Generously illustrated account of Louis XIV's milieu and pursuits. With colour and b/w images throughout. With glassine protective jacket Contents crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Nice little Folio Society volume featuring letters to and from Constable, revealing the man behind the paintings and his relationship with England. Dozens of colour images throughout. Decorated Slipcase has some wear and rubbing to extremities, light marking [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society Edition of Turgenev's great novel. Quarter cloth with decorative paper to boards. An introduction by Colin Ward and illustrations by Janos Kass. Lacks slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean, bright and tight. Very good. [more...]
Pleasant compilation of writings detailing life in the jubilee years from 1887 to 1897. Features diary entries, articles and sketches from a range of characters describing society, technology, culture and more. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. Sl [more...]
Handsome cloth edition of Stevenson's second collection of literary essays, including pieces on Victor Hugo and Francois Villon. Top edge gilt. Gilt and blind stamped decoration. Minor dent to top edge otherwise clean and tight. Good condition. [more...]
Folio Society edition of the autobiographical account of the 19th century Australian Convict James Tucker that was found much later and only published in full in 1952. Detailing the protagonist's arrest in England and subsequent life in exile. Complete with [more...]
Handsome first Folio Society edition of Hardy's controversial novel. With woodcut illustrations by Peter Reddick. Leather label. Lacks slipcase. Slight wear to label, sunning to spine. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean an [more...]
Folio Society edition of de Rojas' great novel published in 1499 and considered the first renaissance work in Spanish. With b/w illustrations by Dodie Masterson. No Slipcase but with protective wrapper. Some light shelf-wear to edges but contents crisp and [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition of these humorous vignettes from the Life of Roger de Coverley, an 18th century country gentleman, taken from The Spectator Magazine, illustrated with wood engravings by Rochard Shirley Smith. No slipcase but with protective wra [more...]
Fascinating collection of letters of documents revealing the story of the Spanish Armada. From a variety of sources, Usherwood weaves them into coherent narrative. Gilt device to cover. With colour images. Complete with glassine wrapper. Some mild shelf-w [more...]
Selected extracts from a variety of first hand sources that tell the story of the American Revolution. With b/w images and colour endpapers and frontispiece. Issued without a slipcase but complete with glassine jacket. Some light shelf-wear, contents crisp [more...]
Pleasant cloth edition of Stevenson's historical novel set during the Jacobite uprising. No DJ. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
