The Georgics;  Maro. Publius Vergilius: Lodon, Folio Society, 1969, 1^st thus. Hardcover in slipcase. Cloth boards with title gilt on spine. Translated into english verse by K. R. MACKENZIE. Soft Ground etchings by Nigel Lambourne. Name and address on ffep and a few neat small underlings in Introduction, otherwise book is Fine, in Near Fine brown slipcase with light surface stain on rear

Ref  16431:   £12.50   (Also under Folio)

Mikszath, Kalman (Translated by B.W.Worswick): ST PETER'S UMBRELLA:  London, The Folio Society, 1966, 1st. thus. Hardcover ,green cloth with decorations, gilt titles to spine. In tan slip case. 218pp, Woodcuts by Zoltan Perei .Top edge coloured. Book Very Good, mild rubs to cloth at corners and spine ends, internally looks unread. Slip case Very Good+, sturdy and firm, no splits or cracks. First published in 1895.  Mikszath "learnt to tell a story not from the writers of novels but from the Hungarian peasants." Usual lovely Folio edition.

Ref  100473:  £6.50      (Also under Folio)

Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books / Paradise Regain’d: A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes; and Poems Upon Several Occasions (2 Volumes): Milton, John: London, Printed for Jacob.Tonson in the Strand, 1727. Vol 1 Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books,  The Thirteenth edition To Which Is Prefix”d and Account of his Life. Vol 2 Paradise Regain’d: A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes; and Poems Upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Education, The Seventh Edition Corrected.  Front board of Volume 1 missing, front board of Volume 2 almost detached, sold as disbound. Book blocks are tight and undamaged with browning to some pages. 8vo. Vol 1, pp xxv, 3, 3, 3, 2, 527 +38pp index and 13 plates engraved by P. Fourdrinier. Vol 2, frontis engraved by P. Fourdrinier, pp 4, 504, 4 pp of publisher”s ads. Both title pages in red and black. Several margin notes in a contemporary hand. A very scarce early pair of these classics. A very suitable pair for re-binding.

Ref 106182 : £80.00

Montgomery, L. M.; Anne Of Green Gables:  London, Reader's Digest, 1994. In The World's Best Reading Series with illustrations by Mick Ellison. 262pp. Hardcover. Books in this series are very attractive, this one bound in blue-grey cloth quarter bound with tan spine. Cover decoration in tan and gilt with gilt titles. This book unread and Near Fine with minor edge marks to the block.

Ref  17398:   £6.00     (Also under Readers' Digest)

Smollett, Tobias:  The Adventures of Roderick Random : : London, Folio Society, 1961, Hardcover decorative green and white boards, in slipcase. 8to, 458pp, coloured top edge.  Wood engravings by Frank Martin. Very Good book, internally fine. Grey slipcase has minor rubs and cracks but is sturdy and strong. Usual beautiful Folio edition

Ref  106632:  £6.00                  (Also under Folios)

Experiences of an Irish R. M.: Somerville, E. &  Ross, Martin:  London, Folio Society, 1984. Hardcover, Green cloth with black line drawing, no slip case. 268pp, illustrated with drawings by Paul Cox. Very Good book, fade on spine and faded discolouration around cover margins. Internally looks unread.  Usual superb Folio edition

Ref  101085:  £6.00              (Also under Folios)

Sotomayor, Maria De Zayas Y / Translated with an introduction by John Sturrock: A Shameful Revenge and Other Stories : London, Folio Society, 1963. Hardcover, red quarter cloth on decorated papered boards, in slip case. Illustrated by Eric Fraser. Book Near Fine and unread. White and black marbled Slip Case, Very Good, slight scuffing of paper cover, sturdy and sound. . Usual lovely Folio edition.        (Also under Folios)

Ref 100217:  £7.50

Stein, Gertrude: THREE LIVES Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena:  London: Bodley Head, 1920. Hardcover, blue cloth, no dj. 8vo. This is the first edition printed in England. The first UK edition (1915, John Lane) was made up from sheets of the American Grafton Press printing (300 copies with cancel title pages). Book in Fair condition only. Spine heavily sunned, minor bumps and rubs at corners and spine ends. Outer hinges sound with no cracks, endpapers browned, probably from a loose insert at some time, inner joints holding fast. Internally tight with slight shaking to binding, pages toning at margins. The first published work of fiction by legendary author and poet Gertrude Stein, Three Lives is a collection of two short stories and a novella focusing on the bleak existence that faced immigrant and minority women in turn-of-the-century America. Very scarce edition

Ref 107519 : £40.00

Swift, Jonathon; A Tale of a Tub, the Battle of the Books and Other Satires : London, J. M. Dent, 1925. Good. From the Everyman's Library. Introduction by Ernest Rhys. Orans covers slifghtly marked, spine darkened, spine ends rubbed and a little slack, names on fep and  prelim both crossed out. Internally tight and clean. Scarce in this edition.

Ref  11943:   £7.00

Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World ; Jonathan Swift : London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited; No date [c1919]. Hardcover, tan patterned cloth. 12mo, 256pp, 4 super colour plates by Gordon Browne, plus rather nice b&w drawings, both full page and in-text. Good book, minor bumps to covers, gift inscription dated 1919 on ffep, edges a little spotted and occasional foxing spot throughout.

Ref 106005 : £7.00

Swift; Jonathan; Gulliver’s Travels: London, Penguin, 1994 reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Popular Classics series. ISBN  0140620842.   Very Good unread book. Small cover corner creases and cover edge creases on rear picked up in store. Internally tight with very light page toning to margins. Small book. Low postage rates.

Ref  16048:   £2.00

VANITY FAIR: A Novel Without a Hero; Thackeray, William Makepeace: London, Henry Frowde OUP, no date [c1880s?]. hardcover, red cloth decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. xxii 885pp, 193 illustrations,  introduction by George Sainsbury. Facsimiles of first edition title page and of wrapper originally for monthly number. Good book, small rubs and bumps to board corners and spine ends, all hinges sound, gift inscription dated 1882 on ffep. Internally tight and clean. From the Oxford Thackeray series. Nice early well illustrated edition.

Ref 104677 : £10.00

Thackeray; William Makepeace; Vanity Fair: Hertfordshire, Wordsworth Classics, 1993. Mass market paperback. ISBN 1853260193. Very Good unread book, slight cover creases, indents and edge rubs picked up on shelf. Thick book. 671pp.

Ref  16751:  £2.75

Thackeray,  W. M.. (M. A. Titmarsh); The Rose And The Ring or The History Of Prince Giglio And Prince Bulbo. A Fireside Pantomime For Great And Small Children:  London: Smith Elder & Co.1891. Hardcover, red cloth decorated  with gilt and black figures, titles in gilt. 128pp, illustrated throughout with b&w plates and in-text engravings. All edges gilt. Very Good book. Light rubs to cover extremities, inner front hinge endpaper cracked. Internally tight and clean. A nice copy of this scarce edition

Ref  19214:  £21.00

Thackeray, William Makepeace; The Newcomes, Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1900 Hardcover pocket book, 6.25in x 4.25in, 928pp. Vol 3 in the New Century Library of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray edited by Arthur Pendennis. Brown cloth, gilt decoration to spine, all edges gilt, b&w frontis, printed on fine paper . Very Good book, name and date 1902 on prelim, tight and clean.  Very nice little 100 year old book

Ref  16929:   £6.50

THE NEWCOMES Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family in Two Volumes (Volumes V & VI from The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Six Volumes) ; Thackeray, William Makepeace : London, Smith Elder & Co. 1893.  Hardcover Decorated Cloth. Two volumes from the set The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Dark green cloth covers with gilt titles and black embossed decoration on the spine. The front cover has a black embossed design border with a WMT monogram in the centre. The rear has a 2 line stamped border with a diamond shaped motif in the centre. 440 + 447pp, illustrated by Richard Doyle with b&w in text drawings and chapter headers. Books Good, small bumps and rubs at board corners, spine ends and edges. Slight lean. Bookplates inside covers. Internally tight and clean. Other volumes in this series available

Ref 102983 : £8.00

THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS His Fortunes And Misfortunes, His Friends And His Greatest Enemy in Two Volumes (Volumes III & IV from The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Six Volumes) ; Thackeray, William Makepeace : London, Smith Elder & Co. 1891.  Hardcover Decorated Cloth. Two volumes from the set The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Dark green cloth covers with gilt titles and black embossed decoration on the spine. The front cover has a black embossed design border with a WMT monogram in the centre. The rear has a 2 line stamped border with a diamond shaped motif in the centre. 427 + 424pp, illustrated by the author with b&w in text drawings and chapter headers. Books Good, small bumps and rubs at board corners, spine ends and edges. Slight lean. Bookplates inside covers. Internally tight and clean. Other volumes in this series available

