From the uniform edition of Barrie's plays. Handsome blue leather edition of Barrie's drama. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Rubbing to edges . Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Very Good. [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...]
A selection of longer poetry from England and America from the fourteenth century to the present day, From Chaucer to Ginsberg. Nice volume and an interesting selection. Limp blue leather, top edge gilt. Some light bumping to covers. Contents bright and cl [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...]
Neat little 32mo. leather bound People's edition of Tennyson's long poem The Princess, inspiration for the opera Princess Ida. In two parts bound as one, the first dated 1911, the second 1896. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities but c [more...]
Handsome leather binding of Longfellow's poems, including his translations, ballads, song of Hiawatha. Gilt decoration to cover, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Nicely printed in double columns with gothic headings. Some slight sunning to spine. Rubbing to [more...]
From the Tauchnitz collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 4904. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Previous owner's name to dedication page. Mis [more...]
From the Collins collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 219. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers. Contents tanned. Good [more...]
Half leather library binding with silk moire paper to boards. EX-Military-Library with numbers in gilt to spine. Library rules to front pastedown. Rubbing to leather. with loss to top of spine. Binding stout and contents clean. Fair/good overall. [more...]
Essays on christian themes, especially the state of Christianity in the US. Half leather. Labels missing. Rubbing to extremities. Sparse notes within. Contents clean and tight. Fair/good. [more...]
Half leather school edition Swedish-English Dictionary with descriptions and explanations in English. 8vo. Hinges starting to split but binding holding. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean. Fair+ [more...]
Half leather school edition Swedish-English Dictionary with descriptions and explanations in Swedish. 8vo. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean. Fair/good [more...]
Guide to church service, describing what is occurring and what one ought to do and say. Small 32mo. (110x70mm) full calf leather with gilt page edges. Marbled endpapers. Leather is worn, binding fragile. Burn mark/residue to corner of endpaper and rear endp [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...]
Leather edition of Lytton's novel. Gilt decoration to spine. With frontispiece. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and cracking to spine. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Leather prize binding of Scott's historical novel set during the crusades. Westminster City school crest to cover and bookplate to ffep. Decorated end-papers. Marbled page edges. Rubbing to leather. Foxing to front-matters but contents clean. Binding tig [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...]
