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The Works of Jane Austen. Being: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Mansfield Park.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895-1897. [English Literature] FIRST EDITIONS THUS - each being the first edition illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Five volumes, octavos (20 x 13 x 18cm). Handsomely bound in recent burgundy half morocco over red cloth boards, gilt titles and tooling to spines, contrasting blue title... More about The Works of Jane Austen. Being: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Northanger...
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha; explained with Short, Apt, and Instructive Notes, in a Method entirely different from all Modern Publications of the Sacred Book: and Cleared from that Variety of Opinions and Conjectures, many of which have no Support in the Scriptures; have been collected without Judgement; and serve more to disturb and confound, than to instruct, edify, and confirm the Reader in the Faith and Practice of a Christian.
London: W. Adlard and J. Browne, date misprinted [1770]. [Illustrated Bible] RARE IMPRINT. Folio, (42 x 28cm), unpaginated. Collation: A-13F2. Date misprinted as 2170 in Roman numerals. With a copper engraved frontispiece by Cole after Wale, as well as 33 further copper engraved plates by various artists. With an index... More about The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testament, with the Apocrypha; explained with Short,...
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha, Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Bensley, Cooke and Collingwood, 1815. FINELY BOUND ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Three volumes. Quarto (29 x 20cm), unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with many copper engravings by Charles Heath, after Richard Westall. Contemporary horizontal grained red full morocco with gilt titles to spine and gilt decorations to... More about The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha, Translated out of the...
Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. for Boots Pure Drug Co., no date [circa 1930]. [Illustrated Literature] WITH DUSTJACKET, a later edition. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.x; 520. With 16 tipped-in chromolithographic plates after illustrations by Brittan and Brock, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and... More about Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor
Rhyme? and Reason?
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. [Children's Illustrated] SECOND EDITION, the fourth-thousand. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xii; 214 [6]. With sixty five wood engraved illustrations by Frost and Holiday including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt illustration to upper board. All edges gilt; black... More about Rhyme? and Reason?
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BASILIKA. The Workes [works] of King Charles the Martyr: with a Collection of Declarations, Treaties, And other Papers Concerning the Differences Betwixt His Said Majesty and His Two Houses of Parliament.
London: Printed by James Flesher for R. Royston, 1662. [English History] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound as one. Folio (35 x 24cm), pp.[12] 118; [10] 458 [2]; 733 [7]. Complete with the frontispiece, engraved title page, and three further double-page-spread engraved plates. Also with the title page and preliminaries to... More about BASILIKA. The Workes [works] of King Charles the Martyr: with a Collection of Declarations,...
The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W. H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie.
London: George Virtue, 1842. [British Coastal Topography] FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS. In two volumes. Quarto (28 x 22cm), unpaginated. With 96 of the original 126 steel-engraved plates, including frontispieces and title page vignettes after various artists, engraved by the Finden brothers and Bartlett. One leaf of text faces each engraving, to... More about The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by...
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, October 1891. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND, with illustrations. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 624. With 39 engraved plates by 'Phiz' and a frontispiece of the young Dickens by Maclise. Reprinted from stereotype plates. Contemporary green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine... More about The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Classic fiction] BOUND FROM PARTS; early issue text, mixed state plates. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624. Contemporary black half calf over marbled paper boards, red title label to spine, all edges speckled. Illustrated with author portrait frontispiece and thirty-nine plates by Phiz and Maclise... More about The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE: "Veller" title and two "Buss" plates; bound without the half-title. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.iii-xvi; 609; [1]. With 41 engraved plates, as well as an engraved frontispiece and decorated title page. Later green half straight grained morocco, with raised... More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE: "Veller" title and all of Smith's first issue text points save for one, 'Phiz' plates in early states with page numbers as called for but no titles or imprints; bound without the half-title. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.iii-xvi; 609;... More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
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Master Humphrey's Clock [The Old Curiosity Shop; Barnaby Rudge]. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. FIRST EDITION of Barnaby Rudge, The Old Curiosity Shop, and Master Humphrey's Clock. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a further sixty-two plates by Thomas Sibson and four rare plated by Jacob Parrallel. Title page notes 'Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne' with no mention of Sibson. Three... More about Master Humphrey's Clock [The Old Curiosity Shop; Barnaby Rudge]. With Illustrations by George...
The Old Curiosity Shop.
London: Chapman and Hall, n.d. [c.1965]. English literature. Illustrated edition. Crown octavo, pp.715. With seventy-five illustrations by Cattermole and 'Phiz'. Original half blue calf, gilt, with five raised bands to spine, buckram sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Internally fine, minor dustiness and wear, spine pleasingly sunned to grey. An..... More about The Old Curiosity Shop
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Charles Dickens' Complete Works. The University Edition. [Including] Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, [etc.]
