Pleasant half leather (publishers?) binding. Floral decoration to spine. Marbled edges with matching marbled end-papers. With a frontisportrait by the author and colour and b/w plates. No date but c. 1900. 8vo. Rubbing to edges with tearing to tail of spi [more...]
Early, perhaps first, edition of Henty's popular tale of a young Dutch sailor contending with Malaysian pirates during the period of Dutch rule in the region. With b/w illustrations by J. Jellicoe. Pictorial green cloth. Some mild bumping and rubbing to edg [more...]
Handsome Heron Collector's edition of Ambler's 1969 spy thriller. Red faux leather cloth with elaborate gilt design. Large 8vo. Some light rubbing to edges. faint foxing to page edges. Contents Clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Scathing collection of comical verse and literary quotes that could mercilessly be applied to Benjamin Disraeli, as well as quotations from the man himself. With b/w illustrations. Produced by Abel Heywood, the radical publisher and mayor of Manchester. Mil [more...]
Strikingly illustrated accounts of childhood in the Netherlands. With numerous colour illustrations throughout. 4to. Heavy rubbing to spine, with fraying. Light spotting and toning to cover. Toning within, binding sound. Good. [more...]
Illustrated edition of Thackeray's satirical fantasy novel. With 12 colour tipped in colour plates by J. R. Monsell and b/w illustrations within the text. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Rubbing and fraying to spine. Cracking to inner hinge. [more...]
From the Tauchnitz collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 4957. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers. Previous owner's n [more...]
From the Tauchnitz collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 4491. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers., spine very slightl [more...]
Nice quarter cloth rebinding with marbled boards. With b/w illustrations by Phiz (Knight Hablot Browne). Rubbing and bumping to covers. Sunning to spine. Bindings sound and contents clean. Good. [more...]
Nice red leather edition of Dickens' great novel. Top edge gilt. Light marks to fore-edge. Some marking to front cover. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Handsome Heron edition of the first novel to feature Lord Ramage and set during the French Revolutionary Wars. Red faux-leather cloth with gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. Mild foxing to top edge. Small marks to free end-papers (caused by tape resi [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Boccaccio's renaissance compendium of short stories. With illustrations by Buckland-Wright. Complete with Dust-jackets. Decorative cloth boards. Some water damage to rear cover of volume 1, affecting rear free end-papers and [more...]
Collection of literary essays, including pieces on Johnson and Boswell, John Dunton , Bath and more; plus verse and speeches. No DJ. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Handsome pictorial cloth covers. Illustrated by George Soper. Decorative end-papers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Pleasant compact edition of Austen's enduring novel. With decorative cloth. DJ has some bumping to edges. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
With b/w illustrations by Alfred Pearse . No date but c. 1900. Mild rubbing to edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents clean and tight. very good. [more...]
Nicely produced edition of Dickens' novel with his travel writing, based on the household edition with new illustrations by F. Barnard. Red cloth with beveled edges. Top edge gilt. General wear and bumping to covers. foxing to fore-edge and front matter. [more...]
From the Uniform Edition. Leather binding with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to edges, light wear to spine. Contents clean and tight, Good+ [more...]
