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London: Macmillan and Co., 1895-1897. [English Literature] FIRST EDITIONS THUS - each being the first edition illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Five volumes, octavos (20 x 13 x 18cm). Handsomely bound in recent burgundy half morocco over red cloth boards, gilt titles and tooling to spines, contrasting blue title..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1933. [Complete Novels] LEATHER-BOUND SET, the third edition thus. Six volumes bound as five. Octavo (21 x 15 x 21cm), pp.xiv; 429; pp.xiii; 415; pp.xii; 567; pp.xi; 521; pp.xiii; 252; pp.311. With occasional half-tone plates. In recent green half calf with raised bands, gilt titles..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1896. [Classic English Literature] FIRST EDITIONS THUS - each being the first edition illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Five volumes, octavos (20 x 13 x 18cm). With an introduction by Austin Dobson in each volume, profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and Prejudice..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xviii; 429; [1], blank. With wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Hugh Thomson. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped floral design to spine and covers, 'Peacock' patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor edgewear, some fading/rubbing..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xviii; 429; [1], blank; [2], advertisements. With wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Hugh Thomson. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt titles, floral design in blind to covers, white endpapers, edges untrimmed. Contents quite clean..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. [English Literature] HUGH THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 342; [2], advertisements. With wood engravings, including a frontispiece. Elegantly bound in burgundy half morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to spines, twin blue morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled sides, top edge..... More
London: Avalon Press, 1949. [Classic English Literature] FIRST EDITION to be illustrated by B. Gordon Smith. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.319; [1] blank. With eight colour plates. Elegantly bound in burgundy half morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to spines, blue and red morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled..... More
London: Avalon Press, 1949. [Classic English Literature] FIRST EDITION to be illustrated by Blair Hughes Stanton. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.302; [2] blank. With eight colour plates. Elegantly bound in navy blue half morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to spines, twin red morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Frank S. Holby, 1906. The Chawton Edition, Limited to 1250 copies of which this is No.26. Complete in 12 volumes. Octavo, generously illustrated with colour plates, all with captioned tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black. Elegantly bound in brown half morocco with gilt to spines..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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