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Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell. London. 1791, 1791. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.5 inches). Volume 1, x, 499pp; Volume 2, vi, 518, 5pp appendix; Volume 3, v, 465, index [49pp], publisher's notice advertising The Theory of Moral Sentiments by the same author. Finely bound in recent full..... More
J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper. London. 1752, 1752. 12mo. (6.7 x 4.1 inches). Frontispiece engraving by Gravelot. Title page printed in red and black. 70pp. A very good copy in recent half tan calf binding with red label, ruled and lettered in gilt, to the spine. Marbled paper..... More
Alfred A Knopf. New York. 1930, 1930. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.4 inches). viii,268pp. A few leaves spotted and a small area of loss to the bottom of one page, just on the margin and well away from the text. Feint mark to the top outer corner of the..... More
Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54, 1948. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS, 1st impressions. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many folding. A near fine, bright set of books with some neat annotation to a handful of pages in volume one. Publishers black cloth with gilt..... More
Printed by R. Tullis, for A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh. 1804, 1804. TWO VOLUMES. 6mo. (7.32 x 4.3 inches). Vol.1; xii, 287pp - Vol.2; iv, 275pp. Bound in contemporary full tree calf with gilt ruling and red morocco volume numbers and title labels to spines. Trinity College Dublin arms in..... More
Methuen & Co. London. 1929, 1929. SECOND EDITION. Published just weeks after the First edition which was issued on October 31st 1929. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated throughout with beautiful line drawings by E. H. Shepard. A clean and bright copy internally, bound in Publishers special delux full dark..... More
Oxford University Press. London. 1938, 1938. NEW EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.4 inches). 22, 590pp. Colour frontispiece of Vauxhall, by Thomas Rowlandson, and 13 mono plates. A fine clean copy throughout. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco by Bayntun of Bath. Raised bands with gilt dotted lines on the..... More
Longmans, Green and co. London. 1887, 1887. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 20 mono plates engraved on wood by J. Cooper from drawings by C. H. M. Kerr. A very good copy bound in early twentieth century half dark green morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt..... More
Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd. London. 1920, 1920. FIRST 2 VOLUME EDITION. Small Crown 4to. (9.3 x 6.8 inches). xxx, 439; xxii, 531 pp. Originally issued as four slim quarto volumes in a limited edition in 1910-11, this is the first issue in this format and..... More
Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1907, 1907. FIRST EDITION. First printing. Large 8vo. (8.5 x 6.4 inches). Colour frontis, 22 full page mono plates and hundreds of small engraved vignettes to the margins of the text pages, all by E. Caldwell. This is the scarce first issue with the margin..... More
No place. No date. Circa 1870, 1870. ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT. Oblong 8vo. (9.4 x 5.5 inches). Longfellow's popular eearly poem, An April day, written in a neat hand on 12 thick paper leaves. Ten of the leaves are beautifully illustrated in watercolour by an unknown but very skilled artist. Bound in..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1953, 1953. FIRST EDITION. 3 VOLUMES. 8vo. (8 x 5.5 inches). Each volume with a new preface by Maugham, described by Raymond Toole Stott, Maugham's bibliographer, as containing "important material of biographical and bibliographical interest". Each volume comprises three of Maugham's most widely read novels. A...... More
Frederick Warne and Co. London. 1902, 1902. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 16mo. (5.6 x 4.4 inches). First state of the text with "wept big tears" on page 51. Illustrated with colour frontis, line vignette of a bunny on the title page and 30 fine colour plates by the Author throughout. A...... More
Macmillan and Co, Ltd. London. 1910, 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated with four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Neat previous owner name and date Oct. 1910, the month of publication, on the top of the front free endpaper. A very good clean copy throughout..... More
Macmillan & Co. Limited. London 1926, 1926. Reprint. 8vo. (6.2 x 4.2 inches). Contemporary fine binding, by Riviere and Son of full dark blue calf. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Burgundy title and dark brown author name labels, ruled and lettered in gilt..... More
Printed and Published by G. Ross. Edinburgh. - (No date). Circa 1814. 1814. Small 8vo. (3.9 x 2.5 inches). 48pp, including the first and last blanks which are pasted directly onto the inside leaves of the printed wrappers. Sewn text pages. Illustrated with a full page wood-engraved frontispiece of Captain..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1898, 1898. FIRST SIXPENNY EDITIONS. 8vo. (8.4 x 6 inches). Both volumes are the first printings of the Macmillan sixpenny series. Illustrated with forty two and fifty line illustrations, respectively, by John Tenniel. Publishers original red printed paper wraps. Page edges a bit chipped, as..... More
Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1911, 1911. Reprint of the 1899 Golden Treasury edition. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.1 inches). Finely bound, by Riviere and Son, in beautiful early full dark green morocco, extra gilt. The spine with raised bands, dotted in gilt. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt..... More
Henry Colburn. London. 1847, 1847. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. -- NEW EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Colour printed extra title page and 236 wood engravings throughout the text but the volume has been beautifully extra illustrated with 23 full page plates, three fold-out and six of these hand coloured, dating from..... More
John Stockdale. London. 1794 + 1801, 1794. FIRST EDITION OF VOLUME THREE AND SECOND EDITION OF VOLUMES 1 AND 2.--- Three volumes. 4to. All 3 bound without the half titles, otherwise complete. Illustrated with 22 engraved maps and plates, four of these are large folding plates, including the general map..... More
Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910, 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION (U. S). IN RARE PUBLISHERS DELUX IMITATION LEATHER BINDING. Precedes the first U.K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. (4.4 x 6.4 inches). 8 double leaves, uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green rule and..... More
Cassell & Company Limited. London. 1933, 1933. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10 x 7.6 inches). Illustrated with colour frontispiece and sixty four mono illustrations on 60 pages, plus decorative endpapers illustrated in red on cream paper. Publishers blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. In the original plain brown paper..... More
Collins. London. 1968, 1968. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.3 x 7.6 inches). 32pp. Illustrated in colour by the Author. Original colour illustrated boards and in the rare original dustwrapper. Two pages with minor blemishes but overall a bright and clean copy in the original colour printed dustwrapper, which reproduces the board..... More
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1909, 1909. FIRST DULAC EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.6 inches). 20 mounted colour plates on thick art paper, framed with decorative border design. Each plate covered with printed tissue paper guard. Finely bound in early full white vellum binding. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling and red..... More
William Heinemann and The Bodley Head. London. 1969 - 1984, 1969. 23 Volumes - Complete. A mixed set of 13 First printings and 10 reprints. --- Collected essays and Volumes 8 to 10 and 14 to 22 are all First printings, the others are reprints dating from 1975 - 1984..... More