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Sonnets From the Portuguese
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets to
the Portuguese are widely considered among the greatest cycle of
sonnets in the English language. This collection of love poems was
written between 1845-46 to fellow poet and her soon-to-be husband,
Robert Browning.
Originally, Browning had no intention
of publishing the poetry owing to its deeply personal subject matter,
but her husband convinced her to publish them in the 1850 edition of
her Poems. Originally, however, she was reportedly to have called the... Read more about this item
the Portuguese are widely considered among the greatest cycle of
sonnets in the English language. This collection of love poems was
written between 1845-46 to fellow poet and her soon-to-be husband,
Robert Browning.
Originally, Browning had no intention
of publishing the poetry owing to its deeply personal subject matter,
but her husband convinced her to publish them in the 1850 edition of
her Poems. Originally, however, she was reportedly to have called the... Read more about this item
Orley Farm
by Anthony Trollope
When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm (near London) to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil.
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Victorian Fiction Books & Ephemera
Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson with a Selection of the Best Short Novels
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Neider, Charles (Edited and with anIntroduction by)
Garden City, NY: International Collectors Library. 1969. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Lovely faux-leather boards with gilt titles and decorations. Ribbon bookmark. xxx, 678 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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A$40.00
An Essay on Hardy
by Bayley, John
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,. Hardback. 237pp. Covers both Hardy's poetry and novels. Red boards with gilt titles to spine. Some what faded and tanned to spine of dust wrapper. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1978.
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£12.00
![LIEUTENANT BARNABAS. [Yellowback edition].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/139/958/961958139.0.b.jpg)
LIEUTENANT BARNABAS. [Yellowback edition].
by BARRETT, Frank
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly., 1893.. Reprint. Octavo, original colour pictorial boards (a Victorian 'yellowback']. 292 pp. + [2] pp ads + 32 pp catalogue "A List of Books Published by Chatto & Windus", dated Sept, 1894, bound in at rear, ads on endpapers. Boards worn at edges, a very good copy.
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$45.00
A History of Children's Book Illustration
by Whalley, Joyce Irene & Tessa Rose Chester
London: John Murray With the Victoria & Albert Museum. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0719545846 . In AS NEW blue cloth-covered boards, with bright gilt titing to spine. In the original publisher's glossy pictorial unclipped dust-jacket - The book is AS NEW - UNREAD. It came from the library of one of the Authors, The late Joyce Irene Whalley, - BUT it was stored on a shelf and the base colour to the dust-jacket spine ONLY, has faded/changed...
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£29.00
The World of Charles Dickens
by Wilson, Angus
London: Martin Secker & Warburg. 301pp. An illustrated guide to the work of the Victorian novelist. Colour frontis and a further full page colour illustrations. Integral black and white illustrations throughout. Green boards with gilt titles to spine are veryneat. Dust wrapper is sunned to spine and rather unevenly to front and back. A little rubbed to dust wrapper edges. Near fine copy in good + dw. . Hardcover. First. 1970.
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£12.50
![THE LITTLE BLACK GHOST [in] LONDON SOCIETY, Christmas Number, 1892.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/521/076/1538076521.0.b.jpg)
THE LITTLE BLACK GHOST [in] LONDON SOCIETY, Christmas Number, 1892.
by CROMMELIN, May
London: F. V. White, 1892. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, bound in contemporary pebbled green cloth, spine panel lettered and ruled in gilt "London / Society/ 1892 / 2", all edges speckled red. Bound together with the August, September and November 1892 issues, continuously paginated [113] - 592, the Christmas number separately paginated [1] - [112], with two full-page black & white plates, one of which illustrates the story "Stéphanie" by 'the Author of "Miss Molly"; the other illustrating...
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$250.00
Villette ( Everyman's Library No. 351 ) Full Leather De Luxe Edition
by Bronte, Charlotte
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. ;. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Reprint. Hardcover. Bound in original maroon full textured leather boards. Decorative bright gilt lettering to spine, and bright gilt logo to the bottom front of the front cover. Top edge Gilt. Remaining page fore-edges gently and lightly 'toned/dusty' with age. With an introduction by May Sinclair. 12mo. (xviii) + 462pp. Green/cream pictorial (Everyman) endpapers. A gift note in old ink, dated 1932, on the reverse...
