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The life of Sir Isaac Newton.
London: John Murray, 1831. 8vo. xvi, [i], 366 pp. including appendix. FIRST EDITION. With a frontispiece portrait of Newton by Sir G. Kneller and W. C. Edwards, an engraving of the birth-place of Newton on title by S. Williams, numerous text illustrations. Original printed boards, part of The Family Library..... More
The life of Sir Isaac Newton.
London: John Murray, 1831. 8vo. xvi, [i], 366 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton, woodcut vignette on title, text illustrations and diagrams. Contemporary moire over boards with gilt floral design on corners, gilt edges; rebacked. Possibly from the library of Elizabeth Jones [Soyer], the English portrait artist, with..... More
Memoirs of the life, writings, and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
Edinburgh: Thomas Constable and Co., 1855. Two volumes. 8vo. Large 8vo. xx, [ii], 478; xi, [i], 564 pp., including index, plus 5 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece in each volume plus 8 additional text woodcuts and engravings; without the half-titles. Publisher’s cloth; foxing to both frontispieces, otherwise a very..... More
Achilles in Scyros.
London: Geo. Bell & Sons, 1892. 12mo. 68, [2] pp. Second edition. Complete with half-title. Original cream-coloured boards; top edges gilt, uncut and partially unopened. Second edition. This play made its first appearance as “No. 5" in Eight plays, which was originally issued in parts. Two small text corrections, and..... More
Collected essays, papers &c. of Robert Bridges.
London: Oxford University Press, 1927, 1930, 1929, 1930. 5 volumes in 4. 8vo. vii, [iii], 29; [iv], 31-55, [3], 59-70; [iv], 71-171, [1]; xiii, [i], 171-201, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Title and half-title to each volume. Cloth-backed boards with paper labels; an uncut copy. First edition of Volumes 1 &..... More
Eden an oratorio by Robert Bridges, set to music by C.V. Stanford.
London: Geo Bell & Sons, 1891. 12mo. 40 pp. First edition, limited issue. White boards. Uncut. Small bookbinder’s label to rear paste-down. Complete with numbering certificate tipped-in to front fly-leaf. First edition, limited issue. This copy is numbered 1 of 110 printed. More
Eros and Psyche.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1894. 12mo. [vi], 170, [ii] pp., including half-title. Second edition. Original publisher’s cloth, decorated in blind and gilt; fly-leaves foxed, otherwise clean. Uncut. Second edition. The revised version of Bridges’ translation of Apulrius first issued in 1885. True to Bridges’ colourful views on the English..... More
The growth of love.
Portland: Thomas B. Mosher, 1894. 8vo. xxxvii, [iii], 79, [5] pp. Half blue morocco and marbled boards, title in gilt to spine; fly-leaves and half-title browned, some occasional interior spotting. An uncut and unopened copy from the library of G.S. Terence Cavanagh with his bookplate. This Mosher reprint was made..... More
New verse written in 1921 by Robert Bridges poet laureate with the other poems of that year and a few earlier pieces.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925. 12mo. viii, [ii], 88, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cream paper boards, decorated in blind, title in gilt to top cover and spine, spine and boards lightly soiled; some light occasional spotting. An uncut and partially unopened copy with a TLS laid in. First edition. Includes..... More
Poetical works of Robert Bridges.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1898; 1899; 1901; 1902; 1902; 1905. Six volumes. 8vo. [iv], 292; 300; [iv], 264; [iv], 305, [5]; [iv], 296, [4]; [iv], 282, [6] pp. FIRST EDITION. Titles within decorative engraved border. Original blue cloth, title and author in gilt on spines. Uncut, and Volumes 3-6..... More
Prometheus the firegiver.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. 12mo. [iv], 66, [2] pp. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Original two-tone cloth, title in gilt on spine, covers worn; title and verso of colophon browned, some light spotting to end-papers, top edges gilt, uncut. First trade edition, which follows the privately printed edition of 1883..... More
S.P.E. tract No. 11 on English homophones.
