Search Results: Authors starting with W from Lyppard Books

York and London: York: Thomas Wilson, High Ousegate. (and:) London: A.Millar et al, 1791. Full leather. Good. Two early examples of Walkingame's Tutor's Assistant; the 26th edition printed by A.Millar, London 1791; and Crosby's 'New Edition' printed in York, 1815. The London edition in original eighteenth century full leather, well worn and soiled, with an abundance of early ink inscriptions, lacking free endpapers and the folding frontispiece table, otherwise complete. The York edition complete with folding table, boards stained and somewhat warped, paper rather browned, early inscriptions to endpapers and early booksellers label to front pastedown ('Deighton, Bookseller and Stationer, 53 High Street, Worcester'). Two early working copies of this popular manual of arithmetic.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1832. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition (published 1832-38), octavo, three volumes; xii, 388; 409; 509pp. In contemporary half calf (lightly worn), spines divided into five compartments with gilt rolls and double fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively. Early ownership labels to front endpapers, neat early ink ownership names to head of each title page, early pencil ownership inscription to opening blank of volume three, half-titles present in all three volumes. Clean attractive copy in first edition of Warren's often macabre tales that have received considerable scholarly attention as a source for Edgar Allan Poe's works of mystery and the supernatural.

London: London: Printed for the author, by T. Collins, Harvey's Buildings, Strand; and published by C. Chapple, Pall-Mall., 1808. 1st Edition . Full leather. Good. First edition; four volumes; octavo. 194; 210; 219; 258, [ii]pp. In contemporary full tree calf (worn with relatively minor loss to extremities), flat spines divided into six compartments by gilt double fillets with gilt lettered spine labels in second compartments. Moderate dampstaining to rear board and opening and closing leaves of volume one, with neat repairs to damp damage on front board of volume one; half titles present in all volumes; original title pages missing and resupplied in good facsimile on matching antique paper. Early pencil ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers. Overall a very presentable copy of this Regency novel telling the tale of the trials and injustices set upon the heroine Alzylia and the struggles of her lover Leonilus to liberate her. Its florid style and the occasional deployment of gothic devices… Read More

Dublin: Dublin: Published by Marcus Moses, at his Piano-Forte, Harp, and Music warehouse, 4 & 5, Westmoreland Street., 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo; iv, [150 hymns, not paginated], viii, [164 hymns], xii, [5]pp. In recent full brown cloth with gilt spine title, new endpapers, original yellow free endpapers bound in (the front free endpaper bearing a contemporary owners inscription), owners inscription and two old ink stamps to first title page, occasional very light spots and browning, overall a clean and attractive copy complete with half title specifying this to be "Sequel to Weyman's Melodia Sacra - Hymns and Anthems - Bass". With bass clef musical notation for every hymn. This edition bears no date but its paper, typeface and inscriptions put it approximately between 1850 and 1860, and certainly no later than 1871.

Dublin: Dublin: Published by Marcus Moses, Proprietor of Weyman's Melodia Sacra, Piano-Forte, Harp, and Music warehouse, 4 & 5, Westmoreland Street, and 40 & 41, Fleet-Street., 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo; [vi], [314 hymns, not paginated], [1], [4]pp. In recent full brown cloth with gilt spine title, new endpapers, original opening blank bound in, bearing a contemporary owners inscription, owners inscription and two old ink stamps to title page, unobtrusive very light browning, overall a clean and attractive copy. This edition bears no date but its paper, typeface and inscriptions put it approximately between 1850 and 1860, and certainly no later than 1871.

London: London; Printed for Walker and Edwards, F. C. and J.Rivington... [et al], 1817. Full leather. Very Good. 24mo (5 x 3 inches); 211pp. In early nineteenth century full leather, blind rolls to board margins, gilt lettered black and green spine labels between blind-tooled panels, original marbled endpapers, engraved heraldic book plate of D C Browne to front pastedown, bookbinders ticket to rear pastedown ('Bound by T.Jen, Bookseller etc., Glocester'), light paper browning and occasion unobtrusive spotting, an attractive pocket edition of Williams' translations of these two popular novels.

London: London: Printed for John Bell, 1780. Half leather. Very Good. 12mo; 392pp. In contemporary eighteenth centiry half leather over marbled boards (somewhat worn with minor loss to extermities), gilt lettered red leather title label to spine, a few gathers misbound with slightly protruding fore-eges (but all still well bound in), complete with opening frontispiece, The Twins is derived from Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. A very good example.