Charming perhaps special illustrated edition of Caldecott's 1884 picture book. No date but c. 1890. Chromolithographic images and text. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Bevelled edges. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning within, oth [more...]
Scarce book of poetry by the 'Vicar of Wickhambrook, Suffolk'. Full leather. All edges gilt, marbled end-papers, inner and outer dentelles. 12mo. Previous owner's name to title page. Rubbing to edges. Spotting to front matter, mild tanning within, else c [more...]
Engaging volume, edited by Ellis, of verse and engravings on the theme of travel and notable sights, including Rome, Pisa as well as notable mosques and churches. All edges gilt. 4to. Boards detached, some slight loss to spine. Some tanning to page edges, ot [more...]
No date but c. 1900. A nice example of german lithography. A collection of songs by the Scottish Poet and hymnodist. Beautifully illustrated throughout with chromolithographic plates and text. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Some rubbing to edges, marking [more...]
Humour verse with striking colour illustrations. With 28 plates featuring an image an limerick beneath. small 4to. Backstrip is missing. Toning and marking to covers, rubbing to edges. Toning within, closed tear to one plate. Otherwise clean and sound. [more...]
Stylish illustration Käthe Kruse dolls in various scenes with verse by Rose Fyleman. oblong 4to. Colour illustrations. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Some toning to edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1953. An annual promotional exercise devised by the agency SH Benson, where humourous pamphlets were sent to Doctors so as, they say, to solicit recommendations that 'Guinness is good for you.' A witty pastiche of notable vers [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1936. An annual promotional exercise devised by the agency SH Benson, where humourous pamphlets were sent to Doctors so as, they say, to solicit recommendations that 'Guinness is good for you.' A witty pastiche of notable vers [more...]
No date but c. 1890. Nicely produced edition of Burns' enduring poem, with chromolithographic illustrated and decorated initials. oblong 12mo. Bound with cord with bow. Toning to covers and within, else clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
24 volumes bound as 8. Nice set of Chamber's miscellany 'containing a choice selection of interesting and instructive reading for the old and the young.' Featuring hundreds (thousands) of short stories, poems and articles on a variety of subjects. Rather di [more...]
Rare edition of Burns' poetry with a brief biography of the author and his letters to rear. Verse printed in double columns. Neatly rebound in a pattern green cloth. With A terrific large fold-out frontispiece and b/w illustrations. A small tear to foldout-w [more...]
Scarce, charming collection of verse describing the lives of children over the course of the year. With chromolithographic illustrations by Chitty throughout. 8vo. Rubbing to edges. Toning and marking to covers. Tanning to page edges but contents clean an [more...]
Handsome leather prize binding of the 'Globe' edition of Tennyson's works, including Ulysses, English Idylls, Idylls of the King as well as his Juvenalia. Red leather with marbled end-papers and matching marbling to page edges. Outer dentelles. Printed in do [more...]
Scarce collections of lectures, given in 1852 in the Music Hall in belfast. Includes pieces on Byron, Keats, Southey etc. With extracts. Nicely bound in full leather divinity binding style. With blind-stamped decoration, beveled edges. Marbled end-papers. [more...]
Revised and updated version of Aytoun's collection of Scottish Ballads with brief introductions. Full leather with raise bands to spine. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles. Marbled end-papers. 12mo. Mild toning to spines. Small mark to top of spine of vol. [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Nicely rebound, half-leather binding of Hemans' collected poetical works. Including Casabianca etc. Brown Half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. Marbled end-papers and matching marbling to boards and page edges. With b/w [more...]
'Printed from the original editions with a life of the author by A. Chalmers'. Handsome full leather binding of Milton's works, done by Bickers and son. Tissue guarded frontisportrait of the author. Decorated initials and devices throughout. Red leather wit [more...]
Nicely bound edition containing the poetical works of american soldier and statesman John Hay, featuring his Pike Country Ballads, assimilating his experiences after the civil war. Half leather with marbled boards. Raised bands to spine. 12mo. Some rubbin [more...]
Collection of verse, short stories and articles, particularly descriptions of Spain and Gibraltar. With 24 (of 27) finely engraved plates including portraits and landscapes. Handsome leather binding with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. 8vo. Mild rubbing t [more...]
No date but c. 1890. Gloriously illustrated collection of verse, featuring chromolithographic illustrations throughout by Waugh. 4to. Rubbing to edges. Foxing within. Binding sound. Good overall. [more...]
