Oskar Fischel, Max von Boehn; M. Edwardes (tr J. M. Dent & Co. 1909
Lavishly illustrated account of the history of the nineteenth century and how it reflected in the culture, fashions and mores of society. Features hundreds of images of pictures and engravings, with dozens of colour plates reproduced from La Mode, Gallery of [more...]
William Shakespeare Oxford University Press; Humphry Milford 1960
Charming special edition of Shakespeare's Works, bound in publisher's lambskin with decorative floral design to spines. With introductory essays and glossary. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Frontis-portraits. Small 8vo. (185x135mm) light marking and scratch [more...]
William Shakespeare Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press 1940
Splendid binding of Shakespeare's works, featuring the plays, sonnets and poems. Half leather with raised bands and floral decoration to spine. Armorial crest to cover. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. Printed in double columns. Silken book-marker. squa [more...]
Handsome fine binding of Bacon's essays in which he holds forth on a number of topics including friendship, cunning, atheism and marriage. Square 8vo. Red and black titles. Half leather with raised bands and elaborate gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others u [more...]
Charming deluxe leather edition of three of Kipling's dog stories: Thy Servant a Dog; Toby Dog and The Great Play Hunt. Features b/w illustrations by G. L. Stampa throughout. Blue mottled leather wth gilt decoration and titling. Inner dentelles, all edges [more...]
John Buchan; R. M. Ballantyne; H. Rider Hagga Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1955
Selection of adventure themed novels including Prester John; The Coral Island; King Soloman's Mines; The Last of the Mohicans; Tom Sawyer & Tom Brown's Schooldays. Bound in full vellum with gilt decoration. Top edge tinted. In display case, which is just a [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson Smith, Elder & Co. 1907
Benson's epistolary semi-autobiographical novel. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate of Harold A. Wernher to front-pastedown. Foxing to fore-edge. Sligh [more...]
Pleasant 12mo. edition of Mansfield Park with an introduction by Austin Dobson and b/w illustrations by Hugh Thomson, one of the most renowned illustrators of Jane Austen's work. Red cloth with gilt decoration and titling. Previous owner's neat inscription. [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson John Murray 1907
Benson's poetic meditation on the beauty and peculiarity one finds around them. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate of Harold A. Wernher to front-pastedow [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson Smith, Elder & Co. 1911
Benson's collection of short biographies of figures he had personally known, including Matthew Arnold and Charles Kingsley. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial book [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson Smith, Elder & Co. 1907
Benson's poetic novel. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate of Harold A. Wernher to front-pastedown. Mild foxing to fore-edge. Light marking to covers, r [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson Smith, Elder & Co. 1908
Benson's gentle collection of opinions on the human character and his age. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate of Harold A. Wernher to front-pastedown. M [more...]
First edition, first printing of Hughes' selection of self-contained stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a previous owner's inscription to ffep. Some mild shelf-wear to DJ. Volume is clean and prim. Very good. [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson John Murray 1907
Benson's poetic auto-biography describing his life and intellectual development. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate of Harold A. Wernher to front-pastedo [more...]
Charming, and interesting, edition of Fitzgerald's final novel on morality and psychoanalysis. Text is in English but introduction and notes are in Russian. Attractive gilt design and titling to black covers. Decorated endpapers. Without dust-jacket. A fe [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson Smith, Elder & Co. 1905
Benson's popular collection of reflective essays in the form of letters to a friend. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate of Harold A. Wernher to front-pas [more...]
A. C. [Arthur Christopher] Benson Smith, Elder & Co. 1906
Benson's popular collection of gentle essays on such topics as Art, egotism and friendship. Handsome contemporary half leather binding done by Sotheran. Raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate of Harold A. Wernher to fr [more...]
Charles Aitchison Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1905
Handsome leather rebinding of this biography of John Lawrence, Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869. With pull out map of Britain's Indian Empire and index. small 8vo. Full red leather with inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling [more...]
Handsome edition of Donne's collected poems. Features 16th and 17th century engravings. Quarter leather with decorated cloth boards. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. Very minor shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. very good+ [more...]
Penguin and Puffin Designer classics limited editions
Jane Austen illustrated by Charles Brock or Hugh Thomson (The peacock edition)