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— Franz Kafka
Collected Works & Sets
The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected stories.
Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. [Collected short mystery stories] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.xx, 165 [7]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £11.95 to front flap. With review slip loosely inserted. Immaculate copy, virtually brand new. Fine... More
Family Secrets. or hints to those who would make home happy.
London: Fisher, Son and Co., no date [1843]. [Literature] ILLUSTRATED Three volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 8cm). Brown half calf over brown cloth sides, gilt titles on darker brown calf squares to spine. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and half title page plus another twenty-five plates spread between..... More
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[Complete Novels Collection]: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock and Hugh Thomson.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895-1897. [Classic English Literature] FIRST EDITIONS THUS, each being the first edition illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 18cm). With an introduction by Austin Dobson to each volume, profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and..... More
![Item #73286 [Complete Novels Collection]: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/73286.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759854371)
[Complete Novels Collection]: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock and Hugh Thomson.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898-1903. [Classic English Literature] LEATHER-BOUND SET, each being a reprint thus, illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 18cm). With an introduction by Austin Dobson to each volume, profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and Prejudice..... More
![Item #72434 The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility;...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72434.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=)
The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; and Emma.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. [English Literature] LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Ten volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 45cm). 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 contrasting..... More
![Item #72972 The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility;...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72972.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764954442)
The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; and Emma.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911. [English Literature] LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Ten volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 45cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Recently re-backed in red calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin black..... More
![Item #63319 The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/63319.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=)
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, The Watsons, and Letters.
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
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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, Persuasion, Emma, Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Letters.
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
![Item #66247 The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/66247.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=)
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, The Watsons, and Letters.
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
The Holy Bible. A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase on the Old and New Testament and the Apocrypha.
London: Richard Priestley, 1822. FINELY BOUND. Quarto (32 x 26 x 28cm). Bound in contemporary diced tan calf, gilt titles on black calf squares to spine, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Bishop Patrick to volume I, folding map of the Holy Lands in volume V. Bookplate of..... More
Strange Stories.
London: William Heinemann, 1929. [Short Stories] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[10] 745 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Toning to textblock edges, pencil ownership inscription, light spotting to preliminaries, else internally clean. Wearing to edges, more so spine and board corners, shaken in binding, light..... More
Pleasant Dreams. Nightmares.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1960. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[6] 186. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket by Gary Gore with the printed price of $4.00 to front flap. Grey endpapers. Some toning to top edge of textblock..... More
The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte & Her Sisters. Haworth Edition. With Introductions to the Works By Mrs Humphrey Ward, and an Introduction and Notes to the Life by Clement K. Shorter.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905-1910. [Complete Works] LEATHER-BOUND SET. Complete in seven volumes. Octavo (21 x 15 x 34cm). With a frontispiece and illustrations to each volume. Recently re-bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin brown labels, further gilt decoration to spine, and matching..... More
The Novels of the Sisters Brontë: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey, Shirley, Villette, The Professor. The Thornton Edition.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. [Prose Works] FINELY BOUND THORNTON EDITION. Complete in 12 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm). With a frontispiece illustration to each volume, and numerous black and white photographic plates showing Bronte country. Finely bound in later cyan half morocco by J. MAY, with raised bands, gilt titles..... More
Illustrated Edition of the Select Works of John Bunyan: with an original sketch of the author's life and times; and notes by the editor of "Sturm's Family Devotions." Containing The Pilgrim's Progress; The Holy War; Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; A Confession of My Faith; A Reason of My Faith; Jerusalem Sinner Saved; Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ; Differences in Judgement About Water Baptism; Peaceable Principles and True; The Life and Death of Mr. Badman; The Pharisee and the Publican; Bunyan's Last Sermon; Bunyan's Dying Sayings; The Life and Times of Bunyan.
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, no date [circa 1850's]. [Christian Spirituality] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.[6] 670 [4]; pp.[6] 1300 [2] cxxxvi [4]. With 31 steel-engraved plates, each with a tissue guard, including a frontispiece to each volume and a...... More
Robert Burns: Poems and Songs Complete. The Edinburgh Illustrated Edition.
Edinburgh: James Thin, 1896. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[4] xvi; 283 [3]; pp.[6] x; 267 [3]; pp.[6] xii; 271 [3]; pp.[6] iv; 134 [4]. With 12 photogravure plates after drawings by Brown, including a frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary tan..... More
The Works of Our Ancient, Learned, & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer: As they have lately been Compar'd with the best Manuscripts; and several things added, never before in Print. To which is adjoyn'd, The Story of the Siege of Thebes, by John Lidgate, Monk of Bury. Together with The Life of Chaucer, shewing His Countrey, Parentage, Education, Marriage, Children, Revenues, Service, Reward, Friends, Books, Death. Also a Table, wherein the Old and Obscure Words in Chaucer are explained, and such Words (which are many) that either are, by Nature or Derivation, Arabick, Greek, Latine, Italian, French, Dutch, or Saxon, mark'd with particular Notes for the better understanding their Original.
