Pleasant Heron edition of de Quincey's wildly popular, poetic account of his laudanum addiction. Decorative faux-leather covers with gilt detailing. Slight fading to gilt on spine. A few nicks to covers with some fading of gilt. Foxing to page edges. Cont [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...]
Pleasant edition of Thackeray's historical novel. Red leather with top edge gilt. Tear to front joint but binding holding soundly. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean. Fair+ [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Butler's provocative social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Crisp and clean. Fine [more...]
Neat Heron edition of Shaw's early politically conscious novel. Brown faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated endpapers. Foxing to top edge. Small marks to free-endpapers (tape residue from a previous owner's protective jacket). Cont [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Swift enduring satire. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations by Herbert Cole and introduction by Peter Quennell. Mild shelfwear. Small white mar [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Thackeray's great social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Mild shelfwear. Small white marking and rubbing to top of [more...]
Cheeky, special Reader's digest edition of Stevenson's classic adventure story. With b/w illustrations by Frank Godwin. Colour frontispiece. Quarter faux leather. Very faint spotting to top edge. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+ [more...]
Pleasant red leather pocket edition of Kipling's first, semi-autobiographical novel of unrequited love. All edges gilt. Previous owner's name to ffep. Rubbing to edges. Creasing to cover and spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Green faux-leather edition of Gulliver's classic satire. marbled end-papers. Complete with slipcase. With b/w frontispiece. No date but c. 1920. Covers are toned, stained/mottled. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Fair overall. [more...]
Collins Library of Classics edition of Poet Southey's popular biography of Horatio Nelson, first published in 1813. Illustrated with b/w illustrations. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Du Maurier's colourful history of her family since the early 19th century including, of course, her father George DuMaurier. Summer green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Sewn headband and silken marker. Some light rubbing to extremities of cove [more...]
Green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Sewn headband and silken marker. Some fading to gilt on spine. light rubbing to extremities of covers but interiors are clean and unread. Good+ [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Thackeray's great social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Mild shelfwear. Small dent to spine. Previous owner's st [more...]
Attractive Heron edition. Scarlett leatherette boards with gilt titling and design, decorated endpapers and silken bookmarker. Fading to gilt on spine. Interior is clean and unread. Good overall. [more...]
Nice red leather edition of Kipling's adventure novel. Gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and cracking to top of spine. Contents clean, binding tight. Good condition. [more...]
Nice edition of Raleigh's biography and critical appraisal of Wordsworth. Top edge gilt, printed on thick paper, probably intended for a leather rebinding. Some light foxing. Some instances of pencil underlining. Otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Pleasant edition of Trollope's Barsetshire novel. Red leather with top edge gilt. Tear to front joint but binding holding. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean. Fair+ [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Butler's provocative social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Very light shelfwear. Contents prim and clean. Very g [more...]
Cheeky, special Reader's digest edition of Stevenson's classic adventure story. With b/w illustrations by Frank Godwin. Colour frontispiece. Quarter faux leather. Very faint spotting to top edge. Bump to top of spine. Contents clean and sound. Good [more...]
