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The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. With numerous Additions and Notes, by the Right Hon. John Wilson Crocker. To which are added, Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murohy, Tyers, Reynolds, Malone, Nichols, Steevens, Cumberland, and others. And Notes by Various Hands.
London: John Murray, 1839. [Literary biography] FINELY BOUND. Ten volumes, small octavo (17 x 11 x 28cm). With upwards of fifty engraved illustrations. Later binding by Ramage in brown half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spines, marbled boards and end papers; top edges gilt. Edges a little..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1865. [Biography] FINELY BOUND, a New Edition, with notes etc. In four volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 25-468 [2]; pp.[2] 479 [3]; pp.[2] 452 [6]; pp.[2] 452 [6]. With an engraved frontispiece to volumes I and II. Contemporary tan half calf..... More
Life of Samuel Johnson. Comprehending an Account of his Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; With his Correspondence and Conversations.
London: Henry Washbourne and Co., 1857. FINELY BOUND. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.ix; [blank]; 580. Finely bound in ornately blind stamped mid brown full morocco, gilt titles and raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Text in double column. With a warm gift inscription from Thomas Heathcote Gerald..... More
The Bridge on the River Kwai. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. [Miltary adventure novel] FIRST UK EDITION, scarce VARIANT WITH ENDPAPER. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.171; [1]. Publisher's green cloth with titles in silver to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced 10/6s. Name and bookplate to flyleaf (Rex Whistler's Book Society design). Contents clean, a little wear to..... More
The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. Originally Translated from the French by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. A New Edition. With a Series of Plates, from the Illuminated Drawings contained in a valuable Ms. of the Original Romance.
London: Printed for White, Cochrane and Co., 1814. Limited Edition to 175 regular copies. Quarto; pp: half title page, frontispiece, title page, (12), (1), vi - xxvii, (1), iv, 544. Illustrated with black and white plates based on drawings from the original manuscript. Complete. This edition is edited by Edward..... More
How Do You Like Me Now?
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2018. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15 cm), pp.[6]; 362. Signed by author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's yellow cloth with blue titles to spine, dust-jacket with cover image by Mathilde Cretier and printed price of £12.99. Fine/as New copy. The debut..... More
Defender of the Faith.
London: Methuen and Co., 1911. First Edition. Octavo, pp. viii, 365 [31]. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine and upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Small square of paper pasted to lower spine. Spine very slightly sunned, and slight spotting to edges and..... More
Prince and Heretic.
London: Methuen and Co., 1914. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 374 [31]. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine, and blind to upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Spotting to edges and prelims. Even light browning throughout. Very good overall. An historical novel concerning..... More
The Quest of Glory.
London: Methuen and Co., 1912. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 311 [31]. In publisher's cyan cloth, with gilt titles and tooling to spine and upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Spine sunned, and spotting to edges and prelims. Even light browning throughout. Very good overall. An historical novel..... More
William by the Grace of God.
London: Methuen and Co., 1916. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 312 [31]. In publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine, and blind to upper board. Bookplate to front paste down. Even light browning throughout. Spotting to edges, and heavily to prelims. Slight spattering to upper board, otherwise..... More
Murder in the King's Road.
London: Harvill Press, 1953. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.212. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Monica Walker, priced at 9/6. Some spotting to edges and endpapers; offsetting also to endpapers. Gilt dulled to spine. Light rubbing to jacket edges..... More
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.258. Publisher's cream cloth lettered in black to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper by Vivian Maier with orange Signed Copy label, and printed price of £14.99 to flap. A fine/as new copy. William..... More
On The Borderland
London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1884. [Fiction] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 416; [4], blank. Brown half calf over marbled boards lettered in gilt to spine, gilt decorated raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Spotting to first and last few pages otherwise internally clean and bright..... More
Varied Verse.
London and Tunbridge Wells: The Reliance Press, no date [1925]. [Kent and Sussex Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.63 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Major Heron, with the author's | kindred regards & in remembrance | of many a hearty..... More
Bengal Fairy Tales.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1920. [Children's illustrated] FIRST TAGORE ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[2]; x; 209; [3]. With six chromolithographic illustrations including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration debossed to upper board. With the original blue dust-jacket. Top..... More
The Three Cornered Halo.
London: Michael Joseph, 1957. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With a bookplate detailing provenance loose to preliminaries. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Broom Lynne, priced at 13/6. Offsetting to endpapers. String mark across spine..... More
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards.
London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1967. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.191; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill with printed price of 16s. net. With the publisher's review slip loosely inserted..... More
Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire; Illustrative of the Works of Rober Bloomfield; Accompanied with Descriptions: to which is Annexed, a Memoir of the Poet's Life.
London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe [etc.], n.d. [1806]. [Literary Topography]. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[2] 56 [2]. With 14 copper engraved plates, including a frontispiece, and a decorated title page. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with original cream paper title label to upper board, recently re-backed to-style with..... More
The Dead Side of the Mike.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1980. [Crime thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.176. Publisher's red cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95 net. Inscribed by the author to the copyright page: "with love | from | Simon | 11th June 1980". Cloth sunned..... More
![The Complete Novels of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, comprising:] Wuthering Heights; Jane...](/pictures/thumb/53668.jpg?v=1555597689)
[The Complete Novels of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, comprising:] Wuthering Heights; Jane Eyre; Shirley; Villette; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; The Professor; Agnes Grey. The Shakespeare Head Bronte.
Boston, MA and New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. [Complete Novels] FINELY BOUND LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 11 volumes. Octavo (23 x 15 x 46cm). Each volume illustrated with three lithographic plates from drawings by J. Hewer, except 'The Professor' and 'Wildfell Hall' II, which have two, and Wuthering..... More
The Novels of the Sisters Bronte. [The works include: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Shirley, Villette, etc.]
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. THORNTON EDITION. In twelve volumes. Octavo (22 x 16cm). Illustrated with numerous plates consisting of photographic reproductions of Bronte country. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spines. With original cream dust-jackets. Top edges green, others untrimmed. Black ink gift inscription to front..... More
The Novels of the Sisters Bronte. The works include: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Shirley, Villette, etc.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907. The desirable Thornton Edition. 12 volumes. Octavo. Illustrated with numerous plates consisting of photographic reproductions of Bronte country. Handsomely bound in recent brown half morocco with red and green title labels, gilt tooling to spines, matching brown cloth boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A clean..... More
The Professor.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1922. [English Literature] DULAC ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (19 x 13cm), ppxii; 244. With six colour plates by Dulac, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with black and gilt titles to spine. Top edge green. With the plain dust-jacket, titled in green and priced at 6s. Edges..... More
The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte & Her Sisters. Haworth Edition. With Introductions to the Works By Mrs Humphrey Ward.
London: Smith Elder, 1910. 7 volumes. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Elegantly hand-bound by Robert Riviere and Son in half green morocco, gilt, with spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt panelling, gilt rule to sides, green buckram boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Gently toned to spine, minor..... More
The Old Vicarage Granchester. The Title-Page and Portrait Cut on the Wood by G. Raverat. With a Woodcut by Noel Rooke.
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, Limited, 1916. 8vo. 125 x 170 mm, with a double-page woodcut, pp. 12 numbered [2], advert to inside back cover. Publisher's paper binding, with title and publisher to upper, Front cover detached, sellotape mark along hinge, occasional light spotting, otherwise very good. First Edition. More