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...]
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...]
Handsome fine leather binding of Scott's epic historical poem concerning the Battle of Flodden Field. Featuring photographic plates. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine and covers. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-paper [more...]
'A Reprint of the First Edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and editions'. Edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald. Preface by the editor and a Boswell Bibliography by H. R. Tedder. Boswell's epochal biography of Samuel Johnson, a work th [more...]
Rather nice divinity style leather binding of Percy's famous collection of old Ballads, poetry and songs culled from a variety of sources including Pepys' Library and the mysterious Percy Folio. First published in 1765. Full leather with elaborate blind-stamp [more...]
Nicely done deluxe leather binding of Tennyson's selected works, including Ulysses, Morte D'Arthur and The Lady of Shalot. With decorative devices throughout. Red leather with raised bands to spine, Gilt monogram of Tennyson to cover. All edges gilt. Mar [more...]
The collected works of Calverley with a biographical notice by Walter Joseph Sendall, his contemporary at Cambridge. Contains the popular poems Beer and an Ode to Tobacco. Splendid half leather binding done by Hatchards. With gilt decoration to spine. Top e [more...]
From the castles in Bavaria series (Schlösser in Bayern), the plates volume from The Prince-Bishop's Residence in Würzburg section. With 219 b/w tissue guarded plates, each with descriptions in German, plus further illustrations. 4to. Half leather. Rubbin [more...]
English translation of Cottin's moral historical adventure written in 1806. Edited by Frances Burney. Bound together with Mackenzie's sentimental novel, The Man of Feeling. Engraved title page. Rebacked some time ago with original spine and boards laid down [more...]
Elegant tree-calf, leather binding of Austin's appreciation of the poetry of his peers, written in 1870 prior to becoming his becoming Poet Laureate in 1896. Contains essays on Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Algernon Swinburne and more. With raised b [more...]
Rare, early guide to the British museum and its exhibits, with numerous b/w wood engravings. Contains a brief history then a 'guided' tour describing the various rooms and display cabinets with detailed explanations of the science and history behind them. Ha [more...]
Collection of verse by the popular edwardian poet. Fine binding done by Bumpus. Full leather with raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles. 8vo. Toning to spine. Rubbing to joints. Small scratches to spine. Tanning and spotting to page ed [more...]
Pleasant half leather binding of the popular Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of often humorous tales involving ghosts, witches, historical figures & mysteries that draw on, a frequently send up, existing legends. With reproductions of the original illustratio [more...]
Scarce book of poetry by the 'Vicar of Wickhambrook, Suffolk'. Full leather. All edges gilt, marbled end-papers, inner and outer dentelles. 12mo. Previous owner's name to title page. Rubbing to edges. Spotting to front matter, mild tanning within, else c [more...]
'The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr John Jorrocks'. Third edition, revised and englarged. With 16 colour illustrations by Henry Alken. Half leather. All edges gilt. Marb [more...]
No date but c. 1940. Early example of the popular card game Lexicon that appeared in 1932. With the letter cards loosely inserted into the soft leather binding. 32mo. Some mild rubbing to edges. Very good. [more...]
24 volumes bound as 8. Nice set of Chamber's miscellany 'containing a choice selection of interesting and instructive reading for the old and the young.' Featuring hundreds (thousands) of short stories, poems and articles on a variety of subjects. Rather di [more...]
'Traduction nouvelle avec une practique la fin de chaque chapitre'. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis IN FRENCH. With engraved plates throughout. Full blue leather with gilt decoration and blind-stamping. Inner and outer dentelles. All edges gilt. [more...]
Lively sketches of various hunting, shooting and countryside pursuits, with numerous b/w illustrations. Half leather with gilt decoration. Marbled boards with matching marbled page edges and end-papers. Rubbing and wear to leather. Slight loss to title la [more...]
