Elegantly bound edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and shorter poems/songs. Published and bound by Hatchards in their customary style. Full red leather with raised bands. Gilt rules to inner and outer edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edges uncut. 12mo [more...]
Handsomely bound edition of Quarles' massively influential and enduring 1634 emblem book. Comprising of 60 'emblems' over five books which feature newly engraved versions of the original allegorical pictures along with Quarles' verse paraphrasing the related [more...]
Handsomely bound edition of Moore's works, 'as collected by himself' with Moore's insightful introduction to each volume and its contents. Including Odes of Anacreon, Juvenalia, Poems of America, Lalla Rookh etc. Full leather with gilt decoration to spine wi [more...]
Nicely rebound copy of James' hefty but readable history of Britain, from the earliest period to the present time. six volumes bound as three. With numerous excellent b/w plates, portraits and fold-out maps bound in at the start of each division. With signif [more...]
Early edition of Irving's sometimes imaginative (though less so than in his biography of Columbus) history of conquest of Granada that saw Ferdinand II defeat Abu Abdallah Muhammad, conquering the last muslim stronghold in Spain in 1491. Irving traveled to Sp [more...]
Limited edition facsimile of the folios from the Great Domesday book pertaining to Wiltshire. Comprising of three volumes, the first contains a high quality reproduction of the original pages and inserted maps of Britain at the time and a large, detailed map o [more...]
Fine Half vellum binding of Douglas' biography of the Parisian Soprano, describing her eventful career and private life. With b/w engravings by Charles Wittmann. Gilt decoration to spine with leather label. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rou [more...]
Early reprint of this treatise on how good christians are led astray, written by The Author of The Whole Duty of Man, which is now commonly attributed to Richard Allestree. Engraved title page with two portraits of Ezekial and King David done by Wenceslaus Ho [more...]
Splendid full leather binding of Masefield's popular narrative poem describing the antics of a vulpine trickster. With b/w and colour illustrations by G. D. Armour. Rebound by Best and Co. Full polished leather with fox head gilt decoration to spine. Raise [more...]
Elegant leather binding of Walton's 17th century guide to fishing that ' breathes the very spirit of innocence, purity, and simplicity of the heart.' Features 74 b/w engravings by a variety of artists interspersed within the text. Bound in half leather with [more...]
Impressive leather binding of Tennyson's works, including Ulysses, English Idylls, Idylls of the King as well as his Juvenalia. Illustrated with b/w etching by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton. Bound by Riviere and Son in red leather with raised bands to spi [more...]
Pleasant half leather binding of the first edition of Irving's Tales of a Traveller, a collection of essays and short stories written by his Geoffrey Crayon persona - responsible for the Sketch Book and Bracebridge Hall. Less well received than his previous w [more...]
' From the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With a Full Account of the Castle and Churches, Including Also, a Series of Memoirs of the Ancient, illustrious possessors of the domain, With biographical sketches of other eminent persons who have resided upon [more...]
Generously illustrated account of the caterpillars and larvae of british Moths and butterflies. Complete with 40 colour plates onto which a previous owner has elegantly written the names of the various creatures. Half leather with Marbled boards. 8vo. [more...]
Charming special edition of Shakespeare's Works, bound in publisher's lambskin with decorative floral design to spines. With introductory essays and glossary. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Frontis-portraits. Small 8vo. (185x135mm) light marking and scratch [more...]
Splendid vellum binding of Chaucer's works. Done by John Bumpus (but doubtless outsourced) with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and leather labels. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers. Page edges tinted yellow. Printed in double columns. Con [more...]
Elaborate divinity style binding containing the prose works of the 17th/18th century bishop who was frequently at odds with authority. With a brief biography of Ken by Hawkins. Dark leather with blind-stamped design. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentel [more...]
Elegant vellum binding of Motley's well researched, popular 1856 account of the Dutch republic. Bevelled edges. Page edges tinted red. Marbled end-papers. Gilt decorated labels to spine. No date but c. 1900. 8vo. Various markings and nicks to covers. C [more...]
'Orne de figues'. Early edition (possibly first, possibly a pirated copy) of Fromaget's controversial 1742 novel that was banned immediately. Purporting to be a historical document published in Constantinople (hence a lack of bibliographic information), Le C [more...]
A Neat, worn but rakish, quarter leather binding of the Handy-Volume edition of the complete works of Shakespeare, including his poems. Complete in 13 volumes. Top edge gilt. Decorated initials. Compact 32mo. (130x90mm). Leather is rubbed to edges. Some f [more...]
