A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson
London: MacMillan, 1887. Hardcover. 2 vols. Contemporary half morocco. 2 gilt crests on spine and front board. A handsome set in red morocco, gilt decorations on spine.
London: MacMillan, 1887. Hardcover. 2 vols. Contemporary half morocco. 2 gilt crests on spine and front board. A handsome set in red morocco, gilt decorations on spine.
London: Heinemann, 1958. Cloth. The story of a young working-class man from the Midlands who dreams of escaping to an exciting life in London but is torn between his desire for an artistic career and his need to be married and “know common joys”, Callow’s novel was widely praised for.....
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Quarter cloth and Boards. pp.59. Edition limited to 500 copies. Printed from the edition of 1657; with an introduction by Allardyce Nicoll. Name in ink on fly leaf. Paper title label on cloth spine. Edges uncut. Endpapers age darkened, else very good.
Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1890. Hardcover. Pp. 410. Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile letter, folding genealogical table. Contemporary half morocco with decorated spine. (Spine title: Lord Chesterfields Letters to his Godson) 2 neat gilt crests on spine and front board. A handsome copy in half morocco gilt binding of this classic work.....
London: Hart-Davis, 1952. Original Cloth. pp 192.
Christchurch: The Nag's Head Press, 1969. Cloth. pp 53. A hand-set limited edition of 200 copies. Very good in vg d/w. Nag's Head Press was New Zealand's most prolific private printer, known for their delightfully designed books and fine typography. Rare in mint condition.
London: Heinemann, 1963. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Paperback. pp.235, .Originally published in French under title: La Pitie de Dieu in 1961. (Cau was Jean -Paul Sartre's secretary). Rare proof copy. Wrappers stained.
London: Miller, 1801. Hardcover. 4 vols. Complete with all 18 plates and folding map. Contemporary full calf. One joint split.
London: George Routledge, 1866. Half Calf. pp xii, 531. Frontis, plates. Contemporary half calf binding with marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Some minor wear to spine, else good.
London: Golden Cockerel Press. Original Cloth. pp 126. Very good in vg d/w.
Surry Hills: Wentworth Press, 1974. Wrappers. pp 120. 3 plates Wrappers. Contains small section of material by Louisa Lawson.
London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney LTD., 1870. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Blue cloth with impressed ornamentations on the front cover. 686 pp. This is the revised edition of the novel published in monthly instalments between 1843 and 1844, personally overseen by Dickens from 1867 to 1868. The front cover has.....
London: Orr and Smith, 1836. Half Calf. 3 Volumes. Engraved illustrations. Handsome half calf binding. Raised bands and leather title labels to spines. A very nice set.
London: MacMillan, 1883. Hardcover. KINGSLEY, Charles (Kingsley's Works) 5 vols. Contemporary half roan, raised bands. Alton Locke Hypatia Yeast Hereward the Wake Westward Ho An attractive set.
USA: 2013. paperback. What do an ancient Greek philosopher, a nineteenth century sea captain and a twentieth century architect have in common? That’s what twelve-year-old Alice Lee and her twin brother Dexter want to find out. Together, they have spent their lives following their archaeologist parents from one university to.....
London: The British Council/Shenval Press, 1950. Wrappers. pp 14..Grey printed card wraps. 14 page catalogue printed at the Shenval Press. 'Catalogue for an exhibition designed to illustrate "the finest achievements of book printers in Great Britain during the fifty years that ended with the outbreak of the last war'. AD.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. Half Morocco. 2 volumes. Half morocco binding. Gilt crest to front board and lower spine. Raised bands and gilt panelling to spines. Marbled endpapers and page edges. A handsome set.
Folkestone, Uk: Dawson, 1975. Original Cloth. pp xiv, 129. Very good in vg d/w. AD REF 98.
London: Methuen & Co, 1903. ROWLANDSON, Thomas. New Edition. Full Calf. pp vi, 264. "The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books". Frontis, coloured illustrations. Full tan calf binding. Raised bands, gilt panelling and titles to spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt page edges. A very handsome book.
London: Ackermann, 1821. Hardcover. Various editions. 1818-1821, But all in same original cloth. Original acquatints by Rowlandson. Original cloth, gilt spine. Back joint on first vol. slightly cracked. Minor wear. Generally a good set in the original binding. Quite complete with all plates present.
Birmingham: Baskerville, 1761. Hardcover. 3 vols. Engraved plates. Full contemporary calf. A handsome set.
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1870. Hardcover. Pp.xv,622; Full original red morroco binding with decorative frame stamped on both boards, AEG. c.1870. A handsome copy in an immaculate binding.
London: Sampson Low, 1883. Half Morocco. pp iv, 438. Frontis (portrait). Half morocco binding, raised bands and gilt decorations to spine. Neat gilt crest to front board and lower spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges.
London: Henry Herringman, 1681. 7th Edition. Half Calf. pp 148 . Some notations in pen on title page. Half calf and marbled boards. Front board detached, spine and boards very worn. Internals good for age of book.
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1897. Orig. Cloth. pp 517. With illustrations by Hugh Riviere. Gilt pictorial on cloth binding.