First edition of the famed 'Peacock Edition' in its plain cloth covers (so as to allow owner's to rebind the book). Features numerous b/w illustrations, decorated initials and devices by Hugh Thomson. This edition is the standout of what became the 'Cranfor [more...]
'with the Self-Interpreting and Explanatory Notes, and Marginal References, of the Late John Brown to which is Appended, A Complete Concordance of the Old and New Testaments'. Impressive full leather Bible. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine, raised bands. A [more...]
Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton The Navarre Society 1948
Elegant leather binding of Walton's 17th century guide to fishing that ' breathes the very spirit of innocence, purity, and simplicity of the heart.' Features 74 b/w engravings by a variety of artists interspersed within the text. Bound in half leather with [more...]
William Shakespeare Oxford University Press; Humphry Milford 1960
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...]
Elegant edition of Austen's 1814 novel. With numerous b/w illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an introduction by Austin Dobson. Bound in blind-stamped, floral patterned cloth. Fore-edge rough cut. 8vo. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Some light tanning [more...]
Curious special edition of Conrad's 1907 political novel, a response to the growing threat of anarchism and terrorism. 17th edition. Publisher's elaborate special decorative leather binding with onlays and gilt cross. Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough cut. 12 [more...]
Handsome fine binding of Bacon's essays in which he holds forth on a number of topics including friendship, cunning, atheism and marriage. Square 8vo. Red and black titles. Half leather with raised bands and elaborate gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others u [more...]
Handsome full leather Easton Press edition of Graham's beloved 1908 novel, featuring the colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham and an introduction by A. A. Milne. All edges gilt. Silk moire end-papers. 8vo. Some very light shelf-wear but crisp and clean. [more...]
Charming deluxe leather edition of three of Kipling's dog stories: Thy Servant a Dog; Toby Dog and The Great Play Hunt. Features b/w illustrations by G. L. Stampa throughout. Blue mottled leather wth gilt decoration and titling. Inner dentelles, all edges [more...]
Giovanni Boccaccio; S. W. Orson (trans) Privately printed; Mandrake Press 1930
Limited edition, selection of stories from the Decameron, taken from the anonymous translation of 1741 and revised by Orson in 1896. Illustrated in b/w with linocuts by Edmondo Lucchesi. Limited to c. 1000 copies, of which this is number 749. quarter cloth w [more...]
Impressive Easton Press edition of Haggard's dramatic 1887 adventure of lost civilizations and sorceresses. Full leather with gilt design to covers. Decorative devices within. All edges gilt. Some light shelf-wear to edges, else crisp and clean. Fine cond [more...]
'Cranford series' decorative edition of Eliot's first published work, a series of stories on a clerical theme with 16 colour plates by Hugh Thomson plus his b/w illustrations throughout. Green cloth covers with elaborate gilt design. All edges gilt. Spine [more...]
Charles Dickens GE Fabbri; The Dickens Collection 2004
Pleasant edition of Dickens' Christmas books including the classic Christmas/Ghost story A Christmas Carol plus The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Battle of Life. A facsimile of Dickens' favoured 1876 edition. Bound with quarter [more...]
'Cranford series' decorative edition with Hugh Thomson's b/w illustrations throughout. Green cloth covers with elaborate gilt design. All edges gilt. Spine slightly cocked. Mild spotting to front matter. Light tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise cl [more...]
Jaunty, nicely produced Heritage edition of Treasure Island, derived from the Limited Editions Club version and featuring the same two tone illustrations of Edward Wilson. Quarter faux leather with decorative boards. Complete with slipcase. Some very light [more...]
Nicely produced volume featuring the complete Sherlock Holmes stories with the original illustrations from the Strand Magazine. Contains A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear and all the collections of sho [more...]
First edition of the influential edition of Gaskell's popular comic novel on rural and small town life in Victorian Britain. Lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thomson with over one hundred b/w drawings and decorations. Bound in the publishers's simple cloth cover [more...]
Fetching gilt and green cloth binding in the 'Cranford series' style of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel. Illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson in b/w. All edges gilt. Previous owners name to ffep. Spine cocked. Dusty staining to covers and rubbing [more...]
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay. Longmans Green, And Co. 1895
Pleasant Popular edition of Macaulay's great History of England. Complete in two volumes. Textured cloth. Marbling to page edges and matching end-papers. Previous owner's name to half-title. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Charles Dickens GE Fabbri; The Dickens Collection 2004
Attractive two volume set of Dickens' classic. A facsimile of Dickens' favoured 1873 edition. Bound with quarter faux-leather and marbled end-papers. With original illustrations by phiz. Faint smudge to top edge, else bright and clean. Very good [more...]
Penguin and Puffin Designer classics limited editions
Jane Austen illustrated by Charles Brock or Hugh Thomson (The peacock edition)