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Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1885. Book. Good. Full Leather. Fifty-sixth Thousand. 12mo (12.5 x 16cm). A handsome full calf leather gilt-decorated binding. pp lv 282. Gilt decoration to the boards and the spine, which has five raised bands, gilt ruled borders, armorial vignette of Aske's Hatcham School. All edges marbled. Binding very good, corners and edges a… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo. An excellent bright set. Limited to 200 sets for sale in England, 100 for sale in America. This is No. 168 of the English Edition. Publisher's blue cloth boards and vellum spines, gilt lettering and decoration to the spines, Charles Lamb mono graph… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Revised Edition. 8vo. pp. 238. Dust jacket, faded to spine with a little rubbing to edges . Publisher's yellow cloth with blue lettering to the spine; binding very good and bright with a little general wear only. Contents clean and tight, some spotting to the fore-edges, no inscriptions. … Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Revised. 8vo. pp. 439. Dust jacket very good with a little wear and rubbing to edges, a few careful repairs. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine; binding very good and bright with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, a little foxing to fore-edges, no… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1847. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition Revised with Additional Note. 8vo. pp xii 617 pages. Lives of Swift, Fielding, Goldsmith, Johnstone and many more... Ornate half leather, fine gilt tooling to spine compartments, gilt letttering to spine, marble paper covered boards with a little wear to edges and corners, binding firm. Contents clean and… Read more about this item

Bombay: The International Book House Ltd., 1943. Book. Near Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo. pp 70. Dust jacket very good, a little dust soiling, now protected in an archival sleeve, Contents clean and tight, name in ink to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in a near fine jacket..

London: J. M. Dent & Co.,, 1910. Book. Illus. by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Undated, presumed c. 1908-1910 [Gilson E124] A very good, bright volume in the publisher's pale-green cloth binding with extravagent red decoration to front board, some rubbing to the centre, gilt decoration to the spine (to Brock's design).… Read more about this item

London: John Cassell, 1852. Book. Illus. by George Cruickshank. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First British Cruickshank illustrated version. pp xxiii 391, b/w frontispiece, twenty-seven b/w illustrations by Cruickshank. This copy has been carefully rebound with paper covered boards and matching endpapers, the leather spine appears earlier. The binding is very good with just a little wear… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co., 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 152 pages. Original dust jacket near fine, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, fine. Contents clean and tight, private shelf stamp to the front pastedown obscured by the jacket flap, end papers unmarked A near fine… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Large 4to (26 x 31). A very good copy with the scarce original dust jacket. No Date. (1909). Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With 20 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's red cloth, extravagantly stamped in gilt decoration to the front board,… Read more about this item

London: John Walker and W. Suttaby, Co.; Crosby & Co. And Scatcherd & Letterman, 1808. Book. Illus. by W. Gunston and others, Engraved By R. Paterson. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. title continues "in two parts to which is prefixed A Critical Preface: and The Author's Life, Written by Himself with Copious index" Pilgrim's Progress pp. cxliv 338, 1809 and… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. Second Edition. 12mo (11 x 16cm). title pages to both volumes, half title to volume II. Contemporary half polished calf binding with marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands to the spine, red title and and brown vol. no. labels, extensive gilt decoration to spines. Bindings very good… Read more about this item

London: J Harris, Scatcherd and Letterman, Lackington and Co.; Darton and Harvey..., 1815. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Seventeenth Edition. 12mo. pp.xiv 224, frontispiece plate, title page. Leather spine with gilt lines and title, marbled paper covered boards, original, good, some general wear and corners rounded, joints firm. Contents clean and tight, name in ink, Alexander, to the front… Read more about this item

London: J. Sewell, 1790. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Eight volumes , Vol.17 1790, Vol.18 Jun - Dec.1790; Vol.19 Jan - June. 1791; Vol. 20 Jun - Dec. 1791; Vol. 21 Jan - June. 1792; Vol. 22 July - Dec. 1792; Vol. 23 missing, Vol. 24 July - Dec. 1793; Vol.… Read more about this item

London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. (viii), 832. Bound in red half leather to spine and corners, just a little wear to edges and corners, cloth boards very good, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, edges speckled, E.P. Messenger 1892 in pen to the top of the… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company Limited Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Twenty-second Thousand. 16cm x 21cm. Complete in three volumes pp.1056, frontispiece portrait in volume 1, numerous in text illustrations. Very good half morocco red leather binding, gilt decoration to the spine compartments, joints rubbed but firm without cracks. Contents clean and tight, plain original endpapers, no inscriptions. A very… Read more about this item

London: Longmans Green, And Co., 1887. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition, first issue without footnote to portrait frontispiece. Contemporary bookplate to front pastedown dated July 30 1887, Chisenhale Marsh, Gaynes Park. 278pp, b/w engraved frontispiece, b/w engraved plts throughout - all present and correct, Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to front brd and… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company Limited Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Seventy - Seventh Thousand. 8vo. pp. cxxxvi 1056, frontispiece portrait. Near fine prize binding, polished red leather, gilt decoration to the spine compartments, gilt vignette to the front board, joints rubbed but firm without cracks. Contents clean and tight, ornate marbled endpapers with gilt, occasional scattered spotting to the first… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo (approx. 14 x 22cm). b/w illustrations by Alexy Pendle; introduction by David Skilton. Slip-case fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, pages crisp - appears unopened. A fine copy in a fine slip-case..

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo (approx. 14 x 22cm). b/w illustrations by elisa Trimby; introduction by Owen Dudley Edwards. Slip-case fine, minimal rubbing. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, pages crisp - appears unopened. A fine copy in a fine slip-case..