Reprint of the charming appian story, with illustrations and decoration by Richard B. Ogle. No DJ. Toning and wear to covers. Remains of sticker to front cover. Mild tanning to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good overall. [more...]
Pleasant Collins clear type press edition. Blue faux leather covers. Frontisportrait. Previous owner's name to ffep. Mild tanning within. Good+ [more...]
Quarter cloth Folio edition of Pushkin's enduring short story and novella. Illustrated with etching by Clarke Hutton. Quarter cloth with interesting decorative paper to boards. Complete with slipcase. Sunning and light marking to spine. Rubbing and cracki [more...]
No date but c. 1950. No DJ. With b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges, crease to cover, Light spotting and tanning to page edges. Binding sound. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1944. From the Britain in Pictures series but published in the Bahamas. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges of DJ. Foxing to DJ and page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Handsome edition of Weyman's 1891 historical novel. Red cloth with gilt decoration, designed to match the 1911 edition of his works by Smith, Elder & Co and Longmans, Green & Co. Some light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Kipling's collection of humorous tales including Pig and The Legend of Mirth. With 23 full page b/w illustrations by Reginald Cleaver. 8vo. 512pp. With ads to rear. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Sunning/toning to covers. Rubbing to joints with te [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...]
Du Maurier's colourful history of her family since the early 19th century including, of course, her father George DuMaurier. Summer green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Sewn headband and silken marker. Some light rubbing to extremities of cove [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Thackeray's great social novel. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Mild shelfwear. Small dent to spine. Previous owner's st [more...]
Delicate Folio Society edition of Ihara Saikaku's 1686 collection of love stories, entitled Women who loved Love. Bound in green artificial silk. Illustrated with wood engravings by Mark Severin. Decorated end-papers. Lacks slipcase. Toning to spine, spli [more...]
No date but c. 1950. Unofficial sequel to the d'Artagnan stories, appearing in 1883, after Dumas' death but published under his name. Green leatherette with slipcase. Previous owner's name to ffep, cracking to front hinge. Fair. [more...]
No date but c. 1950. Pleasant Collins edition of Wells' science fiction novel. In red faux-leather. With frontisportrait. Some mild shelf-wear, cracking to front hinge. And tanning to edges, else clean and tight, Good overall. [more...]
Collins clear type edition of these three classic naval adventures. With frontis-portrait. Rubbing and marking to covers. Light spotting to page edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Fair. [more...]
Pleasant decorative blue cloth edition of Craik's popular archetypal Victorian novel of 1856. With frontispiece and b/w illustrations by Holgate. No date by c. 1900. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Heavy tanning to page edges. Prize plate to ffep. Good [more...]
