Villon, Francois / Hookham, Paul (Translator).

Ballades of Francois Villon. Interpreted into English Verse by Paul Hookham. Sheldonian Series.

Oxford, Published by Basil H. Blackwell, 1918. 12 x 15, 38 pages (2). Printed in blue and black type on hand made paper, with decorated capitals and a colophon. All edges deckle. Quarter cloth, decorated blue paper boards with paper title labels. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, age darkening. Faint stains on boards. Part of original paper label on spine missing. Some staining to end papers, but text itself is bright and clean.

Livingston, Peter.

Poems and Songs. With Lectures on the Genius & Works of Burns and the Rev. Geo. Gilfillan, and Letter on Sir John Franklin, and the Arctic Regions.

Tenth Edition. Dundee, Printed by J. Pellow, 1859. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 137 pages. Dark brown blind decorated cloth. ‘Poems &c’ in gilt on front board. Professionally repaired with new decorated end papers in 2017. Good condition. Binding repaired, new end papers. Binding rubbed and bumped, stained and worn. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed. A few stains and minor paper loss to some corners.

Bullen, A.H. (Editor).

Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age.

First Limited Edition. 457/520. London, John C. Nimmo, 1889. 20 x 13 cm. xxviii, 243 pages. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine strongly rubbed and bumped. Front joint cracked, but binding holding. Edges and end papers age darkened. Some signs of book worm activity. Ex Libris on front paste down. Pencil signature of previous owner on title page. Internally occasional foxing, but generally bright and clean.

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne.

Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima.

Third Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton, Miflin, The Riverside Press, 1892. 19 x 13 cm. vi, 350 pages. With a frontispiece and two more plates. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Hinges cracked. Binding a little shaky, but holding. Free end papers missing. Some pages dog-eared, some rough cut, but not affecting text block.

H. Rider Haggard.

Jess. A Tale of the Boer War. The Sixpenny Series of Copyright Books.

London, George Newnes, 1900. 21 x 15 cm. iv, 192 pages. With some ads before title page and on paper covers. Thick illustrated paper covers. Good condition. Spine title in pieces. Binding coming loose, held by a threat. Some small closed tears and dog corners.Age darkened.

Fitzachary, John Christopher.

The Bridal of Drimna and other Poems, Legendary, Patriotic, Sentimental and Humorous.

Author’s Complete Edition. Dublin, Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1885. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 15 pages List of Subscribers, 191 pages. Green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Blind decorations on boards. Olive green end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, slightly discoloured binding. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally age darkened, but clean.

Various Authors / Russell, Rev. Matthew (Editor).

The Irish Monthly 1889. A Magazine of General Literature. Seventeenth Yearly Volume 1889.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1889. 21 x 14 cm. vii, 666 pages. Original cloth. Hard Cover. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Ex Library w/ Library stickers on front paste down. Frontispiece missing. Internally dust dulled throughout. A good reading copy in sound binding.

MacLean, Donald.

Typographia Scoto-Gadelica. Or, Books Printed in the Gaelic of Scotland from the Year 1567 to the Year 1914, with Bibliographical and Biographical Notes.

Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition, published in 1915. Shannon, Ireland, Irish University Press, 1972. 23 x 15 cm. x, 372 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Bunyan, John / Watson, Jean.

The Pilgrim’s Progress in Modern English. Retold by Jean Watson. From the Story by John Bunyan. Illustrated by Peter Wane.

[London], Galley Press, 1978. 22 x 15 cm. 142 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original cloth with gilt title and decorations. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Bellamy, Edward.

Looking Backward. Drawings by Elise.

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1941, 23.3cm x 17.6cm. Q, 388 pages. With unique illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the cover. Signed by the illustrator Elise.