"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme

London: Fisher, Son and Co., no date [1843]. [Literature] ILLUSTRATED Three volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 8cm). Brown half calf over brown cloth sides, gilt titles on darker brown calf squares to spine. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and half title page plus another twenty-five plates spread between..... More
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1933-4. [Classic Literature] FIRST VOX ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13 x 21cm), 7 volumes. With colour plates and in-text black and white illustrations by Maximilien Vox. Prefatory letter, in French by Maximilien Vox and an introduction by Emile Legouis. Publisher's patterned grey cloth..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1912-29. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND ILLUSTRATED SET, later impressions thus. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 12cm), pp.[2] xvi; 342 [2]; pp.[2] xxx; 352 [2]; pp.xviii; 429 [3]; pp.[2] xviii; 437 [7]; pp.[2] xvi; 444 [2]. With frequent engraved illustrations by Brock, including..... More
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1923. [Classic Literature] First Oxford Edition. Large Paper. Limited to 1000 sets. Seven volumes. Coloured frontispieces. Original grey linen-backed marbled boards, printed paper labels to spine with spares bound in at rear, untrimmed deckle edges. First and final leaves toned, some age-related browning to spines..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911. [English Literature] COMPLETE WINCHESTER EDITION. Ten volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm), with portrait frontispiece to first volume, title pages printed in red and black, vignette 'JA' monogram illustration. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to spines; top edges gilt, others untrimmed..... More
London: Richard Priestley, 1822. FINELY BOUND. Quarto (32 x 26 x 28cm). Bound in contemporary diced tan calf, gilt titles on black calf squares to spine, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Bishop Patrick to volume I, folding map of the Holy Lands in volume V. Bookplate of..... More
Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1931. [Romantic Fiction] LIMITED EDITION of 1000 sets. Complete in eleven volumes. Large octavos (24 x 17 x48cm). Frontispiece and illustrations. Publisher's terracotta buckram with titles in gilt to spine, edges untrimmed. Light and occasional..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. [Prose Works] COMPLETE THORNTON EDITION. 12 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm). With a frontispiece illustration to each volume, and numerous black and white photographic plates showing Bronte country. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and Nouveau-style floral decoration to spines, top edge gilt, others..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. [Prose Works] LEATHER BOUND THORNTON EDITION, first printings thus. 12 volumes. Octavo (21 x 15cm). With a frontispiece illustration to each volume, and numerous black and white photographic plates showing Bronte country. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. [Prose Works] LEATHER BOUND THORNTON EDITION, first printings thus. 12 volumes. Octavo (21 x 15cm). With a frontispiece illustration to each volume, and numerous black and white photographic plates showing Bronte country. Elegantly bound in mid-brown half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to..... More
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, no date [circa 1850's]. [Christian Spirituality] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.[6] 670 [4]; pp.[6] 1300 [2] cxxxvi [4]. With 31 steel-engraved plates, each with a tissue guard, including a frontispiece to each volume and a...... More
London: John Murray, 1835. [Verse] FINELY BOUND. 18 volumes, being the poetry complete in 17 volumes, with Galt's Life of Byron (First Edition) as the 18th volume. Octavo (17 x 11 x 45cm). Engraved frontispiece and engraved title page to every volume. Finely bound by Kaufmann for booksellers Estes and..... More
Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-Upon-Avon and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1928-1929. [Literature] FINELY BOUND LIMITED EDITION. The Shakespeare Head Press edition. Eight volumes, quartos (29 x 21 x 26cm). Liberally strewn with hand-coloured illustrations. Beautifully bound by James MacDonald of New York in brown..... More
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1970. [Mystery / Crime] LEATHER BOUND SET. In 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Elegantly bound in mid brown half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. Marbled paper over boards; top edges..... More
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1970. [Mystery / Crime] LEATHER BOUND SET. In 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Handsomely bound in half terracotta oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting orange and olive green labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. Marbled paper over boards; top edges..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1966-1988. [Political biography] FIRST EDITIONS. Illustrated with photographs throughout. The complete set of the Life. Eight volumes, octavos (24 x 17 x 51cm). In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, in original dust-jackets of various colours, red top edges. A very good, presentable set showing..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-1946. [Speeches] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, all first impressions ('Into Battle' is a first state). Complete in seven volumes, with the final two volumes bound together as one. Octavo (22 x 14 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. Handsomely bound in navy half calf, with twin red..... More
London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1954. [Military history] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Elegantly bound in deep red half crushed morocco, with raised..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-31, [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8]; 536; pp.557; [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589; [1]; pp.474; [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Occasional toning or light marking..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-31. [Military history] SMARTLY BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, a complete set. Six volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8]; 536; pp.557; [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589; [1]; pp.474; [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Bound in navy half morocco with..... More
New York, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1920. [Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 24 volumes. Octavo (22 x 16cm). Frontispiece photogravure to volume one, vignette 'Sundial' illustration to title page of each volume, which features text printed in two colours. Handsomely bound in half dark blue oasis morocco with..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1900 and 1901. [American Literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST BROCK EDITIONS. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 15cm), pp.[2] viii; 522 [2]; pp.[2] xxviii; 398 [2]; pp.[2] viii; 463 [3]; pp.[2] viii; 455 [3]; pp.[2] viii; 437 [3]. With 40 illustrations by Brock to..... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, no date [circa 1895]. [American Literature] FINELY BOUND COMPLETE SET. 32 volumes, ctavo (22 x 15 x 96cm). Printed by the Knickerbocker Press. Each volume with a photogravure frontispiece reproducing illustrations by F.T. Richards. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to contrasting red..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1900-1901. [Literature] ALL FIRST BROCK-ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. 5 volumes, octavo (19 x 13 x 19cm). Abundantly illustrated with line drawing black and white full page plates. Finely bound in mid-green half calf with raised bands, gilt decoration, twin red title labels to spines; cloth boards; top edges..... More
London: W. Kent & Co., 1859. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND, a later edition thus. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii-lxxii; 274 [2]; pp.viii; 336 [2]. With 75 in-text engravings after Gilbert. Contemporary brown full morocco for Hatchard's, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and panelled decoration..... More