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ADDISON, Joseph. The Miscellaneous Works of... Oxford 1830. Four volumes, 12mo. Contemporary presentation inscription on front blank, some occasional foxing. Contemporary gilt and blind decorated morocco, gilt spines, some light rubbing to spines and several joints, a.e.g. Beneath the gilt on each volume are skilful but naive fore-edge paintings of castles - Alnwick, Dunstanborough, Bamborough and Warkworth. £650 An attractive and unique set, including Addison’s poetry, his dramas “Cato” and “Rosamond” and his “Remarks on Several Parts of Italy”. The four castles to the fore-edges are all northern fortresses important to battles fought in the Wars of the Roses.
Two works in five volumes, “History of Rome” 3 volumes, third, second and first editions respectively, “Roman Commonwealth” first edition in two volumes, 8vo. Marbled endpapers and edges, the three volumes of “History of Rome” with Prize inscriptions to a front blank. Finely bound by Maund in contemporary green full calf, gilt borders of flowers between gilt and blind rules, gilt spines with red and brown labels, gilt arms of King Edward VI Grammar School, Bromsgrove, to the upper covers of the three volumes of “History of Rome”, slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, a couple of scuff marks to covers of one volume otherwise a handsome set.0 £275
Five volumes, 4to, with over 2000 pp and 60 plates plus hundreds of illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers, later blue half calf, buckram sides, red morocco labels, spine ends a little rubbed, else an attractive set. £125
Fifty-nine volumes, 4to. Numerous plates and engravings, many with tissues, two leaves loose in the 1894 volumes, corner torn from fly leaf in the 1898 volume. Uniformly bound in red morocco, covers with heavy gilt borders and vignettes, title and date to upper covers of all but three volumes, one volume in a much plainer binding, some rubbing to spines, top of one spine pulled, some darkening to five spines, a.e.g., overall a handsome and well preserved set. £5500 A magnificently bound set of one of the most important periodicals of the 19th century, setting out and informing Victorian tastes for not just art but architecture and furniture design as well. Initially it strongly opposed the emerging Pre-Raphaelite movement before commercial pressure forced a change of policy. One of the last bastions of fine steel engraving, over time it came to include etching, wood engraving and even photography.
AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels of... Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Mansfield Park. Emma. Northanger Abbey. Persuasion. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman. With Notes Indexes and Illustrations From Contemporary Sources. [with] Jane Austen’s Letters to her sister Cassandra and others. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1923, 32. First edition thus, seven volumes, one of 1,000 large paper sets, 8vo. Coloured frontispiece to each novel - that to “Mansfield Park” with an overlaid section showing an earlier view. 59 plates, 9 maps and plans, facsimile title pages and 9 further facsimile pages from other works plus a folding facsimile letter. Original cloth backed marbled boards, paper spine labels a little browned and worn, “Mansfield Park” and the “Letters” supplied from another source with darker spines. Overall a good clean example of a scarce set which as usual have the spare labels tipped in at the rear. £1350 The Oxford Illustrated Austen, with Appendices concerning the characters, vocabulary and illustrations, completed nine years later with the publication of the two volumes of letters.
Six volumes, 8vo, buckram, d.w.’s with designs by Charles Mozley, a couple of small nicks else a fine set. £100 Watts’ “Ultratype” edition in a larger font. b - Back to top
Ten volumes, 8vo, volume I with a portrait frontispiece and folding pedigree - the latter a little creased, armorial bookplates, marbled endpapers and edges, bound in 19th century dark green half calf, gilt spines very slightly dull, otherwise very good. £800 Including all Bacon’s scientific works as well as his History of Henry VII, his letters and a host of his shorter and more topical pieces. A lovely set.
Caxton edition, 53 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces and further plates in the text. Original gilt titled green cloth, gilt monogram to upper covers, a couple of bumps to spines, head of one spine a little worn, otherwise an excellent bright set, largely unopened, t.e.g. £500
First edition, 12 volumes, large 8vo, with some 385 coloured plates illustrating more than 420 species, original cloth, with d.w.'s., some slight chipping to spine ends else a near fine set. £395 A mammoth work including accounts of distribution and migrations and a life history of each species in addition to their behaviour and habitat.
First complete edition, six volumes, 8vo, end papers and edges foxed, partly unopened in the original cloth backed boards, spines faded with paper labels, that on volume III missing, that on volume II chipped, a scarce set. £150 The dedication describes it as the first collected edition, but CBEL regards it as missing the Pindarics.
Six volumes, large 8vo, with 6 maps coloured in outline, preliminaries in volume IV lacking a leaf and with the others laid down, inscription dated 1890 to fly leaves and signature on title, neatly bound in later 19th century black half morocco, gilt titled spines. £150
Norwich edition, 16 volumes, no. 46 of 775 sets signed by the Publisher, 8vo, marbled endpapers, finely bound by Henry Sotheran in contemporary green half morocco, spines a little sunned, with raised bands and gilt titles, t.e.g., a fine set. £900 The only collected edition of Borrow’s writings, with a great deal of previously unpublished material, including parts of “Lavengro” and “Wild Wales” as well as many ballad translations and “Songs of Scandinavia”; the latter being in 3 volumes. Collie & Fraser pp170-180.
