Hardback, without dust jacket. Decorative green cloth binding with gilt detailing to the upper board and spine, gilt titles and an oval picture inlaid of a girl reading a book with bookshelves in the background. There is a pale rectangular mark towards the bottom edge of the upper board on the plain green part of the cover where it look as though a label has previously been removed (presumably an old price label). The boards are lightly bruised and lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners and there is a small patch of fading to the cloth at the bottom edge of the spine. N.d. No publication... View More...
2 volumes. Bound in half red leather, with red cloth sides; the cloth of both upper boards significantly faded. Some marks to the cloth, a few light rubs to edges. Both upper boards bear the coat of arms of Granville Proby, matching bookplates on the front pastedowns of each volume. The bindings are firm and they present handsomely at spines, with raised bands and gilt ruling and titles. Top edges are gilt, foredges and bottom edges are deckled / untrimmed. A number of the in-text vignette illustrations have resulted in offsetting discolouration to the opposite pages. A little foxing and some ... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publication date not stated but is 1918. Publisher's original mid-brown boards with black titles. The boards are rubbed at the spine ends and corners, with a small nick to the cloth at the head of the spine. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. There is a noticeable amount of foxing to outer closed textblock page edges, with some spots to pages and some further minor grubby marks to a few pages as well. A few tiny blue ink spots to the rear pastedown. pp. 301, plates. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback. No dust jacket. First edition, 1914. Publisher's original blue boards are dulled / darkened at the spine and edges. Light rubs to edges and corners. The binding is firm though gutters are cracked in several places. Previous owner's signature and date (1915) written neatly on the front endpaper; underneath that is a brief gift inscription dated 1925 - inscribed to C. F. C. Hawkes (the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes, 1905-1992. The book came from his collection). Some foxing to endapers and preliminary pages. pp. xvi, 343. 23cm tall. View More...
Attractive set. Complete in 4 volumes. Spines sympathetically re-backed. Original calf boards. Some rubs. Volume I is missing frontis. illustration, with offsetting to the title page from missing plate. 5 raised bands to spines, 6 compartments. Black title labels with gilt lettering. Bindings are firm. Marbled endpapers and page edges, with brown reinforcement binder's cloth tape to inner hinges. A little light scattered foxing but pages on the whole are remarkable clean. pp. I: xxxvii, [1], foldout facsimiles of Dr Johnson's hand writing, 1-481; II: [2], 1-496; III: [2], 1-483, + fold-out fac... View More...
Hardback. First edition. POOR condition but an acceptable reference / reading copy as it is complete. Original red cloth binding with black titles - is worn, faded, marked, cloth very thin at the spine joints with significant tear to upper spine joint and further splits to lower spine joint. Ink stains to the boards. Binding pulled and cracked at inner hinges but holds. The book would benefit from repair. Previous owner's name and address in pencil on the front endpaper. Some loose news cuttings. Many pages have pencil ticks against the lists of names. Foxing to prelims. 14th, 15th & 16th (Se... View More...
2 volumes. Bound in half red leather, with red cloth sides; the cloth of both upper boards significantly faded. Some marks to the cloth, a few light rubs to edges. The bindings are firm and they present handsomely at spines, with raised bands and gilt ruled and titled. Matching dark red marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Unfortunately ALL PLATES HAVE BEEN REMOVED and these volumes are priced accordingly. Since there is no evidence of excision or weakness of binding the plates were evidently removed before these volumes were last re-bound. There is a little foxing and other minor marks to pages,... View More...
This set is complete in 2 volumes. There was an earlier 4 volume edition published by Bickers in 1876 but this later set is complete in 2. Uniform red cloth bindings, both faded at the spine and with mild bruising to the spine ends. The bindings are firm and inner hinges are good. Previous owner's name and date (1938) neatly in pencil at the top edge of each front endpaper. Some foxing to prelims, quite heavy to title pages. Most of the text is nice and clean and free from foxing. Frontispiece portraits with tissue guards to each volume. Top edges are gilt. Other edges deckled / untrimmed. In ... View More...
Paper covers, soft back. Publication date not stated but it circa 1890s. Small printing with text printed two columns to a page. A slim cheap edition. Complete and unabridged. The covers are worn but still attached; a little loss to spine ends, some rubs and creases. Previous owner's signature, contemporary with the age of the book, at the top edge of the title page. A pale stain to the top edge of the title page, a small grubby mark on the first page of text, a little sporadic foxing. pp. 123 + advertisements. 21.9cm tall. View More...
