Illustrated from E C Books

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1910 A very good copy of the 1st trade edition in the original decorative cloth binding with tipped in colour frontispiece and 39 further colour plates by Warwick Goble. The binding is bright and clean. There is light scuffing to corners and spine joints, and there is pulling to the top and bottom of… Read more about this item

London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original blue gilt decorated cloth binding with tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and 7 further colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by H J Ford as called for. With decorative endpapers with different designs front and rear. All page edges gilt.… Read more about this item

London, New York, & Bombay: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1897 A good to very good copy of an unusual tale of supremely confident infants, a sensitive dragon and wicked people. Rosamund Praeger is best known as a sculptor, but was also an artist, illustrator, poet and writer. She wrote and illustrated a number of books for children which tend to… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911 A good to very good copy of the Edition de Luxe in full gilt-decorated vellum binding, with 32 tipped in colour plates by Warwick Goble. Only 150 copies were printed. This copy lacks the ribbon ties, but the binding is very straight, clean and sound. There is light soiling at the edges and towards… Read more about this item

London : J M Dent & Co, 1902 A good set in the original decorative cloth bindings, edited by R Brimley Johnson, and with 12 colour plates by H M Brock. 3rd edition thus. The bindings have gilt titles to spine and front board. The top page edges are gilt; the remaining edges are uncut. With half titles, showing that… Read more about this item

London: Lovell Reeve, 1858 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with 20 hand coloured plates. Part of Lovell Reeve's Popular Natural History series where a number of authors were chosen to introduce their subjects to young people in a way that would give a good foundation while inspiring them to study further.… Read more about this item

London : J M Dent & Co, 1901 Third edition in this form: complete in 2 volumes, edited by R Brimley Johnson, with portrait frontispiece of Jane Austen, and 12 colour plates by C E Brock. In original decorative cloth bindings with gilt titles to spine and front board. The top page edges are gilt; the remaining edges are uncut.… Read more about this item

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1835 A very good copy of the first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 30 hand coloured plates of pigeons from drawings by Edward Lear. Lear provided the illustrations for Pigeons and Parrots in the Naturalist's Library, and his work is distinctive for its accuracy combined with an ability to make the subject seem… Read more about this item

London : Hodder and Stoughton A very copy of this classic work with 24 tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Kay Nielson. Undated but circa 1924 (there is an ink inscription on the fep dated 1924) and the third issue of this work by Hodder. The deep yellow cloth binding has black titles… Read more about this item

London: Methuen and Co Ltd, 1915 A good copy of the scarce 6th edition of Wilde's work, being the first illustrated by Jessie M King. In the original decorative cloth binding with colour title page, 16 tipped-in colour plates and decorative endpapers. The binding has a bright front board with some scuffing and slight cloth loss to corners. Edges including… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1917 A good copy of the 2nd issue of Chatto's edition of Emma, illustrated by A Wallis Mills. Vols 7 and 8 of their 10 volume set of Austen's novels, part of the St Martin's illustrated library of standard authors. Bound in cream cloth with gilt titles and with decorative endpapers, colour frontispieces and 9 further… Read more about this item

LONDON : Hodder & Stoughton, 1919 A good copy of the larger format edition - undated but 1919 - with 40 tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. In original blue decorative cloth binding with gilt design on front board and spine. The binding is very clean with bright gilt to spine and front board. The spine cloth is slightly… Read more about this item

London : J M Dent & Co, 1901 Complete set in original decorative cloth bindings, with illustrations by C E Brock and H M Brock and edited by R Brimley Johnson. The set is a mixed edition, being either the 3rd or the 4th edition with the exception of Pride and Prejudice Vol I which is a 1st in… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1945 A very good copy of Bettina's first work in good wrapper. The yellow binding has a title and the outline of a donkey in red on the front board. It is in very good clean condition with some browning to the bottom edges and light turning to corners. The contents are very clean and sound.… Read more about this item

London: Elliot Stock, 1884 A very good copy of the 1st edition in full vellum binding with gilt titles and emblem to front board and spine. Page edges untrimmed. The vellum binding is sound and tight. There is some light marking to the boards - including a large spot on the front board. The spine has slight creasing and the… Read more about this item

London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1909 A near fine copy of the 1st enlarged limited edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 750 copies were produced and signed by Rackham, of which this is copy number 490. Issued with tipped in colour frontispiece and 39 further tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs.… Read more about this item

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908 A very good copy of Eleanor Vere Boyle's last work, inscribed by her to Lady Phillimore on February 4th, 1909. The inscription, which is on the front free endpaper reads 'For Lady Phillimore with EVB's Love'. The green cloth binding has gilt titles and a gilt peacock to the front board and spine.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1917 A very good copy of the 1st UK edition in the original decorative cloth binding with new matching leather spine and red title label. With 16 colour plates (including the frontispiece), 7 full page black and white plates and numerous designs by Arthur Rackham. The front board is very clean with bright gilt… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1910 A near fine copy of the 'edition de luxe' of which only 500 copies were issued. The original vellum binding has been replaced with a half calf binding with cream spine with title label and matching cream cloth. It is in fine condition. Contents with tipped in colour frontispiece, rubricated title and 39… Read more about this item

LONDON : George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1919 A very good copy of the first trade edition with Harry Clarke's famous illustrations. This was Clarke's second published work and initially contained black and white plates. It was reprinted 4 years later with the addition of colour plates. Clarke's style beautifully complements Poe's writing. With 24 black and white full… Read more about this item