Limited edition, selection of stories from the Decameron, taken from the anonymous translation of 1741 and revised by Orson in 1896. Illustrated in b/w with linocuts by Edmondo Lucchesi. Limited to c. 1000 copies, of which this is number 749. quarter cloth w [more...]
Early edition of Lady Gilbert's novel with pictorial covers and illustrations by Maynard Brown. Decorative end-papers. Rubbing to edges. Slight creasing to spine. Cracking to front hinge but binding sound and contents clean. Good. [more...]
First edition, possible first printing of Dickens' christmas story. Lacks advertisement to rear that determines state. Skillfully rebacked with original covers and spine laid down. With illustrated title page and frontispice plus b/w illustrations within by [more...]
Pleasant Book-Lovers edition of Bronte's novel. With 7 b/w images showing locations and characters from the Bronte sisters' lives. Soft red leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Decorated end-papers, matching spine. Rubbing to edges, with slight lo [more...]
Pleasant Book-Lovers edition of Bronte's novel. With 16 b/w images showing locations and characters from the Bronte sisters' lives. Soft red leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Decorated end-papers, matching spine. No date but c. 1910. Rubbing t [more...]
Pleasant Book-Lovers edition of Gaskell's 1857 biography of Charlotte Bronte. With 8 b/w images showing locations and characters from the Bronte sisters' lives. Soft red leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Decorated end-papers, matching spine. No [more...]
Handsomely produced limited edition of Flaubert's 1874 novel on St. Anthony's temptations in the desert. With colour and b/w illustrations by Jean de Bosschere in his peculiar style. Number 2439 of 3000 copies. Fore-edge rough cut. 8vo. Bumping and rubbing [more...]
Scarce children's story by Olive Dehn. As an 18 year old Dehn was arrested by the Gestapo for writing a satirical poem about the Nazis and was deported to England. She later found fame writing and performing for Children's Hour on BBC radio. With b/w illust [more...]
'A Reprint of the First Edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and editions'. Edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald. Preface by the editor and a Boswell Bibliography by H. R. Tedder. Boswell's epochal biography of Samuel Johnson, a work th [more...]
English translation of Cottin's moral historical adventure written in 1806. Edited by Frances Burney. Bound together with Mackenzie's sentimental novel, The Man of Feeling. Engraved title page. Rebacked some time ago with original spine and boards laid down [more...]
Handsome cloth bound edition of Hawthorne's historical novel together with The House with the Seven Gables. With a design by Talwyn Morris. With b/w illustrations by John H. Bacon. 8vo. Slight sunning to spine. Foxing to fore-edge and end-papers. Tear to [more...]
No date but c. 1875. 'Comprising Nursery Songs, Life of a Doll, Edith and Mary's Housekeeping and John Gilpin'. With 24 colour illustrations by Kronheim. Decorative cloth covers. 4to. Sunning to spine. Tears to spine with slight loss to top and bottom. [more...]
Collection of short stories by Miller and other authors on edifying, often rural theme. With b/w illustrations and titles. Decorative cloth. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rubbing to joints. Tanning within, else clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
24 volumes bound as 8. Nice set of Chamber's miscellany 'containing a choice selection of interesting and instructive reading for the old and the young.' Featuring hundreds (thousands) of short stories, poems and articles on a variety of subjects. Rather di [more...]
Nicely produced, rare second printing of Post 's novel, a melange of historical fiction and arcadian fantasy, published before she found fame for her writings on etiquette. Quarter white cloth. top edge uncut. Some light shelfwear and bumping. Contents cle [more...]
Nicely presented verison of Wyss' classic story, retold by Rae. With 12 tissue guarded colour plates by Florence Maplestone, plus further lithographic illustrations within the text. all edges gilt. Oblong 8vo. Covers are stained and toned. Tanning within, [more...]
Scarce, every boy's library edition of Verne's popular novellas. Red decorative cloth covers. With publishers advertisements to end-papers and rear. No date but between 1890 to 1900. Toning to covers and spine. Spine slightly cocked. Marking to covers. Previ [more...]
Collection of verse, short stories and articles, particularly descriptions of Spain and Gibraltar. With 24 (of 27) finely engraved plates including portraits and landscapes. Handsome leather binding with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. 8vo. Mild rubbing t [more...]
Pleasant edition of Dickens' Christmas books including the classic Christmas/Ghost story A Christmas Carol plus The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Battle of Life. A facsimile of Dickens' favoured 1876 edition. Bound with quarter [more...]
No date but c. 1900. From the Moxon's Popular Poets series. Decorative cloth binding of Cowper's collected verse, including Yardley-Oak etc. plus his translations. Beveled edges, all edges gilt. Decorated end-papers. With frontispiece and b/w illustrations [more...]
