London: Printed by C. Baldwyn, 1823. Brainsmiles By Cruikshank Twenty Hand-Colored Plates [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. Points of Humour; [Part I] & Part II Illustrated by the Designs of George Cruikshank. London: Printed by C. Baldwyn, 1823 [& 1824]. First edition. Two parts bound in one. Octavo (9 3/4 x 6..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Borowitz Copy, in the Original Parts and with an Autograph Letter Signed by Thackeray THACKERAY, W[illiam] M[akepeace]. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 [i.e., November 1857-October 1859]. First..... More
New York: Fred DeFau & Company, 1910. Robert Browning in a Striking Monastery Hill Binding The Florentine Edition - Elegantly Decorated with Inlaid Floral Tooling BROWNING, Robert. Complete Works. With an introductory essay by William Lyon Phelps. New York: Fred DeFau & Company, [1910]. Florentine Edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903. "Ah, love, let us be true To one another…" Mathew Arnold's Edition de Luxe in an Elegant Binding by Rivière for Sotheran's ARNOLD, Matthew. The Works of Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903–1904. Edition..... More
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. Alice in Full Dress: Tenniel’s Wonderland in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. Thirty-eighth thousand. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. [Bound together with:] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. One of Thackeray’s Great Novels - In the Original Monthly Parts as Issued THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis. His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848–1850 [i.e., November 1848–December 1850]. First edition, in the original twenty-four..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. The Original Alice: Carroll’s Manuscript Facsimile in First Edition CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. Alice’s Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original MS. Book afterwards developed into “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” With Thirty-Seven Illustrations by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. Ghosts and Comets: An Excellent First Edition of Phantasmagoria CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First edition, first issue. Small octavo (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 172 x 117 mm.). viii, [1-3], 4–202, [2, blank] pp..... More
Londres: Macmillan and Co., 1869. “Alice” en Français - One of the Great Early Translations of a Literary Classic The 1869 First French Edition, Exceptionally Preserved in Original Cloth CARROLL, Lewis [Lewis Carroll]. Aventures d’Alice au Pays des Merveilles. Traduit de l’Anglais par Henri Bué. Illustré de 42 vignettes par..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First Edition of Jekyll and Hyde in the Original Wrappers STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First English edition. Octavo (9 x 4 5/8 inches; 178 x 118 mm.). [8], 141, [1, blank]..... More
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. "Presented by Lewis Carroll to the Crofts Sisters" An Exceptional and Fully Documented Family Association Set of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Inscribed by Lewis Carroll to Mary Dowell Crofts and Florence Crofts CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. A Victorian Fairy Tale Reimagined - The Sambourne Edition in a Fine Bayntun Binding The Water-Babies with One Hundred Illustrations by Linley Sambourne KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. New Edition. With One Hundred Illustrations by Linley Sambourne. London: Macmillan and..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. “Mark Twain in Flames” A Landmark of American Literature - First Edition, First State TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, first state, with the tailpiece on p. 441 depicting “Mark Twain..... More
Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1894. Identity, Race, and Detection - Twain at His Most Subtle First American Edition, First State - with Distinguished Provenance TWAIN, Mark. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1894. First American edition, BAL first state..... More
Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1875. Twain’s Early Comic Mastery in Its Grand Subscription Form First Edition, Second State - In the Original Gilt Binding TWAIN, Mark. Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old. Now First Published in Complete Form. Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition, second..... More
Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1893. A Gilt-Stamped Showpiece of Twainiana “Sketches, New and Old” in a Striking Publisher’s Binding TWAIN, Mark. Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old. Now First Published in Complete Form. Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1893. Later edition. Quarto (8 3/8 x 6 5/8..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. “The Grand Banks - Where Boys Become Men” A Classic of the Sea KIPLING, Rudyard. 'Captains Courageous' A Story of the Grand Banks. With illustrations by I. W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4..... More
Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, 1999. Wilde’s Greatest Poem in a Modern Private Press Masterpiece One of Only 25 Copies on Velin Arches Blanc WILDE, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Engravings by Peter Forster. Introduction by Bryan Forbes. Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, [1999]. One of 25 copies printed..... More
London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1894. “Svengali” Enters the English Language The First London Edition of Trilby DU MAURIER, George. Trilby. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1894. First London edition. Three octavo volumes (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 171 x 118 mm.). [iv], 245, [1]; [iv], 258, [1], [1..... More
London: John Murray, 1851. Extra-Illustrated with an Original Watercolor Cycle A Fully Realized Victorian Vision of Lavengro BORROW, George. Lavengro; The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest. London: John Murray, 1851. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 194 x 121 mm.). xx, 360; xii..... More
![Item #06565 Speeches of Charles Dickens [1841-1870], The. Charles DICKENS, Richard Herne SHEPHERD](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06565_149_copy.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776636004)
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. One of Only 50 Large-Paper Copies A Finely Bound Gathering of Dickens’s Public Voice [DICKENS, Charles]. SHEPHERD, Richard Herne, editor. The Speeches of Charles Dickens [1841–1870]. Edited and prefaced by Richard Herne Shepherd. With a new bibliography revised and enlarged. London: Chatto and Windus, 1884..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932. The Definitive “Bab” Ballads With Songs of a Savoyard and 350 Illustrations by the Author GILBERT, W.S. The Bab Ballads. To Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard. With 350 illustrations by the author. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1932. Octavo (7 5/16 x...... More
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London: John Camden Hotten [&] George Routledge and Sons, 1869. “Much Sound and Little Sense” The Cornerstone of Gilbert’s Comic Genius GILBERT, W.S. The “Bab” Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. With illustrations by the author. London: John Camden Hotten, 1869. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 1/2..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnston, 1822. Johnny Newcome Returns: The Soldier’s Comic Progress A Spirited Sequel to the Celebrated Naval Satire - With Fine Cruikshank Plates [MITFORD, John]. My Cousin in the Army: or, Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment. A Poem. By a Staff Officer. London: Printed for J...... More
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. Cruikshank Unbound: The Artist’s Own Comic Magazine A Landmark of Victorian Graphic Humor - One Hundred Illustrations First Edition, Finely Bound by Wallis [CRUIKSHANK, George]. George Cruikshank's Omnibus. Illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard. London: Tilt and Bogue..... More
