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joint splitting, gilt bands blind motifs and gilt title to spine.
£75.00
411. Crispin, Edmund. FREQUENT HEARSES. A Detective
Story. Victor Gollancz 1950.
1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. 224pp. E.ps. lightly spotted, original red cloth sl.
faded to spine, chipped d/w. with loss to spine moreso to tail and
sl. to head of wrapp., minor soiling. £75.00
412. Crockett, S.R. THE STICKIT MINISTER And Some
Common Men. With a Prefactory Poem by Robert Louis
Stevenson. T. Fisher Unwin 1894.
8th and Illustrated Ed. Royal 8vo. xxiv + 290pp. Numerous ills.
including many full page. Some very light browning, e.ps.
spotted, ex.-libris John W. Hill, original gilt lettered cloth with
gilt dec. title to upper board, some sl. marking, t.e.g. £150.00
One of a Limited Edition of 350 Copies of which 250 are for sale and
signed by the Author.
413. Cumberland, R. THE BRITISH DRAMA, A Collection
of the Most Esteemed Dramatic Productions, with Biography of
the Respective Authors; And Critique on Each Play. Printed for
C. Cooke ... 1817.
Cookes Ed. 14 vols. 12mo. 55 engraved frontiss. Ex.-libris
Richard Griffiths of Thorngrove, light browning, marbled e.ps.,
inner gilt dentelles, contemporary triple gilt rule edged straight
grained morocco, some light fading, intricate gilt dec.
compartments with gilt lettering and gilt ruled raised bands to
spines, minor signs of wear, a.e.g., a handsome set. £380.00
Richard Cumberland (1732–1811), playwright and novelist.
Each volume has a general title page listing contents; additionally, each
play has its own title page and engraved frontispiece showing an actor in
a leading part. Most of the plays are preceded by a biographical sketch
of the author (often using Samuel Johnson's Life from his Lives of the
poets), criticism of the play, and list of dramatis personae.
Vol. 1. Jane Shore. Cato. Issabella [sic]. George Barnwell; Vol. 2.
School for Wives. Comus. Confederacy. Inconstant; Vol. 3. Chances.
Way of the World. Suspicious Husband. She stoops to Conquer; Vol. 4.
Beau [sic] Stratagem. All in the Wrong. Constant Couple. Clandestine
Love. Miser; Vol. 6. Rule a Wife. Way to keep Him. Provoked Husband;
Vol. 7. Gamesters. Wonder. Revenge. Jealous Wife; Vol. 8. Lionel and
Clarissa. Maid of the Mill. Beggars Opera. Love in a Village; Vol. 9.
Every man in his Humour. Mistake. Brothers. Minor; Vol. 10 Country
Girl. Bold stroke for a Wife. Busy Body. She would and she would Not;
Vol. 11. Distressed Mother. Venice Preserved. Oroonoko. Fair Penitent;
Vol. 12 Douglas. Gamester. Mourning Bride. Tancred and Sigismunda;
Vol. 13 Orphan. Zara. Tamerlane. Grecian Daughter; Vol. 14. Alzira.
Careless Husband. Provoked Wife. Recruiting Officer.
414. Cutcliffe-Hyne, C.J. CAPTAIN KETTLE,
AMBASSADOR. Ward, Lock & Co. Limited 1932.
1st Ed. 318pp. + [ii] adverts. Original red cloth lightly marked to
boards and faded to spine, good in lightly spotted and very sl.
chipped d/w. lightly browned to spine. £75.00
415. Davies, Rhys. THE SKULL. Tintern Press 1936.
1st Ed. Thin royal 8vo. 14pp. 14 wood engravings including t.p.
vignette by Sylvia Marshall. Faint mark to pastedown due to
bookplate removal? Original pigskin backed buckram with black
and white geometric design to boards, minor soiling. £85.00
One of an Un-numbered Limited Edition of 110 Copies in total, signed by
the Author.
