Attractive Heron edition of Maugham's novel loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin. Faux quarter leather with rich red cloth and elaborate gilt tooling. Large crease to cover but contents are untouched. Unobtrusive stamp to end papers and slight bumping [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...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's great adventure novel . Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduction by Rae Jeffs and illustrations by Michael Heslop. Light bumping and rubbin [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w frontisportrait and introduction. Very slight bump to corner, otherwise crisp and c [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of the poet Blunden's traumatic WWI memoir. Dark Brown leatherette covers with lavish gilt design and titling. Decorated endpapers and silken ribbon marker. With original illustrations by David Whitfield. Foxing to top and fore ed [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Defoe's pseudo-autobiography of the life of Moll King. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Some very light shelf-wear and rub [more...]
Elegant Folio society edition of Banerji's 1928 novel. With illustrations by Janet Archer. Bound in red 'open-weave' cloth with leather label to spine. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear, else crisp and clean. A nice example. Very good. [more...]
Charming and compact biography of this 'Man of Destiny', from the Men of Destiny Series. Dark blue leatherette cloth with extravagant gilt titling and design. Some shelfwear with light tanning to page edges otherwise bright with prim, Very good. [more...]
First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs by Loudun Sainthill. With an introduction by John Gielgud. Complete with Dust Jacket. DJ has tears to edges, with slight loss. Some light foxing [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition of the memoirs of the conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, written in the late sixteenth century. Green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With maps to endpapers and complete with slipcase. Mild wear to slipcase. Light s [more...]
'A Natural History of the first four thousand million years of Life on Earth.' Terrific volume detailing the evolution of life and the environment that permits it. With colour images throughout. Green cloth of gilt decoration and titling. Decorated slipcas [more...]
'A Natural History of the first four thousand million years of Life on Earth.' Terrific volume detailing the evolution of life and the environment that permits it. With colour images throughout. Green cloth of gilt decoration and titling. Decorated slipcas [more...]
Deluxe leather edition of Dickens' travel writings. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headband. Features illustrations by Maurice Grieffenhagen. Some light rubbing to extremities but cont [more...]
Green leather-like cloth Heron edition of Dickens' classic novel. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headband. Features illustrations by George Cruikshank. Very light tanning to page edges. [more...]
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Hillbay's engaging and often humorous account of his journey across Britain on foot. With atmospheric b/w photographs by Ian Stevens. Complete with slipcase. Toning to spine and covers. Mild shelf-wear to edges of D [more...]
Charming Folio Society edition of Joanna Richardson's life of Keats with frequent reference to his letters and poetry. Quarter cloth with Cockerell marbled paper boards. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing and heavy toning. [more...]
Folio society volume featuring Melville's great short story Bartleby the Scrivener, the novella Benito Cereno and his final work, the novella Billy Budd. With wood engravings by Garrick Palmer. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear and toning to slip [more...]
The fifth volume from the Folio History of England Series. With b/w images and frontispiece. Complete with slipcase. Some light shelf-wear to slipcase. Previous owner's small sticker to ffep. Else crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
