Literature
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The Life of Samuel Johnson. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1865. [Biography] FINELY BOUND, a New Edition, with notes etc. In four volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 25-468 [2]; pp.[2] 479 [3]; pp.[2] 452 [6]; pp.[2] 452 [6]. With an engraved frontispiece to volumes I and II. Contemporary tan half calf..... More
The works of robert burns. Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views. With a Complete Life of the Poet: An Essay on his Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson. Numerous Notes, Annotations, and Appendices.
London: Blackie and Son, 1866. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Two volumes. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.cclxxvi; iv; 149; [1]; pp.xx; 412. With a total of 83 engraved plates by various artists, including a frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, and a facsimile example of Burns' handwriting..... More
Tokiwa and Other Poems.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1895. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 357; [3]. Publisher's stippled pink cloth over boards with red pictorial decoration and titles to upper, small rose design to lower. Gilt titles to spine. Edges untrimmed. Interior toned with some foxing, mostly to preliminaries and endpapers..... More
Joan Haste.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [Romantic Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[2] x; 425 [27]. Catalogue dated July 1895. With a frontispiece illustration and nineteen further plates by Wilson. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, with bevelled edges and black-coated endpapers. Some..... More
Joan Haste.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. [Romantic Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2]; x; 425; [3], blank; 24, publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, with bevelled edges and black-coated endpapers. With 20 illustrations by Wilson including a frontispiece. Some light spotting..... More
Captain Shannon.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1897. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; [2]; 258; [6]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red to spine with red embossed: 'By order, Captain Shannon' to upper board. Untrimmed edges. With sixteen halftone plates by Wilson, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Plate opposite p.184..... More
Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men.
London: a Panther Book by Hamilton & Co., 1960. [Beat Anthology] FIRST THUS. Octavo paperback (18 x 11cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's colour photographic soft covers, priced at 3/6. Heavily browned, as usual, with light wear and creasing to covers. Very good. More
The Mulberry Bush. A play in three acts.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.112. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain typographic dust-jacket titled in red and black, priced at 10/6. Illustrated bookplate of Irene Forbes Adam, the Mother-in-Law of Scottish Novelist Hugo Charteris (1922-1970), whose sister..... More
No Laughing Matter.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1967. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.464. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the brown typographic dust-jacket designed by Marty Stein, priced at 42s. A strong tobacco scent, with some spotting to top edge. Jacket a little toned to spine..... More
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