JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELS. The Art of Clarity.
Yale University Press, 1992. Black cloth gilt. In very good dustwrapper. A very good copy. pp. ix, 261. More
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THE LAST LEOPARD. A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa.
London and New York, Quartet Books, 1988. Maroon cloth with silvered title. In very good, price-clipped dustwrapper. Edges a little browned. Full page of signatures to f.f.e.p. A good copy. pp. 223. More
HAWICK'S ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND OTHER VERSES.
Hawick, J.C.Goodfellow and Son 1911. Light blue cloth with gilt title to front cover. One of 500 copies. Spine lightly marked, but a good copy. pp. xiii, 118 plus advert. Portrait frontispiece. More
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE. A Story of a Man of Character.
London, Macmillan & Co., 1950. Blue cloth gilt. In fair dustwrapper, a little marked, and lightly worn to spine. Light spotting to edges, but otherwise a good copy of the Library Edition. pp. vi, [ii], 386. More
BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON (6 Vols), Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1887. Quarter scarlet morocco gilt. t.e.g. Spines a little blotchy, but generally a very good set. Separately paginated. With plates, folding facsimiles etc. More
FOOTSTEPS OF DR. JOHNSON (SCOTLAND).
Didsbury, E.J. Morten, No Date. 4to. Quarter brown leather-cloth over fawn cloth boards. Gilt titles to cover and spine. The Special Commemorative Edition, limited to 500 copies. Spotting to edges, but a good copy. pp. xviii, 318. Illustrated throughout. More
EIGHT FRENCH PLAYS Comprising: M. Lafont, Les Trois Frères Rivaux, 1771; Le Babillard, 1758; De Boissy, Le Sage Etourdi, 1746; M. Fagan, La Pupille, 1772; Goldoni, Le Bourru Bienfaisant, 1772; M. Barthe, Les Fausses Infidelités, 1768; Le Somnambule, 1772; Les Deux Avares, 1771; M. Sedaine, Le Magnifique, 1773.
Various, 1758 Onwards, Contemporary half vellum, over marbled boards. Inked title to spine. Wear to covers. The first three plays are nearly loose. The plays are good and clean. More
CHAMISSO: A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK. With Specimens of his Poetry and an Edition of the Original Text of 'Salas y Gomez'.
London, Williams & Norgate, 1893. 4to. Green pepple-grained cloth gilt, over bevelled boards. Presentation inscription from the author to f.f.e.p. A very good copy. pp. 48. With a portrait of Chamisso. More
THE O'DONOGHUE; A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago.
Dublin, William Curry, Jun and Company [&c.], 1845. Half calf with gilt-decorated compartments and gilt-lettered label. Marbled boards. With the armorial bookplate of Andrew Wyllie. With 26 plates by H.K. Browne. General light wear and scuffing to covers, and gilt dulled. The plates spotted. A fair copy. pp. xi, [i]..... More
THE CRUSADER'S KEY.
The White Owl Press, May 1933. Paper-covered boards with printed title to spine. In very good, lightly faded dustwrapper. A very good copy of the Third Impression. pp. 35. With drawings by N. Kirkham. More
LONDON HUMOROUS READINGS.
London and Wakefield, W. Nicholson and Sons, No Date. Blue cloth with printed decoration and gilt titles to front cover and spine. Probably published c.1880-1890. Light wear to covers, and stain to rear. Top of half-title torn away. A good copy. Comprises 13 parts, each individually paginated. More
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. A New Edition, Complete in One Volume.
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black 1851. Half calf with gilt-lettered label over marbled boards. Covers a little worn and scuffed, but a good copy. pp. xii, 806. Portrait frontispiece and facsimile of manuscript. More
THE HERETICS.
Hodder & Stoughton, London 1965. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine in illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy. pp 244. More
MAN OF WAR.
Bantam 2007. Black cloth gilt. In very good dustwrapper. SIGNED by author to titlepage. A near fine copy. pp. viii, 349. More
THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOMAS MORE.
London, J.M. Dent & Co., 1906. Light green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to front cover and spine. t.e.g. and other edges uncut. Written in pencil to the f.f.e.p. is 'From the Duchess of Norfolk Xmas 1910'. A novel, originally published in 1852, largely based on Roper's 'Life of Sir..... More
JIM DAVIS.
Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. No Date. Green cloth with blind stamped title to cover and gilt title to spine. In good dustwrapper, with repair to base of spine. Not dated, but c.1930. A little spotting to edges and sporodically throughout, otherwise a very good copy. pp.242 plus adverts. More
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES (3 Vols).
London, Book Club associates, 1976. Black cloth gilt. In dustwrappers, that to Vol. I rather chipped and worn. Edges to Vol. I a little worn, otherwise a good set. pp. viii, 528; viii, 529-1048; viii, 1049-1576. More
THE PERSIAN LETTERS.
George G. Harrap [1928]. Gilt-decorated maroon cloth. In the Library of Living Classics series. A little fading to spine and edges of covers, but otherwise a very good copy. pp. xxi, 328. More
DICKENS LANDMARKS IN LONDON.
London, Cassell and Co., 1931. 4to. Fawn paper-covered boards with printed title to spine and illustration to front cover. In dustwrapper, with significant loss. With a foreword by Sir Henry F. Dickens. Edges a little spotted, but a good copy. pp. xiv, 82. More
VICISSITUDO RERUM 1600. Shakespeare Association Facsimiles No.4.
London, Humphrey Milford, 1931. Softback in printed card wraps. The covers, and especially the spine, darkened, but otherwise a fair copy. More
LOOK BACK IN ANGER. A Play in Three Acts.
London, Faber and Faber, 1959. Brown cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, lightly chipped to head and tail. Endpapers a little browned, but a very good copy of the Sixth Impression. pp. 96. More
THE GOLDEN TREASURY of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language.
London, Hodder and Stoughton, No Date. Yellow cloth with printed titles and decoration to front cover and spine. Spotting to endpapers and last few pages of index, otherwise a very good and bright copy. pp. xv, 459. Illustrated with twelve tipped-in colour plates, behind captioned tissue-guards, by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale..... More
THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS (8 Vols in 3). The Complete Thin Paper Edition. Edited with Additions by Henry B. Wheatley.
London, G. Bell & Sons Ltd., 1949. Dark blue cloth gilt. In good, lightly marked and spotted dustwrappers. Still in the original cardboard box. A very good, bright and clean set. Separately paginated. More
EDWARD LONGSHANKS. The Seventh Volume in the Plantagenet Saga.
London, Robert Hale, 1979. Maroon cloth gilt. In good dustwrapper, with small tear. A novelised history of Edward I. A good copy. pp. 318. More
THE QUIVER: An Illustrated Magazine for Sunday and General Reading. Vol. XIV.
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1879. Half black calf with raised bands and gilt title to spine. With many engravings. Corners and spine lightly scuffed. Some spotting and marking, especially to preliminaries and one page torn, but overall a good copy. pp. viii, 81-832. More
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