Ten volumes, 8vo, including an issue of the “Belgravia Annual” bound in at the end of volume IV. 163 plates, with an extra plate bound in volume IV but lacking 4 in volume V, some light staining to top margins, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary dark green half morocco, some light wear to extremities. £275 An attractive collection of a publication which ran until 1899. One of the most popular and prolific novelists of the 19th century who published right up until her death in 1915.
Thornton Edition, 12 volumes, 8vo. 67 plates, three volumes with a bookplate, light foxing at the beginning and end of each volume, one leaf partly detached but repaired. Original green cloth, gilt spines, slightly dull and rubbed, a few other marks and some light creasing otherwise good, t.e.g. £250
Third edition, 4 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines marked, some light wear, a well preserved set. £250
Eighteen volumes, 8vo (six volumes in a slightly smaller format). Many volumes with illustrations by C.B. Reinhart, Reginald B. Birch and others, marbled endpapers and sides, monogrammatical bookplates of William Douglas Sloane, 1844-1915, husband of Emily Vanderbilt and son of the founders of the New York furniture store W. & J. Sloane. Contemporary light blue half morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt flowers, faded to brown, t.e.g., some minor rubbing otherwise an attractive set. £725
Four volumes, limited edition, no. 129 of 250 sets, each volume signed by the Publisher, large 8vo. 22 plates with captioned tissues and a map, slight cracking by title in volume I. Original blue cloth, slight wrinkling to spines, small piece chipped from spine of volume II, t.e.g., others uncut. £80
Seventeen volumes, small 8vo. Frontispiece and engraved title in each volume, with a facsimile letter in volume IX, lacking the rear free endpaper in volume XIV, one gathering proud in volume I, bookplates, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt spines with raised bands, some darkening of spines and minor rubbing otherwise a handsome set. £750
Four volumes, large 8vo, with a portrait frontispiece, engraved second title and 51 engraved plates, some occasional light foxing, otherwise a very good set bound in the original gilt decorated green cloth, spine ends worn, some other minor wear, a.e.g. £140 c - Back to top
Eight volumes, 8vo, some spotting to endpapers, original gilt titled green buckram, d.w.’s to all volumes except volume IV, a mixed set with varying degrees of sunning to the spines, some chips and minor tears, t.e.g. £200 A scarce set, but without the accompanying folder of maps.
First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, cloth, d.w.’s, light rubbing to spines of volumes I and II, slipcases (2 volumes per slipcase), near fine. £80
Four volumes (“French Revolution” 3 volumes), 8vo. 12 portrait plates, later bookplate, marbled endpapers and sides. Bound by Bumpus in contemporary half calf, gilt titled spines with a few marks, t.e.g., a very good set. £150
Four volumes, large 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus 36 engraved plates with tissue guards, light foxing at the beginning and end of each volume. Original quarter cloth, spines faded and slightly scuffed, t.e.g. £60
Forty-four volumes (of 45), 12mo, lacking volume XII, or the seventh of ten volumes of the Spectator. 17 volumes with portrait frontispieces. Contemporary tree calf, gilt banded spines, sunned and with 12 volumes lacking their labels, all but 11 volumes also lacking their small roundels of green morocco showing the volume numbers, some wear to a few spine ends otherwise a pretty and well preserved set. £400 Containing the articles of some of the 18th century’s most brilliant polemicists, including Samuel Johnson, Joseph Warton, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison and Jonathan Swift, this set collects in full twelve publications, viz. the Tatler, the Spectator, the Guardian, the Rambler, the Adventurer, the World, the Connoisseur, the Idler, the Mirror, the Lounger, the Observer and the Looker-on. A major work of scholarship, DNB comments of Chalmers “No man ever edited so many works... for the booksellers of London”
Five volumes, folio, the 4 text volumes consisting of over 5,500 pages, the fifth volume containing 152 fine engraved plates, showing everything from agricultural equipment to anatomical diagrams as well as botanical and zoological plates, also with 48 pages of Indices and Addenda, plus a frontispiece in volume I and one plate in volume III, 2 text leaves torn across and neatly repaired in volume II otherwise internally fine, bound in contemporary full calf, worn, upper cover of volume III detached, upper covers of volumes I and II loose. £950
Six volumes, 8vo, frontispieces in volumes I-IV, 6 further plates, some occasional spotting, original cloth, slight fraying to tops of several spines, otherwise a very good set. £200 A seventh supplementary volume was published in 1897.
Five volumes, later impressions, 8vo. Numerous maps, charts and illustrations, bookplate to paste downs of the first four volumes. Original gilt titled dark blue cloth, light rubbing to extremities. £250 Not including the very scarce final volume, “The Eastern Front”.
Three volumes, 8vo. Some light, mostly marginal, damp staining to the front of volume II and to volume III, marginal loss to front blank and title page of volume II, also a piece torn from the front blank in volume I. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt rule, upper joints cracking but sound, red and green spine labels. £100
Medallion edition, twenty volumes, 8vo. Each volume with a frontispiece, many photographic, four volumes with hinges cracked but sound. Original gilt titled blue cloth, gilt medallion to upper covers, a few volumes with some marks, light rubbing to spine ends. £225
Sixteen volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece in each volume. Original green cloth, some wear. £150 d - Back to top
Sixteen volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece in each volume, volume XIII with a printed slip tipped in concerning the mistaken attribution of an article to De Quincey, volume XV with a folding facsimile of manuscript, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary half calf, gilt spines with green and red labels. £1250 Best and perhaps only known for his writings on opium, De Quincey also produced an impressive body of literary and biographical work. An early and handsomely bound collection, appearing in the decade following his death.
