London; No Date(ca. 1850): Bradbury, Evans and Co. Octavo. Two volumes in one, Hand colored frontispiece, vignette title page lettered in red and black, 320 and 304pp, illustrated by John Leach with 20 hand colored etchings and 200 woodcuts. The twenty hand colored etchings depict the history of England in..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1892. Cloth. Octavo. 320, (8)pp. Ten humorous stories, several appearing previously in popular periodicals. Bound in blue and tan cloth boars ( spine rubbed, and lightly soiled boards. Heat blisters on both panels. More
London: M.A. Pittan, Warwick-Square, 1835. First Edition. Octavo. xvi, 598pp., handsomely bound by Riviere in 3/4 brown morocco over light brown cloth, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gil, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, internally fresh and bright. The author contributed to The Sporting Magazine, eventually his stories..... More
Each letter written to Francis Lawrence Bickley, author of The Adventures of Harlequin which was one of early fine books he illustrated. Each written on his letterhead John Austen. The September letter is not dated by year but from internal evidence points to 1925 when his "Rogues in Porcelain" was..... More
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1966. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 3 volumes: 8vo., 427, 387, 368pp.1) Letters to J.B. Pinker, 2) 1889-1915, 3) 1916-1931. Letters, with footnotes. Facsimile of holograph letters. Indexes in all 3 volumes. Bound in cloth boards, with printed dust jackets (minor rubbing at extremeties)..... More
London: Vernor and Hood, 1803. Third Edition. Half Leather Over Marbled Boar. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo., 119pp. A wnderful collection of rural themes, by the auhtor of "Farmer's Boy." The engravings are by Charlton Nosbit, apprentice of Bewich. With marbled boards and red calf on spine..... More
New York, 1868, 1872 and 1874: Harper and Brothers. First American Editions. Octavo. . First editions in book form. Double column. Broughton: 176pp., De Mille: 132pp., illustrated. and Trollope 61pp. (2) frontispiece illustrations. Rhoda Broughton's work was notable for being slightly risqué. Anthony Trollope commented in his autobiography that "she..... More
London; 1888-1894: Smith, Elder & Co., Small Octavo. In 17 volumes. Each volume of poetry is presented in the order of their first publication. Bound in ¾ black morocco over blue cloth covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt. Some minor spots of..... More
London: H.S. Nichols, 1897. Large Octavo. The translation by Sir. R.F. Burton, with seventy-one original illustrations which are from the original oils painted by Albert Letchford. Housed in the original casket with the Arabic title gilt-stamped [Alf Laylah wa Laylah, English transliteration which translates: Thousand Nights and a Night], measuring..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966. Octavo. 284pp. Text. Suite of portraits and imprints. Chapter notes. Index. Bound in green cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket (corner clipped, minor creases at extremeties, St. Martins label glued over The Macmillan Co. name on lower spine. More
New York; (1925): The Century Co. First Edition. Small Octavo. 207pp. illustrated by John Richard Flanagan. The poignant story set in Ireland of the heartbreak of youth, set in the rural fields of Ireland. Bound in rust cloth lettered and ruled in black, near fine in pictorial dust jacket lettered..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. First Edition. Small Octavo. later printing (eighteenth thousand), frontispiece, 83,pp., (1)pp. ad, with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday, bound in red cloth, central gilt vignette to both boards within three gilt circles, boards triple ruled in gilt, spine and all edges gilt, black coated endpapers..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co, 1884. First American Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, 214pp.,8pp. Publisher’s ads at rear, illustrated by A.B. Frost with sixty-five illustrations and nine illustrations by Henry Holiday. The text is made up of poems previously published by Carroll but freshened with numerous illustrations by A.B. Frost. Bound in..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Octavo. Frontispiece, 423pp., 9pp., publisher’s ads at rear, illustrated with forty-six illustrations by Harry Furneiss, bound in green cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, light chipping to spine ends, rear inner hinge has an early glue repair, previous owner’s name and name..... More
London: Nattali and Bond, 1855. Tall Octavo. Three volumes beautifully illustrated by Rowlandson with 80 vibrantly hand colored plates illustrating Dr. Syntax's tour, a Poem. Vol. I. In Search of th Picturesque; Vol. 2. In Search of Consolation and Vol. 3. In Search of a Wife. A marvelous set bound..... More
London: John Castle, 1924. First Ediiton. Very Good+/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 127, (3)pp. Two plays authorized for publication late in life by Conrad. With an introduction by John Galsworthy, who quotes letters from Conrad on the subject of the release of these plays. Gilt lettered..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1881. Small Octavo. 94pp., 24pp. publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 24 hand-colored illustrations designed and engraved by George Cruikshank, accompanied by the dialogue of the puppet-show, an account of its origin, and of puppet plays in England. A handsome copy bound in blue pictorial gilt cloth..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905. Limited Edition. Octavo. 92 pages, beautifully printed in Cambridge's finest type on handmade paper. This classic work on the seven deadly sins (see the facsimile of original titlepage): The Seuen deadlie Sinns of London. Here the original spelling of Elizabethan England have been retained. Here..... More
Tempe, AZ: Renaissance English Text Society, 2001. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Special Edition, Near Fine, lv, 219, (4)pp. Introduction and Biography. Translations of Luke Shepherd's mostly anti-Catholic satires. Translations. Textual notes. Commentary. Appendix. Glossary. List of Variants. Bibliography. Bound in dark blue cloth, with gold title letters on spine..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition. Octavo. Later state, vignette title page dated, sign-post with pound;100, 10 line errata. Illustrated with engravings by Phiz. Bound in near contemporary 3/4 green polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, slightly raised bands gilt, compartments decorated in blind, maroon morocco spine label..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First Edition. Octavo. First state, in two volumes with the tipped in errata at page 467 of volume two referring to the word "Rigaud" for "Blandois" which found in the present volume eight times and with signature mark B2 for 2B2B, bound from the original..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes. mixed state, 40 engraved illustrations by Phiz, 320, 321-624pp., text is clean, plated do display foxing as well as facing pages. Bound in contemporary 3/4 brown polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, red and black contrasting leather labels..... More
London: Printed for W. Flint for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805. 12mo. . xxxi, 236 pages. The introduction is by the controversial Dr. John Akin (1747-1822). After an early career as a physician who got into trouble condemning England's policy of excluding dissenters from office or entrance into Cambridge..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 288pp. Author Leon Edel won a Pulitzer Prize for his definitive Life of Henry James which was produced in several volumes. This title is part of a series of biographical essays. Edel had planned introducing the Bloomsbury Group; writers, painters, critics, economic..... More
Berkshire: Golden Cockrel Press, 1922. First Edition. 12mo. spine label, discoloration on covers, but copy clean. Small item by Ellis, reminiscence in the third person. More