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ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE TALES OF THE GENII. Engraved by Charles Heath, from drawings by R. Westall. R.A.
by WESTALL. R(ICHARD). -- HEATH. CHARLES, Engraves
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- 1820
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- 9781008509283
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Rodwell and Martin. London. 1820. FIRST EDITION. PROOF PLATES. 4to. (14.5 x 10.6 inches). Complete series of 8 enravings, each with a plain tissue guard, in the original printed wraps. The hinge of the wraps has split all along the spine an there is some chipping and a few tears to the edges. The plates are spotted to the margins… Read more about this item Item Price
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REWARDS AND FAIRIES.
by KIPLING. RUDYARD
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- 1910
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Macmillan and Co, Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.1 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated with four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Publishers original burgundy cloth boards. Gilt lettering to the spine. Front board with raised circular Ganesha device in gilt. Top edge gilt. A wonderful copy that looks unread, with just a few small marks to the cloth binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK.
by KIPLING. RUDYARD
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- First edition.
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- 1895
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Macmillan and co. London. 1895. FIRST EDITION, First printing. 8vo. (7.2 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated throughout by J. Lockwood Kipling. A bright and clean copy finely bound by Bayntun (Riviere) Bookbinders of Bath, England. Lovely full blue calf, the spine with five raised bands, each decorated with a floral gilt roll. Compartments fully decorated and double ruled in gilt, including… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LAYS OF BELERIAND. The History of Middle-Earth
by TOLKIEN. J. R. R. --- Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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- 1985
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George Allen & Unwin. London. 1985. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Original publishers dark green boards with the spine ruled and lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper, with printed price (£14.95) on inside flap. A fine, bright and clean copy in a fine dustwrapper of the third volume of Tolkien's History of Middle Earth. Item Price
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THE RETURN OF THE SHADOW. The History of The Lord of the Rings part one. -- The History of Middle-Earth
by TOLKIEN. J. R. R. --- Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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- 1988
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Unwin Hyman. London. 1988. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Original publishers black boards with the spine ruled and lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper, with printed price (£17.95) on inside flap. A near fine, bright and clean copy with just a little creasing to the top and bottom of the book's spine in a fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WAR OF THE RING. The History of The Lord of the Rings part three. -- The History of Middle-Earth
by TOLKIEN. J. R. R. --- Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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- 1990
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Unwin Hyman. London. 1990. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Original publishers green boards with the spine ruled and lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper, with printed price (£17.95) on inside flap. A fine, bright and clean copy in a fine dustwrapper of the eighth volume of Tolkien's History of Middle Earth. Item Price
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THE BOOK OF LOST TALES. Part II. The History of Middle-Earth
by TOLKIEN. J. R. R. --- Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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- 1984
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George Allen & Unwin. London. 1984. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Original publishers burgundy boards with the spine ruled and lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper, with no printed price but a price sticker (A & U £12.50) on inside flap. A fine, bright and clean copy in a fine dustwrapper of the second volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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SAURON DEFEATED. The End of the Third Age. - The History of The Lord of the Rings part four. -- The notion club papers and The drowning of Anadune. -- The History of Middle-Earth
by TOLKIEN. J. R. R. --- Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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- 1992
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Harper Collins. London. 1992. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Original publishers red boards with the spine ruled and lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper, with printed price (£20.00) on inside flap. A fine, bright and clean copy in a fine dustwrapper of the ninth volume of Tolkien's History of Middle Earth. Item Price
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THE TREASON OF ISENGARD. The History of The Lord of the Rings part two. -- The History of Middle-Earth
by TOLKIEN. J. R. R. --- Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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- 1989
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Unwin Hyman. London. 1989. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.8 inches). Original publishers red boards with the spine ruled and lettered in gilt. In the original dustwrapper, with printed price (£17.95) on inside flap. A fine, bright and clean copy in a fine dustwrapper of the seventh volume of Tolkien's History of Middle Earth. Item Price
£375.00
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THE CHRONICLES OF BARSETSHIRE. The Warden. Barchester Towers. Doctor Thorne. Framley Parsonage. The Small House at Allington. The Last Chronicle of Barset
by TROLLOPE. ANTHONY
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- 1925
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Robert Hayes, Ltd. London. 1925. Six Vols. Complete. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with a total of 80 full page mono plates, all after the original engravings. A very good clean and bright set. Finely bound in half burgundy calf by Ramage of London. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt wavy lines. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered… Read more about this item Item Price
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DOCTOR BIRCH. And his young friends
by (THACKERAY. WILLIAM. M); writing as M. A. Titmarsh
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- 1849
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Chapman and Hall. London. 1849. FIRST EDITION. First issue. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.5 inches). Illustrated with 16 fine hand coloured plates, engraved on wood after drawings by the author. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in full dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Triple ruled gilt borders on… Read more about this item Item Price
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OUR STREET.
