24 volumes bound as 8. Nice set of Chamber's miscellany 'containing a choice selection of interesting and instructive reading for the old and the young.' Featuring hundreds (thousands) of short stories, poems and articles on a variety of subjects. Rather di [more...]
Palgrave's great history of the Anglo-saxon period first published in 1831 as A History of England: The Anglo-saxon period. Starting with swift examination of Roman Britain, Palgrave is able to describe emergence of Anglo Saxon England, with its customs, reli [more...]
A Neat, worn but rakish, quarter leather binding of the Handy-Volume edition of the complete works of Shakespeare, including his poems. Complete in 13 volumes. Top edge gilt. Decorated initials. Compact 32mo. (130x90mm). Leather is rubbed to edges. Some f [more...]
Rare, early guide to the British museum and its exhibits, with numerous b/w wood engravings. Contains a brief history then a 'guided' tour describing the various rooms and display cabinets with detailed explanations of the science and history behind them. Ha [more...]
Handsome Bayntun Riviere full leather binding of the Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacrements According to the Use of the Church of England, bound together with Hymns, ancient and modern. No date but c. 1950. 24mo. (140x95mm) Printed on fin [more...]
Volume one of the fourth edition of Rapin's influential history of England, concerning the period of Roman rule in Britain until 1066 and reign of William the Conqueror. Complete with 2 fold out maps of Roman and Saxon Britain, 4 pull out genealogical trees of [more...]
The complete four volumes, bound as two. Handsome quarter leather binding of of Swaysland's comprehensive, readable and generously illustrated guide to wild birds. Each entry has a full page colour plate and usually two b/w sketches, plus decorated initial. [more...]
Handsome fine leather binding of Scott's epic historical poem concerning the Battle of Flodden Field. Featuring photographic plates. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-paper [more...]
'A Reprint of the First Edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and editions'. Edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald. Preface by the editor and a Boswell Bibliography by H. R. Tedder. Boswell's epochal biography of Samuel Johnson, a work th [more...]
Handsome full leather tree calf prize binding of Lytton's epic poem. Only published after his death, Lytton had worked on King Poppy for a number of years, re-writing it more than once. A melange of fable and fairy-tale, Lytton supplied marginal notes which [more...]
'Traduction nouvelle avec une practique la fin de chaque chapitre'. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis IN FRENCH. With engraved plates throughout. Full blue leather with gilt decoration and blind-stamping. Inner and outer dentelles. All edges gilt. [more...]
Marvellous quarter leather Folio Society edition featuring many myths and legends of Celtic original or interest. Including sections on King Arthur, various saints and those stories concerning the Welsh, Irish and Scottish. With tremendous gilt raised full c [more...]
Terrific special Folio Society quarter leather edition featuring episodes from the Icelandic Sagas, selected, translated and edited by Magnus Magnusson. Includes The Saga of the Greenlanders; The Saga of Erik the Red; Hrafnkel's Saga; Njal's Saga and others. [more...]
The first six volumes of the Tauchnitz copyright edition of Tennyson's collected works (bound as three[two subsequent volumes were published in 1872]). Including The Idylls of the King, Maud, Ulysses, In Memorandum, Enoch Arden, The Holy Grail and poems. Hal [more...]
Nicely rebacked later edition of Addison's account of his travels in Italy in which he in frequently compares his experiences to ancient sources, quoting the relevant passages in Latin. With b/w illustrations and devices throughout. Original calf boards with [more...]
Third edition (with improvements) of Cary's measurements of English and Welsh Roads with many of the principle roads of Scotland. Complete with folding map of the United Kingdom showing all the roads detailed by Cary, which was significantly expanded from the [more...]
12mo. 310pp. + 2 pages of advertisements to rear. Full leather binding of this readable account of various heathen gods and mythological figures, including the Greek pantheon. With numerous hand-coloured illustrations.Gilt decoration to spine. Sympatheti [more...]
Special limited edition half leather binding of the selected poems of Ronsard. Recueillies Sur Un Plan Nouveau Et Annotées Par Pierre de Nolhac. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 249. Text IN FRENCH. Edition limitee a mille exemplaires numero [more...]
Handsome full leather binding of Colletta's controversial history of Naples, featuring a life of the author by Gino Capponi. Text in ITALIAN. 12mo. [xxiii] 421 + 444pp. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge. Very light foxing to front matte [more...]
Second edition of Lytton's novel. Full leather with gilt decoration. Outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers, marbled page edges. Bound by Smyth & Co., Liverpool. Rubbing to extremities, some small marks to covers. Contents clean and bright. Binding tight. [more...]
