Literary essays and verse in honour of Dobree by his former colleagues and students, including Ted Hughes, T. S. Eliot, Auden and others. Foxing and tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good. [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning and fading to spine. Light foxing to page edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Spine slightly cocked. Light foxing to page edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
Charming Folio edition of Stevenson's first published work. Written to secure independence from his parents and a future with the woman he loved, Travels with a Donkey is a pioneering work of travel writing. Detailing Stevenson's journey through the curious [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society edition of de la Pasture's 1907 Children's novel. With an introduction by Auberon Waugh. b/w illustrations by John lawrence. Complete with slipcase. Some very light shelf-wear to slipcase. Very light toning to spine. Contents clean [more...]
Handsome edition of Weyman's 1903 historical novel. Red cloth with gilt decoration, Top edge gilt Some light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Handsome edition of Weyman's 1893 historical novel. Red cloth with gilt decoration, Top edge gilt Some light bumping and rubbing to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Handsome edition of Weyman's 1905 historical novel. Red cloth with gilt decoration, Top edge gilt Some light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Pleasant red leather edition of the 1903 novel. With b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Sunning and wear to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
No date, neat little edition of Fenimore Cooper's 1826 historical novel. Blind-stamped design to covers. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Nicely produced first edition of Plampin's novel on the life of James Whistler and Maud Franklin, his muse and mistress. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Some light bumping to edges, else clean and prim. Very good. [more...]
Neat leather-bound uniform edition of Sabatini's 1917 historical novel. Some bumping and rubbing to edges, with scrape and loss to bottom edge/corner. Previous owner's blind-stamped name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Fair [more...]
Two great French works, the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut and Merimee's 1845 novella that inspired the opera. Red faux leather cloth with elaborate gilt design. Some light bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Elegant Folio society edition of Banerji's 1928 novel. With illustrations by Janet Archer. Bound in red 'open-weave' cloth with leather label to spine. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has some wear and toning. Sunning to spine, contents bright and clean. [more...]
No date but c. 1970. From the Heron Centennial edition of Dickens' Works. Collection of Dickens' journalism and articles plus three pieces of shorter fiction. With b/w illustrations by F. Walker and an introduction. Green faux leather cloth with gilt decor [more...]
