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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell.
London: Shakespeare Printing Office, 1804. FINE BEWICK ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo, pp. xxvii, 68. With five full page woodcuts and numerous vignettes by Thomas and John Bewick. Elegantly bound in later red half Morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to spine. Speckled edges. Some occasional light spotting, some near... More about Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. The Globe Edition, with Biographical Introduction by Professor Masson.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. [Literary Works]. FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] lxii; 695 [3]. With a wood engraved frontispiece. Contemporary red full morocco by BICKERS for Ladies' College Guernsey, with raised bands, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decoration to spine, and large armorial gilt stamp of... More about The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. The Globe Edition, with Biographical Introduction by...
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: George G. Harrap and Company, Limited, 1929. First Rackham Edition. 4to. With 12 illustrations in colour. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles and floral decoration to, top edge gilt, illustrated end papers. Some edgespotting, very light wear to covers, few marks to upper, bookplate 'Winifred E. Briggs'. A.... More about The Vicar of Wakefield
The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: George G. Harrap and Company Limited, 1929. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Large 8vo., pp. 232. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles and gilt decoration to spine and upper. Near fine in very good dust-wrapper, dusty and showing small tears. With 12 coloured plates and several other illustrations. Shows extremely... More about The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
The Vicar of Wakefield.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1915. [Illustrated Classic] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; xxxvi; 305; [3]. With numerous wood engravings by Thomson, including a frontispiece. Contemporary lilac half calf by RIVIERE, with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine, and blue cloth over... More about The Vicar of Wakefield
History of Greece, Abridged, for the Use of Schools.
London: Printed for J. Brambles [etc.], 1807. NEW EDITION. Duodecimo, pp. viii, 269 [3]. With a frontispiece engraving of the death of Alexander the Great. In contemporary half brown calf with gilt titles to spine and marbled boards. Black ink ownership inscription to front free end-paper. Lightly browned throughout; wear... More about History of Greece, Abridged, for the Use of Schools
The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East.
London: Printed for N. Newbury, 1762. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. In two volumes. Foolscap octavo, pp.viii, 286 [2]; pp.[2], 238 [16]. In contemporary mottled calf boards, recently re-backed to style with raised bands and gilt titles to original red labels to spines. Armorial bookplates of the De Burghs, Earls of Clanricarde... More about The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His...
Days of the Dandies. Laurence Sterne; Mrs. Jordan; Captain Gronow; Peg Woffington; Charles J. Fox; Mary Wortley Montagu; Colley Cibber; Fanny Burney; Beau Nash; Horace Walpole.
London: The Grolier Society, no date [circa 1896]. [Biographies] FINELY BOUND, the Connoisseur Edition. Complete in 15 volumes. Octavo (23 x 16 x 61cm). With 90 engraved plates, each duplicated on different paper, all with tissue guards. Number 26 of just 150 sets in this special edition. Many plates are... More about Days of the Dandies. Laurence Sterne; Mrs. Jordan; Captain Gronow; Peg Woffington; Charles J....
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