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WINSOR, Justin (ed.)
Narrative and Critical History of America. 1889
£1,500
This Riverside Press edition, one of a limited edition of 550 numbered copies of what was for a century the standard reference work on American History. The editor, Justin Winsor...
8 volumes, tall quarto (320 × 225mm). Contemporary red half morocco, spine decorated at lettered in gilt, five raided bands, marbled boards, top edge gilt others... Read more
HUGO, Victor.
Oeuvre Poétique. 1825
£1,500
Nouvelle edition. A handsomely bound set of Hugo's works.
19 volumes, quarto (267 × 180 mm). Contemporary red quarter morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spines, red cloth panelled boards, marbled endpapers,... Read more
PLUTARCH.
Plutarch's Lives. 1905.
£1,500
The edition de Grand Luxe of Plutarch's Lives and Writings is limited to 1000 sets, of which this is No. 23.
10 volumes, octavo (230 × 151 mm). Bound in contemporary half blue morocco with gilt titles and decoration on spine, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers,... Read more
PERCY, Thomas.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: 1765
£1,500
First editions. The dedication, though signed by Percy, was written by Samuel Johnson. Johnson had in fact offered to do much more, but the task of helping Percy select and annotate...
5 volumes, foolscap octavo (180 × 115 mm). Contemporary streaked calf, spines gilt in compartments with flower and star tools, red and green morocco labels,... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Brontës Their Lives, Frienships and Correspondence in Four Volumes. 1932
£1,500
The Shakespeare Head Brontë.
4 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges gilt, others... Read more
(WELLINGTON, Arthur, Duke of) GURWOOD, John (ed.)
The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington 1837-8
£1,500
New edition, first published 1834–8. Indispensable for the study of Wellington's campaigns, and perhaps the only source for the occasional glimpse of the man.
12 volumes, octavo (217 × 134 mm). Contemporary full calf, red and black labels, spines gilt in compartments, triple fillet gilt panel to the boards, chequered... Read more
GIBBON, Edward.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1816
£1,500
First Allason edition in superb contemporary state. On 1 July 1791, Cadell asked Gibbon to assign the renewed copyright in the first volume to him and Strahan as had been agreed by...
12 volumes, octavo. Original drab paper boards, original printed spine labels, edges uncut. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 large folding maps. Armorial bookplates... Read more
[CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de.]
The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. 1879
£1,500
A handsomely bound set of Cervantes.
4 volumes, tall octavo (240 0215 155 mm). 20th-century pink half morocco for J. W. Robinson by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines gilt in compartments, patterned sides and... Read more
LAMB, Charles.
The Life and Works. [1888]
£1,500
Edmonton edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies printed on handmade paper.
12 volumes, octavo (230 × 150 mm). Contemporary brown half crushed morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges... Read more
HAKLUYT, Richard.
The principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation. 1885–90
£1,500
First Octavo Edition. Fourth overall. First and second editions published in 1589 and 1598. In 1809 a 5 volume large quarto limit edition was published.
16 volumes, octavo. Uniform in contemporary leather-backed red cloth boards, spines lettered and numbered gilt in panel at head, place and date gilt at foot, top edges... Read more
MOTLEY, John Lothrop.
The Works ... 1900
£1,500
The Netherlands Edition, Limited to 500 copies only of which this is number 210.
Octavo, 17 volumes. Bound in contemporary brown half crush morocco, in filled box gilt design on spine, raised bands, cloth boards, top edge gilt others cut. Signed... Read more
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Works. 1880–81
£1,500
Fourth Edition.
10 volumes, octavo. 20th-century half crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
The Works. 1894?
£1,500
An attractive library set in excellent condition. Two volumes are dated 1894 and 1895, the rest are undated.
17 volumes, octavo. Contemporary crimson half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, flat bands, crimson cloth boards, marbled endpapers and edges. With numerous... Read more
THACKERAY, William Makepeace.
The Works. 1910-11
£1,500
The Centenary Biographical Edition.
26 volumes, octavo (220 × 145 mm). Contemporary blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, plain blue endpapers, top edges gilt. With... Read more
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RUSKIN, John.
[Works.] [1885–6]
£1,500
The set does not have a collective title-page; Lovell published Ruskin's works individually in America, and this is presumably an assembled set of his works to date.
26 volumes, octavo. Contemporary half tan calf, titles and elaborate decoration to spines gilt, double morocco title labels crimson and brown, marbled boards and... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough. 1933–8
£1,750
First editions, first impressions. "Marlborough is huge... heavily documented, comprehensive. No future historian can hope to avoid indebtedness, and no unprofessional reader can...
4 volumes, octavo, contemporary scarlet full morocco, raised bands to spines, titles gilt to spines, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with... Read more
WINSOR, Justin (ed.)
Narrative and Critical History of America. 1889
£1,750
One of 550 copies thus, a handsome work published in large paper format.
8 volumes bound in 16, large quarto (323 × 228 mm). Original brown half morocco, spines gilt, raised bands, brown cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt,... Read more
LYSONS, Daniel.
The Environs of London 1792–1800
£1,750
First edition of the principal work of the topographer Daniel Lysons (1762-1834), produced with the keen support of Horace Walpole, to whom the work is dedicated. Many areas which...
5 volumes, quarto. Bound in contemporary full tan calf, 2 black labels, gilt titles and decoration to spines, gilt decorative border to boards, gilt inner dentelles,... Read more
FRAZER, James George.
The Golden Bough. A study in magic and religion. 1955
£1,750
The definitive third edition, of Frazer's classic work of social anthropology, expanded from its original two volumes to twelve, then again by a thirteenth volume, "Aftermath"....
13 volumes, octavo. Lately rebound in dark green half morocco, spines gilt, green cloth sides, top edges gilt. The set in fine condition throughout. Read more
[CURTIS, Thomas]
The London Encyclopaedia, 1829
£1,750
First edition. Thomas Curtis had been involved in plans for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge as the original proposed editor, but the venture failed when...
22 volumes, octavo. Contemporary half calf by Preston of Nottingham, titles to spines gilt, marbled boards. With black and white illustrations throughout. Some light... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1892
£1,750
Large paper edition, one of 100 numbered set. After Richard Bentley, J. M. Dent was the next publisher to take up Jane Austen's novels, and continued publishing them into the 1960s....
10 volumes, small octavo (202 × 129 mm). Original brown cloth, titles and decoration to spines, edges untrimmed. Browning to endpapers, spines darkened and some... Read more
SPENCER, Herbert.
The Works. 1893–1904
£1,750
A nicely bound set of the works of Herbert Spencer.
20 volumes, tall octavo. Contemporary blue half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides and endpapers, top edges gilt. Frontispiece to each volume. Knocks... Read more
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BRINKLEY, Francis.
[Oriental Series] Japan and China. 1901
£1,750
The Okuma Edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies, of which this is number 8.
12 volumes, octavo. Original half blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers. With 12 colour frontispieces in silk.... Read more
PETITOT, M.
Répertoire du Théâtre François, ou recueil des tragédies et comédies. 1803
£1,800
23 volumes, octavo. Bound in full red oasis, with gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt rule on boards, untrimmed edges. With engraved plates throughout the set. Some internal...
23 volumes, octavo. Bound in full red oasis, with gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt rule on boards, untrimmed edges. With engraved plates throughout the set.... Read more
LINCOLN, Abraham.
The Complete Works. [1926]
£1,800
The Sponsors' Edition.
12 volumes, octavo. Original red half morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, red cloth sides, top edges gilt. Photogravure frontispiece. Read more
