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1860SB17022NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1860. Aged gently shaken textblock otherwise clean and tight; Chipped/frayed head and foot of spine bumped and worn corners and edges sunned spine. 497p. First American Edition. Embossed Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6 " - 7 " tall. Hardcover. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
189222158Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1892. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition neat contemporary signature on front free endpapers; original green cloth upper boards blocked and lettered in yellow gilt backs floral patterned endpapers uncut case of second volume a little shaken a very good bright clean copy. Published in the same year as the first English edition. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Wolff 6728. Sampson Low Marston & Co., hardcover
184620611George Bell 1846. 16mo. small neat signature on front free endpaper; original dark green diced cloth backstrip with printed paper label browned but just legible very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a remarkably bright clean crisp copy in sympathetically restored publisher's binding. Complete with 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. George Bell, hardcover
182514091Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press for John Sharpe Duke Street Piccadilly 1825. 12mo. on laid paper with engraved frontispiece half-title engraved and printed titles and 6 engraved plates plates moderately spotted; attractively bound in mid-nineteenth century full rose calf sides with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in gilt enclosing a triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in blind the space between filled with an elaborate arabesque in blind back with four raised bands tooled in gilt second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt gilt doublures gilt edges marbled endpapers brown silk marker binding mildly age-worn and faded at extremities but all lettering wholly legible else a most attractive textually clean crisp copy. This handsome 12mo edition derives directly from the foolscap octavo edition of 1817. The engravings save the last are by Rolls after designs by Richard Westall. The engraving to Book VI of The Task is by Romney; all the plates are re-engraved and dated March 25 1825 but notably the frontispiece differs considerably from that of its 1817 forerunner. Some of the vignettes have been reduced in size and the headings and imprints brought closer to accommodate the 16mo edition as well as the present 12mo format. An attractive if faded copy. Russell 145. Printed [by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press] for John Sharpe, Duke Street, Piccadilly, hardcover
1892033870London: Adam and Charles Black 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Edition Not Stated. VG Mild wear ink name & date 15/11/97 soiling to inner boards browning/NO DUST JACKET. Dark blue boards with gilt spine title. Includes glossary & index. With black & white illustrations on title-page preface page first page of 'The Surgeon's Daughter' last page of introduction to 'Castle Dangerous' last page of 'Notes to Castle Dangerous' and last page of glossary. Photo on request. Adam and Charles Black Hardcover
188743892MacMillan and Co. . 1887. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. Additional name stamped to ffep and textblock A. Gardner. Spine sunned. Minor pencilling.; 480 pages; Greek Text with extensive English Introduction and Commentary . MacMillan and Co. hardcover
189831336Hurst & Blackett 1898. 8vo. Third Impression free endpapers very lightly browned; green cloth upper board framed and lettered in black gilt back uncut fore-edge lightly spotted else a remarkably bright clean crisp copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published three months after the first edition. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hurst & Blackett, hardcover
184235363Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1842. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved and printed titles and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in green full crushed morocco BY HOLLOWAY OF LONDON sides with multiple frame border enclosing floral fillet stopped at corners with sprays back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment framed and lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt with urns and flowers gilt edges gilt doublures marbled endpapers expertly recased a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the oval bookplate of Archer Ryland on front paste-down and neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso. The illustrations are by Bell Cope Creswick Horsley Knight Redgrave Stone Stonhouse Tayler Townsend and Webster. Longman Brown Green & Longmans, hardcover
184923140William Tegg 1849. 8vo. with engraved portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present and 4 engraved plates original tissue guards present small neat signature on front free endpaper some light spotting to plates; original mid-brown ribbed cloth sides framed in blind enclosing armorial crest in gilt gilt back buff endpapers uncut expertly recased a remarkably clean crisp copy. With the nineteenth-century trade ticket of Brown of Bristol on front paste-down and 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The frontispiece is engraved by Greatbach after Gilbert the plates by Greatbach after Gilbert. The notes by Nichols appear here for the first time. A remarkably bright clean copy in sympathetically restored publisher's binding. William Tegg, hardcover
1856SB11833London: G. Routledge & Co. 1856. Usual age wear All edges gilt; Rear pastedown repair at the gutter directly above the original booksellers ticket else textblock is clean and tight. Original blind and gilt embossed blue cloth binding with the original pale flat yellow end pages. All edges gilt. Binding moderately worn at the edges and corners and most especially at the spine extremities; 364p. Blue Cloth. Good. Illus. by Engravings. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. G. Routledge & Co. Hardcover
1849SB11854London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1849. Marbled end pages former owner's bookplate on fep and ffep; very lightly age spotted throughout else clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half leather and marbled boards moderately worn along the edges corners and spine extremities; Jinges a little tender; five raised bands; Spine leather worn and a bit dry; 157p. First Edition. Half Leather/Marbled Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Nine Hand Colored Plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans Hardcover
188733534Reeves c.1887. 8vo. original printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. A remarkably crisp clean copy. VERY SCARCE. Reeves, unknown
1809260396W. Suttaby 1809. Hardcover. Acceptable. 17 to 19 cm tall 12mo. The text blocks are good but the bindings are as follows; Vol 1 & 4 Both boards are loose. Vols 2 & 3 Front board loose back board held by the binding string. The spines of all volumes are variously chipped and worn. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. W. Suttaby hardcover
