"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
Collected Works & Sets
The Works of Joseph Conrad. Comprising: Arrow of Gold, Nigger of the Narcissus, Victory, Nostromo, Rover, Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Typhoon, Twixt Land and Sea, A Set of Six, A Personal Record, The Rescue, Within the Tides, Lord Jim, Tales of Unrest, Suspense, An Outcast of The Islands, Almayer's Folly, Tales of Hearsay, Shadow Line, Mirror of The Sea, Inheritors, Chance, Youth, Notes on Life, Romance.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1924. Complete in 26 volumes. Octavo. A superb set bound in recent dark blue half calf with titles and gilt raised bands to spines, dark blue cloth boards, top edges gilt. More about The Works of Joseph Conrad. Comprising: Arrow of Gold, Nigger of the Narcissus, Victory,...
The Works of Joseph Conrad. Including: Almayer's Folly, Tales of Unrest, Typhoon, Nostromo, Lord Jim, An Outcast of the Islands, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Chance, Allmayer's Folly, Victory, The Rescue, The Inheritors, Romance, The Mirror of the Sea, The Arrow of Gold, The Shadow Line, etc.
London: William Heinemann, 1921. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 20 volumes. Octavo. Edition Limited to 780 sets of which this is No. 541, SIGNED by the author. Handsomely bound in half dark blue oasis morocco with gilt titles and gilt raised bands to spines, blue cloth boards, untrimmed edges, top edge gilt... More about The Works of Joseph Conrad. Including: Almayer's Folly, Tales of Unrest, Typhoon, Nostromo, Lord...
The Works of Joseph Conrad. Including: Almayer's Folly, Tales of Unrest, Typhoon, Nostromo, Lord Jim, An Outcast of the Islands, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Chance, Allmayer's Folly, Victory, The Rescue, The Inheritors, Romance, The Mirror of the Sea, The Arrow of Gold, The Shadow Line, etc.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1923-40. [Literature] THE UNIFORM EDITION. Complete in 22 volumes, octavo (22 x 16 x 80cm). Portrait frontispiece to volume I, title pages printed in two colours. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt, illustrated endpapers, top edges coloured black. Some dustiness and spotting to edges... More about The Works of Joseph Conrad. Including: Almayer's Folly, Tales of Unrest, Typhoon, Nostromo, Lord...
The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence.
London: William Tegg and Co., 1849. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xx; 736; [2]. With six steel engraved plates by various artists including a frontispiece, as well as an engraved vignette title page. Contemporary full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and extensive gilt decoration... More about The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the...
Diary and Letters of Mme D'Arblay (1778-1840). As Edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett. With Preface and Notes by Austin Dobson.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. 6 volumes; 8vo. Contemporary dark brown half morcocco, a little rubbed, with gilt titles and "box" design to spines, cloth boards, top edges gilt, marbled end papers. Portrait frontispiece, facsimiles of letters, and several illustrations. A beautiful set, internally clean. More about Diary and Letters of Mme D'Arblay (1778-1840). As Edited by her niece Charlotte Barrett. With...
The Commemorative Limited Edition of the Works of Roald Dahl. Set of novels and short stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Magic Finger, Danny the Champion of the World, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Twits, George's Marvelous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Matilda, Esio Trot, James & The Giant Peach.
London: Jonathan Cape and Harper Collins, 1991. LIMITED EDITION, of only 500 sets of which this is No. 425. The only major collection of Dahl's works. 15 volumes illustrated by Quentin Blake and others. Octavo (25 x 17 x 35cm). Publisher's gilt-titled quarter blue morocco, over patterned paper boards, top... More about The Commemorative Limited Edition of the Works of Roald Dahl. Set of novels and short stories...
The Works of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett and R. B. Freeman.
London: William Pickering, 1986-1989. [Science / Evolution] THE COMPLETE WORKS, Pickering Masters Series. Octavo, 29 volumes. Handsomely bound in dark green half morocco over green cloth boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edges gilt. The complete works in 29 volumes edited by Paul H. Barrett and R.... More about The Works of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett and R. B. Freeman
The Collected Works of Davy. Edited by his brother, John Davy.
