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Leonard Smithers. London. 1898. FOURTH EDITION. Tall 8vo. (8.8 x 5.7 inches). A light stain to the bottom margin of one page, otherwise a very good example which has been finely bound in attractive half red morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind... More
Cassell. London. 1961. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 8vo. Originally published as a part of Churchill's great four volume work; A History of the English speaking peoples- Vol.4. The great democracies, in 1958. This is the first printing of this history in its own right. Illustrated with 6 maps & 31 fascinating... More
Chatto & Windus. London. 1892. New Edition. 2 volumes bound in one. Small 8vo. (5.3 x 3.5 inches). This edition is made up of volumes 5 and 6 of MacDonald's Works of fancy and Imagination. Finely bound by Riviere in early full dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands, the... More
Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, for the Boots Pure Drug Company, Ltd, Notttingham. 1932. CENTENARY EDITION. 4to. (10.1 x 8.1 inches). Finely illustrated with 12 mounted full colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard, and dozens of line drawings throughout the text and along top of text pages. A.... More
Hurst and Blackett, Successors to Henry Colburn. London. 1863. THIRD ENGLISH EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (8 x 5.4 inches). Some foxing to just a few pages but overall very good throughout. Original publishers purple cloth bindings. Spines lettered and decorated in gilt, boards with blind-stamped decorative borders. Pale green endpapers... More
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London. 1900. Six card sheets, held together with the original burgundy silk cord, threaded through two holes at the top of each page. (11.5 x 9.3 inches). Colour chromolithographic illustrations, by Tenniel, surrounding text lines from Through the Looking Glass and two calendar months... More
Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1896. Reprint. 8vo. (6.1 x 4.1 inches). Finely bound, by Bumpus of London, in attractive early full dark purple crushed morocco. The spine with decorative floral design and lettering in gilt. Decorative floral design to top and bottom boards. Inner boards with four ruled lines... More
Edward Moxon & Co. London. 1866. TWELFTH EDITION. 8vo. (6.8 x 4.2 inches). Finely bound contemporary full dark green morocco binding. Decorative flower and leaf design to the top and bottom of both boards and a single gilt ruled border to the centre. Board edges with gilt ruling. Spine with... More
George Allen. London 1894. FIRST THOMSON EDITION. The larger, untrimmed issue. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.4 inches). Beautifully illustrated throughout with 101 fine line engravings by Thomson. Neat previous owner name, dated Christmas 1894, on the front blank free endpaper and there are just a few spots of foxing to the... More
Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1901. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Ten mono plates by J. Lockwood Kipling. Very good copy in the original publishers dark red cloth. Front board with circular gilt elephant device. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some minor rubbing to edges and some foxing to the... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1902. SIXPENNY EDITIONS. Two volumes. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.8 inches). Reprints of the 1898 sixpenny editions. Illustrated with forty two and fifty line illustrations, respectively, by John Tenniel. Bound in early burgundy Morocco grained cloth spines, each with gilt ruled lines and lettering. Marbled paper... More
The Ariel Press, London. 1954 and 1956. Two volumes bound into one. Folio. (16 x 12 inches). First volume is the third impression and one of 1000 copies, Roses 2 is the first edition of this Ariel Press edition. A total of 48 fine colour plates, reproducing the stunning originals... More
J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. London. 1930. Reprint of 1898 edition. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.7 inches). Fully illustrated with 12 colour plates and 90 line drawings. Finely bound in mid twentieth century full tree calf by Riviere and son. Boards with decorative gilt border. Spine has five raised bands... More
Arthur L. Humphreys. London. 1911. FIRST PRINTING OF THIS EDITION. Small 8vo. (5.9 x 4.7 inches). viii/64pp. Illustrated with 6 fine miniature sepia plates, not by Blake, pasted in. Printed on Waldorf laid paper. Capital letters printed red. In fine clean condition throughout. Fine binding in the 'Arts & Crafts'... More
John Lane The Bodley Head. London. 1933. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo (8.5 x 6.9 inches). Fully illustrated with a full colour frontis and 75 line drawings by Heath Robinson. Some small patches of light foxing to a few pagers, mostly to the margins, otherwise a very good copy in a.... More
Chapman & Hall. London. 1870. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Bound from the original monthly parts, published between April and September 1870. Illustrated with a portrait frontis and 12 full page plates by S. L. Fildes. With 40 pp of publishers adverts at the back... More
George Routledge and Sons. London 1882 - 1883. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. 8vo. Text in double column. Neat previous owners name written in pencil to the top of each title page. Some foxing to the title pages and fore edge but overall clean and well preserved. Off white coated endpapers... More
William Heinemann. London. 1913. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.5 x 8.3 inches). Colour frontis and forty three tipped in colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Also illustrated with twelve Line drawings amongst the text, including the printed bookplate design on the front paste down endpaper, which only appears in... More
Hodder and Stoughton, London. -- No Date. 1913. FIRST RENE BULL EDITION. 4to. (10.5 x 8.5 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 10 large full colour tipped in plates, 19 smaller full colour plates, and numerous line drawings and decorative borders throughout, printed in blue and black. Finely bound in early half... More
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1909. FIRST DULAC EDITION. 1st issue. Large 4to. (11.1 x 8.8 inches). 20 mounted colour plates on thick art paper, framed with decorative border design. Each plate covered with printed tissue paper guard. Decorative endpapers. Lovely bright copy in original full white cloth with elaborate gilt... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1899. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.2 inches). 40 full page line illustrations by Thomson. Blank endpapers a little spotted but the text pages are clean throughout. Publishers salmon coloured cloth with elaborate floral decoration to front board and spine in dark red. Spine and... More
Ward, Lock & Co. London. 1888, 1888. FIRST EDITION in book form of the first Sherlock Holmes novel and the Author's first book. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Published the year before in Beetons Christmas annual. Green & Gibson A1, a.i. (second impression). Publisher's preface with missprint 'youuger', para 2... More
Privately printed. Oxford. 1876. FIRST EDITION, first issue. Single sheet, folded to make four, sixteenmo pages. Neat repair to a split to the entire length of the hinge. Small hole to the top margin of the front panel. A couple of small rust marks, probably from a paper clip, to... More
Macmillan and Co. London. 1867. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 5 inches). Illustrated with forty-two line illustrations by John Tenniel. Early leather binding of half black calf. Spine with raised bands, each with decorative gilt design. Compartments ruled in gilt and decorated in blind. Red title label, gilt. marbled paper... More
Macmillan and co. Ltd. London. 1904. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges... More