Aurelius Victor, Sextus: (Arntzenius, J., ed.:) Historia Romana, cum notis integris Dominici Machanei, Eliae Vineti, Andreae Schotti, Jani Gruteri, nec non exerptis Frid. Sylburgii & Annae Fabri filiae / curante Joanne Arntzenio [?]. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: apud Janssonio Waesbergios. Trajecti Batav. [Utrecht]: apud Jacobum a Pools 1733. 4to., pp. [xlviii], 668, [cxxxiv] (including one full-page engraving) + additional engraved title-page. 4R4 omitted but text contiunous, as usual. Title page in red and black with engraved vignette, illustrations (mostly numismatic) and a few decorations. Occasional light foxing, head margin a little toned at very top edge, change in paper quality from p.201 onwards resulting in toning (as has been the case in all copies of this book that have passed through our hands), mark (wax?) to 4A1. Vellum school prize binding with gilt arms of Arnhem to each board, later red morroco title label to spine, a few smudges and marks to vellum, ties lost, very good. Bookplate of Em. Dubus to front pastedown. The text is a new recension by Arntzenius, based on the work of Schott. Dibdin includes this edition on his list of best quarto variora, and notes: 'It is certainly an elaborate performance [...] the edition is indispensable to the collector's library.' Dibdin (4th edn.) I 343; Schweiger II 1136; Graesse VII, 299; Spoelder 506 (Arnhem 2)). Ref: 54544show full image..
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus: (Fleury, Julien, ed,; Souchay, Jean Baptiste, ed.:) Opera [?]. Parisiis: typis Jacobi Guerin, ad Ripam Augustinianorum, 1730. Delphin edition. 2 vols. bound as 1. 4to., pp.[iii], iv-lxvii, [i], 432; [iii], 434-684, [ii], 16, [clii] + 2 plates (engraved title-page by Mathey and 1 further numismatic plate opposite p.667). "Obscoena e textu Ausoniano resecta" and indices at rear. Very clean internally. Later (c.1800) tan sheep neatly rebacked, marbled edges and endpapers. Corners a little worn but a very good copy indeed. Blind embossed coat of arms to each board, of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831) with the motto 'Finem Respice'. Bligh was a British peer and noted amateur cricketer. According to Brunet, a highly regarded edition. Schweiger I, 22; Moss I, 216 and Brunet I, 574. Ref: 52049show full image..
[Autores Rei Venaticae] Vliet, Jan van: Autores rei venaticae antiqui cum commentarijs Jani Vlitii; ad Christinam Augustam. Lugd. Bat. [Leiden]: apud Elsevirios, 1653 12mo., pp.[xxiv], 491, [xxiii], 48. Elaborate engraved title-page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials. Usual errors in pagination. Small intermittent damp-stain to head margin, 11* with closed tear to bottom corner not affecting text. Contemporary brown calf, raised bands, red morocco gilt title label to spine, blind-tooled borders, edges sprinkled red. Headcap worn, joints rubbed, a few small chips and scratches, endpapers lifted and a little toned around the edges but still very good indeed. First published in 1645 as Venatio Novantiqua, this volume of poems on the subject of hunting was the first publication of the Dutch philologist and great friend of Junius, Jan Van Vliet (1622-1666). Contains contributions from Faliscus Gratius, Nemesianus and Calpurnius Siculus. Willems 719; Rahir 716. Ref: 54542show full image..
Baker, T. F. T. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Middlesex. Volume VI. Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1980. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt, fine. Dust-jacket, lightly shelf-rubbed,, slightly creased to edges otherwise very good. Ref: 53997
Ballard, Richard: England, France and Aquitaine: From Victory to Defeat in the Hundred Years War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 273 + plates with maps and illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54436
Baltussen, Han & Davis, Peter J. (eds.): The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. First edition. 8vo., pp. vi, 329. Hardback: grey cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54349
Barca, Natale: Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars: The Revolts of Eunus & Salvius 136-132 & 105-100 BC. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiii, 256. Maps. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54508
Barnes, John & O'Cuilleanain (eds.): Dante and the Middle Ages: Literary and Historical Essays. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1995. First edition. 8vo., pp. 319. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, fine. Dust-jacket, sun-faded to spine, not affecting lettering, light creasing to edges, otherwise very good. Author inscribed. In the series: Publications of the Foundation for Italian Studies, University College Dublin. Ref: 53594
Barr, Helen (ed.): The Digby Poems: A New Edition of the Lyrics. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2009. 8vo., pp. viii, 360. Paperback. Unread, light shelf-wear, very good indeed. Ref: 54459
Barrie, J. M.: The Plays of J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxxiii, [i], 160. A little toned, outer edges lightly foxed. Blue publisher's cloth, paper title labels to spine and upper board. Slightly rubbed, spine sunned, upper board mildly curved, cloth a little lifted at upper joint but sound, free endpapers a bit toned, tiny biro numbers to ffep, very good. First edition of the play script of Peter Pan, issued as part of The Uniform Edition of The Plays of J.M. Barrie series and found here in the publisher's cloth binding. After its debut at the Duke of York's Theatre, London in December of 1904, Barrie continued to make revisions to the text right up until the publication of this edition. The novel version, titled Peter and Wendy, had appeared in 1911. . Ref: 54887
