Literature Before 1900 from Lorne Bair Rare Books
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The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal, and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolorous Death and Departing Out of This World of Them All
by MALORY, Thomas (text); BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illustrations)
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- 1985
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$375.00
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Woodbridge, Suffolk & Dover, New Hampshire: Boydell Press, 1985. Facsimile Edition. One of 500 sets. Two thick octavo volumes (25cm); tan cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt on spine and covers; publisher's original black paper-covered slipcase; [xc],455,[3]; [xxxvi],457-990,[4]pp; illus. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine slipcase. A handsome facsimile edition of Malory's 1893 work. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Further Poems of Emily Dickinson, Withheld From Publication By Her Sister Lavinia
by DICKINSON, Emily; Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, eds
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- 1929
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$125.00
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1929. Fifth printing, in the same year as the first. Small octavo (20cm). Green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xx,[1]-210pp. Tight, straight and clean, free of markings or significant wear; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, chipped on front and rear panels (not affecting text); Very Good. An… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
Unpublished Poems of Emily Dickinson
by DICKINSON, Emily; Martha Dickinson Bianchi & Alfred Leete Hampson, eds
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- First edition
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- 1936
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$75.00
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Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1936. First edition. First printing, trade issue. Octavo (20cm). Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; [viii],[1]-157 pp. Spine gilt slightly dulled, else tight, clean and unmarked, Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Signature of Vermont poet Arthur Wentworth Hewitt to front free endpaper. Item Price
$75.00
The Works of Jane Austen [7 Volume Set]
by AUSTEN, Jane (novels); HASSALL, Joan (illustrations)
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- 1993
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$125.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1993. Eleventh Printing. Seven octavo volumes (23cm); patterned paper-covered boards and maroon cloth backstrips, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; illustrated throughout by Joan Hassall. A few tiny spots of soil to rear cover of Emma, otherwise a Fine set. Slipcase lightly shelfworn, else Near Fine. Handsome edition… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
Leaves of Grass
by WHITMAN, Walt (text); DANIEL, Lewis C. (illustrations); MORLEY, Christopher (introduction)
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1940
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$75.00
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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1940. First Edition Thus. Quarto (28cm); green buckram, with title label mounted to spine; green topstain; publisher's original slipcase; xvi,316,[2]pp. Some of the usual sunning to spine, upper rear board corner gently tapped (though still sharp), else clean internally; Very Good+ or better. Slipcase lightly shelfworn, title label gently sunned, with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- First Edition
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- 1886
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$2,000.00
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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1886. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. 18cm. Contemporary or near contemporary blue cloth binding titled in gilt to spine. 141pp. [3pp] ads to rear, including recto/verso of original wrap. The binding is tight, clean, and handsome, showing only trifling wear to spine ends and extremities. Internally clean, coated black endpapers, some light soiling to… Read more about this item Item Price
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La Femmina Dottoressa, o Vero La Teologia Ridotta alla Canocchia
by [BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe]
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- 1731
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$300.00
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[S.l.: s.n.], 1731. Octavo (18cm). Contemporary parchment over boards, manuscript title to spine, all edges stained red and brown; 191,[1]pp; engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title page. Front board slightly splayed, general minor wear, including a tiny bit of worming to lower rear corner, occasional foxing: Very Good.
Italian translation of La Femme Docteur, first published in… Read more about this item Item Price
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L'Eloge de la Folie, Composé en Forme de Déclamation
by [ERASMUS]; GUEUDEVILLE, [Nicolas] (trans.); Gerard Listre; Hans Holbein (illus.)
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- 1745
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$200.00
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Amsterdam: Francois L'Honoré, 1745. Nouvelle édition." 12mo (15.5cm). Disbound, now in later cream paper wrappers titled in gilt on spine, all edges stained red; [xxiv],340,[20]pp; with 5 folding plates (lacking the sixth), numerous in-text woodcuts, and an engraved portrait of Erasmus cut out and laid down on title page verso. Title page printed in two colors. Occasional minor chips… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Now Printed from the manuscript as Franklin wrote it, and including his Preliminary Outline [...]
by FRANKLIN, Benjamin; Carl Van Doren, introd;
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- 1976
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's black full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 233pp, with color frontispiece and 9 preliminary pages of ilustrations. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by Carl Van… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
Two Plays: Tartuffe / The Would-Be Gentleman
by MOLIÈRE; Henri Peyre, introd; Serge Ivanoff, illus
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- 1980
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$45.00
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's deep chocolate-brown full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 197pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Translation by H. Baker and J. Miller; introduced by Henri Peyre; ilustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
Lord Jim
by CONRAD, Joseph; Nicholas Monsarrat, introd; Lynd Ward, illus
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- 1977
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$45.00
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's navy blue full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 407pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by Nicholas Monsarratt; illustrated throughout by Lynd Ward. Item Price
$45.00
Wuthering Heights
by BRONTE, Emily; Barnett Freeman, illus
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- 1980
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$45.00
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's deep aquamarine full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 331pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Ilustrated throughout after lithographs by Barnett Freeman. Item Price
$45.00
Fathers and Sons
by TURGENEV, Ivan; Constance Garnett, transl; Fritz Eichenberg, illus
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- 1977
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's black full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 235pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Translated by Constance Garnett; illustrated throughout by Fritz Eichenberg. Item Price
$45.00
The Short Stories of Charles Dickens
by DICKENS, Charles; Walter Allen, introd; Edward Ardizzone, illus
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- 1978
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1978. Octavo. 23.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's deep brown full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 423pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Inroduced by Walter Allen and illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone.… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner
by DEFOE, Daniel; J. Cuthbert Hadden, introd; Edward A. Wilson, illus
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- 1976
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$45.00
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's navy-blue full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 299pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by J. Cuthbert Hadden and illustrated throughout by Edward A. Wilson. … Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
Two Plays: The Cherry Orchard / Three Sisers
by CHEKHOV, Anton; John Gielgud, illus; Lajos Szalay, illus
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- 1978
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1978. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's chocolate brown full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 134pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by Sir John Gielgud and illustrated throughout by Lajos Szalay. … Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
Gulliver's Travels. An Account of the Four Voyages into Several Remote Nations of the World. Now Written Down by Jonathan Swift
by SWIFT, Jonathan; Fritz Eichenberg, illus
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- 1976
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's saddle-tan full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 343pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Illustrated throughout after woodcuts by Fritz Eichenberg. Item Price
$45.00
Ivanhoe
by SCOTT, Sir Walter; Edward A Wilson, illus
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- Limited Edition
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- 1977
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$45.00
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. Limited Edition. 8vo. 23.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's chocolate brown full leather binding titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers, integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 472pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Illustrated throughout by Edward A. Wilson. Item Price
$45.00
The Return of the Native
by HARDY, Thomas; Agnes Miller Parker, illus
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- 1978
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$45.00
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1978. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's deep green full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 416pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Ilustrated throughout by Agnes Miller Parker. Item Price
$45.00
The Portrait of a Lady
by JAMES, Henry; R.W. Stallman, introd; Colleen Browning, illus
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- 1979
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1979. Large octavo (27cm). Publisher's deep red full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards; silk moiré endpapers; integral ribbon bookmark; all edges gilt; 516pp. A fine, unread copy. A collectible edition from the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Introduced by R.W. Stallman and illustrated throughout by Colleen Browning. … Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00