Collections of short stories of O. Henry, american master of the short story. With frontispiece. Faux leather blue cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
'Being the verbatim reports of the proceedings of the Orleans manuscript, translated with an introduction by W. S. Scott.' second, reset Folio Society edition of the trial of Joan of Arc. With b/w images taken from contemporary manuscripts. Complete with slip [more...]
Third Folio Society edition of de Quincey's wildly popular, poetic account of his laudanum addiction. With illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Black cloth with gilt rules. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some rubbing to edges. Volume is prim and c [more...]
First Folio Society edition of Orwell's important account of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. With b/w images and maps to endpapers. Pictorial cloth covers. Complete with slipcase. Light toning to cover. Mild shelf-wear to slipcase. Cont [more...]
The second volume of the deluxe leather edition of Dickens' classic novel. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headband. Features illustrations by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Some light ru [more...]
Charming and compact biography of this 'Man of Destiny', from the Men of Destiny Series. Dark blue leatherette cloth with extravagant gilt titling and design. Some shelfwear with light tanning to page edges otherwise bright with prim, Very good. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Maugham's novel loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin. Faux quarter leather with rich red cloth and elaborate gilt tooling. Large crease to cover but contents are untouched. Unobtrusive stamp to end papers and slight bumping [more...]
Neat collection of Stevenson's memories and elegiac portraits of people he knew, linked, he claims, in a way that reveals himself. Fine paper edition. Bound in full leather with decorated end-papers. All edges gilt. Some rubbing to spine and extremities bu [more...]
Handsome 16mo. leather edition of Stevenson's first collection of essays. Fine paper edition. Red leather covers with gilt titling and design. All edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Rubbing to extremities, top of spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's great adventure novel . Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduction by Rae Jeffs and illustrations by Michael Heslop. Light bumping and rubbin [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w frontisportrait and introduction. Very slight bump to corner, otherwise crisp and c [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of the poet Blunden's traumatic WWI memoir. Dark Brown leatherette covers with lavish gilt design and titling. Decorated endpapers and silken ribbon marker. With original illustrations by David Whitfield. Foxing to top and fore ed [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Defoe's pseudo-autobiography of the life of Moll King. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Some very light shelf-wear and rub [more...]
Elegant Folio society edition of Banerji's 1928 novel. With illustrations by Janet Archer. Bound in red 'open-weave' cloth with leather label to spine. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear, else crisp and clean. A nice example. Very good. [more...]
Charming and compact biography of this 'Man of Destiny', from the Men of Destiny Series. Dark blue leatherette cloth with extravagant gilt titling and design. Some shelfwear with light tanning to page edges otherwise bright with prim, Very good. [more...]
Folio Society edition of the 12th century, epic Georgian Poem, translated into English Prose. With colour illustrations taken from a 17th century manuscript. With maps to end-papers. Bound in fetching satin cloth with gilt decoration. Complete with slipcas [more...]
First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs by Loudun Sainthill. With an introduction by John Gielgud. Complete with Dust Jacket. DJ has tears to edges, with slight loss. Some light foxing [more...]
Deluxe leather edition of Dickens' travel writings. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headband. Features illustrations by Maurice Grieffenhagen. Some light rubbing to extremities but cont [more...]
Green leather-like cloth Heron edition of Dickens' classic novel. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headband. Features illustrations by George Cruikshank. Very light tanning to page edges. [more...]
