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HARDY, Thomas.
The Works. 1919
£10,500
The Mellstock edition. This edition consists of 500 copies signed by the author on the limitation page of volume 1. This collected edition is named after the mythical "Mellstock" of...
37 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With... Read more
HARDY, Thomas.
The Works. In prose and verse. 1985
£3,000
Facsimile of the definitive Wessex Edition. Limited edition of 270 numbered copies of which 250 were for sale.
24 volumes, octavo (222 × 139 mm). Original dark green chieftain goatskin, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers,... Read more
HARDY, Thomas.
The Writings. 1920
£4,500
The Anniversary Edition, issued to celebrate Hardy's eightieth birthday. One of a limited edition of 1250 numbered sets. An excellent collected edition that is particularly well...
21 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, light brown morocco labels, marbled endpapers, floral roll to boards and top edges gilt,... Read more
HARDY, Thomas.
The Writings. [1915]
£6,750
The Autograph Edition. One of a limited edition of 153 sets, this set printed ad personam for Katherine Fay and signed by Hardy and the publisher in volume I. This edition, the...
20 volumes, octavo. Recent tan morocco, spines gilt in compartments, brown and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edges gilt,... Read more
HARDY, Thomas.
Two On a Tower. A Romance. 1882
£1,875
First edition.
3 volumes, octavo (175 × 115 mm). Near contemporary blue half morocco for Hatchards, spines gilt in compartments, blue cloth sides, marbled endpapers, ruling to... Read more
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
The Complete Writings. 1900
£2,000
The Autograph edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the publisher and the author's daughter Rose Hawthorne Lathrop.
23 volumes, octavo (220 × 150 mm). Contemporary blue half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled boards, top edges gilt, others... Read more
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
The Complete Writings. 1900
£6,000
The Autograph Edition. One of a limited edition 500 numbered copies signed by the author's daughter, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, and the publisher. A very handsomely bound set.
23 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by Lauriat's of Boston in burgundy half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, raised bands, matching cloth sides, pink endpapers, top... Read more
HAYWARD, Abraham.
Biographical and Critical Essays. 1858
£125
A nicely bound set of Hayward.
2 volumes, octavo (215 × 135 mm). Contemporary yellow calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, green and brown morocco labels, double line ruling to boards... Read more
HEARN, Lafcadio.
The Writings. 1922
£3,000
Limited edition, one of 750 numbered large paper copies, and the first appearance in print of Creole Sketches. Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) was a journalist and author known for...
16 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, light and dark green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top... Read more
HEARN, Lafcadio.
The Writings. 1923
£1,250
The Koizumi Edition. An attractively bound complete collection of the works of Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904), a journalist and author known for his writings on Japanese culture and...
16 volumes, octavo. Contemporary brown half crushed morocco, titles to spines gilt, tan cloth boards with gilt single rules, top edges gilt, tan endpapers. Colour... Read more
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
[The Prominent Novels and Short Stories.] 1925 - 1986
£12,500
With the exception of Three Stories & Ten Poems they are all first editions, first printings. Three Stories & ten Poems was first published in 1923 with a limited print run of only...
17 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. The occasional minor... Read more
(HOLY BIBLE; English) MACKLIN, Thomas.
The Old and New Testament. 1800
£6,750
"The Macklin Bible endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled" (ODNB).
Folio, 6 volumes. Contemporary green morocco, spines gilt in compartments with sun-in-splendor tools, elaborate greek key roll and cornerpieces to boards, marbled... Read more
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HOMER.
The Iliad … [and] The Odyssey … Translated by Alexander Pope. 1802
£2,950
New edition. Pope's version of Homer, the work that established his fortune and set his fame on a firm foundation, had been completed by 1726. But in 1791 William Cowper had the...
5 volumes, octavo. Contemporary straight-grain crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, flat bands, single rule to boards gilt, roll to boards in blind,... Read more
HOOD, Thomas.
The Works. 1862
£575
A handsomely bound set of Hood's works including his Life in 2 volumes.
9 volumes, ocatvo (180 × 120 mm). Contemporary full red calf, green morocco labels, elaborate tooling to spines, raised bands, rules to boards with cornerpieces,... Read more
HUBBARD, Elbert.
The Complete Writings. Author's Edition. [1914]
£3,500
The Author's Edition, one of a limited edition of 1000 sets, signed "Elbert Hubbard" on the limitation leaf (though these signatures were apparently done by Hubbard's assistants)....
20 volumes, quarto. Original brown half morocco, titles and wreath design to spines gilt, geometrical decoration to spine and corners in dark brown, tan sides and... 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
HULME, Edward, & Shirley Hibberd.
Familiar Garden Flowers. [c.1895].
£375
First series through to fifth series. Each issue contains 40 colour plates with a detailed description of each flower along with its medicinal uses and habitat.
5 volumes, small octavo (184 × 128 mm). Contemporary brown calf, black morocco labels, elaborate tooling to spines in compartments separated by raised bands, twin... Read more
HUME, David.
The History of England 1808–10
£1,850
An excellent early 19th century edition in a fine Regency binding.
10 volumes, octavo. Contemporary diced calf, maroon morocco double labels, elaborate tooling to spines gilt and in blind, flat bands, roll to boards, marbled... Read more
HUME, David & Tobias Smollett.
The History of England, 1787
£4,500
A very handsome set in fine condition. Hume's History was first published in 1754-62, Smollett's continuation in 1758.
Together 13 volumes, octavo (Hume 221 × 140 mm; Smollett 208 × 127 mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf, smooth spines with red and green labels,... Read more
HUME, David & Tobias Smollett.
The History of England, 1803-05
£1,250
A particularly handsome set in excellent condition. Hume's history was first published in 1754-62, Smollett's continuation in 1758.
Octavo, 16 volumes (213 × 130 mm). Contemporary dark tan calf, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, elaborate boarder to diced boards, marbled... Read more
HUME, David & Tobias Smollett.
The History of England. 1826-7
£875
A handsomely bound edition of Hume's classic work, first published in 1776. Unfinished at the time of his death, it was later finished by Smollett.
13 volumes, octavo (212 × 130 mm). Contemporary tan half calf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides. Engraved portraits throughout. Scattered spotting to... Read more
IRVING, Washington.
The Works. 1880-93
£1,850
Geoffrey Crayon edition.
27 volumes, octavo (205 × 155 mm). Contemporary burgundy half morocco, titles and direction to spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. Illustrated... Read more
JACKSON, Catherine Charlotte, Lady.
The Complete Works. 1878–90
£1,250
First editions. Lady Jackson (1824–91) was the wife of diplomat Sir George Jackson, known for accompanying Sir Charles Stuart to Germany and entering Paris with him in 1815, and...
14 volumes, octavo (199 × 137 mm). 20th-century brown morocco by Riviere & Son, spines gilt in compartments with fleur-de-lis tools, green coated endpapers,... Read more
JACKSON, Lady Catherine Charlotte.
The Works. c.1899
£2,500
Édition des Aquarelles. Limited to 26 numbered copies for England and America.
14 volumes, octavo (222 × 147 mm). Finely bound in olive green crushed morocco, titles to spine gilt with onlaid floral design, boards richly tooled with onlaid... Read more
JAMES, Henry.
The Complete Tales. 1962–5
£2,000
A very attractively bound set of the works of Henry James.
12 volumes, octavo. Recent deep green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, decorative roll and facsimile of author's signature to upper board gilt, marbled endpapers,... Read more
