Paris: Baudouin Freres, Pollet, Barba, et al, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832. Hardcover. Around 50 plays by various authors of the period, and issued by several publishers, collected into very pretty and well-preserved volumes, numbered 1 to 12. Contents have a fair amount of foxing, generally minor. 16mo, 12x8cms, in..... More
Edinburgh: William Oliphant, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. 131pp, including a lengthy preface. Slight browning to endpapers, ownership name on ffep. contents otherwise clean. 12mo, in the original purple pebble-grain cloth, boards firm, paper spine label darkened, spine ends fraying a little. Greville was a notable biologist and mycologist, besides campaigning..... More
![The Love-Tiff: Moliere's Depit Amoureux. [Inscribed by translator]. Moliere, Frederic Spencer](/pictures/thumb/19302092.jpg?v=1542314820)
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1930. First edition. Softcover. [vi], 50pp. Front free endpaper bears a 1930 gift inscription by the Spencer 'in old friendship', and laid in is his handwritten letter to accompany it. Unopened, and printed on laid paper, with slight foxing to ends. In the original thin card covered..... More
![Cinnamon and Angelica: A Play. [Inscribed copy]. John Middleton Murry](/pictures/thumb/19413040.jpg?v=1542314859)
London: Andrew Dakers Ltd, n.d. [1941]. Revised edition. Paperback. 111pp. Front free endpaper inscribed in spidery writing 'To Gran,/ with every good wish/ from the author/ John Middleton Murry/ Xmas 1945.' This is followed by a later gift inscription in biro. A little foxing to the endpapers and final text..... More
Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1968. First Olms edition. Hardcover. xcv, 364; [x], 428; [x], 342pp. Contents very clean and unmarked. In the original bindings of red cloth, bright and firm, corners sharp: spines slightly sunned, labels slightly scuffed. Heavy shelf wear to bottom edge of leading corners. One of 550 copies..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 316pp. Unread copy, contents unmarked and very fresh: paper slightly toned as usual. Bottom edge of closed text block has a remainder mark. In the original green cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, clean, bright and firm, with barely-discernible blunting to head of..... More
![Ailleurs, les Oiseaux... : Theatre. [Inscribed copy]. Martine Le Coz](/pictures/thumb/19873100.jpg?v=1542314967)
Amboise: Martine Le Coz: (Imprimerie Pinçon), 1987. First edition. Softcover. 75pp, printed mostly in blue, and illustrated with five of the author's exquisite coloured drawings. Title page inscription to The City of London Freemen's school appears to be by the author. This is the earliest work by Le Coz of..... More
Manchester University Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. xvi, 224pp. Ownership name to front free endpaper. Small nick to edge of half-title and some rumpling or creasing of the prelims and first few text pages: contents otherwise clean, most of the book appearing unread. Firm, in the original black cloth-textured binding..... More
![The Plays of William Shakespeare, in Nine Volumes. [Miniature edition]. William Shakespeare](/pictures/thumb/18251204.jpg?v=1579619910)
London: William Pickering, 1825. First edition thus. Hardcover. c.300pp per volume: each 3.5 x 2.1 ins / 9 x 5 cms. Previous owner's small green name label on pastedown of each vol. Contents very clean. In the original bindings of maroon cloth, spines sunned to russet, beautifully restored and with..... More
