London: Grant Richards, 1899. The True First Edition, First Printing "One of the Few Books of its Day to Proclaim the Humanity of Black People" "Revolutionary in Its Day" Alas, Perverted in the U.S. into a Humiliating Racist Burlesque BANNERMAN, Helen. The Story of Little Black Sambo. London: Grant..... More
Lahore: The. One of Rudyard Kipling's Earliest Publications Containing the First Appearance of "The Phantom Rickshaw" KIPLING, Rudyard. 1885 Quartette. The Christmas Annual of the Civil & Military Gazette by Four Anglo-Indian Writers. Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1885. First Edition. Tall octavo (9 5/8..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901. First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim In the almost complete original printed dust jacket KIPLING, Rudyard. Kim. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901. First English Edition. Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 200 x 130 mm.). [vi]], [1]-413, [1, blank]..... More
Lahore : The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886. First Edition of Kipling's First Published Book - Departmental Ditties KIPLING, Rudyard. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886. First edition of Kipling's first published book. Narrow octavo (10 3/4..... More
London: M.J. Godwin and Co.…, 1816. "The Swiss Family Robinson" First Edition in English, Second Issue In Contemporary Sheep WYSS, [Johann David]. The Family Robinson Crusoe: or, Journal of a Father Shipwrecked, with His Wife and Children, on an Uninhabited Island. Translated from the German of M. Wiss [by William..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.,, 1949. The Definitive Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats, One of 350 Sets Signed by the Author YEATS, W[illiam] B[utler]. The Poems of W.B. Yeats. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1949. Limited to 375 numbered copies (of which 350 are for sale), signed by..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1852. Charles Dickens' Bleak House in the Original Parts DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, March 1852 -September 1853. First edition in the original parts: twenty numbers in nineteen parts. This set has all three typographical errors associated..... More
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1890. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club In a Fine Binding by The Guild of Women Binders DICKENS, Charles. GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS, The. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With illustrations. London: Chapman & Hall [n.d. ca. 1890]. Two octavo volumes (8..... More
London: Printed for Walker and Edwards…, 1816. The Seventh Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's “King Arthur” The First Edition for One Hundred and Eighty-Two Years MALORY, Thomas. The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain; with His Life and Death, and All His Glorious Battles. Likewise, the Noble..... More
London: Printed and Published by R. Wilks, 1816. The 'Eighth' Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's “King Arthur” MALORY, Sir Thomas. La Morte D'Arthur. The most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. By Sir Thomas Malory Knt. London: Printed and Published..... More
n.p.: , 1900. A Framed Portrait of Rudyard Kipling as a Young Man KIPLING, Rudyard, English poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (1865-1936). Portrait photograph of Rudyard Kipling as a young man. With clipped signature. n.p., ca. 1900. Photograph (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches; 241 x 170 mm.). Mounted, framed..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. The Finest Collected Edition of John Keats's Works KEATS, John. The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats. Edited with notes and appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an introduction by John Masefield. New York: Charles..... More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1901. The Library Edition of George Eliot's Works in Three Quarter Morocco ELIOT, George. Novels. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1901. The Library Edition. Ten octavo volumes (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 150 mm.). Photogravure frontispieces. Publisher's three-quarter..... More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1880. George Eliot's Novels in a Pretty Art Nouveau Binding ELIOT, George. The Novels. A new edition. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, [n.d., ca. 1880]. Eight small octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 184 x 146 mm.) bound in..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. "’Tis better to have loved and lost" TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. Poetic and Dramatic Works. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Large paper edition, limited to 500 numbered copies (of which this is number 84). Seven octavo volumes (8 3/4 x...... More
London: Printed for J. Nichols; W.J. and J. Richardson… , 1800. "Insightful and sophisticated advice on how a gentleman should navigate the social conventions of etiquette and good manners" CHESTERFIELD, Lord. Letters written by the late right honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son Philip Stanhope, Esq..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. The Autograph Edition One of 153 Sets Signed by Thomas Hardy HARDY, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse. With prefaces and notes. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1915]. Autograph Edition. Limited to 153 sets, signed by Thomas Hardy in volume..... More
London: Martin Secker, 1923. The Adelphi Edition of Jane Austen Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe AUSTEN, Jane. The Adelphi edition of the works of Jane Austen. London: Martin Secker, [1923]. Seven small quarto volumes (6 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 171 x 124 mm.). Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility;..... More
Oxford: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1923. The Best Collected Edition of Jane Austen's Works AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels of Jane Austen. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman. With Notes Indexes and Illustrations From Contemporary Sources. In Five Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press..... More
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London: J .M. Dent & Co., 1905. Charles Dickens' Christmas Books Illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock DICKENS, Charles. BROCK, C.E., illustrator. Christmas Books. With Illustrations by C.E. Brock. London: J.M. Dent, 1905-1909. Five small octavo volumes (7 x 4 1/2 inches; 178 x 114 mm.). With a total of forty..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. Chapman and Hall’s Illustrated Library Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens DICKENS, Charles. [Works]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874-1876. Illustrated Library Edition. Thirty octavo volumes (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 216 x 143 mm.). lllustrated with plates after the originals by “Phiz” (Hablot..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1903. Maurice and Edward Detmold's Sixteen lllustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book Full of character, subtle observation, and invention KIPLING, Rudyard. DETMOLD, Maurice & Edward J., illustrators. Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book" by Messrs. Maurice & Edward Detmold. London: Macmillan &..... More
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. A First Edition Set of “Jungle Books” KIPLING, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. With Illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake, and P. Frenzeny. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 184 x 122 mm.). [2, blank], vi, [2..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. The Personal History of David Copperfield Illustrated by Frank Reynolds DICKENS, Charles. REYNOLDS, Frank, illustrator. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Illustrated in Colour by Frank Reynolds R.I. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1911]. Edition de Luxe, one of 350 copies signed by the artist..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans,, 1853-54. A Very Good Set In the Original Monthly Parts With Thirteen Hand-Colored Steel-Engraved Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, March 1853 - October 1854. First edition in the..... More
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