Chin, Catherine M.: Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo., pp. 272. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unread, a hint only of shelf-wear: almost as new. In the Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Ref: 53628
Church, Stephen: King John and the Road to Magna Carta. New York: Basic Books, 2015. First American edition. 8vo., pp. xxii, 300. Maps, genealogy and illustration. Hardback: buff cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54471
Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Epistolae ad Familiares. Pauli Manutius Annotationes breves in margine adscriptae. Eiusdem scholar. Verba Greca Latinos expressa. Dionysii Lambini Monstroliensis viri doctiss emendationes, & earum rationes. Gulielmi Canteri locorum aliquot explications & emendationes, nunc p Amstelreodami (sic) [Amsterdam]: Henricum Laurentii, 1626. 8vo., pp.[xvi], 487, [i]. Printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials. A few tiny manicules etc to margins. Faint tidemark to first gathering, final two gatherings nibbled along edge of lower margin but no loss of text. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, fore-edges slightly overlapped, edges sprinkled red. Spine darkened, quite a few smudgy marks and stains, corners frayed especially at the bottom of the upper board, turn-ins lifting and endpapers grubby but still a very good, if well-used, copy. To title-page, ownership inscription of James Forbes in an old hand. To ffep also in an old hand, the name Cornelius Heijmenberg crossed through followed possibly by Gerardii (smudged), three lines of numbers, and the name Heijmenberg then repeated. To ffep verso a single line of ms, 'So have I seen a King on Chaff'. Seemingly a reprint of the 1577 Estienne with notes of Paulus Manutius, Lambinus, etc. and WIlliam Canter's explanations of place. (see Dibdin I. 423). This edition appears scarce, with Jisc Library Hub finding no copies and Worldcat only one. The Worldcat copy lists no publisher and, as the publisher's name is clearly visible on the title-page here, some room for doubt is left as to whether it is in fact the same edition. Ref: 54658show full image..
Cicero, Marcus Tullius: (Ernesti, Johann August, ed.:) Opera Omnia [...] cum Notis et Clave Ciceroniana. Halis Saxonum [Halle an der Saale]: In Orphano Tropheo, 1773-77. 5 vols bound as 8, 8vo., pp. LXXXVI; XVI, 734, [ii] + frontispiece + portrait of Ernesti opposite p.1; XXII, [ii], 847, [i]; [iii], 852-1696; XVI, 510, [ii]; VIII, 513-1166, [ii]; VIII, 736; [iii], 740-1200; XVI, 910, [ii]. Woodcut vignette to title-page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Some foxing and toning though vol. 4 parts 1 and 2 are less affected, occasional spots and smudges, vol. 4 part one with a few paper flaws to fore-edges, final vol. with a small strip torn from the upper margin pp.III-IV but not affecting text. Contemporary half tan calf, raised bands gilt ruled, red and green title labels, brown sprinkled paper boards, edges sprinkled red. A bit rubbed, corners fraying, very good. Vol.1 [Rhetorica]; vol.2, pars 1-2 Orationes; vol.3, pars 1 Epistol? ad diversos - vol.3, pars 2 Epistol? ad Atticum, Q. fratrem et Brutum; vol.4, pars 1 Opera philosophica; vol4, pars 2 Opera philosophica. Accedunt fragmenta scriptorum deperditorum; [vol.5] Clavis Ciceroniana. The third and the 'more critical and profound' of Ernesti's editions of Cicero. '"No man, since the restoration of literature", says the Bibl. Crit. Amst., "has more contributed towards the illustration of Cicero than John Augustus Ernesti"....The third edition is more particularly valuable, as presenting us in each volume with some account of the editions of the various works of Cicero, and a few additional notes and emendations of the text' (Dibdin). Dibdin (4th edn.) I 403. Schweiger II 109. Dibdin (4th edn.) I 403. Schweiger II 109. Ref: 54723show full image..
