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1982ref. 93747NY:: Random House. Very Good. 1982. Paperback. 0394854446 . Second printing paperback. All pieces are intact and well preserved. Very good in tall spiral-bound illustrated wraps. . Random House, paperback books
1973ref. 75146NY:: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0027731006 . Caldecott Medal winner. Twenty-ninth printing 1990s. Fine in a near fine sun faded along the spine dust jacket with the Caldecott Medal emblem on the front panel. . Simon & Schuster, hardcover books
1940ref. 56275NY:: Doubleday Doran & Company. Good. 1940. Hardcover. A later printing. Light crayon scribble on rear board edge worn else good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Doubleday, Doran & Company, hardcover books
ref. 75484London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. no date 1894. Literature FINELY BOUND CROWN EDITION. Complete in 17 volumes bound at 16. Octavo 21 x 15 x 60 cm. With illustrations from the original plates by Cruikshank Stone Phiz et al. printed with new type. Contemporary navy half calf with gilt titles and decoration to spines and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt others untrimmed and marbled endpapers. Very gently toned throughout otherwise internally clean. Bindings carefully re-coloured with light general wear. Very good. A popular edition first issued between 1890 and 1891: ". on the whole the more convenient and satisfactory edition of the novels." a contemporary review quoted by Spencer. SPENCER Andrew 'Charles Dickens: A Guide to the Collected Editions' Chesney Wold 2021 p.31. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., no date [1894] unknown
ref. 75880London: Anthony Blond 1971. Modern literature FIRST EDITION. Octavo 23 x 15cm pp.159 1. With frequent in-text line drawings. Publisher's pink cloth face motif blocked in blind to upper board. Silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Patrick Procktor priced at £1.75. Internally bright and clean. Gentle toning and rubbing to jacket panels. Mild shelfwear to extremities. Loose postcard inserted. Very good. The posthumous novel written by queer playwright Joe Orton whose prior works include 'Entertaining Mr. Sloane' and 'Loot.' Orton was murdered by his partner at only 34 years old leaving behind this strange dreamlike and almost allegoric novel. London: Anthony Blond, 1971 unknown
ref. 75833London: Longmans Green and Co. 1911. Fantasy novel FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.x; 165 3. With 12 illustrations by W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and black titles and decoration to upper. Offsetting to endpapers with an illustrated bookplate to front pastedown. Gently toned throughout otherwise internally clean. Wear and sunning to spine with some dulling to gilt and a 5cm split to the lower joint. Good. An obscure spiritual fantasy novel published in the autumn of 1911 which sold poorly at the time due to its anti-bloodsport sentiment. Whatmore 'H. Rider Haggard: A Bibliography' London 1987 F38; Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911 unknown
1907ref. 93693Chicago:: McClurg and Co 1907. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in tan boards with a green white and gilt art nouveau cover by Armstrong rubbing to the front cover and spine corners and edges somewhat worn contents near fine . First printing. An early novella by Storm originally published in German in 1850 and a masterpiece of German poetic realism with its delicate language and its atmospheric melancholic mood as it tells a bittersweet story of unfulfilled love through a man's nostalgic memories of his childhood sweetheart Elisabeth who married another. A lovely book illustrated with a full color frontispiece 8 full color plates illustrated initial letters at each chapter and decorative green borders on every page by sisters Margaret Neilson Armstrong 1867-1944 and Helen Maitland Armstrong 1869-1948. Translated from the German by George P. Upton; includes a translator's preface and an appreciation of Storm by Upton in which he notes that the theme of this book is lost youth and the symbol of it is the water lily. The water lily is the image used by Margaret Armstrong in the cover art on the endpapers one of the few examples of Armstrong illustrated endpapers and on the title page. Large octavo unpaginated. McClurg and Co, hardcover
ref. 75952London: A Longbow Children's Book from W.H. Allen 1978. Children's illustrated FIRST EDITION. Octavo 25 x 16cm pp.8 119 1. With 35 black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by the Grahame Johnstones priced at £3.25 to front flap. Light toning to text otherwise internally clean. Mild shelfwear. Very good. Twins staying with their grandmother in the country realise that a group of mysterious kittens comes to their orchard every midnight. They're determined to find out more. London: A Longbow Children's Book from W.H. Allen, 1978 unknown
