good
(extremities sl. rubbed, & hinges starting); contents
Near-Fine. (Inv. #441) C$40Srebrnik, Patricia Thomas, ALEXANDER STRAHAN: VICTORIAN PUBLISHER (Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 1989). Fourth edition, 22.5 x 15, in publisher's light brown linen w/gilt title to spine, 269 [x] pp. + 6pp. plates section, in pictorial dust-jacket. Printed in the US. Dust-jacket Very Good (moderate wear to top edge); binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #800) C$30
Stanford, Derek (ed.), PRE-RAPHAELITE WRITING: AN ANTHOLOGY (London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1973). First edition, 19 x 12cm, in publisher's crimson bead-grain cloth w/gilt device to fr. cover & gilt title to spine, pale grey ep.s, 207 (xxxvii) pp. w/16 b&w illus., in pictorial dust-jacket. Printed in the UK at the Aldine Press. Dust-jacket Very Good (price-clipped, & sl. wear to top edge); binding Near-Fine; contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #792) C$30
Staley, Allen, THE PRE-RAPHAELITE LANDSCAPE (Oxford: OUP, 1973). First edition, 29 x 21cm, in publisher's crimson cloth w/gilt title to spine, 193 (xxvi) pp. w/14 colour plates, +monochrome plates section to rear, in pictorial dust-jacket. Printed in Great Britain by Lund Humphries. Dust-jacket Very Good (extremities sl. worn); binding Very Good (moderate wear); contents Near-Fine. Fennell 854. (Inv. #60) C$60
Surtees, Virginia (ed.), REFLECTIONS OF A FRIENDSHIP; JOHN RUSKIN'S LETTERS TO PAULINE TREVELYAN 1848-1866 (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1979). First edition, 23 x 15.5cm, in publisher's dark brown fine net-grain cloth w/gilt title to spine, 287 [xvi] pp. w/8 b&w illus, in brown dust-jacket. Dust-jacket Very Good (extremities sl. worn & split); binding Near-Fine (corners sl. bumped); contents Near-Fine (top edge sl. darkened). (Inv. #791) C$40
Surtees, Virginia, ROSSETTI'S PORTRAITS OF ELIZABETH SIDDAL (Aldershot Hants: Scolar Press, 1991). First edition, 24.5 x 18cm, in publisher's pictorial laminated boards w/printed title to covers & spine, [64] pp. listing 63 portraits, all repr. in b&w. Printed by BAS Printers Ltd., Hampshire. Binding Fine; contents Fine. (Inv. #867) C$75
Surtees, Virginia (ed.), SUBLIME AND INSTRUCTIVE: LETTERS FROM JOHN RUSKIN TO LOUISA, MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD, ANNA BLUNDEN AND ELLEN HEATON (London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1972). First edition, 23 x 15cm, in publisher's orange linen w/gilt title to spine, 272 (xviii) pp. w/23 b&w illus, in pictorial dust-jacket. Dust-jacket Good (spine darkened, & top edge a bit worn); binding Near-Fine (extremities sl. rubbed); contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #790) C$40
Swinburne,
Algernon Charles, ATALANTA IN CALYDON: A TRAGEDY (London:
Edward Moxon & Co., 1865). Unstated second edition, unknown
state (w/"clear" restored to p.47 but lacking the "44" in Moxon's
titlepage address--see Colbeck), 17 x 10.5cm (16mo), in publisher's
navy vertical-ribbed cloth w/gilt title to spine, slate grey ep.s, 130
(xiv) pp. +16pp. publ. cat. (dated November 1865) sewn in at fr.
hinge. Printed by Bradbury Evans & Co., London.
Inscribed to head of fr. pastedown: "A. Lee 1867." Binding Very
Good (extremities sl. bumped, & hinges cracked); contents Very Good
(minor soiling). Ashley VI p.55, Colbeck 4 (1st state in red
cloth). (Inv. #285) C$100Swinburne, Algernon Charles, NOTES ON POEMS AND REVIEWS (London: John Camden Hotten, 1866). First edition, second issue, 21.5 x 13.5cm [8vo], in original sewn paper wraps w/printed title to fr. cover, 24 pp. Printed by Savill Edwards & Co., London. Binding Very Good (sl. creasing); contents Near-Fine. Slater 8, Vaughan [3], Ehrsam & Deily 290, Colbeck 11. (Inv. #524) C$100
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, ODE ON THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, SEPTEMBER 4TH 1870 (London: F.S. Ellis, 1870). First edition, 22 x 14cm (12mo), in original salmon wraps w/black text to fr. cover, 24 unopened pp. Binding Very Good (moderate soiling); contents Near-Fine. Athenæum 17 Sept. 1870 p.364 (by C.W. Dilke), Slater 13, Vaughan [3], Ashley VI 90, Ehrsam & Deily 291, Colbeck 25. (Inv. #222) C$75
Tennyson,
Alfred, and Gustave Doré
(illus.), ELAINE (NY: Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1867).
First US edition, 42 x 30.5cm (large 4to), in publisher's dark red
cloth w/gilt & embossed decorations & title to covers, gilt
title to spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g., dark slate green ep.s, 84 [x]
cardstock pp. +8pp. publ. adverts to rear, w/frontis portrait & 9
tissue-guarded steel engravings by Doré. Binding Good
(expertly rebacked w/most of the original spine laid down, moderate
soiling to edges of covers, & corners sl. rounded); contents Very
Good (light-to-moderate foxing, & minor repairs to 1 plate &
tissue-guard). (Inv. #591) C$100
Tennyson,
Alfred, GARETH AND LYNETTE ETC. (London: Strahan & Co.,
1872). First edition thus, 16.5 x 10cm (8vo), attractively bound
in contemporary teal blue calf, w/gilt florette decorations &
ruling to covers & gilt title to spine, raised bands, gilt &
tooled turn-ins, a.e. & ep.s marbled, 136 [viii] pp. Printed
by Virtue & Co., London. Binding Very Good (spine faded &
extremities a bit rubbed); contents Near-Fine. Colbeck 53.
