London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1820. A Superb Contemporary Fore-Edge Painting by Taylor & Hessey Inscribed by Jane Taylor, the Author of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to her Sister, Ann Taylor [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [TAYLOR & HESSEY, binder]. TAYLOR, Jane. Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners. By Jane Taylor. Fourth Edition...... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. Bound by Taylor and Hessey With an Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. TAYLOR & HESSEY, binder. COWPER, William. Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In two volumes. A New Edition. London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1811. "Day set on Norham's castled steep. And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep… " Bound by Taylor & Hessey and with a Fine Fore-Edge Painting by the "Double-Line Painter" [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [TAYLOR & HESSEY, binder]. [DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER, artist]. SCOTT, Sir Walter. Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field…..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. With a Fine Original Watercolor on Calf Doublure By Helen R. Haywood Granddaughter of Master Binder Robert Riviere [DICKENS, Charles]. HAYWOOD, Helen R., artist. Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition, first issue with all twenty-one internal text flaws as noted..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. "The Dignity and Grandeur of Haddon Hall" A Remarkably Fine and Very Early Fore-Edge Painting by Miss C.B. Currie FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. BALL, Catherine aka, BARONESS DE CALABRELLA. Evenings at Haddon Hall, A Series of Romantic Tales of the Olden..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. The First Complete Edition of 'Sketches by Boz' Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of a Hand-Colored Duplicate Suite of the Plates In A Fine Bayntun (Rivière) Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. DICKENS, Charles. Sketches by Boz Illustrative of every-day life and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. A First Edition, First Issue “Vanity Fair” in a Superb Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 7/8..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. A Fine Extra-Illustrated First Edition of 'Pickwick Papers' In a Handsome Cosway-Style Binding with Two Fine Miniatures [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition, early issue in..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition of Vanity Fair In a Fine Sangorski & Sutcliffe Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. [SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE]. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition, first issue, with..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. A Superb Sangorski & Sutcliffe Cosway-Style Binding First Edition, First Issue of Joseph Conrad's Second Novel COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. CONRAD, Joseph. An Outcast of the Islands. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 197 x...... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. Excessively Rare First Edition, First Issue, of “The Coral Island” BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean… With Illustrations by the Author. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. First edition, first issue, with the plate “Terrible Encounter with a...... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. Excessively Rare First Edition, First Issue, of “The Coral Island” The Edgar Osborne Copy Exhibited at The Festival of Britain Books in 1951 BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean… With Illustrations by the Author. London: T. Nelson and Sons..... More
London: George Allen, 1900. A Wonderful Inlaid Binding by Ramage Adorned with a Double-Fore-Edge Painting of St. Paul's Cathedral and The Tower of London [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [RAMAGE, binder]. RUSKIN, John. Sesame and Lillies: Three Lectures. Complete Edition. London: George Allen, 1900. With a superb contemporary 'double' detailed fore-edge painting depicting two fine..... More
London: Smith, Elder, & Co.,, 1897. "I dare say that I had already read my uncle's letter a hundred times, and I am sure that I knew it by heart" DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. Uncle Bernac. A Memory of the Empire. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1897. First English edition. Octavo (7..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., , 1900. "I have chosen them as the fittest survivors out of the tales which I have written during the last six years" DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Green Flag and other stories of War and Sport… with a frontispiece. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900..... More
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London: Smith, Elder, & Co.,, 1898. "Sailing up the River Nile in "a Turtle-Bottomed, Round-Bowed Stern-Wheeler" With Forty Full-Page Illustrations by Sydney Paget DOYLE, Arthur Conan. [PAGET, Sydney, illustrator]. The Tragedy of the Korosko [A Desert Drama]. With Forty Full-Page Illustrations. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1898. First English edition. Octavo (7..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. "When I speak of my first work, for it was written seven-and-twenty years ago. I was six at the time, and have a very distinct recollection of the achievement" (Arthur Conan Doyle). [DOYLE, Arthur Conan, contributor]. JEROME, Jerome K, introduction. My First Book. The Experiences of Walter..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1895. Mr. Stark Munro attempts to create a medical practice in partnership with the brilliant but unorthodox James Cullingworth… DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Stark Munro Letters. Being a series of sixteen letters written by J. Stark Munro, M.B., to his friend and former fellow student, Herbert..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1896. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Boxing Novel, “Rodney Stone,” with Eight Plates by Sidney Paget DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. [PAGET, Sidney, illustrator]. Rodney Stone. With Illustrations. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1896. First English edition. Octavo (7 9/16 x 5 inches; 192 x 127 mm. ). [8], 366, [10, publisher’s..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1896. "Convinced that he is the Bravest Soldier, Greatest Swordsman, most Accomplished Horseman and Most Gallant Lover in all France. " DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1896. First English edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 190 x 130..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Inscribed by Arthur Conan Doyle Purchased from The Daily Telegraph Belgium Fund in 1914 DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Mystery of Cloomber. London: Hodder & Soughton's Sevenpenny Library, [ca. 1914]. Inscribed in ink on title-page "With homage to Belgium / Arthur Conan Doyle" Small octavo (6 3/8 x 4..... More
London: Spencer Blackett, 1890. “This is all an insoluble mystery to me,” said I. “It grows darker instead of clearer.” “On the contrary,” he answered, “it clears every instant.” 'The Sign of Four' The Second Sherlock Holmes Story A Fine Example in the Original Cloth DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Sign of Four. London: Spencer..... More
London: Ward, Lock and Co., , 1888. “I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose." A Great Detective's Debut, or The Case of The Missing Rare Book DOYLE, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. London..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. First Edition in Book Form of Master Humphrey's Clock - The Old Curiosity Shop - Barnaby Rudge DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphrey’s Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Vol. I. [II. III.] London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841-1841. First edition in book form. Three large octavo..... More
Campden, Gloucestershire: Essex House Press, 1905. You're my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; I helped the Duchess to cast off his yoke, too; So here's the tale from beginning to end, My friend! ESSEX HOUSE PRESS. BROWNING, Robert. THE BELVOIR BINDERY. The Flight of the Duchess. Campden: Essex House Press..... More
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