Search Results: Authors starting with C from Antiquates Ltd

London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. [8], 31pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. The last published work of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) before his death in exile in November of 1900. The Anglo-Irish poet and playwright, remembered as one of high society's greatest wits, suffered a criminal conviction for gross indecency and was subsequently sentenced to two years hard labour - the bulk of which was served at Reading Gaol. . 8vo.

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1771. [3], vi-x, [1], 12-100pp. Without half-title. ESTC T120906. [Bound with:] WILLIAMS, J[ohn]. Advice to People afflicted with the Gout: containing practical observations upon The Treatment of Patients in the different Stages of that Disorder; and The Means of preventing those severe Paroxysms, which are so terrible to the Human Species. London. Printed for T. Becket, 1774. First edition. [4], 86pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC N14640. [And:] HART, Richard. The Importance of the Word of God. Being the substance of two sermons, lately preached In the Parish-Church of St. George, Glocestershire. Bristol. Printed by William Pine, 1766. First edition. 74pp. ESTC T127144. [And:] SHIRLEY, Rev. Mr. [Walter]. A narrative of the Principal circumstances relative to The Rev. Mr. Wesley's Late conference, Held in bristol, August the 6th, 1771... Bath. Printed by W. Gye...for T. Mills. 1771. First edition. 24p. Manuscript… Read More

Londini [i.e. London]: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, 1716. [24], 424pp, [20]. With an engraved frontispiece and three engraved folding maps. Contemporary sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, chipping to head of spine, corners exposed. Near contemporary ownership inscription of 'Fitzwilliam', later armorial bookplate of Brocket Hall Library, and recent book-labels of Lord W. Kerr and Peter Scupham to FEP, very occasional light spotting. The first appearance of classical scholar and typographer Michael Maittaire's (1668-1747) edition of Caesar's De bello Gallico and De bello civili; with the addition of Aulus Hirtius' De bello Alexandrino, De bello Africano and De bello Hispaniensi. ESTC T136446.. First edition. 12mo.

[Edinburgh?]: [s.n.], 1680. [8], 839pp, [1]. Later panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss, upper board detached. Scattered spotting, occasional chipping/loss to margins, small hole to text of leaf Pppp (without loss of sense). The first British edition (an edition suspected to have been printed on the Continent appeared in 1678) of Church of Scotland minister David Calderwood's (c. 1575-1650) monumental history of the Kirk; his third and final attempt at such a work (his previous two efforts survive only in manuscript.) ESTC R10586, Wing C280.. First British edition. Folio.

London: Printed for T. Kay...and Robertson & Berry...Edinburgh, 1792. First part, all published. 80pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, gilt supralibros of The Society of Writers to the Signet to both boards. Extremities rubbed, joints split, boards held by cords only. Paper shelf-label pasted to FEP, manuscript contents to recto of FFEP, title page and final leaf dust-soiled, occasional spotting. The second printing (with a London imprint, rather than Edinburgh as with the first) of a pamphlet by Scottish political writer and radical James Thomson Callender (1758-1803), an inflammatory critique (with a strong Scottish nationalist flavour) of British imperialism, war, and corruption. First published in February 1792 in the Edinburgh Bee, a further seven parts were planned though never printed, nevertheless the pamphlet issues of the work became very successful, rivalling Thomas Paine's recently published Rights of Man in its radicalism. The Scottish authorities, anxious to arrest… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for Robertson & Berry...and T. Kay...London, 1792. First part, all published. 80pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, gilt supralibros of The Society of Writers to the Signet to both boards. Extremities rubbed, joints split, boards held by cords only. Paper shelf-label pasted to FEP, internally clean and crisp. Manuscript letter dated 3rd January 1872 tipped-in to recto of FFEP: 'My dear Sir, I return to you the pamphlet which caused the imprisonment of Robertson & Berry. I think they got but scrumse[?] justice, yours very truly, A. Black'. The first edition of an inflammatory critique (with a strong Scottish nationalist flavour) of British imperialism, war, and corruption. by Scottish political writer and radical James Thomson Callender (1758-1803). First published in February 1792 in the Edinburgh Bee, a further seven parts were planned though never printed, nevertheless the pamphlet issues of the work became very successful, rivalling Thomas… Read More

Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1872. iv, 120pp. Bound by Potter & Sons of York in contemporary half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting, later bookplate of Ronald and Jay Hamilton to REP. The first edition of English poet and lawyer Charles Stuart Calverley's (1831-1884) final published work; a collection of parodic poems that combine academic scholarship with witty verse. A sequel to his immensely popular Verses and Translations (1862), Fly Leaves repeated that success, selling 18,000 copies by 1890. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Waterson, 1637. [8], 420pp, [4]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal blank leaf. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, later rebacked and recornered, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Boards worn. Recent paper label to FEP: 'From the library of D. M. Richards ("myfyr dar") 1853-1913 of Y Wenallt, Aberdare.', recent ink-stamp of Pontypridd Public Library to title page, scattered spotting. A mid seventeenth century edition, much revised and enlarged by herald John Philipot (c.1589-1645), of historian and herald William Camden's (1551-1623), Remaines of a Greater Worke Concerning Britain, first published in 1605. Whilst indeed without the scope and scale of his Britannia (London, 1585), the Remaines contain a wealth of social, linguistic and literary history of the British Isles and is particularly significant in that it includes the first chronological organisation of medieval English poetry. David Morgan Richards… Read More

London: Printed for Houlston and Co., [s.d., c. 1840] 42pp, [6]. Wrappers included in pagination. With a woodcut frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. A trifle rubbed, marked, and creased. A crisp copy of Lucy Lyttelton Cameron's (1781-1858) immensely popular allegorical chapbook for children, a testament to the success of publisher's Houlston and Sons. Arising from the bookselling business of Edward Houlston, founded in Wellington, Shropshire in 1779, the firm's publishing activities began under the direction of Houlston's widow, Frances. Following on from their initial imprint in 1804, the company prospered, with Frances' son, also Edward, establishing a London branch in Paternoster Row in 1826 - specialising in affordable instructional works for the young. . Thirty-third edition. 32mo.

Inverness: Kenneth Douglas, James Smith, and Donald Fraser, 1847. 160pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. The first edition – in original state - of a succinct history of, and guide to, Inverness. The latter half of the text, devoted to the primary structures of the Highland city, includes a brief notice on local libraries: 'The principal Circulating Library is kept by Mr Douglas, and consists of upwards of 6000 volumes', and a passage on municipal printers: 'Inverness possesses several excellent printing offices. The principal are the newspaper offices; but there are others which, although they do not command such a variety of types, are, notwithstanding, good jobbing offices. Much inconvenience has occasionally been felt for the want of a copperplate and lithographic press in the town. Work of this description has to be sent to… Read More

London: Printed for Frederick Wesley and A. H. Davis, 1826. [4], 287pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red Morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and dulled. Contemporary prize plate of the Blantyre Works, South Lanarkshire, to FEP, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. The second edition, printed in the year after the first, of a series of short instructional stories for children (many of which first published separately), by Congregational minister and missions activist in Africa John Campbell (1766-1840). Arguably the most intriguing of the included tales, particularly given Campbell's tireless devotion to the campaign to abolish slavery, is the 'Voyages and travels of a Bible', in which a copy of the good book 'a close prisoner for some months in a bookseller’s shop' is purchased and taken aboard ship to the West Indies, where,… Read More

London: Printed for the author, by T. Bensley, 1803. xi, [1], 131pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved illustration in the text. Contemporary calf, tooled in black and gilt, calf lettering-piece, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscriptions of Simpkin to front blank fly-leaf and head of title, scattered foxing. First published in 1799, The Pleasures of Hope marked the debut of Glaswegian poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844). The didactic poem found immediate critical acclaim and commercial success, leading Campbell to be dubbed the 'Scottish Milton'. . Seventh edition. Quarto.

