London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741. Third edition thus, four volumes, 4to. Frontispiece and an engraving above the dedication plus 6 pages of medals at the end of volume I and a few more in the text. Some worming at the beginning and end of each volume, armorial bookplates of... More
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1930. Limited edition, no. 77 of 750 copies signed by the author, 4to, xxxi, (i), 177, (11) pp. Coloured frontispiece and 115 plates, mostly in colour, patterned endpapers. Original cloth backed patterned boards, spine slightly dull, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip. More
London: C. Smith. 172 Strand. Jan. 1st, 1851. Overall dimensions 165 x 130 cm. Very large map of England and Wales printed over four conjoined sheets mounted on linen and fixed upon original wooden rollers, printed brief title label to upper roller. Original colour demarcating the counties. Slight fraying to... More
London: George Allen, 1898. First edition thus, 8vo, xxvi, 504 pp. Black and white illustrations, some foxing to the frontispiece and title page, mild signs of a bookplate having been removed from the paste down. Original gilt decorated green cloth, a.e.g., light stain to the upper cover otherwise a very... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1856. Small 8vo. (iv), 424 pp. Contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and richly decorated to the others, endpapers and all edges marbled. Frontispiece and engraved title, both dated 1833. The head of the upper joint neatly... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. Winchester edition, 10 volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in the first volume, several hinges very slightly cracked but sound. Original green cloth, t.e.g., gilt spines with mild rubbing and bumps, faint marks to the heads of the spines of the two volumes of "Sense and Sensibility", generally... More
![[Works]. Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Emma. Mansfield Park. Northanger Abbey. Persuasion. Lady Susan and the Watsons. Jane AUSTEN.](/pictures/thumb/29656.JPG?v=1500388102)
Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, [c.1920]. Adelphi edition, seven volumes, 8vo. Recent green half calf, t.e.g., marbled sides, cloth sides, a fine set. More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition. 8vo. xii, 496 pp., bound without the publisher's catalogue sometimes found to the rear. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, later pencilled ownership inscription to the front pastedown. Frontispiece showing Babbage's Difference Engine no. 1. Neatly rebacked preserving... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition, 8vo, xiv, 535, (1) pp. 3 folding maps, chromolithographed frontispiece and 8 plates plus 26 illustrations in the text, some occasional light foxing, marbled endpapers. 20th century half calf, t.e.g., some very mild soiling otherwise a very good copy. More
Eton: Printed for T. Pote, 1766. Second edition, small 8vo, xiv, 392 [i.e. 402] pp. Endpapers with some browning. Contemporary gilt ruled sheep, somewhat marked and scuffed, rebacked with a maroon label. More
London: W. Lee, at the Turks-Head in Fleet Street: and R. Roytson at the Angel in Ivie Lane, 1652. Second edition. 8vo. (xiv), 366, 84 pp. Recent full calf, gilt lettered to the spine. Wanting the frontispiece called for in some copies of this edition. Some marginal staining, though generally... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 480 pp. Contemporary tan full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, gilt decoration to the other panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, school prize bookplate from St. John's Collegiate School to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 7... More
![Little Women. [with] [WHITNEY, Adeline Dutton Train]. Faith Gartney's Girlhood. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. [and] ROE, A.S. I've Been Thinking. BINDINGS, Louisa May ALCOTT.](/pictures/thumb/32845.JPG?v=1542990043)
London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1870s]. Four volumes, small 8vo. Marbled endpapers, signature of Lily Noble to the title page of "Little Women". Contemporary full vellum, red morocco spine labels, each volume with matching hand painted decoration - lilies of the valley to the upper covers, a smaller bouquet to... More
Paris: Librarie des Arts Décoratifs, [1929]. First French edition, folio, xv, (i) pp, followed by 120 black and white plates. Mild browning to endpapers only. Original gilt titled green cloth, d.w. browned and a little soiled with some loss to spine ends and extremities. Scarce. More
London: Printed for proprietors Bowles & Carver, 1810. Map dimensions 130 x 101.5 cm, overall 132.5 x 103.5 cm. Large folding map with original colour in block and outline demarcating the counties, ornate title cartouche to the upper right corner with an explanatory key adjacent, inset map of the Isles... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1910. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 335, (1), 20 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and decorated with a vignette of two soldiers to the upper board, "Presentation Copy" ink stamped to the title page, evidence of an old bookplate or label on the... More
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1790. Second edition, third impression, 8vo, iv, 356 pp. Contemporary signature to paste down, title and subsequent leaf, faint damp stain to the top corner of some early leaves. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, some restoration and a new label to the spine. Stung into... More
London: Printed for J. Robinson and W. Payne, 1744. Second English edition. 12mo. (iv), 290 pp. Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, renewed gilt lettered label to style, gilt tooling to other panels, armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Expert repairs to head, tail and joints, a very good copy... More
London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1829. Sole edition, 8vo, (iii)-xxxvi, 196, (12 advertisement) pp, bound without the half title. One illustration and 7 pages of facsimile manuscript, some occasional light foxing. Uncut in modern half calf, marbled sides, a very good copy. Wise II p93. More
Newark: Printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge, 1807. First edition, first issue. 8vo. (iii)-xiv, 187, (1) pp, bound without the half title. Handsomely bound in brown crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels and decorated to the others, gilt inner... More
Genevæ [Geneva]: Jacobum Stoer, 1637. 8vo. (24), 518, (67) ff. Contemporary full calf, rebacked to style, the original gilt lettered red spine label preserved, new endpapers. Some minor worming to the rear of the book, else very good. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. Eighth thousand, or fourth edition, 8vo, (x), 192 pp. Frontispiece and 41 illustrations by John Tenniel, some occasional spots, marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in later maroon half morocco, t.e.g., red cloth sides, spine, sunned, with gilt vignettes, a very good copy. Williams... More
London: Heinemann, (1966-88). First edition. Twenty-one volumes. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jackets. Photographic illustrations throughout. The jacket spines of the three Companion volumes to volume IV sunned, some fading to the cloth of the final volume, some occasional very light edge wear and marking, a.... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1934-38). Four volumes, volumes I and II "new edition revised", volumes III and IV first editions. 8vo. Contemporary blue half morocco over matching cloth sides, likely a publisher's binding, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered or decorated to the panels, top edges gilt... More
London: Taylor and Hessey..., and E. Drury, 1821. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xxviii, 216; (iii-viii), 211, (1) pp., bound without the half title and 4 pages of the publisher's catalogue in volume II. Late twentieth century quarter speckled calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to... More