Paper covers, soft back. Publication date not stated but it is circa 1890s. Small printing with text printed two columns to a page. A slim cheap edition. Complete and unabridged. The covers are worn but still attached; a little loss to spine ends, tears to the spine, a short tear in the back cover, some rubs and creases. Previous owner's signature, contemporary with the age of the book, at the top edge of the title page. A little foxing. pp. 161 + advertisements. 21.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Pictorial decorative blue cloth binding. The boards are nice and clean, lightly bruised at the spine ends. First published in 1881; this copy is a Fourth Thousand / 4th impression. Prize presentation inscription written on the front endpaper (dated 1891). The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Pages are really nice and clean except for a very faint narrow strip of staining to the very top edge of the front endpaper. Illustrated with a few engravings. pp. 107, [3]. 18.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, with original green boards. Overall near good condition, but the binding is a little shaken in places and p.163/164 has a piece cut away from the page margin (text not affected) and the rear endpaper has also had an approx. 1cm. strip cut away from the outside edge. The boards have some light marks, a short rubbed nick in the cloth at the spine joint with the rear board, and minor rubs to the spine ends. Pencilled name and a grey mark on the front endpaper. 168pp. 17.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publisher's original blue boards. The boards are bowed, particularly the upper board. Light rubs to edges and corners and the spine is faded. Some minor creasing to the lower board. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Illustrated with four colour plates by Helen Jacobs [1888-1970]. There are a few minor grubby marks to the pages, mostly confined to margins / page edges. There is also a small dark brown stain to the top closed textblock page edge, affecting the very top edge of pages 96-117. 21.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback. 1901. Pictorial decorative blue cloth. The boards have a couple of very small, minor marks but overall very clean for its age. Presentation prize bookplate on the front endpaper, with previous owner's name crossed out heavily with pen. The rear endpaper has been removed, leaving a partial crack to the rear inner hinge. Binding still nice and firm. A little foxing to outer closed textblock page edges; pages are otherwise quite nice and clean. pp. 156. 18.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publisher's original brown boards have a few pale marks and are dulled at the spine. Textblock foredges untrimmed / deckled. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) and bears a brief inscription addressed to him, dated 1925, neatly on the front endpaper. A few pencil marks against the lists in the Contents pages. pp. xi, 361, [2 advert pages]. 22.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Original red cloth with gilt titles. The boards are faded / dulled at the edges and spine, with some marks to the spine and edges of the lower board. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Initials and a previous owner's name in pencil on the front pastedown and endpaper. Some snags to the page edges where leaves have been separated. Good condition. pp. xxiv, 187. 24.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publication date not stated for this edition but the book was first published in 1912 and this may be a first edition though there are variations in bindings around. Publisher's pale blue boards, with faded pictorial onlay on the upper board and some slight mottling marks to the boards, and a couple of small abrasions to the lower board. A slight curvature in the boards and a slight forwards lean to the spine. Inner hinges are firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 6 Honor C. Appleton colour plates, as required. Contents are in good clean condition. pp. 236,... View More...
2 volumes of what would have been a larger set of the works of Victor Hugo. Han of Iceland, in two volumes. Illustrated. Red cloth boards, with gilt detail at the spine. Spines are faded on both volumes. The bindings are firm and inner hinges are good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed / deckled. Many page sections are uncut in both books. Scattered foxing throughout both volumes but it's not heavy. Each volume has three illustration plates, with tissue guards. pp. xxiii, 296; 298. 19.5cm tall. View More...
Slim hardback volume. Brown paper-covered sides, with vellum spine bearing simple black title. First published the year prior, 1901, by Doves Press; this is the first printing of this Hammersmith Publishing Society 1902 edition. Condition is excellent and unread - most page sections are uncut at the top edge; foredges are rough cut / deckled. Printed at the Chiswick Press on a good quality handmade paper. A little foxing and darkening to the page edges. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions; a very nice copy. pp. [36 including title page]. 21.7cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Dark green decorative cloth, with gilt titles and illustration. No dust jacket. First published in August 1896. All edges gilt, but slightly dulled. Black endpapers and pastedowns. Binding firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. xiv, 383, plates [10].18.8cm tall. View More...
