1887. Six books collected in one volume. 8vo, cloth boards, gilt titles and rule to spine. All published by Frederick Warne except The Smuggler (Routledge). Last two books dated 1887. Boards faded and rubbed, tear to cloth at rear edge of spine, several (blank?) pages apparently removed between The Pacha.....
London: John Murray, 1861. 1st ed., pp.586, incl Index, worn half calf marbled bds, some closed tears along edges of a few pages, contents very good condition The Quarterly Review, a literary and political periodical founded in 1809. This volume features 'Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley", "Memoirs of the Life.....
Time-Life Books, 1981. Illus E. Boyd Smith. 8vo, leatherette boards with embossed design and gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, b&w frontis, b&w plates, pp 387. Publisher's leaflet and blank bookplate loosely inserted. Near-fine condn. Originally published in 1903.
London: Allen Lane, 1980. 1st ed., Royal octavo, pp.142, b&w dwgs by Jennifer Campbell, col plates by Yvonne Gilbert, small stain to p.i, foxing to upper edges of pages, orig cl bds, very good in like d.j. A collection of nineteen enchanting folk-tales collected and re-told by Richard Adams. Tales.....
London: Penguin Books, 1982. 2nd ed., octavo, pp.213, (x, adverts), creasing to cnrs of prelims and latter pages, orig wraps, creased and worn, fair condn. Presentation copy signed by the author. A collection of nineteen enchanting folk-tales collected and re-told by Richard Adams. Tales from around the world including China.....
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1862. With notes by Richard Hurd. Collected and Edited by Henry G. Bohn. Volume I only (of six). 8vo, cloth boards, frontis portrait, b&w plates, pp xvi, 538. In nineteenth century library cloth binding. Cloth marked, paper label to spine, hole in cloth to spine, inscription.....
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Brussels: Editions du Nord, 1943. Nelly Deguoy (Illus.). Limited edition, text in French, No. 85 of 150 (one of 100 copies, numbered 50 to 150, on Japon Mitsu paper), original illustrated wraps (Holland Van Gelder Paper), glassine wrapper, colour illus, pp 262, iv. Includes the extra suite of 30 colour.....
Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1890. 8vo, original embossed pictorial boards w/ gilt title, gilt decoration to spine, hand coloured frontis, dec. endpapers, pp. 356 plus publisher's adverts, piece missing lower cnr first page of adverts, not affecting text, prev. owner's inscr dated 1891, cnrs and spine bumped and rubbed.....
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1929. 1st ed., octavo, pp. (iv) 381, (ii adverts), previous owner's inscription, ink mark along fore-edge ffep, page edges faintly yellowed, original cloth boards, edges slightly rubbed, in worn d.j. spine and edges tanned, lacks head of spine, edges frayed and chipped with few small.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1958. 8vo, pp. 269, light foxing top edge, orig cl bds, in d.j edges creased, lightly rubbed rear. Very good condition. A novel of a teacher of the Infant Room in a New Zealand school. Made in to a movie "Two Loves"
London: John Murray, 1927. Octavo, original cloth boards with gilt facsimile signature, pp v, 538. Some light markings to spine, very good condition. Novel by the American feminist author, set in Ancient Greece.
London: Octopus, 1982. Large octavo, bonded leather boards decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, illustrated title pages, pp 767. Near-fine condition. Four of Jane Austen's novels. Includes brief biographical introduction.
London: J.M. Dent, 1923-1926. Introd. R. Brinley Johnson. Six novels in five volumes. The 1906 Everyman edition, here reprinted between 1923 and 1926. Original burgundy leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt-blocked J.M. Dent vignette to upper board, top edges gilt. decorated endpapers, decorated title page and.....
Sydney: Pan, 1994. 6th ed., pp.315, (iii, adverts), orig stiff wraps, texta mark to fore-edge, pages grubby, creasing to wraps, good condn. The character "Les Norton" was based on two Sydney identities, "Ken Wills" (Willsy) and "William ( Doogza ) Davis", an amateur boxer and later waterfront worker...
Sydney: HarperCollins, 2001. 2nd ed., pp.308, (iv, adverts), orig stiff wraps, very good condn. The character "Les Norton" was based on two Sydney identities, "Ken Wills" (Willsy) and "William ( Doogza ) Davis", an amateur boxer and later waterfront worker.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1945. Cover illustration John Nash. 8vo, pp. 32, occasional very minor foxing spots scattered throughout, pictorial paper wraps, edges creased, black ink notes to rear Novella set in Europe during WWII.
London: William Heinemann, 1928. New impr., octavo pp (vi) 350, foxing to edges, prelims and latter end pages, or. bds., sunned and with dark marks, no d.j. Classic comic novel.
Lipsiae (Leipzig): B. G. Teubner, 1878. Original halfleather boards with marbled sides, gilt decoration to spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, pp ciii, 554. Previous owner's signature. Very good condition. Anthology of classical Greek poetry. Introduction in Latin and Greek, all other text in Greek.
Ramble House, 2005(2011). 2nd ed., octavo, pp.214, orig stiff pict wraps. Near fine condn. A Bill Hamilton mystery first published in 1938, this is one of the earliest novels by Norman Berrow.
London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1949-1951. 13 issues, 8vo, each approx. pp. 100, b/w illustrated adverts, few scattered marks and minor foxing throughout, covers of one issue slightly waterdamaged and pages waved, light foxing edges, paper wraps, previous owner's inscription in ink to front cover of seven issues, edges worn.....
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1915. 1st ed., 8vo., pp 342, light foxing to prelims and edges, top edge gilt,., original red cloth boards, gilt dec. on front, b&w text illus, rubbed, bumped, hinges starting to separate at front endpapers and rear endpapers, slight marking to covers. H.G. Wells writing under.....
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London: Gibbings & Co, 1914. (Illustrations after Gravelot). 4 volumes (complete), octavo, half-leather bindings, decorated and titled in gilt to spine, raised bands, engraved illus title page and frontis plate each volume, b&w plates engraved each volume, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, pp xxxii, 250; ix, 342; x, 356; ix.....
London, Melbourne, Toronto: Ward, Lock & Co. Octavo, pictorial front cover, b&w frontis plate, b&w advertisement endpapers, pp 124, iv. N.d.: pencilled ownership signature dated 1922. Lacks rear wrap, spine torn and chipped, lower corner creased. Acceptable condition: uncommon in this format. Boothby's final story about the criminal mastermind and.....
London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1896. Octavo, original cloth boards, b&w frontis illus plus three additional plates, pp 260 plus 16 pp publisher's ads. The Colonial Edition, published the year after the first. Rubbed and lightly faded to edges. Signature first page of text, with erased signature underneath. The plates.....
London: Hutchinson International Authors, 1952. Translated from the German by David Porter, Introduction by Stephen Spender. 8vo, pp. xii, 259, foxing endpapers half title page and latter blank leave, top edge foxed, original cloth boards, good, in d.j. edges frayed, top edge chipped with some loss, few closed tears edges.....