Birmingham: City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1953. Folio (11 3/8 inches tall), original multi-color patterned paper boards, rounded vellum-tipped corners, black crushed morocco with gilt spine, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, bookplate to front endpaper. Housed in a custom felt-lined cloth chemise and slipcase. Fine. "THE FINAL BOOK TO BE..... More
London: Joseph Masters, 1850. Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), contemporary gilt-paneled vellum, bookseller's ticket, early owner's blind-stamps. Slight bumping, minor soiling to vellum boards. A near-fine copy. THE PRINTED RITUAL BOOKS OF THE ENGLISH USES Unique copy—printed on vellum and bound in vellum—of this important Anglican liturgical bibliography—thought to have..... More
Oxford: The Daniel Press, 1894. 12mo. (5 5/8 inches tall), contemporary full crushed brown morocco, gilt spine, marbled endpapers with gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, uncut. Early owner signature (dated, "Christmas 1894"), very slight wear to corners and edges. About Fine. "BUT SEE THE VIRGIN BLEST / HATH LAID HER..... More
London: C and J Rivington, 1823. Second edition. 12 mo. (7 3/4 inches tall), early pebbled brown morocco, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. About Fine binding sound, mild toning and sporadic foxing to text, faint offsetting from illustrations, slight puckering to title page under mounted illustration. A...... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Second edition. Contemporary crushed red morocco (6 1/2 inches tall), gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Early owner inscription (August 1894) to blank flyleaf, very light wear to binding, else Fine. "DEATH IS THE CROWN OF LIFE" Second edition of this popular literary anthology of..... More
Oxford and London: University Press Oxford, 1953. Quarto (10 inches tall), original full pebbled burgundy morocco, gilt cipher and title, red ribbon marker, top edge gilt. Very faint wear to corners, else Fine. "SO BE THOU ANNOINTED, BLESSED, AND CONSECRATED QUEEN OVER THE PEOPLES" Oxford University Press edition of the..... More
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, [1953]. 24mo. (5 5/8 inches tall), contemporary full caramel brown calf, central gilt monogram, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine. "THE ENGLISH HYMNAL IS A COLLECTION OF THE BEST HYMNS IN THE LANGUAGE" Mid-century edition of the lyrics of The English Hymnal—supervised by..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1896. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), full navy moroccco, gilt spine and boards, marbled endpapers, uncut. Bookplate, very slight wear to corners and spine ends, scattered foxing to text but plates clean. A near-fine copy. "THE ONE GOLDEN RULE IS TO LET OUR..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1898. 12 mo. (7 inches tall), original vellum with yapped fore-edges, gilt titles to spine and front board, ribbon ties and ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Mild foxing to uncut edges, lacking rear ribbon tie, slight crease to lower corner. A nearly-fine copy..... More
New York: The De Vinne Press, 1909. Limited edition. Thick quarto (11 7/8 inches tall), contemporary crushed navy morocco, blind-stamped pictorial panels, gilt spine, gilt dentelles, navy watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Upper corner bumped, modest wear to joints and edges, else Fine. "EVERY STONE YOU LAY, AND EVERY..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Third edition. Two volumes. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), contemporary gilt vellum, watered silk endpapers, ribbon markers, all edges gilt. Bookplates, bookseller's ticket, gilt bindings bright and sharp. A near-fine set. "A GROWING PASSION FOR THE WORKS OF ART OF THE MIDDLE..... More
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891. Octavo (7 1/16 inches tall), contemporary three-quarter tan calf, gilt spine, marbled boards and endpapers, all edges gilt. Bookplate, light foxing to blank flyleaves. About Fine. "THE IDOLATRY OF NEWMANIANISM" First separate printing of this preface to a new edition of Edwin..... More
[London]: 1866-1877. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown calf, marbled boards, blind-stamped spine with raised bands and gilt morocco label, light brown endpapers, all edges red. Works numbered in pencil 1-9, separately paginated, early owner inscription (dated 1878) to front free endpaper, sporadic foxing, pencil marks and notes to A Letter to..... More
London: William Pickering, 1842. First edition. Small octavo (6 5/8 inches tall), contemporary rose-colored pebble-grain morocco, gilt spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Two pages with offsetting from laid-in item, contents otherwise clean; joints and extremities slightly rubbed, spine toned. Near-fine. "HAVING ADDED TO PROBITY WISDOM, AND TO..... More
Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press. Small quarto (8 inches tall), original three-quarter red morocco with patterned paper boards, gilt spine, top edge gilt, brown endpapers, original paper slipcase. Only mild wear to original slipcase. A nearly-fine copy. "SERMONS TO THE PEOPLE THAT FILLED THE MARKET-PLACES AND THE GREAT FRANCISCAN..... More