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London: Printed for R. Triphood, 1810, 1810. First complete edition, preceded by the first edition of 1784; in 1795 there was a second edition that both added and subtracted material; this 1810 edition restores the original text of 1784, the additions of 1795 and adds two parts with new material. NCBEL II, 1764; Bronson, Joseph Ritson, Scholar-at-Arms, pages 756-57. Paper with scattered light browning; a fine copy with wide margins.. 8vo, modern dark purple morocco by Philip Dusel, gilt decorations and lettering. A collection of famous children's rhymes, first compiled by Joseph Ritson in 1784. Ritson (1752-1803) the antiquary was interested in the "folklore of the nursery" (Bronson) and brought together 75 rhymes in Gammer Gurton, based in part on the famous Mother Goose's Melody, also published in 1784, but there are several well known rhymes in Gammer Gurton not in Mother Goose, including "London Bridge is Broken Down," "There was an old woman, she liv'd in a shoe," "The Man in the Moon came… Read More

London: Printed for Humfrey Lownes, 1595, 1595. The first edition as edited by Gervase Markham; revised from the first edition of 1486. STC 3314; ESTC S103621; NCBEL I, 689 (Berners) & 2011 (Markham). Rust holes affecting a few letters in two words on O1; repair to the margin of Dd2; small holes affecting a few words also on Dd2; final leaf of text, Dd3, torn away, removing the blank portion and the letters "thority" in the word authority, the last word of the text; the blank portion has been replaced; lacking the final blank; some light damp-staining; very good copy, with generous margins.. Small 4to, three parts in one, modern reddish-brown morocco, blind rules and lettering. 116 woodcuts of arms. Two preliminary blanks present, the second with the signature mark "A"; medial blanks, L3 & L4, present; lacking the final blank, D4. A famous 15th-century courtesy book and instructional manual on hunting, hawking and coats of arms, traditionally attributed to Dame Juliana Berners (fl. 1460), a nun at… Read More

Wien und Prag: Berlag von F. Tempsky, 1899, 1899. A second or later printing (possibly edition); the first was published in Leipzig and dated 1898. Paper a little browned, but supple; cloth slightly worn; very good copy.. 8vo, original decorated tan cloth, black lettering. Portrait and one plate. A German edition of the second part of Little Women, published in English for use in schools, with a seven-page introduction about Alcott in German by Professor Adolf Müller. This was issued in the series Freytags Sammlung französischer und englischer Schriftsteller. The front endpapers contain advertisements for other titles in the series. Stamp on the title-page of the Lehrer-Bücherei, an educational bookshop. Rare: OCLC lists four copies in all for the four printings (editions) it records.

London: Printed for the Author, 1808; London: Printed by W. and T. Darton, 1808; London: Printed for the Author, 1809, 1808. First editions of the first two titles; second edition of the third. NCBEL III, 387; Wise and Wheeler, pages 30-32; Partridge, Robert Eyres Landor, His Life and Work, pages 32-35. Binding and label a little rubbed; very good copy.. 3 vols in 1, 12mo and 8vo, 19th century half vellum, marbled paper boards and matching endpapers, red morocco spine label, gilt decorations and lettering. Second volume without half-title; otherwise with half-titles as called for; volumes one and three with the corriendas; volume three with the terminal leaf "To a Certain Provincial Bookseller.". In 1808, Robert Eyres Landor (1781-1869), the younger brother of Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), did as many young aspiring and struggling writers have done and sharpened his developing literary pen with an anonymous poetical satire. His target was the influential literary figure Samuel Parr and his… Read More