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...]
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...]
Cloth rebinding of Dickens' classic victorian character sketches, written under the pseudonym, Boz. Features illustrations by George Cruikshank and Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Leather label to spine. Kelly College crest to cover. Prize plate to front past [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 edition of Linklater's comic war novel, set in Italy during WW2. Brown faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations. Foxing to top and fore edge. Small marks to free-endpapers (tape residue fr [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...]
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 Heron edition. With b/w illustrations by Renate Meyer. Green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Sewn headband and silken marker. Some mild tanning to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Very good+ [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's great novel along with other stories and Merry Men. Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduction by Rae Jeffs and illustrations by Charles Keepi [more...]
The story of extravagant and parasitic Delaney siblings wherein Du Maurier employs some innovative narrative techniques. Summer green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Original illustrations by Christopher Bradley. Sewn headband and silken marker [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Eliot's novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and prim. Very Good [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Conrad's response to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. With b/w illustrations by Geoffrey Plant. Some rubbing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Stowe's 1852 abolitionist novel. 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 Appreciation of the author to t [more...]
