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Literature
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
Mansfield Park.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1892. [English literature] Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2]; 413; [1]. Handsomely bound in recent full burgandy morocco, gilt titles to spine, extra gilt. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Some bubbling to a few of the leaves, mostly to the rear and not affecting..... More
Mansfield Park.
London: Printed For T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall. 1814. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION, three volumes. 12mo (19 x 12cm). Bound without half-titles. Period-style half grey calf, gilt, over marbled sides, drab endpapers, all edges speckled, housed in a cloth slip-case. Very light and occasional marking within, contents generally clean with..... More
The Novels of Jane Austen. The works include: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey with Persuasion, and Lady Susan with A Memoir of J. Austen and The Watsons.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1882. [Literature] FINELY BOUND. In six volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), with tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving by Pickering to each volume. Finely bound circa 1920s by Roger de Coverley in half mid-blue crushed morocco, gilt, over marbled sides with marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Internally clean..... More
The Novels of Jane Austen. With general introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Illustrated in colour by A. Wallis Mills.
London: Chatto and Windus, c. 1900. [English Literature]. 10 volumes, octavo (19 x 13cm). With tissue-guarded colour plate illustrations throughout, title pages printed in two colours. Elegantly bound for Sotheran's (likely by Morrell) in half tan calf, gilt, over buckram sides, twin morocco labels to spines, marbled endpapers, illustrated endpapers..... More
Novels [Being: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, A Memoir, Lady Susan, and The Watsons.]
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1875-1883. New Edition. Six volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 20cm), Pickering's engraved frontispiece illustrations to each volume. Publisher's green cloth, blind embossed floral panel design to boards, titles and publisher's imprint in gilt to spine, coated brown endpapers. Housed in an elegant fleece-lined slipcase..... More
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The Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. Comprising: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
London: George Routledge, n.d. [c.1880]. [English Literature]. Five volumes. Small octavo (18 x 12 x 8cm), complete. Half navy blue calf with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine, twin red and black title labels, combed marbled sides, edges and endpapers. One or two minor spots or folds else Internally..... More
Sense and Sensibility.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1886. [Literary Classic] 'New' Edition, Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[iv]; 332; [2], advertisements. Engraved frontispiece illustration by Pickering. Publisher's mid-green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped border to covers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Contents generally clean with a couple of vintage..... More
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The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Emma, Lady Susan and The Watsons.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. [English Literature] Ten volumes, Octavo (20 x 14 x34cm), with portrait frontispiece to first volume, title pages printed in red and black, vignette 'JA' monogram illustration. Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere circa 1950s in full royal blue crushed morocco, gilt, with gilt-panelled spine, gilt rule to sides..... More
Volume The Third. Now First Printed from the Manuscript.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. With preface and notes; pp.133. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Bound in the publisher's line-backed blue/grey boards with title label to backstrip, edges untrimmed. A little dustiness and toning else a fine, unopened copy in the original glassine (slightly nicked). The third and final volume of Jane Austen's..... 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
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
Flyaway.
London: Collins, 1978. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.318. With a map. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Leeming, not priced. Light shelf-wear. Some minor bruising and a couple of small closed tear to top edge of jacket. Near fine..... 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
This Torch of Freedom. Speeches and Addresses.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. [Speeches] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[x]; 339; [3] blank. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in white to spine and upper board, dust-jacket with printed price of 12/6 net. Light spotting to first and last few pages otherwise internally bright and clean. Spotting to edges..... 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
Groundsel and Necklaces.
London and Glasgow: Black and Son Limited, (n.d.). Small octavo, pp. 48. Bound in paper-covered boards with central illustration, titles in black, in an illustrated dustjacket designed by the author. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with colour plates accompanying a whimsical story about a girl named Jenny. Boards in excellent condition..... More
The Little Picture Hymn Book.
London and Glasgow: Black and Son Limited, (n.d.). Small octavo, pp. 48. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt title to front board, in an illustrated dustjacket designed by the author. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with colour plates depicting biblical scenes. A charming religious collection from the artist behind the..... More
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1912. 'BEST EDITION' OF PETER PAN. Quarto, pp.6; 127. Bound in publisher's gilt decorated green cloth featuring four birds at head of board, and children linking arms at lower end of board. Author/illustrator/title blocked in gilt to front board and spine, additional tooling to spine..... More
The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [c.1914]. FIRST HUGH THOMSON EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), with twenty mounted colour plates and captioned tissues. Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in dark green and red to upper, gilt to spine. Contents are a little foxed, binding lightly handled, one neat/accidental pull to crown..... More
A Kind Of Loving
London: Michael Joseph, 1960. [Romantic Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. 286; [ii], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, dust-jacket designed by Adrian Bailey with printed price of 16s. Internally clean and bright, minor toning to edges of textblock, small mark to lower board pastedown..... More
Blue of Noon.
London: Marion Boyars, 1979. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.155; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Werner. Some soiling to boards, corners and spine ends a little bumped. Dust-jacket shows well with just some creasing to the top edge and some..... More
A Breath Of French Air.
London: Michael Joseph, 1959. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.159; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Broom Lynne. Spotting and browning to edges; a little offsetting to endpapers. Price-clipped jacket toned to spine, with some small chips and bruising..... More
The Darling Buds of May.
London: Michael Joseph. Ltd., 1958. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.158; [4], blank. Original pink cloth lettered in black and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket by Broome Lynn, priced at 12/6. Contents clean, edges of text block toned, mark from a removed label to pastedown, jacket a little..... More