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£55.00
International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature 2 Volume Set - NEW. UNUSED.
by Hunt, Peter
London: Routledge. As New with no dust jacket. 2004. Second Edition (New Edition); First Printing. Hardcover. 0415290538 . SECOND EDITION 2004 in 2 volumes. This set is New and Unused and still in the original shrink wrap - I only opened one edge to check the publishing details. NO Inscriptions or marks. 1416 Pages. Published price £310. This 2 volume set came from the library of one of the contributors - the late Joyce Irene Whalley (V & A). "The second edition of Peter Hunt's...
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£175.00
Cobwebs to Catch Flies Illustrated Books for the Nursery and Schoolroom, 1700-1900
by Whalley, Joyce Irene
London: Elek.. As New in As New dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0236154648 . HARDCOVER. 1st EDITION. FINE Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's FINE pictorial dustjacket. At the time of listing I have 4 copies of this title - All 'As NEW'. All came from the library of the late Author, and all unread/unused. Internally EXCELLENT - No Inscriptions or Marks. A small 'Erratum' slip has been inserted at the end of the Authors...
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£25.00
Character Sketches from Dickens. Introduction by Kate Perugini (Charles Dickens's Daughter) ... Illustrated by Harold Copping
by Matz B. W. (compiled with Foreword by)
London: Raphael TUCK & Sons Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Chocolate brown cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. Blind stamped decoration to the upper cover surrounding the bright gilt titling. A little light 'bumping' to the head and tail of the spine, some 'scratches' to the rear cover, but overall the covers are VG. Top edge Gilt. No dustjacket. Internally Very Good. A gift note to a former...
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£42.00
The Echo-Maid and Other Stories
by Aspinwall Alicia
London: John F. Shaw and Co.,. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1899. Presumed First UK Edition. Hardcover. NO DATE shown but according to WorldCat there were 7 editions published between 1897 and 1899. The 1897 1st would have been American. This copy is in red pictorial cloth and has bright gilt titling to the spine and front board and All edges are gilt. Usually the copy of the book with gilt tends to be a 1st - but in this case I do not know. There is a School prize label on the front pastedown...
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£59.00
She: A History of Adventure
by H. Rider Haggard
Haggard, H. Rider. SHE. Longmans Green & Co., London. No copyright date. States New Impression, 1921 on the title page. Dedicated to fellow author Andrew Lang. USED. VG/ No DJ Included. Mallard Green boards with bright gilt titling on front board and spine. 310 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 5/8. Summary: "A dying colleague gives Mr. Horace Holly at Cambridge University a locked box, the contents of which lead Mr. Holly to travel to Eastern Africa where he hopes to solve an ancient mystery, only to be...
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$148.95
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel [Introduction by John Buchan]
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons,. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1924. Presumed First UK Edition Thus. Hardcover. A most attractive Anthology of Rossetti's Poetry and Prose. With an Introduction by John Buchan. No date shown. But certainly c. 1910/30s. In dark blue full leather with bright gilt titling and bright gilt decoration to the spine and front cover. A beautiful soft smooth leather, with some light inundations and slight marks to the covers from storage, but overall looks most...
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£16.00
Thomas Hardy
by Howe, Irving
New York: Macmillan,. Hardback. 206pp. Critical biography. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn with a little rubbing and very tiny tears. Slightly sunned to spine. Very good copy in very good- dw. . Hardcover. 1967.
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£10.50
The Battle of Life. The "Pears" Centenary Edition of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books.
by Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by Charles Green
London: A & F Pears Ltd. ,. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1912. 1st Thus (Centenary Edition). Hardcover. One of the 5 Charming Pears' Centenary Editions of Dickens' Christmas Books. In original tan sand-grained cloth boards with bright gilt titling to both the spine and front cover, and an inlaid colour portrait of Pears' signature 'Bubbles' portrait to the centre of the front cover, with decorative black borders. The base colour to the spine is slightly faded as usual but...
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£22.00
Dickens: A Life
by Mackenzie, Norman and Jeanne Mackenzie
Oxford: Oxford University Press,. Hardback. 434pp. Biography of the Victorian novelist. Over 20 black and white illustrations. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Bumped to spine ends. Slightly sunned to dust wrapper spine. A little rubbed to dust wrapper. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1979.
