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[Bristow, Amelia]
Sophia de Lissau; or a Portraiture of the Jews, of the Nineteenth Century [19th] Being an Outline of their Religious and Domestic Habits; with Explanatory Notes, by the author of "Emma de Lissau," "Elizabeth Allen," &c. &c.
RARE THIRD EDITION of a once popular novel on British Jews. 182x110mm. 268 pages. Quarter-leather Hardcover with gilt ribbed spine. Cover and spine heavily rubbed/worn. Wormholes on cover. Cover corners and edges bumped and peeling. Front cover almost detached. Spine partly peeling. Spine upper edge taped. Spine partly faded and on edges bumped. Binding coming loose and visible between second whitepage and title-page. Ex-library copy with stamps. Several pages slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, accurately portraying the Jews and their customs in the beginning of 19th-century England, is in good reading condition.
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Beardsley, Aubrey / Cornette, A.H. [Trans.] / Blanche, Jacques-E. [Preface]
Sous la Colline (Et D'autres essais en prose en vers)
Contains color and b&w plates. 25.5x19 cm. 127 pages. Hardcover. Cover edges and edges slightly faded. Spine is tattered and partly missing. Binding visible between several pages. Else in good condition.
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Eliot, T. S. [Stearns Eliot]
T. S. Eliot Highlights: From the Julius M. Cruse Collection. An Exhibition of the St. Mark's Library April 25 - October 25, 1998
255X215 mm. XII+114 pages. Softcover. Cover curved and slightly stained. Cover edges slightly worn. Spine upper edge worn. Else in good condition.
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Lamb, Charles; Lamb, Mary
Tales from Shakespeare
220X145 mm. 386+16 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly worn. Binding visible between cover and pages. Pen inscription on first white page. pages slightly wavy. Few pages slightly stained - No damage to text. Else in good condition.
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Morris, William / Glover, W. J. [Ed.] / Bonus, Isabel [Illu.]
Tales from the Earthly Paradise.
21.5x16cm. VIII+280 pages. Gilt hardcover. In good reading condition.
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Wilde, Oscar
The Ballad of Reading Gaol [RARE EDITION]
RARE EDITION with printed dedication related to the prison period in Wilde's biography - "In Memoriam C.T.W. Sometime trooper of the royal horse guards OBIIT H.M. prison, Reading, Berkshire, July 7, 1896". The book was first published in 1897 when Wilde was released. There are no references to the publishing date at all on the book itself. 175x105mm. 30 pages. Brown cloth embossed Hardcover, Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges rubbed and bumped, Spine rubbed. Previous owner's name written in ink on front whitepage. Binding slightly visible between front inner cover and whitepage. Pages yellowing and rough-cut as published. Else in good condition.
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Young, Edward
The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality To Which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author.
175x110mm. IX+258 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover rubbed, slightly yellowing and slightly stained. Cover edges and corners slightly worn. Spine slightly worn. Sticker on inner cover. Binding partly visible between inner cover and pages. Pages yellowing, slightly wavy and age-stained. Else in good condition.
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Carroll, Lewis \ Tenniel, John [Illustrations]
The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
21.5X15 cm. 1293 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. first page slightly torn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Shakspere [Shakespeare], William / Cornwall, Barry [Ed.]
The Complete Works of Shakspere [Shakespeare] ; Revised from the Original Editions, Volumes I-III [THESE VOLUMES ONLY]. [VOL.I]: Histories [VOL.II]: Tragedies. [VOL.III]: Comedies
VOLUMES I-III ONLY. 3.5 kg. [ALL VOLUMES]: 275x190mm. [LXXI+640] + [586] + [640+XVI] pages. Hardcover. Gilt spine. Cover and spine rubbed. Cover edges and corners bumped and worn. Spine edges worn. Pen inscription and stamp on first whitepage. Pages slightly age-stained and yellowing. [VOL.I]: Binding visible between front inner cover and whitepage, and pages 272-273. [VOL.II]: Binding visible between inner cover and whitepages, and pages 246-247. [VOl.III]: Binding visible between inner cover and first whitepage, and pages 284-285. [SUMMARY]: Else all volumes in good condition.
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Eliot, T. S.
The Confidential Clerk
22X14 cm. 135 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket torn and yellowing. Cover corners and edges slightly worn. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Writing in marker of first white page. Else in good condition.
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Shaw, Bernard
The Devils Disciple: A Melodrama [SERIES]: THE COLOUR SYSTEM FOR TEACHING LANGUAGES BY MORDEHAI HOCHBERG
11X16 cm. 209 pages. Softcover. In good condition
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Ford, Ford Madox
The English Novel: From the Earliest Days to the Death of Joseph Conrad.
195x130. xv+141 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed and stained. Cover edges and corners bumped. Cover corners worn. Spine yellowing. Spine edges worn. Sticker on rear inner cover. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Scott, Walter / Lockhart, John Gibson
The Fine Art Scott [28 VOLUME SET].