(Inv. #290) C$80
Tennyson,
Alfred, THE MAY QUEEN, ILLUSTRATED BY E. V. B. (London: Sampson
Low Son & Marston, 1868). Second edition, 19.5 x 13cm (4to),
in publisher's dark burgundy linen w/black & gilt ruling,
decorations & title to fr. cover (blind ruling to rear), gilt
decorations & title to spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g., dark slate
green ep.s w/binder's ticket (Burn) to rear pastedown, 40 tissue-guard
interleafed pp. w/titlepage vignette & 35 wood engravings after
Eleanor Vere Boyle, +numerous head-&-tail pieces. Printed by
R. Clay Sons & Taylor, London. Binding Fair (spine &
edges sunned, corner tips sl. worn, fr. ep. excised, & rear ep.s
wrinkled by damp); contents Good (tops of most leaves sl. dampstained
[touching only 1 of these charming designs]). (Inv. #631) C$100Tennyson, Alfred, POEMS (London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1864). Sixteenth edition, 16.5 x 10cm (16mo), in contemp. brown morocco w/dark brown embossed decorations to covers, gilt King's College emblem to fr. cover, & gilt decorations & title to spine, raised bands, a.e.g., pale yellow ep.s, 380 (xii) pp. Printed by Bradbury & Evans, London. Binding Good (extremities moderately rubbed, fr. hinge split, & edges of final ep.s & pastedown munched); contents Very Good (lower corners of pp.353-74 munched). (Inv. #783) C$25
Thackeray,
Miss (Anne, Lady Ritchie), MRS.
DYMOND (London: Smith Elder, 1908). Early reprint (Vol. X of The
Works of Miss Thackeray), 19.5 x 13.5cm (8vo), in publisher's
donkey brown cloth w/gilt & black decorations & title to fr.
cover & spine (blind to rear), charcoal ep.s, 316 [xii] pp.
w/titlepage wood engraving by "TB"(?). Printed by Spottiswoode
& Co., London. Binding Good (extremities moderately rubbed,
& ep.s browned); contents Very Good (sl. browned). (Inv.
#111) C$50Trevelyan, Raleigh, A PRE-RAPHAELITE CIRCLE (Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1978). First US edition, 21.5 x 13.5cm, in publisher's slate blue cloth w/gilt title to spine, 256 pp. w/4pp. of plates, in pictorial dust-jacket. Printed in England by Redwood Burn Ltd. An interesting account of the life of Pauline, Lady Trevelyan, the Pre-Raphaelite patron & artist. Binding Very Good (d-j browned at edges); contents Near-Fine. Fennell 318. (Inv. #466) C$60
White,
William Hale [Mark Rutherford,
pseud.], THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK RUTHERFORD (London: Jonathan
Cape, n.d. [1928]). First edition thus, 17.5 x 12cm (16mo), in
publisher's blue cloth w/gilt decoration & title to spine &
blind-stamped publ. monogram to rear cover, 224 pp., +16pp. publ. cat.
to rear. From the personal library of Norman Colbeck, w/his
pencil notes to fr. ep. Binding Fine; contents Fine. (Inv.
#348) C$70
Wood,
Esther, DANTE ROSSETTI AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITE MOVEMENT (London:
Sampson Low, 1894). First edition, 20 x 14.5cm (8vo), in
publisher's vellum-backed blue cloth w/gilt decoration to fr. cover
& title to spine, t.e.g. (others untrimmed), 323 (xii) mostly
unopened pp. w/8 tissue-guarded plates. Printed at the Chiswick
Press, London. Binding Very Good (spine mottled as usual, &
ep.s somewhat browned); contents Near-Fine (occas. lt. spotting).
Ehrsam & Deily 199 & 225, Fredeman 77.21, Fennell 994, Colbeck
79. (Inv. #27) C$50
Wood,
Mrs. Henry (ed.), THE ARGOSY, VOL. XVIII (London: Richard
Bentley & Son, July-December 1874). First edition, 21 x 13cm
(8vo), bound by Loxley Brothers, Sheffield (w/their stamp to fr.
pastedown) in contemp. ¾ burgundy calf w/dark tan sand-grain
cloth boards, black ruling to covers & gilt title & ruling to
spine, a.e. red-speckled, pale green ep.s, 516 (iv) pp. Includes
contributions by Henry Kingsley, Margaret Howitt, Emma Rhodes, etc.,
& several wood engravings by Joseph Swain after Arthur Hopkins
& M. Ellen Edwards. Printed by J. Ogden & Co.,
London. Binding Very Good (extremities moderately rubbed);
contents Near-Fine. (Inv. #871) C$100
Wordsworth,
William, WORDSWORTH'S POEMS FOR THE YOUNG (London: Alexander
Strahan, 1866). Second edition, 18.5 x 14cm (small 4to), in
publisher's navy sand-grain cloth w/gilt & black decorations &
title to fr. cover, black border to rear cover, gilt decorations &
title to spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g., slate grey ep.s, 92 (viii) pp.
w/frontis & 46 wood engravings after MacWhirter & Pettie, &
titlepage vignette after J.E. Millais, all engraved by the
Dalziels. Printed at the Camden Press, London. Inscribed to
verso of fr. ep.: "Clara Nickless, Novr 1870," & "Given to her
daughter Maggie on her birthday, Jany 24th 1876." Binding Very
Good (extremities sl. bumped & worn); contents Very Good (moderate
foxing to 1st & final few leaves). Dalziels 354. (Inv.
#811) C$100