by (THACKERAY. WILLIAM. M); writing as M. A. Titmarsh
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- 1848
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Chapman and Hall. London. 1848. FIRST EDITION. First issue. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.5 inches). Illustrated with 16 fine hand coloured plates, engraved on wood by H. Vizetelly after drawings by the author. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in full dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Triple ruled… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE JUNGLE BOOK. -- THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK.
by KIPLING. RUDYARD
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- 1897
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Macmillan and co. London. 1897 + 99. EARLY EDITIONS. Two volumes. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). Both volumes illustrated. The illustrations are by J. Lockwood. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny in the Jungle Book and just by J. L. Kipling in the second book. Publishers original blue cloth bindings with gilt illustrations to front boards and spines, which… Read more about this item Item Price
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REWARDS AND FAIRIES.
by KIPLING. RUDYARD
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- 1910
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£625.00
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Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.4 inches). Four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Fine leather binding of recent full burgundy morocco. The spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Attractive marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A fine copy.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS.
by GRAHAME. KENNETH. ; SHEPARD. ERNEST. H. Illustrates
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- 1971
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Methuen Children's Books. London. 1971. FIRST COLOUR SHEPARD EDITION. 1st printing. Large 8vo. (9.5 x 6.4 inches). Originally published in 1931, Shepard coloured his own line illustrations for this edition. He also at the same time coloured his illustrations for the Winnie the Pooh books of A. A. Milne. A little rubbing and bumping to the board edges but overall… Read more about this item Item Price
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SYBIL. Or The Two Nations. With an introduction by H. D. Traill
by DISRAELI. BENJAMIN. -- PEGRAM, F. Illustrates
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- First edition.
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- 1895
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Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1895. FIRST PEGRAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.1 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with 40 fine drawings by Frederick Pegram, most full page. Neat previous owners name to the top of the title page otherwise a fine copy in the publishers delux binding of highly decorative dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and illustration… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE NOVELS. The Thornton edition. Edited by Temple Scott. -- Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, and Mrs Gaskells life of Charlotte Bronte.
by BRONTE. CHARLOTTE. EMILY & ANNE
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- 1911
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John Grant. Edinburgh. 1911. Thornton Edition. 12 VOLUMES, Complete. Large 8vo. (8.6 x 6 inches). Illustrated throughout with a total of 67 mono plates, a mixture of portraits, views and facsimiles of their manuscripts. Publishers green cloth bindings with gilt decoration and lettering to the spines. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Some foxing, just to the first and last few… Read more about this item Item Price
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FAVOURITE ENGLISH POEMS of the last two centuries. Unabridged. Illustrated with upwards of two hundred engravings on wood, from drawings by the most eminent artists
by VARIOUS AUTHORS - Milton, Pope, Dryden, Burns, Shelley, Coleridge, Keats, Byron, Wordsworth, etc. -- Birket Foster, E. Evans, Harrison Weir, and many others, Illustrate
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- 1859
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Sampson Low, Son & Co. London. 1859. FINE BINDING. 4to. (8.9 x 6.7 inches). xx, 379pp. Finely bound, by John Dale and Co. of Bradford, in beautiful early full burgundy morocco, gilt. The spine with raised bands, each piped in gilt. Compartments double ruled, fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative panels and ruled line borders on boards to boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
by CARROLL. LEWIS. ; STEADMAN. RALPH. Illustrates
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- First Steadman edition.
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- 1967
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Dennis Dobson. London. 1967. FIRST RALPH STEADMAN EDITION. 1st printing. Large 8vo. (13 x 9.2 inches). Fully illustrated throughout by Steadman's wonderful line drawings. The book is in very good condition indeed, the white boards, decorated and lettered in dark purple,are still very bright and fresh. There is a faint brown mark to the rear blank pastedown endpaper where a… Read more about this item Item Price
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BLACK BEAUTY. His Grooms and Companions. The autobiography of a Horse. Translated from the original Equine by Anna Sewell
by SEWELL. ANNA
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- First edition.
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- 1877
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£2,500.00
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Jarrold and Sons. London. No Date. (1877). FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (6.8 x 4.4 inches). Engraved frontis. 8 pages of publishers adverts at rear. A near very good copy in the rare Carter binding variant 'C'. Original publishers dark blue cloth with front board showing the horses head facing left, within a gilt circle. Decorative gilt title panel and… Read more about this item Item Price
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