28 VOLUME SET. CONTAINS: Waverley / Guy Mannering / The Antiquary / Rob Roy / Old Mortality / Black Dwarf and Montrose / Heart of Midlothian / Bride of Lamermoor / Ivanhoe / The Monastry / The Abbot/ Kenilworth / The Pirate / Fortunes of Nigel / Peveril of the Peak / Quentin Durward / St. Ronan’s Well / Red Gauntlet / The Betrothed / The Talisman / Woodstock / The Fair Maid of Perth / Ann of Geierstein / Count Robert of Paris / Surgeon’s Daughter and Castle Dangerous / Poetical Works I and II / The Life of Scott.[ALL VOLUMES]: 19x12.5 cm. Red cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering. All volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Seltzer, Thomas \ Carco, Francis
The First Five Years \ The Hounded Man
195x130 mm. VI+74+234 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners and edges worn. Spine rubbed. Ex-libris on front inner cover. Front inner cover worn. Binding visible between front inner cover and title page. Pen inscriptions on few pages. Few pages slightly stained - no damage to text. Firstt whitepages missing. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis / Foreman, Michael [Illus.]
The Isle of Voices: and Other Stories
23.5x18 cm. VII+384 pages. Hardcover laid in slipcase. As new. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Valman, Nadia
The Jewess in Nineteenth-Century British Literary Culture.
23x15.5 cm. 270 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust-jacket. Cover top edge slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Kipling, Rudyard / Kipling, John Lockwood
The Jungle Book
20.5x13.5 cm. 305 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine upper edge missing. Else in good condition.
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Arnold, Edwin
The Light of Asia
16.5x10.5 cm. 239 pages. Hardcover. Cover rubbed and worn. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. Cover edges slightly worn. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Goldsmith, Oliver
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B. [SIX VOLUME SET]. A New Edition, In Six Volumes. To Which is Prefixed Some Account of His Life and Writings.
COMPLETE SIX VOLUME SET of miscellaneous works by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) the eminent Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet, best known for his novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766). [ALL VOLUMES]: 140x90mm. [262] + [246] + [276] + [303] + [284] + [286] pages. Brown leather gilt Hardcover with gilt ribbed spine. Gilt text block edges. Cover and spine rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped and partly peeling. Cover of vols. 3-6 partly peeling. Previous owner's sticker on front endpaper. Binding slightly loose and visible on inner cover. Some pages slightly age-stained. Few pages age-stained. Pages yellowing and slightly wavy. [VOL.I]: Spine upper edge bumped and torn. [VOL.II]: Pages 135-142 coming loose from binding. [VOL.III]: Front whitepage creased. [VOL.V]: Front cover upper edge stained. Front inner cover water-stained. [SUMMARY]: This rare handsome set of Goldsmith's shorter writings is in good overall condition.
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Sidney, Philip / Gray, William [Bio.]
The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney
20x12.5 cm. 7+329 pages. Hardcover. Pages rough-cut (as published). Cover rubbed. Cover corners slightly worn. Cover edges slightly yellowing. Spine slightly tattered, yellowing and slightly stained. Sticker residues on front inner cover. Sticker on front whitepage. Pages 323-328 slightly detached from binding. Several pages age stained. Pages slightly yellowing and wavy. Else this rare edition of Sir Philip Sidney's miscellanea is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Original Illustrated 'Strand' Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Facsimile Edition
30x22 cm. 1126 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Macpherson, James [Tr.] / Sharp, William [Intro.]
The Poems of Ossian: The Centenary Ossian [SERIES]: The Celtic Library
20.5x13 cm. XXIV+417 pages. Hardcover. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Cover stained, bumped, and rubbed. Spine stained and rubbed. Cover corners bumped and worn. Spine edges bumped. Gilt text block edges. Text block edges worn and tattered. Inner cover stained. Pages yellowing. Some pages stained - no damage to text. Else in good condition.
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Thompson, James / Murdoch, Patrick; Nichols, James [Eds.]
The Poetical Works of James Thomson.
17x10 cm. LXII+681 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page and pen inscription on first page - no damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Chatterton, Thomas
The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton with a Memoir. Two Volumes in One.
TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. RARE introduction to the life and work of the English poet Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) with the biographical text "Life of Chatterton" and includes the works of the youthfully deceased poet, a selection from Chatterton's letters, his will as well as few other miscellanies. Also included is a frontispiece of Chatterton. 200x133mm. [CXXXII+338] + [XXIII+388] pages. Brown cloth Hardcover with gilt emblem on front and gilt lettering on spine. Brown dyed endpapers. Pages upper edges dyed gold. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners peeling, edges worn. Spine and rear cover detached from binding (but still partly attached to one another and to front cover). Spine upper part and bottom edge missing. Spine slightly stained. Spine hinges partly cracked on bottom. Front endpaper partly detached. Ex-library copy with stamp on front inner cover and page 8 (on heading). Previous owner's name written on first whitepage upper corner (which is slightly chipped). Pages mildly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rear edition of Chatterton's poems has unfortunately sustained some damage (mainly to cover), but is still in good reading condition.
