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AUDEN, W[ystan] H[ugh].
Poems.
[Cincinatti: Elliston Poetry Foundation, University of Cincinnati, 1964]..
24mo. pp. 2 p.l., 37. tipped-in errata. A fine copy in brown cloth. Facsimile reprint of the copy held by the library. Only c45 copies of the original 1928 edition were printed.
$75 USD Book Number: dola93 Order / Enquire

AUDEN, W[ystan] H[ugh].
Secondary Worlds...The T.S.Eliot Memorial Lectures Delivered at Eliot College in the University of Kent at Canterbury, October, 1967.
London: Faber And Faber, [1968]..
8vo. pp. 144. Very good in light red cloth (cloth spotted). Very good dw. (lightly soiled). First Edition.
$75 USD Book Number: dola94 Order / Enquire

AUDEN, W[ystan] H[ugh].
Thank You, Fog Last Poems.
London: Faber And Faber, [1974]..
8vo. pp. 57. Fine in dark blue cloth-backed light blue bds. Fine dw. First Edition.
$100 USD Book Number: dola96 Order / Enquire

AUDEN, W[ystan] H[ugh].
The Dyer's Hand and other essays.
New York: Random House, [1962]..
8vo. pp. xii, [3], 527, [1]. A very good copy in turquoise cloth. dw. (spine of dw. darkened & ends little chipped). First Edition (precedes UK edition).
$100 USD Book Number: dola83 Order / Enquire

AUDEN, W[ystan] H[ugh].
The English Auden Poems, Essays and Dramatic Writings 1927-1939 Edited By Edward Mendelson.
London: Faber And Faber, [1977]..
8vo. pp. xxiii, [1 leaf], 469. A fine copy in black cloth. near fine dw. First Edition.
$50 USD Book Number: dola84 Order / Enquire

AUDEN, W[ystan] H[ugh].
The Old Man's Road.
New York: Voyages Press, 1956..
8vo. [ff. 12]. A fine copy in cream wrs. with dw. First Edition, Limited to 700 copies (plus 50 signed & numbered).
$75 USD Book Number: dola90 Order / Enquire

AUDEN, W[ystan] H[ugh].
The Shield Of Achilles.
New York: Random House, [1955]..
8vo. pp. 84. A fine copy in light brown cloth-backed black bds. Very good dw. (price-clipped, short tear to rear wr.). First Edition (precedes UK edition).
$85 USD Book Number: dola95 Order / Enquire

BAKER, David Erskine [1730-1767].
Biographia Dramatica; Or, A Companion To The Playhouse: Containing Historical and critical Memoirs, and original Anecdotes, Of British And Irish Dramatic Writers.And brought down to the end of November 1811, with very considerable Additions and Improvements throughout, by Stephen Jones.
London: Printed For Longman, Hurst, Rees., 1812..
3 Volumes (Vol. I in 2 Parts) bound in 4. 8vo. pp. lxxv, [1], 384; 1 p.l., 385-789, [1]; 2 p.l., 404; 2 p.l., 478. with half-titles. later sprinkled sheep (worn, covers of 3 volumes detached, scattered foxing & browning). Third Edition of Baker's Companion to the Play House (first: 1764). A second edition, extensively revised and updated by Isaac Reed, was issued in 1784. This third edition incorporates further additions to 1811 by Stephen Jones. In addition to biographies of dramatists, the work contains a critical and historical account of all of their plays. Lowe, Arnott & Robinson 33. NCBEL II 1802. Davies & Keeler 2280(n).
$250 USD Book Number: elala2374 Order / Enquire

BANKS, John [fl. 1696].
The Unhappy Favourite: Or The Earl of Essex. A Tragedy: Acted at the Theatre-Royal, By Their Majesties Servants.
London: Printed for Richard Bentley, 1693..
4to. pp. 4 p.l., 62, [2]. disbound (some worming to blank lower outer margins of last gatherings, closely trimmed with loss of catchword on C2r, some slight staining, but a good copy). Third Edition. The prologue and epilogue were written by John Dryden. Wing B665. NCBEL II 775. Macdonald 118c.
$400 USD Book Number: elala853 Order / Enquire

