1882réf. R240074125CALMANN LEVY. 1882. In-12. Cartonné. Etat passable, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Fortes mouillures. 329 pages - fortes mouillures et moisissures à l'intérieur de l'ouvrage sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture - couverture conservée mais en mauvaise état - couverture d'attente - coins frottés - 1er plat désolidarisé - dos manquant - tranches salies.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.08-XIX ème siècle
1896réf. LCI-5873London, Smith, Elder and Co 1896 1 in -8 demi chagrin grenat, coins en cuir grenat, dos à caissons ornés
1858réf. 111173New York NY: Appleton & Co 1858. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Appleton & Co New York NY 1858. 285 pages. Brown blindstamped cloth gold spine decor. Portrait of Emily Bronte on frontispiece. 285 pages 2 pages of publishers ads. Nice Firm copy ! Cloth frayed on top and bottom of spine. Foxing on preliminary and ending pages. Previous owner name. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Branwell Bronte's ruin 256 264 being caused by a married woman in London was omitted from later editions. Biography Books on Books::Books on Authors History::Britain 6700 6700 Appleton & Co hardcover
1857réf. 508828New York: D. Appleton & Co 1857. 1st US. Hardcover. Fair/None. Hardcover. Two volumes Black & white frontispiece with tissue-guard. Heavy soiling to covers. Tears along spine. Wear to corners spine. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Record # 508828 D. Appleton & Co hardcover
1857réf. 60697set2D. Appleton And Company New York 1857-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Two volume set published by Appleton 1857. Substantial wear to spine tips on both volumes. Names written in pencil on first blank page of both volumes. Top of spine cover separating from spine for one inch on Volume I. Foxing on page edges of both volumes. No text markings noted on either volume. D. Appleton And Company, New York hardcover
1896réf. 981T49London: Ward Lock & Bowden Ltd. 1896-1898. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Two smart volumes from Ward's XIXth Century Classics being a collection of poetry from Matthew Arnold and episodic novel Cranford from Elizabeth Gaskell. Two volumes. From the XIXth Century Classics series. Edited by Clement King Shorter a British journalist and literary critic. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. This set contains: Alaric of Rome and Other Poems 1896. A collection of the poetry of Matthew Arnold an English poet and cultural critic characterised as a sage writer. Containing his prize poem 'Alaric at Rome' offering a retelling of the Gothic leader Alaric I's sack of the city of Rome in 410 CE a landmark event symbolizing the decline of the Western Roman Empire. Cranford with Which is Included the Moorland Cottage 1898. An episodic novel set in a small English village dominated by women where men are conspicuously absent from social life. The narrative offers observations of the peculiar rituals customs and dynamics of the tight-knit community primarily focusing on the lives of its female inhabitants. Written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell often referred to as Mrs Gaskell an English novelist biographer and short story writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the fore-edge and endpapers. Age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd. hardcover
18898vo., with portrait frontispiece; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered with series title in blue, free endpapers very faintly browned, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, an unusually well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Published as the seventh and final volume in Smith Elder's series 'The Bronte Novels etc. This edition has an attractive art-nouveau style binding, blocked and lettered around a spreading tree. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1891réf. mon0000110475Macmillan 1891-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. 1891 macmillan edition on blue cloth slight bending to body of book Macmillan unknown
1900réf. mon0000122077Smith Elder 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Vol VII 1900 smith elder editiojn on worn green cloth initial in gilt CB intertwined on frontis owners namernrn Smith, Elder hardcover
1862réf. 9508Smith Elder 1862. 5th edition. Good/No Jacket. Rebound in modern cloth Recased in marooon cloth. viii 442 pp. Smith, Elder hardcover
1807réf. RO80195112HACHETTE. 1807. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos frotté, Quelques rousseurs. 320 pages - TOME PREMIER - Coins frottés - Tranches de têtes et pieds frottés - 1 manque sur le 1er plat - Dos frotté - Pièce de titre marron- Titre/auteur/filets dorés - Coiffe en pied légèrement abimée - quelques rousseurs dans l'ouvrage sans conséquences sur la lecture -. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1867réf. RO80170533BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ. 1867. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 295 pages. Tranches jaspées. Couverture muette.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1860réf. 560226London: SmithElder & Co 1860. Please Email for further details. Signed By "E J Douglas". First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good Faded Worn Boards /No Jacket. Illus. by Not Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK. Smith,Elder & Co Hardcover