Ref 102984 : £8.00

THE VIRGINIANS A Tale Of The Last Century in Two Volumes (Volumes VIII & IX from The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Six Volumes) ; Thackeray, William Makepeace : London, Smith Elder & Co. 1892.  Hardcover Decorated Cloth. Two volumes from the set The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Dark green cloth covers with gilt titles and black embossed decoration on the spine. The front cover has a black embossed design border with a WMT monogram in the centre. The rear has a 2 line stamped border with a diamond shaped motif in the centre. 440 + 444pp, illustrated by the author with b&w in text drawings and chapter headers. Books Good, small bumps and rubs at board corners, spine ends and edges. Small mark left by old label on spine of  one volume. Slight lean. Bookplates inside covers. Internally tight and clean. Other volumes in this series available

Ref 102985 :   £8.00

Thackeray, William Makepeace ; The Virginians: London, Caxton, no date [c1900?]. Hardcover, red cloth, gilt shield on front, gilt spine titles and decoration. 671p, 13 plates, 4 in colour. Book Fair to Good, stains on cloth, slight fraying and chipping at spine ends, all hinges sound, gutters pulling slightly at places but still tight and generally clean

Ref 103302 : £4.00

THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne (Volume VII from The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Six Volumes) ; Thackeray, William Makepeace : London, Smith Elder & Co. 1894.  Hardcover Decorated Cloth. From the set The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Dark green cloth covers with gilt titles and black embossed decoration on the spine. The front cover has a black embossed design border with a WMT monogram in the centre. The rear has a 2 line stamped border with a diamond shaped motif in the centre. 449 pp, illustrated by  George Du Maurier, with b&w in text drawings and chapter headers. Books Good, small bumps and rubs at board corners, spine ends and edges. Bookplate inside cover. Internally tight and clean. Other volumes in this series available

Ref 102988 :   £6.00

STILL GLIDES THE STREAM ; Thompson, Flora : London, Oxford University Press, 1948, First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover, red cloth, no dj. 233pp, illustrated by Lynton Lamb, Good book, rubs and small bumps at board corners, spine ends and edges. Small stain at lower spine tip. Endpapers browned. Date stamped on lower block edge. Internally tight and clean. The first edition, published posthumously in 1948, is cast in a fictional form and goes back to the countryside of the author's youth. An enchanting portrait of an Oxfordshire village, and its inhabitants around Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. Very scarce

Ref 106062 : £20.00

THE GARDEN OF RESURRECTION : BEING THE LOVE STORY OF AN UGLY MAN : Thurston, E. Temple : London: Chapman & Hall,.1911. “New and Cheaper Edition”. Hardcover, red cloth, ruled in black with black design central. 12mo, 307pp + ads. Good book, small bumps and rubs to board corners and spine tips and ends, internally tight, pages toning.

Ref 106863 :  £4.50

Tolstoy, L. N.; Anna Karenin: Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1977. Mass Market  Paperback. ISBN 0140044981. Good book, small cover creases, edge curl. Internally tight and clean. 853pp.  LOW SHIPPING RATES ON THIS BOOK

Ref  18632:  £2.00

Turgenev, Ivan, Translated By Rosemary Edmonds; Fathers and Sons: London, Folio Society, 1979. Hardcover in slipcase, 260pp, lithographs by Janos Kass, quarter tan cloth, check patterned boards. Book has previous owner's name and address on REAR endpaper with a note to this effect written on title page. He also saw fit to add dates of author and work. Otherwise book would be fine with a few neat text underlings and margin notes in introduction. Blue slipcase fine.

Ref  16412:   £7.50      (Also Under Folios)

THE DAISY CHAIN: OR ASPIRATIONS A FAMILY CHRONICLE (2 volumes); YONGE, Charlotte M. : London, John W. Parker, 1857, Third Edition. Two hardcover volumes in brown embossed cloth. 8vo, pp vi + 334, 331. Fair copies, bumped at board corners, spine ends rubbed with small splits and frays, front board of vol I creased and rear inner joint cracked at endpaper, all hinges are firm and books are tight. Internally generally clean. Acceptable early low cost copies of this work by the prolific and hugely popular nineteenth century author; originally published in 1855.

Ref 103992 : £20.00

THE PRINCE AND THE PAGE: A STORY OF THE LAST CRUSADE:  Yonge, Charlotte M.: London, MacMillan, 1886. Hardcover, full leather, polished red calf, 5 raised bands on spine, brown title lable in one compartment, full gilt decoration in others, boards ruled in gilt and school motto in gilt on front. Edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Prize label of S. Nicolas College, S. Saviour’s, Ardingly dated 1889 on ffep 6.75 x 4.75 inches, vi + 256pp, engraved frontis. Minor rubs at board extremities, sound hinges, internally tight and clean. Very nice copy in presentation bindings.

Ref 106183 : £30.00

[AN OLD FASHIONED] CHRISTMAS EVE; Irving, Washington : London, Hodder & Stoughton, no date. Hardcover, brown papered boards with laid on colour illustration. Unpaginated with 6 colour plates by Cecil Aldin tipped onto heavy brown  paper. Book in Poor condition, Spine is lost and boards semi detached with rubs and chips at edges and corners, name inside cover. Internally good, staining to margins a rear few pages, all plates present as indexed and in clean bright condition. A rare edition, but sold as a reading copy only.

Ref 104659 :  £12.00

Sidney, Sir Philip; Countess Of Pembroke's Arcadia: London, Penguin Books Ltd, 1987, reprint. Paperback ISBN: 014043111X, Near Fine condition, slight nudges to corners and very slight indents on covers. Book first published 1593. 870 pages.

Ref  13037:   £8.00

ROKEBY: A POEM : Scott, Sir Walter: Edinburgh: Printed for John Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; By James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh, 1813. The Fourth Edition. Hardcover full leather, brown calf, gilt decoration to spine. 8vo, 413pp. Good book. Small crack in rear hinge, endpapers cracked along joint, all hinges holding firm and boards solidly attached. Spine slightly rubbed and gilt fading. A little spotting to endpapers and prelims. Internally tight and clean.  A long poem set in 1644 during the English Civil War with a touch of the supernatural; a haunted glen Nice copy of an early edition, nearly 200 years old.

Ref 106158 : £35.00

MARMION : A TALE OF FLODDEN FIELD; Scott, Sir Walter: Edinburgh Archibald Constable & Co., and London, Wm. Miller & John Murray, printed by George Ramsay 1811 The Eighth Edition. Full leather, brown calf, gilt decoration to spine. 8vo, 377pp + cxxviii Notes. Good book., all hinges holding firm and boards solidly attached.  Internally several margin notes in a contemporary hand, tight. Nice copy of an early edition, nearly 200 years old.

Ref 106159 : £50.00

WOODSTOCK OR THE CAVALIER; A Tale Of The Year Sixteen Hundred And Forty-One : The Waverley Novels. Vol. 21: Scott, Sir Walter:  London, The Caxton Publishing Company, (no date). Hardcover, dark green blind stamped black cloth with gilt lettering and insignia to the spine. "The Melrose Edition”, volume 21. Part of an up-market reprint of the Waverley novels. 406pp, colour frontis and b&w plates by various illustrators. Fair to Good book, light rubs to board corners, bumps and slight fraying to spine ends, internally tight and clean.

Ref 105954 :  £7.50

Scott, Sir Walter; The Heart Of Midlothian: London,  Adam & Charles Black, 1897. Hardcover, no dj. green cloth heavily embossed. 576pp, frontis. Book Good only, small bumps and rubs to cover extremities and covers  a little marked, pastedowns cracked, binding shaken, clean tear to a rear page repaired with archival tape, endpapers browned, few isolated spots. A low cost 100year old book.

Ref  16775:   £5.00

Scott, Sir Walter; Ivanhoe; London, Penguin, 1994 Mass Market Paperback 0140620508. Very Good used book. Reading crease to spine, slight cover indents and rubs else Near Fine. In the penguin Popular Classics series. Thick book, 527 pages

Ref  15614:  £4.00

Scott, Sir Walter :THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL (Collins School and College Classics) : London, Collins, 1878. Hardcover, brown cloth, black decoration and titles. 6.75 x 4.5 inches. 127pp + 16pp ads, ads on endpapers, folding colour map of Roxburgh Shire as frontis. In the Collins School and College Classics series, Good firm book, rubs at board extremities, internally tight and clean. Nice early school book

Ref 104851 : £12.00

Peveril of the Peak; Scott, Walter:  London, Collins Clear-Type, nd. Small book 6.25in x 4.25in, 630 pages, red cloth blind stamped on cover, gilt spine titles in dustjacket. Near Fine (slight bumps to corners), dj Very Good (slightly grubby, some edge crinkles and knocks).  A super little pocket book with half tone plates by Sutcliffe. Remarkable condition for this edition, cloth is bright with no fading, internally it is bright and clean with no pulling and all plates intact

Ref  11765:    £14.00

Scott, Sir Walter, Bart. Illustrated by C. Bosseron Chambers ; QUENTIN DURWARD : New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923 First Thus. Hardcover, black cloth with laid on full size colour illustration, 4to, 422 pp. 9 internal colour plates by C. Bosseron Chambers, all present as indexed. Full colour illustrated title page. Very Good book, slight rubs at board corners and spine ends, internally tight and clean, no names or inscriptions.

