Poetry, Plays And Theatre from Zetetic Books

London : Dublin: Dean & Munday : For the Booksellers, 1819. Two copies of Mathews' 'Trip to Paris', the London edition of 1819, [3], 4-49pp, [3] and a Dublin edition, n.d. but probably the same year, [4], 8-56pp, with a colour frontispiece. Browned and chipped, lightly foxed with some pencilled annotations and underlining. The Dublin edition is erratically paginated, apparently… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher, 1861. Single sided printed broadside in double column, approximately 165mm x 255mm in size. Slightly creased with patches of light foxing, otherwise clean. There is a manuscript alteration to the text, with 'Severn' being crossed through and 'Tene' (another local river), being written in above. Dated March 30, 1861, but with no publisher or place. The… Read more about this item

London: J. Tabby [Printer], 1831. Single sided broadside, approximately 215mm x 340mm in size. Slightly chipped to edges, small spot to centre and one towards foot, otherwise quite bright and clean. A benefit for Mr. [James] Wallack, an actor and later manager, with a Napoleon related play, 'The Little Corporal; or, the School of Bonaparte', relating to his time at… Read more about this item

London: The Medici Society for Eton College, 1928. [8], 87pp, [3], original full vellum, title label to spine, Eton College coat of arms in gilt to centre of upper cover, t.e.g. Very slightly rubbed and lightly discoloured, internally browned to edges, but generally fairly clean. With the usual Eton presentation leaf. Reprint. Full Vellum. Good+. 4to.

London: Elliott and Fry Carte-de-Visite of Longfellow, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1870? Image slightly faded, sitters name to head of reverse in pencil and numbers in pencil to foot. Reverse with printed details of Elliott and Fry. For Elliott and Fry see Hannavy, pages 479-80. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, poet and translator. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo.… Read more about this item

Meerut: Royal Irish Fusiliers Printed, single-sided broadside with a poem within a decorative frame, no date, but probably relatively contemporaneous with the battle. Slightly chipped to edges, lightly browned, lightly creased from old folds, small hole to centre just catching a letter but with no loss of sense, generally fairly bright. A poem about the capture of the Napoleonic Eagle… Read more about this item

London and Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies and W. Creech, 1801. Four volumes complete - Volume One - [4], viii, 389pp, [1]; Volume Two - [4], xxiii, [1], 467pp, [1]; Volume Three - xvii, 431pp, [1] and Volume Four - xxiv, 415pp, [1]. Contemporary full mottled calf, smooth backs divided into six panels, leather title to second panel, matching… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Commonwealth Office, 1859. 16pp, bound in later half-morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt title to spine. Spine faded, slightly rubbed to extremities, text a little grubby, title more so. Also bound in are a 4pp 'Autograph Poem of Robert Burns', published by Kerr and Richardson, Glasgow (late 19th C?), and two articles on Burns from the Edinburgh Review… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. xx, 214pp, full morocco, smooth back, author, title and publisher in gilt to spine, a.e.g. with marbled endpapers. Presentation label to front pastedown (from Jesus College). Howarth's own copy of his festschrift in a presentation binding. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.

London: T. Cadell, A. Donaldson, J. Balfour and R. Taylor, 1772. [4], 40pp, bound in modern half-calf and boards, with leather title label to front board. Externally very good. Slightly cropped at head affecting page numbers towards end, but never text. Slightly browned, but generally quite bright, one instance of critical marginalia (in old hand) to page seven, with slight… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. 93pp, [3], (printed on rectos only). Contemporary full morocco, raised bands, spine in six panels, title in gilt to second panel, remaining panels with volute corner pieces and central lozenge-shaped tool, covers with multiple rolls and panels inside a triple fillet of varying thicknesses as a border. Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped, outer joints… Read more about this item