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Potok, Chaim
The Promise [IN HEBREW] [SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR]
IN HEBREW. SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Chaim Potok [Herman Harold] (1929-2002), an American Jewish author and rabbi, most famous for his first book The Chosen (1967), which was listed on The New York Times’ best seller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies. 220x125 mm. 302 pages. Hardcover. Gilt spine. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped and worn. Few pages slightly age stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Parker, Mary Louise
The Queer New Girl.
205X150 mm. 250 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly curved and slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Fenimore Cooper, J. [James] / Fenimore Cooper, Susan [Intro]
The Sea Lions or The Lost Sealers - Household Edition. [SERIES]: J. Fenimore Cooper's Works - Cooper's Sea Tales.
18x12.5 cm. 21+464 pages. Hardcover. Cover and spine rubbed and faded. Cover and spine corners and edges worn. Ex library copy with usual marks. Title page yellowing and age stained. Several pages slightly age stained. Binding visible between several pages. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Thomson, James
The Seasons. [SERIES]: English Library: Authors in Verse - Vol. III.
18X11 cm. 268 pages. Rebound Hardcover. Cover edges and corners worn. Spine worn. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Kipling, Rudyard
The Second Jungle Book [SERIES]: The Writing in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling / VIII
Contains B&W plates. 21.5X14.15 cm. 228 pages. Gilt hardcover. Pages rough cut. Spine yellowing and faded. Spine upper edge torn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Ingleby, C. M. ; Toulmin Smith, L. ; Furnivall, F. J. ; Munro, John [Eds.]
The Shakspere [Shakespeare] Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakspere from 1591 to 1700 - Vol. 1 [THIS VOLUME ONLY].
THIS VOLUME ONLY. 225x155 mm. LXXVI+527 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners worn. Spine yellowing. Spine edges slightly worn worn. Sticker on front inner cover. Wormholes on rear inner cover and few pages - no damage to text. Binding slightly visible between several pages. Few pages slightly stained and/or tattered - no damage to text. Few pages uncut. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Manning, Robert
The Shortest Way to End Disputes about Religion: In Two Parts [BOUND IN ONE VOLUME]. In Answer To all Objections against Infallibility contain'd in a Book entitled, The Case Stated, &c.
RARE FIRST EDITON of a famous book from the silver age of English Catholic controversial writing, written by the renowned English Roman Catholic priest and writer Robert Manning (1655-1731). 175x115mm. 342 pages [+14]. Hardcover rebound with cloth spine and original brown leather boards. Cover worn and scratched. Cover edges and corners bumped and peeling. Title page party taped, edges tattered. First two pages of the preface taped near binding - NO damage to text. Few page corners worn - NO damage to text. Pages browning, age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is otherwise in good condition.
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Hallman, Samuel S.
The Somulus Option - A Novel
23.5x16.5 cm. 338 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine upper edge slightly bumped. Pen writing on front inner cover. Else in good condition.
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Rosenberg, J. Mitchell / Lewisohn, Ludwig [Intro.]
The Story of Zionism - A Bird's-Eye View
225X145 mm. XIV+272 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Plumly Thompson, Ruth / Neil, John R. [Illu.]
The Wishing Horse of Oz
Contains color plates.235X160 mm. 304 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. In good condition.
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Steinbeck, John / Gannett, Ruth [Illustrations]
Tortilla Flat [SIGNED BY JOHN STEINBECK]
SIGNED BY JOHN STEINBECK with short dedication. RARE SIGNED COPY of the early Steinbeck novel 'Tortilla Flat' with the author's original inscription and autograph on the endpaper. This edition features several b&w illustrations by Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn. 195x165mm. 316 pages. Orange cloth hardcover with blue lettering on spine. Cover slightly worn. Two small and faint stains on front cover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Small bump mark on spine. Spine edges tattered. Pages yellowing. Page edges rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This precious, beautifully illustrated edition of Steinbeck's novel, signed and dedicated by the author, is in good condition.
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
Vanity Fair [IN HEBREW]
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Henke, Suzette ; Unkeless, Elaine [Ed.]
Women in Joyce
23.5X15.5 cm. XXII+216 pages. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. Sticker on inner cover. Writing in pencil on some pages. Else in good condition.
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Rubinstein, Frankie
A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance
23.5x15.5 cm. XXIII+372 pages. Spine edges and cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
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Shakespeare, William \ Evans, Henri; Leyris, Pierre [Eds.]
