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Fallen Stars [Poems]
by Symans, Edward A.
London: Poets' and Painters' Press, 1961. First edition. 56pp. 8vo. Stiff printed wrappers. Extremities of covers are lightly rubbed, else a near fine, bright, copy. First edition. 56pp. 8vo. In addition to his own poems, this collection includes poems by Leopold Staff and Julian Tuwim (translated by Edward A. Symans, from the original Polish). Inscribed by... Read More
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The Stately Game
by Symington, James W.
New York: Macmillan, 1971. First edition. Illustrated. 256 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Russet cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket with light wear. In quarter green morocco slipcase with chemise. First edition. Illustrated. 256 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the flyleaf by Symington, former U.S. Chief of Protocol, "To Jane [Engelhard], whose beauty, generosity, and gentle strength have... Read More
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The Brotherton Library. A Catalogue of ancient Manuscripts and early printed books, collected by Edward Allen Baron Brotherton of Wakefield
by Symington, John Alexander, compiler
leeds: Printed for Private Circulation, 1931. First edition. With portrait frontispiece, colored plate and illustrations throughout. xv, 300 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth. Fine. First edition. With portrait frontispiece, colored plate and illustrations throughout. xv, 300 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed to Arthur Swann 31/3/31.
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Light gives light, to light discover – "Ad infinitum." ... To all the world! I declare the earth is hollow, and habitable within; containing a number of solid concentrick spheres, one within the other, and that it is open at the poles 12 or 16 degrees; I pledge my life in support of this truth, and am ready to explore the hollow, if the world will support and aid me in the undertaking
by Symmes, John Cleves
Saint Louis, Missouri Territory, 1818. 1p. Without the blank leaf for address. Signed by Symmes, “Jno. Cleves Symmes”. 1 vols. 4to. Usual folds. Docketed on verso, “recd 14th Novr”. 1p. Without the blank leaf for address. Signed by Symmes, “Jno. Cleves Symmes”. 1 vols. 4to. The original signed broadside proposing an expedition to the Hollow Earth led by... Read More
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The Quest for Corvo. An Experiment in Biography
by Symons, A. J. A.
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1934. First edition. 4 illustrations. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket. Bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel. First edition. 4 illustrations. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Woolf B14
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A Player of Games. [In:] The Saturday Book 4. Edited by Leonard Russell
by (Symons, A.J.A) Symons, Julian
[London]: Hutchinson, 1944. First edition. Illustrations by Leonard Scarfe, and photographs. With 14 color illustrations. 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine in about very good dust jacket (some scuffs and soiling, wear along front flap fold). Two bookplates of George Sims. First edition. Illustrations by Leonard Scarfe, and photographs. With 14 color illustrations. 288 pp. 1... Read More
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The Quest for Corvo. An Experiment in Biography
by Symons, A. J. A.
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1934. First edition. 4 illustrations. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine gilt, top edge red. Fine copy in remains of dust jacket (trimmed, with loss of ornamental borders). First edition. 4 illustrations. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The classic biography of Corvo (Frederick Rolfe). Woolf B14
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Two Autograph Letters, signed (“Arthur Symons”) to John Quinn, November 27-29, 1919, and October 19, 1920, acknowledging Quinn’s liberality and patronage
by Symons, Arthur
Queen’s Gardens, Hyde Park, London, 1920. Each letter 4 pages, with Received stamp of Quinn’s office on first page. 8vo. Old folds. Fine. Each letter 4 pages, with Received stamp of Quinn’s office on first page. 8vo. Substantial letters from Arthur Symons to New York lawyer John Quinn, the great collector and patron of literature. Symons (1865-1945), was... Read More
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William Blake
by Symons, Arthur
London: Archibald Constable and Company Ltd, 1907. First edition. xviii, [ii], 433, [3] pp. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, near fine. Small private library shelf label on front pastedown. First edition. xviii, [ii], 433, [3] pp. 8vo. Inscribed by the author: “‘The serpent was cast out of Paradise,’ and became Blake. This is all about him.... Read More
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From Catullus: Chiefly Concerning Lesbia
by Symons, Arthur
London: Martin Secker, 1924. First edition, one of 200 signed by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original cloth, t.e.g. Very good. First edition, one of 200 signed by the author. 1 vols. 4to.
