With one volume with quotations, arranged by author, another on proverbs and a volume on etymology. Nice quarter faux-leather binding. Some mild shelf-wear. Else clean and prim. Near fine, [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. Clean, bright and tight. Very good+ [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...]
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...]
Nice red leather edition of Kipling's Stalky and Co., an episodic novel based on the author's schooldays. Top edge gilt. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Light Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
First Folio Society printing of Bunyan's allegorical christian novel. Quarter leather with red cloth boards. With engravings by J. Sturt, taken from a 1728 edition. No slipcase. Some wear to leather, rubbing to top of spine. Tanning to page edges. Content [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...]
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...]
Quarter Leather Folio Society edition of Bacon's History of Henry VII written in 1622. Lacks slipcae. Small nicks to spine and mild shelf-wear to volume, else clean and tight. Very good. [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...]
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...]
