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...]
Nicely produced special commemorative edition. Bound in a red faux leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some heavy sunning to rear panel and toning elsewhere. Contents clean and bright. Very good. [more...]
Handsome publisher's special leather bound edition of the first volume of Roule's great work on Fish and ocean life. With colour plates and b/w illustrations within the text. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Marbled end-papers. 8vo. Some light rubbing [more...]
Handsome full leather prize binding of this young-persons guide to the outdoors from the Boy's Own franchise. Arranged by season it encompasses wildlife, activities and attendant history. With numeorus b/w engravings. Raised bands and gilt decoration to spi [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...]
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...]
Handsome special quarter leather edition of Thackeray's meandering novel featuring Talwyn Morris's iconic art deco floral design in gilt to spine. With b/w illustrations by William Rainey plus introduction. No date but c.1900. 8vo. ( 200x145mm) [xxiii] 584p [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...]
Handsome leather binding of Keats' poetry, comprising of all his known works, with variant endings. Publisher's full leather with gilt rules. All edges gilt, marbled end-papers. 8vo. Mild rubbing to edges. Light tanning within. Binding sound. Very good [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...]
Interesting account of English Surnames and their derivations with frequent reference to medieval sources. Half leather with marbled boards. Publishers speckling to page edges. 195x120mm 12mo. 292 pp. Fading to gilt on spine. Rubbing to covers. Off-settin [more...]
Handsome leather binding of Charles' popular historical novel focusing on a German family during the time of Martin Luther. Engraved frontispiece of Luther nailing his theses to the Church door. Half leather with interesting marbled paper to boards, matching [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...]
Pleasant half leather rebinding of Archbishop Trench's thoughtful, scholarly explanations of parable. A poet in the circle of Wordsworth, Trench entered the Church but continued his literary endeavours. Raised bands, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Prize [more...]
Voltaire's great and grandiose history of the reign of Louis XIV. In French. Contemporary Half leather with marbled boards. Bookplate of William and Marianne Salloch to front-pastedown. 12mo. Wear and rubbing to leather. Both labels missing from spine. M [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...]
Rather interesting and nice cloth binding of Arnold's poems, done to resemble a tree calf leather binding. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. With ribbon marker. Some mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