Ref 107323 : £15.00

The Nausicaa, A Love Story ; S. M. H : London, Skeffington and Son Limited, 1891. Hardcover, red cloth, silver titles and motif. 7.5 x 5.25 inches, 233pp. Tight sound book, very slight lean, light bumps and rubs to board extremities, all outer and inner hinges sound and not cracked. Internally tight and clean. No names or inscriptions. Nice copy of a very scarce title

Ref 104459 : £17.50

THE BLACK ARROW A Tale of the Two Roses ; Stevenson, Robert Louis, Illustrated by N. C.  Wyeth:  London: Cassell & Co, not dated [c1916?]. On copyright page is printed 'Copyright 1916, by Charles Scribner's Sons for the United States of America'.  Hardcover, green cloth, on front laid-on colour plate with title by N.C. Wyeth., gilt spine titles. 9.5 x 7.25 inches, x+296pp, 14 full colour plates by N. C.  Wyeth, all present as indexed, illustrated title page and endpapers illustrated with colour illustration by N.C. Wyeth.. Book in Very Good condition, minor bumps to spine ends, small chip to front illustration. Tight and clean, hinges sound and firm, no names or inscriptions, bright plates. Nice copy of a very scarce edition.

Ref  102025 : £65.00

THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE / THE BLACK ARROW (Everyman's Library); Robert Louis Stevenson : London: J. M. Dent & Company, 1932 reprint. Hardcover, red cloth blind stamped motif to front cover, gilt titles to spine [no spine decoration], no dj. No. 764 of Everyman’s Library. Very Good, solid book, slight spine fade, name inside cover, internally tight and clean. 384pp plus ads. 

Ref 102651 : £8.00

The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables ; Stevenson, Robert Louis : London, Chatto & Windus. 1916. Green waxed cloth with Blind Embossed decoration and bright Gilt title, no dj, 6.25in x 4.25in (160mm x 108mm). Good. Covers have minor bumps and rubs and slight marks. Prelim browned,  internally tight and clean. Nice pocket sized reading copy.   

Ref   100096s: £7.00

Stevenson, Robert Louis; Treasure Island:  London, Reader's Digest, 1992. In The World's Best Reading Series with illustrations by Frank Godwin. 223pp. Hardcover. Books in this series are very attractive, this one bound tan  cloth quarter bound with green spine. Cover decoration and title in green. This book unread and Very Good with small black edge stains  to the block and a few small white marks on the covers.

Ref  17005:   £6.00

Stevenson, Robert Louis : KIDNAPPED: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year MDCCLI (Tusitala Edition):  : London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1927 reprint. Hardcover, blue cloth, 6.5 x 4.5 inches, 223pp, folding colour map at rear. Very Good book, spine sunned, small marks on covers, gift inscription on ffep, internally tight and clean and beight. This is volume  VI in the Tusitala Edition series.

Ref 107352 :  £6.00

Stevenson, Robert Louis : THE TALES OF TUSITALA : London, Art and Educational Publishers, 1946. Hard cover, blue cloth with white lettering to spine, white block title front cover. No dust jacket. 12mo. 445 p. Good tight book, name inside cover, internally tight and clean.

Ref 103370 : £3.00

Virginibus Puerisque and Other Essays in Belles Lettres; Stevenson, Robert Louis: William Heinemann, 1925, 4^th imp. Hardcover, Blue boards, gilt titles and palm tree design to spine. 6.5in x 4.5in, 204pp.  Vol XXV in the Works Of Robert Louis Stevenson Tusitala Edition. Book Good, Covers shabby, marked and faded and stained, spine sunned. A firm book, hinges all sound, name on fep, internally tight and clean. A solid pocket sized low cost copy of this classic.

Ref  19892:  £4.00

Wynne, Ven. G. R.; Ralph Clifford: A Tale Of Country Life In Vitginia After The Civel War: London, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, nd [c 1890]. Hardcover, decorated cloth, no dj,7.5in x 5in, 211pp + pub’s ads, b&w frontis plus two other b&w plates. Cover decorated with illustration of woman in white brown and green with red and gilt titles. Bumped and rubbed at corners and spine ends, slight lean, outer hinges sound and no splits, inner front hinge  loosening with split along endpaper, prize label dated 1899 on pastedown, reasonably clean internally with few spots on plates and adjacent pages, Binding slackening a little but still holding reasonably tightly. A very scarce book

Ref  15696:  £15.00

Harris, George Washington; Sut Lovingood: New York: Grove Press, 1954 First Edition. Hardcover, no dj. 8vo. xxxiii + 262pp. Edited and intro by Brom Weber Patterned paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip. Tales of southern mountain life by a nineteenth century regional humorist. Book is  Very Good, bumps and rubs at corners and spine ends, internally tight, light toning at page margins.

Ref  16758:  £8.00

PHINEAS FINN The Irish Member ;Trollope, Anthony : Anthony: London, Folio Society, 1993. Hardback.  Dark green cloth spine with black labels, gilt titles and decoration, on  pale green paper covered boards with green decoration. No slip-case. Near Fine, looks unread.  631pp, 16 illustrations by Llewellyn Thomas, introduction by J. Enoch Powell. Top edge green. Usual lovely Folio edition, set in Monotype Bell

Ref  19516:  £7.50         (Also under Folios)

The Eustace Diamonds; Trollope, Anthony : Anthony: London, Folio Society, 1993. Hardback.  PDark blue cloth spine with black labels, gilt titles and decoration, on  pale blue paper covered boards with blue decoration. No slip-case. Near Fine, looks unread.  647pp, 16 illustrations by Llewellyn Thomas, introduction by P. D. James. Top edge Blue. Usual lovely Folio edition, set in Monotype Bell

Ref  19519:  £9.00          (Also under Folios)

Trollope, Anthony: FRAMLEY PARSONAGE (Everyman's Library); London: J. M. Dent & Company, NO DATE. Hardcover, flimsy red boards, gilt decoration to front and spine, no dj. In the Everyman series with no number. Very Good, solid book, rubs at edges and spine ends, name on ffep, internally tight and clean. 470pp

Ref 106896 : £5.00

BEALBY A Holiday (Venture Library); Wells,  H. G. : London Methuen 1958. Hardcover decorative cloth with b&w illustration. 12mo, 190pp, illustrated by Richard O. Rose. Abridged version in the Venture Library series.  VG book, covers browning at spine and margins, few spots on endpapers, internally tight and clean. Nice little book.

Ref 102734 : £6.00

The Dolomites and their Legends; Wolff, Karl Felix: Vogelweider Bolzano, 1930, 27th - 37th thousand. Translated by Baroness Lea Rukawina. Good+ tight book.  Green cloth boards somewhat stained and faded and spine faded. Colour frontis and a number of nice b&w photo plates. 150pp. Tight and clean internally with very light toning to page margins.

Ref  15861:  £22.50

Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches; Bullen, Frank T. London, Nelson, nd, c1900?. Hardcover / no jacket, 6.25in x 4.35in,261 pages + pubs. Blue covers decorated with black scrollwork, spine decorated in gilt with gilt titles. Conituion Good+, rubs to corners spine ends and to fore edge, very slight cover stains. Intewrnally tight and reasonably clean.  Rudyard Kipling was a great admirer of Frank Bullen's writings about his sailing adventures, stories of submarines, whales, sharks and other monsters of the deep. An attractive little book. Small book rates apply.

Ref  11889;   £8.00

Bede, Cuthbert; The Adventures Of Mr Verdant Green: London,  James Blackwood, no date [c1880?]. One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Thousand. 7.25in x 5.25in, blue cloth covers, 271pp +pub’s ads. With numerous illustrations designed and drawn on the wood by the author. Book Fair only, covers rubbed and bumped, faded and darkened.  Binding shaken with stitches slackened on some signatures so they stand proud but no looses pages, pages toning at margins but no foxing. This is the fictional life story of Mr Verdant Green, illustrated with great many delightful and humorous drawings by the author. The greatest part of the book concerns his adventures as an Oxford undergraduate which come to an end upon his marriage.