1896réf. mon0000973446Bliss Sands & Co 1896. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Complete with 10 illustrations. No dust jacket. Rubbing to corners. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Bliss Sands & Co hardcover
1892réf. 44850London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. 8vo. xxx 297 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Brown half morocco brown marbled boards. TEG. Slight crack to head of spine. Edges of boards rubbed. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1892. Macmillan and Co. 1892 unknown
1882réf. 102396London England: Smith Elder & Co. Very Good/No Jacket. 1882. New Edition. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardcover Hardcover. Cranford and Other Tales. Novels and Tales. Vol. IV. Previous owners name and date 1893 to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Wear to top and bottom edge of spine and edge and corners of cloth. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Cranford. Company Manners. The Well of Pen-Morfa. The Heart of John Middleton. Traits and Stories of the Huguenots. Six Weeks at Heppenheim. The Squire's Story. Libbie Marsh's Three Eras. Curious if True. The Moorland Cottage. The Sexton's Hero. Disappearances. Right at Last. The Manchester Marriage. Lois the Witch. The Crooked Branch. Four Illustrations. 488 pp. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions and all types of Educational Reference Literature. . Smith Elder & Co hardcover
1884réf. 107195Smith Elder & Co. 1884. Smith Elder & Co. London. 1884. New edition. Hardback bound in half red morocco gilt marbled edges and endpapers. Boards damp-faded and spotted along outer edges. Extremities slightly rubbed. 492 pages. Frontis. Two ownership inscriptions otherwise clean and sound. hardcover
1900réf. 000017584New York: Harper and Brothers 1900 1900. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 3 viii-xxxvi 3 2-670 2 pp. Green colth cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and the spine top edge gilt. With an introduction and notes by Clement K. Shorter. Volume seven only of the Haworth edition of The Life and Works of the Sisters Bronte. Illustrated with a frontispiece portait of Mrs. Gaskell and eleven additional plates. A very attractive copy of this later edition of Gaskell's acclaimed biography. Near Fine with a few hints of wear to the extremities and slight separation between back strip and top textblock. Harper and Brothers [1900] hardcover
1882réf. b35bePacific Publishing Company 1882. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. a much owned and used copy. boards are scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings. age related wear. binding has been repaired. fair reading copy. very heavy may require extra postage. SK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Pacific Publishing Company hardcover
1900réf. RGASLIF00fpHarper & Brothers 1900. Very Good. Gaskell Elizabeth. Life of Charlotte Bronte. New York: Harper & Brothers 1900. xxxvi 670pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Front hinge cracked but holding. Former owner's name on front free end sheet and top of title page. Nice bright copy. Harper & Brothers unknown
1900réf. RGASLIF00fpHarper & Brothers 1900. Very Good. Gaskell Elizabeth. Life of Charlotte Bronte. New York: Harper & Brothers 1900. xxxvi 670pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Front hinge cracked but holding. Former owner's name on front free end sheet and top of title page. Nice bright copy. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1891réf. 15392Boston: Joseph Knight Company 1891. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Good. This is the Illustrated edition from Joseph Knight Company Publishers. Covers show some discoloration and darkening as well as some rubbing scuffing and fading from age. Edges show some light rubbing scuffing and shelf wear. Top edge of spine shows some light fraying. Edges of inside of covers show some foxing. Top page edge is gold gilted gilting shows some fading. Joseph Knight Company hardcover
1889réf. 013928Chicago: U.S. Publishing House 1889 716 pp.; HB. "Art Edition". Pages: clean bright tight a.e.g. marbled eps portrait frontis w/ tissue guard; ffep loose and laid in hinges cracked intact. Cover: embossed leather w/beveled edges gilt titles front/spine; substantial shelfwear extremities worn through head/tail chipped and worn both joints cracked. Includes a list of familiar Shakesperean quotations by Charles and Mary Lamb and Mary Seymour. Heavy. U.S. Publishing House hardcover
1898réf. mon0001007013Macmillan and Co. Limited 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Reprint Some light spotting to prelims Binding firm Light wear to edges Some light rubbing to spine. Macmillan and Co. Limited hardcover
1882réf. 39745Boston: Alden & Hazen 1882. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 2 gift inscriptions in fading ink on 2nd blank page to people in Glenburn Maine dated 1882. Otherwise unmarked. Leather covers That are very worn. A few letters remain on spine from title but covers have top layer of leather rubbed off. 2" piecse of leather missing top spine and closed tear bottom spine. 4" crack along back spine edge. Binding is holding together but has some gapes here and there of page sections from the spine. Interior pages are in good condition. See photo's No jacket. Alden & Hazen hardcover