BARKER, Cicely Mary.
Groundsel And Necklaces.
London & Glasgow: Black & Son Limited, [nd]..
24mo. pp. 48. several pages of colour illus. bds (upper edge of spine rubbed). dw (corners rubbed). First Edition.
$125 USD Book Number: aly173 Order / Enquire

BASILE, Giovanni Battista [c1575-1632].
Il Pentamerone; Or, The Tale Of Tales, Being A Translation By The Late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., Of Il Pentamerone; Overo Lo Cunto De Li Cunte, Trattenemiento De Li Peccerille, Of Giovanni Battista Basile, Count Of Torone (Gian Alessio Abbattutis).
London: Henry And Co., 1893..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi, 282; vi, [283]-562. with half-titles. original cloth (covers of Vol. I bit spotted & short tear at head of spine repaired, foxing to outer leaves). First Edition of the English Translation by Sir Richard Burton [1821-1890]. Penzer pp. 155-56.
$350 USD Book Number: elala2014 Order / Enquire

BEAUMONT, Francis [1584-1616] & FLETCHER, John [1579-1625].
The Works. Revis'd and Corrected: With some Account of the Life and Writings of the Authors.
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1711..
7 Volumes. 8vo. 2 engraved frontis. portraits by Vertue & 52 engraved plates. woodcut ornaments, initials, & title vignettes. contemporary paneled calf (spines worn & chipped, labels wanting, joints cracked, 1 cover detached, some scattered light foxing). armorial bookplates of C.F.Stratton Reader & ownership entries of Eliza Lyddell (18th century) and Walter N.Lister (dated 1872). First Octavo Edition of the Collected Works, Edited by G.Langbaine. NCBEL I 1709. Stratman 365.
$1025 USD Book Number: EAUeBEAU53 Order / Enquire

BERRYMAN, John.
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet...With Pictures by Ben Shahn.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956..
8vo. pp. A near fine copy in pictorial bds. (ownership entry on front free-endpaper). Near fine dw. (slight wear to head of spine). First Edition.
$250 USD Book Number: dola139 Order / Enquire

[BICKERSTAFFE, Isaac] [d. 1812?].
Love in a Village; A Comic Opera: As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal In Covent-Garden. A New Edition.
London: Printed for J.Newbery; R.Baldwin..., 1767..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., ii, [7]-78, [2]table of songs. lacking half-title? engraved frontis. by Isaac Taylor. contemporary half calf (worn, joints cracked, scattered foxing & soiling, staining to frontis., marginal dampstains towards end). contemporary ownership entry of Poole Bathurst, dated 1775. cfNCBEL II 825. cfNicolls III p. 237. [BOUND WITH:] 3 other eighteenth century comic plays: (2) [BICKERSTAFFE, Isaac] [d. 1812?]. 'Tis Well it's no Worse: A Comedy... 8vo. pp. ix, 104. London: Printed for W.Griffin, 1770. First Edition. Prologue and epilogue by David Garrick. NCBEL II 825. (3) COLMAN, George [1732-1794]. The Man Of Business, A Comedy... 8vo. pp. vi, 76, [4]. London: Printed for T.Becket, 1774. First Edition. NCBEL II 813. (4) MURPHY, Arthur [1727-1805]. The School For Guardians. A Comedy... 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 88. London: Printed for P.Vaillant, 1767. First Edition. NCBEL II 852.
$400 USD Book Number: elala4940 Order / Enquire

BLACK, John [1777?-1825].
Life Of Torquato Tasso; With An Historical And Critical Account Of His Writings.
Edinburgh: Printed For John Murray, London, By James Ballantyne And Co., 1810..
2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 1 p.l., xxxviii, 404; vi, 508, [1]errata. 2 engraved frontis. portraits. engraved double portrait vignettes on titles. contemporary mottled calf (extremities worn, Vol. I covers detached, Vol. II joints split & holding by cords, one spine label wanting, foxing to portraits & outer leaves, last gathering in Vol. II browned, strip clipped from upper blank margin of Vol. I title). First Edition.
$200 USD Book Number: elala5607 Order / Enquire

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