Handsome Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's letters, purportedly from an outsider, satirizing the manners of the English. Quarter cloth with marbled boards and decoration by Cecil Keeling. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some light toning and rubbing [more...]
Handsome Heron edition. With b/w illustrations by Renate Meyer. Green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Sewn headband and silken marker. Some mild tanning to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Very good+ [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's great novel along with other stories and Merry Men. Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduction by Rae Jeffs and illustrations by Charles Keepi [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...]
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...]
'A Leading Shakespearian scholar and experienced producer discuss how the plays can be staged so as to convey the fullest message to the present day audience.'' Tanning to spine and top edge. Binding tight and contents clean. Good+. [more...]
Nice Collins clear type press edition of Ballantyne's adventure novel. With illustrations by J. E. Sutcliffe. No date but c. 1950. Some light scratching and rubbing to covers, Contents clean. Good. [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...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Conrad's response to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. With b/w illustrations by Geoffrey Plant. Some rubbing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Stowe's 1852 abolitionist novel. 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 Appreciation of the author to t [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative edn-papers. No slipcase as issued. Some toning to spine and Some tanning to page edges but otherwise is clean, p [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...]
Literary essays and verse in honour of Dobree by his former colleagues and students, including Ted Hughes, T. S. Eliot, Auden and others. Foxing and tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning and fading to spine. Light foxing to page edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
