Gilbert White Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.; George Allen 1911
Decorative quarter cloth edition of Gilbert White's great account of the Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, written in 1789 as a series of letters. Decorative gilt to spine, Top edge gilt. Ex-girls school library with stamps to half-title. Bumpin [more...]
Attractive Guild edition of Dickens' classic novel. Green faux leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Very, very light shelfwear. A few pages not cut correctly at top fore-edge, with extra paper there, not loss. Otherwise in Fine condition. [more...]
Attractive Collins edition of Dickens' classic, specially bound by the Chaucer Press. Faux-leather boards with ample gilt design and titling. Decorated endpapers, sewn headband. Slight tanning to page edge and minor shelfwear and bumping. Slight indent/scr [more...]
Attractive Collins edition of Dickens' classic, specially bound by the Chaucer Press. Faux-leather boards with ample gilt design and titling. Decorated endpapers, sewn headband. Slight tanning to page edge and minor shelfwear. Clean and tight. Very good/n [more...]
Handsome leather edition of Stevenson's memoir of his immigrant experiences in America describing his arrival in New York and his journey to San Francisco. Fine paper edition. Red leather covers with gilt titling and design. All edges gilt. Decorated endpa [more...]
Handsome leather edition of Stevenson's historical novel set during the Jacobite uprising. Dark leather covers with gilt titling and design. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Signature to ffep. Conten [more...]
Interesting edition of Defoe's Journal of the Plague year, a fictional account of the plague in london. With a facsimile of the title page of the first edition. Red cloth with decoration to spine. Toning to covers. Tanning to page edges. Cracking to front [more...]
Neat collection of Stevenson's memories and elegiac portraits of people he knew, linked, he claims, in a way that reveals himself. Fine paper edition. Bound in full leather with decorated end-papers. All edges gilt. Some rubbing to spine and extremities bu [more...]
Handsome 16mo. leather edition of Stevenson's first collection of essays. Fine paper edition. Red leather covers with gilt titling and design. All edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Rubbing to extremities, top of spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front [more...]
Collection of Stevenson's memories and elegiac portraits of people he knew, linked, he claims, in a way that reveals himself. Handsome half leather binding with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. small 12mo. (160x105mm). Some rubbing to e [more...]
Handsome edition featuring thirteen short stories of Doyle's great detective, including The Dancing Men. Quarter cloth with decorated boards. b/w illustrations throughout. Very Good condition. [more...]
Handsome edition featuring Doyle's most famous Sherlock Holmes adventures. Quarter cloth with decorated boards. b/w illustrations throughout. Very Good condition. [more...]
Pleasant edition of Dickens' novel. With faux-leather boards, gilt titling and blind stamped design to cover. Marbled end-papers. With the original illustrations of Phiz. Some shelfwear, tanning to page edge and very light rubbing to extremities. Good con [more...]
Handsome collins edition of Kingsley's historical novel, concerning Francis Drake and adventures on the high seas. Limp red leather with gilt decoration to spine, top edge gilt. With b/w illustrations by G. C. Hindley. No date but c. 1930. Sunning to spin [more...]
Neat leatherette edition of Emily Bronte's classic. Previous owner's stamp to half-title, Creasing to spine. some rubbing to extremities but contents clean and binding tight. Good condition. [more...]
Pleasant decorated cloth edition of Stevenson's memoir of his immigrant experiences in America describing his arrival in New York and his journey to San Francisco. Green cloth with gilt to spine and blind-stamping to cover. Decorated endpapers. Top edge g [more...]
Pleasant red cloth collins edition of Stevenson's historical novel set during the Jacobite uprising. With b/w illustrations by J. K. Maxton. No date but c. 1950. Lean to spine. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and binding sound, Good. [more...]
Interesting edition of Dickens' Christmas Books, including A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and the Battle of Life. With striking colour illustrations by William Littlewood. Decorative covers and end-papers. Boards s [more...]
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