Fiction from Wykeham Books

Clarendon Press, Oxford, second editions, 1926. 5 volumes, cloth, gilt cover-device, 8vo, 23 cm,. various paginations, maps, plans, facs. Chapman's edition remains one of the most sought-after. The set comprises: I. Sense and Sensibility; II. Pride and Prejudice; III. Mansfield Park; IV. Emma; V. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Each volume of the Novels has a reproduction of the… Read more about this item

Printed for J. and F. Rivington ..., London, seventh edition, 1774. Contemporary calf, red and black lettering pieces, gilt decoration, 8vo, 17.5 cm. 395 pp, frontispiece plate. A single volume from the set. Unidentified armorial bookplate with "Wimbledon" added in manuscript on front pastedown endpaper, covers rubbed and worn but binding remains firm with small loss to… Read more about this item

Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, 1969 reprint of 1893 edition. 10 vols, cloth, gilt cover title, 8vo,. xxii, 4705 pp, 38 ills. A reprint of the 1893 edition. With a bibliographical note by Edgar Mertner, The set comprises: v. 1. Moral tales; v.2. Popular tales; v.3. Belinda; v.4. Castle Rackrent; Irish bulls. Ennui, a tale of fashionable life; v.5.… Read more about this item

Chez les marchands de nouveautés, Paris, nouvelle édition, large paper, n.d. [but 19th century]. Limited edition of 10 numbered copies "sur papier de chine". 2 vols, later cloth, top edges gilt, 8vo, with portfolio of plates unbound as issued in matching cloth portfolio, 8vo, old leather spine-labels (mis-spelling the author as 'Gouvray'), 24 cm,. 436 + 491 pp +… Read more about this item

Nan A. Talese, New York, later (US) impression, 2006. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 22 cm,. 213, [3] pp,. From the blurb - "A tour de force in the tradition of Hawksmoor and Chatterton, Peter Ackroyd' s new novel of deceit and betrayal is a witty reimagining of a great nineteenth-century Shakespeare forgery. Charles and Mary Lamb, who will achieve… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus Ltd, London, first edition, 1995. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. [2], 249 pp. From the blurb: "Edward Lannion, the young master of Hatting Hall, is about to marry Marian Berran. At Penndean nearby, preparations are underway for the wedding, overseen by an anxious Benet. Family and friends gather, the night is warm and clear, the wedding… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus Ltd, The Hogarth Press, London, first edition, 1985. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. [2], 522 pp. From the blurb: "Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Interfering friends and relations question his sincerity, his sanity… Read more about this item

Chatto and Windus lotd, London, first edition, 1980. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. [2], 505 pp. From the blurb: "This is a story about honour and innocence, lost and found, and about the vicissitudes of a deep friendship between two women. Guy Openshaw, dying, begs his wife Gertrude to remarry and be happy after he has gone, but Gertrude… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus Lltd, London, first edition, 1987. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. [2], [601] pp. From the blurb: "Many years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends 'commissioned' one of their number to write a political book. Time passes and opinions change. Why should we go on supporting a book we detest? Rose Curtland asks. The brotherhood of Western… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, London, first edition, 1993. Cloth, 8vo,. [4], 472 pp. From the blurb: "The Green Knight. In a small circle of friends in London, disturbing changes are taking place. Lucas Graffe, a reclusive academic, kills a man in self-defence, and disappears immediately after the trial, leaving his brother; the charismatic actor Clement Graffe, tortured by his… Read more about this item