Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; or Historical Narratives of the most noted Calamities and Providential Deliverences, which have resulted from Maritime Enterprise: with a sketch of various expedients for preserving the Lives of Mariners (Vol 3 of 3 only)
[DALYELL Sir, John Graham] 1775-1851
VG, Vol 3 only, in modern marbled paper boards, no title. Internally, [3], (x) only, [3], 4-515 pp, [1], corner of T3 torn with loss, text block edges marbled, modern endpapers. Fascinating. 23 tales of shipwrecks, losses, sufferings, including…
The Works of James Thomson. [1700-1748]
[MURDOCK Patrick -1774. COLLINS William 1721-1759. editors]
4 vols, VG, 16 plates. In full contemporary speckled calf, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, titles and vol numbers in gilt tooling to red and green calf labels, edges lightly bumped.…
The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory Volume IV
[PRICE Thomas (Carnhuanawc) 1787-1848] editor
In full black calf, gilt edge tooling, corners & edges bumped and worn. Spine, gilt tooling, edges and joints worn and bumped, title in gilt to maroon leather label. Internally, [4]. [1], 2-560 pp, marbled endpapers, ink name to fep (Geo P Davies…
Chronicles of the Canongate WITH Chronicles of the Canongate Second Series (complete)
[SCOTT Sir Walter] 1771-1832
VG, 1st ed, 5 vols, 1827 & 28. All in brown refurbished half calf, green marbled boards, lightly bumped & worn to covers, corners & edges. Rebacked with old spines laid down, gilt tooling. First series, 2 vols complete, 1st editions, 1827,…
Five Hundred Curious and Interesting Narratives and Anecdotes.
Anonymous
VG, 1st ed, 1838, 1 plate (with 13 illustrations) 24 other illustrations, 5 parts in 1 volume. In attractive modern full marbled paper, printed paper label to spine. Internally, frontis, titlepage (with woodcut), [2], [3], 4-72. [3], 4-72.…
Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry.
BEALE Anne 1816-1900
Authors presentation copy, VG, 1st ed, 1849. In modern half calf, with brown cloth, gilt tooling. Spine, gilt title & tooling. [7], (viii-xii), [1], 2-321 pp, [1], new endpapers, authors dedication to ffep (1852), half title states The Vale…
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
BEDIER J. [Joseph] 1864-1938. (BELLOC H. [Hilaire] - translator) 1870-1953
In a Special edition of 300 copies, Tristan and Iseult is a medieval romance based on a Celtic legend. It tells the story of the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult. In the publishers refurbished…
Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel
CARROLL Lewis [ie DODGSON Charles Lutwidge] 1832-1898
Miniature edition, finely bound in later red morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt stamped roundels to front & back boards, spine with raised bands, gilt titles, gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins (with binders stamp), red marbled endpapers, a.e.g.,…
M. Tullius Cicero de Officiis ad Marcum Filium
CICERO Marcus Tullius 106BC-43BC
Miniature in full brown morocco, attractive gilt tooling, corners a little bumped and worn. Spine, decorative gilt tooling, titles in gilt, edges bumped and worn some loss. Internally, reddened silk endpapers, aeg, contemporary ink numbers corner…
Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations
DULAC Edmund 1882-1953
[1916], First Edition, in the publishers illustrated & printed cloth, corners bumped, edges brushed. Spine, faded slightly, edges bumped, black ink titles. Internally, complete with frontis, illustrated title within borders, [10, 169 pp, [1], [2],…
Number One of The Celtic Year. An Annual Devoted to the Interests of the Eisteddfod Caerludd (London Eisteddfod)
Eisteddfod Caerludd (London Eisteddfod)
In green boards, corners & edges bumped, marked & worn. Spine, in green cloth, lacking label, worn along joints & edges. Internally, advert leaf, [2], [4], 5-77 pp, [1] adverts, also adverts to fpd & ep, not dated but c1899. Articles on the…
The Shipwreck, A Poem by William Falconer. A Sailor. Collated with the Earlier Editions. With Additional Notes and Illustrations, and a Sketch of the Author's Life.
FALCONER William 1732-1770
A wonderful copy, with excellent margins, very clean & with very vivid plates. First edition with Eighteen Superb Hand Coloured Maritime Plates by Robert Dodd. Quarto, xlvii, [1], [1, title] [1], 175 pp, [1 printers]. Complete with folding…
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
FANU JS Le 1814-1873
VG, New Edition. In red morocco cloth, edges faded, corners rubbed. Relaid spine, gilt titles and tooling. Internally, cream endpapers, ink dedication to fep, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-462 pp, not dated but c1870's, printed by Billing and Sons,…
Oeuvres de M. Gessner. (Oeuvres Complettes de Mr. Gesner) (3 vols complete)
GESNER Salomon 1730-1788
In uniform polished tree calf, gilt tooling, corners and edges a little bumped and worn, small edge leather chip to V2. Spine, gilt decorative tooling and title, edges bumped and worn. Internally, marbled endpapers, a little light water staining,…
Food for Centaurs: Stories, Talks, Critical Studies, Poems
GRAVES Robert 1895-1985
INSCRIBED BEFORE THE MAY 6TH PUBLICATION DATE: In green & black cloth, with VG dust wrapper. Half title, advert leaf, [8], 9-382 pp, with Graves's signed dedication on the fep, to Harris dated Deia Ap 26 1960, with Harris's bookplate to fpd…