The first volume only, comprising the first 6 books of Milton's Paradise Lost. Half calf, marbled boards. Rubbed and worn to all edges and spine. Some loss to spine ends and two repaired tears to the leather at the spine. 5 compartments to the spine, 3 gilt tooled, title label rubbed and chipped, 4th compartment has label missing. The binding is firm. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Inner hinges reinforced in navy blue, matching endpapers. Foxing to prelims. Occasional light foxing throughout. Previous owner's name and date (1950) on free endpaper. Collated, pp. frontis., [18] Dedication, Pr... View More...
Hardback. Original blue boards with gilt titles. Lightly bruised spine ends and corners. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Very good condition. Some light foxing to prelims. Top edge gilt. pp. xi, 310 + a sample of catalogue pages at the back of the book. 21.2cm tall. View More...
Attractive little 5 volume set. 1803, or An XI (French Republican Calendar; XI covers 23 September 1802 to 23 September 1803). Full calf with gilt stamped borders, gilt ruled spine compartments and lyre motif in each spine compartment except for red title labels in 2nd compartments. All 5 volumes have some rubs to spine and corners, all have some loss to the base of the spines, most marked loss to volumes 4 and 5. Spine joints are very good on volumes 2, 3 and 5; volume 4 has slight superficial partial cracks to the joints; volume 1 has fully cracked joint to the lower board and half cracked ... View More...
Hardback. First edition thus. In very good condition. Publisher's original grey cloth, with gilt blocked title panel to the upper board and gilt titles to the spine. Corners bumped and spine ends lightly bruised. Some foxing to the spine and edges of the boards. Top edge gilt; other edges deckled / rough cut. Foxing to closed textblock page edges and heavy foxing to the tissue guards to the colour plates and to facing pages. The binding is firm, inner hinges are very good, no previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. 130, [+ plates]. 25.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publisher's original blue boards. 2nd edition; the 1st edition of 1912 was the subject of a libel case against Arthur Ransome and although the court found in Ransome's favour, he decided to excise the contentious passages in this second edition. Two previous owner's signatures on the front endpaper. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Boards clean. Foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges and lightly to prelims. pp. 234, [6], + 8 page publisher's list of works. 17.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Publisher's original blue boards. 2nd edition; the 1st edition of 1912 was the subject of a libel case against Arthur Ransome and although the court found in Ransome's favour, he decided to excise the contentious passages in this second edition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Heavy rubs / chips to the bottom edge of the upper board, exposing board (see photos). Pages clean but a little light foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. pp. 234, [6], + 8 page publisher's list of works. 17.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. First American edition, 1919. Publisher's original brown cloth boards, with paper title label to the spine. Spine ends rubbed and frayed. Cracks to the inner hinges of the binding but the binding is still firm. Pale water-type stain to the bottom corner of the textblock - affects all pages throughout, margin area only. Some grubby stains to the copyright page and facing p. iii. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. x, [2], 232. 19cm tall. Arthur Ransome went to Russia in 1915, reported the Russian revolution for the Daily News; he was later recruited as a sp... View More...
Second impression; first published in June 1919 and this is the July 1919 reprint. In fair to good condition overall. Original paperback with wraps. Wraps are fragile, with front cover detached from spine, though the whole is held neatly together in a clear, loose protective film wrap. Presents nicely as it is though a repair could be undertaken. There are a few light notes written in the margins in ink, with a couple of short sections underlined (light marginalia only, not heavy notes). pp. viii, 152. 18cm tall. Arthur Ransome went to Russia in 1915, reported the Russian revolution for the Da... View More...
Hardback. Pink paper covered boards with cream cloth spine backstrip and cream paper title label to the upper board. Generally greyed / slightly grubby in appearance, particularly darkened at the spine. First edition. Pages have tanned / darkened. The binding is quite firm but has a slight crack to the front inner hinge. In overall good condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions, or writing in the text. Some foxing. pp. 152 + 5 advert pages at the back. 18.5cm tall. Arthur Ransome went to Russia in 1915, reported the Russian revolution for the Daily News; was later recruited as a spy ... View More...
First edition. Hardback, no dust jacket. Publisher's original brown cloth boards with paper title label to the spine. Light marks to the boards. Rubs to the spine label, to board edges, especially at spine ends and corners (just exposing boards at the corners). Small dent in foredge of lower board. The binding is firm. There is a light crack to the front inner hinge and it looks as though the front endpaper may have been replaced. It's extremely hard to be sure as the paper (if replaced) is a very good colour match but has a very slightly different grain to other pages. Some light scattered fo... View More...
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