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...]
Elegant edition of Thackeray's historical novel that follows the story of Henry Esmond's descendents. From the new century library. Decorative cloth with blind-stamped design to cover and gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Mild bumping and rubbing to edges. Fox [more...]
No date but c. 1930. Collection of short stories, illustrated throughout in b/w and colour, with colour plates. 4to. Foxing to page edges and within. Toning to covers. Mild marking to spine. Binding sound. Good. [more...]
Later edition of Bonnet's 1949 historical novel set in Victorian England. Sunning to spine, Mild rubbing to edges. Light marking and foxing to page edges. Good. [more...]
Neat leather-bound uniform edition of Sabatini's 1928 historical novel. Some bumping and rubbing to edges, with loss to tail of spine, fading to gilt title. Previous owner's blind-stamped name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Fair/good. [more...]
From the Uniform Edition. Leather binding with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Bumping to top of spine. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's blind-stamped name to ffep. Contents clean and tight, Good [more...]
No date but c. 1910. Elegant edition of Thackeray's historical novel that follows the story of Henry Esmond's descendents. From the new century library. Decorative gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Mild bumping and rubbing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Con [more...]
'Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany, Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II'. Pleasant edition of Defoe's [more...]
First edition of the final volume in the Sword of Honour trilogy. No DJ. Some light wear to covers. Light tanning within, else clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