Cicero, Marcus Tullius: (Mai, Angelo, ed.:) De Re Publica. Impressum Romae. Denvo Impressum Londini: impensis J. Mawman, 1823. 8vo., pp. LVI, 349, [i] + engraved frontispiece and 1 folding plate. Toned, heavy foxing to first few leaves, fore-edge of folding plate tattered. Presentation copy, contemporary brown calf heavily tooled in gilt and blind with gilt dedication to centre of upper board, marbled edges and endpapers. Recently and very sympathetically refurbished. To centre of upper board: 'St Paul's School / 1826 / Frederick Grueber Lugard / Quoesitum Meritis.' Pencilled inscription 'Lugard' to preliminary blank. Dibdin writes of the edition published in Rome the year before: 'A newly discovered work; which the Discoverer and Editor has published on paper of four sizes [?] The great strength, or most interesting portion, of this volume consists in the 2nd book: of which however much is yet wanting. The Somnium Scipionis forms the 6th book, of which fragments were known before.' (Dibdin I 4th ed, 463-4). This London edition contains two of the plates Dibdin lists for the Rome edition (the group of figures and the facsimile palimpsest), but was issued without the bust of Pius VII found in the latter. Colophon reads 'T. White and Co. Printers, 14 Bear Alley, London.' Rev. Frederick Grueber Lugard (1808-1900), British Army chaplain at Madras, was the father of Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1853-1945), British soldier, mercenary and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong and of Nigeria. Ref: 54127show full image..
Clarendon, Edward (Hyde), Earl of: The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Oxford: printed at the Theater 1702; 1703; 1704. First edition. 3 vols. Folio, pp.[ii], XXIII, [i], 557, [iii]; [xvi], 581, [i]; xxii, 603, [xxiii] + portrait frontispiece to each vol. Bound without half-titles. Engraved vignette to title, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces. Lightly foxed, a few smudgy marks, occasional small pencil notes, vol.III portrait stuck a little to ffep at gutter causing separation from textblock and a short closed tear, vol.III A4 with closed tear of approx. 5.5cm to tail edge affecting lower and gutter margins. Uniform library bindings, quarter mottled grey-brown calf, spine gilt ruled with red labels, volume number and date tooled directly, orange buckram boards, endpapers renewed, cloth joints, a little rubbed, corners slightly bumped, very good. Small embossed stamp of Leicester Free Library to frontispieces, title-pages, and final few leaves. Clarendon's major work, not published until many years after his death. 'The remainder of Clarendon's manuscripts remained unpublished for more than twenty-five years, although his sons allowed certain politically sympathetic individuals - among them Archbishop Sancroft - to see them. The first volume of the History of the Rebellion, the text put together in 1671?2 out of the History and the Life, was not published until 1702, after the accession to the throne of Clarendon's granddaughter, Anne. Laurence Hyde, earl of Rochester, contributed a carefully nuanced defence of his father to the first volume; by the time the second and third volumes were published in 1704, Rochester's dismissal from government made him give a more partisan, tory edge to their dedications to the queen.' (ODNB) ESTC T53939, T147813 and T147812. Ref: 55043show full image..
Classen, Albrecht (ed.): Discourses on Love, Marriage, and Transgression in Medieval and Early Modern Literature. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, 2004. First edition. 8vo., pp. 374. Hardback: green cloth, gilt-lettered. Dust-jacket. Unread: edges slightly dusted, otherwise as new. With a Commentary by the translator. Ref: 53394
Cline, Ruth Harwood: The Congregation of Tiron: Monastic Contributions to Trade and Communication in Twelfth Century France and Britain. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 211. Maps and Tables. Hardback: laminated pictorial boards. Unused: as new. In the series: Spirituality and Monasticism, East and West. Ref: 54466
Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Penny, Louise State of Terror. London: Macmillan, 2021. First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. 8vo., pp.[x], 494, [ii]. Red cloth, black title to spine. Corners very slightly bumped, very good indeed. Dust jacket a little creased at corners, slight crease to rear, very good indeed. To half-title: 'For Hilary - Best wishes! Hillary Rodham Clinton'. A political-mystery novel by former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny. The novel relates to Penny's Inspector Gamache series, the titular character of which appears here in a minor role. Ref: 54833show full image..
Cockburn, J. S. & Baker, T. F. T. (eds.): The Victoria History of the County of Middlesex. Volume IV. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1971. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear, still very good. Ref: 53995
