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A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotical. Containing an Index to the first Twenty Volumes of the " Sussex Archaeological Collections."
Lewes: George P. Bacon, 1870. [Sussex History and Topography] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] xxx; 270 [2]; pp.[6] 278; xiv [2]. With the folding map to volume I, and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 78 additional topographical engravings, carefully trimmed and mounted to fit..... More
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto & Windus, 1906. [American Literature] LEATHER-BOUND VINTAGE COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 438 [36]. With 174 illustrations by Kemble, including a frontispiece. Publisher's advertisements dated May 1906. Recently rebound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original blue navy cloth with..... More
Pudd'nhead Wilson. A Tale.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. [Crime Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 246 [34]. With six illustrated plates by Loeb, and a frontispiece photograph of the author. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper. Moderate spotting and light toning throughout. Very light wear to binding..... More
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
New York, NY: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, earliest state of the cloth issue, now finely rebound in full green morocco, with the original cloth covers preserved at rear. Large octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.366. Illustrated throughout. Binding features gilt titles, and raised bands to spine..... More
Mark Twain's Library of Humour.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1903 [1906]. [Humour and Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 719; [33]. With frequent in-text wood engravings. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1906. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. A little light spotting to preliminaries, otherwise a nice clean copy. Cloth..... More
To Mars Via The Moon. An Astronomical Story.
London: Seeley and Co., 1911. [Science Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.328 [24]. With 16 black and white plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. Black ownership to fly-leaf dated 1920. Upper hinge split, with a strip of paper..... More
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