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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
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
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
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
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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
AUSTEN, Jane.
Novels. 1892
£1,750
First Dent edition. Dent's ten-volume set of the novels is the first to have any critical apparatus.
10 volumes, small octavo (170 × 103 mm). Contemporary half calf, morocco labels crimson and brown, floral decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled boards and... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
Sense & Sensibility. 1898
£125
First Dent edition. After Richard Bentley, J. M. Dent was the next publisher to take up Jane Austen's novels, and continued publishing them into the 1960s. Dent's ten-volume set of...
2 volumes bound in 1, octavo (170 × 105 mm). Contemporary prize binding of red calf, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, green morocco label, Hayleybury... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels and Letters ... 1915
£2,250
An excellent edition of Austen’s complete works, including the letters and unfinished novels. The text is printed in a very readable type on good quality paper and is...
12 volumes, octavo. Bound in recent full tan morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed.... Read more
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AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels [and] The Letters. 1911-12
£5,750
An attractive library set of Austen.
12 volumes, octavo (207 × 136 mm). Contemporary red half calf, spines gilt in compartments, ruling to boards and top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Portrait... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1892
£2,750
Large Paper Edition Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 22. After Richard Bentley, J. M. Dent was the next publisher to take up Jane Austen's novels, and continued...
10 volumes, octavo. Recent tan morocco, double morocco labels terracotta and green, decoration to spines, single rules to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt,... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1911-12
£3,500
The Winchester edition; considered the most attractive of the unillustrated editions of Jane Austen’s works produced around this time. In this enlarged issue, the set has two...
12 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1923
£3,750
Large paper edition. Limited to 1,000 sets of which 950 are for sale.
7 volumes, octavo. Recent tan morocco, double morocco labels burgundy and green, decoration to spines, single rules to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt,... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1856
£2,500
An attractive library set of Austen reprinted from the 1833 Standard Novels editions.
5 volumes, octavo (166 × 100 mm). Near contemporary tan calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, red and brown morocco labels, double line ruling to boards,... Read more
AUSTEN, Jane.
The Novels. 1911-12
£3,500
The Winchester edition; considered the most attractive of the unillustrated editions of Jane Austen’s works produced around this time. In this enlarged issue, the set has two...
12 volumes, octavo. Recent tan morocco, double morocco labels burgundy and green, decoration to spines, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