416. Delehanty, James (Editor). THE KILKENNY
MAGAZINE. An All-Ireland Literary Review. Number One
Summer 1960 - Twelve/Thirteen Spring 1965 & Number
Eighteen Autumn/Winter 1970. Kilkenny Literary Society 1960-
70.
36
14 vols. in 13 [of 18 in total, lacking 14-17]. Numerous ills.
Original wrapps., some light browning and signs of wear, Issues 7
& 8 marked with pen to wrapps. £75.00
With contributions by Thomas Kinsella, Padriac Colum, Patrick
Kavanagh, Seamus Heaney, Robert Caswell, etc.
417. (Dickens). “Boz.” SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES &
YOUNG GENTLEMEN. And of Young Ladies by “Quiz.”
Chapman & Hall N.d. c.[185?].
Crown 8vo. [vi] + 238pp. 18 plates by “Phiz” and dec. tail pieces.
Some sporadic light spotting, lightly soiled original gilt lettered
dec. cloth very sl. rubbed to extremities. £85.00
418. Dickens, Charles. THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED
DICKENS: The Pickwick Papers; David Copperfield; Black
House; A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; Nicholas Nickleby;
Dombey and Son; The Old Curiosity Shop; Martin Chuzzlewit;
Our Mutual Friend; Christmas Stories; Sketches of Boz; Great
Expectations; Little Dorrit; Barnaby Rudge; Christmas Books;
Hard Times; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; American Notes and
Pictures from Italy; Master Humphrey’s Clock and A Child’s
History of England; The Uncommercial Traveller and Reprinted
Pieces. OUP 1947-1978.
21 vols., complete. Contemporary ills. throughout. Several f.e.ps.
browned, original silver lettered cloth, with 11 vols. in d/ws.
lightly faded to spines. £200.00
419. (Dickens). Langton, Robert. THE CHILDHOOD AND
YOUTH OF CHARLES DICKENS. With Retrospective Notes,
and Elucidations, from his Books and Letters. Hutchinson & Co.
1891.
De Luxe Ed. Royal 8vo. xx + 260pp. + [viii] adverts. 82 tipped in
ills. Frontis. sl. offset onto t.p., contemporary inscription, original
gilt lettered cloth with gilt ruling to boards and dec. gilt
compartments to spine, some minor soiling, sm. nick to upper
joint, spine browned and chipped with sl. wear at head and tail,
t.e.g. £125.00
No. 135 of a De Luxe Edition of 300 Copies, printed on Special Handmade
Paper, with proofs of Illustrations on India Paper.
Signed by the Publisher.
420. Doré, Gustave. (Illustrator). ELAINE. By Alfred
Tennyson. Edward Moxon and Co. 1868.
Folio. [vi] + 84pp. Frontis., 8 plates. Margins thumbed with some
very occasional light spotting, hinges cracked, lightly soiled
original dec. gilt lettered dark blue cloth, some wear to corners
and head and tail of spine, a.e.g. £100.00
421. Doyle, A. Conan. THE GREAT SHADOW AND
BEYOND THE CITY. England Bristol: J.W.
Arrowsmith/London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
N.d. c.[1893].
1st Ed. 320pp. Ills. by James Greig and Paul Hardy. Some
sporadic spotting, lightly soiled original dec. gilt lettered cloth.
£85.00
Arrowsmith’s 3/6 Series - Vol. XVI.
422. Duncan, Ronald. THE PERFECT MISTRESS AND
OTHER STORIES. Rupert Hart-Davies 1969.
1st Ed. 143pp. Very good in very lightly browned d/w. £75.00
423. [Dunton, John]. THE YOUNG-STUDENTS-LIBRARY.
Containing Extracts and Abridgements of the Most Valuable
Books Printed In England, and in the Foreign Journals, From the
Year Sixty Five, to This Time. To which is Added, A New Essay
upon all the sorts of Learning; Wherein The Use of the Sciences
Is Distinctly Treated on By the Athenian Society. Also, A Large
Alphabetical Table, Comprehending The Contents of this