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London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, at the Red Lyon on London Bridge, 1710. The Fifth Edition (first published 1671). With Additions of Precepts to each Chapter. [viii], 149, [iii]. Small 8vo (7''x 4.5"). Much very deliberate counsel. "The Courting of Ladies is a pleasant (indeed) and gentile Divertisement; so I call it; for he is Mad that makes it his business, or thinks it worth his while, to set a seal upon a bubble; yet I must tell you, it is accompanied with not a few, nor small Inconveniencies: for you can hardly be Fantastick enough in your attire, to suit their Fancy; nor your Discouse Vain enough to fit their Humour: For though some few of them will Philosophize, the generality of them are so futile, that you have little cause to wonder the Poets imagin'd Venus concreta spuma." Etc. Quite a lot of browning and foxing. A young hand many years ago tried out a pen on the blank (iv) and over the heading and first 4 lines of p.1, which are, however, still legible. In recent quarter calf with marbled boards, the spine ruled in gilt with raised bands and red and black labels lettered in gilt. Fine.

Price: £180.00

London: Bohn's Standard Library series: G. Bell and Sons, 1914. New Edition with additions and corrections. Vol I: lvi, 480; Vol II: xiv, (481-) 1034, [6] + 32 (adverts). Vol I is unopened. Contents of both vols very clean, fresh, and unmarked. In the original bindings of maroon grained cloth. Corners sharp, firm, bright and clean, but for faint sunning to lower board of Vol I and small mark to lower board of Vol II. Spine lettering rather dulled. A very good set. VG+.
[Heavy Item]

Price: £30.00

London: The New Age Press, November 1916 - April 1917. First editions. Stapled newspapers, 24pp per issue, each 13 x 8.75 ins. Some fraying at the spines, and some edges a little bent, but a complete and generally clean set, from a collection which has been wrapped up in parcels for 60 years. In addition to the regular and pseudonymous authors, the contributors here include G.K.Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, Havelock Ellis, H.G.Wells, G.D.H.Cole, Herbert Read, Allen Upward, Upton Sinclair, Oliver St. John Gogarty, John Mavrogordato and Ruth Pitter, as well as Hilaire Belloc, whose essay on 'The Present Position and Power of the Press' spans 8 issues. [n.b. we have more issues of The New Age from 1913-1916] Very Good.
[Heavy Item]

Price: £140.00

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, British and American Authors Volume 5319, 1938. First thus. 222pp. Light foxing to jacket flaps and the two pages adjacent to each. Contents otherwise very clean. Firm, in the original slightly glossy cream card covers, ruled yellow and titled in black: with a little browning to the bottom edge. In the protected jacket to a similar design, a little soiled and foxed, with fraying to head of spine and the upper corner, and a couple of internal repairs. Very good copy. Very Good+ in VG dust-jacket.

Price: £30.00

London: Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. 295pp. Contents clean and unmarked. In the original binding of pale blue cloth, spine titled in gilt: firm, bright and sharp, with some ridging to spine. In the protected unclipped dust jacket, bright, with a little minor soiling, light scuffs to joints, and two small repairs. Very good copy. VG+ in very good dust-jacket.

Price: £25.00

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. First edition. xxiv, 483pp. Contents clean and fresh. In the original quarter binding of red paper-covered boards with grey cloth spine titled in silver. Spine ends slightly blunted. In the protected unclipped orange dust jacket, clean and bright, very slightly faded at the spine, spine ends knocked. A very good copy. VG+ in very good dust-jacket.

Price: £30.00

Macmillan, London, 1989. First edition. viii, 164pp, with a portrait frontis. Contents very clean, fresh and unmarked. In original green cloth-textured binding lettered in gilt. Spine ends slightly knocked and scuffed, otherwise clean, bright and sharp. In unclipped pictorial dustjacket, spine ends crimped, clean and fresh. Very scarce. Near Fine in near fine dust-jacket.

Price: £45.00

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First edition. ix, 214pp. Contents fresh and clean. In the original textured binding lettered in gilt, clean, bright and firm, some extremities slightly blunted. In unclipped (unpriced) navy dust jacket, bright and clean. VG+ in near fine dust-jacket.

Price: £34.00

Routledge, London, 1992. First Edition. x, 255pp. Front free endpaper bears ownership name at top and some surface damage from removed label at bottom (and some offsetting from newsprint on the back of this); rear pastedown has 2" scar to surface from another removed label. Small knock to upper corners of pp181-200. Contents otherwise very good. In original glazed black cloth-textured binding lettered in silver, very bright and firm, with base of spine slightly rounded and one corner slightly knocked. In unclipped (unpriced) dustjacket, surface slightly damaged towards base of back panel, otherwise bright and clean. The removed labels suggest former library ownership, but there are no stamps to confirm this. VG/VG.

Price: £24.00