Breakfast in Perigord by Flint, Sir William Russell - 1968

London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy of each known); Copland; East; and finally the edition of 1634. Each volume with the engraved circular bookplate of Emily Morris Gallatin on the front pastedowns. The simple signature of Arthur Lewis, 1949, on each of the front free endpapers. And on the front free endpaper of volume 1 a nearly full page inscription dated 2018. Only volume 1 has been fully opened; the remaining volumes are partially unopened. Aside from the inscription and signatures, these volumes are in very good condition showing only traces of wear at the corners, edges and spine tips. This is a curious edition. We have marked it a first edition, but not without hesitation. The first printing… Read More

London: Martin Secker, 1926. 1926 Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 219 pages; G+; contemporary full green cloth binding; spine with rubbed gilt lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; fading to spine; tide lines to spine, and over joints; spine cocked; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; inscribed by Swinnerton at front free endpaper, "This confiscated copy of a book which the author--according to Mr Somerset Maugham--has obviously never read. With warmest regards and in celebration of an outstandingly loquacious evening. Frank Swinnerton"; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347238. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 250 pages; VG/G+; spine white, with tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling to jacket; mild shelf wear to volume; small chips missing from corners of flap folds; small chip missing from upper edge of jacket front; chips missing from crown and tail of jacket spine; crack to center of jacket spine; small closed tears to upper and lower edges of jacket back; large chip missing at upper left corner of jacket back; spine slightly cocked; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347239. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: J. J. Stockdale, 1813. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 88,(4)pp. Bound to style with a leather spine, red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Pages untrimmed. A fine copy and fairly scarce. A parody of Othello, "With burlesque notes in the manner of the most celebrated commentators, and other curious appendices." Curious appendices include: a sonet, an ensi ne tu his ledae (Heu Miles); ah! trance lay shone, a sonnet, an ensign to his lady (Hugh Miles); bona partes vi sit tu his ere (Ibef.); Bonaparte's visit to his heir./ With two final leaves of booksellers' advertisements for Stockdale. .

Bath: William Mackenzie but Robert Frederick Limited, [N.D., circa 1880] but, 2004 . 3 volumes in one. A beautifully illustrated facsimile of the famous Library Shakespeare, a complete edition of Shakespeare's plays. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley. The facsimile illustrations include many colourplates, numerous fine plates in monochrome, and many engravings throughout the text. A richly illustrated volume. Folio, (12 "x 10"), bound in full black leather, the spine and upper cover richly decorated and printed in red and gilt in all-over designs. All edges gilt, moire silk end-leaves. vi 396; 406, 476 pp. A pristine copy, as mint and unused. A STRIKINGLY HANDSOME EDITION WELL SUITED TO THE IMMORTAL WORDS WITHIN, and this in a binding of black leather gilt decorated. The colourplates are in the finest style of the period and set this edition apart from other library Shakespeare editions of both its time and ours.

London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy of each known); Copland; East; and finally the edition of 1634. Each volume with the engraved circular bookplate of Emily Morris Gallatin on the front pastedowns. The simple signature of Arthur Lewis, 1949, on each of the front free endpapers. And on the front free endpaper of volume 1 a nearly full page inscription dated 2018. Only volume 1 has been fully opened; the remaining volumes are partially unopened. Aside from the inscription and signatures, these volumes are in very good condition showing only traces of wear at the corners, edges and spine tips. This is a curious edition. We have marked it a first edition, but not without hesitation. The first printing… Read More

London: Martin Secker, 1926. 1926 Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 219 pages; G+; contemporary full green cloth binding; spine with rubbed gilt lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; fading to spine; tide lines to spine, and over joints; spine cocked; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; inscribed by Swinnerton at front free endpaper, "This confiscated copy of a book which the author--according to Mr Somerset Maugham--has obviously never read. With warmest regards and in celebration of an outstandingly loquacious evening. Frank Swinnerton"; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347238. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 250 pages; VG/G+; spine white, with tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling to jacket; mild shelf wear to volume; small chips missing from corners of flap folds; small chip missing from upper edge of jacket front; chips missing from crown and tail of jacket spine; crack to center of jacket spine; small closed tears to upper and lower edges of jacket back; large chip missing at upper left corner of jacket back; spine slightly cocked; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347239. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: J. J. Stockdale, 1813. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 88,(4)pp. Bound to style with a leather spine, red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Pages untrimmed. A fine copy and fairly scarce. A parody of Othello, "With burlesque notes in the manner of the most celebrated commentators, and other curious appendices." Curious appendices include: a sonet, an ensi ne tu his ledae (Heu Miles); ah! trance lay shone, a sonnet, an ensign to his lady (Hugh Miles); bona partes vi sit tu his ere (Ibef.); Bonaparte's visit to his heir./ With two final leaves of booksellers' advertisements for Stockdale. .

Bath: William Mackenzie but Robert Frederick Limited, [N.D., circa 1880] but, 2004 . 3 volumes in one. A beautifully illustrated facsimile of the famous Library Shakespeare, a complete edition of Shakespeare's plays. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley. The facsimile illustrations include many colourplates, numerous fine plates in monochrome, and many engravings throughout the text. A richly illustrated volume. Folio, (12 "x 10"), bound in full black leather, the spine and upper cover richly decorated and printed in red and gilt in all-over designs. All edges gilt, moire silk end-leaves. vi 396; 406, 476 pp. A pristine copy, as mint and unused. A STRIKINGLY HANDSOME EDITION WELL SUITED TO THE IMMORTAL WORDS WITHIN, and this in a binding of black leather gilt decorated. The colourplates are in the finest style of the period and set this edition apart from other library Shakespeare editions of both its time and ours.