Fourteen volumes, one of 750 sets, 8vo. Original light blue buckram, all but one of the spines darkened, one spine with a white mark, t.e.g., a very good set. £400
DICKENS, Charles. The Works of... The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. The Old Curiosity Shop. Barnaby Rudge. Hard Times. Sketches by Boz. The Adventures of Oliver Twist. Dombey and Son. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Pictures from Italy. American Notes for General Circulation. Bleak House. Little Dorrit. Christmas Books. A Tale of Two Cities. Great Expectations. Our Mutual Friend. The Uncommercial Traveller. A Child’s History of England. Christmas Stories. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall [n.d., c.1890]. Illustrated Library edition, 30 volumes, 8vo. Engraved plates throughout, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Attractively bound in contemporary half calf, gilt blocked spines with raised bands and red and green labels, the latter mostly with some fading, one volume (Barnaby Rudge) recased, slight wear to a few tops of spines, otherwise a very handsome set. £3750
Six volumes, 12mo. 14 engraved vignettes to titles and at the heads of poems, edges of a few leaves frayed, some very slight worming in margins of several leaves, piece cut from corner of half title to volume I. Contemporary polished calf, extremities worn, spines with morocco labels and gilt tooling. £175 First published in 1748, this famous collection includes works by many eminent authors such as Johnson, Warton, Pope, Gray and Fielding.
Second edition, twelve volumes, small 8vo, frontispiece in volume I, a few other engravings in the text, later decorative bookplates to paste downs, bound in contemporary speckled calf, gilt banded spines with red morocco labels, a few spine ends worn with careful restoration to most others, volume X lacking its label. £400 An important collection of early drama, containing work by John Heywood, Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, James Shirley, Shackerley Marmion and John Webster, among many others. Containing 66 plays, including 10 added and 12 removed from the first edition, published in 1744.
Fourteen volumes, 8vo, some volumes with a few spots, decorated cloth, 3 volumes with d.w.’s, “Norman Douglas” with blank label pasted across half of lower wrapper, others without and with some soiling browning of spines. £575 An unusually large collection of this fine series, containing some important texts, notably Beckett writing on Proust. e - Back to top
Eight volumes bound in seven (Silas Marner and Scenes of Clerical Life bound in one volume as usual), “a new edition”, 8vo, with title vignettes and in all 22 plates, marbled endpapers and edges, uniformly bound in contemporary dark blue half calf, blue cloth sides, spines with red and black labels, some very minor wear to extremities else an excellent set. £425 The titles of the last 2 volumes are dated 1891 although the engraved title to Middlemarch is dated 1875.
EVELYN, John. Diary and Correspondence of... To which is subjoined The Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde... and Sir Richard Browne. Edited from the original Mss. at Wotton by William Bray. London: Henry Colburn 1857. Four volumes, 8vo. 3 plates and a folding pedigree, plus Extra Illustrated with 57 further plates, mostly portraits, marbled endpapers. Later green half morocco, gilt spines with raised bands, faded to brown, heads of joints rubbed, t.e.g. £425 A finely bound and unique set of Evelyn’s memoirs, thoughtfully illustrated with engravings of many of the important and noble figures of his day.
Four volumes, 8vo, with 31 plates, including an extending pedigree and a map, marbled endpapers, attractively bound by Bickers and Son in red crushed half morocco, red cloth sides, a few minor marks, otherwise a fine set, t.e.g. £475 Kept from his 21st birthday in 1641 until his death in 1706, Evelyn’s Diary is a unique portrait of 17th century life, including accounts of court life and travels on the Continent as well as his friendship with that other great English Diarist, Samuel Pepys. f - Back to top
Ten volumes, “Edition de Luxe”, one of 500 sets, 8vo. 36 plates, many in colour, each with a separately illustrated tissue guard, several upper hinges a little tender. Original blue woven silk, gilt decoration, spines faded, t.e.g. £100
Four volumes, 8vo, marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary red half calf, red cloth sides, spines, a little sunned, with raised bands and gilt tooling. £95 A wide range of historical, religious and literary analysis by one of the most popular 19th century critics. g - Back to top
Four volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I plus engraved titles and 4 folding maps, some foxing. Contemporary calf with light blind stamped patterning, gilt border, edges darkened and slightly worn, with an attractive 19th century reback, gilt bands, red and green morocco labels. £200
Eight volumes, 8vo, portrait frontispiece in volume I and 3 folding maps, each with a minor closed tear, later signature to front blanks of volumes II-VIII, marbled endpapers and edges, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt spines with red and maroon labels, some light wear, tops of 3 spines with some slight wear £500 “This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works... Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day...” (Printing and the Mind of Man 222).
Eight volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I and 3 folding maps, these with some spotting, marbled endpapers and sides, prize labels of Highgate School dated 1929. Contemporary (to the prize labels) half tree calf, gilt arms to covers, gilt spines with black labels, some minor wear to boards otherwise a handsome set. £575 “This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works... Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day...” (Printing and the Mind of Man 222).
