Allen, Mark, & Amwell, Stephanie (eds.): Annotated Chaucer Bibliography 1997-2010. Manchester University Press, 2016. First edition. 8vo., pp. xx, 806. Hardback: laminated boards. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. In the series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture Ref: 54460
Allen, Thomas: (Whittock, Nathaniel, illust.:) A New and Complete History of the County of York. Illustrated by a Series of Views engraved on steel from original drawings by Nathaniel Whittock. London: I. T. Hinton, 1828; 1831; 1831. 3 vols., 4to., pp. [v], vi-x, 491, [i] + York cathedral frontispiece, engraved title-page and 13 further plates; [ii], 598 + frontispiece, engraved title and 30 further plates; [ii], 550 + frontispiece, engraved title and 96 further plates. Plates quite foxed but only occasional foxing elsewhere, some plates have offset toning onto the page opposite. The Boston Castle plate opposite p.505, vol. III, has wax on it: the image is unaffected, though p.505 has lost 5-6 words. The Scarborough Museum plate is bound opposite p.456 instead of p.446 as listed. Later half tan calf neatly rebacked in a slightly later colour with spines retained, titles and volume numbers gilt lettered directly, marbled boards and endpapers. Rubbed and a bit chipped, a few scuffs, edges worn, but still a good set. Each volume is divided into books (vol.I, books I-III; vol.II books IV-V; vol.III books VI-VII). Bookplate of The Constitutional Club to the front paste-down of each volume, and the Club's crest at the tail end of each spine. The Constitutional Club was a London gentlemen's club with premises (now demolished) at 28 Northumberland Avenue, just off Trafalgar Square. It was established in 1883, disbanded in 1979.Closely aligned with the Conservative party, it counted P.G. Wodehouse among its members and appears in disguised form in several of his novels, including two Psmith novels (Psmith in the City (1910) and Leave it to Psmith (1923)) and Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (1972). Thomas Allen (1803-1833) was a prolific writer and illustrator of topographical works, producing in his short life volumes on The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth and the Archiepiscopal Palace (1827); The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, and Southwark (1827-1828); A New and Complete History of the County of York (1828?31); A History of the Counties of Surrey and Sussex (1829?30); guidebooks to London (1830) and some plates and articles for the Gentleman's Magazine. At the time of his death he had begun publication of A History of the County of Lincoln. Allen's works 'were almost all published in several parts, tosatisfy the demand for cheap, illustrated topographies from a public eager for historical detailsenlivened by romantic and picturesque scenery'. (Baigent, ODNB) Ref: 54598show full image..
Almosnino, Mose ben Baruk: (Zemke, John M. ed.:) Regimiento de la vida: Tratado de los suenyos. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2004. 8vo., pp. xix, 545. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 255 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series. Ref: 54294
Amis, Martin: House of Meetings. London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. First edition, first printing. Author's signature to title-page. 8vo., pp.[vi], 198. Black cloth, silver title to spine, deep red endpapers, fine. Dust jacket with a few tiny marks to rear, price intact, very good indeed. Printed paper 'Signed copy' band around the dust jacket a little creased. Amis's eleventh novel, of fifteen. Ref: 54672
Ammianus Marcellinus: (de Valois, Adrien, ed.) Rerum Gestarum qui de XXXI. supersunt, libri XVIII. Ope MSS. codicum emendati ab Henrico Valesio, & auctioribus adnotationibus illustrati. Necnon excerpta vetera de gestis Constantini & regum Itali Parisiis [Paris]: ex officina Antonii Dezallier, via Jacobea ad Coronam auream [?] cum Privilegio Re 1681. 'Editio Posterior'. Folio, pp.[xxxii], xxxiv, [xiv], 676, [ii], 100, [ii]. Index bound immediately before the main text, rather than at the rear as is usual in this edition (Privilege still bound at rear, final leaf). Engraved printer's device to title-page, engraved headpiece with coat of arms to first page. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces of various kinds, a few small illustrations in the text. A few leaves a little toned, occasional tiny spots of wax, very clean and bright overall. Slightly later tan calf, spine heavily gilt, raised bands, plain blind-tooled lines to boards, edges sprinkled red. Spine label lost, tail cap lost, joints cracked but cords firm, edges a little worn, lower corners frayed, edges of endpapers toned, still very good. The last of the great historians writing in Latin, Ammianus' (born c.330) work covers the period 353-378 and holds particular value as his perspective as a pagan army officer offers unique insight into the political and military turmoil of his time. Dibdin observes, 'Henri de Valois (or Valesius) published the first edition [1636], which was printed by Camuset; the second edition (printed by Dezaillier) was edited by Adrian de Valois; who, to his own notes, added the posthumous ones of his brother Henry and of Lindenbrogius. The Life of A. Marcellinus is written by Claudius Chiffletius. Of the latter edition the notes (except those of Lindenbrogius, which are unaccountably placed at the end of the volume) are inserted at the bottom of the text - an advantage not possessed by the edition of 1636. "C'est la plus magnifique ?dition d'Ammien (says Clement,) que je connoisse. Elle est imprim?e en gros caract?res qui sont d'une parfait beaut?.".' Dibdin (4th edn.) I, 256 Ref: 54709show full image..
Anacreon: (Brunck, Richard Francois Philippe, ed.:) Carmina. Accedunt Selecta Quaedam e Lyricorum Reliquiis. Argentorati [Strasbourg]: apud J.G. Treuttel, 1786. Third edition. 18mo., pp. [ii], 149, [i]. A little toned towards edges, some light patches of foxing. Green straight-grain morocco, raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt borders, a.e.g.. Patchy colour fading, joints and corners worn, some scratches, still very good overall. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sewell to front paste-down. "These are the most beautiful and accurate editions; the latter [i.e. this, of 1786] was twice published in the same year, and has the text of the Roman edition of Spalleti, but with corrections: it was a favourite edition" (Dibdin). Dibdin (4th edn.) I. 264. Ref: 51271show full image..
Ancona, Ronnie & Greene, Ellen (eds.): Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. First edition. 8vo., pp. xi, 372. Illustrations to text. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54299
Anderson, Michael Alan: St. Anne in Renaissance Music: Devotion and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2014. First edition. Large 8vo., pp. xvii, 345. Illustrations, Tables and musical Examples to text. Hardback. Contents and binding mint. Dust-jacket, fine. Ref: 53254
Angela, Alberto: (Gregor, Katherine, trans.:) Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity. New York: Harpervia, 2021. First edition in English. 8vo., pp. xvi?, 382? + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, small remainder mark to edge and a hint only of shelf-dust, otherwise a fine copy. Originally published in Italy in 2018 as Cleopatra: La Regina che sfido Roma e conquisto l'eternita. Ref: 54506
[Anon]: Dissertationum Ludicrarum et Amoenitatum Scriptores Varii. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: apud Franciscum Hegerum, 1644. 12mo., pp.[viii], 648, 651-666. Usual mispagination. Engraved title-page, woodcut endpiecesand initials. Text in Latin with some Greek. Title-page repaired at bottom edge and loosening, light dampstaining near gutter, occasional light spotting. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, edges sprinkled red and blue. Vellum a little yellowed with some smudgy marks, one snapped cord at upper hinge but holding firm, very good. Large bookplate of Brian S. Donaghey to front pastedown. To ffep, ownership inscription of Percy Lousada of Merton College, Oxford, dated 1843. First published in 1623 as 'Argumentorum Ludicrorum et Amoenitatum', this collection of entertaining writings by 18 authors includes swimming, pies and donkeys among its subjects. Ref: 54657show full image..
