Literature And Literary Criticism from Zetetic Books

Oxford: W. Baxter for Law and Whittaker, 1816. [3], vi-xiv, [3], 2-205pp, [1]. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards, smooth back divided into six panels by black calf onlays, second panel lettered directly with title, panels one, four, and six with drawer handle style tools, and the remaining panels with small drawer handle tools and two palmettes, with… Read more about this item

London: James Cochrane and Co., 1832. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [4], ii, [1], 2-307pp and Volume Two - [5], 2-344pp. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed to extremities, front board of volume one slightly sprung where first signature has… Read more about this item

London: James Cochrane and Co., 1832. [5], viii-x, [1], 2-336pp. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities. Light off setting from frontispiece on to title, very occasional and very light foxing to text, generally quite bright and clean. Armorial bookplate of Sir… Read more about this item

London: James Cochrane and Co., 1831. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [5], viii-xxiii, [2], 2-454pp and Volume Two - [5], 2-448pp. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities, very slightly chipped to head caps. Internally an occasional hint of foxing,… Read more about this item

London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. [5], vi-xxxvi, [1], 2-403pp, [1]. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities. The portrait frontispiece and title are lightly foxed, occasional spots of foxing to text, but generally fairly bright and clean. Armorial bookplate of Sir William… Read more about this item

London: James Cochrane and Co., 1831. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [5], 2-422pp and Volume Two - [5], 2-448pp. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities. Light foxing and off setting to frontispiece and title, very occasional and very light… Read more about this item

London: James Cochrane and Co., 1832. Two works in one volume - [5], ii-viii, [3], 2-168pp; [5], 2-243pp, [1]. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities. Light off setting from frontispiece on to title, frontispiece and title lightly foxed, very occasional and… Read more about this item

London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [5], ii-lxiv, [1], 2-327pp, [1] and Volume Two - [5], 2-324pp. Contemporary half morocco, smooth back, with title and running title inside an attractive frame to spine, marbled sides, edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities. Internally an occasional hint of foxing, offsetting from frontispiece on to title,… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1885. [9], x-xi, [6], 2-350pp, [2], slightly later, full straight grain morocco, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered direct to second panel, with illustrator to third, each with volute corner pieces, remaining panels with central floral spray, volute and flower head corner pieces and small roundels and stars, date to foot, all in gilt, covers… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xv, [1], 246pp, original buckram in DJ. Bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1929. [4], 496pp, [8], original blue cloth in DJ. DJ spine lightly browned and dulled, chipped to head of spine, top edge of upper panel and corners with some loss, several small nicks and tears. Internally lightly browned but generally clean. Large gift inscription to ffep. First published in six parts, here published together. First Thus.… Read more about this item

London: Wm. Reeves [8], 117pp, [3], original cloth, n.d. c.1895? Slightly rubbed to extremities, hint of damp staining to top edge of pastedowns, but otherwise quite bright and clean. Birth control advocacy with Malthusian overtones. The women go on strike, "they say that the chains which have bound them for unnumbered ages, although artfully garlanded with flowers and called by… Read more about this item

London: The Clarion Press, 1901. vi, 284pp, original cloth, title in gilt to spine, author bugle device and publisher blocked in black to spine, title and bugle device blocked in black to upper cover. Spine faded, chipped to head of spine, corners rubbed, text block slightly loose but holding, minor staining to contents leaf from a cut-out plane and soldier… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930. [6], 124pp, original cloth in DJ. DJ chipped to spine ends with a couple of small nicks and tears, rubbed. Endpapers browned, otherwise internally bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. xiii, [3], 229pp, [1], original buckram in DJ. DJ spine slightly faded, otherwise quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1941. xv, [1], 328pp, original cloth in DJ. DJ spine slightly faded, rubbed to extremities, slightly soiled generally, some light foxing, light scoring to lower panel. Covers lightly foxed to edges and spine, very light foxing to fore-edge of text block, internally quite bright and clean. First published in 1937, this is the reissue in 'The… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. Two volumes complete - Volume One - iv, 306pp, [2] and Volume Two - iv, 300pp. Original blindstamped cloth with central arabesque, original primrose endpapers, gilt to spines, bound by Bone and Son with their ticket to rear pastedowns. Volume one has been rebacked, with the slightly chipped original spine laid on, spines slightly faded,… Read more about this item

Valencia: Grant and Cutler, 1988. 375pp, [1], original cloth in DJ. DJ spine slightly browned, slightly soiled, internally bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good+. 8vo.

Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000. xi, [1], 158pp, original boards in DJ. DJ spine very slightly faded, otherwise quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2000. xii, [2], 249pp, [1], original printed boards. Externally very good indeed, internally bright with pencilled notes to margins throughout by Dr Elspeth Kennedy (the noted medievalist). First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.