1992ref. SBBIH-UWNYGTGH4ZZJElfande Ltd 1992. hardcover. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Elfande Ltd hardcover
ref. 74728London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. Children's classic FIRST DETMOLD COLOUR ILLUSTRATED EDITION first impression. Octavo 22 x 14.5 cm; pp.xii 314 2 advertisements. With 16 full-page colour plates. Publisher's red cloth pictorially blocked in gilt top edge gilt. Contents clean a little toning to edges and endpapers binding carefully handled small pull at crown. Charles Maurice Detmold and Edward Julius Detmold were English graphic artists twins born on 21 November 1883. Due to the illness of their father they grew up in the care of their uncle Dr E B Shuldham who had acquired a notable collection of Japanese woodprints of plants and animals. This encouraged the twins to commence drawing animals and plants at a very early age and resulted in a debut aged 13 at the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters with nature studies in the Japanese style. The Detmolds subsequently learned techniques of watercolour etching and of colour printing with copper plates. London: Macmillan and Co., 1908 unknown
ref. 75101Boson MA and New York NY: The C.T. Brainard Publishing Co. 1909. Literature LEATHER-BOUND ILLUSTRATED SET Edition De Luxe. Complete in 15 volumes. Octavo 20 x 13 x 56cm. Each volume with between three and seven black and white illustrated plates including a frontispiece by various illustrators. An out-of-series copy from an edition of 1000 numbered copies. Recently bound in blue half morocco with raised bands gilt titles to twin red labels and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt and others lightly trimmed. A crisp clean set in an attractive new leather binding. Boson, MA, and New York, NY: The C.T. Brainard Publishing Co., 1909 unknown
ref. 75100London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1900-1901. American Literature FIRST BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. Complete in five volumes. Octavo 19 x 13 x 18cm. Each volume contains twenty-five line drawing plates by the brothers Brock. Recently bound in brown half calf with raised bands gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels further gilt decoration to spines and matching cloth over boards. Tope edges gilt and others lightly trimmed. Contents clean and fresh exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. An epic series set in the Iroquois area near New York over the lifetime of Natty "Hawkeye" Bumppo from the mid eighteenth century up to the early nineteenth and one of the first truly American literary creations. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1900-1901 unknown
1893ref. 1499London: Cassell & Co. Ltd 1893. First Edition. Very good. Gordon Browne and William Hatherell. 8vo 8 x 5 1/2 inches 223 x 140 mm; pp. xi 277 16 publisher's' listing. 28 illustrations including frontispiece and one color map preceding the first story. Bound in blue-green leatherette cloth with gilt title and illustration on front cover gilt title; floral endpapers top edge stained green; edges moderately worn spine and cover edges darkened chips at head and tail of spine; pages toned especially on edges; binding solid. A collection of the last completed works by the author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 - 1894 was a Scottish novelist essayist poet and travel writer who travel broadly and settled in Samoa in 1889 where he was prodigiously productive and where he became involved with local politics and culture gathering native stories and infusing some of his writing with these newfound themes. This first edition of the three short stories is accompanied by a set of engaging illustrations by Gordon Browne 1858 - 1932 and William Hatherell 1855-1928 both prolific illustrators who worked with publishers and magazines. Cassell & Co. Ltd unknown
ref. 73286London: Macmillan and Co. 1898-1903. Classic English Literature LEATHER-BOUND SET each being a reprint thus illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Complete in five volumes. Octavo 20 x 14 x 18cm. With an introduction by Austin Dobson to each volume profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and Prejudice and Hugh Thomson for the all the other titles. Recently bound in burgundy half morocco with raised bands gilt titles to twin navy labels and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt. A single worm-hole to 'Northanger Abbey and Persuasion' volume otherwise a crisp clean set in an attractive new leather binding. Book Collector No.271 'The Great Illustrators'. London: Macmillan and Co., 1898-1903 unknown
