Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. Small 8vo, rebound in 19th century brown morocco with raised bands, gilt decorations on spine, both covers & dentelles, alll edges gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. Author's Edition. Near fine. Inlaid on a blank leaf between pages 8 & 9 is an autograph of Browning dated July 3, '89. More
New York: George D. Sproul, 1899. Edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen Clarke. 12 volumes, each with a handsome frontispiece and some other plates, all in two states. Thick 8vos, beautifully bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet in contemporary full red morocco with ornate gilt-decorated covers and spines with raised bands; gilt-stamped leather doublures and watered silk endpapers, uncut edges, top edge gilt. New York: George D. Sproul, 1899. The Connoisseurs Edition, number 37 of only 45 numbered copies signed by the Sproul..... More
London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1897. With an introductory note by E. Dixon. xx, 290 pages, short square 8vo, very handsomely bound in older vellum-backed pink cloth; small leather label and large gilt-stamped flower on spine (light foxing on fore-edge and neatly-inked name on front endpaper; otherwise a near fine copy in a very pretty binding), uncut edges, top edge gilt. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., (no date, circa 1897). One volume from The Canterbury Poets series, edited..... More
London: Smith Elder, 1884. 16mo, original olive cloth. London: Smith, Elder, (1884). First Edition. Fine copy, with an 1885 ownershdip signature and small bookseller's blindstamp. More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Thick 8vo, 696 pages, double column. Bound in 3/4 vellum with decoratively gilt spine, green cloth, t.e.g. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no date, ca. 1910. Near Fine. Oxford Edition. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. Illustrated with wood engravings by Peter Reddick. 299pp. Short 4to, gilt-stamped brown leather, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1979). Small dent in gilt on fore-edge, else a fine copy. 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. More
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1888. 17 volumes. 5 engraved plates on india paper, mounted. Tall 8vo, full contemporary maroon morocco by Stikeman, gilt spines, inner dentelles. London: Smith Elder & Co. 1888-1894. A fine set. One of 250 large paper sets. More
New York: Crowell, 1898. 12 volumes + 4 volumes of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 16mo, original maroon cloth with elaborately gilt spines. Frontispieces with lettered tissue guards in each volume. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1898). An ex-library set, externally near fine but with stamps and removed labels inside some volumes. More
London: Frederick Warne and Co. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway with color engravings throughout, printed in London by Edmund Evans. 48 pages. Slim square 4to, peach cloth-backed pictorial boards. London & New York: Frederick Warne and Co., (undated, circa 1903). Early reprint. Boards lightly edgeworn but internally pristine. A very good(+) copy. Originally published by George Routledge and Sons in 1888, the rights were then granted to Warne around 1903, after which Warne produced several editions. [Schuster & Engen]... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Frontispiece portrait and title page vignette. 1033pp., thick 8vo, handsomely rebound in full brown morocco, ornately gilt spine and covers, all edges gilt. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, (1895). Fine. The Cambridge Edition. Bookplate and ownership signature. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Edited by Edward C. McAleer. 232pp. 8vo, cloth; previous owners inscription on flyleaf. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Very good in very good dust jacket. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1933. Edited with an introduction and notes by Thurman L. Hood. 389pp, tall thick 8vo, cloth; corners lightly bumped. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1933. More
London: Geoorge Harrap, 1934. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 4 color plates, 14 drawings in black & white, tan & white pictorial endpapers. Thin 8vo, full limp vellum, stamped in gilt. Original board slipcase (rubbed). London: George Harrap, (1934). First Edition. A fine copy. Limited edition. One of only 410 signed copies. More
New York: Art Lithographic Publishing, 1890. Pictorial chromo-lithograph title page and other similar colored illustrations on every page including 4 full-page and 6 partial; 12 tinted text illustrations, all by Arthur C, Payne and Harry Payne. Thin small 4to. Unpaginated, original pale pink cloth with pictorial covers (mostly faded to brown). New York: Art Lithographic Publishing Co. & London: Artistic Lithographic Company, (no date, circa 1890). Near fine. Designed in England, printed in Munich, the plates are in near fine..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Frontispiece portrait and title page vignette. 6 volumes. 8vo, handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco, decoratively gilt-stamped spines, marbled boards. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, (1899). Spines evenly faded to brown, and a few hinges neatly strengthened, still a very good(+) handsome set. The Riverside Edition. More
Concord: At the Sign of the Vine. Printed in red & black. Unpaginated, thin 16mo, ( 4 x 6 1/3 inches), gray boards, paper label. Concord, Mass: At the Sign of the Vine, no date. Arranged and put into type by Will Bradley. More
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1949. With an introduction by Edward Dowden. Illustrated with Engravings by Carl Schultheiss. 16 copper engravings, title in red and black. 2 vols. 4to, leather-backed boards; (spine ends slightly rubbed). Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. One of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. More
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