Ref  17627:  £10.00

The Shaving of Shagpat An Arabian Entertainment– The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1909. Complete The Shaving of Shagpat in 1 Volume, being volume 1 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 307pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19881:  £9.00

The Ordeal Of Richard Feverel, A History Of A Father And Son – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1909. Complete The Ordeal Of Richard Feverel in 1 Volume, being volume 2 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 558pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages, stain on rear and margins of frontis, book plate inside cover. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19877:  £9.00

Sandra Belloni (2 volumes) – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition: London, ., Constable and Company Ltd, 1909. Complete Sandra Belloni in 2 Volumes, being volumes 3 and 4 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 610pp running pagination, b&w frontis to each, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Books are Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, bumps with minor splits at spine ends, foxing to prelims and rear pages, book plates inside each cover. Books are tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19870:  £11.00

Rhoda Fleming– The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Complete Rhoda Fleming in 1 Volume, being volume 5 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 499pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, covers stained,  bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing and waviness to prelims, bookplate inside cover. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19888:  £7.50

Beauchamp’s Career (2 volumes) - The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Complete Beauchamp’s Career in 2 Volumes, being volumes 11 and 12 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 631pp running pagination, b&w frontis to each, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Books are Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners, edges and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages, book plates inside each cover. Books are tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. Solid books Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19874:  £12.00

The Tragic Comedians A Study In A Well-Known Story– The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Complete The Tragic Comedians in 1 Volume, being volume 15 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 201pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19883:  £8.00

One Of Our Conquerors – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Complete One Of Our Conquerors in 1 Volume, being volume 17 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 514pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages, stain on rear and margins of frontis. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19875:  £8.00

Lord Ormont And His Aminta – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Complete Lord Ormont And His Aminta in 1 Volume, being volume 18 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 354pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners and spine ends. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19876:  £9.00

The Amazing Marriage – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1909. Complete The Amazing Marriage in 1 Volume, being volume 19 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 511pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, bumps at spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19873:  £10.00

Celt And Saxon, A Novel (unfinished)– The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Being volume 20 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 224pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages, stain onlower margins of prelims. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19885:  £7.00

Short Stories : Farina/General Ople/Tale Of Chloe – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. 3 Short Stories in 1 Volume, being volume 21 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 266pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, minor bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages, Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19880:  £7.50

Short Stories : The House On The Beach/ The Gentleman Of Fifty/ The Sentimentalists – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. 3

 Short Stories in 1 Volume, being volume 22 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 200pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little faded, minor bumps at corners and spine ends, minor foxing to prelims and rear pages, Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19878:  £7.50

Miscellaneous Prose – The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Complete Miscellaneous Prose in 1 Volume, being volume 23 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 213pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, bumps at spine ends, one stain at top front cover also affecting top margins of prelims and first 20 pages of text pages foxing to prelims and rear pages. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19872:  £7.50

Poems Volume III– The Works of George Meredith Memorial Edition; George Meredith: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Only Volume III of the Poems, being  volume 26 of the George Meredith Memorial Edition Binding Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 225mm x 150mm (8.75" x 6"), 278pp, b&w frontis, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Book Good, covers a little shabby, spines sunned, a little stained, minor bumps at corners and spine ends. Book tight and internally clean, all hinges sound. A solid book. Other volumes in this Memorial Edition available.

Ref  19886:  £7.00

MEREDITH, GEORGE ; DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS: London: Constable, 1915. Hardcover, blue cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. From The Works of George Meredith series, Standard Edition. Good copy, spine faded, no names or inscriptions. Internally tight

Ref 104158 : £5.00

Meredith, George; The Shaving of Shagpat and Farina: London, Chapman and Hall, 1889. A New Edition. Hardcover, 7.5in x 5.25in, 412pp. Very good, blue cloth with gilt lettering spine, matt black endpapers. Rubbing to corners and spine ends, few pages ragged at top edge where not cut neatly, gutter stitching just pulling slightly in a couple of places, book tight with no foxing or toning. Two early classics from the master in one original book.

Ref  17628:  £8.00

The Ordeal Of Richard Feverel; George Meredith: London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1935, 1^st thus. Hardcover, Everyman’s Library edition. 6.75in x 4.5in (175mm x 114mm), 493pp + publisher’s ads. Red cloth. Book Good+, cloth faded at spine and with minor soiling, edges darkened  Internally tight and clean. Nice low cost pocket sized book.

Ref  19899:  £4.00

Meredith, George; Celt And Saxon : London, Constable, 1927 Hardcover, Mickleham Edition, The Works of George Meredith. Green cloth, no dj. Book Good, spine sunned, internally tight and clean

Ref 100135: £4.50

Aylwin;Watts-Dunton, Theodore:  London, Oxford University Press, 1934 Hardcover Reprint in World`s Classics series, small 8vo, 509pp, blue cloth blind patterned & lettered gilt, Good book, spine sunned, minor rubbing, gift inscription on ffep. Internally tight and clean

Ref  100136:  £5.00

Mr Jorrocks's Thoughts on Hunting and Other Matters;  Surtees, Robert Smith, illustrated by Armour, George Denholm.: Edinburgh, Blackwood and Sons, 1925. Qto, xiv + 291 pp, 12 col plates, 1 half-tone plate and 11 line drawings in the text; Very Good in lovely bright pictorial red cloth, decorated in black and gold, slight rubs to corners slight bumps and rubs to spine ends and edges. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Pencil inscription on fep dated 1925, few spots on prelims. Tight with lovely bright plates.

Ref  14392:   £70.00

Morier, James; The Adventures Of Hajji Baba, Of Ispahan : London, Richard Bentley, 1835. Hardcover, half leather on marbled papered boards, 6.5 x 4.25 inches, 462pp, hand coloured frontis, hand coloured vignette on title page, marbled endpapers. Cracks along front hinges, inner joints cracked boards at endpaper and prelim, firmly attached with cords, small rubs along spine ends and corners, bookplate inside front cover with arms of Henley. A little leaching of colour from frontis and title vignette. Internally tight and clean. Nice edition of the third of Morier's popular and highly readable novels set in Persia. Dedicated 'To the Travellers in the East'.

Ref  100577:  £50.00

TERENCE'S COMEDIES MADE ENGLISH, with His Life, and Some Remarks at the End; Echard, Laurence and Others: London, Printed for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. and B. Sprint et al, 1724. The Sixth Edition. 12mo, full leather. Pp xviii + 329pp. Wear and chips to spine ends and few scuffs to leather. Hinges cracked through, boards held by the cords. Book block tight, occasional spot but generally clean. Nice solid block, would rebind well if needed.

Ref 104168 : £35.00

Whitman, Walt; Leaves of Grass (Part One) & Democratic Vistas:  London, Dent,  1919. Cloth, no dust jacket, Everyman's Library #573. Cover and spine edges rubbed all round; internally tight and clean, Green covers blind stamped with decoration and title, spine faded to brown.  359 pages.

Ref  13892:   £5.00

Verne, Jules; Journey To The Centre Of The Earth; London, Puffin Books, 1994. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN 0140367152. In Puffin Classics series. Ex-library, prelim removed, one stamp on copyright page, otherwise book is Very Good in library removable jacket.

Ref  18910:   £2.00

Verne, Jules, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea: Fabbri Publishing Ltd., 1991. Hardcover, blue simulated leather with inset colour illustration. ISBN 1855873095. 8vo, 256pp. Facsimile copy in the “Classic Adventure Series”. Fine unread book.

Ref 103412 : £3.50

Webster, Captain A. M.: BEYOND THE FRONTIER: London, John F. Shaw (1928) & Co Ltd. Hardcover, green cloth black geometric decoration. 8vo, 288pp, b&w frontis. Good book, small bumps and rubs at board corners and spine ends, minor stains to cloth. Internally tight and clean. Very scarce book.

Ref 106112 : £25.00

Silas Marner; George Eliot. T. Nelson and Sons undated (c1910). In the Nelson's Classics series. Hardcover pocket book 6.25" x 4.5" 285, pages. B&w frontis. Blue decorated cloth cover, spine titles in gilt. Spine faded. Internally clean and tight.

Book No. 10204: £4.00

The Broad Highway:  Jeffery Farnol, Illustrated by C. E. Brock. - Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. 1912. A book in good condition with no dust wrapper. Blue cloth with elaborate gilt titles and decorations. Small colour oval inlay to front cover. 24 beautiful colour plates each with a titled tissue guard and coloured illustrated title page. 493 pages. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Top and bottom of spine slightly shelf worn, very slightly cocked. Moderate foxing throughout. Inscription on front endpaper dated 1912. A lovely copy of a handsome book.

Ref: 2015: £25.00

The Vicar of Wakefield: Oliver Goldsmith, Illustrated by C. E. Brock :London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1904 Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo 7 7/8" tall. Top edge gilded, other edges rough cut. Clean and inscription free throughout. Ornate decorative gilding to covers and spine. Front cover just beginning to pull away at internal hinge but binding holding well.  242pp with 25 delightful coloured illustrations by C. E. Brock. 

Ref: 01/006:  £12.50

THE HOLY WAR: A Large Type Edition With Illustrations ;  Bunyan, John: London, Frederick Warne, 1887. Hardcover, buckram with paper title label on spine. 8vo, 348pp. B&w illustrations. Good book, spine sunned, foxing spots to edges, last pages, and very occasional spot internally. Scarce edition.

