Trilby, a Novel by Du Maurier, George - 1895

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. First Edition. Limited to 325 copies.Signed by author. 38pp A sound copy with chipping at top of spine. Leather label on front cover. Textured covers, spine slightly faded.

London; (1924): Jonathan Cape. First Edition. Octavo. 253pp. The story about a man shattered mentally and physically by war and despairing of life. Nature brings him back step by step to health and vigor. It is the fight of nature against the evil of civilization. Bound in black cloth, paper spine label, some off setting to label, light wear to corners, in decorative unclipped dust jacket lettered and illustrated in black and green, chipping to spine ends and corners, spine darkened, with some toning to edges. A very good copy.

London; (1923): Jonathan Cape. First Edition. Octavo. 350pp., The author writes about the life in the Aran Islands from the point of view of a native. It was written for two reasons. In the first place because Synge wrote a book about one of those islands that irritated me, in as much as he failed to get the personal touch. Secondly, it was written as a courageous attempt to same the Irish novel from the debauched condition of being a political pamphlet or a religious controversy, or wort of all, a literary facsimile of the third rate music hall comedies that draw alcoholic laughter from an audience of very low intelligences. It endeavors to be a faithful picture of the life as I have seen it. Bound in black cloth lettered and ruled in green, spine lettering green, tiny nick to foot, small spot of damp staining to rear board near head and foot. A very good copy in clipped decorative dust jacket lettered in maroon, chipping to spine ends and small chip to spine and damp staining and toning to rear… Read More

(Svietimo Ministerijos Knygu Leidimo Komisijos Leidinys Nr. 524, Kaunas, 1940). Limited Edition. V.K. Jonynas. Quarto. 191p. Limited to 3000 copies. The very rare 1940 Baden-Baden edition with the rich woodcuts of Vytautas K. Jonynas published in Kaunas for which he won the Lithuanian National Prize in 1940. A beautiful copy bound inpictorial paper covered, fine in near fine pictorial dust jacket with just a few finger smudges, in heavy duty plastic clear book cover.

London: Lupton Relfe, 1826. 12mo. 398pp., frontispiece, engraved title page and regular title page, 12 other full page engravings, bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, two raised black morocco spine labels gilt, two other compartments gilt decorated, all edges gilt, coated yellow endpapers. Contains several stanzas by other known writers; A stanza by Lord Byron given to the author by Washington Irving, a few unpublished poems by Thomson author of The Seasons, and others. A very nice clean copy.

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. First Edition. Limited to 325 copies.Signed by author. 38pp A sound copy with chipping at top of spine. Leather label on front cover. Textured covers, spine slightly faded.

London; (1924): Jonathan Cape. First Edition. Octavo. 253pp. The story about a man shattered mentally and physically by war and despairing of life. Nature brings him back step by step to health and vigor. It is the fight of nature against the evil of civilization. Bound in black cloth, paper spine label, some off setting to label, light wear to corners, in decorative unclipped dust jacket lettered and illustrated in black and green, chipping to spine ends and corners, spine darkened, with some toning to edges. A very good copy.

London; (1923): Jonathan Cape. First Edition. Octavo. 350pp., The author writes about the life in the Aran Islands from the point of view of a native. It was written for two reasons. In the first place because Synge wrote a book about one of those islands that irritated me, in as much as he failed to get the personal touch. Secondly, it was written as a courageous attempt to same the Irish novel from the debauched condition of being a political pamphlet or a religious controversy, or wort of all, a literary facsimile of the third rate music hall comedies that draw alcoholic laughter from an audience of very low intelligences. It endeavors to be a faithful picture of the life as I have seen it. Bound in black cloth lettered and ruled in green, spine lettering green, tiny nick to foot, small spot of damp staining to rear board near head and foot. A very good copy in clipped decorative dust jacket lettered in maroon, chipping to spine ends and small chip to spine and damp staining and toning to rear… Read More

(Svietimo Ministerijos Knygu Leidimo Komisijos Leidinys Nr. 524, Kaunas, 1940). Limited Edition. V.K. Jonynas. Quarto. 191p. Limited to 3000 copies. The very rare 1940 Baden-Baden edition with the rich woodcuts of Vytautas K. Jonynas published in Kaunas for which he won the Lithuanian National Prize in 1940. A beautiful copy bound inpictorial paper covered, fine in near fine pictorial dust jacket with just a few finger smudges, in heavy duty plastic clear book cover.

London: Lupton Relfe, 1826. 12mo. 398pp., frontispiece, engraved title page and regular title page, 12 other full page engravings, bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, two raised black morocco spine labels gilt, two other compartments gilt decorated, all edges gilt, coated yellow endpapers. Contains several stanzas by other known writers; A stanza by Lord Byron given to the author by Washington Irving, a few unpublished poems by Thomson author of The Seasons, and others. A very nice clean copy.