Literature
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Doctor Heraclius Gloss. Translated by Jeffery E. Jeffery.
London: Brentano's Limited, 1923. [Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.127; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 6/- to spine. Interior lightly toned, one or two pages faintly spotted. Offsetting to preliminaries and rear leaves. Edges spotted. Upper cloth..... More
The Fight of a Book for the World. A Companion Volume to Leaves of Grass.
West Yarmouth, Mass: The Stonecroft Press, 1926. [Walt Whitman] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 304. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to upper and spine. Interior clean with moderate toning throughout. Ownership inscription in black ink to flyleaf. Edges toned, some dust damage to top. Spine a tad sunned..... More
The Wrecker.
London: Cassell & Company, 1892. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 427 [12]. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and..... More
The Wrong Box.
London: Cassell and Company, 1889. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, noted in several important crime checklists. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[iv]; 283; [1], blank; [16], catalogue (dated January 1889). Publisher's red cloth, titled in black and gilt. 'Swan' patterned endpapers. Internally clean, inside paper joints parted, and signature of Wyville..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1908. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST SOWERBY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 125 [3]. With 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, as well as occasional vignette illustrations. Contemporary crushed blue half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Top..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1905. [Illustrated Children's Poetry] FIRST UK WILLCOX SMITH EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.xii; 125 [1]. With 12 colour plates, as well as numerous in-text line drawings by Willcox Smith, as well as a colour-illustrated vignette title page. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt..... More
Treasure Island.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST WYETH ILLUSTRATED EDITION, First Issue, with '23' for '123' to p.x. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[2] xiv; 273 [3]. With 14 colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard, as well as an illustrated title page. Recently re-bound..... More
Catriona. A Sequel to 'Kidnapped' Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1893. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[x]; 371; [18], catalogue dated 8/93. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, floral-patterned pale green endpapers. Ads partially unopened, some foxing within, pencil signature of respected Brighton architect Gilbert Murray Simpson (1869-1954), cloth with..... More
Catriona. A Sequel to 'Kidnapped' Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad.
London: Cassell and Company, 1893. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[2] x; 371 [19]. Catalogue dated 8/93. Publisher's dark blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and floral-patterned endpapers. All edges untrimmed. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf. Careful repairs to split hinges. Light to moderate spotting throughout..... More
Memories and Portraits.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1909. [Essay collection] FINE LEATHER BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[13] 299 [4]. Tan half calf with doubled marbled paper over boards. Gilt foliar tooling and titles to spine, raised bands. With doubled marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Interior is mostly clean with some spotting to..... More
Island Nights' Entertainments. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices.
London: Cassell & Company, 1893. [South-Sea Novellas] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with hand-corrected price on page facing half-title. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 277 [19]. Advertisements dated 3.93. With 28 illustrated plates, including a colour map and a frontispiece. Publisher's light blue grained cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Island Nights' Entertainments. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices.
London: Cassell & Company, 1893. [South-Sea Novellas] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with hand-corrected price on page facing half-title. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 277 [19]. Advertisements dated 3.93. With 28 illustrated plates, including a colour map and a frontispiece. Publisher's light blue grained cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751.
London: Cassell and Co., 1886. [Adventure classic] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 311, with advertisements to the rear dated 5G.4.86 and 5B.4.86. Folding map frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles, black endpapers. Internally clean, owners ink-stamped name to first blank, cloth with a few marks to..... More
The Black Arrow. A Tale of the Two Roses. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. [Historical Fiction] FIRST WYETH ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (24 x 18cm), pp.x; 320. With fourteen full-page colour illustrations. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and full size pictorial illustration laid down to upper board, colour printed illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed..... More
Treasure Island.
London: Ernest Benn, 1927. [Illustrated classic] FIRST DULAC EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xiv; 15-256. Contains 12 full page colour illustrations by Dulac, including frontispiece. Publisher's brown buckram binding with leather title label to spine lettered in gilt, boards trimmed in gilt. Contents clean, neat gift inscription to f.e.p., label..... More
Round the Fire Stories [and] The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings [and] Miss Cayley's Adventures [and] Glimpses of Nature [and] Safety Match [and] Smoked Skipper [and] Clochette [and] The Gray Parrot [and] The Madness of Mr. Lister [and] Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation [and] The Stolen Body [and] Underground Passages and Trap-Doors [and] Where the Air Quivered [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 15 and 16, complete.
London: George Newnes, January to December 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Clean internally, with moderate..... More
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. With Introductions and Notes.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, No date [c.1910]. [Poetry] FINE VELLUM BINDING, oxford edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxxii; 986 [2]. With a halftone frontispiece of the author. Contemporary half vellum, red cloth over sides, gilt armorial device of Leamington College to upper. Red label lettered in gilt and..... More
Select Pieces from the Poems of William Wordsworth.
London: James Burns, [1843] no date. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 14cm), pp.[xii] 233 [8], unpaginated continuation of poetry. Rebound in vellum, gold tooling to spine, maroon label to spine with gilt lettering. Black and white delicately illustrated page borders featuring native plants, illustrative frontispiece of Rodal Mount. Speckled..... More
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