Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. The Full Brontë Handsomely Bound in Three-Quarter Red Calf BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Novels of the Sisters Brontë. Edited by Temple Scott. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. Thornton Edition. Twelve octavo volumes (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 205 x 140 mm.). Frontispieces and plates. Half-titles and title-pages printed..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. A Superb First Edition Set of The Charles Dickens Christmas Books Beautifully Bound by Root & Son ca. 1920 DICKENS, Charles. ROOT & SON, Binders. The Christmas Books. London: [Various], 1843-1848. [Comprising:] A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas… With illustrations by John Leech. London..... More
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924-28. A Fine First Edition Set of the Pooh Books Bound ca. 1960 by Bayntun of Bath MILNE, A.A. SHEPARD, Ernest H. illustrator. [A Complete Set of the Pooh Books]. Winnie the Pooh. Now We Are Six. When We Were Very Young. The House at Pooh Corner..... More
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New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925. The Writings of Oscar Wilde Handsomely Bound by Stikeman & Co. WILDE, Oscar. The Writings of Oscar Wilde [Large Paper Edition]. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925. Limited to 575 numbered copies , this set being number 179. Twelve octavo volumes (8 11/16 x 5 5/8 inches; 221..... More
London: James Cochrane and Co.,, 1831. “One of the Three Most Perfect Plots ever Penned” (Coleridge) Illustrated by George Cruikshank A Fine Exhibition Binding by Zaehnsdorf CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. With a Memoir of the Author by Thomas Roscoe, Esq. and illustrations by George Cruikshank..... More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1928. The Shakespeare Head Chaucer, with Hand-Colored Drawings of the Canterbury Pilgrims, Taken from the Ellesmere Manuscript Handsomely Bound by Bayntun Rivière ca. 1940 [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Published for the Press by..... More
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London: Bradbury and Evans [&] John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. A Set of Robert Surtees’s Sporting Novels SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and..... More
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London: Ward, Lock and Co., [1881]. A Very Rare Set of Anthony Trollope including The Macdermots of Ballycloran and The Kellys and the O'Kellys TROLLOPE, Anthony. [Works]. New Edition. London: Ward, Lock and Co., [1881-1893]. Thirty small octavo volumes (6 15/16 x 4 9/16 inches; 178 x 116 mm.). Uniformly bound..... More
London: John Murray, 1835. "The Greatest Biography Written in English" With all Twenty of the Engraved Plates Colored by Hand Extra-Illustrated with an Additional Nineteen Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Superbly Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides… To..... More
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. A Superb Set of Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Including 'The Mad Gardener's Song' CARROLL, Lewis. FURNISS, Harry, illustrator. Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. [each] With forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [and] 1893. First editions. Two..... More
London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. With the Very Rare First Issue of Volume I [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdoes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d’esprits, &c. Carefully selected. London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co...... More
London: Charles Knight and Co.,, 1839. The First Lane Translation [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. A new translation from the Arabic, with copious notes. By Edward William Lane… Illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, from original designs by William..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. George Eliot's First Full-Length Novel and her Earliest Popular Success ELIOT, George. Adam Bede. In Three Volumes. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 181 x 114 mm.). [iii-viii], 325, [1..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co.,, 1863. George Eliot's Historical Novel set in Fifteenth Century Florence ELIOT, George. Romola. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 184 x 117 mm.). iv, 336; iv, 333, [1, imprint]; iv, 292, pp..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898. A Finely Bound Set of the Best Edition of Lord Tennyson's Works TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. London: Macmillan and Co., 1898-1899. Edition de Luxe., one of 1,050 sets. Twelve octavo volumes (8 9/16 x 5 11/16 inches; 217 x...... More
London: John Murray, 1823. Lord Byron's Works in a Fine Regency Binding BYRON, Lord George Gordon. The Works. London: John Murray, 1823. Four octavo volumes (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 212 x 133 mm.). iii-xii, 303, [1]; [iv], 359, [1]; [iv], 345, [1, blank], [2]; iii-viii, 367, [1, blank] pp. Full..... More
Great Britain: R & R Clark Ltd., 1924. "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever" KEATS, John. The Poems of John Keats. Arranged in chronological order with a preface by Sidney Colvin. New York: Brentano's, [1924]. (Reprinted from the Florence Press edition of 1915). Two octavo volumes (7 15/16 x 5..... More
London: Printed at The Shakespeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1831. Robinson Crusoe Illustrated by George Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, George, Illustrator], DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. With introductory verses by Bernard Barton, and Illustrated with numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank..... More
London: William Pickering, 1836. Large Paper Copy Extra-Illustrated with Over 250 Plates Including an Additional Set of Artist’s Proofs WALTON, Izaak, and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing Written by Izaak Walton and Instructions How to Angle for..... More
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