London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. 46pp, [2]. With 26 engraved illustrations in the text. Bound by Hayday in contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered foxing. A handsome copy of the first edition of an anthology of nine war poems, including Byron's 'The Night before Waterloo' and Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'; attractively illustrated with engravings from drawings by eminent contemporary artists Edward Duncan, George Thomas, and Birket Foster. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Faber & Faber , 1946. 91pp, [p9]. Original publisher's salmon cloth boards lettered in gilt. With the original publisher's dust wrapper in darker orange and white. Some sunning to board ends, minor losses to wrapper at the frayed edges. Internally bright if a little foxed to the endpapers, with the ownership inscription of Henry Williamson dated 1956. A divisive figure throughout his career, Roy Campbell was a South African poet, critic, satirist and translator. Once touted as a rival to T. S. Eliot on the publication of his debut work The Flaming Terrapin, his reputation suffered in the years since for myriad reasons in both his Native South Africa and Europe. Terrapin was first recommended to publisher Jonathan Cape by T. E. Lawrence, who had seen an early manuscript copy. After the war he spent some time with literary group The Inklings, as well as with T. S. Eliot, who approached Campbell with a view to publish a new collection of his poetry. This was realised as Talking Bronco… Read More

London: Printed for J. Wright...by W. Bulwer and Co., 1800. [6], 240pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled green straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Richard Arkwright to FEP, scattered spotting. An anthology of political and satirical verse reprinted from the Anti-Jacobin; first published in 1799. The Anti-Jacobin was a periodical founded in 1797 by parodist and future Prime Minister George Canning (1770-1827) extol the policies of the Pitt government, condemn the hypocrisy of the Whigs, and oppose the radicalism of the French Revolution. Issues appeared every Monday from 20th November 1797 to 9th July 1798. Richard Arkwright (1755-1843), cotton manufacturer, landowner and staunch conservative, son of Sir inventor of cotton-spinning machinery Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). . Second edition. 8vo.

[London]: [s.n.], [1864]. Single leaf handbill. Several early vertical and horizontal folds. A trifle creased, manuscript title to verso. An apparently unrecorded circular announcing the change of premises of W. Cardinal & Co., London-based carpet supplier. . Dimensions 200 x 260 mm.

Firenze [i.e. Florence]: G. C. Sansoni, [1904]. Two volumes bound as one. xxv, [1], 743pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary blue crushed morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, leaves a trifle toned. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, without any indication of such. A handsomely bound copy of a revised edition of an anthology of Italian poetry, compiled by poet Giosue Carducci (1835-1907). In 1906, Carducci was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Italian to receive the honour. Sir Anthony Eden (1897-1977), British foreign secretary (1935-38, 1940-45, and 1951-55) and Prime Minister (1955-1957). Following active service in the First World War, Eden read Oriental languages at Oxford. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1923. In 1935 he was appointed foreign secretary, a position he resigned in 1938 to protest Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Nazi… Read More

In Bologna: Presso Nicola Zanichelli, 1875. [2], xlii, 205pp, [1]. Portrait frontispiece (reproduced from a woodcut) of the author.Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Slight rubbing to extremities, corners, else a near fine copy. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper, which with the other preliminaries is slightly discoloured. Novelist and poet George Meredith's (1828-1909) copy of the second edition of Italian poet and critic Giosue Carducci's (1835-1907) Nuove poesie, first published in 1873. . Seconda edizione. 8vo.

London: Dean and Son, 1859. [2], iv, 125pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped limp brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. A delightful cookery compendium that provides succinct and clear recipes for the use of young housekeepers and newly weds. The work proved remarkably popular, reaching the 23 edition by 1880. . Twelfth edition. 12mo.

London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1823. [5], viii-xvi, 502pp. Without half-title. Contemporary dark green morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. The first edition of Frances Jane Carey's (c.1754-1860) highly literate travelogue, recording her experiences touring post-Napoleonic France with her husband and young son. Carey, according to the publisher's advertisement, directs her attention 'chiefly to the habits, appearance, customs, dress, and conditions of her own sex'. She includes informative and entertaining observations on female education, governesses, dress for ladies, the extreme distress of the poor, and French booksellers who 'express no admiration for Mrs. Radcliffe's romances, and seem to wonder that we should find amusement in what excites the very unpleasurable sensation of fear'. . First edition. 8vo.