Eight volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I and 13 maps, 11 folding, including 5 with some hand colouring, a couple of volumes slightly sprung but generally sound, bookseller’s small blind stamp to fly leaf in volume I. Original gilt titled blue cloth, spine ends rubbed, some light damp staining to the outer edge of a few covers otherwise a good set of this excellent edition which remained in print until the next century. £185
Seven volumes, limited edition, no. 400 of 1,500 copies, large 8vo. Fine etched illustrations, map endpapers. Black quarter morocco, gilt title and decoration to spines showing a progressively more decayed stone column in gilt from the first to the last volume, several spine ends a little worn, marbled sides. £350
Eight volumes, 4to, with 367 plates containing 739 illustrations, a very good set, buckram, d.w.’s, that to volume VIII torn and repaired with loss. £450 A massive work updated from the first edition of 1926, here republished in an edition of only 500 copies.
Three parts in 8 volumes, first editions, “Queen Victoria... 1852 to 1860” 2 volumes, the others 3 volumes each, 8vo, marbled endpapers, bookplates of Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist, showing some books, a flaming torch and the motto “Let There Be Light”, bound by Maclehose of Glasgow in contemporary brown half morocco, marbled sides, t.e.g., a fine set. £675 The political memoirs of a man who never held office but knew many important men. “Owing to his close relations with both whigs and tories... he was peculiarly well informed on the most secret transactions of contemporary politics... These characteristics, coupled with the brilliant portraits which he draws of his contemporaries, make his diaries the most important work of their kind of his generation” (DNB). h - Back to top
Third edition, three volumes, 8vo, xvi, 335, (1); (ii), 403, (1); 368 pp, small ink stamp to titles, else internally fine, marbled endpapers, contemporary maroon half morocco, marbled sides, spines dull, some rubbing, sides a little browned and dusty. £60
Six volumes, 12mo, numerous black and white photographic illustrations, original dark blue publisher’s quarter morocco, a fine set still held in their original cardboard boxes (2 volumes per box), one box slightly split. £100
Limited edition, one of 1,000 sets, twenty-one volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece in each volume, being portraits except for a folding facsimile manuscript in the final volume, some foxing to endpapers and occasionally to preliminaries. Original buckram, slight sunning of spines, green morocco labels, t.e.g., an excellent set. £1875
First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, with illustrations, original cloth, 2 volumes with d.w. £95 The Memoirs, Diaries and Correspondences of Friedrich von Holsten (1837-1909), Bismarck’s subordinate at the German Foreign Office, & later responsible for planning and directing German foreign policy (1890 until 1906), and a man generally regarded as marching “...through the pages of German memoir literature as the evil genius of pre 1914 Germany...”
Three works in four volumes, first editions, “Every-Day Book” in 2 volumes, “Table Book” two volumes bound in one, 8vo. Engravings in the text, marbled endpapers. Attractively bound in later 19th century red half morocco, red cloth sides, gilt spines with raised bands, t.e.g., some light rubbing. £300 A fine set of Hone’s most enduring works, painstakingly well researched collections of fact, fiction, art and poetry, including contributions by many of the best engravers of the day. Cohn 402-4.
Twelve volumes, first editions, 8vo, two toned cloth, Authors’ signatures in gilt on upper covers, d.w.’s with a few minor creases, overall a fine set. £250 i - Back to top
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Six volumes, 8vo, with frontispieces and a folding facsimile map of the Hebrides, cloth, d.w.’s, spines faded, a very good set. £250 “[it] has pervaded English life and thought in the same way that the Bible, Shakespeare and Bunyan have done” (Encyc. Brit.).
First edition, two volumes bound in four, large 8vo. Two engraved titles and 22 plates, one in colour and one tinted, some occasional spots. Original gilt and black decorated green cloth, a.e.g., one lower cover a little damp stained with a small hole to the lower joint, otherwise a bright set. £75 The plate list, advertisements and a few captions apart, the text is entirely in Welsh.
Six volumes, small 8vo, 40; 40; 38; 32; 32; 36 pp, each volume with an engraved frontispiece, bound in different coloured blind stamped paper boards, fine in the original slipcase, hand coloured engraving with gilt border on side, rather worn. £450 See Gumuchian 1842 for a similar set of just 4 of these works (not including La Bonne Fée or Le Petit Auvergnat Secouru), printed by A.Pinard.
Six volumes, small oblong 8vo, each 32 pp, each volume with a fine hand coloured engraved frontispiece, some spotting, bound in different coloured blind stamped paper boards, slightly rubbed, in the original slipcase, hand coloured engraving with gilt border on side, rather worn. £575 Not in Gumuchian. k - Back to top
Seventy-six volumes, of which 53 are first editions, 8vo. Some inscriptions, a couple with bookplates. Original decorated boards - excepting no.’s 3 and 4 which are in wrappers as issued, 28 volumes with dust wrappers (although they were only issued from 1949 onwards), some light rubbing otherwise a very good clean set. £450 A complete set of King Penguins, one of the most celebrated publishing ventures of the 20th century. A unique combination of the collectable, useful and beautiful, from handy natural history guides to serious works of scholarship and illustrated topographical titles.