Ref 106670 :  £9.00

Bunyan,  John; The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come Delivered Under The Similitude Of A Dream: Manchester, S. Russell, 1804. Contemporary Full Leather, soft suede-like bindings almost disbound, hinges split through front and rear and just holding by cords. Bumps and rub-through at corners and spine ends. End papers cracked at gutters and just holding in place. Browning of endpapers and occasional spotting and browning of pages but reasonable clean. Book block tight.  40 introductory pages on Life and Death of John Bunyan, Author’s Apology and contents, main text 439 pp with 6 engraved plates all present as indexed. Would re-bind well if necessary.

Ref  19566:  £50.00    (Also under Theology)

THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME; Embellished with over one hundred and twenty designs done by three brothers: George Woolliscroft Rhead, Frederick Rhead & Louis Rhead; BUNYAN John: London: C. Arthur Pearson, no date [c1900]. Hardcover, , green cloth, brown decorative block on front inset with green block with titles in gilt and black. Folio 12.5 x 10 inches, 201pp, every text page with large decorative floral border, b&w plates of drawings. In-text b&w drawings, portrait frontis within floral  side borders. Book generally Very Good, small bumps and rubs to board corners and spine ends, outer and inner hinges all sound with no splits, minor rubs and marks at rear. Gift inscription dated 1905 inside cover, small tear on margin of fronts and couple of small tears to pages. Internally tight and clean. A scarce and attractive edition in much better usual condition.

Ref 103708 : £50.00     (Also under Theology)

The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World To That Which Is To Come Delivered Under The Similitude Of A Dream; Bunyan,  John: London, David Bogue, 1851.  Contemporary Full Leather, binder's label still on spine dated 1852, gilt decorated boards. 5 raised bands to spine,  title in one compartment (label lost), , gilt decoration in other 5. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather on boards rubbed and grazed, rubbing and slight chips at spine ends. Outer hinges sound, inner hinges endpapers cracked but hinges firm. Internally very tight, occasional foxing but generally lean. Lovely copy of this work. 440pp. Many engravings on wood by G E & J Dalziel throughout, from designs by William Harvey. With a Memoir Of The Author by George Sheeber.  Lovely edition of this work.

Ref  19240:  £50.00

Bunyan, John: The Pilgrim's Progress -: With Biographical Introduction and New Index:  London,  Oxford University Press 1926.  Hardback, maroon cloth. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. 7.25in x 5in, 382pp, wood engraved frontispiece and 24 wood engraved plates and in-text illustrations by George Cruikshank.  Includes "Biographical introduction by Edmund Venables ... revised by Miss Mabel (Geraldine Woodruffe) Peacock", index. Book is Very Good, minor bumps and small rubs to cover extremities, internally tight and clean. Maroon cloth, title and decoration in gilt to spine, gilt badge of Okeham and Uppingham School of front board, prize label of school inside cover dated 1931, top edge gilt. All hinges sound. Very nice solid copy.

Ref  18780:  £20.00

The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World To That Which Is To Come Delivered Under The Similitude Of A Dream; Bunyan, John: London, The Religious Tract Society, nd [c1900]. 8vo, 320pp, stamped decorative cloth. With 8 colour illustrations by Harold Copping including a colour frontis. The Pilgrim's Progress holds a unique place in the history of English literature. No other seventeenth- century work except the King James Bible, nothing from the pen of a writer of Bunyan's social class in any period, and no other Christian work, has enjoyed such an extensive readers hip. Bunyan captures the speech of ordinary people as accurately as he depicts their behaviour and appearance and as firmly as he realizes their inner emotional and spiritual life. The tale is related in language remarkable for its beauty and simplicity, and is spiced with Bunyan's acute and satirical perceptions of the vanity and hypocrisy of his own society. Good condition with slight bumps to extremities, slight fading to spine, slight pulling at the gutter at the title page.  Scattered foxing throughout the book, Sunday School Prize label dated 1903 inside cover on front pastedown. All colour plates present and bright

Ref  18060:  £6.00

The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World to That Which is to Come. Bunyan, John: London, Seeley Service & Co, 1918.  From The Illustrated Scarlet Library series. Hardcover pp. 350. Decorative cover and spine with laid on colour illustration by Brock. 8 b&w illustrations by H. M. Brock. Book is Fair, slight scuffs to covers, rubs to corners and spine ends, fep missing, pages toning quite heavily. Few foxing spots throughout but remarkably clean for low quality paper. Nice period book.

Ref 13251;   £7.00

The Wicker-Work Woman; France, Anatole:  London: The Library Press, 1925. Minevera Edition – Translation b M. P, Willcocks. A v good copy - leather binding (or simulated leather), gilt tiling to spine, gilt portrait of author on front cover, along with engraved gilt signature. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, sepia frontispiece protected with tissue, title page design by Frank Pape, reproduction of woodcut by P E Vibert on half-title page. Clean pages. Overall condition very good, very slight rubs to corners and spine ends.. An attractive and scarce collector's edition.

Ref  11566:      £12.00

The Bride Of Corinth and Other Poems and Plays;  France, Anatole: London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1924 reprint. Hardcover, no dj Translated by Wilfrid Jackson. 285pp. Book Very Good, covers minor soiling, internally tight and clean. Nice low cost reading copy. 

Ref  100108:   £3.00

BED 29 AND OTHER STORIES ; Maupassant, Guy de : London: Folio Society, 1993, 1^st thus. Hardcover,  light tan cloth illustrated with drawing in brown, in brown slip case. Top edge coloured. 221pp, 14pp illustrations by Helen Smithson. Translated by Donald Adamson. Book  Fine, looks unread. Slip case Very Good, minor shelf rubs, sturdy and strong. A lovely book set Scotch Roman  on Ibis Wove paper. Usual superb Folio edition.

Ref 102462 : £8.50              (Also under Folios)

THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA: Translated from the original Spanish, by Charles Jarvis, Esq. The whole carefully revised and corrected: with a new translation of the Spanish Poetical Parts by another Hand (4 Vols): CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de: London: for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1788. The Fifth Edition. Four volumes in full leather. Brown calf (near contemporary), 7 x 4.5 inches. Pp lii +4 +280, 4 + 311, 6 + 4 + 300, 5 + 355. 31 engraved plates, each numbered with its position in the book. Plate 18 correctly bound in Vol II page 231 is duplicated in Vol IV again at pp 231. Leathers on spines rubbed with minor chips , corners with minor bumps. Armorial bookplates of Alexander Baxter inside each cover. Hinges are sound and all boards are firmly attached with slight cracking of endpapers. Book blocks are tight and solid with no loose or loosening pages or signatures. Pages clean and bright.  Celebrated translation of Don Quixote by the Irish-born Charles Jarvis, a member of the literary circle of Addison, Pope and Swift, and also an eminent artist. First published posthumously in 1742 and frequently reprinted, Jarvis’s translation is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original. Very nice early edition of the classic work

Ref 106185 : £350.00     (Also listed under Rare Books)

 The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Translated from the Spanish. To which is prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life, by T. Smollett; Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington,, 1792. The Sixth Edition, in 4 volumes; small 7in x 4.75in,  Contemporary full leather. Illustrated with 12 copper-plates elegantly engraved. The leather is age worn, bumps and rubsto corners and spine ends with chipping at spine ends, title and volume labels missing, surface rubbing on all boards.. Slight cracking and chipping to some outer hinges and cracked along on Vol 1 but cords are all holding and book blocks are mainly tight with just a couple of signature loosening. All 12 plates are intact, 4 as frontispieces, just the occasional spot and mark to the pages. A lovely set for re-binding

Ref  14772:   £250.00    (Also listed under Rare Books)

THE HISTORY OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA (4 volume set); de Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel: Edinburgh, Scotland: John Grant, 1902. Complete in 4 volumes. Boards detached and sold as Disbound. 9.75 x 6.5 inches, pp xlii + 445, xi + 484, xi + 510, xi + 508. 37 plates designed and etched by Ad. Lalauze with tissue guards, all present as indexed. All boards detached and several lost, without the boards the heavy endpapers have several creases and chips. The Book blocks are tight and clean and some pages are uncut. This translation, completed by Mr. Motteux in 1712, is generally agreed to be the finest & most accurate of the several different translations. A scarce edition and a very suitable set for rebinding

Ref 104688 : £90.00

The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha (3 volumes); Cervantes, Miguel de ( translated by Thomas Shelton): London, Macmillan & Co, 1900; Hardback, Red Cloth. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6") Library of British Classics. Pages xxvi + 355, viii + 365, ix + 349, edges untrimmed. All volumes are sound and tight, small bumps to cover extremities, darkening spines, small cover marks and stains, no splits to cloth at hinges. Endpapers browning and foxing, name on ffeps. Internally tight and clean. A nice edition of this classic in Very good condition.