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On Polish Jews and Others
by Symons, Arthur (1865-1945)
9 holograph pages, Signed at end by the author some paragraphs deleted in their entirety (and not in the typed text) & 4 page transcript annotated of text w/o deleted paragraph. 4to. Minor wear. 9 holograph pages, Signed at end by the author some paragraphs deleted in their entirety (and not in the typed text) & 4 page... Read More
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An Introduction to the Study of Browning
by Symons, Arthur
London: Cassell & Company, Limitrd, 1886. First edition, with ads dated 7/86. 215, [16, ads]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. A Very good copy with tipped in miscellania. First edition, with ads dated 7/86. 215, [16, ads]pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Mes Souvenirs
by Symons, Arthur
Eure, France: The Hours Press, 1929. First edition, #39 of 200 numbered copies signed by Arthur Symons. pp. [ii], 43. 8vo. Original brown boards. Spine is lightly tanned, moderate bump at base of spine, rubbed at extremities, else a very good copy, with the text fresh and clean. First edition, #39 of 200 numbered copies signed by Arthur... Read More
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The Suffolk Sportsman : Shewing the nature of the various kinds of dogs in use for the gun and net, with the most rational and perfect method of training and breaking them together with ... instructions to young sportsmen ... Containing also other matters of great nicety and utility in the Sporting way
by Symonds, B[arnabas]
London: Thomas Gosden, Sportsman's Repository, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1825. First edition, with half-title thus. Actually the Third edition of A Treatise on Field Diversions. [4], 152 pp. Frontispiece engraving of hunting dog. [iv], 152 pp. Johnson Typ., Brook St., Holborn. 8vo. Half morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g., by Stikeman, t.e.g., rest uncut. First edition, with half-title thus.... Read More
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The Suffolk Sportsman : Shewing the nature of the various kinds of dogs in use for the gun and net, with the most rational and perfect method of training and breaking them together with ... instructions to young sportsmen ... Containing also other matters of great nicety and utility in the Sporting way
by Symonds, B[arnabas]
London: Thomas Gosden, Sportsman's Repository, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1825. First edition thus. Actually the Third edition of A Treatise on Field Diversions. With five small cuts of Bewick illustrations tipped in to back of frontispiece. Frontispiece engraving of hunting dog. [iv], 152 pp. Johnson Typ., Brook St., Holborn. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century full tan calf, marbled endsheets.... Read More
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Verses. [Edited by his son J.A. Symonds]
by Symonds, John Addington, M.D.
Printed for Private circulation Only, 1871. First. Edition of the author's first book. 100pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, original spine laid down. First. Edition of the author's first book. 100pp. 8vo.
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The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. Translted into English by … With Essays on Italian Impromptu Comedy, Gozzi’s Life, the Dramatic Fables, and Pietro Longhi by the Translator
by Symonds, John Adington
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. No. 180 of 210 copies thus, with the seven etchings in duplicate. With portrait and six original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, also 11 subjects illustrating Italian comedy by Maurice Sand, engraved on copper by A. Manceau, and colored by hand. [xvi], 371; 379 pp. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Half maroon over green cloth, gilt... Read More
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Wine, Women and Song Medieval Latin Students' Songs. Now First translated Into English Verse With An Essay by John Addington Symonds
by Symonds, John Addington
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First Edition, #42 of 50 Large Paper Copies. 183, [1]pp. Large 4to (11 x 8-1/4 inches. Vellum soine and boards, paper spine label, chipped. First Edition, #42 of 50 Large Paper Copies. 183, [1]pp. Large 4to (11 x 8-1/4 inches. Dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson, “in memory of past symposia, when wit (your... Read More
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New and Old: A Volume of Verse
by Symonds, John Addington
London: Smith, Elder, 1880. First Edition. 248pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters brown morocco, t.e.g. First Edition. 248pp. 8vo.
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Walt Whitman. A Study
by Symonds, John Addington
London: John C. Nimmo, 1893. First trade edition. Frontispiece portrait and four other plates. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine. First trade edition. Frontispiece portrait and four other plates. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Symonds ground-breaking study of Whitman, and in particular Chapter V, which treats of Whitman's "Love of comrades" (pp. 67-85) as revealed in Calamus... Read More
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The Escorial. A Prize Poem, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860
by Symonds, John Addington
Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860. First Edition. 16pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Covers dust soiled, with dark soiling on back cover slightly affecting the last two pages of text, two-inch tear on back cover, with a few tiny creased edge tears; a good copy of a fragile pamphlet. First Edition. 16pp. 1 vols. 8vo. CBEL III: 1501 ... Read More
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The Broken Penny
by Symons, Julian
New York: Harper & Row, 1953. First American edition. [x], 243, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Near fine in very good dust jacket (wear at ends of spine panel and along front flap fold). Two bookplates of George Sims. First American edition. [x], 243, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to antiquarian... Read More
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Bogue’s Fortune
by Symons, Julian
New York: Harper & Row, 1957. First American edition (published in London as The Paper Chase). [vi], 209, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Near fine in very good dust jacket (scuffs at spine ends). Two bookplates of George Sims. First American edition (published in London as The Paper Chase). [vi], 209, [2] pp. 1 vols.... Read More
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The Immaterial Murder Case
by Symons, Julian
London: Gollancz, 1948. First cheap edition, May 1948 (second impression of the first edition, originally published in October 1945). 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Textblock toned as usual. Very good in very good dust jacket. With two bookplates of George Sims. First cheap edition, May 1948 (second impression of the first edition, originally published in October... Read More
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The Man Who Killed Himself
by Symons, Julian
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1967. First edition, uncorrected advance proofs. 223 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red wrapper with printed label. Very good. Bookplate of George Sims. First edition, uncorrected advance proofs. 223 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Keating notes “But part at least of The Man Who Killed Himself is that straightforward satire on suburban... Read More
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