Alaric Watts Editor (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. 6" x 4". xiv + 306pp + 10 steel eng plates + 2pp publishers catalogue. Scattered foxing. Front hinge weak. Good hardback in later, but not recent, green, full morocco with gilt lettering.

12mo, pp. [i-vii] viii-ix [x-xi] xii-xiii [xiv-xv] xvi [1] 2-344, flyleaves at front and rear, frontispiece and eleven other inserted plates, original full green diced leather, spine panel stamped in gold, front and rear panels stamped in blind, a.e.g., yellow coated endpapers. First edition. Contributors include Mary Howitt, William Howitt and Miss Mitford. Faxon 1566. Wolff 7813e. Hairline crack along inner front hinge, most plates and tissue guards show som foxing or darkening, still a sound, good copy. (#136026).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Quarter black leather cover with beige boards is scuffed, lightly soiled, caps are lightly worn, corners are frayed but cover is in fair condition. Boards and spine are straight. Severe damage to front gutter but binding is otherwise tight. Lacking front end sheet. Writing in pencil on rear paste down, scribbling in pencil on title page and several other pages. Pages have light foxing or soiling, are lightly toned and in good condition.

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with discoloration from tape at head of second leaf. Watts's handwriting is not easily legible. The male recipient of the letter is not named. In reply to a letter received the previous Friday, Watts assures him that 'the earnest desire of Mrs. Watts and myself' is 'to promote by every means in our power the comfort and happiness of your daughter, and we are not without hope that we shall succeed in achieving what we wish.' Watts will be in London the following Thursday and Friday, 'and can, without the slightest inconvenience wait upon you in Trafalgar Square at any hour (morning or evening) that you may be the most likely to be disengaged'. He has 'promised to dine with the Royal Marines at Chatham on Saturday'. The letter ends with a discussion of the 'medium of conveyance' for certain 'articles of furniture', with Watts stating, 'I should wish Miss V. to bring any thing of the kind that she may desire to bring. There is not the shadow of an objection'. A line under the signature is illegible. Included with this item is a worn copy of the original engraved portrait of Watts (by Daniel Maclise), captioned 'The Editor of "The Literary Souvenir"', from Fraser's Magazine, June 1835.

12mo. xiv, 306pp, 2pp publisher's advert, 10 steel-engraved plates with tissue-guards Contemporary full green morocco gilt, aeg. Front board lightly 'ringed', publisher's advert leaf torn w/o loss.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. On the front cover of a 12 x 7 cm envelope, from which the seal has been torn away on the reverse. Otherwise in very good condition. A pleasing piece of calligraphy, with the word 'Private' centred and underlined at the head, and the address to 'The Honble. Spencer Ponsonby. / Foreign Office' across the central band, with the signature at bottom left: 'Alaric Watts.' See Image.

pp. xvi, 344. Frontis, 11 plates. 12mo in 6s. Full roan, all edges gilt, head & tail of spine rubbed. Rear hinge tender internally. Includes Sketches of Modern Poets by Watts - Wordsworth; Campbell; Coleridge; Lamb. Faxon 1566. The date has been erased from the title page but the pagination matches that of a dated copy on The Library Hub.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. (BBTI has John Andrews with bookshop and circulating library at 167 New Bond Street from before 1831 to 1857.) 1p, 12mo. Addressed on reverse of second leaf for delivery by hand ('wait') to 'Mr Wauchope / at Mr Andrews' / 167. New Bond St.'. In good condition, lightly aged, with unobtrusive central spike hole (for business correspondence) through both leaves. Reads: 'Dear Sir / Be so good as send me the vouchers of the Scrivener for 1827 agreeably with your promise, is there particular occasion for them today'.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, with slight wear at top left-hand corner of second leaf (not affecting text). Biographical details added in small type at head of first page. Addressed to 'The Honbl Spencer Ponsonby' and signed 'Alaric A. Watts.' Begins: 'Dear Sir / May I trespass so far upon your kindness as to ask you to place the enclosed letter [not present] to Lord Clarendon. It is on the subject of the London Library of which his Lordship is the President'. He has 'ventured to enclose extracts from the letters of the late Lord Ellesmere from which it will be seen that he considered me qualified for a post of much greater importance'. He ends in the hope that Ponsonby will 'pardon the trouble I am giving you'.

First Edition. Very good copy in a contemporary binding of leather-backed boards. Title-printed label to spine. Some light staining and surface markls to panels, with panel edges and spine bands somewhat dulled and worn. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages; Description: xviii, 362, 14p. : frontis, plates (engravings) ; 21cm. Subjects: English literature - 19th century - Periodicals. Gift books - Great Britain - Periodicals. Notes: Plates with tissue guards. Bound with 14p. Of publisher's ads. At end. Published annually. Preceded 1825-1828 by : The Literary souvenir, or, Cabinet of poetry and romance. Succeeded by later titles : The Literary souvenir, and Cabinet of modern art (1835) ; The Cabinet of modern art, and Literary souvenir (1836-1837). Referenced by: Wolff, R. L. : 19th Century fiction, 7813 ; 1829-1830, 1832-1834. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in a contemporary binding of leather-backed boards. Title-printed label to spine. Some light staining and surface markls to panels, with panel edges and spine bands somewhat dulled and worn. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages; Description: xviii, 362, 14p. : frontis, plates (engravings) ; 21cm. Subjects: English literature - 19th century - Periodicals. Gift books - Great Britain - Periodicals. Notes: Plates with tissue guards. Bound with 14p. Of publisher's ads. At end. Published annually. Preceded 1825-1828 by : The Literary souvenir, or, Cabinet of poetry and romance. Succeeded by later titles : The Literary souvenir, and Cabinet of modern art (1835) ; The Cabinet of modern art, and Literary souvenir (1836-1837). Referenced by: Wolff, R. L. : 19th Century fiction, 7813 ; 1829-1830, 1832-1834. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume measuring approx. 7.6 inches tall, bound in half black leather over marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers, all page edges gil; xvi, 395, [1] ads, pages clean and unmarked, binding square and tight. "First Series" in title appears on spine but not on title page. I n addition to the printed title page dated 1828, there is an engraved title page dated 1825 which lists Hurst, Robinson & Co. as the publisher; a nice copy with only mild overall handling wear.

London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830. 15,5 x 10 cm. Bound in half leather, marbled boards. Engraved title page and 9 plates [plate XI is missing]. VIII, 240 pages* *** 226 - 232 pages are MISSING - some traces of use / age. [.

12mo, (xii), 240, 6 advertisement pp. Engraved title page and 6 plates, all with some marginal foxing. Original gilt titled dark green quarter morocco, a.e.g., boards with some marks, corners worn.

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. He would have called on him 'had weather permitted', as he wished to show him the item he is enclosing now (not present) before 'leaving Town next Monday week'. 'I wish to be sure of my footing in the Souvenir, either as a Poet or a Proser. [.] Do you like the enclosed? Shall you print my prose tale do you wish it altered? or do you reject it altogether, if the latter pray let me have it again as soon as convenient'. He concludes with 'best compliments to Mrs. Watts in which Mrs. Bayly unites'.

12mo. pp. [2]ads, xiv, 306, [2]ads. with half-title. 10 engraved plates by Charles Rolls, S.Sangster, William Greatbatch & others after paintings by G.S.Newton, Thomas Uwins, Fragonard, &c. original bottle green roan (dampstain to upper covers, upper inner margins of first leaves & frontis., hardly noticeable on covers). Faxon p. 105.