Imposing Folio Society style binding of the Shorter Oxford Dictionary. sixth edition, on historical principles. Publisher's full navy leather. All edges gilt. Two silken page marker ribbons per volume. Complete with slipcase. Small 4to. Some rubbing a [more...]
Beautiful special Folio Society edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, a legendary collection of poetry that he revised and added to throughout his life. This is the first collection, Whitman's first volume, that triumphs over other versions for its purity and [more...]
Limited special Folio Society facsimile of publisher Frederick Startridge Ellis' copy of Morris' poem, a medieval morality piece, wherein a King abandon's station and finds contentment. Although published without adornment, Ellis had his copy bound in leather [more...]
Impressive, special Folio Society edition of Trollope's The Duke's Children, first published as a serial in 1879. The first edition to feature the full text, reconstructed by Steven Amarnick. Limited to 1980 copies, of which this is 854. Bound in half leath [more...]
First edition, first issue in book form, with first state points (100£ etc.) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in serial form from January 1843 to July 1844 and, despite Dickens' positivity towards the work, the story was not financially s [more...]
Splendid tree calf full leather binding of the popular Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of often humorous tales involving ghosts, witches, historical figures & mysteries that draw on, a frequently send up, existing legends. With 26 b/w illustrations by Cruiksha [more...]
The third volume of Morley's selection of 18th century essays from Addison's and Steele's influential daily paper that ran from 1711 to (intermittently) 1714. Half leather with gilt decoration to spine. Marbled paper to boards, matching marbled end-papers an [more...]
