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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 about Family Secrets. or hints to those who would make home happy
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The Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1922. [English Literature] THE WORKS. Six volumes, octavo (19 x 13 x 22cm). Colour fontispiece and illustrations throughout by C.E Brock. Introduction by Reginald Brimley Johnson. Elegantly bound in navy half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, twin red morocco title... More about The Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice,...
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[The Illustrated Novels of Jane Austen]. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898-1906. [Illustrated Novels Set] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, later impressions. Six novels in five volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 20cm). Pride and Prejudice illustrated by Brock; the other titles by Thomson. 40 wood engravings per volume. In recent navy half morocco with raised bands, gilt... More about The Illustrated Novels of Jane Austen]. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and...
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 about The Vox Edition of the Works of Jane Austen
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 about The Novels of Jane Austen. The works include: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma,...
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 about The Novels of Jane Austen. With general introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Illustrated in colour...
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[The Novels of Jane Austen]. Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1929-1934. DELUXE BINDING, mixed printings. Six volumes. Small octavo (16 x 10 x 15cm). Publisher's deluxe brown full morocco with gilt titles to green labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. Each volume presented in its original matching cloth-covered slipcase. Marbled endpapers. Very small ownership inscription... More about The Novels of Jane Austen]. Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Mansfield Park;...
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 about Novels [Being: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger...
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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 about The Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. Comprising: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma,...
The Novels, comprising Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Emma. With Introductions by R. Brimley Johnson.
London: Robert Riviere and Son, n.d. [c.1920]. [English Literature]. In five volumes, octavo (18 x 12cm). Attractively printed and bound by Riviere with five tissue-guarded colour plate illustrations by Charles Brock. Half bright red calf over buckram sides, tooled in gilt to spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Edges of... More about The Novels, comprising Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger...
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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 about The Winchester Edition of the Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The works include: Sense and...
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 about The Holy Bible. A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase on the Old and New Testament and the Apocrypha
Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. The Thirteenth Edition, with the last Corrections of the author; and with Notes and Additions by Edward Christian.
London: A. Strahan, 1800. 4 volumes, 8vo. With 13 engraved portraits and a folding Table of Descents to vol.II. Handsome contemporary binding of full tan calf with two title labels, one green and one black, and volume number in blind to spines. Joints starting but holding, gentle repair to head... More about Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. The Thirteenth Edition, with the last...
The Works of Time Bobbin, Esq., in Prose and Verse: with a Memoir of the Author, by John Corry.
Rochdale: J. Westall, 1819. PROVINCIAL IMPRINT. Octavo, pp.[4], 4, 494 [2]. With 11 copper engraved plates including a frontispiece portrait of the author. In near-contemporary light brown full calf with raised bands, gilt titles to green label on spine, and gilt decoration to spine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Spine... More about The Works of Time Bobbin, Esq., in Prose and Verse: with a Memoir of the Author, by John Corry
Boswell's Life of Johnson, Including their Tour to the Hebrides.
London: John Murray, 1860. Edited by John Wilson Croker; 'A New Edition'. Quarto, pp.874; [14], 'Answers to Review'. With portrait engravings. Bound in brown half morocco over marbled sides, raised bands and gilt ruling to spine, edges speckled red, drab endpapers. Clean within, some spotting to first and final leaves... More about Boswell's Life of Johnson, Including their Tour to the Hebrides
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[The Complete Novels of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, comprising:] Wuthering Heights; Jane Eyre; Shirley; Villette; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; The Professor; Agnes Grey. The Shakespeare Head Bronte.
Boston, MA and New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. [Complete Novels] FINELY BOUND LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 11 volumes. Octavo (23 x 15 x 46cm). Each volume illustrated with three lithographic plates from drawings by J. Hewer, except 'The Professor' and 'Wildfell Hall' II, which have two, and Wuthering... More about The Complete Novels of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, comprising:] Wuthering Heights; Jane...
The Novels of the Sisters Bronte. [The works include: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Shirley, Villette, etc.]