1800ref. LCB64873London: Vernor & Hood. Good with no dust jacket. 1st Edition english; First Impression. Original half leather boards. Visible cracking to spine & corners. Marbled boards are rubbed & scuffed. Corners are scuffed. Some staining & foxing. Tear on page 81-82 >3 cm. Previous owner signature in ink on end paper.; Ex-libris William Gibton of Mack Williams & Gibton a notable figure in Irish arts & commerce of the 19th century as evidenced by personal bookplate. Original half-leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering & bands on spine & corners. Frontispiece chapter headings & vignettes collaboration between T. Thurston Well-regarded artist & exhibitor at the Royal Academy & C. Warren renowned engraver. A handsome early 19th century compilation volume of three German plays bound together & translated by Benjamin Thompson a key figure in the cultural exchange between Germany & Britain at the turn of the 19th Century.; 16.8 cm x 10 cm x 2 cm; 82 pages . 1800 - 1801. Vernor & Hood hardcover
1907ref. 21179131907. London A. & C. Black 1907 but 1915. Large 8vo. Original navy blue decorated cloth with dust-wrappers unknown to the bibliographer; pp. x 2 205 2 publisher's catalogue; with decorated title-page in black and green and a total of 67 coloured plates protected by captioned tissue-guards and a large folding map of the region printed in sepia tipped in to rear; cloth very well preserved; wrappers with a few small marginal flaws very light offsetting from endpapers otherwise very good.Reprint the variant in the less elaboarate binding. This is a fine monograph on the Clyde not only detailing the ship-building industry but the picturesque aspects of the landscape and history as well in a binding designed by Albert Angus Turbayne one of the leading book designers and follower of William Morris of American-Scottish extraction. Inman 14. hardcover
ref. ANAIS-0060847875Harper Paperbacks. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Harper Paperbacks paperback
1822ref. 46London: Sherwood Neely and Jones 1822. Second Edition. Near fine. Isaac Robert Cruikshank & George Cruikshank. Tall 8vo 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches 234 x 148 mm; half-title hand-colored frontispiece title with vignette of St. Paul's xvi 376 pp 8 pp. advertisements. 3 foldout pages of music with Corinthian Tom's Song. 36 aquatint plates with hand-coloring each with protective blank sheet with offset from facing illustration; copious small in-text woodcuts. Later full red pebbled morocco with original spine panel single gilt fillet framing on boards gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers double raised bands with gilt and decorative motifs in compartments all edges gilt; spine very lightly rubbed. Second edition as stated at the foot of page 9. Tooley 198; Prideaux 335. A beautifully illustrated and hand-colored volume. Pierce Egan 1772-1849 was a British journalist sportswriter and writer on popular culture best-knows work is Life in London first published in 1821. The book was adapted into the stage play Tom and Jerry or Life in London later that year and it became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances in London while at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End. Egan turned to the Cruikshank brothers Robert and George for the illustrations. They produced 21 woodcuts and 36 lively and colorful plates to represent the range of characters and situations described in the book. The success of Life in London was so great that the artists could not color the engravings quickly enough for the demand. The book was adapted for the stage later that year and the play Tom and Jerry or Life in London became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances in London while at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End. The book was reprinted in 1822 1823 1830 1841 1870 and 1904. Numerous imitations soon appeared namely Carey's Life in Paris Real Life in London Real Life in Ireland et al. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones unknown
ref. 73677London: Macmillan and Co. 1950-51. Classic English Literature Illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Complete in five volumes. Octavo 18 x 12 x 10cm. With an introduction by Austin Dobson to each volume profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and Prejudice and Hugh Thomson for the all the other titles. Bound in publisher's red hardback cloth stamped in gilt to spine top edge red printed dust-jackets priced at 6s. each. Neat ink ownership to each volume M.A. Leamon contents and edges clean jackets lightly handled some toning and light wear to spines. Near fine. Uncommon in dust-wrappers. A charming set of Miss Austen's works. Book Collector No.271 'The Great Illustrators'. London: Macmillan and Co., 1950-51 unknown
