Bookplate of A.J. A. Symons, author and bon-viveur

Saltus, Edgar

Historia Amoris

Published in New York by Mitchell Kennerley in 1906
8vo. 278 pages.
The bookplate in good condition but the book worn: a number of marks to the pages and the stitching week in places. The front endpaper split along the front hinge, although the cover not detached. The edges of the pages rather grubby when the book is closed. The red cloth binding rubbed and worn, particularly on the spine.

Price: £30.00

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Catalogue of Antiquarian Bibles

The Oscotian Catalogue of the Old Library Part II: The Bible Collections

New Oscott, St. Marry’s Seminary, 1971
1st edition. Paperback, in the original wrappers (24x18cm), xxii + 208 pages.
Internally crisp and clean. The wrappers solid, but with some light wear and marking, including a small piece missing at the top of the spine.
An interesting catalogue of Bibles and related books, from an important Roman Catholic library with useful annotations to the entries.

Price: £17.50

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Miracles and Visions of St. Columba …Written By St. Adaman. Latin Text, with a translation.

St. Adaman, Fowler, J.T. (editor)

Adamani Vita S. Columbae…With An Introduction On Early Irish Church History, Notes and a Glossary.

Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1894
Bound with;-
Prophecies, Miracles and Visions of St. Columba …Written By St. Adaman…A New Translation
London, Henry Frowde, 1895
8vo. (20x13cm). First work: xciv + 201 pages + folding table. Second work: 140 pages.
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Price: £75.00

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Thomas Grey, Pickering edition original boards.

Grey, Thomas

The Works of Thomas Grey (5 volumes)

London, William Pickering. 1835-43
5 volumes, in the original cloth with the original paper labels.
Small 8vo. (17x10.5cm).
All volumes with the half title page present. The pages generally very clean and crisp, a few pages with very light browning and the occasional brown spot or light creasing. A few pages a few millimetres short at one margin and a few pages somewhat rough on an edge where they have been separated. The top edges of the books dusty, which occasionally creeps onto the top of the page slightly. Most endpapers with some browning.
Read more about Thomas Grey, Pickering edition original boards.

Price: £75.00

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Life Of Jean Paul Frederic Richter…from the library of John Sterling

Richer, Jean Paul

Life Of Jean Paul Frederic Richter…Together With His Autobiography. Translated From The German.

Boston, Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1842.
First Edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. (18x11cm). Volume 1: xii + 356 pages, with errata slip. Volume 2: viii + 365 pages. Each volume with a blank leaf after the free endpapers of the same paper as the endpapers.
Read more about Life Of Jean Paul Frederic Richter…from the library of John Sterling

Price: £200.00

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The Merrie Days of England, 1859, beautiful Victorian gift book illustrated by Birket Foster etc.

Edward McDermott

The Merrie Days of England, Sketches of Olden Time

Published in London by William Kent & Co., 1859
With 20 full page illustrations by Birket Foster, Joseph Nash and others.
Read more about The Merrie Days of England, 1859, beautiful Victorian gift book illustrated by Birket Foster etc.

Price: £48.00

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New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James

New York Edition of Henry James, for sale

James, Henry

The New York edition, Volume 10: The Spoils of Poynton, The London Life, The Chaperon.

London, MacMillan and Co., 1913

8vo. (21x14cm), xxvi + 500 pages. Frontispiece from a photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Generally a good clean copy, with very slight browning to the pages, the endpapers a little more browned. The edges of the pages untrimmed, and somewhat rough and browned when the book is closed. A few leaves short in the blank margin. Read more about New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James

Price: £85.00

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Unrecorded Catalogue of Remainders from 1943

Remainder Centre Ltd. Catalogue, for sale

Catalogue of Books of World Wide Interest from Remainder Centre Ltd.

Remainder Centre Ltd. London, 1943

The date is not stated on the catalogue. A book advertised on the back cover is ’Published pre-war’ and inside the front cover this catalogue is numbered 1/43.

This is a fascinating insight into the history of the distribution of remaindered books. The catalogue, which I have never seen before, states specifically that it is for retail customers, and a loose order form is enclosed at the front. Read more about Unrecorded Catalogue of Remainders from 1943

Price: £20.00

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History of the University of Oxford in the Nineteenth Century

Brock, M.G. and Curthoys, M.C. editors

The History of the University of Oxford. Volume VI Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part 1.

Oxford, University Press, 1977

1^st edition. ( 23.5 x 15 cm), xxxviii + 806 pages, illustrations reproduced from photographs. A good copy with slight signs of use: a small crease at the edge of the front endpaper, a few other pages with slight creasing. When the book is close the top edge slightly dusty and the bottom edge has a mark from contact with the shelf. Read more about History of the University of Oxford in the Nineteenth Century

Price: £85.00

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Attic Nights - Aulus Gellius

Aulus Gellius

Noctes Atticae Cum Selectis Novisque Commentariis et Accurata Reccensione Antonii Thys I, J.C. & Jacobi Oisel I, J.C.

Leyden, Petri Leffen, 1666.

8vo. (19x11.5cm). Engraved title page + 44 unnumbered pages + blank leaf + 1129 pages + 61 unnumbered pages (indexes). Read more about Attic Nights - Aulus Gellius

Price: £145.00

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Bookplate of A.J. A. Symons, author and bon-viveur

Saltus, Edgar

Historia Amoris

Catalogue of Antiquarian Bibles

The Oscotian Catalogue of the Old Library Part II: The Bible Collections

Miracles and Visions of St. Columba …Written By St. Adaman. Latin Text, with a translation.

St. Adaman, Fowler, J.T. (editor)

Adamani Vita S. Columbae…With An Introduction On Early Irish Church History, Notes and a Glossary.

Thomas Grey, Pickering edition original boards.

Grey, Thomas

The Works of Thomas Grey (5 volumes)

Life Of Jean Paul Frederic Richter…from the library of John Sterling

Richer, Jean Paul

Life Of Jean Paul Frederic Richter…Together With His Autobiography. Translated From The German.

The Merrie Days of England, 1859, beautiful Victorian gift book illustrated by Birket Foster etc.

Edward McDermott

The Merrie Days of England, Sketches of Olden Time

New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James

James, Henry

The New York edition, Volume 10: The Spoils of Poynton, The London Life, The Chaperon.

Unrecorded Catalogue of Remainders from 1943

Catalogue of Books of World Wide Interest from Remainder Centre Ltd.

History of the University of Oxford in the Nineteenth Century

Brock, M.G. and Curthoys, M.C. editors

The History of the University of Oxford. Volume VI Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part 1.

Attic Nights - Aulus Gellius

Aulus Gellius

Noctes Atticae Cum Selectis Novisque Commentariis et Accurata Reccensione Antonii Thys I, J.C. & Jacobi Oisel I, J.C.

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