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...]
Generously illustrated edition of the Tales from the Arabian Nights, seemingly adapted from Gilbert's translation. With 48 colour illustrations by A. E. Jackson with illustrated end-papers. Tearing and loss to tipped in cover image. Toning and marking to co [more...]
Lavishly illustrated biography of Carroll that gives a through account of how his work, including especially Alice in Wonderland, was written, published and influenced. Features rare photographs and portraits as well as a plethora of illustrations from his bo [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. 4904. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Previous owner's name to dedication page. Mis [more...]
From the Collins collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 219. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers. Contents tanned. Good [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...]
Charming cloth edition of Goldsmith's 1766 novel from Dent's English Idylls series, featuring elaborate gilt decoration and 25 colour plates by C. E. Brock. Light green cloth. Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough cut. Decorated end-papers. Previous owner's inscri [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...]
Pleasant edition of Disraeli's novel. Volume V from the Bradenham edition. With an introduction by Phillip Guedala. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge uncut. Marking and toning to covers. Mild foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. Good. [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...]
With b/w illustrations and colour frontispiece. Rubbing to edges, especially to top and tail of spine. Mild sunning to spine. Previous owner's name crossed out to front blank. Mild tanning to page edges. Contents sound. 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...]