Ref  19710:  £80.00

The Adventures Of Don Quixote; De Cervantes, Miguel . Illustrated by George Him.  London, Methuen,. 1980. ISBN 0416879101. A book in Near Fine condition with very slight nudges to corners and cover in a Very Good unclipped dustwrapper with slight edge crinkles and small surface indent. Coth, gilt vignette. B/w illustrations.  Translated by Cohen and abridges by  Olive Jones. A lovely edition of this classic in a nice condition

Ref  14008:    £9.00

THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE, Abridged (Harrap's Standard Fiction Library series); Cervantes, Miguel. London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1926 reprint. Hardcover, blue cloth, no dj. 446pp. Good  solid book. Spine fade, Gilt badge and motto of Hinckley Grammar School on front and prize label of school dated 1929 inside cover. A little edge spotting, internally clean.

Ref 102730 : £5.00

Gleanings From Popular Authors, Grave and Gay; Various. London, Cassell & Co Ltd. Undated (c1898). School Prize inscription on fep dated 1898. Hard cover, Very Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth decorated in black and gilt. Slight bumps to corners else covers in excellent condition. 4to-over 9¾"-12", 376 pages + pubs ads. Binding tight and pages intact with slight spotting on feps and edges. Major authors represented. A Scarce and attractive 19^th century book with many fine illustrations.

Ref 10738:   £15.75  

Parables from Nature:  Margaret Gatty. Illustrated by John Tenniel, Otto Speckter, P. H. Calderon and others. George Bell and Sons 1894. Good/ Hard Cover /Decorative Boards with gold lettering to spine and cover, .moderate rubbing and bumping to spine ends and tips. Gilt edges to all 3 sides of pages. 492 pages Many wonderful full page b&w illustrations. Hardly any foxing or browning, gutters pulling slightly in a few places but binding still holding well and tight for most of book. Name inscribed twice on prelims.

Ref: 10246: £40.00

Mother Courage; Grimmelshausen, Johann Von. Translated by Walter Wallich. Lift-Ground Drawings By Fritz Wegner. London, Folio Society ; 1965. Small 8vo. 151p. Extract from translators introduction. Hans Jakob Christoffel van Grimmelshausen ( ca 1622-76) was the father of the modern German novel & influenced it as profoundly as Defoe did the English novel a few years later. But though he towered head & shoulders above his contemporaries &, unlike Defoe, found no immediate & worthy successors, we knew until recently remarkably little about his life & person...... Stone coloured cloth design along bottom edge of front panel, title in gold on spine. Contained in paper covered cardboard slip case, Mother Courage, incensed by Simplicius' treatment of her in his autobiography, is determined to take her revenge. Fine in Fine slipcase.

Ref   11138:   £6.50                             (Also in Folio)

The Young Rajah - A Story Of Indian Life And Adventure: Kingston, W.H.G..  London, T. Nelson, 1894. Blue Illustrated Cloth Covers. Front has elephant carrying howdah with passengers in gilt with title, spine is titled in gilt with gilt figure decoration, all edges gilt. 7.5in x 5.5in 379pps + ads, engraved frontis of elephant, handlers, passengers etc, 43 superb plate sharply printed wood engraving illustrations of the hero & his faithful tiger in the midst of their fantastic adventures. Typical is a portrait of the protective tiger lifting a costumed thugee assassin in mighty jaws. Spine faded and slightly stained and slightly cocked, extremities bumped, slight toning to page margins, binding pulling in some places but still tight, else in good condition. A lovely book.

Ref: 10726:  £15.00

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM;  Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated By Edmund Dulac; Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald: London, Hodder and Stoughton, not dated. First Dulac edition. Copyright page states "printed from 2nd edition with permission of McMillan". 11.25 x 8.75 inches, not paginated. 20 colour plates by Edmund Dulac tipped onto heavy paper, all present as called for, each with title guard. Unpaginated. Decorative borders to plates and leaves. Decorated endpapers. Publisher's original white buckram with gilt title and decoration to front. Printed at the Edinburgh University Press by T. and A. Constable (except for the plates and borders, which were printed by Henry Stone & Son, Banbury). Very Good book spine slightly sunned, few minor cover marks. No names or inscriptions. All plates present and bright and undamaged behind the guards. Internally tight and clean. Scarce. Weight 1.5 kg.

Ref 107708 : £150.00

The Rubaiyat of 'Umar Khaiyam; Nicolas, J. B. (text); Corvo, Frederic Baron (translation); Carr, Hamzeh (illustrations): London, John Lane The Bodley Head 1924. Hardcover in dustwrapper. Very Good / Fair. .Slight bumps to corners and spine ends, endpapers browned with leach through from pastedowns, school prize label dated 1930 on front pastedown, internally tight and clean. Jacket has some darkening  and loss at spine ends and corners, splits along flap fold-overs and some edge creases and small tears, jacket spine is darkened, jacket now in protective mylar wrap and looking fairly presentable.. Book top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Text in English & French and is translated from the French of J. B. Nicolas by Frederic Baron Corvo. Sixteen Illustrations in colour by Hamzeh Carr. Tan cloth, lettered in gilt and with illustration in red, black and gilt to upper cover, and school name embossed in gilt, spine has gilt titles and decoration in gilt red and black Probably never read, last pages remain uncut, 10.75in x 7.5in, 193 pages. This attractive edition combines the French and English text, with Carr’s simple but exotic illustrations (a welcome antidote to the ‘elaborate prettiness of Dulac’, remarks the Introduction.), and Heron Allen’s meticulous notes on the translation. A superb edition of the classic

Ref  14507:     £97.50    

Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám : OMAR KHAYYAM / Fitzgerald, Edward / Illustrated by Willy Pogány: London, George Harrap, nd [c1912]. Hardcover, brown cloth, decorated in gilt front and spine. Book is undated , gift inscription on ffep is dated Christmas 1913. A superb edition of this classic work. Top edge trimmed, others untrimmed, Pages on heavy grey paper each with verse in brown ornamental script, with ornamental borders and embellishments, different on each page. 16 superb colour plates by Willy Pogány tipped onto pages with ornamental border and with decorated reverse. All plates present as indexed, 3 have small crease to inner lower corner where page closed carelessly onto the tipped plate. Heavily decorated endpapers and prelims. Pogány designed and enhanced every page in this attractive book and the end result is quite something Externally cloth has stains and marks with bumps and rubs at corners and spine ends. All outer and inner hinges sound with no cracks.

Ref 105588 : £35.00

THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald With Twelve Photogravures after Drawings by Gilbert James : KHAYYAM Omar : London, George Routledge and Sons, 1906. Hardcover, grey cloth decorated with gilt vignette of woman playing musical instrument,  and decorative borders in dark blue. 8vo, 160pp, 12 photogravure plates with tissue guards. Good book. Minor rubs  to board extremities, ffep removed, occasional spotting to tissue guards and plate margins. Tight. A very scarce edition

Ref  107710 : £25.00

STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ; Housman, Laurence, Retold by / Illustrated by Edmund Dulac: London, Hodder & Stoughton, undated. Hardcover, blue cloth black titling and illustration in red and black on front. 8vo, 245pp, 29 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, all present as indexed. Good solid book, minor bumps and rubs to board corners and spine ends, all outer and inner hinges sound. Internally tight and clean. With 29 plates this is more than usually found in these editions and all these superb plates clean and bright and undamaged.

Ref 105592 : £70.00

The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment; Lane, Edward William (Translated by), Illustrated by Lancelot Speed. London, Seeley And Co. (undated). Cloth covered hardback without dustwrapper. Blue covers decorated on front and spine with black drawings and titles. 8in x 5.5in, 446 pages including Glossary. Top edhge green 8 lovely black and white plates by Lancelot Speed. Book in good condition with slight rubs to spine ends and spotting on edges. Tight and clean internally. A nice book.

Ref; 10742:  £8.50

A Century of Sea Stories: Sabatini Rafael. London: Hutchinson, Not dated (1956?).. No Jacket. Hard Cover /Faded & marked Boards and Spine, rubbed on extremities, slight staining on prelims. Internally tight and good

Book No. 10185: £4.50

Lavengro; George Borrow: London, John Murray, 1900. A New Edition, "containing the unaltered text of the original issue; some suppressed episodes now printed for the first time ; Ms. Variorum, vocabulary and notes, by the author of the "Life of George Borrow" ". Portrait frontispiece with tissue protection. 569pp plus 10 other full plate illustrations. Slightly browned fep. Green decorated cloth with bumps top and bottom of spine and crease down spine, corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Very light browning to margins of pages, generally grubby and marked. Fair+. Top edge gilt

Ref: 10349: £5.00

The Ingoldsby Legends : or Mirth & Marvels : Ingoldsby, Thomas [Barham, R H] / illustrated by Arthur Rackham : London: J. M. Dent, 1930 reprint. Hardcover, green cloth, decorated with gilt Rackham figures front and rear and spine. 8vo, 638pp. Decorated title page. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 colour plates and 90 b&w illustrations, some full page. Good firm copy. Spine faded, small bumps and rubs at board corners and spine ends. Internally tight and clean. All plates present as indexed, bright and undamaged

Ref 105586 : £50.00

The Ingoldsby Legends; Thomas Ingoldsby. London, Grant Richards, 1902. The World's Classics series. Hardback, no dust wrapper. Blue cloth, gilt title and decoration on spine. 6.25" x 4", 604 pp. Bumps and rubbing to extrremities, 5mm split to top of spine, some foxing, particulary to first and last pages and endpapers and spots throughout book. Binding holding well. Overall Good.

