'From Paintings by Eminent Artists, executed expressly for the Work. Engraved by, or under immediate Supervision of Mr. Edward Finden. With a Memoir of the Poet, and descriptive Letterpress.' Collection of engravings of characters from Thomas Moore's works, i [more...]
Handsome, divinity style binding of Scott's poetry, containing his ballads, poetical works and poetry appearing in his novels. With b/w illustrations. Engraved title page (dated 1857) and frontisportrait. All edges gilt with gauffered pattern. Beveled edges [more...]
'Traduction nouvelle avec une practique la fin de chaque chapitre'. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis IN FRENCH. With engraved plates throughout. Full blue leather with gilt decoration and blind-stamping. Inner and outer dentelles. All edges gilt. [more...]
Numerous religious texts and sermons bound together. Includes Homilies by various saints (James Burns, 1846); Monro's Reasons for Feeling Secure in the Church of England (I. H. Parker, 1850); Sewell's The plea of conscience for seceding from the Catholic Chur [more...]
The first six volumes of the Tauchnitz copyright edition of Tennyson's collected works (bound as three[two subsequent volumes were published in 1872]). Including The Idylls of the King, Maud, Ulysses, In Memorandum, Enoch Arden, The Holy Grail and poems. Hal [more...]
Handsome compact leather binding of three of Birell's fascinating extended essays. The first, examines various forms of biases in recording history. Half leather with marbled boards. Gilt -decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name to ffep. [more...]
Special limited edition half leather binding of the selected poems of Ronsard. Recueillies Sur Un Plan Nouveau Et Annotées Par Pierre de Nolhac. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 249. Text IN FRENCH. Edition limitee a mille exemplaires numero [more...]
Pleasant early illustrated of Stevenson's historical adventure. With 16 excellent b/w illustrations by W. B. Hole and fold out map. Bound in half leather marbled boards. Top edge gilt. 12mo. [vi] 311pp. With advert of Treasure Island to rear. Previous own [more...]
Curious special edition of Conrad's 1907 political novel, a response to the growing threat of anarchism and terrorism. 17th edition. Publisher's elaborate special decorative leather binding with onlays and gilt cross. Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough cut. 12 [more...]
The collected works of Calverley with a biographical notice by Walter Joseph Sendall, his contemporary at Cambridge. Contains the popular poems Beer and an Ode to Tobacco. Splendid half leather binding done by Hatchards. With gilt decoration to spine. Top e [more...]
Second edition of Lytton's novel. Full leather with gilt decoration. Outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers, marbled page edges. Bound by Smyth & Co., Liverpool. Rubbing to extremities, some small marks to covers. Contents clean and bright. Binding tight. [more...]
Neat quarter leather binding of the Everyman edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, plus his poems. Reprinted editions from 1929, 1931 and 1932. Blue leather with gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Rubbing to leather at top [more...]
Handsome fine binding of Bacon's essays in which he holds forth on a number of topics including friendship, cunning, atheism and marriage. Square 8vo. Red and black titles. Half leather with raised bands and elaborate gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others u [more...]
'Printed from the original editions with a life of the author by A. Chalmers'. Handsome full leather binding of Milton's works, done by Bickers and son. Tissue guarded frontisportrait of the author. Decorated initials and devices throughout. Red leather wit [more...]
Handsome full leather binding done by Bumpus of Gilbey's biography of Morland, featuring dozens of tissue-guarded colour plates of the artworks. Red mottled leather with raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentelles in gilt and gilt decor [more...]
Complete works of the 17th century dramatist. Full leather with gilt decoration and titling to spine. Marbled end-papers. Frontisportrait. Severe rubbing and wear to spines and joints. Front board of volume II detached. Others starting, one with previous [more...]
Handsomely rebound reprint of Egan's then scarce revealing tale on the life of actors and the theater business. Complete with 27 hand coloured plates plus further b/w illustrations and decorations within the text. Half leather with marbled boards. Top edge [more...]
Collected Essays of Goldsmith that first appeared in various journals and pamphlets. Calf leather binding. 12mo. 230pp. Rubbing to covers. Some cracking to spine. Some very light spotting within. Binding holding sound, contents clean. Good. [more...]
Elegant tree-calf, leather binding of Austin's appreciation of the poetry of his peers, written in 1870 prior to becoming his becoming Poet Laureate in 1896. Contains essays on Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Algernon Swinburne and more. With raised b [more...]
Second edition. Nicely rebound using original leather boards with blind-stamped design. Raised bands to spine with gild titling and blind-stamped decoration. With charts and tables. Lacks map as is common. Advertisements to rear. 12mo. 764pp. +ads. Small [more...]
