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(ADDINGTON, Henry) PELLEW, The Honble. George.
The Life and Corespondence of the Right Honble. Henry Addington, 1847
£200
First edition. “Addington's reputation has long languished in the shade of the younger Pitt. Canning's brilliant sarcasms at Addington's expense set the tone of the first...
3 volumes, octavo ( 213 × 133 mm) Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, red and sage green morocco labels, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments, edges... Read more
ADDISON, Joseph.
The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose. 1765
£210
4 volumes, octavo. Contemporary full dark tan calf, black and crimson morocco title labels, raised bands, title and floral decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards...
4 volumes, octavo. Contemporary full dark tan calf, black and crimson morocco title labels, raised bands, title and floral decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule... Read more
ADDISON, Joseph.
The Works. 1761
£750
4 volumes, quarto. Finely bound in contemporary full mottled calf with red and brown label, gilt title and full-infilled box design on spine. Gilt rule to boards. Marbled endpapers....
4 volumes, quarto. Finely bound in contemporary full mottled calf with red and brown label, gilt title and full-infilled box design on spine. Gilt rule to boards.... Read more
ADDISON, Joseph.
The Works. With a complete Index. 1761
£950
First Baskerville edition.
4 volumes, large quarto (295 × 236 mm). Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines richly gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, the latter with elaborate... Read more
[ADDISON, Joseph, & Richard Steele]
The Spectator. 1819
£375
The Spectator was one of the first British periodicals, originally published daily in 1711 and 1712. Appealing to the growing numbers of middle class traders and shop keepers in...
8 volumes, octavo (210 × 130 mm). Contemporary straight-grained burgundy morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spines in gilt and in blind, boarders in gilt... Read more
[ADDISON, Joseph, & Richard Steele]
The Spectator. 1776
£375
A later edition of one of the first British periodicals, it was published daily in 1711 and 1712. Appealling to the growing numbers of middle class traders and shop keepers in...
8 volumes, octavo (171 × 100 mm). Contemporary tan calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, red and green labels. Engraved frontispieces to each volume.... Read more
[ADDISON, Joseph, & Richard Steele]
The Spectator. [c.1790]
£245
A paginary reprint of the first 8 volumes of one of the first British periodicals, orginally published daily in 1711 and 1712. Appealing to the growing numbers of middle class...
8 volumes, 12mo. Contemporary full tan calf, one red and one green morocco title label gilt. Bookplate to each front pastedown, neat ink note to rear free endpaper of... Read more
AINSLIE, Douglas.
The Song of the Stewarts. Prelude. 1909
£45
First edition, first impression.
Octavo (221 × 137 mm). Contemporary japon backed blue cloth, green morocco label, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Binding lightly rubbed with wear at the top... Read more
AINSWORTH, William Harrison.
The Novels. c.1890
£750
An excellent set handsomely bound.
16 volumes, octavo (227 × 135). Contemporary dark blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, blue cloth boards and endpapers, top edges... Read more
(ALASTAIR) LACLOS, Choderlos de.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 1929
£2,750
Limited Edition, number 456 of 1020 copies.
2 volumes in one, quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, double rule to boards gilt,... Read more
ALISON, Archibald.
History of Europe. 1853–54
£500
Ninth edition.
13 volumes, octavo (182 × 117 mm). Contemporary brown half calf, spines gilt in compartments, brown and green morocco labels, purple sides, green endpapers, red... Read more
(ALMANAC)
Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of our Lord God 1767. 1767
£500
Rider's British Merlin was a very popular almanac, first published in 1656 and continuing annually until the nineteenth century. Cardanus Rider is often said, though probably...
Duodecimo (132 × 77 mm). Contemporary red morocco, gilt panel spine with saltire design, covers tooled in gilt all over to a cottage-roof design, Dutch floral... Read more
AMBLER, Eric.
The Mask of Dimitrios. 1939
£1,750
First edition, first impression. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone in Detective Fiction.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green... Read more
AMIS, Kingsley.
Lucky Jim. 1953
£1,250
First Edition, First Impression. Author’s cut signature to front free endpaper.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers,... Read more
AMIS, Kingsley.
Lucky Jim. 1953
£875
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to... Read more
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
Danish Fairy Legends and Tales. 1846
£2,000
First Edition translated into English from the Danish. Two shorter selections of Hans Andersen's stories had first appeared earlier in the same year, translated by Mary Howitt and by...
Small octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule... Read more
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
Stories and Tales. c.1870
£750
Author’s Edition.
10 volumes, small octavo. Publisher’s brown cloth, titles and decoration to spines and front boards gilt and in dark brown. With black and white illustrations by... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. [c. 1900]
£2,100
The Luristan Edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1000 sets of which this is number 613.
17 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in recent half navy blue oasis, with red leather lettering labels, gilt devices between each raised band, marbled sides, top edge... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments, 1885–88
£9,750
First Edition, the authentic Benares edition, issued in a limited subscription of 1,000 copies. Richard Burton’s celebrated translation “has become the pre-eminent English...
16 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, inset burgundy morocco panels to... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments, [c. 1900]
£2,500
The Samara Edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1000 sets of which this is number 653.
17 volumes, octavo. Recent half navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, cloth boards, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. [1905–20]
£750
16 volumes, octavo. Publisher’s black cloth with gilt decoration to the Nights and silver decoration to the Supplement Nights.’ Volume I damaged to bottom edge of lower board.
16 volumes, octavo. Publisher’s black cloth with gilt decoration to the Nights and silver decoration to the Supplement Nights.’ Volume I damaged to bottom... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) PAYNE, John, transl.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night: 1882–9
£2,500
First edition of the translation of John Payne, 1882–4, complete with the supplements published in 1884 and 1889 respectively. The English poet and translator John Payne...
Together, 13 volumes, octavo (224 × 145 mm). Uniformly bound by J. S. Hawes, Cambridge (the last volume done by their successor, Stoakley), in burgundy crushed... Read more
(ARDIZZONE, Edward) VILLON, François.
The Poems. Translated by H. B. Mccaskie. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. 1946
£150
First Ardizzone edition. The author was a 15th-century French poet and vagabond whose works mimicked the courtly romances but celebrated the darker aspects of medieval society.
Octavo (215 × 135 mm). Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in turquoise morocco, titles to spine, top edge, and inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and... Read more
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ARNOLD, Thomas.
History of Rome; [with] — History of the later Roman Commonwealth, 1845–6
£300
First edition of the History of the later Roman Commonwealth; together with mixed editions, as often, of the History of Rome (fourth-third-third). An attractive collection of...
2 works together in 5 volumes (212 × 134 mm), octavo. Contemporary calf, green and black labels, spines decorated in compartments, flat bands, roll to boards and... Read more
(ARNOLD, Thomas) STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn.
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold. 1868
£125
Ninth edition.
2 volumes, octavo (182 × 115 mm). Contemporary blue calf prize binding by Bickers & Son, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, tan and brown morocco labels,... Read more
