Handsome special collectors' Heron edition of Spencer Dunmore's wartime novel. Red faux-leather cloth with gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. Foxing to top edge. Small marks to free end-papers (caused by tape residue from a previous owner's protectiv [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Malraux's 1933 novel of the communist insurrection in Shanghai. From the 'Books that have shaped Man's thinking' series. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. With an introduction and b/w images. An [more...]
Illustrated edition of Dickens' novel featuring the b/w original drawings of Phiz. No date but c. 1910. Light wear to boards. Previous owner's name and prize plate to endpapers. Tanning to page edge. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Leather edition of Lytton's novel. Gilt decoration to spine. With frontispiece. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and cracking to spine. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Two volumes bound as one. Nice compact edition of Dickens' Pickwick papers with colour frontispiece by Phiz. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and marking to covers but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Biography of the Writer Hugh Walpole, written by his colleague and friend. With b/w images and maps to end-papers. No dust jacket. Marking and rubbing to green cloth boards. Toning and fading to spine. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and binding [more...]
'Biographies' of characters from Dickens' novel, including Sam Weller, Mr. Micawber, Bumble and more. No DJ. Foxing to page edge and occasionally within, mainly around plates. Otherwise clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
Leather prize binding of Scott's historical novel set during the crusades. Westminster City school crest to cover and bookplate to ffep. Decorated end-papers. Marbled page edges. Rubbing to leather. Foxing to front-matters but contents clean. Binding tig [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Ainsworth's intriguing historical novel with supernatural elements, focusing on Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations. Extremely light m [more...]
Handsome Heron edition of the classic bushranger adventure novel. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. Introduction by G. F. Maine. B/w illustrations. Some light shelf-wear. Else clean and prim. Fine. [more...]
Pleasant Guild edition of Dickens' novel. Green faux leather cloth with gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. Some very mild bumping to top and tail of spine. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
First uniform edition of Kipling's collection of short stories. Top edge gilt. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Tanning and slight spotting to fore-edge. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair/good. [more...]
First edition of Cary's novel, drawing on his experiences in Africa. No DJ. Foxing to page edges. Spine slightly cocked. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Longmans Green, And Co. for the British Council 1963
Readable account of the great poet and his work. Writers and their Work pamphley no. 163. . Softcovers have some foxing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Everyman's library volume no. 958. Contains England my England, The Woman who rode away and others. DJ is toned to spine, with small tears. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Handsome limp leather edition of Dickens' novel. From the Nelson's New Century Library. With tissue guarded frontispiece Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and toning to edges, sunning to spine. Small tear to top of spine with slight loss. Previous owner's name to [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel about a Parisian social climber. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Alistair Grant. Lacks dust jacket. Spine is cocked. Toning and rubbing to covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Fair [more...]
Pleasant limp leather edition of Scott's 1823 Waverley novel. From the New Century Library, With b/w illustrations and tissue guarded frontispiece. Printed on fine india style paper. Rubbing to top and tail of spine with some loss. Rubbing and bumping to e [more...]
Handsome collins edition of Kingsley's historical novel, concerning Francis Drake and adventures on the high seas. Limp red leather with gilt decoration to spine, top edge gilt. With b/w illustrations by G. C. Hindley. No date but c. 1930. Sunning to spin [more...]
