Early Manuscripts from Ariadne Books

London: Allen Lane, 2022. First edition, signed by the author on the title page. Hardback. 616pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are amongst the greatest works of European art and literature. We tend not to devote much thought to the countless men and women who made, collected and preserved them through… Read more about this item

London: Wm. Pickering for The Society of Antiquaries, 1842. First edition, 1842. Signed by William Morris on the front free endpaper. Label to front pastedoown "From the Library of Kelmscott House, Hammersmith". Hardback. xvi, 546pp plus publisher's ads at end. No jacket. Brown cloth binding with teal coloured boards and printed paper label to spine. This book offered… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson, 1973. Second printing, 1973. Hardback. Pages 1 - 26 (Preface and Introduction), plates and commentary unpaginated.Pubisher's red cloth with gilt to front and spine. Original slipcase with one of the illustrations pasted to front. Introduction and legends by Jean Longnon, Honorary Curator, Library, Institut de France and Raymond Cazelles, Librarian, Musee Conde. Preface ny Millard… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922. First edition issued in 1885. This a second edition dated 1922. Hardback. 80pp. (170mm x 115mm approx). This book is the first of a series of 'Reading Primers' intended to give extracts from the more important works of Old English literature in a convenient and easily accessible form. The texts are printed as found… Read more about this item

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1788. Paper covers. Quarto. Untrimmed paper (300 x 245mm approx.) with a simple string binding. iii, [1], 51pp. Front cover has "The Will of King Alfred" written in a contemporary hand. Following a preface and a brief introduction there follows a printed form of the Will in the original Old English (verso) with a parallel… Read more about this item

Birmingham?: University of Birmingham?, c1960. Proof copy of Eric Gerald Stanley. No copyright page present to give publication details. Hardback. 176pp (mostly printed one side only). Bound in blue cloth with E.G. Stanley and date in gilt to spine. The Latin text of the Lindisfarne Gospels has an Anglo-Saxon Gloss which is of major linguistic importance. This gives rise… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Subscribers and for the Philological and Early English Text Societies., 1883. First edition, 1883. Hardback. Folio. pp. [v], vi - xiv, [1], Facsimile pages with parallel modern printing numbered 1 - 28 by double page spread, p29 notes, followed by a full-page reprint of the prospectus for the book. The Epinal MS is one of the… Read more about this item

Bruges: The Saint Catherine Press Ltd, 1941. Limited edition of 400 copies, this being no. 112. Hardback. Folio. pp. [6], 7 - 20, followed by the unpaginated facsimile pages, all separated by tissue guards. Brown cloth binding with cream cloth covered boards. Printed labels to upper board and to spine. Original box for the book. The MS contains Aldhelm's… Read more about this item

Oxford: Printed for Presentation to the Members of The Roxburghe Club, 1968. Folio. [xii], 92pp. 4 full-page facsimiles of the complete document plus other sectional facsimiles within the text along with 2 pages of sketch maps. Publisher's original quarter morocco with gilt to spine and top edge gilt. The Will of Aethelgifu dates from the period 980 -990 -… Read more about this item

Bonn: Sumptibus P. Hanstein, 1929. First edition, 1929. Hardback. 13 pages of text followed by 54 plates. Brown cloth with gilt to upper board and spine. No jacket. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy.