Poetry from Bensons Antiquarian Books

J. Walker, 1813. Full-Leather. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Pocket sized full leather, the front cover is detached, the leather is rubbed. The text is complete, without the front endpaper, toning/light browning and marking to the pages. Gilt coat of arms on both covers (Heriot's Trust or George Heriot's, Edinburgh). With Locke's Conduct of Understanding… Read more about this item

Londion: J. Parsons, 1794. Half-Leather. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Half leather with marbled covers, the rear cover is detached, the front cover is held by the strings, chipping with leather loss on the spine. The text is complete. Pages; 140 / 81, III/ (4), XXIV, 67, (1). 3 works in 1- Essays by Dr.… Read more about this item

London: T. Cadell and W Davies, 1801. Full-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition, vol 3 is the 1809 6th edition, the other 3 are 1801. Pages; (6), VIII, 389, (1) / (4), XXIII, (1), 467, (1) / XII, 422 / XXIV, 415, (1). Portrait of Burns in Volume 1. Dimension; 222 by 145mm.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1821. Full-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete in 2 volumes. Pages; XIII, (2), 398 / (6), 408. Dimensions; 223 by 145mm. Full leather bindings, armorial bookplate of Robert Philips on the endpaper, marbled page edges and endpapers. Worn on the spines, leather cracking at the spine edges. volume 2 with leather… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendoniano / Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1958. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth binding, the covers are virtually unmarked. Some browning to the endpapers, light toning to the pages, some pencil annotations. Pages; XV, (1), 188, (2). Greek text, Latin preface.

Lipsiae / Leipzig.: Hahnii / Hahn., 1819. Full-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full leather binding, the rear cover is detached, the spine leather is dried and faded. Nice looking polished leather covers, the text is complete, the titles are browned, toning to the pages, the odd foxing spot. With a frontispiece and engraved title,… Read more about this item

Oxford: R. Bliss, 1807. Full-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lacks the spine leather, covers rubbed, front cover detached. The text is complete, repaired tear to 241/242(with some chipping to the fore-edge margin), foxing to the title, periodical browning in places. Pages; (2), 399, (17). Contains Juvenal's Satires books 10-16, and the Satires of Persius… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1910. Decorative Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Christy, Howard Chandler. / Armstrong, Margaret.. Decorative cloth binding, minimal marking to the covers. The front endpaper is removed, slight loosening to the front inner hinge and overpulled a bit in the centre, clean internally. Illustrated throughout, with 22 sheets of plates +… Read more about this item

Venezia: Pietro Bernardi, 1812. Half-Leather. Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Leather binding with marbled covers, and vellum corners on the covers for extra protection, nice looking gilt spine. The binding is in good order, the covers are rubbed. The text is complete, tidy internally, patchy browning to the title page, some foxing to the pages.… Read more about this item

Dublin: J. Cumming, 1824. Full-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Lacks a cover, the other cover is detached. Edge chip to the front endpaper, text complete, toning/light browning to the margins in places, title toned, margin chip 83. Pages; (2), 212, (2). Cumming's publishers list at the rear.

Oxford: Clarendoniano / Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1956. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark red cloth with dust jacket, the cloth with some faded patches at the edges, the hinges are in good order, the dust jacket in pretty good condition.The pages are toned, otherwise pretty clean. Pages; XXVIII, 43, (1). … Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendoniano / Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1962. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth binding with dust jacket, the cloth is in near very good condition, with minimal signs of wear. The dust jacket is darkened on the spine and around the cover edges. Clean internally, some toning to the… Read more about this item

Venezia: Palese, 1794. Full-Leather. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full leather binding with gilt spine, the front cover is detached. The text is complete, bright and tidy internally, minor marking. 240 pages, tomo 4 (of 4), retains the endpapers, original owners signature on the endpaper.

London: Edward Arnold, 1897. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth binding, faded mark around the outside of the front cover, otherwise in pretty good condition, the hinges are in good order. Bright internally, light browning to the endpapers and to the frontispiece tissue guard, some toning in a few places. Pages; X,… Read more about this item

Old Costessey.: Privately Printed ( By Martin Kinder, 1940. Soft cover. Good. Beige coloured card paper covers with black titling on the front cover. The staples on the spine are rusty. The pages are bright. 8 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932. Cloth. Good. Mid green coloured cloth binding, light marking to the cloth, a bit faded. Inner and outer hinges good. Bright and tidy internally, minor marking. Pages; (10), 129, (1). The translation of the Bucolics/or Eclogues and the Georgics, by Alexander Murison (born in New Deer, NE Scotland 1847-1934). Size: 8vo -… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906. Cloth. Good. Green cloth binding, patchy fading to the covers. The hinges are in good order, pulled slightly in the middle. Bright and tidy internally, toning to the endpapers. Pages; XXX, (2), 44. Signature of Adeline A Cameron, Oxford 1906, on the endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Hodder & Stoughton., 1910. Hardcover. Good. Grey hardcover with colour illustration of Scott on the front cover with red titling above and below, gilt decor. Some darkening to the covers, repair to the middle of the spine at the rear edge. Hinges are secure. Rather nice pictorial endpapers (shadow scene of water and trees). 6 sheets of… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Fraser, Asher & Co., 1912. Hardcover. Good. Blue cloth binding, marking and darkening to the covers, fading on the spine. The binding is pulled a bit in the middle but secure. Marking to the pages. 8 plates including frontispiece. Pages; (2), XVI, 260. WIlliam Miller born in 1850 in Stirling, died in Glasgow in 1929. Size: 8vo… Read more about this item

Great Britain: The Dock Leaves Press, 1963. Soft cover. Good. A staple-bound booklet in good+ condition. Minor marking and rubbing to covers. Inscription inside front cover, signed by the author on the title page, otherwise clean internally, binding is good and secure. 23 pages. No publishing date, inscription is dated 1971. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item