“Outward Bound” edition, thirty-six volumes, 8vo. 104 plates plus 11 maps in the two “Irish Guards” volumes, also with the Author’s own illustrations in the text of the “Just So Stories”, booklabels to front endpapers, bookplate to paste downs of 5 volumes, cracking to some upper hinges. Original gilt titled cloth, elephant vignette to upper covers, t.e.g., a mixed set with varied fading to spines and with the later volumes bound (as issued) in a darker cloth, a few spines with ink spots and some wear to the ends. £275 Martindell 180. l - Back to top
Temple edition, six volumes, small 8vo, with 18 portrait plates and one further illustration, marbled endpapers and sides, contemporary green half morocco, spines faded to brown else a near fine set, t.e.g. £250
Fifth edition, 8vo, 12 volumes. Contemporary polished calf, blind stamped rolled border to covers, some light general marks and wear, spines with red morocco labels, loss to tops of two spines otherwise a well preserved and clean set. £950 A scarce complete set of a series that had been published and added to since the first volume appeared in 1682.
Five works in six volumes, (“Pursuit of Knowledge” 2 volumes), first editions, 12mo, “Pursuit of Knowledge” with 7 portrait plates, including Benjamin Franklin and Captain Cook, other volumes illustrated with wood engravings in the text, one volume lacking fly leaf, otherwise good, bound in contemporary wine red half morocco, marbled boards, some wear, foot of one joint splitting. £175 Five of the numerous works in this long series, published anonymously by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, which ran until 1846. “Vegetable Substances” is by Robert Mudie (better known for his bird books), the Insect titles are by James Rennie and the 2 volume “Pursuit of Knowledge...” is by George Lillie Craik. Freeman 3164, 3165, 3167.
Twenty-two works bound in twelve volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces to all but one work, one volume (“The Last of the Barons”) with the lower hinge split, marbled endpapers, sides, and edges. Bound in contemporary half calf, a little worn, gilt spines rubbed with red and green labels. £200 An unusual collection of perhaps around half of Lytton’s prodigious output. m - Back to top
Eight volumes (History of England 5 volumes), Essays stated as volumes V-VIII of an edition of Works, 8vo. Some light spotting, marbled endpapers and edges. Uniformly bound in contemporary brown half morocco, minor rubbing to spines, an attractive set. £275
Eight volumes, large 8vo, with 2 engraved titles and 36 steel engraved plates, most still with their tissues, but with several volumes showing signs of plates being removed, bound in the original gilt decorated cloth, spine ends a little worn, some marks, a.e.g. £225 Including portraits of J.Q. Adams, Madison, Washington Irving, and Franklin plus a fine folding engraving showing all the signatures on the Declaration of Independence. Map not present.
First edition, 10 volumes, 8vo, black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w.’s with spines a little browned, minor rubbing to ends. £100
14 volumes, 8vo, with 2 copies of “The Pacha of Many Tales”, one with a frontispiece, some volumes with tears and slight loss to front blanks, occasional light browning, uniformly bound in modern half calf, marbled boards, gilt ruled spines in compartments with red and black morocco labels. £375 An attractive set of later editions of some of Marryat’s novels including one by Edward Howard, his sub-editor.
Second edition thus, three volumes, 8vo. Four portrait plates, somewhat foxed, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary dark green half morocco, green cloth sides, a little marked, top of upper joint to volume one cracked. £250 From 1716-18 Lady Montagu accompanied her husband to Germany and then onto Constantinople on diplomatic missions. Her previous acquaintance with and subsequent estrangement from Alexander Pope led to oblique attacks in his poetry and several responses from her.
Five volumes, large 8vo. Portrait frontispieces and a folding facsimile letter. Original maroon cloth, gilt spines, faded, t.e.g. £100
First collected edition, 4 volumes, small 8vo, with frontispieces and engraved second titles, marbled endpapers, contemporary diced calf, gilt spines with black morocco labels, some minor rubbing and marking, a very good set, a.e.g. £165 Including Montgomery’s best known work, “The Grave” plus his poem on slavery, “The West Indies”.
Sixth edition, 4 volumes. 132 hand coloured plates showing nearly 2,000 specimens. Original gilt titled green cloth, some light marking and rubbing otherwise a very good set. £300 Freeman 2676.
Eight volumes, small 8vo. 358 coloured plates with tissues, occasional light foxing, a few pages detached in volume VIII. Original gilt titled red cloth, spines faded, some marks and light wear. £450 n - Back to top
Second edition, 6 volumes, 8vo. One plate, of Newton’s monument in Bow Church. 19th century full calf, gilt spines with red and green labels, slight wear to foot of upper joint of volume VI otherwise a very good bright set. £295
Fifteen volumes, 8vo. “Donne” with a bookplate and slight cracking to the upper hinge. Bound in variously coloured buckram, all but 2 volumes (Pushkin and Whitman) with their dust wrappers, some with slight rubbing and a few marks, overall a very good collection of these classic anthologies. £350 o - Back to top
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Four volumes, 8vo, vignette title in volume I and in all 83 (of 84) portrait plates, lacking a plate in volume II, a few corners creased, front blanks marked in volume IV, contemporary black half calf, marbled sides, extremities a little worn. £75
Four volumes, 8vo, contemporary inscription to front blanks, original two tone cloth, gilt decorated spines, t.e.g., slight sunning of spines else a near fine set. £85
First edition thus, eleven volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces to all but volume XI (Index), plus 47 plates, 20 maps and an extending panorama, signature to fly leaves. Cloth, d.w.’s, price clipped from upper flaps, some light edgewear, small piece chipped from the top of the spine of volume III. £225
First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, 300 fine coloured plates with tissues, loss to top of rear free endpaper in volume I, else an excellent set in the original cream buckram, t.e.g. £250
Widecombe edition, twenty volumes, one of 1,500 sets signed by the Author, 8vo, each with frontispiece by Cecil Hunt reproduced in photogravure by Emery Walker, one lower board just a little cracked otherwise a near fine set in the original parchment backed boards, with d.w.'s., some fraying and tears. £275 Including a study of the author’s work by Arnold Bennett.