Book No. 10271: £5.00

The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe;  Poe; Stephen Peithman [editor]. New York, Avenel Books, 1986. Large book 11.25” x 9” 685 pages. B/w drawings. Mauve/light blue cloth in dust wrapper. Near Fine/Very Good. “This is a complete collection of Poe’s short stories with marginal notes that will give the reader fresh insight into Poe’s method and mentality”. A must-have for Poe enthusiasts.

Book No. 10205: £25.00

Poe, Edgar Allan; Selected Tales: London, Penfuin Popular Classics, 1944. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN 0140621164. Very Good used book. Usual reading creases to spine, slight nudges to corners. Tight and square. 25 complete and unabridged tales Small book. Postage at cost.

Ref  14750:   £2.00

Milne, A. A.; First Plays: London, Chatto & Windus, 1924, 6th Imp. Hard Cover, no dj. 7.75in x 5.25in, 222pp. Very good, Brown boards Small bumps and rubs to corners and spine ends. Light foxing on edges and on prelims and end pages. Top edge brown others untrimmed. Book is unread, many pages remain uncut. Low shipping rates on this book.

Ref  17515;  £5.50

Pasternak, Boris; Doctor Zhivago: London, Collins & Harvill, 1958, 3^rd imp. Hardcover, Good, no dj..Red Cloth, few slight cover marks, spotting to edges, foxing to endpapers. Tight and reasonably clean internally. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari.

 Ref 13979:   £4.00

Collected Nature Stories: Henry Williamson :  1st collected edition UK: Macdonald, the original B & W Illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe and Broom Lynne. 473pp, 1970 Hardbackk in pasted down-wrapper; Ex-library, small stamp on prelim and a number written on reverse of title page. Bumps on corners, rubbing and small (5mm) tear to top of spine. A little grubby on edges. Otherwise good .Contains Stories from the Peregrine Saga, The Old Stag and others.
Ref; 10543: £7.50

The Poacher's Handbook for the man with the hare pocket and the boy with the snare. ; Ian Niall, Illustrated by Barbara Greg. London: The Country Book Club, 1952. H/back, no dust wrapper, bumped corners Good. Ex-library with stamps on fep and reinforced (repaired?) inner hinges rear and front. 8vo.

Ref: 10364:  £3.50

Fables And Fancies; Richard Gillham Thomsett, illustrated by K.M. Davidson and A. E. Holloway. London, Henry J. Drane. Undated. Hardcover red cloth., bevelled edges approx 7.5" x 5". 83 pages + 32 pages of publishers adverts. Many delightful full and half page b&w illustrations. 12 Fables and  10 Fancies. Cover edges a little grubby and sone light browning and foxing but generally in good condition. A charming little book for adults or children

Ref: 10381:  £10.00

Tolstoy, Count Leo N.: War and Peace (4 volume set); London, J. M. Dent & Co. Four hardcover books in dustjackets. These are volumes V, VI, VII and VII in the series “The Complete Works of Count Leo N. Tolstoy” and is the complete “War and Peace”. 8vo, pp 484 537 562 492, 12 plates with tissue guards. Maroon boards blind stamped motif on fronts, gilt titles to spines, top edges gilt and others untrimmed. Books are Good, minor staining to some boards, name on ffep on vol I, internally tight and clean. Jackets Fair, heavily sunned to spines, edge chips and small tears. Scarce edition.

Ref 105270 : £25.00

Count Lucanor; Or the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio; Prince Don Juan Manuel. Translated by James York and illustrated by S L Wood. Pickering & Chatto London 1888. xi + 246pp. 8vo. Pictorial board. Green and gilt. Gold writing on front boards bright, while that on the spine is worn. Book shows overall wear. Corners badly bumped. Spine chafed top and bottom. Light foxing and browning. Overall a good tight book with many illustrations

Ref: 10382:  £5.00

The Canterbury Tales An Illustrated Edition; Geoffrey Chaucer - London 1986, Book Club edition 11” x 8”, 288 pages. Hardcover with dw,  with gilt title & inlaid col. reproduction on front cover. Illustrated throughout with medieval illuminations, manuscripts and woodcuts in colour and b/w.. Translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill. Foreword by Melvyn Bragg. Introduction by John Wain, Fine book in good dw (has crumples and edge creasing along top and bottom edges.

Ref: 10540:  £8.00

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: London, Penguin, 1961 reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Penguin Classics series.   Fair used book. Tatty on outside soiled covers with creases and rubs. Name on prelim, some creases and marks  to prelims. Internally tight with toning to page margins. A reading copy only. Small book. Low postage rates

Ref  15954:   £1.00

The Secret of Health. With the Story of ‘The Missing Bag’. By a diplomee of a London hospital. No Date (1890s?). Small (6.5” x 4.25”) maroon cloth. 98pp, wood engraved ills. A book advertising Lifebuoy Soap, the name ‘Lifebuoy Soap’ in capitals appears in the text on most  pages. A romantic novelette and practical chapters on nursing and health. The fep appears to be missing else in good condition. A very unusual and interesting publication

Book No. 10049: £12.00

Corridors of Power; C.P. Snow. London, Macmillan & Co., 1964, 1^st edition. Red Cloth. The ninth in the Strangers and Brothers sequence. D/w art by Sidney Nolan. Very Good in Fair dustwrapper (rubbing to corners and spine ends, no tears).

Ref: 10646: £5.00

The Illustrated Mark Twain. Twain, Mark Edited by Roy Gasson. New Orchard Editions, Poole.

Hardcover mint grey, no lettering in dw. 10in x 7in, 234 pages, 48 b&w illustrations.Near Fine Slight toning to page margins)in Very Good dw (slight edge crumples)

Ref 10736: £7.00

Harry Lester; Lang, Alice: The Religous Tract Society London undated c 1880s. Good+, Red cloth, very decorative. Picture and floral designs in black and red on spine and front cover. 8vo. 124 pp. B&w frontis and two other b&w plates, 128 pages plus publishers ads. Slight fading to spine, corners and spine ends slightly bumped and rubbed, occasional marks on pages, still tight but just starting between signatures in places.

Ref   11862:           £5.00

The Selected Novels Volume III; Maugham W Somerset: London: Heinemann, 1961.  Very Good/no jacket. Ex-library with just one stamp on copyright pageChristmas Holiday, Up at the Villa, The Razor's Edge. Cover clean with very minimal  bumps. Inside tight and clean.

Ref  11863:   £3.50

Animal Farm; Orwell, George; Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1968, reprint. Penguin Modern Classics. Standard paperback. Condition: Good+, slight lift to top corner, slight page toning

Ref  11941:   £2.50

Forester, C.S.; A Ship of the Line; London: Michael Joseph, 1955. Laminated Card. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mermaid books.  Slight rubs to corners and spine tips, the usual mild creases to covers, tight and clean. This epic saga of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, which recounts the exploits of one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy, Captain Horatio Hornblower, as he wrestles with his own "accursed unhappy temperament" and as he sails valiantly into battle after battle against Napoleon's forces, has delighted millions of readers since the series debuted in 1938. These Mermaid editions are becoming scarce and collectable.

Ref 11942:   £8.00

Broster, D K; The Flight of the Heron: London, Heinemann,1947, reprint. Very Good book, Good dj (minor tears on edges, some creasing.

Ref  11930:      £8.00 

Maclaren, Ian; Beside The Bonnie Brier Bush;  London, Hodder & Stoughton 1895. Brown cloth hardcover, Good. Corners and head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed; covers slightly rubbed; lacks ffep, name on prelim; 304p., 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, G+. No Jacket. Binding Original Cloth, top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Book is tight internally and with only slight toning.
Ref  11953;    £4.00  

Walter, The English Casanova; Kronhausen, Drs. Phyllis and Eberhard: London: Polybooks, 1st 1967. Very Good / Fair+. A presentation and study of the Victorian erotic classic My Secret Life. Slight spotting to fore-edge else fine book, tight clean no damage to pages. Jacket has small piece missing from top edge of front and wear to edges with crinkling and chips, some soiling and spine fade. Now in protective mylar wrap. Frontis + 1 plate. original red boards with gilt lettering.  Latest research identifies ‘Walter’ as Henry Spencer Ashbee. Now quite a scarce book.

Ref  13146;  £17.50

Montague, C E; Fiery Particles. London, Chatto & Windus, 1928. Phoenix Library. ix 233p.  Red cloth, military stories, spine lightly sunned, extremities slight;y bumped. Internally tight with light toning. Overall Very good.

Ref  13711:    £5.50

Selected Letters Of T. E. Lawrence; Lawrence, T. E. Edited by David Garnett: London, Reprint Society, 1941.  Very Good condition no dj. Tan cloth covers slightly marked, black title plate, name and date 1941 on fep.Very mild edge rubs to covers, slight block edge marks. Spotting on endpapers and occasional spot on pages. Tight and clean. .