London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1839. First Collected Edition of the works of this important chemist / scientist. 9 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound in recent half speckled calf with gilt decorated raised bands, red title label and gilt titles to spines, marbled boards. With illustrations throughout. Some light foxing and... More about The Collected Works of Davy. Edited by his brother, John Davy
Tales of the Castle. Or a Course of Morality for the Improvement of the Youthful Mind.
London: James Cundee, 1806. UNCOMMON EDITION. Four volumes, 6mo, pp.xlviii; 232; [11 of notes, 1 of adverts]; pp.221; [25 of notes, 6 of adverts]; pp.217; [35 of notes]; pp. 198; [46 of notes, 4 of adverts]. Frontispiece engraving to each volume. Bound in contemporary dark brown mottled calf, gilt titles... More about Tales of the Castle. Or a Course of Morality for the Improvement of the Youthful Mind
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1847. [Classic literature] FIRST CONTINENTAL EDITION. 3 volumes. Small octavo (16 x 12 x 6cm), pp.[vi]; 352; pp.[vi]; 316; pp.[x]; 366; [2] blank. Contemporary tan quarter calf binding, titled in gilt to red label on spine, raised bands to spine, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, speckled... More about Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation
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[Works of Charles Dickens, including:] Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, etc.
London: Chapman and Hall, no date [circa 1868]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND SET, 20 titles in 14 volumes. Not including 'Edwin Drood' (1870). Octavo (18 x 13 x 44cm). Each title with eight engraved illustrations by various artists, some with postscripts by Dickens dated 1868. Contemporary tan half calf with... More about Works of Charles Dickens, including:] Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, Great...
The Works of Charles Dickens. Include: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, etc
London: Chapman and Hall, 1903. The Biographical Edition. Complete in 19 volumes; 8vo. (23 x 75cm). Sumptuous contemporary binding of red half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and extra gilt to spines; marbled boards and end papers; top edges gilt. With illustrations by Phiz, Cruikshank, Stone, etc. A stunning... More about The Works of Charles Dickens. Include: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Old...
The Works of Charles Dickens. Including: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, etc.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1874-76. The Illustrated Library Edition. 30 volumes; 8vo. Contemporary binding of half dark green morocco with gilt raised bands, gilt titles, and extra gilt decoration to spines, green cloth boards; marbled end papers and edges. With illustrations from the original works by Phiz, Browne, Cruikshank, etc.... More about The Works of Charles Dickens. Including: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby,...
Tales From Many Sources.
New York, Dodd Mead and Co. 1885. First edition, 4 volumes. 8vo. All bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth. Titled and decorated in gilt to spines and front boards. All volumes clean and sharp with light wear to spine ends, pale spot to lower edge front board volume III... More about Tales From Many Sources
Traite Complet de l'Art de la Distillation. Contenant, dans un ordre methodique, Les instructions theoriques et pratiques les plus exactes et les plus nouvelles dur la preparation des liqueurs alcoholiques avec les raisins, les grains, les pommes de terre, les fecules et tous les vegetaux sucres ou farineux.
Paris: Bachelier, 1824. 2 volumes; 8vo. Finely bound in period looking full calf with raised bands, twin (red and black) title labels and extra gilt to spines; original marbled end papers. With 8 folding plates of diagrams. Some browning throughout. Text in French. A very good copy. More about Traite Complet de l'Art de la Distillation. Contenant, dans un ordre methodique, Les instructions...
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Celebrated Crimes [Includes the classic tales of Martin Guerre and The Man in the Iron Mask]. Translated by I.G. Burnham. Illustrated with Photogravures after Original Drawings by De Los Rios, Prodhomme, Wagrez, etc.