Third edition, five volumes, 8vo. Original gilt titled maroon cloth, t.e.g., spine ends and edges a little rubbed, small abrasion to the upper joint of volume I, otherwise a well-preserved set. £125
Second edition, twelve volumes, small 8vo, frontispiece in volume I, a few other engravings in the text, bookplates on front and rear paste downs, small tear to inner part of title and frontispiece in volume I, repaired, bound in contemporary full calf, some cracking and wear to joints and spines, upper joint of volume I crudely repaired with tape. £245 Containing 66 plays, including 10 added and 12 removed from the first edition, published in 1744. An important collection of early drama.
Eight volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces plus 50 plates. Contemporary speckled calf, covers with a panel of plain calf and blind stamped decoration, some loss to tops of spines, minor cracking to several joints, spines with gilt numbers, volumes I-VII lacking their label. £225
Four volumes, small 8vo, with frontispieces and engraved second titles in each volume plus a portrait plate in volume I, some spotting and light marginal browning to these, text leaves clean, contemporary maroon full morocco, blind stamped ruled borders with scrollwork corner pieces, a little rubbing to extremities, spines slightly sunned, a.e.g. £85
Four volumes, 8vo, with 316 coloured plates and one black and white plate, volume IV sprung with some plates detached and a few with some chipping, some light occasional spotting, original gilt titled green cloth, spine ends rubbed. £300 q - Back to top
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Five volumes, 12mo, with a portrait frontispiece and 12 plates, signature to fly leaves, original gilt decorated green cloth, t.e.g., slight bumping of spine ends otherwise a fine set. £75
RAWLINSON, George. History of Ancient Egypt. The Religions of the Ancient World. The Historical Evidences of the Truth of the Scripture Records... The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company [n.d., c.1900]. Four works in seven volumes, “Seven Great Monarchies...” 3 volumes and “History of Ancient Egypt” 2 volumes, 8vo. Numerous illustrations, marbled endpapers and sides. Uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels reading “Rawlinson’s Works”, green morocco labels giving the volume titles, t.e.g., an attractive set. £475
Ten volumes, 12mo. Contemporary speckled sheep, slight loss to a few spine ends, particularly to the head of the spine of volume I, some wear to joints, maroon spine labels. £750 Containing “Julia: or the New Eloisa” and “Emilius; a Treatise of Education” in three volumes each plus shorter essays and letters in the final four volumes. An early collection published in the final years of the author’s life.
Seven volumes, first deluxe editions, 8vo. Bound in red, light blue, green, purple, maroon, blue and black cloth respectively. Gilt edged and with a coloured illustration to the upper cover, the title and Rowling's signature are detailed in gilt as well. A complete set of all the first issues of the deluxe editions. Fine. £2000
Nine volumes, including the Index volume, mixed editions, including first editions of volume V and the Index volume, 8vo. 17 plates, marbled endpapers, morocco bookplate lettered in gilt in volume I. Contemporary brown half morocco, cloth sides, spines - excepting volume I - a little sunned, t.e.g., a most attractive set. £700 “...one of the curiosities of literature. Its discursiveness, its garrulity, its petulance are amazing... [it] is full of passionate intensity; it abounds in forcible writing, and the ingenuity with which innumerable threads are knit together to enforce the author's economic principles is remarkable” (DNB). Wise I pp 177, 186.
Fourth edition, 3 volumes, 4to. 53 plates, a few in colour, some very light dampstaining to the lower edges of early leaves in volumes II and III, marbled endpapers. Contemporary navy blue calf, some marks, triple blind stamped rules and cornerpieces, spines a little dull, a.e.g., a very good set. £500 Perhaps Ruskin’s finest work, detailing the treasures of Venice and analysing its architecture. The chapter on Gothic Architecture influenced William Morris, who wrote “In future days it will be considered as one of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century.” “...there has never been more than one opinion about the noble eloquence and haunting beauty of the descriptive passages, or about the permanent value of his work among the earlier masters of Venetian painting and sculpture and the earlier school of Venetian architecture...” (DNB).
