Bröderna Lagerström Boktryckare; Daniel Fallstrom Fonden 1920
Fascinating volume featuring early photographs of Stockholm by the acclaimed photographer Goodman. Accompanied by relevant poetry and prose by a variety of contributers in Swedish, plus music with lyrics by Fallstrom. Published in aid of the Daniel Fallstrom [more...]
The extant literary works of Callimachus in the original greek with a translation into Latin by Bonaventura Vulcanius with annotations and index. Together with the bucolic poetry of Moschus of Syracuse and Bion of Smyrna. Callimachus is perhaps best remember [more...]
'A treatise on ancient painting, containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the greeks and romans. The High opinion which the great men of antiquity had of it, its connection to poetry and philosophy and the use that may b [more...]
Ambitiously produced edition of Milton's epic poem, begun by the Richter brothers in 1794 but completed and published in 1796. With twelve splendid engraved plates and twelve engraved headpieces done by Henry James Richter to accompany each book of Paradise L [more...]
Pickering's Diamond Classics edition of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. In the original ancient greek, printed in 'diamond type' - 'the smallest ever printed'. A pioneering series that produced classic texts in a compact form with a tiny yet still legible (to tho [more...]
Scarce translation of the Rubaiyat done by Johnson, from the Lucknow manuscript. Contains 762 quatrains done in a poetic, rhyming style similar to Fitzgerald but aiming to accurately convey the original meaning. It was common to attribute such quatrains to [more...]
Splendid full leather binding of Masefield's popular narrative poem describing the antics of a vulpine trickster. With b/w and colour illustrations by G. D. Armour. Rebound by Best and Co. Full polished leather with fox head gilt decoration to spine. Raise [more...]
Charming special edition of Shakespeare's Works, bound in publisher's lambskin with decorative floral design to spines. With introductory essays and glossary. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Frontis-portraits. Small 8vo. (185x135mm) light marking and scratch [more...]
Handsome fine leather binding of Scott's epic historical poem concerning the Battle of Flodden Field. Featuring photographic plates. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-paper [more...]
Rather nice divinity style leather binding of Percy's famous collection of old Ballads, poetry and songs culled from a variety of sources including Pepys' Library and the mysterious Percy Folio. First published in 1765. Full leather with elaborate blind-stamp [more...]
The first six volumes of the Tauchnitz copyright edition of Tennyson's collected works (bound as three[two subsequent volumes were published in 1872]). Including The Idylls of the King, Maud, Ulysses, In Memorandum, Enoch Arden, The Holy Grail and poems. Hal [more...]
The collected poetical works of Lord Byron, complete in one volume, including The Childe Harold's pilgrimmage, Don Juan etc. Printed in double columns with an engraved frontisportrait and title page plus 9 illustrations, plus a facsimile reproduction of lett [more...]
Splendid edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with eight colour illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. Printed over decorated pages. With Dust jacket with tipped in illustration. White cloth with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Fore edge uncut. 12mo. 127pp [more...]
Special limited edition half leather binding of the selected poems of Ronsard. Recueillies Sur Un Plan Nouveau Et Annotées Par Pierre de Nolhac. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 249. Text IN FRENCH. Edition limitee a mille exemplaires numero [more...]
The collected works of Calverley with a biographical notice by Walter Joseph Sendall, his contemporary at Cambridge. Contains the popular poems Beer and an Ode to Tobacco. Splendid half leather binding done by Hatchards. With gilt decoration to spine. Top e [more...]
Neat quarter leather binding of the Everyman edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, plus his poems. Reprinted editions from 1929, 1931 and 1932. Blue leather with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Rubbing to leather at top [more...]
'Printed from the original editions with a life of the author by A. Chalmers'. Handsome full leather binding of Milton's works, done by Bickers and son. Tissue guarded frontisportrait of the author. Decorated initials and devices throughout. Red leather wit [more...]
Terrific limited edition volume of the thirty pastoral and mythologically themed poems originally attributed to Theocritos, though some are now thought to be the work of other authors. With b/w woodcuts by Lionel Ellis and an introduction by Edward Hutton. 4t [more...]
Elegant tree-calf, leather binding of Austin's appreciation of the poetry of his peers, written in 1870 prior to becoming his becoming Poet Laureate in 1896. Contains essays on Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Algernon Swinburne and more. With raised b [more...]
Special limited edition of Masefield's collection of poetry. Featuring A letter from Pontus, an extended piece on Ovid's exile to Tomi. Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 55. Quarter Vellum with decorative paper. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough [more...]