ref. 72148London: Macmillan and Co. 1906-1910. Classic English Literature Illustrated by either Brock or Thomson. Complete in five volumes. Early printings in PUBLISHER'S LEATHER. Octavo 20 x 14 x 18cm. With an introduction by Austin Dobson to each volume profusely illustrated throughout by Charles Brock for Pride and Prejudice and Hugh Thomson for the all the other titles. Bound in full green limp morocco with gilt to spine gilt floral endpapers a.e.g. with rounded corners. Although unmarked this binding is almost certainly a commercial 'deluxe' binding offered by Macmillan. Contents fine no inscriptions. Fragile leather worn to spine ends as expected joints a little rubbed. A very good set and a rare survival in these bindings. Book Collector No.271 'The Great Illustrators'. London: Macmillan and Co., 1906-1910 unknown
ref. 72382London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1925. Orientalist Travel-Novel FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.xii; 237 3. With 21 illustrated plates including a frontispiece and one in colour and a folding map at rear. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Spotting to edges. Some wear and chipping to edges of plate facing p.188 otherwise internally clean. Moderate general wear to cloth including toning to spine and a splash mark to upper. Good. A trip around Algeria led by the narrator who accompanies the protagonist the young widow Arabella. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1925 unknown
ref. 72362Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1870. Poetry FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED a later edition. Quarto 26 x 19cm pp.12 268 2. With frequent wood engraved vignettes by the Patons. Contemporary red full straight-grained morocco by RAMAGE of London with raised bands gilt titles and decoration to spine and gilt armorial decoration to boards including coloured on-lays. All edges gilt and marbled endpapers with gilt dentelle to turn-ins. Plain bookplate of J.E.A. Steggall Dundee to front pastedown. Two previous catalogue descriptions pasted to title page and gently toned throughout otherwise internally crisp and clean. Light general wear to binding. Very good. Two verse collections first published together in 1849. One contains martial lays of Scottish battle-tragedies and heroes laid low; the other is miscellaneous and largely Classical in subject. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870 unknown
ref. 72764Skopje: Etnoloski Muzej The Ethnological Museum 1963. Traditional Costume FINE COLOUR PLATES. Folio portfolio 49 x 34cm pp.xiv; 42. Complete with 46 colour illustrated plates showing a wide range of traditional Macedonian costumes. Text in Macedonian English and French. In the publisher's colour-illustrated chemise case. Some creasing to left edge of the title page otherwise internally crisp and clean. Chemise case shows some toning and moderate general wear including a ring-mark to upper. Very good. Skopje: Etnoloski Muzej [The Ethnological Museum], 1963 unknown
ref. 72873Sydney NSW: Ure Smith Pty. Limited 1947. Botany SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large quarto 34 x 26cm pp.30. With a total of 10 illustrated plates by Feint and Jones. Number 270 of 550 copies thus SIGNED by the author and both artists to the limitation page. Publisher's green cloth with darker green titles to spine and a device stamped to upper. With the dust-jacket priced at 50s. Internally crisp and clean. Jacket shows light wear with a closed tear to top right of the front panel. Near fine. Sydney, NSW: Ure Smith Pty. Limited, 1947 unknown
ref. 70442London: Chapman and Hall 1840-41. English Literature FIRST EDITION in book-form. 3 volumes bound as two quartos 25 x 17 x 9cm pp.2 iv; 306 pp.vi; 306 pp.vi; 426 4. With illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Bound in early twentieth-century half native red morocco gilt over green buckram sides. Internally clean no inscriptions. Bindings a little rubbed and shelf worn wear to joints with repair to joints of volume two with associated chip. A very good pair which shows well. First Edition in Book Form; originally a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens from April 4 1840 - December 4 1841; Narrator Master Humphrey was a lonely man who lived in London. He keeps old manuscripts in an antique grandfather clock by the chimney-corner and decides to start a little club called Master Humphrey's Clock where the members including Mr. Pickwick himself have a penchant for telling stories. In the book several short tales are recounted followed by the novels 'The Old Curiosity Shop' which follows the life of the beautiful and virtuous Little Nell and her Grandfather and 'Barnaby Rudge' Dickens first effort at historical fiction set during London's non-Popery 'Gordon' Riots Protestant rallying against the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1778. Podeschi; Gimbel Catalogue. Eckel p67 Grolier Exhibition Slater; Suzannet Catalogue. Collins; Dickens and Crime 1962. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41 unknown