189717074New York: Harper & Brothers 1897. Hardcover. Illustrations by Peter Newell. 12mo. Tan cloth. 204pp 4pp ads. Frontispiece 7 full-page plates. Very good. Mild shelfwear. First edition of this sequel to "A House-Boat on the Styx." Tight and decent. Harper & Brothers hardcover
188728865Clarendon Press Oxford 1887. 8vo. First Edition neat signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in red hald morocco red cloth sides back with five raised bands second and third compartments lettered in gilt gilt top marbled endpapers a few gatherings a little loose but binding entitre;ly sound a good bright working copy. With the trade ticket of Blackwell on front paste-down. Volume one of four; this volume is complete in itself. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
1853R776New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1853. First edition thus. Leather_bound. Good. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1853. First edition thus. Good. Illustrated with fine steel engravings. Specially bound in full red morocco elaborately decorated embossed gilt all edges marvelised. Some foxing to plates and end pages plates protected by tissue. Spine missing first 3 pages loose but binding tight for rest of book. 807pp. Po signatures 1909 and 1991. Shelf wear. <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
1866016467Edward Moxon 1866. Book. Illus. by Frontispiece only black/white drawing. Very Good . Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Moxon's Miniature Poets series A near fine full leather with near fine gilt decoration to spine/front also gilt text block to all sides Endpapers unmarked but a name & small message on free endpaper dated 1875 an odd mark. The book in general almost very good with a very odd mark on odd paged. nice copy of 150 year old book. Posting from Cornwall TR140. Edward Moxon Hardcover
185312319Black Edinburgh 1853. 8vo. with engraved frontispiece engraved and printed titles 4 engraved plates of views a folding facsimile on japon of Scott's handwriting and several wood-engraved tail-pieces in the text frontispiece and engraved title a little dusty; attractively bound in full green morocco boards elaborately blocked in gilt to an arabesque design back gilt extra with five raised bands second compartment ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled and ruled in gilt all edges gilt gilt doublures primrose endpapers neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good clean copy. The engravings are by Brandard Le Keux Miller and Pye from works by Turner and Stanfield. The engraved title is by Le Keux after Turner. This would appear to be a later issue for the engraved title is dated 1851 and we have seen other copies bound in red. Black, Edinburgh, hardcover
189437885Frederick Warne 1894. 8vo. First Edition thus with portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present and title in red and black neat contemporary inscription on half-title; handsomely bound in full dark purple roan sides with frame border stopped at corners with floral leaf all in gilt back with flat bands second compartment with dark green leather label lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt gilt edges gilt dentelles marbled endpapers an attractive copy in period binding. Frederick Warne, hardcover
186026460Routledge Warne & Routledge 1860. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece and plates some very light age-staining neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original dark red cloth sides elaborately blocked in blind gilt back brown endpapers uncut a very good firm copy. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Thew of King's Lynn on rear paste-down. Routledge Warne & Routledge, hardcover
188521800Elliot Stock 1885. 12mo. First Edition thus on laid paper with full-page facsimiles of the first edition title free endpaper moderately browned; attractively bound in ivory faux-vellum boards ruled and blocked in red to a geometric pattern enclosing small arabesque backstrip lettered and tooled in gilt uncut a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 350 COPIES. A delightful affordable and good quality facsimile of the sole surviving first edition. Elliot Stock, hardcover
187515206Elliot Stock 1875. 8vo. on laid paper with 2 woodcut frontispieces and 16 woodcut illustrations a number full-page in the text endpapers very lightly browned; original brown cloth boards with elaborate floral roll in blind back with four flat bands second compartment with label lettered in gilt red edges backstrip lightly pulled at head else a very good crisp clean copy. With the contemporary binder's ticket of Smith Brothers of Paternoster Row on rear paste-down. Bunyan's allegory was first published in 1678 less than a handful of copies are known to exist. This much-needed facsimile includes the frontispieces and titles to both parts the 14 woodcut illustrations of the first part and the 2 woodcut illustrations of the second part. All marginalia comprising arguments and biblical references are faithfully retained. The work was not divided into chapters until Burder's edition of 1786. A notable and very scarce facsimile edition. Elliot Stock, hardcover
1808034146London: John Walker and W. Suttaby Co.; Crosby & Co. And Scatcherd & Letterman 1808. Book. Illus. by W. Gunston and others Engraved By R. Paterson. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. title continues "in two parts to which is prefixed A Critical Preface: and The Author's Life Written by Himself with Copious index" Pilgrim's Progress pp. cxliv 338 1809 and The Holy War pp. x 305 inc. index 1808 both with engraved frontispiece plate and decorative title page . Bound in polishes calf gilt decoration to the spine blind tooling to the boards joints firm but for a little supperficial creasing corners rounded. Contents good and tight early inscription dated 1843 to the front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. A very good copy of this scarce publication. John Walker and W. Suttaby, Co.; Crosby & Co. And Scatcherd & Letterman Hardcover
18856453Chatto & Windus 1885. 8vo. First Edition neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; original pictorial ivory cloth upper board blocked in blue gilt back black endpapers uncut covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkable bright clean firm copy. With 32pp of publisher's advertisements at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Miller & Matthews B23.1 binding variant a; printing variant e recording that 1264 copies were printed; Rogerson 21; Wolff 3622. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1854032465London: Henry Vizetelly Clarke Beeton and Co. The Field 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 10.5 x 16cm. Two titles bound in one fine binding with engraved plates and in text illustrations THE OLD GUARD a collection of stories pp. vii 192 frontispiece and title page; YANKEE CRAM a collection of stories pp.220 and contents with title pages THE LIFE OF A RACE HORSE a collection of stories pp.141 frontispiece plate and title page. Original fine calf half leather binding four raised bands with bright gilt decoration to spine compartments leather title label to the spine bright marbled paper covered boards minimal rubbing joints firm. Contents clean and tight matching marbled endpapers all edges marbled attractive owner's book plate to the pastedown no other markings. A very good copy in an attractive binding. Henry Vizetelly, Clarke, Beeton, and Co., The Field Hardcover