Pleasant half leather binding of the first edition of Irving's Tales of a Traveller, a collection of essays and short stories written by his Geoffrey Crayon persona - responsible for the Sketch Book and Bracebridge Hall. Less well received than his previous w [more...]
Handsome binding of Lover's lively, literary satire, featuring sketches of Irish life and society. With 24 tissue guarded illustrations on steel done by the author. Half leather rebind done by Morrell. Raised bands and floral decoration to spine. Gilt rul [more...]
With numerous illustrations by George and Robert Cruikshank and others. A collection of various comic poems bound togther each with b/w illustrations. 12mo. Full leather. Labels missing from spine. Splitting to joints, binding starting. Contents clean. [more...]
Impressive illustrated edition of Cervantes' pioneering early novel, adapted from Thomas Shelton's 1612 translation. With striking tinted/two tone colour plates plus b/w illustrations within the text, done by Jean de Bosschere. 4to. Recently rebacked with [more...]
Green cloth/cranford style edition of Irving's follow-up to his wildly popular The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Bracebridge Hall employs a similar format, consisting of loosely connected stories from his pseudonym Crayon who has installed himself at an Eng [more...]
Issues no. 380 to 403 plus christmas issue. Half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and wear to leather with portion missing from top of spine. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Wodehouse's first Wrykin school story. Lacks DJ. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Spine very slightly cocked. Whisper of foxing to top edge. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Issues no. 304 to 329 plus christmas issue. Half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and wear to leather with portion missing from top of spine. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Issues no. 404 to 429. Half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and wear to leather. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Handsome quarter cloth edition of Trollope's innovative short novel; the author's only piece of speculative/dystopian fiction describing a British colony that has ordained that citizens must be euthanised at the age of 68. With b/w illustrations by Eliza Tri [more...]
Humourous tales of animals in army barracks. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations by Shepard. DJ is sunned to spine. Rubbed to edges. Toning to ffep. Very light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Wordsworth's selected poems. Quarter leather with cloth boards. Complete with numerous b/w wood engravings by Thomas Bewick interspersed throughout text. With slipcase. Some very mild wear to spine. Contents bright and clean [more...]
Pleasant quarter cloth binding of Hood's humourous poems with b/w illustrations. Marbled boards. rubbing and wear to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers. Contents clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
Ninth impression. With the illustrations of Nicholas Bentley. In protective jacket. Toning to spine, small marks to covers. Previous owner's name to front pastedown, beneath DJ flap. Offsetting to end-papers. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
W. S. Gilberts beloved light verse featuring his own b/w illustrations. Elements from the poems would go on to inspire his work with Arthur Sullivan. Top edge gilt. Light marking to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
First Edition. A second collection of humourous articles about military life that first appeared in Punch magazine. Some rubbing and tearing to top and tail of DJ spine. Light marking and toning to covers. Mild foxing to top edge. But contents clean and [more...]
Leather edition of Thackery's book of snobs, a series of satirical pieces first published in Punch. RUbbing and cracking to hinge. But binding holding firm, contents clean. Fair condition. [more...]
Handsomely bound and printed second edition of this satirical diary of world war one. Quarter cloth with leather label. fore edge rough cut. With b/w illustrations by M. Watson Williams. Decorated initials and devices throughout. Small tear to top corner [more...]
Third Edition. Collection of humourous articles about military life that first appeared in Punch magazine. Some rubbing and tearing to top of DJ spine. Light marking and toning to covers. Mild foxing to top edge. Tanning to page edge but contents clean a [more...]
Generously illustrated edition of Dobson's biography of Hogarth. With dozens of b/w images of his art plus a thorough bibliography and catalogue of his output. Rubbing to top and tail of spine with some fraying. Previous owner's name to ffep. Tanning to pa [more...]