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1895. [True Crime] Octavo (20 x 14 x 30cm), eight volumes. With several full-page illustrations, all with tissue guards. Handsomely bound in half red morocco, gilt, with matching red cloth sides, top edges gilt, gilt-patterned endpapers. Some foxing within, lightly handled to exterior; a very good set... More about Celebrated Crimes [Includes the classic tales of Martin Guerre and The Man in the Iron Mask]....
Tales and Novels.
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1832-1833. FINELY BOUND. Eighteen volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 44cm). Finely bound by Riviere for Little, Brown and Co. Early twentieth century brown half morocco over cloth boards, raised bands, gilt titles and extra gilt to spines, gilt top edges, marbled endpapers. All volumes illustrated... More about Tales and Novels
The Complete Works, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner with Scenes of a Clerical Life, Felix Holt, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda.
London: Postlethwaite, Taylor and Knowles, 1908. [English Literature] LIMITED EDITION. 10 volumes, octavo. Frontispiece etchings. Handsomely bound for Bruswick Book Co. in half burgundy morocco with elegant gilt decoration to spines, marbled sides, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A lovely fine set, inside and out. The St James Edition. One... More about The Complete Works, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner with Scenes of a...
The Works, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner with Scenes of a Clerical Life, Felix Holt, Romola, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, no date [1903]. [English Literature] FINELY BOUND. 8 volumes bound in 7. Octavo (20 x 13 x 27cm). Handsomely bound by Truelove and Hanson in half straight-grained brown morocco, nouveau-style gilt to spines, cloth sides, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents clean, discreet old label... More about The Works, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner with Scenes of a Clerical...
Specimens of the Early English Poets, to which is prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, in 3 volumes. Together with: Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, chiefly written during the early part of the Fourteenth Century; to which is prefixed an Historical Introduction, intended to Illustrate the Rise and Progress of Romantic Composition in France and England.
London: Published for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. 6 volumes, 8vo., in a lovely contemporary full speckled calf with gilt raised bands, green and brown title labels and gilt tooling to spines, decorative gilt border to boards, grey end papers. Internally sound and clean. Binding a little rubbed... More about Specimens of the Early English Poets, to which is prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and...
The Works of Henry Fielding.
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., and New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. [Literature] FINELY BOUND. Twelve volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 38cm). Beautifully bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for E.P. Dutton and Company in contemporary dark red half morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt titles and... More about The Works of Henry Fielding
The Centenary Edition of the Works of Ian Fleming.
London: Queen Anne Press 2008. LIMITED EDITION in Vellum over cloth sides, one of just 100 copies. 18 volumes, octavo. The definitive edition of Ian Fleming, issued to commemorate the birth of the author; no such edition has been published before. The Queen Anne Press was created by Lord Kemsley... More about The Centenary Edition of the Works of Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete 'Great Pan' Yellow Band paperback series. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace).
London: Pan Books, 1960-62. 8 volumes [all that were issued in this series], octavo (16 x 10 x 9cm). A vintage set of 'Great Pan' paperbacks with the Yellow Band covers and classic colour-illustrated cover designs. Some toning to cheap paper as expected, very light rubbing, single ink name to... More about Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, the complete 'Great Pan' Yellow Band paperback series....
A James Bond Omnibus Containing Live and Let Die, Diamonds are Forever and Dr No
London: Jonathan Cape 1973. Pp748. FIRST CAPE EDITION of the first James Bond omnibus to be published in the UK. Publisher'scloth-effect paper over boards, blocked in gilt to the spine, in the metallic-effect dust-wrapper printed in black and red. No inscriptions or price-clipping. A used copy with some expected wear... More about A James Bond Omnibus Containing Live and Let Die, Diamonds are Forever and Dr No
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape 1964-5. [Children's classic] 3 volumes, octavos (24 x 17cm). ALL FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Complete. Pp.48, 48, 48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. A presentable set with some expected wear, a few marks and tears (one longer tear to no.3), no bookplates or inscriptions. All three volumes... More about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham