Limited edition leather facsimile of William Morris' handwritten, decorated manuscript of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Produced in 1873 the design was conceived of by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones and painted by Charles Fairfax Murray. The Manuscrip [more...]
Early edition of Irving's sometimes imaginative (though less so than in his biography of Columbus) history of conquest of Granada that saw Ferdinand II defeat Abu Abdallah Muhammad, conquering the last muslim stronghold in Spain in 1491. Irving traveled to Sp [more...]
'Enlarged and improved by the author. Together with his M.S. additions and variations as in the last edition of his works'. Handsome tree calf leather binding of Pope's influential philosophical poem on mankind's place in the universe, a strident example of op [more...]
Pleasant half leather binding, done by Bumpus. The Victoria edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, plus his poems. Printed in double columns. Raised bands and floral gilt decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled boards with matchin [more...]
Splendid tree calf binding, done by Riviere and Son. The letters to and from Queen Victoria, edited by A. C. Benson and arranged chronologically. With tissue guarded b/w plates. Full leather. Raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Inner and outer dentel [more...]
Pleasant half leather binding of the first edition of Irving's Tales of a Traveller, a collection of essays and short stories written by his Geoffrey Crayon persona - responsible for the Sketch Book and Bracebridge Hall. Less well received than his previous w [more...]
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...]
Splendid vellum binding of Chaucer's works. Done by John Bumpus (but doubtless outsourced) with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and leather labels. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. Page edges tinted yellow. Printed in double columns. Con [more...]
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...]
Handsome binding of Lover's lively, literary satire, featuring sketches of Irish life and society. With 24 tissue guarded illustrations on steel done by the author. Half leather rebind done by Morrell. Raised bands and floral decoration to spine. Gilt rul [more...]
Handsome half leather binding of Cassell's natural History. A generously illustrated compendium of scientific yet accessible descriptions of the natural world, arranged by genus. Originally published in monthly parts over six years it featured a range of con [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...]
Hefty half leather binding of Josephus' works including the Antiquities of the Jews and the Wars of the Jews to which is added seven dissertations concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham etc.. With an introductory es [more...]
Hefty, readable yet surprisingly scholarly history of the world from the earliest times to the present day, written by a host of historians. With numerous b/w images plus fold put maps and diagrams. Beginning with an astrophysical explanation of the universe [more...]
Two volumes bound as one. Handsome half leather binding of Cunningham's selection of great paintings with critical and biographical commentaries. Apparently expanded edition featuring 96 b/w line engraving of works by Rembrant, Reubans, Da Vinci et al. No da [more...]
Handsome full leather tree calf binding of Byron's poetical works. Containing all his poems and verse epics and dramas including Don Juan, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage etc. With a memoir of the author. Printed in double columns. Gilt decoration and raised ba [more...]
Handsome full leather binding done by Bumpus of Gilbey's biography of Morland, featuring dozens of tissue-guarded colour plates of the artworks. Red mottled leather with raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentelles in gilt and gilt decor [more...]
Rather nice full leather binding of Tennyson's works, including Ulysses, English Idylls, Idylls of the King as well as his Juvenalia. Printed in double columns. Blue morocco with raised bands. Gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentelles. Ma [more...]
