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![The Illustrated Novels of Jane Austen]. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and...](/pictures/thumb/52846.jpg?v=1584802507)
[The Illustrated Novels of Jane Austen]. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898-1910. [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
![His Dark Materials; 1. Northern Lights [Golden Compass] 2. The Subtle Knife 3. The Amber...](/pictures/thumb/41780.jpg?v=1584802503)
His Dark Materials; 1. Northern Lights [Golden Compass] 2. The Subtle Knife 3. The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 1995-2000. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 3 volumes, octavos. Publisher's cloth in original pictorial dust-jackets. The set housed in a custom felt lined slipcase. A fine set. Lyra's quest weaves fantasy, horror and the play of ideas into a truly great contemporary children's book. 'Northern Lights' was listed in..... More
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. Consists of the following: 1. The Picture of Dorian Gray; 2. The Importance of Being Earnest; 3. A House of Pomegranates; The Happy Prince, and Other Tales; 4. De Profundis, First Edition, with Additional Matter; 5. Lady Windermere's Fan; 6. Intentions, and The Soul of Man; 7. The Duchess of Padua, First English Edition; 8. A Woman of No Importance; 9. An Ideal Husband; 10. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and Other Prose Pieces; 11. Salome; A Florentine Tragedy First Edition; Vera First Edition; 12. Reviews, First Edition in book form; 13. Miscellanies, First Edition in book form; 14. Poems (Includes a previously unpublished poem).
13 volumes by Methuen and Co., London; "The Picture of Dorian Gray" at Charles Carrington, Paris, 1908. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, LIMITED to 1000 sets on handmade paper. 14 volumes. 8vo. Finely bound in recent dark green half oasis morocco with gilt titles and extra gilt to spines, cloth boards, top..... More
The Principle of Population. Or; A view of its past and present effect on Human Happiness...
London: J. Johnson, 1807. [Economics] The Fourth Edition. Two volumes. 8vo. 580pp, 484pp + 58pp Index. Bound in twentieth century full speckled calf, with red and black title labels, gilt centre tool to compartments. Speckled edges. Top edge stained black. Internally clean and bright with occasional very light spotting. "Malthus..... More
The Works of Oscar Wilde. Consists of the following: 1. The Picture of Dorian Gray; 2. The Importance of Being Earnest; 3. A House of Pomegranates; 4. De Profundis; 5. Lady Windermere's Fan; 6. Intentions; 7. The Duchess of Padua; 8. Art and Decoration; first 9. An Ideal Husband; 10. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and Other Prose Pieces; 11. Salome; 12. Essays and Lectures; 13. A Critic in Pall Mall; 14. Prose; 15. For The Love of The King.
London: Methuen, 1913-1925. [Literature] FINELY BOUND. Fifteen volumes, octavo(18 x 12 x 30cm). Finely bound in full native red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with gilt decoration to spines, gilt rule to sides. floral patterned endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Pleasingly aged to spine, a few minor rubs..... More
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