London, 1687. [Middle English] FINAL BLACKLETTER EDITION, Speight's third edition. Quarto (34 x 22cm), pp.[34] 660 [24]. With the copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Chaucer. Introductory matter in italic font, main text blackletter. Recently re-backed, with the original panelled and speckled calf boards, and the original plain speckled calf laid over..... More
The Agatha Christie Book Collection: Harper Collins' COMPLETE facsimile series. All the classic titles including: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder at The Vicarage, Death on The Nile, Poirot's Christmas, The Mystery of The Blue Train, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 4.50 From Paddington, Evil Under the Sun, Sparkling Cyanide, The Body in The Library, The Man in The Brown Suit, One Two Buckle My Shoe, Cards On the Table, Hickory Dickory Dock, Partners in Crime, and a Pocketful of Rye and Destination Unknown.
London: Agatha Christie Limited / Harper Collins, 2012-2015. [Mystery / Crime] COMPLETE SET IN 85 VOLUMES, all firsts thus. Each volume states "this novel forms part of an issue of The Agatha Christie Book Collection partwork... not to be sold separately". Octavo (19 x 13). Publisher's red hardcovers blocked in..... More
The Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder at The Vicarage, A Murder is Announced, Murder is Easy, The ABC Murders, Murder in The Mews, Murder in Mesopotamia, Murder on the Links, Lord Edgeware Dies, Mrs McGinty's Dead, Dead Man's Folly, The Hound of Death, Appointment with Death, Death on The Nile, Death in The Clouds, Death Comes as the End, Peril at End House, Crooked House, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Poirot's Christmas, Poirot Investigates, Parker Pyne Investigates, They Do it with Mirrors, The Mirror Crack'd, The Clocks, The Seven Dials Mystery, The Listerdale Mystery, The Sittaford Mystery, A Caribbean Mystery, The Mystery of The Blue Train, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, And Then There Were None, Five Little Pigs, Third Girl, The Big Four, The Thirteen Problems, Towards Zero, Three Act Tragedy, The Hollow, The Moving Finger, 4.50 From Paddington, Passenger to Frankfurt, Evil Under the Sun, At Bertram's Hotel, Why Didn't They Ask Evans, Dumb Witness, Taken at The Flood, They Came to Baghdad, Sparkling Cyanide, The Secret of Chimneys, After the Funeral, The Body in The Library, Halloween Party, The Pale Horse, The Secret Adversary, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, The Mysterious Mr Quin, Endless Night, The Man in The Brown Suit, Ordeal by Innocence, One, Two Buckle my Shoe, Cards On the Table, N or M?, Cat Among the Pigeons, The Labours of Hercules, Hickory Dickory Dock, Partners in Crime, Sad Cypress, Nemesis, A Pocketful of Rye and Destination Unknown.
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972. [Mystery / Crime] LEATHER BOUND SET. Complete in 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Handsomely bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands ruled in gilt, twin black title labels lettered in gilt, and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt, others lightly trimmed..... More
The Second World War. The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1954. [Military history] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Elegantly bound in red half morocco, with gilt lion tooling..... More
The Works of Joseph Conrad. Including: The Nigger of the Narcissus, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, Lord Jim, Youth, etc.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1920. [Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 24 volumes. Octavo (22 x 16cm). Frontispiece photogravure to volume one, vignette 'Sundial' illustration to title page of each volume, which features text printed in two colours. Handsomely bound in half dark blue oasis morocco with..... More
The Leather-Stocking Tales [The Deerslayer; The Last of the Mohicans; The Pathfinder; The Pioneers; The Prairie].
London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1900-1901. [American Literature] FIRST BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 18cm). Each volume contains twenty-five line drawing plates by the brothers Brock. Elegantly hand-bound in traditional half tan calf with twin labels, gilt, raised bands, gilt titles and decoration..... More
Fleet Street Eclogues; A Second Series of Fleet Street Eclogues.
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, and The Bodley Head, 1893-1896. [Poetry] VOLUME ONE IS A LIMITED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 12 cm), pp.[8] 104 [4]; pp.[8] 102 [16], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spines, gilt titles and decoration to upper of volume two..... More
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The Works of Charles Dickens [and] The Life of Charles Dickens [and] Miscellaneous Papers, Plays and Poems. The Gadshill Edition. With Introductions, General Essay, and Notes by Andrew Lang.
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., no date [1897-1908]. [Complete Works] FINELY BOUND COMPLETE WORKS, the Gadshill Edition. Complete in 38 volumes. Octavo (20 x 15cm). With original illustrations by Cruikshank and numerous additional ones by Charles Green, Harry Furniss, etc. Very fine contemporary or slightly later red half morocco for..... More
The Novels of F. Dostoevsky. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. The Brothers Karamasov, The Idiot, The Possessed, Crime and Punishment, The House of the Dead, The Insulted and Injured, A Raw Youth, The Friend of the Family, The Eternal Husband and other Stories, The Gambler and other Stories, White Nights and other Stories, An Honest Thief and other Stories.
London: William Heinemann, 1945-1957. [Russian Literature] FINELY BOUND SET. Twelve volumes, all early impressions or reset printings of the Constance Garnett translations. Octavo (19 x 13 x 37cm). Handsomely bound in recent deep red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles on black labels and further gilt decoration to spines..... More