Ref  14205:    £5.75

Utopia: Thomas More: Translated and with an introduction by Paul Turner. London, The Folio Society, 1972. Hardcover in slipcase. Green pictorial cloth, in dj. 8vo, 140pp, 6 plates by Edward Bawden. Very Good book, sunned spine. Very Good slip case, strong and undamaged. The usual superb Folio quality.

Ref 107731 : £7.00   (Also under Folios)

UTOPIA (Everyman's Library); More, Sir Thomas : London: J. M. Dent & Company, 1935 reprint. Hardcover, blue cloth blind stamped motif to front cover, gilt titles to spine [no spine decoration], no dj. No. 461 of Everyman's Library. Very Good, solid book, slight spine fade, slight bumps to extremities,  internally tight and clean. 359pp plus ads.

Ref 102655 : £8.00

Great Sea Stories Of All Nations;  Tomlinson,  H. M.: London, George G Harrap. 1930.  xxiv + 1108pp. Cloth, very good, no dj. Slight bumps and rubs to corners and spine ends. Catalogued by country from Ancient Greece onwards, includes stories from many authors such as Homer, Virgil, Plutarch, Daniel Defoe, Elizabeth Gaskell, Robert Louis Stevenson, H G Wells,  Victor Hugo, and many others. Tight and reasonably clean.

Ref  14305:   £8.00

Vandrad The Viking; Clouston, J. S.: London, Nelson, 1898, 1^st ed. Fair copy, ikllustrated cloth, no dj.. Apparently the author’s first book. 7.25in x 5.25in, 224 pages, b&w frontis, vignette on title page plus 4 more b&w plates all by  Hubert Paton. Longship in full sail on upper board and Viking vignette on spine. Slight lean, bumps and rubs to corners and spine ends, covers and spine darkened with some soiling, Internally tight with slight displacement of the signatures and  with light toning to page margins and occasional spot and soil mark throughout. A scarce book in any condition.

Ref  15709:  £30.00

May Lester or The Fruits Of self-Denial; Brett, Mrs. John: London, S W partridge & Co,  nd [c1890]. Hardcover, blue cloth decorated with black drawing of rowing boat on river and gilt title, 185pp + pub’s ads. B&w engraved frontis plus 4 other engraved plates, engraved chapter heads and tails decorated initial letters to chapters. Good Good, bumps and rubs to covers, spine ends and corners, ffep missing, internally tight with occasional page mark and spot. A nice book from 100 years ago.

Ref  17364:  £8.00

Tales From Chambers’s Journals: London, W & R Chambers, 1892. Hardcover, red cloth decorated with black drawing, decorated spine in black and gilt. Contains “Without Further Delay”, “The Arab Wife”, “A Strange Clue” , “The Manor-House At Milford”, “Story Of A Foundling”. 143pp, some nice in-text engravings. Name and date 1895 on ffep, covers darkening, rubs to cover extremities, overall a good sound tight book.

Ref  17365:  £9.50

Stowe, Harriet Beecher;  Uncle Tom's Cabin: London, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1909. A book in very good condition with no wrapper. Green decorated cloth, gilt title block to spine. Colour frontis. B/w plates. 407 pages plus 16 pages pub’s ads. All edges giltSpine and corners bumped and rubbed. Cloth darkened and faded in patches. Sunday School prize label dated 1911 on ffep. Slight spotting at edges and occasional foxspots throughout. A tight sound book.

Ref  17502:  £10.00

Conrad, Joseph; Nostromo: London, Penguin, 1986. Mass Market  Paperback.  ISBN 0140431713. In Penguin Classics series.  Very Good unread book, small cover creases, tight and clean with light toning at page margins.. Low shipping rates on this book

Ref  18253:  £2.00

Dyer, Walter A.; All Around Robin Hood's Barn: London, William Heinemann, 1926, 1^st Uk edition. Blue cloth covered boards w/gilt lettering w/colour illustrated pastedown on the front cover of collie, cat, & toad, orange endpapers. 9.5in x 6.5in, 204pp. The book is beautifully illustrated with 24 colour plates and 26 b&w plates of line drawings of the dogs by the noted wildlife artist, Charles Livingston Bull. A book which examines the lives of 25 canine residents of a small New England town and their owners. The central character, Robin Hood, being a dog himself, an Old English Sheepdog. His friends include a Scottish Terrier or Scottie, a St. Bernard, a Celestial, a Pekingese, a Boston Terrier, an Irish Terrier, a Great Dane, an English Bulldog, a Pointer, an Airedale, a Beagle, an English Setter, a Wolfhound, a Bloodhound, and Irish Setter, a Police Dog or German Shepherd, a Borzoi, a Pomeranian, a Bull Terrier, a Collie, a Cocker Spaniel, a Wire-Haired Fox Terrier, a Mutt, and others. Book is Good++,  bumps to corners and spine ends, slight spine lean, occasional isolated spot of foxing but generally clean. Tight with sound hinges. No inscriptions or name written inside. Scarce in the UK edition.

Ref  17761:   £45.00

France,  Anatole: On Life And Letters - First Series: London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1922 Hard Cover. Very Good. Red boards, black lettering, 8vo, 318pp. Translation by A.W. Evans. Slight bumps and rubs to extremities, browning of endpapers, internally tight and clean, no foxing, no toning

Ref  17769:   £5.00

France,  Anatole: Balthasar: London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1923 reprint Hard Cover. Very Good. Red boards, black lettering, 8vo, 318pp. Translation by Mrs John Lane. Slight bumps and rubs to extremities, slight fade to spine, few spots on edges.  Internally tight and clean, no foxing, no toning

Ref  17770:   £5.00

France, Anatole: The Garden of Epicurus: London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924 reprint Hard Cover. Very Good. Red boards, black lettering, 8vo, 240pp. Translation by Frederic Chapman and J. Lewis May. Bumps and rubs to extremities, slight fade to spine, few spots on edges.  Internally tight and clean, no foxing, no toning

Ref  17796:   £5.00

France, Anatole: Thais: London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924 reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. Red boards, black lettering, 8vo, 240pp. Translation by Frederic Chapman and J. Lewis May. Bumps and rubs to extremities, slight fade to spine, few spots on edges.  Internally tight and clean, no foxing, no toning

Ref  17797:   £5.00

France, Anatole: The Amethyst Ring: London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1922, 3rd ed. Hard Cover. Fair, reading copy only. Red boards, black lettering, 8vo, 304pp. Translation by Frederic Chapman. Bumps and rubs to extremities, slight fade to spine, few spots on edges, cloth rubbed through with splits at rear hinge .  Internally tight and clean, no foxing, no toning

Ref  17798:   £3.50

France, Anatole: Penguin Island; London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1925 reprint.  Hardcover, orange cloth, no dj. 7.5in x 5in,345pp. Book Good, covers bumped and rubbed at extremities, spine faded, block edges slightly marked and darkened a little shaken but still tight and clean internally. LOW SHIPPING RATES ON THIS BOOK.

Ref  18421;  £3.00

Sa'di; Kings And Beggars - the first two chapters of Sa’di's Gulistan, Translated into English with Introduction and Notes by A. J. Arberry. London, Luzak & Co, 1945. Paperback, blue covers, black titles, 110 pages. Book Very Good,  covers a little darkened with minor scuffs, corner nudges, book edges darkened with small soil marks, internally clean and tight. Probably the single most influential work of prose in the Persian tradition, completed in 656/1258, the translation by A. J. Arberry, then Professor of Persian in the University of London, still widely used as a reference. A very scarce publication with more recent editions and even facsimile copies made of this edition.

Ref  17512:  £20.00

World Famous Books In Outline; Various: London, Odhams Press, undated, [c1930s]. Hardcover. Red cloth covers, stamped with pattern, 768pp. Illustrated with 32 monochrome plates. Book Good, covers faded in patches, foxing to prelims and last few pages, very occasional spot throughout but reasonably clean internally. 55 books featured.

Ref  18744:  £7.50

EVENINGS AT HADDON HALL, A Series of Romantic Tales of the Olden Time; Calabrella, Baroness de (Editor) :London, Bohn, 1848. Hardcover red cloth decorated in gilt. 8vo, 453pp, engraved b&w frontis, 24 plates engraved from drawings by George Cattermole, all with tissue guards. Book in poor condition externally, outer hinges split, cloth on spine tearing and chipping and lifting at edges. Inner hinges split but boards holding on binding tabs. Internally the block is tight, a little foxing to pelims and some of the plate margins and rears, pages generally clean. All tissue guards present and untorn. Collaboratively written historical tales, all centering on a series of illustrations by Cattermole and most of which involve events at the famous country house Haddon Hall. A popular work, it was reprinted several times up to the 1890s.This copy sold as a reading copy or it would rebind very well.

Ref  101464:   £40.00