Akenside, Mark.

The Pleasures of the Imagination. To which is prefixed A Critical Essay on the Poem.

A New Edition. Dublin, Printed by P. Wogan, 1804. 18 x 11 cm. 101 pages. Contemporary calf with gilt decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front joint cracked. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled thoughout with a few stains. Bottom corner of page 75/76 missing (c. 5 x 3 cm).

Anna Louisa Hildebrand (A.L.H.).

Western Lyrics.

First Edition. Dublin, McGlashan & Gill, 1872. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 190 pages. Small B&W Decorations in Text. Original dark green embossed cloth. Hard Cover. Gilt title on front board. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mildly dust dulled / age darkened. A nice copy.

Anon.

Early Victorian Album. [A well executed Victorian Album with prose and poetry, and neat original drawings and water colours].

C.1840s. 20 x 16 cm. 106 pages; some coloured, some embossed, with tipped in images and letters, some drawings in colour and B&W. Contemporary cloth. Front board covered with blind stamped leather cover. Red textured end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding shaky, but holding. Some remnants of early tape repairs. Internally dust dulles, a few mild stains and closed tears. A fascinating piece.

Anon.

Hymns for Infant Minds. By the Authors of “Original Poems”, “Rhymes for the Nursery” &c.&c.

Thirty-First Edition. London, Jackson and Walford, 1839. 14 x 9 cm. 98 pages plus two pages publishers list. Frontispiece. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2023 using the original boards. New dark blue cloth spine with gilt title. New cream end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked with new spine. Sound binding. Internally dust dulled, otherwise clean and complete.

Anon.

Programme of the “Good Samaritan” Performance Promoted by Madame Sarah Bernhardt. In Aid of the French Hospital in London, and of Lord Lonsdale’s special Appeal for Funds for the Charing Cross Hospital, held at the London Coliseum Saturday Evening, October 11th, 1913. Under the most gracious Patronage of their Majesties the King & Queen & Members of the Royal Family.

[London], No publishing information, [1913]. 27 x 20 cm. 48 unnumbered pages, printed on heavy textured paper. With many tipped in photographs in B&W. Gilt decorations. Silk covered boards with gilt crest on front bopard. Hand cover. Text block held place by silk string. Gilt dentelles Good condition. Voards worn and dust dulled. Silk covers torn at the edges (see images). Internally dust dulled, otherwise in very good clean condition.

Anthero De Quental / Prestage, Edgar (Translator).

Anthero De Quental. Sixty-Four Sonnets. Englished by Edgar Prestage.

First Edition. London, Published by David Nutt in the Strand, 1894. 17.5 x 11 cm. xiv, 133 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Deckle edges a little dust dulled. Internally clean.

Aytoun, W.E.

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers.

Verbatim Reprint of first Edition 1849. London, Bliss Sands & Co., 1896. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 245 pages. Prize Binding in red calf with gilt decorations. Dentelles. Marbled end papers and edges. Prize Label (Suffield Park School) on front paste down. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Barker, George.

Eros in Dogma.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1944. 14.5cm x 22.5cm. 61 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Belitt, Ben.

The Double Witness – Poems: 1970-1976.

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1977. 22.4cm x 16.4cm. X, 71 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bell, Don.

Bookspeak.

Limited edition of 120 copies. Francestown, Typographeum, 2000. 24,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 25 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.