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: 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: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. A Most Significant Copy of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Inscribed by J.M. Barrie to "Tootles" RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First edition, first impression. A remarkable presentation copy inscribed in ink on the half-title "To Joan Burnett..... More
London: Printed for J. Brindley, 1751. First Birch Edition with Thirty-Two Magnificent Double-Page Copper Plates by William Kent In a Stunning Mid Eighteenth Century Red Morocco Binding in Perfect Condition "The Aim of Publishing The Faerie Queene was to Fashion a Gentleman or Noble Person in Virtuous and Gentle Discipline" SPENSER, Edmund. The..... 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: 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: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. The Largest Rackham Plates Ever Printed [RACKHAM, Arthur]. BARRIE, J.M. "A chrysanthemum heard her, and said pointedly, 'Hoity-tioty, what is this?'" A single plate from The Peter Pan Portfolio, by Arthur Rackham, from “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,” by J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. The Largest Rackham Plates Ever Printed [RACKHAM, Arthur]. BARRIE, J.M. "The fairies sit round on mushrooms, and at first they are well behaved" A single plate from The Peter Pan Portfolio, by Arthur Rackham, from “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,” by J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder..... More
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. The Largest Rackham Plates Ever Printed [RACKHAM, Arthur]. BARRIE, J.M. "Peter screamed out, 'Do it again!' and with great good-nature they did it several times" A single plate from The Peter Pan Portfolio, by Arthur Rackham, from “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,” by J.M...... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. The Largest Rackham Plates Ever Printed [RACKHAM, Arthur]. BARRIE, J.M. "Put his strange case before old Solomon Caw" A single plate from The Peter Pan Portfolio, by Arthur Rackham, from “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,” by J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1912]. Handsomely..... More
London: John Murray, 1930. "Who has become the greatest medium-baiter of modern times? Undoubtedly Houdini. Who was the greatest physical medium of modern times?" DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Edge of the Unknown. London: John Murray, [1930]. First English edition. Octavo (7 5/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 186 x 124 mm.). viii, 332..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., , 1926. Another Professor Challenger Story… DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Land of Mist. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [1926]. First English edition. Octavo. [i]-viii, 9-294, [295, advertisement], [1, blank], [-296 ad], [24, Hutchinson catalog for Spring of 1926] pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, front cover bordered and lettered..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. “His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure…" DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Lost World. Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E.D. Malone of the “Daily Gazette.” London..... More
London: John Murray, 1923. "This little book is an attempt to catch some of the fleeting phases of childhood…" (Introduction) DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Three of Them. A Reminiscence… With a Frontispiece. London: John Murray, 1923. First English edition. Small octavo (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 172 x 120 mm.). viii..... More
London: George Newnes, Limited, [1903]. Tales of a Napoleonic Soldier DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. Adventures of Gerard. London: George Newnes, [n.d., 1903]. First English edition. Octavo (7 5/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 166 x 124 mm.). . vii, [3], 374 pp. Sixteen tipped-in plates by William Barnes Wollen. Publisher's dark blue..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1908. A Collection of Short Stories to be Read Round the Fire on a Winter's Night "Concerned with the Grotesque and with the Terrible" DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Round the Fire Stories. With a frontispiece by A. Castaigne. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908. First English edition. Octavo..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1911. From Historical Romance to Swashbuckling Pirate Adventure… DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Last Galley. Impressions and Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle. With Illustrations. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911. First English edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 190 x 124 mm.). [viii], [1-3]-298, [299-312..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. "Humanity is Shocked into Placing a Higher Value on Life" DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Poison Belt. Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee, and Mr. E.D. Malone, the discoverers of "The Lost World". With 16 Illustrations by..... 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: 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: 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: John Murray, 1917. “Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.” DOYLE, Arthur Conan. His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. London: John Murray, 1917. First edition. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 184 x 124 mm.). vii, [1..... More
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