London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's Depression Rare in Dust Jacket [GREENAWAY, Kate]. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child’s Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d., 1881]. First edition. Quarto (9 11/16 x 8 1/4..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. By The Actual "Obscure But Remarkable Author" [LESTER, Elizabeth B. ]. [Erroneously attributed to Mrs. Ross]. Tales of the Imagination. By the Author of The Bachelor and the Married Man, The Physioignomist, and Hesitation…In Three Volumes. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst..... More
London: George Harrap & Co., 1932. "The First English Fairy Story for Children" The First Trade Edition Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. RUSKIN, John. The King of the Golden River. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George Harrap & Co., [1932]. First trade edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches;..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1842. Borscht and Caviar In the Court of Catherine I HOFLAND, Mrs. [Barbara]. The Czarina; An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia. By Mrs. Hofland…In Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn, 1842. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (7 5/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 186 x 118 mm.). [2], 302;..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. Gothically Romantic Novel In the Original Cloth Not in Sadleir or Wolff MACDONALD, George. David Elginbrod. In Three Volumes. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. First edition of the author’s first published novel. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 199 x 125 mm.). viii, 325, [1]; vi..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Sidney, 1815. A 19th Century Best-Seller From the Hanoverian Royal Library at Marienberg [ROYAL BINDING]. CUNNINGHAM, J. W. The Velvet Cushion. Seventh edition. London, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Sidney, 1815. Twelvemo, (187 x 118 mm)..... More
Paris: Desessart, 1847. "Piracy, Banditry and Disorder" Bewitching Beauty Inflames Desires Uncut, in the Original Printed Wrappers SAND, George. Le Piccinino. Paris: Desessart, Éditeur, 1847. First edition. Five octavo volumes (9 1/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 231 x 139 mm.). [4], 315, [1, blank], [1, “Table”], [3, blank] (final blank leaf pasted to rear..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. Domestic Realism, Pathos, and Humor George Eliot’s First Works of Fiction ELIOT, George. Scenes of Clerical Life. In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First edition in book form of George Eliot’s first works of fiction. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches;..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. Original Cloth, Rare First Issue [DICKENS, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy’s Progress. By “Boz.” In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [II. III.] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, first issue, with the title-page authorship credit to “Boz” instead of Dickens and with the “Fireside” version of the..... More
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