From the Oxford Trollope Crown Edition. With b/w images of contemporary documents. Lacks DJ. Slight sunning to spine, mild bumpng to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
More comedic stories of an British ex-army officer, sent to serve as Resident Magistrate in Ireland around the turn of the century. A new edition. With b/w illustrations by E.O Somerville. Rubbing and wear to edges, With some fraying to top of spine. Previo [more...]
Neat volume on Tennyson from The English Poets in Pictures series, with a selection of his key poems including Maud, Ulysses etc. Illustrated with 4 colour plates and 22 b/w images. Selected and introduction by Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington and an [more...]
A selection of short stories, chosen by Alan and Jennifer Ross. No DJ. Toning to spine, rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges, else clean and sound. Good. [more...]
The second volume of the deluxe leather edition of Dickens' classic novel. Elaborate gilt design to spine and cover. Silken bookmarker, decorated end-papers. Top edge gilt, sewn headband. Features illustrations by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Some light ru [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Pleasant red leather edition of Scott's historical novel. With b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Sunning, rubbing and wear to spine with slight loss to top. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of Maugham's novel loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin. Faux quarter leather with rich red cloth and elaborate gilt tooling. Large crease to cover but contents are untouched. Unobtrusive stamp to end papers and slight bumping [more...]
Handsome but well-traveled edition of Goldsmith's miscellaneous works including The Vicar of Wakefield and She Stoops to Conquer. All edges gilt. Leather with decorated spine and title. Rubbing to extremities of spine with a little loss. Crease to cover. [more...]
Oxford India Paper Dickens edition of his great (and only) historical novel and his accessible history of England for younger readers. With sixteen illustrations by Phiz and four by Townsend. Full leather. Top edge gilt. Gilt decoration to spine. Marbled [more...]
Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's great adventure novel . Bound in brown faux-leather with elaborate gilt decoration. With decorated endpapers. No date but c.1970. Introduction by Rae Jeffs and illustrations by Michael Heslop. Light bumping and rubbin [more...]
Handsome edition of Romains two novels concerning Verdun: The Prelude and The Battle. With pull out map. Top edge coloured red. Some light foxing to fore-edge but contents clean and tight. Very good condition. [more...]
First edition of Sapper's Collection of short stories concerning world war one and the battle at Ypres. Spine is toned. Rubbing to extremities. But binding holding sound, contents clean. Fair overall. [more...]
From the Tauchnitz collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 4771. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Some light wear to covers. A couple of pages l [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w frontisportrait and introduction. Very slight bump to corner, otherwise crisp and c [more...]
Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Defoe's pseudo-autobiography of the life of Moll King. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. Some very light shelf-wear and rub [more...]
Nice edition of Dickens' novel. Top edge gilt. Decoration to spine. With b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges. Some splitting to inner hinge. Publisher's advert tipped in with some offsetting. Binding sound. Good. [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and bumping and small tears to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
Pictorial cloth covers. With b/w illustrations by D. H. Fristron. decorative end-papers. All edges gilt. Staining/toning to cover. , Rubbing to edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Handsome edition of Weyman's 1928 historical novel, his final work. Red cloth with gilt decoration, Some light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