[Oxford]: Clarendon Press, 1919. 8vo. 48 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, detached. THE COMING DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. First edition. Bridges, along with Henry Bradley and Walter Raleigh, founded the Society for Pure English in 1919 to help prevent what they saw as the destruction of the English..... More
The shorter poems of Robert Bridges.
London: Geo. Bell & Sons, 1891. 12mo. [iv], 91 pp. Second edition. Original maroon cloth, paper spine label; uncut. From the libraries of G.S. Terence Cavanagh, and John and Margaret Mackail, with their bookplates, small ownership inscription to fly-leaf. Second edition. More
The testament of beauty. A poem in four books by Robert Bridges poet laureate.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929. 12mo. [viii], 192 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cream-coloured boards, decorated in blind with title in gilt to top cover and spine, in the original dust jacket (slightly soiled and with a few minor repairs). Aside from some small tears to half-title and title (carelessly opened) and..... More
The testament of beauty. A poem in four books.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1930. 4to. [viii], 175 pp. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With frontispiece and publisher’s note tipped in at end of text. Original white cloth, title in gilt to top cover, in original dust-jacket. An uncut and partially unopened copy. First American edition. Published in the year of..... More
A tract on the present state of English pronunciation.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. 8vo. 76 pp. Second edition. With 1 folding plate. Original brown paper boards, slightly worn and soiled, title in gilt to top cover and spine; top edges gilt, uncut. Second edition of Bridges’ delightful treatise on the degraded state of English language phonetics, where he presents..... More
Mosses.
Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1877. 8vo. 87 pp. FIRST EDITION. Wood-engraved head- and tailpieces. Green cloth, title in gilt on cover, gilt edges. Ownership inscription on fly-leaf: “Mrs. A. M. Weeks, a present from Mrs. J.O. Evans Jr., July 22, 1885.”. First edition of a group of the author’s..... More
The nature of physical theory
New York: Dover Publications, 1936. 8vo. [vi], 138 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth; a few annotations in pen and pencil. With the bookplate of Arnold Thackray. First edition. This work is an expansion of three lectures that the author gave at Princeton in 1935, considered a follow-up to his acclaimed..... More
Guatemala. The land of the quetzal.
New York: Charles Scribner, 1887. 8vo. xv, [i], 453 pp., including half-title, plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue. First Edition. With frontispiece, 25 full-page plates, 5 maps (3 folding), and numerous text illustrations. Green illustrated and gilt cloth, gilt spine, corners bumped; text is clean and bright. An excellent copy with the..... More
Conquest of the southern plains
Oklahoma City: Golden Saga Publishers, 1938. 8vo. 323, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Red cloth with author and title on spine in gilt lettering. Original illustrated dust jacket, worn, torn on the spine; interior excellent. Signed by the author. First edition of this work attacking both Custer, Sheridan and the United..... More
A trooper with Custer, and other historic incidents of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Columbus, Ohio: The Hunter-Trader-Trapper Co., 1926. 12mo. 214 pp., plus 8 pages of publisher’s advertisements. SECOND EDITION. With numerous photographic illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, illustration of Custer on the front cover; interior excellent. Presentation copy from the author to E.W. Countryman, with a manuscript note by Countryman on the paste-down indicating..... More
American hero myths. A study in the native religions of the western continent.
Philadelphia: H.C. Watts & Co., 1882. 8vo. 252 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s green cloth, gilt design on front, a bit frayed at corners; interior very good. First edition of this study of the gods and religious myths of Native American and South American people. Included are chapters on the hero-gods..... More
The advancement of science: 1922. Addresses delivered at the 90th annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
London: John Murray, 1922. 8vo. [ii], 15, [1]; 9, [1]; 24; 30; 15, [1]; 12; 27, [1]; 17, [1]; 14; 15, [1]; 14; 11, [1]; 15, [1]; 34 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, slightly soiled, spine rubbed but in good condition; from the library of Arnold Thackray with his..... More
List of New South Wales members.
Sydney: D.S. Ford, 1914. 8vo. 51 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers, stapled as issued; excellent condition. From the library of Arnold Thackray with his bookplate. A printed list of all members active in the New South Wales region, including donors and those who served on various committees. The purpose of..... More