Handsome collins edition of Kingsley's historical novel, concerning Francis Drake and adventures on the high seas. Limp red leather with gilt decoration to spine, top edge gilt. With b/w illustrations by G. C. Hindley. No date but c. 1930. Sunning to spin [more...]
Nice little edition of Ovid's verse on love. Features archetypal, stylish illustrations by Victor Reinganum. Quarter leather with decorated endpapers. Lacks slipcase. Spine is worn and rubbed but otherwise the volume is tight and clean. Contents are prim [more...]
With one volume with quotations, arranged by author, another on proverbs and a volume on etymology. Nice quarter faux-leather binding. Some mild shelf-wear. Else clean and prim. Near fine, [more...]
No date but c. 1928. From the uniform edition of Barrie's plays. Handsome blue leather edition of Barrie's drama. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Some rubbing to edges, with slight fraying to top/tail of spine . Light foxing to page edges. Contents clea [more...]
Handsome 16mo. leather edition of Stevenson's early travelogue. Written to secure financial freedom from his in-laws, Travels with a Donkey was a pioneering work and an early example of camping as leisure. Fine paper edition. Red leather covers with gilt ti [more...]
Handsome red leather edition of Stevenson's final completed work, also known as South Sea Tales, a collection of short stories. With gilt titling and design. Top edge gilt. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges, with slight loss to top of spine. Contents cl [more...]
The story of extravagant and parasitic Delaney siblings wherein Du Maurier employs some innovative narrative techniques. Summer green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Original illustrations by Christopher Bradley. Sewn headband and silken marker [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...]
Handsome faux-leather edition of Stevenson's historical novel, set during the wars of the roses. In protective jacket. In crisp, fine condition. [more...]
Handsome limp faux-leather edition of Browning's poems. Top edge gilt. Frontisportrait. No date but c. 1910. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Pleasant red leather edition of the 1903 novel. With b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Sunning and wear to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
From the uniform edition of Barrie's plays. Handsome blue leather edition of Barrie's drama. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Some rubbing to edges . Light foxing to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Very Good [more...]
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. Good+ [more...]
Nice little edition of Ovid's verse on love. Features archetypal, stylish illustrations by Victor Reinganum. Quarter leather with decorated endpapers. Complete with slipcase. Splitting to edges of slipcase. Spine is worn and rubbed but otherwise the volume [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...]
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. Mild spotting to front matter. Contents clean and sound. 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...]
