Splendid Folio Society edition featuring some of the greatest American short stories by the most illustrious US authors. Includiing works by Jack London, John Steinbeck, Dorothy Parker. With b/w illustrations by Paul Gulla and an introduction by William Abrah [more...]
Oxford India Paper Dickens edition of his great (and only) historical novel and his accessible history of England for younger readers. With sixteen illustrations by Phiz and four by Townsend. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Gilt decoration to spine. Marbled [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Fielding's great comic novel. Complete in two volumes. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. In crisp fine condition. [more...]
Handsome special quarter leather edition of Disraeli's novel featuring Talwyn Morris's iconic art deco floral design in gilt to spine. With b/w illustrations by Claude A. Shepperson plus introduction. No date but c.1900. 8vo. ( 200x145mm) [xxii+vii] 432pp. [more...]
Biography of the Writer Hugh Walpole, written by his colleague and friend. With b/w images and maps to end-papers. No dust jacket. Marking and rubbing to green cloth boards. Toning and fading to spine. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and binding [more...]
Vol. 1899 and 1900 in the Collection of British Authors Series. In original paper wrappers. Fore edge rough cut. Some rubbing, and toning to cover with a few small tears. Joints cracking. Contents clean. Good overall. [more...]
Pleasant half leather (publishers?) binding. Floral decoration to spine. Marbled edges with matching marbled end-papers. With a frontispiece of Gordon Browne and colour and b/w plates. No date but c. 1900. 8vo. Rubbing to edges, Tearing to top of spine. [more...]
Pleasant half leather (publishers?) binding. Floral decoration to spine. Marbled edges with matching marbled end-papers. With a frontispiece by Gordon Browne and colour and b/w plates. No date but c. 1900. 8vo. Rubbing to edges, Contents clean and bindi [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. All edges gilt. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good+ [more...]
Impressive Folio Society edition of Kipling's 1895 sequel to the Jungle book, continuing the tale of Mowgli in a series of short stories. Featuring the striking illustrations of Edward Detmold, redone in colour by David Eccles. Complete with slipcase. Some [more...]
Deluxe leather edition of Dickens' travel writings. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headband. Features illustrations by Maurice Grieffenhagen. Some light rubbing to extremities but cont [more...]
Deluxe leather edition of Dickens' final unfinished novel together with his own entirely delf-written periodical, Master Humphrey's Clock, a plethora of short stories. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edg [more...]
Three volume set of Boswell's Life of Johnson, a landmark in biography. No date but c. 1910. Previous owner's inscription to vol. one. Tanning to page edge. Some light sunning to spines. Content clean and tight. Good condition. [more...]
From the Tauchnitz collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 4798. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers. Slight marking to f [more...]
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...]
