Works of John Heneage Jesse.
London: John C. Nimmo. 30 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo, 3/4 polished calf, gilt stamped spines, t.e.g., marbled boards (slightly rubbed). London: John C. Nimmo, 1901. A very good(+) set. More
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The Letters of Samuel Johnson, 1731-1781
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Edited by Bruce Redford. 3 volumes. Black and white frontispiece in each volume. Large 8vos, brown cloth, dust wrappers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. The Hyde Edition. Fine copies in very good(+) dust wrappers. Vol. 1: 1731-1772. Vol. 2: 1773-1776. Vol. 3: 1777-1781. More
Works of Samuel Johnson.
Together with James Boswell's Life of Johnson. Frontis., illus., some folding plates. 15 vols., thick 8vo, 3/4 green straight-grained morocco, gilt-stamped raised bands, t.e.g.; (some spines a bit rubbed). Oxford: Talboys and Wheeler/Pickering, 1825. Boswell's Johnson in 4 vols. Johnson's Works in 11 vols. More
The Works of Samuel Johnson.
London: J. Johnson, J. Nichols, et al. 1806. A New Edition in 12 volumes. Frontispiece portrait in first volume. 8vo, beautifully bound in full contemporary diced calf; gilt spines with 2 black leather labels; marbled edges and endpapers. (slight foxing, corners slightly bumped). London: Printed for J. Johnson, J. Nichols, et al., 1806. A lovely set. More
Works of Samuel Johnson.
London: Rivington et al, 1811. New Edition in 14 volumes with An Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy. 8vo, old calf, scuffed, newly re-backed in tan leather with green leather labels. Fine copperplate frontispiece portrait in first volume. London: Rivington et al., 1811. a very good looking set. More
The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus.
New York: Borradaile, 1923. , containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, written by Himself. Translated from the original Greek, according to Havercamp's accurate edition. Together with Explanatory Notes and Observations...by the late William Whiston. Revised, and illustrated with Notes, by the Rev. Samuel Burder. 4 volumes. Fine copperplate engravings with tissue guards, some foxing and overall tanning. Contemporary mottled calf, ornately gilt spines, hinges weal, rubbed. New York..... More
Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877. 361 engraved plates, lightly and evenly toned from the old tissue guards. 210; 445; 276; 504 pages. 4 volumes, Short thick 4tos, 3/4 contemporary pebbled brown morocco with decoratively gilt spines, extremities rubbed. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1877. A very good(+) set. 'A contemporary of Rowlandson and Gillray, though far more gentle in his wit, Kay produced scenes of Edinburgh characters and of comic events in contemporary Edinburgh society which won a popular..... More
Handbook to the Cathedrals of England (and Wales).
London: John Murray, 1862. 8 volumes, rubricated title, numerous woodcut illus. mainly by Orlando Jewitt, 8vos, handsomely rebound in 3/4 black morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt. London: John Murray, 1862 - 1887. A near fine set. Previous owner's bookplates on front attached endpapers. More
Works of Charles Kingsley.
London: Macmillan, 1893. 13 vols., small 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards. London: Macmillan, 1893. Eversely Edition. More
The Riverside Natural History.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. 12 volumes. 3/4 red leather over marbled boards, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Profusely illustrated by more than 2200 woodcuts in the text, 168 full page engravings, and 12 color plates, along with articles by many contributors on Lower Invertebrates; Crustacea and Insects; Fishes and Reptiles; Birds; Mammals; Man. Volume 1 has a small chip on the top of the spine; otherwise a fine set. More
Works
London: Macmillan, 1913. 31 volumes. 3/4 green morocco, tall 8vo, ornately gilt spines, green cloth, top edges gilt others untrimmed. Extremes of some volumes chipped, some hinges neatly strengthened. London: Macmillan and Co., 1913-1938. Bombay Edition. Signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume 1. More
The Works of Rudyard Kipling.
New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. 14 (of 15) volumes. Short 8vo, handsomely rebound by Blackwell in 3/4 tan polished calf, marbled boards and endpapers, ornately gilt spines with red leather labels, top edges gilt. New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. A fine set, un-numbered volumes but lacking "Captains Courageous" More
Guillaume Le Batard Conquerant
Paris: Michele Trinckvel, 1974. 2 volumes. 28 illustrations (including 4 double page) colored by hand A. Dussarthou, ornamental borders on each page. Tall thick 4to, 264, 232p., untrimmed. Full bright red sheepskin with blind stamping and gilt designs, gilt top (slight fading on spines), slipcases. Paris, Michele Trinckvel, 1974., 1974. Deluxe Edition limited to 650 copies printed on rag Malmenayde. Near Fine. More
The Life and Works of Charles Lamb.
