Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's complex short novel, written with his step-son Lloyd Osbourne, along with Island Nights' Entertainment. Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduc [more...]
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase but complete with glassine wrapper. Some shelfwear commensurate to age, very slight bumping to bottom edge, contents clean and prim. A bright copy. Very good. [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of two of Goldsmith's novels plus his poems. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations by Christopher Bradbury and introduction. In crisp fine condition. [more...]
Handsome special collectors' Heron edition of Spencer Dunmore's wartime novel. Red faux-leather cloth with gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. Foxing to top edge. Small marks to free end-papers (caused by tape residue from a previous owner's protectiv [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Malraux's 1933 novel of the communist insurrection in Shanghai. From the 'Books that have shaped Man's thinking' series. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. With an introduction and b/w images. An [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Ainsworth's intriguing historical novel with supernatural elements, focusing on Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations. Extremely light m [more...]
Handsome Heron edition of the classic bushranger adventure novel. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. Introduction by G. F. Maine. B/w illustrations. Some light shelf-wear. Else clean and prim. Fine. [more...]
Generously illustrated account of Louis XIV's milieu and pursuits. With colour and b/w images throughout. Issued without Slipcase. Slight toning to spine. Else pristine. Very good, near fine. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of London's perennially popular short describing a dog's return to the wild. With 8 other stories including John Barleycorn and the Mexican. From the 'Books that have shaped Man's thinking' series. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt [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...]
Handsome red leather edition of Stevenson's final completed work, also known as South Sea Tales, a collection of short stories. With gilt titling and design. Top edge gilt. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges, with slight loss to top of spine. Contents cl [more...]
Account of the double cross (or XX) system in which British intelligence managed to take control of German agents operating in Britain and use them to send back misleading information. Written by Masterson, the chairman of the Twenty Committee, who ran the op [more...]
Elegant Folio society of Irvine 1907 translation of Manucci's "Storia do Mogor", his 17th century account of his travels around the Murghal Empire and in particular its court. Bound in decorative cloth. With b/w illustrations from contemporary sources. Comp [more...]
Nicely produced Folio Society edition of Dumas' son's 1848 novel. Bound in full artificial silk. With b/w illustrations by Jennifer Campbell. Compete with slipcase. Slipcase has wear and rubbing. Previous owner's name and sticker to ffep. Spine is toned [more...]
Folio Society edition of Eden's popular 1860 novel, compared to the work of Jane Austen. Bound in pink artificial silk. With duo-tone illustrations by Dorothea Braby. No slipcase. Light toning to spine, Faint mark to rear cover. Previous owner's sticker t [more...]
Elegant Folio Society edition comprising of Macaulay's various writings on the history and politics of the from the reigns of Henry VII and VIII up until Charles II; including biographical chapters on Milton, Bunyan etc. Compiled and arranged by Rowland into a [more...]
No date but c. 1970. From the Heron Centennial Edition of Dickens. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Maurice Grieffenhagen. Some light rubbing to joints but contents prim and clean. Good+ [more...]
No date but c. 1970. Heron Centennial edition of Dickens' classic christmas story combined with his four other Christmas novellas. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Leech, Tenniel a [more...]
No date but c, 1970. Heron's centennial edition of Dickens' articles and writings on his various excursions, domestic and foreign. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Harry Furniss. [more...]
Reprint of the first Folio Society edition of Beerbohm's biting satire of undergraduate life at Edwardian Oxford. With Beerbohm's own delicate illustrations. Complete with slipcase. Sunning to spine, mild shelf-wear to edges and DK, contents clean and prim. [more...]
