Splendid vellum binding of Chaucer's works. Done by John Bumpus (but doubtless outsourced) with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and leather labels. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. Page edges tinted yellow. Printed in double columns. Con [more...]
Handsomely rebound Oxford Illustrated edition of Dickens' novel that satirises the british class system and its institutions such as the debtors prisons. Complete with the 40 b/w illustrations by Phiz, From the Oxford New Illustrated Dickens series. Half red [more...]
Glorious limited edition of Balzac's humourous short stories in the style of the Decameron, appearing in 1832, 1833 & 1837. Bound in half cloth with decorative paper to boards. Fore-edge rough cut. With two tone illustrations by Barton. Limited to 2050 cop [more...]
Handsomely rebound Tusitala edition of Stevenson's enduring adventure. Half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. With a map as frontispiece. 12mo. Previous owner's inscription to fly-leaf. Mild foxin [more...]
Stylish Folio Society edition of Camus' 1942 novella, L'Étranger, also called The Stranger; Using Laredo's 1982 translation. With striking collage style illustrations by Mathew Richardson and an introduction by Damon Galgut. Complete with slipcase. Sealed [more...]
First reprint, in the same format as the 1934 first edition. Wall's second Blinky Bill story, with b/w illustrations throughout. 4to. Rubbing to edges with cracking to joints. Bumping to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Analysis of Dickens' moral and political philsophy and it was evinced by his work. Which is dealt with piece by piece, showing the evolution of his thought, alongside more general commentary on his novels. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Foxing to fore-e [more...]
First edition of Bussy's anonymous published coming of age novel, concerning an English student in a French school. Controversial, despite its delayed publication, Olivia remains a key novel in the lesbian canon. Lacks DJ. 8vo. Toning to spine, mild rubbin [more...]
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...]
'Lectures delivered in 1892 on the Percy Turnbull Memorial Foundation in The Johns Hopkins University.' With lectures on Homer and Epic Poetry, Pindar, Greek Drama etc. Full leather prize binding with King Edward VI, Stratford crest to cover and prize plate [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...]
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...]
'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...]
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...]
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...]
