No date but c, 1970. The second volume of Heron's centennial edition of Dickens' articles and writings from Household words and All the Year Round. Plus poems and plays. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Decorated end-papers. Some light rubbing t [more...]
'The Greatest Masterpieces of Russian Literature' indeed. Attractive Heron edition of Turgenev's wonderful novel together with Liza. In red faux-leather with wonderful gilt tooling. Decorated endpapers, sewn headband, silken bookmarker. With original illu [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's complex short novel, written with his step-son Lloyd Osbourne, along with Island Nights' Entertainment. Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduc [more...]
Cloth rebinding of Dickens' classic victorian character sketches, written under the pseudonym, Boz. Features illustrations by George Cruikshank and Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Leather label to spine. Kelly College crest to cover. Prize plate to front past [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of two of Goldsmith's novels plus his poems. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations by Christopher Bradbury and introduction. In crisp fine condition. [more...]
Handsome special collectors' Heron edition of Spencer Dunmore's wartime novel. Red faux-leather cloth with gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. Foxing to top edge. Small marks to free end-papers (caused by tape residue from a previous owner's protectiv [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Malraux's 1933 novel of the communist insurrection in Shanghai. From the 'Books that have shaped Man's thinking' series. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. With an introduction and b/w images. An [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Ainsworth's intriguing historical novel with supernatural elements, focusing on Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations. Extremely light m [more...]
Handsome Heron edition of the classic bushranger adventure novel. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. Introduction by G. F. Maine. B/w illustrations. Some light shelf-wear. Else clean and prim. Fine. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of London's perennially popular short describing a dog's return to the wild. With 8 other stories including John Barleycorn and the Mexican. From the 'Books that have shaped Man's thinking' series. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt [more...]
No date but c. 1970. From the Heron Centennial Edition of Dickens. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Maurice Grieffenhagen. Some light rubbing to joints but contents prim and clean. Good+ [more...]
No date but c. 1970. Heron Centennial edition of Dickens' classic christmas story combined with his four other Christmas novellas. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Leech, Tenniel a [more...]
No date but c, 1970. Heron's centennial edition of Dickens' articles and writings on his various excursions, domestic and foreign. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Harry Furniss. [more...]
No date but c. 1970. Heron's Centennial edition of Dickens' entertaining and engaging history of England, intended for his own Children. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Decorated end-papers. Features illustrations by Hutton Mitchel and more. Som [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Eliot's novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and prim. Very Good [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Conrad's response to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. With b/w illustrations by Geoffrey Plant. Some rubbing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Stowe's 1852 abolitionist novel. From the 'Books that have shaped Man's thinking' series. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. With an introduction and b/w images. An Appreciation of the author to t [more...]
Two great French works, the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut and Merimee's 1845 novella that inspired the opera. Red faux leather cloth with elaborate gilt design. Some light bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
No date but c. 1970. From the Heron Centennial edition of Dickens' Works. Collection of Dickens' journalism and articles plus three pieces of shorter fiction. With b/w illustrations by F. Walker and an introduction. Green faux leather cloth with gilt decor [more...]
No date but c. 1970. Heron Centennial edition of Dickens' final unfinished novel together with his own entirely self-written periodical, Master Humphrey's Clock, a plethora of short stories. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decor [more...]
