Handsome faux-leather edition of Stevenson's historical novel, set during the wars of the roses. In protective jacket. In crisp, fine condition. [more...]
Handsome limp faux-leather edition of Browning's poems. Top edge gilt. Frontisportrait. No date but c. 1910. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Pleasant red leather edition of the 1903 novel. With b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Sunning and wear to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of de Quincey's wildly popular, poetic account of his laudanum addiction. Decorative faux-leather covers with gilt detailing. Slight fading to gilt on spine. A few nicks to covers with some fading of gilt. Foxing to page edges. Cont [more...]
Mottled leather with rounded corners. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles and marbled end-papers. No date but c. 1920. Previous owner's name to ffep. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Handsome Guild edition of Cleland's controversial erotic novel that was written in 1748 but remained banned until the 1960/70s . In green faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. Some light foxing to page edges, otherwise c [more...]
Two great French works, the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut and Merimee's 1845 novella that inspired the opera. Red faux leather cloth with elaborate gilt design. Some light bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
'The Greatest Masterpieces of Russian Literature' indeed. Attractive Heron edition of Turgenev's wonderful novel together with Liza. In red faux-leather with wonderful gilt tooling. Decorated endpapers, sewn headband, silken bookmarker. With original illu [more...]
Attractive Collins edition of Dickens' classic, specially bound by the Chaucer Press. Faux-leather boards with ample gilt design and titling. Decorated endpapers, sewn headband. Slight tanning to page edge and minor shelfwear. Very slight dent to front cov [more...]
Pleasant edition of Thackeray's historical novel. Red leather with top edge gilt. Tear to front joint but binding holding soundly. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean. Fair+ [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Butler's provocative social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Crisp and clean. Fine [more...]
Neat Heron edition of Shaw's early politically conscious novel. Brown faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated endpapers. Foxing to top edge. Small marks to free-endpapers (tape residue from a previous owner's protective jacket). Cont [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Swift enduring satire. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations by Herbert Cole and introduction by Peter Quennell. Mild shelfwear. Small white mar [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Thackeray's great social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Mild shelfwear. Small white marking and rubbing to top of [more...]
Cheeky, special Reader's digest edition of Stevenson's classic adventure story. With b/w illustrations by Frank Godwin. Colour frontispiece. Quarter faux leather. Very faint spotting to top edge. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+ [more...]
Pleasant red leather pocket edition of Kipling's first, semi-autobiographical novel of unrequited love. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name to ffep. Rubbing to edges. Creasing to cover and spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Green faux-leather edition of Gulliver's classic satire. marbled end-papers. Complete with slipcase. With b/w frontispiece. No date but c. 1920. Covers are toned, stained/mottled. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Fair overall. [more...]
Collins Library of Classics edition of Poet Southey's popular biography of Horatio Nelson, first published in 1813. Illustrated with b/w illustrations. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Pleasant edition of Dickens' novel. With faux-leather boards, gilt titling and blind stamped design to cover. Marbled end-papers. With the original illustrations of Phiz. No date but c. 1930. Mild marking to covers and very light bumping to extremities. [more...]
Du Maurier's colourful history of her family since the early 19th century including, of course, her father George DuMaurier. Summer green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Sewn headband and silken marker. Some light rubbing to extremities of cove [more...]