New York: Lamb Publishing. 12 volumes. Frontispiece + many photogravures with lettered tissue guards. Thick 8vo, beautifully bound in full green morocco, spines evenly sunned to brown, One volume neatly rehinged, other hinges slightly dry. Internally fine. Ornately gilt covers, gilt- stamped spines with raised bands, t.e.g., uncut edges. New York: Lamb Publishing, no date, ca, 1880. Very good (+). Number 3 of 480 numbered copies of the Elia Edition. More
The Life and Works of Charles Lamb.
London: Dent, 1914. 12 volumes. Frontispiece + many illustrations by C. E. Brock. Small slim 8vo, rubricated titles, beautifully bound in 3/4 brown crushed morocco, (tiny bit of fading at base of a few spines), t.e.g., uncut edges. London: J. M. Dent, 1914. Near Fine. More
The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. 8 volumes. Frontispiece, portrait, and illustrations. Thick 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco, gilt- dec. raised bands, t.e.g. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. More
The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called in England, The Arabian Night's Entertainments
London: John Murray, 1859. 3 volumes. xxx, 555; xii, 578; xii, 704pp., with additional decorative title pages to each volume and many hundred wood-engraved vignettes by Thompson, Landells, Green, and others after William Darbey. 3/4 polished tan calf, heavily decorated gilt spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. London: John Murray, 1859. More
Memorial de Sainte-Helene, ou Journal ...Jour par Jour, ce qu'a dit et fait Napoleon durant Dis-Huit Mois.
1824. 8 volumes. Thick 12mo, 1/2 brown calf, marbled boards and endpapers. Paris: Depot du Memorial, 1824. Very good (+). Classic, exhaustively detailed account of the Little Corporal's last months in exile. More
The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.
London: Longman, Hurst, 1809. Translated from the French of Le Sage by Benjamin Heath Malkin. Illustrated with copper engravings with tissue guards. 4 volumes, tall 8vo, deckled edges. Bound by Birdsall-Norhtampton, full straight grained burgundy morocco, inner dentelles, decoratively gilt spines. London: Longman, Hurst, 1809. Fine. More
New Jersey; as Colony and as a State.
New York: Publising Society of New Jersey, 1903. Illustrated. 4 volumes. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 green morocco, gilt spines, top edges gilt, uncut (spines evenly sunned to brown on all volumes, otherwise near fine) New York: Publishing Society of New Jersey, 1903. Very good(+). More
The Works of Charles Lever.
Illustrated by Phiz and Hablot K. Brown. 38 volumes. Various sizes ranging from small to tall, thick 8vo, all uniformly bound in olive morocco, gilt-stamped raised bands (shamrocks on spines), inner dentelles, t.e.g.; (spines faded to brown). London: Wm. S. Orr, Chapman and Hall, Blackwood, Hodgson, et al., 1844 to 1906. All First Editions. Very Good. Lever's novels vary from the earlier Irish and military extravaganzas to the 1860's studies of common Irish life and manners. A contemporary of Dickens..... More
The Works of Charles Lever.
20 volumes. Frontispiece protected by tissue in 13 of the volumes. 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 blue calf over marbled boards; ornate gilt-stamped spines; marbled endpapers and page edges. London: Chapman and Hall & George Routledge, (no date). Various editions, all uniformly bound. A near fine set. Lever's novels vary from the earlier Irish and military extravaganzas to the 1860's studies of common Irish life and manners. A contemporary of Dickens, Lever was considered a brilliant and amusing novelist..... More
Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852.
London: Longmans, 1865. Frontispieces. 3 volumes, tall 8vo, 3/4 blue calf, burgundt and tan leather labels, heavily gilt spine, marbled boards, lightly rubbed. London: Longmans, Green, 1865. First Edition. Very Good (+). More
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1839. 10 volumes. Illustrated frontispiece. Small 8vo, 3/4 green leather, gilt-stamped raised bands. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1839. Near Fine. More
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, 10 volumes, TOGETHER WITH Scott's The History of Scotland, in 2 volumes
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1851. Frontispiece etching, and decorative titles. 12 volumes. 12mo, handsomely bound in full straight-grained tan morocco, gilt decorated spines with red & green leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1851. More