"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht

London: Macmillan and Co., 1898-1906. [Illustrated Novels Set] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, later impressions. Six novels in five volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 20cm). Pride and Prejudice illustrated by Brock; the other titles by Thomson. 40 wood engravings per volume. In recent navy half morocco with raised bands, gilt..... More
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
Newport: R.H. Johns, the "Directory" Press, 1937. [Welsh Fairy Tale] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[8] 43 [5]. Number 50 of just 220 copies, SIGNED by all the contributors, including the publisher, to the limitation page. With wide marginal illustrations and three full page plates all engraved..... More
London: The Gresham Publishing Co., n.d. [c.1900]. [Classic Literature]. FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxiv; 355 [1]. With six wood engraved plates by Browne, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, along with distinctive white and green decoration. Grey endpapers. Black ink..... More
London: C. Knight and Co., no date [1838]. [Common Prayer] FINELY BOUND ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.[2] xl; 712; [2]. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings after the Old Masters by John Jackson (1801-1848), a student of Thomas Bewick. Contemporary full morocco with gilt titles and decoration to..... More
London: The Gresham Publishing Co., n.d. [c.1900]. [Classic Literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xx; 409 [3]. With three wood engravings by Hammond, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, along with distinctive white and green decoration. Grey endpapers. Black ink ownership..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. [Literary Works]. FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] lxii; 695 [3]. With a wood engraved frontispiece. Contemporary red full morocco by BICKERS for Ladies' College Guernsey, with raised bands, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decoration to spine, and large armorial gilt stamp of..... More
London: Penguin Classics, 2006. [Modern Literature] LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xxxvi; 364. Number 739 of just 1000 copies produced to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Penguin Classics. Publisher's purple cloth with white titles to spine and upper board. With the delightful white silk embroidered jacket designed by Paul..... More
London: John Russell Smith, 1858. [Chivalric Romance] FIRST EDITION THUS, FINELY BOUND. Three volumes. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[2] xliv; 304 [2]; pp.[2] xvi; 356 [2]; pp.[2] xiv; 348 [2]. Contemporary or slightly later tan half calf with gilt titles to red labels on spines, further gilt and black tooling..... More
New York, NY: The Lamb Publishing Company, no date [circa 1902]. [Strange Tales] FINELY BOUND SET. 10 volumes. Octavo (21 x 15 x 35cm). With eight half-tone plates to each volume, including a frontispiece, as well as numerous vignette illustrations. An out-of-series copy from a limited edition of 1000 copies..... More
London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, no date [circa 1880]. [Shakespeare's Works] FINELY BOUND, with illustrations. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[2] cxxvi; 1056. With a frontispiece etching of the Bard, and frequent in-text wood engravings. Contemporary red half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to spine. Red cloth..... More