Nice edition of Raleigh's biography and critical appraisal of Wordsworth. Top edge gilt, printed on thick paper, probably intended for a leather rebinding. Some light foxing. Some instances of pencil underlining. Otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Striking Paperback edition of Lawrence's controversial novel. Page edges tanned. Some marking to fore-edge. creasing to spine, rubbing and shelfwear. But binding sound and contents clean. Fair/good [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Thompson's popular semi-autobiographical novel of her childhood in Juniper Hill, which spawned two sequels, forming the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing to edge [more...]
Pleasant edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. Red leather with top edge gilt. Tear to front joint but binding holding. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean. Fair+ [more...]
Nice little volume featuring fifteen specially commissioned forewords by prominent writers on significant books published by The Folio Society. Includes Phillip Pullman on The Anatomy of Melancholy; Helen Dunmore on Anna Karenina; John Sutherland on Slaughter [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Butler's provocative social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Very light shelfwear. Contents prim and clean. Very g [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Thompson's popular semi-autobiographical novel of her childhood in Juniper Hill, which spawned two sequels, forming the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some marking and spi [more...]
Pleasant illustrated edition of Dickens' last, unfinished novel. No date but c. 1950. Rubbing and wear to spine. Binding sound, contents clean. Good. [more...]
Twenty one of Kipling's best short stories, Contains Beyond the Pale, The Brush-wood boy and more. In protective wrapper. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
With previous owner's drawings and name to end-papers. Prize plate. Lack half-title. Rubbing and wear and toning to covers. Tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean. A readable copy of this scarce book. Poor/fair [more...]
Cheeky, special Reader's digest edition of Stevenson's classic adventure story. With b/w illustrations by Frank Godwin. Colour frontispiece. Quarter faux leather. Very faint spotting to top edge. Bump to top of spine. Contents clean and sound. Good [more...]
Reprint edition. Some rubbing and small tearing to edges of DJ. Tanning to page edges, Foxing to top edge. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Traveller's Library edition of Maurois' autobiographyl. Dj has toning, small tears and rubbing to edges with some loss, Light spotting to fore-edge. Some staining to rear cover and DJ. Contents clean and sound. Good overall. [more...]
Buchan's Richard Hannay novel. Rubbing to edges. Spine cocked. Foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents sound., Good overall, [more...]
Swift, readable history of english literature from Chaucer to the victorian era. With b/w images. Quarter leather with gilt decoration. Complete with slipcase. slipcase has some rubbing and toning. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning and light marking t [more...]
Neat Nelson edition of Eliot's enduring novel. With b/w frontispiece. Blue cloth with blind-stamped decoration. No date but c. 1920. Bumping and rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Tanning to page edges. Good overall. [more...]
Weyman's 1895 historical novel. Red cloth . Some light bumping and rubbing to edges with chipping to tail of spine. No date but c. 1940. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society Edition of Turgenev's great novel. Quarter cloth with decorative paper to boards. An introduction by Colin Ward and illustrations by Janos Kass. Lacks slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean, bright and tight. Very good. [more...]
