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The Revolutions of Portugal, Written in French by the Abbot De Vertot, of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions. Done into English from the last French Edition.
London: Printed for W. Taylor and C. Rivington, 1724. EARLY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; iv; 138; [10]. With a copper engraved frontispiece. In contemporary tan calf boards with blind decoration. Recently re-backed to style with raised bands and gilt titles to a red label on spine. Faint ink..... More
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, First Issue. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 422 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and green endpapers. Fore and lower edge untrimmed. With the first issue dust-jacket showing the exclamation mark at the..... More
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
Master of The World.
UK, Electric Modern Printing, Limited, Manchester, [1961]. FIRST PRINTING. An original UK quad for the science fiction-fantasy from Saxon Films, based on the novels by Jules Verne and starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronsan, Folded, condition A (fresh). Approx dimensions 40x30 inches, landscape format, (will be despatched rolled, in tube)..... 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
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
The Fur Country. Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1875. Early edition in a fine contemporary brown diced calf with a black title label, intricate and delicate gilt tooling to compartments to spine, the top compartment with a gilt-stamped crouched monkey topped by a crown; gilt rule to boards, marbled end papers..... 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
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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