Impressive and robust full leather binding of Roberts' collection of ballads that may (or may not) date back to an oral tradition. With raised bands, all edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. Inner dentelles, blind-stamped decoration to cover. With numerous b/w [more...]
Handsome special edition of the Fables of La Fontaine in verse in FRENCH. With an introduction and notes by George Couton. With 32 b/w illustrations selected from various editions of the Fables. Half leather with marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Decorated e [more...]
Extravagant leather bound edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam presented and illustrated by the great Willy Pogany. Polished calf with elaborate gilt decoration to cover and matching blind-stamped design to rear. With 16 colour plates and ornate borders a [more...]
Charming rare volume of verse on the animals of a Zoo. With b/w illustrations throughout by L. R. Brightwell. No dust jacket. Title page a trifle loose. Some light shelfwear but otherwise bright and clean. Binding sound. Good condition [more...]
Together with a life of Gray.Small 32mo. [xxxii] 93pp. Mottled leather with gilt decoration. Engraved frontispiece. Inner dentelles. Rubbing to covers and spine. Titling to spine faded. Previous owner's name to ffep. Last page torn with loss. But ot [more...]
Handsome full leather binding of Thomson's poetical works, including The Seasons, The Castle of Indolence and other poems. A Scot in the English court, Thomson sought to promote a British identity which can be seen in his poem Britannia here and in his lyrics [more...]
Nice little half-leather binding of Keat's poems including the Endymion, sonnets and various other works published between 1817 and his death with further posthumously released pieces, arranged chronologically. Marbled boards and marbled end-papers. Polishe [more...]
Nice set of Boswell's ground-breaking biography of Samuel Johnson. Three volumes, 8vo. With a copy of the title page from the original quarto edition. Cloth covers are variously bumped and rubbed, especially at the top of spine. Gilt decoration and blind s [more...]
Neat little 32mo. leather bound set of Tennyson's complete cycle of narrative poems concerning the Arthurian legends and the Holy Grail. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities and slight sunning to spines, some extremely light foxing to [more...]
Stanhope Press for John Sharpe, Suttaby, Evance and Fox, Taylor, Hessey 1812
Printed at the Stanhope Press. Neat edition featuring both volumes of Gay's fables, the second only appearing 1738, six years after his death. Featuring 68 fables told in rhyming verse, these satirical pieces take aim at the politics and society of Gay's tim [more...]
Seventh edition of Milne's collection of Christopher Robin Stories and poems that appeared in When We Were Very Young, Now We are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. With b/w illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Decorated endpapers. (Rare) Dust-ja [more...]
Small Quarto cloth edition of Fitzgerald great translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. With 16 colour illustrations by Gilbert James. Decorated cream cloth. Top edge gilt. Tanning to front and rear free endpapers. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Spi [more...]
Selection of Poems from the Kuruntokai, a 3rd century anthology of Tamil poetry. With a translators introduction and afterword. Dust jacket is sunned to spine. With rubbing and nibbling to edges. Green cloth boards are clean. Contents clean and prim. Bi [more...]
Striking Folio sized edition of Thomas Hood's Poems. The Illustrations by Gustave Dore have been cleanly REMOVED but it remains an impressive volume containing drawings, initials and finials by J. Moyr Smith. Features his best work including The Bridge of Si [more...]
From the The Annotated Edition Of The English Poets series. In publisher's original cloth binding. Advertisements to rear of each volume. Some marking to covers. Foxing to page edge. But bindings tight and text-block clean. Good overall. [more...]
With a life of the Author. Small 32mo. Half leather with marbled boards. Engraved title and frontispiece. Rubbing to extremities. Very slight cracking to hinge. Occasional toning within. Previous owner's name to ffep. But binding tight and contents p [more...]
Literary magazine featuring poetry and short stories, including Florence Warden's The Secret of Princess Paul. With advertisements to front and rear. Paper covers are rubbed and cracked around spine. Rear cover detached and in two pieces but complete. Conten [more...]
Pleasant half leather Tauchnitz copyright edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history, with the Ivry and The Armada. Gilt decorated spine, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. 15.5x11cm 240pp. [more...]
Curious little volume featuring three texts, including Clarke's travels through Russia. Published the Cheerful visitor. No date but c. 1820. Small 32mo. (110x70mm) Half leather. Some rubbing to edges, very light spotting to front matter. Generally clean a [more...]
