English Literature from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911. 12mo. Later printing. 222pp., which includes "The Soul of a Man" on socialism. Once released from prison, Wilde went into exile taking the name Sebastian Melmoth. These epigrams and aphorisms of Wilde were originally published in 1895 by Humphreys in Oscariana and later re-issued under the current title with a different collection of aphorisms… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon and Co, 1851. Small Octavo. Second edition. x, 304 pages. The remarkable autobiographical poem which first appeared in print in 1851 and for a generation was among the most admired in the Victorian era. But for many years his heirs effectively controlled the image of the poet, policing the copyright to the authorized editions of 1849-1850.… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition. Octavo. 624pp., Half-title, engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette title page, regular title page, illustrations by Phiz "Hablot K. Brown", signpost has the reverse "100 £", engraved vignette title page signed Phiz fecit, and 10 lines in the errata. The engraved frontispiece and title page have scattered foxing and darkening around the edges,… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Octavo. 624pp., bound from the original parts. Illustrations by H.K. Browne "Phiz" with 40 engraved plates which includes 10 dark plates, lacks half-title, engraved fronrtispiece with the words "frontispiece" at foot, vignette title page and regular title page errata with 5 lines. text clean, plates do have darkening around the edges. A… Read more about this item

London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, J & R Tonson Etc., 1757. Octavo. The Fourth Edition, with Notes of Various Authors by Thomas Newton, D.D. Thomas Newton (1704-1782) was the leading cleric-scholar whose initial editing on Nicholas Rowe's works established him as a thoughtful scholar, this led to patron, Zachary Pearce (a devoted Miltonist), to… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Publish America, 2007. First Edition. 213 pages. Inscribed by the author: "To Richard of Alcuin Books, "the original lost sheep" with best regards, Bettie Anne Doebler. 4/24/08". Laid in is the original two typed pages of her novel that originally was to be entitled "Back to the Books" with her handwritten corrections (see image). Issued only in a… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Green and Co, 1901. Octavo. In two volumes; 375 and 364pp., illustrated. A marvelous account of the man, his passion and depiction of his genius. The author was encouraged by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and he was able to examine the early materials from the firm of Morris & Co, as well as those of Smith and J.H.… Read more about this item

London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. First Edition. 12mo. In two volumes, half-titles present, 340 and 251pp. both volumes with errata's on last page. The Man of Feeling was issued in 1771 and followed in February 1773 by The Man of the World, in which Sindall, a seducer and villain, is intended as a striking contrast to… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. 71 pages, index. R.S. Loomis was one of the finest Arthurian scholars of the early 20th Century. His major sections of his work: Book I: From Knights of the Round Table to Irish Gods; Book II: The Young God and the Old. Book III: The Cult of the Grail Book… Read more about this item

New York: Coward-mcCann, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 265pp., Inscribed by the author to George Joel dated Dec. 2, 1929. Special title page and front matter designed by Richard W. Ellis of the Georgian Press, Westport, Conn. The book begins when Boswell and Johnson first meet. Then on to their, likes, dislikes, yours, contemporaries, their life and more. Bounf in… Read more about this item

(Risbury, Herefordshire, England; 1998): Whittington Press. Limited Edition. Imperial Quarto. Limited to 150 copies and includes "eight pages" from the Prayer book of 1913 which according to the colophon, should have only contained four. The present copy is number 96. 32[4],33-36[37], 38-39[1], [4], 41[4]-44 pages and colophon. The Oxford University Press announced the closure of it printing house in… Read more about this item

London: William Fearman, 1820. Octavo. In three volumes. 226, 290 and 319pp. This spurious work was in the style imitating Sir Walter Scott was issued in the form of a triple-decker (the term was not used until the 1830's) was announced by its publisher William Fearman as early as mid-October 1819, but it was not actually published until the… Read more about this item

London 1889 and 1891: David Nutt. Limited Edition. Thick Quarto. Two volumes in three limited to 108 signed and numbered copies. The present copy is number 27 signed by the publisher David Nutt. This is the original edition of William Caxton now reprinted and edited with an introduction and glossary by H. Oskar Sommer, and with an essay on… Read more about this item

London: T.Fisher Unwin/Vizetelly and Co, 1890. Small Octavo. In two volumes. portrait frontispieces. Published in the Mermaid series and includes: Vol. I. Thomas Middleton with an introduction by A.C. Swinburne--A trick to catch the old one, --the Changling--a Chaste maid in Cheapside---Women beware women; Vol. II. editied by Havelock Ellis, Preface--The roaring girl--the witch--a fair quarrel--the mayor of Queenborough--the… Read more about this item

London: Printed for C. Cooke, 1799. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title page and regular title page. 188 pages, index. ads. Each plate has imprint dated 1799. Beginning in the mid-1790's Cooke began publishing these small volumes so gentlement could carry them about and read them at lunch on in their carriage. This item on imagined Chinese philsopher, residing in… Read more about this item

London: Printed for W. Flint for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805. 12mo. . xxxi, 236 pages. The introduction is by the controversial Dr. John Akin (1747-1822). After an early career as a physician who got into trouble condemning England's policy of excluding dissenters from office or entrance into Cambridge or Oxford, he wrote two anonymously published pamphlets on… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Ossgood and Co, 1875. First American Edition. Small Octavo. 284pp. (1) pp. ad with a listing of the author's books facing title page. This is the author's edition from the advance sheets. A beautiful copy bound in brown cloth centrally stamped in gilt, spine gilt, brown coated endpapers, no owner's name or bookplate. A fine copy.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905. Limited Edition. Octavo. 92 pages, beautifully printed in Cambridge's finest type on handmade paper. This classic work on the seven deadly sins (see the facsimile of original titlepage): The Seuen deadlie Sinns of London. Here the original spelling of Elizabethan England have been retained. Here the seven deadly sins were prominent in the sermons… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon and Co, 1858. A new edition, revised and corrected. liii, 407 pages. Perhaps the best 19th century edition after the small Pickering edition done in 1836. Edward Moxon the publisher allowed several corrections from earlier editions. Both Wordworth and Alfred Lord Tennyson wanted him to publish their works (Tennyson even allowing a small author's stipend in… Read more about this item

London: For Richard Marriott, 1678. Small Octavo. Engraved portrait frontispiece by R[obert]. White, [A1-A2]A3-A8, a-o8, [A1]c8, [D1]-T4. Four separate title pages all dated 1678. N3 signed B3, two parts in one. Walton was the author of The Compleat Angler, one of the most important environmental books in history. He later would publish a biography of his fishing buddy and… Read more about this item