Boston, MA: Estes and Lauiat, 1882. [Complete Works] FINELY BOUND SET. Fifteen volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 55cm). With occasional wood engraved plates by various artists. Fine contemporary dark brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and marbled paper over boards. All edges and... More about Charles Dickens' Complete Works. The University Edition. [Including] Pickwick Papers, The Old...
The Works of Charles Dickens.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1890-95. FINELY BOUND SET. 24 titles in 17 volumes, together with a one-volume Life of Dickens by John Forster. Octavo. With illustrations from the original plates by Cruikshank, Stone, Phiz, et al. In half blue calf by Mudie, with striking blue marbled boards, end-papers and edges... More about The Works of Charles Dickens
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Celebrated Crimes [Includes the classic tales of Martin Guerre and The Man in the Iron Mask]. Translated by I.G. Burnham. Illustrated with Photogravures after Original Drawings by De Los Rios, Prodhomme, Wagrez, etc.
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1895. [True Crime] Octavo (20 x 14 x 30cm), eight volumes. With several full-page illustrations, all with tissue guards. Handsomely bound in half red morocco, gilt, with matching red cloth sides, top edges gilt, gilt-patterned endpapers. Some foxing within, lightly handled to exterior; a very good set... More about Celebrated Crimes [Includes the classic tales of Martin Guerre and The Man in the Iron Mask]....
The Old Man and the Sea.
London: The Reprint Society, 1953. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK ILLUSTRATED EDITION, preceding Cape's own illustrated edition (published in 1955). Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.117; [3]. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Tunnicliffe and Sheppard. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine against a red background, and a silver leaping... More about The Old Man and the Sea
Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather... More about Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox
Tom Brown's Schooldays.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. [Children's Literature] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxiv; 308. With frequent in-text and full page wood engravings after Hughes and Hall by D. Cooper. Contemporary red full calf for Heddon Court School by BUMPUS, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine... More about Tom Brown's Schooldays
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Golf [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]. With contributions by Lord Wellwood, Sir Walter Simpson, Bart., Right Hon. A.J. Balfour M.P., Andrew Lang, H.F.C. Everard, and others.
London: Longmans, Green, 1901. SIXTH, CHEAP EDITION. Octavo, pp. xiv, 483. With 32 full-page engraved plates and numerous full in-text engravings. In publisher's pictorial brown cloth, with library scene and titles in black to upper board, titles in black and gilt to spine. Swan and ship patterned endpapers. Light edge... More about Golf [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]. With contributions by Lord Wellwood, Sir...
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Golf [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]. With contributions by Lord Wellwood, Sir Walter Simpson, Bart., Right Hon. A.J. Balfour M.P., Andrew Lang, H.F.C. Everard, and others.
London: Longmans, Green, 1895. NEW EDITION, REVISED. Octavo, pp. xiv, 483. With 32 full-page engraved plates and numerous full in-text engravings. In publisher's pictorial brown cloth, with library scene and titles in black to upper board, titles in black and gilt to spine. Swan and ship patterned endpapers. A used... More about Golf [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes]. With contributions by Lord Wellwood, Sir...
Biggles In Spain.
London: Oxford University Press, 1939. FIRST EDITION, later binding and issue in blue boards blocked in black with two planes and an outline of Spain (preceded by red cloth, similarly blocked). Octavo, pp.256. Illustrated with black and white plates and a coloured frontispiece. With the generic 'Flying Jacket' dust-wrapper used... More about Biggles In Spain
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A New Complete Edition, including Miles Standish and Other Poems.
London: Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859. [American Poetry]. FINELY BOUND. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[2] viii; 669 [3]. With seven wood engravings after illustrations by John Gilbert, and a frontispiece portrait of the author after E. Evans, all engraved by the Dalziel brothers. Contemporary green full morocco with elaborate panelled... More about The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A New Complete Edition, including Miles...
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Guy Faux [Fawkes]: Or, the Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Melo-Drama, in Three Acts, Printed from the Acting Copy with Remarks, Biographical and Critical, by D-G. To Which are Added, a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Entrances and Exits, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the Whole of the Stage Business, as now Performed in the Metropolitan Minor Theatres.
London: John Cumberland, n.d. [c.1830]. [Theatre]. EARLY PRINTING. Small pamphlet in sixes (15 x 10), pp.50. With a wood engraved frontispiece and cover illustration after R. Cruikshank by Mr. Bonner. Publisher's grey paper covers with titles, illustration and a price of 6d, sewn. Cumberland's No. 36 Minor Theatre, being a.... More about Guy Faux [Fawkes]: Or, the Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Melo-Drama, in Three Acts, Printed...
Animal Farm. A Fairy Story.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. [Modern Literature] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.109; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in silver to spine and upper board, pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 10s. 6d. net. Colour frontispiece over two pages, thirty-one in-text line drawings. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Internally fine... More about Animal Farm. A Fairy Story