First uniform edition of Kipling's collection of short stories. Top edge gilt. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Tanning and slight spotting to fore-edge. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair/good. [more...]
First edition of Cary's novel, drawing on his experiences in Africa. No DJ. Foxing to page edges. Spine slightly cocked. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Longmans Green, And Co. for the British Council 1963
Readable account of the great poet and his work. Writers and their Work pamphley no. 163. . Softcovers have some foxing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Everyman's library volume no. 958. Contains England my England, The Woman who rode away and others. DJ is toned to spine, with small tears. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Handsome limp leather edition of Dickens' novel. From the Nelson's New Century Library. With tissue guarded frontispiece Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and toning to edges, sunning to spine. Small tear to top of spine with slight loss. Previous owner's name to [more...]
Early Folio Society edition of Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel about a Parisian social climber. Illustrated with colour lithographs by Alistair Grant. Lacks dust jacket. Spine is cocked. Toning and rubbing to covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Fair [more...]
Pleasant limp leather edition of Scott's 1823 Waverley novel. From the New Century Library, With b/w illustrations and tissue guarded frontispiece. Printed on fine india style paper. Rubbing to top and tail of spine with some loss. Rubbing and bumping to e [more...]
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...]
Elegant edition of Thackeray's historical novel that follows the story of Henry Esmond's descendents. From the new century library. Decorative cloth with blind-stamped design to cover and gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Mild bumping and rubbing to edges. Fox [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's letters, purportedly from an outsider, satirizing the manners of the English. Quarter cloth with marbled boards and decoration by Cecil Keeling. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some light toning and rubbing [more...]
No date but c. 1930. Collection of short stories, illustrated throughout in b/w and colour, with colour plates. 4to. Foxing to page edges and within. Toning to covers. Mild marking to spine. Binding sound. Good. [more...]
Decorative cloth edition of Kingsley's historical novel, concerning Francis Drake and adventures on the high seas. With b/w frontispiece. Elegant inscription to ffep. Rubbing and light bumping to edges. Toning to page edges, Good overall. [more...]
Later edition of Bonnet's 1949 historical novel set in Victorian England. Sunning to spine, Mild rubbing to edges. Light marking and foxing to page edges. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1910, attractive edition of Lytton's works. 8vo. Green cloth in a half-leather style with elaborate gilt to spine. b/w plates. Slight bumping to extremities. Minor foxing to page edge and endpapers but text-block is clean, binding sound. Goo [more...]
No date but c. 1910, attractive edition of Lytton's works. 8vo. Green cloth in a half-leather style with elaborate gilt to spine. b/w plates. Slight bumping to extremities. Minor foxing to page edge and endpapers but text-block is clean, binding sound. Goo [more...]
No date but c. 1910, attractive edition of Lytton's works. 8vo. Green cloth in a half-leather style with elaborate gilt to spine. b/w plates. Slight bumping to extremities. Minor foxing to page edge and endpapers but text-block is clean, binding sound. Goo [more...]
