The Princess: A Medley By Alfred Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 - 1884

J.M.Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in original publishers delux full vellum binding with spine and front board fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition.:

The MacMillan Company, New York, 1900; First Edition; 12mo, 385 pages plus 5 pages of publisher’s advertisements at the back; top page edges gilt; illustrated with frontispiece and eight additional plates by Harry Fenn and J.C. Earl. James Lane Allen’s brooding novel of the beginnings of doubt in a pious man whose faith is shaken by theories of modern science and evolution, evidence of which he suddenly becomes aware during his daily interactions with nature as a Kentucky hemp farmer at the close of the Civil War. First edition, first state, with illustrations in photogravure and without the word "facing" before the numerals on page vii. Beautifully bound in illustrated red cloth featuring a magnificent green and silver hemp plant overlaid with gilt titles. Fine, exceptionally clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. Tanned ghost on the outer margins of the pastedowns, from contact with the flaps of the original dust jacket. Previous owner neat name and date in a small hand on f.f.e.p. A… Read More

Green cloth, tissue guarded illustrations, spine labels chipped and faded, light edgewear, some signs of external wear, top edge gilt, some hinges cracked but bindings still tight and square, clean, unmarked, no date circa 1900, VG/--.

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 384 pages; VG-; Green-yellow spine (slipcase) with raised bands and gilt lettering; Boards show mild wear to head/tail of spine, bottom corner of back cover is slightly bumped, and a small white stain appears just below the title on spine; Textblock has deckled edges, and the ffep / front pastedown have begun to separate from the rest of the textblock; Meets first issue points: page 245, line 12 "eye" -- page 245 line 16 "so pretty" -- page 291, line 7 "brainy bumps" -- page 342, line 23 "brain of Zeus"; However, the corn graphic on spine is pointed down; Housed in dark green 1/4 leather-bound and cloth slipcase, with matching cloth chemise; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346258. FP New Rockville Stock.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880 - The Globe Edition -
Houghton, Osgood and Company. Boston 1880.

Green cloth covers embossed with black design, gilt globe and lettering on spine. The pages are lightly browned. The boards are partially miniscule rubbed. A fine copy of this complete set (see photos).

Contains the folllowing novels (two each in one book):

Redskins / Monikins
The Bravo /Mercedes of Castile,
Sea Lions / Jack Tear,
Afloat & Ashore / Miles Wallingford,
The Pilot /Two Admirals,
Satanstoe / Chainbearer,
Pathfinder / Pioneers,
Deerslayer / Mohicans,
Homeward bound / Home as found,
The Prairie / Wish-Ton-Wish,
Red Rover / Wing-And-Wing,
Lionel Lincoln / Oak Openings,
The Spy / Wyandotte,
Precaution / Ways of the Hour,
Water-Witch / Crater,
Headman / Heidenmauer.

Every book has approx. 900 pages.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. In his novels he described the early American life (e.g.… Read More

J.M.Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in original publishers delux full vellum binding with spine and front board fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition.:

The MacMillan Company, New York, 1900; First Edition; 12mo, 385 pages plus 5 pages of publisher’s advertisements at the back; top page edges gilt; illustrated with frontispiece and eight additional plates by Harry Fenn and J.C. Earl. James Lane Allen’s brooding novel of the beginnings of doubt in a pious man whose faith is shaken by theories of modern science and evolution, evidence of which he suddenly becomes aware during his daily interactions with nature as a Kentucky hemp farmer at the close of the Civil War. First edition, first state, with illustrations in photogravure and without the word "facing" before the numerals on page vii. Beautifully bound in illustrated red cloth featuring a magnificent green and silver hemp plant overlaid with gilt titles. Fine, exceptionally clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. Tanned ghost on the outer margins of the pastedowns, from contact with the flaps of the original dust jacket. Previous owner neat name and date in a small hand on f.f.e.p. A… Read More

Green cloth, tissue guarded illustrations, spine labels chipped and faded, light edgewear, some signs of external wear, top edge gilt, some hinges cracked but bindings still tight and square, clean, unmarked, no date circa 1900, VG/--.

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 384 pages; VG-; Green-yellow spine (slipcase) with raised bands and gilt lettering; Boards show mild wear to head/tail of spine, bottom corner of back cover is slightly bumped, and a small white stain appears just below the title on spine; Textblock has deckled edges, and the ffep / front pastedown have begun to separate from the rest of the textblock; Meets first issue points: page 245, line 12 "eye" -- page 245 line 16 "so pretty" -- page 291, line 7 "brainy bumps" -- page 342, line 23 "brain of Zeus"; However, the corn graphic on spine is pointed down; Housed in dark green 1/4 leather-bound and cloth slipcase, with matching cloth chemise; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346258. FP New Rockville Stock.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880 - The Globe Edition -
Houghton, Osgood and Company. Boston 1880.

Green cloth covers embossed with black design, gilt globe and lettering on spine. The pages are lightly browned. The boards are partially miniscule rubbed. A fine copy of this complete set (see photos).

Contains the folllowing novels (two each in one book):

Redskins / Monikins
The Bravo /Mercedes of Castile,
Sea Lions / Jack Tear,
Afloat & Ashore / Miles Wallingford,
The Pilot /Two Admirals,
Satanstoe / Chainbearer,
Pathfinder / Pioneers,
Deerslayer / Mohicans,
Homeward bound / Home as found,
The Prairie / Wish-Ton-Wish,
Red Rover / Wing-And-Wing,
Lionel Lincoln / Oak Openings,
The Spy / Wyandotte,
Precaution / Ways of the Hour,
Water-Witch / Crater,
Headman / Heidenmauer.

Every book has approx. 900 pages.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. In his novels he described the early American life (e.g.… Read More