Seventeenth edition, for use in Grammar Schools. English - Latin and Latin - English Dictionary. Printed in three columns. 356 + 351pp. and Index. Full leather. Rubbing and wear to edges. Lacks front ffep. Mild tanning to page edges, else clean and sou [more...]
Handsomely rebound Oxford Illustrated edition of Dickens' novel that satirises the british class system and its institutions such as the debtors prisons. Complete with the 40 b/w illustrations by Phiz, From the Oxford New Illustrated Dickens series. Half red [more...]
The rare deluxe Heron full leather edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Containing all his plays; his longer poems, The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis; and all of his sonnets. These compact volumes are in full leather and blocked with 23ct gold. W [more...]
Handsomely rebound Tusitala edition of Stevenson's enduring adventure. Half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers. Top edge gilt. With a map as frontispiece. 12mo. Previous owner's inscription to fly-leaf. Mild foxin [more...]
Collection of 16 colour caricatures of various characters from Dickens' works, by J. Clayton Clark (Kyd). Each with a title card featuring an extract from the relevant work. Blue leather like cloth with gilt titling to cover. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. [more...]
The Second volume of Chisholm's generously illustrated account of the various countries, their cultures, topography etc. Here containing India, China, Japan, North and South America, Africa and Oceania. With colour maps, b/w and colour plates plus further b/w [more...]
Likely reprinted edition of Cruikshank's self published collections of sketches, appearing from 1828 to 1832. With 24 pages of numerous b/w illustrations. Oblong folio. Rebound in black leather. Marbled end-papers. Rubbing to edges, slight cracking to edg [more...]
No date but c. 1930. Pleasant full leather edition of Shakespeare's Complete dramatic Works, divided into Comedies, Tragedies and Histories. Each with an original, quite excellent engraved frontispiece. Publisher's soft leather binding with gilt decoration. [more...]
Nicely bound edition of accessible lectures delivered by the great physicist Hermann von Helmholtz whilst a professor in Berlin. Topics include the Eye and Optics, Music, Ice and Glaciers and Goethe's scientific research. With an introduction by John Tyndall [more...]
Leather binding of Rogers' poetical works. Full mottled leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With inner dentelles. marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. 32mo. Previous repairs to front joint. With original spine and front board reinforced. Rubbing and [more...]
Belgian Printing and Publishing Society; Hauman & Co. 1840
'Containing Descriptions of the Principal Cities, their Museums, Picture Galleries, &c, The Railways and Great High RoadsAlso Directions for Travellers and hints for Tours'. Fourth revised edition of Murray's guidebook, published here by Belgian Printing and [more...]
No date but c. 1863 in this collected form. Generously illustrated, thorough history of the United States of America from its founding to the early days of the American Civil War - the final paragraph laments that it cannot report a peaceful settlement to thi [more...]
'With an Introduction on the study of Ecclesiastical history'. Twelve lectures given by Stanley, giving a thorough account of the Eastern orthodox Church and its relations with the Latin Church and Islam. Including significant study of the Council of Nicaea [more...]
Handsome fine binding of Bacon's essays in which he holds forth on a number of topics including friendship, cunning, atheism and marriage. Square 8vo. Red and black titles. Half leather with raised bands and elaborate gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others u [more...]
Pleasing quarter leather binding of Wood's accessible guide to the Animal Kingdom. Arranged by species, Wood describes the behavior and physiology of the animals in a narrative but scientifically learned style. With charming b/w illustrations plus diagrams o [more...]
The butterflies portion of the illustrated edition of Newman's significant guide to british lepidoptera. With numerous b/w engravings within the text. Bound in full leather. Inner and outer dentelles, marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. No date but c. 1871 [more...]
'Lectures delivered in 1892 on the Percy Turnbull Memorial Foundation in The Johns Hopkins University.' With lectures on Homer and Epic Poetry, Pindar, Greek Drama etc. Full leather prize binding with King Edward VI, Stratford crest to cover and prize plate [more...]
T Osborne, C Hitch, A Millar, John Rivington, S Crowder, P Davey and B Law & Co., T Longman and C Ware 1763
Volume of the universal history dealing with the Americas, from the arrival of Columbus and the earliest spanish explorers to aftermath of the campaigns of the conquistadors from Peru to Mexico. Half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and wear to leather, c [more...]
Pleasant Book-Lovers edition of Bronte's novel. With 16 b/w images showing locations and characters from the Bronte sisters' lives. Soft red leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Decorated end-papers, matching spine. No date but c. 1910. Rubbing t [more...]
Pleasant Book-Lovers edition of Gaskell's 1857 biography of Charlotte Bronte. With 8 b/w images showing locations and characters from the Bronte sisters' lives. Soft red leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Decorated end-papers, matching spine. No [more...]
