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Gibbings & Company. London.,1896, 1896. SIX VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.4 x 5.4 inches). Delux edition, limited to only 100 numbered sets, printed on hand made large paper, signed by the publisher in volume one. Illustrated with decorative title pages and 36 fine full page mono plates by Brangwyn. A clean and..... More
John Murray. London. + For the Booksellers. London. 1827 and 1826, 1826. EIGHT VOLUMES. 8vo. (6.5 x 4.2 inches). Six volumes of The Works, dated 1827, and two volumes of Don Juan, dated 1826. All uniformly bound in attractive fine early leather bindings of full red straight grained morocco. Spines..... More
Cassell and Company Ltd. London. 1956-58, 1956. FIRST EDITIONS. Four Volumes. Complete. 8vo. (9.8 x 6.4 inches). Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spines with raised bands, the compartments ruled lettered and decorated with Rampant lion device, all in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. All edges gilt..... More
Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54, 1948. FIRST EDITION. First impression. Six volumes. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many folding. A bright, clean set, which has been finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. The spines with raised bands, twin red labels, gilt. Spine compartments ruled..... 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
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. Publishers black cloth with gilt lettering to the spines. Top edges dyed deep red, which is faded..... More
Cassell and Company. London. 1942-46, 1942. FIRST EDITIONS of volumes two through to seven. First volume is the tenth edition, published 1943. 7 VOLUMES. Complete set of the war speeches. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL IN VOLUME ONE (Into Battle), with a V for Victory. ----’Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill..... More
Cassell and Company. London. 1941-46, 1941. FIRST EDITIONS. 7 Volumes. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.6 inches). A complete set of first editions and 1st impressions of Churchill's war speeches. A few pages with light foxing but overall a clean and fine set which has been finely bound in recent full dark..... More
Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1923-31, 1923. FIRST EDITION SET. 6 large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). Contains maps, plans and facsimiles of letters and documents. Fine leather bound set in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spines with raised bands, red title labels, and gilt ruling, lettering and decorations..... More
Printed by Couchman and Fry, for W. Curtis. London. 1788 - 1806, 1788. Volumes 1 to 24, bound in 12 volumes. Later issue of the first volume, with the title page dated 1790. Beautifully illustrated with 966 fine hand coloured plates, a few folding. A handful of pages are browned..... More
Chapman & Hall. London. 1886 - 87, 1886. NEW EDITIONS. The first three volumes are the first printing of these reprints using the original stereotype plates from the original First editions which were published between 1843 and 1848. The last two volumes are reprints from one year later, dated 1887.----..... More
Henry Colburn & Co. London. 1857, 1857. NEW EDITION. Four volumes. 8vo. (7.6 x 5 inches). Portrait frontispieces in volumes one and two. A fine clean set in contemporary leather bindings of half plum morocco. Spines with raised bands, each with diagonal gilt bands. Compartments double ruled and lettered in..... More
Basil Blackwell/The Shakespeare Head Press. Oxford. 1926, 1926. LIMITED EDITION. TEN VOLUMES. 8vo. One of 1030 sets printed, of which 1000 are for sale. Fine clean books which have been finely bound in recent half red morocco, spines with raised bands, the compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edges..... More
Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1872 - 74, 1872. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Previous owner armorial bookplate (Isaac Holden, politician and inventor of a wool-combing machine, who received a Baronetcy in 1893) and also ink name and address stamped to the front blank free endpapers..... More
William Heinemann and The Bodley Head. London. 1969 - 1982, 1969. 23 Volumes - Complete. FIRST EDITIONS and First printings of all volumes in this collected edition. --- Volume 1, Brighton Rock, is inscribed and signed by Graham Greene on the front free endpaper; - "For Doctor A. D. Thomson..... More
C. Hitch, L. Hawes, J. Payne, R. Baldwin & R and J. Dodsley. London. 1756, 1756. FOUR VOLS. Third edition. Contemporary full speckled calf, raised bands, red title labels, gilt. Double gilt ruled border on boards. Chipping to the top of spines on vols one and three otherwise an attractive..... More
Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1897, 1897. FIVE VOLUMES. Complete. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated throughout with ten full page mono plates, each with a printed tissue guard, by G. Jeanniot. Attractive early leather bindings of half brown morocco. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt decorative line. Compartments..... More
J. Nichols & Son; F & C. Rivington. London. 1810, 1810. TWELVE VOLUMES. 8vo. New edition. Portrait frontis. Contemporary full tree calf, spines with black and green labels and gilt decoration. Tops and bottoms of some spines and hinges have been professionally repaired. Some minor chipping to a few labels..... More
Charles Knight & Co. London. 1840 and 1841, 1840. THREE VOLUMES. Second edition of volume 1 and first edition of volumes 2 and 3. Large 8vo. (9.8 x 6.4 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with hundreds of fine engravings on wood from original designs by William Harvey, engraved by various artists..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1961. THREE VOLUMES. Reprint of the 1951 Edition. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.7 inches). Fine and clean set in attractive leather bindings by Bayntun of Bath. Contemporary full blue polished calf. Spines with five raised bands, each with gilt decorative roll. The compartments are ruled, lettered and..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1951, 1951. FIRST EDITION. 3 VOLUMES. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A little foxing to the first couple of pages of volume three otherwise a near fine set in recent leather bindings of full red morocco, spines with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1961. THREE VOLUMES. Reprint of the 1951 Edition. 8vo. (8 x 5.4 inches). Fine and clean set in the rare Publishers delux leather bindings of full red Morocco. Spines with blind ruled bands and lettered in gilt. Gilt stamped Author's symbol device to the front boards..... More
William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1953, 1953. FIRST EDITION. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.4 inches). Fine set in attractive leather bindings of recent full red morocco, the spines with five raised bands. The compartments are ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. A finely bound set of this..... 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
William Pickering. London. 1839, 1839. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (6.5 x 4.2 inches). Portrait frontis in volume one. Printed by Charles Whittingham, London. Attractively bound in contemporary half black calf with gilt ruling, decoration and lettering to spines. Dark green title labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Some foxing to blank..... More