Oeuvres Completes de Shakespeare - The Works of Shakespeare: [SEVEN VOLUME SET] [FRENCH-ENGLISH].
SEVEN VOLUME SET. FRENCH-ENGLISH. [ALL VOLUMES]: 21X13.5 cm. [1538]+[XXII+1478]+[1558]+[XCI+1394]+[XVII+1701]+[XXIII+1547]+[XXVIII+1588] pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges slightly stained. Spine edges slightly torn and stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [VOL.I]: Spine upper edge torn. [VOL.II]: Cover corners slightly bumped. [VOL.III]: Cover corners slightly scratched. [VOL.IV]: Cover corners slightly scratched. [VOL.VII]: Inner spine slightly torn. [SUMMARY]: Else in good conditions. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Percy, Sholto and Reuben
The Percy Anecdotes, Original and Select - Anecdotes of Humour ; Anecdotes of the Stage
14x9 cm. 178+178 pages. Gilt hardcover. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Shakspeare, William [Shakespeare] / Foersom, Peter [Thun] [Ed.]
William Shakspeare's Tragiske Værker, oversatte af Peter Foersom - Forste Deel [Første]: Julius Caesar / Hamlet [Shakespeare's Tragic Works IN DANISH] [THIS VOLUME ONLY].
VOLUME ONE ONLY. IN DANISH. RARE FIRST EDITION of the first known translation of 'Julius Caesar' and the second known translation of 'Hamlet' into Danish. This volume is part of a celebrated series of Shakespear's plays translated by the best Danish men of letters, and edited by the eminent Danish actor and translator Peter Thun Foersom (1777-1817). 170x110mm. [VIII]+252 pages [+4]. Quarter-cloth black board rebound Hardcover. Gilt spine Cover and spine heavily rubbed. Cover corners and edges bumped and peeling. Ink inscriptions on front endpaper. Pages yellowing, slightly age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare edition of an early Danish translation of Shakespeare's works is in good condition for its age.
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Carrol, Lewis
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass [SERIES]: Library of Classics
16x11 cm. 318 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering with dust jacket. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Nadel, Ira B.
Joyce and the Jews: Culture and Texts
22x14 cm. xii+290 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering in dust jacket. In good condition.
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Anne Tyler
Breathing Lessons [Limited First Edition] [Signed By the Author]
Limited First Edition. Signed By the Author. 23x16 cm. 327 pages. Gilt hardcover with gilt page edges. Writing in pen on white front page. Else in good condition.
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Dickens, Charles
Dombey and Son [In three volumes, each volume with an original frontispiece by William Rainey and Signed by Rainey. Volume XIII signed by Edward Dowden] The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. Volume XIII [part one]. Volume XIV [part two] Volume XV [part three]. Introduction by Edward Dowden. Edited with Annotations, Bibliography, and Topography by Frederic G. Kitton
Three volume set. Autograph Edition. All volumes: 25x17cm. Part one: [xxxiii + 373] pages. Part two: [xiii + 413] pages. Part three: [xii + 388] pages, including Index. Hardcover, Original maroon publishers' buckram with printed paper title label to spine. The printed paper title label on part three is mostly missing. Covers and spines are in good condition, with some minor wear and tear on edges and corners. Pages with gilt upper edges. Pages yellowing. Some uneven trimmed pages . Many black & white illustrations, each with a protective leaf. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Wheeler, Richard P.
Shakespeare's Development and the Problem Comedie: Turn and Counter-Turn
24x17 cm. xi+229 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly worn. Writing in pen on white front page. Else in good condition.
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Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron ; Baron] / Moore, Thomas [Notes&Bio]
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
With explanatory notes and a Comprehensive life of the author, illustrated with numerous fine steel engravings. 27x21 cm. 740 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover and spine rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges worn. Binding visible between few pages. Few pages partly detached from spine. Several pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Mendilow, A.A & Shalvi, Alice
The World & Art of Shakespeare
24.5x18 cm. viii+285 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly worn and torn on edges. Else in good condition.
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Tennyson, Alfred \ Stone, Marcus; Kilburne, G. G.; Sauber, R.; Warry, I.; Kemm, R.; Bowers, Fanny [Illustrations]
Tennyson's Heroes and Heroines
Contains colored plates. 23x30 cm. No pagination. Gilt hardcover. Gilt page edges. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges faded. Cover corners worn. Spine wrinkled. Spine edges bumped and worn. Pages detached at the end of the book. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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St. John Adcock, Almey [prefatory]
Wonderful London: The World's Greatest City Described by its Best Writers and Pictures by its Finest Photographers Silver Jubilee Edition: With 205 photographic views reproduced in photogravure
28.5x22.5 cm. 223 pages. hardcover. Ex library copy with usual marks. Cover very rubbed and its color is fading. 4 pages detached from binding. pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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