First complete edition, five volumes, 4to. 90 engraved plates plus woodcuts. Original brown cloth, some light rubbing and cracking otherwise very good. £150 Wise 286. One of 450 Large Paper sets printed on handmade paper. Without the separately published Index volume which appeared in the same year. s - Back to top
Twenty volumes, 8vo. Ink stamps of the BBC Music Library in each volume. Original brown cloth, a very good set. £400
Six volumes, 8vo. Bookplate in three volumes, neatly removed from the other three, front and rear blanks foxed. Contemporary calf with an old reback, red spine labels, some wear, top part of lower joint of volume II with loss. £425 Jaggard p507.
Nine volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece showing the Chandos portrait in volume I, light foxing to early leaves in some volumes. Bound by Bickers and Son in later half morocco, marbled endpapers and sides, gilt titled spines with the plays contained in each volume listed, a.e.g., a fine set. £750 “The Reader’s Shakespeare.” Jaggard p550.
Four volumes bound in two, 4to, with 28 portrait plates of Actors including Ellen Terry and Henry Irving in costume - 23 photographic, one plate torn with loss to top edge, some occasional light foxing, contemporary green half calf, red and black morocco labels, an attractive set. £125
“Victoria edition”, three volumes, 8vo, marbled endpapers, sides, and edges, contemporary half calf, gilt spines with red and green morocco labels, a few light marks, upper joint to volume I starting. £175
“Larger Temple Shakespeare”, 12 volumes, 8vo, with frontispieces - a couple in colour and a few other illustrations, including a folding panorama of London in 1616 in volume VI, 2 pages torn across without loss in volume I, browning to endpapers only, original green cloth, spine ends bumped, t.e.g. £85
Three volumes, small 4to. Engraved titled in volume I and 66 plates, plus a 4 page facsimile of Shakespeare’s will and a plate showing his various signatures, one text leaf detached in volume III, front blank removed in volume I, marbled endpapers, Contemporary dark blue half calf, gilt banded spines with red labels, t.e.g., cloth sides with some marking. £200
SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works of... The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings: edited by Herbert Farjeon. [London]: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limited edition, one of 1,600 sets, seven volumes, 8vo. Finely bound in ochre full morocco, double gilt rules, spines slightly darkened, raised bands and gilt titles, a few minor marks, slight scuffing and a tiny hole to the spine of volume I otherwise an attractive set. £1000 A beautifully printed edition of Shakespeare’s plays, with alternate words and phrases from the various early editions printed throughout in the margins. Volume I has been supplied from another source but there is no variance to the spines.
SHAKESPEARE, William. [Works]. London: Allied Newspapers [c.1930]. Forty volumes, each measuring 2 1/16 x 1 3/8 inches, bound in the original black rexine, some spines dull, held on 3 shelves in the original angled wooden bookcase, a lovely and well preserved set. £200 The set was given free to new subscribers. Welsh 6344.
Thirty-one volumes (of 33), no. 75 of 1,025 sets, 8vo, a very good set in the original green cloth, some light marking to spines. £400 Collecting the plays, poems, essays and criticism of this prolific writer. Another 2 volumes were published in 1938.
First authorized edition, four volumes, 12mo. Portrait frontispiece and inscription on half title in volume I, bookplates of Julian Henry Charles Fane, diplomat and minor poet. Original green ribbed cloth, spines a little sunned, some light marking to covers, spine ends bumped with slight wear, but overall a well preserved set. £450 Containing Mary Shelley’s valuable notes, this set was published after various pirated editions had kept Shelley’s poetry in the public eye, and also includes hitherto unpublished lyrics from extant manuscripts.
Five volumes, last 2 volumes first editions, others later reprints, 8vo, with a frontispiece and 22 plates in each volume, volume I also with a folding genealogy, owner’s inscriptions in first, second and last volumes, decorative endpapers, cloth, d.w.’s. with some chipping, minor loss to d.w. of the first volume. £75
Ten volumes, small 8vo. Frontispiece and engraved title in each volume, some with offsetting, foxing to front and rear blanks, marbled endpapers, sides and edges, armorial bookplates. Contemporary dark blue half calf, gilt spines with brown labels, spine a little darkened, some minor marks otherwise an attractive set. £750 A set first published in 1837.
Second edition, 12 volumes, 8vo, with frontispieces and numerous maps, many folding and in colour, plus photographic illustrations in the text, a very good set in contemporary green half morocco, gilt ruled spines with raised bands, faded to brown, t.e.g. £550
Second edition, 4 volumes, 8vo. 6 portrait plates, hinge cracked after the first gathering in volume II. A very good clean set bound in contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked, with new endpapers, retaining the original green morocco spine labels. £125 Politician, diplomat and satirist, Stanhope was an important figure in 18th century life, and his lifelong antipathy towards Robert Walpole was one of the major political rivalries of the era. At various times Ambassador in the Hague and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, his literary endeavours and championing of free speech prompted Pope to compliment him in his “Dunciad”. Samuel Johnson, rather unkindly, said “...that he thought him ‘a lord among wits,’ whereas he discovered him to be ‘a wit among lords’...” (DNB).
Thirty-two volumes, with volume III bound up as volume I, large 8vo, upper hinge detached in volume XXXIII, one gathering loose in volume XXII, cracking to hinges of volume III, all bound in the original gilt decorated light blue cloth, some rubbing and marks. £850 A good collection of this important literary periodical, including the first appearance of some of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories as well as work by H.G. Wells, E. Nesbit and the “Raffles” stories.
