Whitaker, JohnMareMagnum
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Two volumes. The only edition of this work. Complete with the two engravings, both half-titles, and ads at the end of volume II. Printed on bluish paper. Large 4to, later half calf over marbled boards. Only the slightest wear to binding, internally fine. Large margins.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartment tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of Du Maurier's Cornish classic. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with a tinted lithographed frontispiece (skilfully mounted on pale cartridge) and 11 tinted lithographed plates; late-nineteenth century half calf, neatly rebacked with new endpapers to style, old blind-tooled backstrip laid down, original gilt-ruled morocco labels preserved (title-label with two gilt letters reinforced), sprinkled edges, an unusually bright, clean and carefully restored copy with virtually no trace of the usual foxing. The plates were engraved by M & N Hanhart from illustrations by Brandling. This is the scarce original edition of Collins' third book, following his biography of his father 'Memoirs of the Life of William Collins' (2v, 1848) and his first novel 'Antonina' (3v., 1850). It is arguably his best-remembered work, together with his two later novels 'The Woman in White' (1860) and 'The Moonstone' (1868). Very nice copy of an uncommon and notable account, and a mainstay of any Cornish collection. Sadleir, 'Excursions' p.137, gives the date of publication (from the Bentley Catalogue) as 30 January 1851; Anderson, p.70; CBEL III, p.481; Parrish, pp.14-16; Wolff, 1374.
8vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartment tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first omnibus edition of Du Maurier's classic Cornish trilogy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19 vols., 8vo., First Edition, variously with frontispieces, plates, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers, two or three volumes with small inscriptions, first volume with front free endpaper clipped; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, two or three wrappers chipped at head and tail. THIRD AND FIFTEENTH VOLUMES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The Chronicles comprise: A Gull on the Roof (1961); A Cat in the Window (1962); A Drake at the Door (1963); A Donkey in the Meadow (1965); Lama (1966); The Way to Minack (1968); A Cornish Summer (1970); Cottage on a Cliff (1972); A Cat Affair (1974); Sun on the Lintel (1976); The Winding Lane (1978); When the Winds Blow (1980); The Ambrose Rock (1982); A Quiet Year (1984); The Cherry Tree (1986); Jeannie (1988); The Evening Gull (1990); Monty's Leap (1993); The Confusion Room (1996). When Derek and Jean Tangye relocated from the bustle of the West End of London to the clifftop solitude of Minack in Cornwall, they began an idyllic lifestyle entwining romance, rural enterprise, much-loved pets and a variety of other creatures. Derek's evocative retelling of the story, enlivened by Jeannie's illustrations, led to the 'Chronicles', a unique, thirty-five year sequence of narratives followed eagerly by readers throughout the world. Unsurprisingly, the Tangye's Minack became, and remains, a popular focus of pilgrimage to this day. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, old backstrip mounted on new leaf at front, custom-made slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of Du Maurier's Cornish classic.