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. THORNTON EDITION. In twelve volumes. Octavo (22 x 16cm). Illustrated with numerous plates consisting of photographic reproductions of Bronte country. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spines. With original cream dust-jackets. Top edges green, others untrimmed. Black ink gift inscription to front... More about The Novels of the Sisters Bronte. [The works include: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant...
The Novels of the Sisters Bronte. The works include: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Shirley, Villette, etc.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907. The desirable Thornton Edition. 12 volumes. Octavo. Illustrated with numerous plates consisting of photographic reproductions of Bronte country. Handsomely bound in recent brown half morocco with red and green title labels, gilt tooling to spines, matching brown cloth boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A clean... More about The Novels of the Sisters Bronte. The works include: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of...
The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte & Her Sisters. Haworth Edition. With Introductions to the Works By Mrs Humphrey Ward.
London: Smith Elder, 1910. 7 volumes. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Elegantly hand-bound by Robert Riviere and Son in half green morocco, gilt, with spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt panelling, gilt rule to sides, green buckram boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Gently toned to spine, minor... More about The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte & Her Sisters. Haworth Edition. With Introductions to...
The Memorial Edition of the Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton. Set of writings containing: 'A Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah,' 'A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome,' 'Vikram and the Vampire: Tales of Hindu Delivery' and 'First Footsteps in East Africa.'
London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893-1894. ALL FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 7 volumes, complete. Publisher's gilt decorated black cloth, coated black endpapers, top edges tinted red. In black fleece-lined slipcase. Some acceptable wear, spine ends a little chipped or frayed, some titles exhibit a reading lean, inner paper joints sound but for... More about The Memorial Edition of the Works of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton. Set of writings containing:...
The Works of Lord Byron. With His Letters and Journals, and his Life, by Thomas Moore.
London: John Murray, 1835. [Verse] FINELY BOUND. 18 volumes, being the poetry complete in 17 volumes, with Galt's Life of Byron (First Edition) as the 18th volume. Octavo (17 x 11 x 45cm). Engraved frontispiece and engraved title page to every volume. Finely bound by Kaufmann for booksellers Estes and... More about The Works of Lord Byron. With His Letters and Journals, and his Life, by Thomas Moore
Lives of the British Admirals. Containing a New and Accurate Naval History, from the Earliest Periods. With a Continuation Down to the Year 1779, Including the Naval Transactions of the Late and Present War, and an Account of the Recent Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. Written under the Inspection of Doctor Berkenhout. The Whole Illustrated with Correct Maps, and Frontispieces Engraved from Original Designs.
London: Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1781. [Naval history] FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Four volumes, quarto (22 x 14 x 14cm). Fine contemporary brown straight grained morocco, gilt tooling to and gilt titles on red leather squares to spines, marbled edges. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece, six folding maps. Booksellers ticket... More about Lives of the British Admirals. Containing a New and Accurate Naval History, from the Earliest...
The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. [Children's] FIRST NONESUCH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 1165; [3]. With Tenniel's original in-text illustrations to the Alice books. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the orange illustrated dust-jacket, repriced by the publisher with a sticker at 32/6. Top edge red... More about The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
Cyclopedia of English Literature. A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time.
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1844. 2 volumes; 4to. Publisher's full green morocco with gilt titles and extra gilt decoration to spines faded to an even brown; elaborate gilt panelling to boards with device stamped in gilt to centre; all edges gilt. Light rubbing; foxing to first and last few... More about Cyclopedia of English Literature. A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from...
Fishing; Pike and Coarse Fish, Salmon and Trout Fishing.
London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 8vo. 2 volumes in publisher's half blue morocco with gilt titles to spines, yellow cloth boards with gilt crest to centre of uppers; top edges gilt. Fifth Edition, with numerous additional illustrations and diagrams. Marginal loss to final leafof indec, shprt tear to rear... More about Fishing; Pike and Coarse Fish, Salmon and Trout Fishing