Five volumes, 8vo. 80 hand coloured plates in all, one gathering loose in “Ask Mamma”, marbled endpapers and sides. Finely bound in contemporary red half morocco, gilt spines, some very minor rubbing else a handsome set. £500
First collected edition, 6 volumes, 8vo. Partly unopened. Original black buckram, slight fading of spines, t.e.g., a near fine set. £80 Wise II p335. t - Back to top
Eight volumes, small 4to, with 46 engraved portraits and views and 6 coloured maps, bound in the original gilt decorated brown cloth, a.e.g, corners and spine ends bumped, otherwise near fine. £75
Six volumes, “Holy Grail” first edition, the others later editions, small 8vo, a most attractive set bound by J.B. Hawes of Cambridge in green full morocco, one spine with some rubbing, inside gilt dentelles, both ruled and decorative gilt borders, four volumes with large gilt arms of the Merchant Taylors Company to their upper covers, gilt spines with raised bands, a.e.g., an attractive set £400 u - Back to top
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Three volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines a little marked and darkened, ends rubbed, red labels, a well preserved set. £200
First collected edition, four volumes, 8vo. 7 plates, one folding plus a folding map, the latter with some wear to the bottom edge and minor worming, marbled endpapers and edges. Neatly bound in 19th century full vellum, brown morocco labels, volume II with the top of the spine and part of the label lacking. £185 w - Back to top
“Essex edition”, twenty volumes (of 24), small 8vo. Volume I lacking its fly leaf. Uniformly bound in the publisher’s limp brown morocco, gilt spines, t.e.g., some rubbing to tops of spines otherwise a very good set. £200
Eight volumes, 8vo. Numerous illustrations, facsimiles and maps, some light spotting to endpapers, owner’s inscription to frontispiece rectos in each volume. Cloth, d.w.’s, spines browned, some other light marking. £80
Third edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, small wormhole through outer margin of first 50 pages in volume I, not affecting text, otherwise a good clean set in contemporary calf, worn, slight loss to spine ends, spines cracked with red and black morocco labels. £225
Fifth impression, 5 volumes, 8vo, 147 plates, most in colour, cloth, d.w.’s with some chips and tears, particularly to the spine of volume I. £45
First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, cracking to the lower parts of several joints, spines with red and black labels, ends rubbed, one spine end with loss, otherwise a clean sound set. £450 The Subscriber’s List shows just over 300 sets sold.
Five volumes, a mixed set - “Growing” and “The Journey...” first editions, 8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w.’s, spines variously browned and a little worn, loss to a couple of top edges and to the lower wrapper of “Sowing”, which is also price clipped. £80 “Growing” is in a variant wrapper with only one star on the spine, where normally there are two.
First edition, six volumes, 8vo. Numerous black and white illustrations, inscription to fly leaves of volumes IV and V. Cloth, d.w.’s, spines of volumes I-III and VI sunned, some minor creasing otherwise a very good set. £300
First edition, five volumes, 8vo. Map endpapers. Cloth, d.w.’s with decoration by Duncan Grant, slight browning to wrapper on volume I otherwise a fine set. £350
First edition thus, four volumes, 8vo. Volumes I-III inscribed on the title page from McNeillie. Cloth, d.w.’s, a couple of minor creases otherwise a fine set. £400 A scarce complete set of the Woolf’s collected essays, bringing together the pieces collected in the two Common Reader collections, The Death of the Moth, The Moment, The Captain’s Death Bed and Granite and Rainbow plus further material and extensive notes and commentary.
Six volumes, large 8vo. Slight marginal browning throughout. Paperback edition, with brightly coloured wrappers, one corner creased otherwise very good. £75
Six volumes, 4to, with 46 fine chromolithographed plates, plus engravings in the text, a fine set still bound in the original light blue cloth, slight rubbing to spine ends, a.e.g. £250 x - Back to top
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Fourth edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, with hundreds of fine engraved illustrations, marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary dark green half morocco, green cloth sides, some rubbing to extremities, gilt banded spines, a very good clean set. £300 One of the standard 19th century ornithological works, here greatly enlarged from the previous edition.
Thirteen volumes, 8vo. 220 plates with tissues, slight creasing to endpapers in the final volume, some occasional light marginal foxing to text leaves only. Original decorative yellow cloth, a very good bright set with only a few light marks. £975 A complete run of this influential periodical, which started with Aubrey Beardsley as its Art Director and includes some of his best work. Most of the decade’s finest illustrators also contributed, including Joseph Pennell, Walter Sickert, William Rothenstein, Walter Crane, Max Beerbohm, D.Y. Cameron and Charles Robinson. There are nearly 300 articles, fictions and poems by writers including Henry James, Richard Le Gallienne, A.C. Benson, W.B. Yeats, Kenneth Grahame, E. Nesbit, Edmund Gosse, Baron Corvo, George Gissing and John Buchan among many others. A mixed set, with volumes III-V and IX and X containing the advertisements which indicate an early issue, but with none of the volumes containing any edition statements. z - Back to top
Seventeen works in twenty-eight volumes, 8vo, marginal browning to the rather cheap paper, some volumes with the bookplate of Herbert S. Adler, marbled endpapers, uniformly bound in blue quarter calf, some corners a bit bumped, otherwise a very good set. £500 |
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