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Guenevere: Two Poems by William Morris; The Defence of Guenevere; and King Arthur's Tomb.
London: The Fanfrolico Press, May 1930. [Poetry] PRIVATE PRESS LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[48]. With eight in-text collographic illustrations after sketches by Rossetti. Number 249 of 450 copies finely printed in Weiss Antiqua on Barcham Green Vellum paper. Publisher's black cloth with brown paper over the centre of..... More
The Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
London: Ellis and Elvey, 1891. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary brown full morocco, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt, and endpapers decorated with gilt. Gentle toning throughout, with spotting to frontispiece tissue guard. Moderate wear and bumping to..... More
Poems & Translations 1850-1870, Together with the Prose Story 'Hand and Soul.'
London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1926. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND, a later edition thus. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[2] xx; 482 [4]. With a frontispiece of the author's self-portrait in the National Portrait Gallery. Contemporary navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and blue cloth..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 18, no. 11.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, November 1971. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.286. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at $1. Light wear to covers, with a small chip to head of spine, and a little oxidation to staples. Very..... More
Salvage from the Cynthia.
London: Arco Publications, 1964. [Adventure] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the white and blue dust-jacket, originally priced at 12/6. Price-clipped jacket lightly toned to spine with a few marks. Near fine. A young man, rescued from a shipwreck as..... More
The Moon-Voyage. Containing "From the Earth to the Moon," and "Round the Moon."
London: Ward, Lock & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Science Fiction] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.132; 7-147 [13]. With a half-tone frontispiece by Austin to each of the two parts. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and red and white decoration to spine and upper..... More
The Fur Country, or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., no date [circa 1925]. [Arctic Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition with the rare jacket. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 334. With a black and white half-tone frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with black and white titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the..... More
The Fur Country, or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. [Arctic Adventure] FIFTH ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 334 [2]. With 100 engraved plates including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with black and gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt. Plain bookplate of Judah Levy to..... More
Adrift in The Pacific.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1893. [Castaway Adventure] EARLY CHEAP EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.151 [1]; 142. With engraved plates by Benett, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Upper hinge split..... More
The Archipelago On Fire.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1888. [Historical Fiction] EARLY CHEAP EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 198 [34]. With fifty engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Benett. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Gentle toning throughout; a strong tobacco..... More
The Castle of the Carpathians.
New York, NY: The Merriam Co., no date [1894]. [Strange Tales] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.iv; 211 [1]. With 38 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Benett. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and black and white illustrations stamped to spine and upper. Bookplate of Francis E...... More
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The Clipper of the Clouds. [Robur the Conquerer].
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887 [1886]. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 234 [32]. Publisher's catalogue dated October 1886. With 42 wood engraved plates by Benett, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and black, brown and white decoration to..... More
Clovis Dardentor.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1897 [1898]. [Romantic Adventure] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, third issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 320. With 45 engraved plates by Benett, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and grey, black and orange decoration to spine and upper..... More
Clovis Dardentor. Les Voyages Extraordinaires, Couronnes par l'Académie Française.
Paris: Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie., no date [1896]. [French Literature] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Quarto (28 x 19cm), pp.[4] 244 [8]. With 45 engravings after Benett, including six chromotypographic plates and a frontispiece. All text in French. Facsimile dedication to half-title. Publisher's red cloth with black..... More
Keraban the Inflexible: The Captain of the Guidara.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1884 [1886]. [Ottoman Adventure] FIRST UK EDITION, a later issue. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 223 [33]. Publisher's catalogue dated October 1886. With 49 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Benett. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and..... More
Mistress Branican.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, no date [circa 1902]. [Mystery Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 360. With a selection of Benett's engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and polychrome decoration to spine and upper. Black ink church choir..... More
North Against South. A Tale of the American Civil War.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1891 [1890]. [Historical Fiction] EARLY UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.173 [1]; 154. With 64 engraved plates by Benett, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Black ink ownership to recto of frontispiece..... More
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Anomalous Phenomea, together with Homeward Bound [Hector Servadac].
London: Arco Publications, 1965. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION THUS, being part of the popular Arco uniform 'Fitzroy' series reissued in the 1960s, often featuring amended titles (as with the present volume). Crown octavo, pp.192; pp.192. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jackets. Contemporary inscription to pastedown, a few inked 'tick' marks..... More
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The Chancellor [The Survivors of the Chancellor / The Wreck of The Chancellor].
London: Arco Publications, 1965. FIRST EDITION THUS, being part of the popular Arco uniform 'Fitzroy' series reissued in the 1960s, often featuring amended titles (as with the present volume). Crown octavo, pp.192. Publisher's cloth in a harrowing pictorial dust-jacket. Toning to page edges, some dustiness, spinea touch sunned... More
The Danube Pilot.
London: Arco Publications, 1967. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.198 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the white and purple dust-jacket designed by William Langstaffe, priced at 18s, and re-priced with a sticker to £1.25. Gently toned throughout. Jacket spine lightly..... More
Dr. Ox and other Stories.
London: Arco Publications, 1964. First UK Edition, Crown octavo, pp.191. Publisher's dark brown cloth, titles in gilt to spine, in original pictorial dust jacket. Price-clipped, and with series price to rear obscured by publisher, otherwise a lovely fine copy. 'This volume contains many hitherto unavailable stories by Jules Verne' (from..... More
Homeward Bound. Part II of Hector Servadac.
London: Arco Publications, 1965. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and blue dust-jacket, originally priced at 12/6, and re-priced to £1.25 with a sticker. Gently toned throughout. Original price to back cover crossed out with..... More
![The Hunt for the Meteor [The Chase of the Golden Meteor]. Jules VERNE, Gabriel, I. O. EVANS](/pictures/thumb/48259.jpg?v=1493311052)
The Hunt for the Meteor [The Chase of the Golden Meteor].
London: Arco Publications, 1965. FIRST EDITION THUS, being part of the popular Arco uniform 'Fitzroy' series reissued in the 1960s, often featuring amended titles (as with the present volume). Crown octavo, pp.191. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Contemporary inscription to pastedown, a few inked 'tick' marks to titles on..... More
Into the Abyss. Part II of Family Without a Name.
London: Arco Publications, 1963. [Historical Fiction] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.171 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and orange dust-jacket designed by William Langstaffe, priced at 12/6. Lightly toned to jacket spine. Near fine. The second part of the grand heroic tragedy..... More
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Measuring a Meridian [The Adventures of Three Russians and Three Englishmen in South Africa].
London: Arco Publications, 1964. FIRST EDITION THUS, being part of the popular Arco uniform series reissued in the 1960s, often featuring amended titles (as with the present volume). Crown octavo, pp.189. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Contemporary inscription to pastedown, a few inked 'tick' marks to titles on rear..... More