Oxford India Paper Dickens edition of his great (and only) historical novel and his accessible history of England for younger readers. With sixteen illustrations by Phiz and four by Townsend. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Gilt decoration to spine. Marbled [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...]
Nice red leather edition of Kipling's novel featuring a wealthy American teen lost at sea. Top edge gilt. Spine is somewhat rubbed especially at top. But contents clean and tight. Good condition. [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...]
Neat little 32mo. leather bound People's edition of Tennyson's early poems and writings, including his sonnets. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities and some tears and cracking to spine but contents tight and clean. Fair/good overal [more...]
From the Tauchnitz collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 4771. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers. A couple of pages l [more...]
Biography of the Cricket great who's life was cut short in WW2. Foreword by Don Bradman. Dust jacket has some rubbing and toning to extremities. Light foxing to page edge. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Essays on christian themes, especially the state of Christianity in the US. Half leather. Spine partially detached with bottom portion missing. Missing labels. Poor, but contents generally clean. [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...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Fielding's great comic novel. Complete in two volumes. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. In crisp fine condition. [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...]
Pleasant red leather collins edition of Shakespeare's complete Historical plays. With frontisportrait and introduction. Top edge gilt. No date but c. 1960. Sunning to spine. Mild rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Nice, limp leather edition of Scott's 1821 historical novel. Top edge gilt. With b/w illustrations. Rubbing and bumping to spine. Contents clean and tight. Very good overall. [more...]
Nice, limp leather edition of Scott's 1823 historical novel. Top edge gilt. With b/w illustrations. Rubbing and bumping to spine. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
From the Uniform Edition. Leather binding with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Bumping to top of spine. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, Good [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...]
From the new revised Penguin Shakespeare series. Rebound in quarter leather, with cream cloth to boards. Toning and marking to cloth. Very light tanning within. Good. *We have more volumes from the Penguin Shakespeare uniformly bound* [more...]
