Leather edition of Lytton's novel. Gilt decoration to spine. With frontispiece. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing and cracking to spine. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Two volumes bound as one. Nice compact edition of Dickens' Pickwick papers with colour frontispiece by Phiz. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and marking to covers but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
'Biographies' of characters from Dickens' novel, including Sam Weller, Mr. Micawber, Bumble and more. No DJ. Foxing to page edge and occasionally within, mainly around plates. Otherwise clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Ainsworth's intriguing historical novel with supernatural elements, focusing on Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations. Extremely light m [more...]
Handsome Heron edition of the classic bushranger adventure novel. Blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. Introduction by G. F. Maine. B/w illustrations. Some light shelf-wear. Else clean and prim. Fine. [more...]
Pleasant Guild edition of Dickens' novel. Green faux leather cloth with gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. Some very mild bumping to top and tail of spine. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
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...]
Handsome Folio Society reissue of Stendhal's great novel. With b/w illustrations by Frank Martin. Complete with slipcase. Mild sunning to spine. Contents clean and prim. Very 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...]