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£10.50
Felix Holt, the Radical
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866 Three volumes. First edition, in Carter's "A" binding, with 4 pages of publisher advertisements and no catalog at the rear of Volume III. Publisher's cinnamon cloth, decorative borders stamped in blind to the boards, spines lettered in gilt. Near fine set with some toning to spines, tiny spot of soiling to fore edge of Volume I text block, light spotting to fore edge of Volume II text block, bookseller's stamp to rear pastedowns, and some...
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$1750.00
The Folio Book Of The English Christmas
by Beare Geraldine (Selected by)
London: The Folio Society. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. 1st Thus (Folio Society Edition); First Printing. Hardcover. One of those Wonderfully Decorated Books that the Folio Society do so well - This one quite scarce and for CHRISTMAS! In FINE original burgundy coloured, gilt decorated, cloth-covered boards, with bright gilt decorative titling to the spine and front board. The front board with added bright red and green! Beautiful!. In the original green slipcase which has a few marks from...
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£85.00
Mrs Brown on the Alabama Claims
by Sketchley, Arthur (Pseudonym For Geroge Rose)
London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd. Fair with no dust jacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial paper-coverd boards. No date given , circa early 1870's. Typical cheap 'Yellowback Railway Literature' with the usual chipped with loss, spine, corners and edges. Cover rubbed and worn, spine chipped with backing/webbing showing through. Illustrated front cover, and though the title reads 'Mrs Brown on the Alabama CASE' the title inside reads 'Mrs Brown on the Alabama...
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£25.00
All Round the Clock
by Mack, Robert Ellice
London / New York: Ernest Nister / E. P. Dutton and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. No date, but circa 1890/1902 ? A Lovely Ernest Nister published childrens book in poetic form, illustrated with both monotone illustrations and beautiful chromolithographs. Lacks rear free endpaper. In Pictorial paper-covered boards, covers a little worn with scratches mainly to the plain rear cover. The corners and edges rubbed, and the head/tail of spine bumped with a little...
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£35.00
The Fantasy Book An Illustrated History from Dracula to Tolkein
by Rottensteiner, Franz
New York: Collier Books. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners and faint marking to rear cover. Colour and black & white illustrations. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 160 pages. Presents a spectral march of figures and themes from the edge of reality and beyond. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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A$15.00
![THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON [along with] THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON. SECOND SERIES.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/512/194/519194512.0.b.jpg)
THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON [along with] THE RECREATIONS OF A COUNTRY PARSON. SECOND SERIES.
by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchinson [issued anonymously]
London: Parker Son and Bourn, West Strand., 1861 & 1862. Early Editions. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. Volume One is the Second Edition, Volume Two is the Third Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth decorated in blind on all covers, gilt titles on spine panels, brown coated endpapers. 373 + 6 pp publisher's catalogue of 'New Books and New Editions' at rear; 382 + [2] pp ads at rear. A few small knocks to the cloth at edges, some minor rubbing, a touch of interior foxing, mostly to preliminary and...
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$95.00
Prepare to Shed Them Now The Ballads of George R. Sims
by Sims, George R.; Calder-Marshall, Arthur (Selected andIntroduced by)
London: Hutchinson. 1968. Tall Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with sepia-toned photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 152 pages. A selection of the famous ballads of this journalist, playwright & famous balladist. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$12.00
STORIES OF OLD NEW SPAIN.
by JANVIER, Thomas A
New York: D. Appleton and Company., 1891. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in gold and darker green. 326 pp + [10] pp ads at rear. Frontispiece. Fresh clean copy, small faint stain to spine; near fine. ¶ Stories of old Mexico and the Spanish American South.
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$40.00
The Artist on the Artist (SIGNED Copy)
by Guest, Harry
Exeter: Elm Bank Publications. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1902454103 . Maroon decorated card covers, just a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Internally the first few pages are a little 'wavy' - negligible - o/w this is a very good large format paperback book. (xv) + (1) + 462 pp. Flat SIGNED without dedication on the title page by the Author, otherwise unmarked. Clean and tight throughout. Harry Guest (Henry Bayly Guest) is a...
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£39.00
