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![The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir,...](/pictures/thumb/57266.jpg?v=1594140785)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1906. [Sherlock Holmes] FINELY BOUND SOUVENIR EDITION, later printings. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 341 [3]; pp.[10] 296. Each volume with engraved illustrations by Paget, including frontispieces. Recent navy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spines and matching cloth over boards. Top edges..... More
Anna Karenina.
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1904. [Russian Literature] FIRST UK EDITION THUS. Three volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 368 [4]; pp.[8] 481 [3]; pp.[8] 411 [3]. With nine illustrated plates, including a frontispiece to each volume, by Meynell, all with tissue guards. Recent green half morocco, with raised bands..... More
Chromes.
Göttingen: Steidl, 2011. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Quarto (34 x 33cm), pp.728. Publisher's blue, red and yellow cloth with black titles to spine. With the grey cloth-covered slipcase titled in yellow and orange, still in the original shrink wrap. A fine, as-new copy. William Eggleston's standing as one of..... More
![Bell's Shakespeare]. [Romeo and Juliet; All's Well that Ends Well; The Winter's Tale; Love's...](/pictures/thumb/57101.jpg?v=1593449283)
[Bell's Shakespeare]. [Romeo and Juliet; All's Well that Ends Well; The Winter's Tale; Love's Labour's Lost; Tempest; Titus Andronicus; As You Like It; Measure for Measure; Antony and Cleopatra; Midsummer-Night's Dream; King Lear; Othello; Cymbeline; Much Ado about Nothing; Julius Caesar; Comedy of Errors; Timon of Athens; King John; Merry Wives of Windsor; Richard II; Richard III; King Henry VIII; Hamlet; Taming of the Shrew; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Twelfth-Night, or, What You Will; Troilus and Cressida; Macbeth; Coriolanus; Henry V; Henry IV, parts I and II; Henry VI, parts I, II and III; Names of the Original Actors in the Plays of Shakspeare, by Will. Shakspeare: Printed complete from the Text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens, and revised from the last Editions.
London: John Bell [and] John Cawthorn, 1784-1807. [Shakespeare] JOHN BELL EDITION, later printings, mixed issue. 36 of 38 volumes. Duodecimo in half-sheets (16 x 10cm). Most volumes dated 1788 or 1803, with just a few intersectional exceptions. All volumes with two engraved title pages of varying dates ranging from 1784..... More
The History of Gambling in England.
Chicago, MI: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899. [Gambling] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] viii, 286 [8]. In contemporary maroon half morocco by the Eagle Art Bindery, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed; marbled endpapers. Text..... More
Moral Emblems. with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of all Ages and Nations. With Illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works, by John Leighton, F.S.A., the whole Translated and Edited, with Additions, by Richard Pigot, Member of the Leyden Society of Netherlands Literature.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. [Illustrated Aphorisms] FINELY BOUND SECOND EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.[2] xvi; 242 [2]. Heavily illustrated with engravings by Leighton, and other artists, including a frontispiece. Fine contemporary red full morocco by RIVIERE, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
![Skating [and] Figure-Skating, with contributions on Curling, Tobogganing, Ice-Sailing [and]...](/pictures/thumb/56884.jpg?v=1592844183)
Skating [and] Figure-Skating, with contributions on Curling, Tobogganing, Ice-Sailing [and] Bandy. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. [Winter Sports] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 464. With frequent in-text diagrams and illustrations, as well as a half-tone frontispiece and a vignette title page. Publisher's blue diced half morocco with gilt titles to spine, orange cloth over boards, and Beaufort crest..... More
The Man Who...
Bristol: Scorpion Press, 1992. [Detective Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] x, 230. Number 121 of just 125 copies SIGNED by all the contributors in various inks to preliminary leaves. Also with an illustrated frontispiece tipped in. Book mark for 'Murder by the Book' bookstore in..... More
The Exploration of the World. Famous Travels and Travelers.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. [Exploration] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xx, 432 [6]. Heavily illustrated with numerous engravings, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Publisher's emerald green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Repair to split lower hinge. Edges..... More
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo, pp.xvi; 624 [2]. Has all three typographical errors present in the first issue: p.19, line 6: "elgble"; p. 209, line 23: "chair" instead of "hair"; and p. 275, line 22: "counsinship" instead of "cousinship." With 40 engraved illustrations..... More
The Poems and Dramas of Lord Byron. With Biographical Memoir, Explanatory Notes, etc.
New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Poetical Works] VINTAGE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 855 [3]. With a half-tone frontispiece portrait of the author. Rebound in 1929 in brown full morocco with gilt titles to spine and brown endpapers. All edges gilt. Black..... More
The Lays of Ancient Rome, With Ivry and the Armada.
New York, NY: White and Allen, 1887. [Poetry] LIMITED EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxxviii; 167 [3]. Number 67 of of 400 copies (250 for America, 150 for the UK), finely printed by the Chiswick Press, London, on handmade paper. With an autotype medal of the..... More
King Cole. With Drawings in Black and White by Judith Masefield.
London: William Heinemann, 1921. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.53 [3]. Number 128 of 780 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page. With several wood engravings by the author's daughter. In recent quarter vegetable parchment, with a paper title label to spine..... More
The M.C.C. 1787-1937. Reprinted from the Times M.C.C. Number May 25, 1937.
London: The Time Publishing Company, 1937. [Cricket History] FIRST EDITION, with ephemera from the anniversary dinner. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[8] 134 [18]. With 29 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Also with a table plan for the anniversary dinner held on July 15th, 1937, at the Savoy..... More
The Salamindrine; or, Love and Immortality.
London: How and Parsons, 1842. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4] vi; 145 [3]. Contemporary full calf, with faded gilt titles to spine. All edges speckled brown; brown endpapers. Lightly toned throughout, with some marks to preliminaries. Heavy rubbing and bumping to binding; head-cap pulled and gilt largely..... More
![A Game of Thrones. [A Song of Ice and Fire]. George R. R. MARTIN, born 1948](/pictures/thumb/56856.jpg?v=1591116133)
A Game of Thrones. [A Song of Ice and Fire].
London: HarperVoyager, 2016. [Fantasy Epic] DELUXE EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm). Publisher's deluxe red full calf with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to spine and upper. With the matching leather-bound slipcase, still in the original shrink-wrap, priced at £75. A fine, as-new copy. Martin was already a prominent..... More
The Plays of John Galsworthy.
London: Duckworth, 1929. [Drama] FINE PRIZE BINDING, second printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 1149 [5]. Printed on india paper. Contemporary tree calf by BICKERS & SON of London for Sherborne School, with raised bands, gilt titles to maroon label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Gilt school medal and..... More
Letters of Samuel Rutherford. With Biographical Sketches of His Correspondents.
Edinburgh: William P. Kennedy, 1863. [Theological Correspondence] FIRST EDITION THUS, FINELY BOUND. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 464; pp.xiv; 452. Contemporary brown full morocco by R. Nelson, with raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to spines. All edges gilt, and marbled endpapers. Internally very clean, except for..... More
Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield; Plays and Poems.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. [Anthology] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xii; 434 [2]. Contemporary tan full polished calf for Henry Sotheran, with raised bands, gilt titles to burgundy label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Very light spotting to preliminaries. Lightly toned..... More
The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II.
London: John Murray, 1842. [English History] FINELY BOUND, fourth edition. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 708 [2]; pp.viii; 601 [3]. Contemporary tan full calf by James HAYDAY for White of London, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. All edges speckled..... More
![The History of Greece [and] The History of Rome. The History of Greece from the Earliest State to...](/pictures/thumb/56833.jpg?v=1591116130)
The History of Greece [and] The History of Rome. The History of Greece from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great. To which is Added, a Summary Account of the Affairs of Greece, from that Period, to the Sacking of Constantinople by the Othomans. [and] The History of Rome from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire.
Derby: Henry Mozley, 1826. [Greek and Roman History] FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING, two volumes bound as one. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 382; pp.viii; 432 [4]. With a folding map as a frontispiece to each title. Contemporary full marbled calf with gilt titles to black label, and extensive gilt decoration to..... More
The Escapes of Casanova and Latude from Prison.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. [Historical Prison Breaks] FIRST EDITION THUS, FINELY BOUND. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 423 [3]. With five half-tone plates, including a frontispiece. Contemporary brown half calf with gilt titles to a dark brown label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Marbled paper over boards; all..... More
Longfellow's Poetical Works. Author's Complete Copyright Edition.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1883. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[2] viii; 680; [2]. With 14 engraved plates. Contemporary red full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine and boards. Gilt textured endpapers; all edges gilt. Spotting to preliminaries and..... More
The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.
London: George G. Harrap, 1931. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Quarto, pp.224. With 12 colour illustrated plates, and a number of futher in-text illustrations. In recent half dark blue morocco with gilt titles to spine. Original publisher's blue cloth pasted to boards, with gilt pictorial titles to upper. Original pictorial front end-papers..... More
The Student's Elements of Geology.
London: John Murray, 1878. [Natural History] FINE PRIZE BINDING, revised third edition thus. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.xx; 672 [2]. With frequent in-text engraved illustrations, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and large gilt arms of King's College London to upper. All..... More