Literature
The Novels of Jane Austen, in Ten Volumes: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; and Emma]. Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson.
London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1895-97. [Classic Literature] COMPLETE SET, later impressions thus. Ten volumes. Octavo (18 x 12 x 20cm). Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait, and two or three other illustrations by William Cubit Cooke, and ornaments by F.C. Tilney. Publisher's light green cloth, with gilt titles..... More
The Vox Edition of the Works of Jane Austen.
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
Pride and Prejudice.
London: The Folio Society, 2006. [Classic Literature] FIRST THUS, reset with new illustrations. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xvi; 364 [2]. With seven colour illustrations by Puttiapipat, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown quarter buckram, with gilt titles to a blue roundel on the spine, and illustrated paper over boards. Maroon..... More
The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen. Juvenilia; Northanger Abbey; Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion; Later Manuscripts; Jane Austen in Context.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. [Classic Literature] COMPLETE SET, first editions thus. Nine volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 34cm), pp.lxx; 502 [4]; pp.lxvi; 354 [4]; pp.lxx; 500 [6]; pp.lxxii; 540 [2]; pp.lxxxviii; 738 [6]; pp.lxxx; 600; pp.lxxxviii; 392; pp.cxxx; 742; pp.xxx; 467 [7]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles..... More
Emma.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [no date] c.1945. [Classic Literature] NELSON CLASSICS EDITION. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.[4]; 440; [6], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's cream cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 1/6 to front flap. Top edge green. Some spotting and toning to edges of..... More
Mansfield Park.
London: George Routledge and Sons, no date [circa 1890]. [Classic literature] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 443 [7]. With an engraved frontispiece. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt decoration to spine. Marbled paper over..... More
The Novel Library Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Persuasion; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; Emma.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948-1952. [Literature] THE NOVEL LIBRARY EDITIONS. Three Volumes uniformly bound. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.[4] viii; 386; viii; 373 [5]; pp.[4] vi; 254; viii; 235 [5]; pp.[4] viii; 477 [1]; x; 496 [6]. Red half morocco with red cloth over sides, raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt..... More
Persuasion.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [no date] c.1950. [Literature] NELSON CLASSICS EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[4]; 229; [1]; 4; [2]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 4/- to front flap. Top edge green. Previous owner's name and dated in blue ink..... More
Pride and Prejudice.
London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, c.1950. [Classic Literature] COLLINS POCKET CLASSICS EDITION. Small octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.[6] 439 [3]. With an engraved frontispiece by Elizabeth Jamieson and pictorial grey endpapers. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and small fountain motif stamped in blind to upper. With..... More
The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma, Lady Susan and The Watsons.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Recently bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to..... More
The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma, Lady Susan and The Watsons.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Elegantly bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and..... More
The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Emma, Lady Susan and The Watsons.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Top edges gilt..... More
Jane Austen's Sanditon: A Continuation by her Niece, Together With "Reminisces of Aunt Jane."
Chicago: The Chiron Press, 1983. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, limited to 500 copies of which this is number 198. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.lii [4] 183 [3]. With four black and white illustrations, including a frontispiece. White quarter leatherette, blue paper over boards. Typographic paper label to spine. With the typographic..... More
War Storm.
London: Orion, 2018. [Young Adult Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 662 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary leaf. Publisher's navy cloth with metallic blue titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Sarah Nichole Kaufman, priced at £12.99. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later edition. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.[12]; 268. With frequent wood engraved vignettes by the Patons. Contemporary green full morocco by R. and A. SUTTABY of London, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt..... More
The Wind in the Wood.
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10]; 143; [1]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and wood engraved vignettes to chapter headings. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. net..... More
Head Kid.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Humour] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[2] 384. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary signature leaf. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Blue patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Lenton, priced at £12.99. A fine..... More
Birds And Beasts In Africa, and The Angler In South Africa.
London: Macmillan and Co, and Johannesburg: Hortors Ltd, 1938 and 1923. Pair of Baden-Powell association copies, with a letter of authenticity from the scout association: 1) The Angler In South Africa. Inscribed "To The Chief Scout" by H.V. Marsh, the Assistant Commissioner of Natal during Baden-Powell's trip to South Africa..... More
A Drug in the Market. Author of 'The Slip Coach', 'The Blue Poppy', 'The Down Train' and 'The Black Circle'.
London, Edward Arnold and Co. 1928. First Edition, 8vo. Publisher's light blue/grey cloth, titles in black to spine, in dark blue and white pictorial dust-jacket. Other publications listed to the back. A little bumping and scuffing to spine and corners with a slight lean. Light toning to pages, slightly darker..... More
The Girls of St. Gabriel's, or, Life at a French School.
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1905. [Girls' School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 296 [32]. With six black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Tarrant. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, and black, white and pink decoration, to spine and upper. Dark brown..... More
Empire of the Sun.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1984. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pps.278. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. First issue jacket with quotes by Graham Greene and Angela Carter to the rear panel. Quite heavy toning to text block. Jacket very slightly sunned to spine, with some light wear to..... More
An End to Running.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1962. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. [8]; 303; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey with printed price of 18s to front flap. Toning and some spotting to edges of textblock, toning and soiling..... More
Ancient Light.
London: Viking, 2012. [Modern Literature] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 245 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and signed also to tipped-in 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and dark green endpapers. With the photographic..... More
Doctor Copernicus.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1976. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 242 [4]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue just-jacket illustrated by Philip Mann. Spotting to edges. Jacket spine sunned with black New Fiction Society label to base. Very good. More
The Ingoldsby Legends.
London: Blackie and Son, no date [circa 1940s]. [Literature] SANGOSKI AND SUTCLIFFE BINDING. Duodecimo (14 x 9cm), pp.[2]; xiii; [1]; 394; [2]. Fully bound in red morocco with gilt tooling and lettering to spine, gilt ruling to boards, all edges gilt, gilt-tooled dentelles to turn-ins. Illustrated frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Light..... More