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$40.00
2e21a/19

Light, Life and Love: Selections From the German Mystics of the Middle Ages


INGE, W. R.

Sm octavo, terracotta buckram boards, black lettering to spine, lxiv + 224pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, tatty (rear cover almost completely detached- saved by sm archival tape to top extrem, heavy tanning to spine & edges, other light to moderate tanning & foxing - very delicate!)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1935

KEYWORDS: middle ages Germany German prose writings mystics mystical literature religion religious spirituality collections

$40.00
2e21a/20

A Persian at the Court of King George 1809-10


KHAN, MIRZA ABUL HASSAN & CLOAKE, MARGARET MORRIS (Trans & Ed) & WRIGHT, DENIS (Intro)

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 318pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1988

KEYWORDS: Mirza Abul Hassan Khan journals diaries literature royal family King George iii 3rd third Persians

$40.00
2e21a/26

Della Missione a Roma di Antonio Rosmini-Serbati Negli Anni 1848-49 Commentario


ROSMINI, ANTONIO & MALUSA, LUCIANO (A Cura di)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, super octavo, cream light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, clxxxiii + 510pp, VG (sl creasing & fading to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutters, considerable highlighting & underlining/annotation to text in places) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Edizione Rosminiane Sodalitas 1998

KEYWORDS: text in Italian Antonio Rosmini Serbati theology literature history religion religious rosminian

$100.00
2e21a/27

Opere Complete: Saggi - Scritti Inediti Opere Minori - Recensioni (3 Vol Set)


BOZZETTI, GIUSEPPE & SCIACCA, MICHELE F. (a Cura di)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, 3 VOL SET, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines & front boards, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, 3703pp total, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in slipcase, tatty (top edge flaps open- barely attached, moderate tanning & soiling with some bruising)

PUBLISHER: Marzorati - Editore 1966

KEYWORDS: text in Italian Giuseppe Bozzetti literature

$50.00
2e16a/6

Chrysal; or, The Adventures of a Guinea Vol II. Wherein are Exhibited Views of Several Striking Scenes: With Curious and Interesting Anecdotes of the Most Noted Persons in Every Rank of Life, Whose Hands it Passed Through, in America, England, Hollan


N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, duodecimo, brown leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine with gilt rule, viii + 258pp, scruffy, (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, front board & 1st 12pgs detached but present, rear board loose but still tentatively attached, heavy soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown- historic, age appropriate discolouration & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: J. Watson, M. Pearce, S. Lewis, G. Longman and W. Crowder 1785

KEYWORDS: Charles Johnstone satire literature Irish writers authors

$40.00
2e16a/12

The Irish For No


CARSON, CIARAN

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & brown lettering to spine, 63pp, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover egdes, light chafing & tanning/discolouration to covers, sl soiling to page edges, lg annotation in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Bloodaxe Books 1988

KEYWORDS: Irish writers poets Ciaran Carson poetry poems verse literature collections

$60.00
2e16a/21

Palmares


JONES, GAYL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, 492pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in removable plastic cover, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Virago Press 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Gayl Jones

$700.00
2e16a/28

Collection of Tracts, Relating to the Right of Private Judgment, the Sufficiency of Scripture, and the Terms of Church Communion; Upon Christian Principles: Occasioned by the Late Trinitarian Controversy


MORGAN, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plate & raised bands to spine, blind rule to boards, xxxi + 488pp, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine & extrems, heavy scuffing to spine & boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & soiling to eps, ex-libris plate & pencil numerals to front pastedown, minor insect damage to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing & soiling to pages throughout, moderate to heavy staining to rear page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Osborn and Tho. Longman 1726

KEYWORDS: first editions religion religious literature Christianity church communion scripture

$120.00
2e16a/30

The Shooting Star


HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges, with some minor surface loss, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, eps & prelims, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first editions cartoons Herge Tintin fiction adventure

$185.00
2e16a/31

The Black Island


HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITIONS, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising with surface loss to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first editions cartoons Herge Tintin fiction adventure

$125.00
2e16a/32

The Secret of the Unicorn


HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising with surface loss to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in pencil to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1959

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first editions cartoons Herge Tintin fiction adventure

$140.00
2e16a/33

The Crab With the Golden Claws


HERGE

FIRST EDITION, LACKS SPINE, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (spine missing, heavy scuffing & surface loss to extrems & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to front board, heavy scuffing & surface loss to rear board, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, child's scribble in purple pencil to rear eps & occasional page throughout, prev. owner's name in pencil to verso of title page, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1958

KEYWORDS: children's literature modern first editions cartoons Herge Tintin fiction adventure

$40.00
2e16a/37

King Solomon's Mines


HAGGARD, H. RIDER

EARLY EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt & black lettering with black illus to spine, black lettering & illus to boards, folding illus/frontispiece, 320pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's names in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate soiling to eps, occasional light foxing to pages throughout, moderate foxing to frontispiece & prelims, closed tearing & archival tape repairs to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1886

KEYWORDS: Allan Quatermain literature fiction novels H Rider Haggard early editions

$40.00
2e16a/44

The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche


APULEIUS & ROUSE, W. H. D. (Intro) & MULLOCK, DOROTHY (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, green lettering & decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 47pp, plates with tissue guards, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, sm gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to tissue guards)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1914

KEYWORDS: first editions Apuleius metamorphoses illustrated Dorothy Mullock classical literature mythology classic

$220.00
2f17a/7

Tintin in Tibet


HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, scruffy (heavy cracking to rear hinge- spine flapping but attached, heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & crayon scribble to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$135.00
2f17a/8

The Seven Crystal Balls


HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, light foxing to eps with prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & in pencil to verso of title page, moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$145.00
2f17a/9

Red Rackham's Treasure


HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems & board edges with some surface loss, light to moderate soiling/foxing & tanning to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1959

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$135.00
2f17a/10

Prisoners of the Sun


HERGE & LONSDALE-COOPER, LESLIE (Trans) & TURNER, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, illus eps & title page, 62pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising with surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, sm patch of surface loss to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & in pencil to verso of title page, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: Herge Tintin children's literature modern first editions cartoons comics comic strips adventures

$75.00
2f17a/43

The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Beggars: Containing His Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and Many Entertaining Particulars of That Extraordinary Man


NOT STATED

Duodecimo, blue buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, illus title page, 311pp + mixed paginated catalogues to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims, ffep missing, heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Smith N/D

KEYWORDS: literature Bampfylde-Moore Carew history biographies memoir

$65.00
2f17a/44

The Little Window


HODSON, HELEN MERRILL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, illus title page, 87pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine- sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Y. Crowell 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first editions children's literature fiction novels Helen Merrill Hodson

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