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ZOLA, Émile.
The Novels. [c.1900]
£2,400
Limited edition of 310 copies; the collection comprises six of the Rougon-Macquart novels. The Lutetian Society was a late Victorian society dedicated to publishing the unexpurgated...
12 volumes, octavo. Recent green morocco, morocco labels in green and burgundy, decoration to spines, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
YEATS, W. B.
The Collected Works in Verse And Prose. 1908
£3,750
First collected edition, first issue binding. This marvellous piece of publishing coincides with that transitional period in Yeats's development as a writer when the early project is...
8 volumes, octavo. Original quarter vellum, grey cloth boards, titles to upper boards and spines gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Frontis portrait to first... Read more
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WOOLF, Virginia.
[The novels and short stories, comprising:] 1915–40
£15,000
First Edition, First Impressions.
10 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin... Read more
[WOLCOT, John] PINDAR, Peter.
The Works. 1812
£300
A handsomely bound library set.
5 volumes, octavo (212 × 125 mm). Contemporary black half calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, marbled sides, edges, and endpapers. Portrait... Read more
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Complete set of Jeeves and Wooster titles. 1919–74
£4,250
First editions, first impressions, of the complete set of Jeeves and Wooster titles from the first collection, My Man Jeeves (1919), to the last story, Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974),...
17 separately published works, octavo (slightly varying sizes: 164 × 100 mm to 192 × 121 mm). Uniformly bound in recent burgundy morocco, titles and... 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
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
WILSON, Woodrow.
A History of The American People. 1902
£1,250
First edition.
5 volumes, octavo. Bound in recent full red morocco, two black title labels to each spine gilt, infilled box design gilt, raised bands, decorative border to boards... Read more
WHITMAN, Walt.
The Complete Writings. 1902
£17,500
Author's Manuscript Edition. Limited to 32 numbered sets on Whatman paper of which this is number 28, signed by the publisher, with a page of Whitman's manuscript and a notarized...
10 volumes, large octavo. Contemporary full black morocco, titles and floral decoration to spines gilt, decoration to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled... Read more
WHITE, Gilbert.
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton. 1877
£250
An attractively bound set.
2 volumes, octavo (210 × 130 mm). Contemporary tan calf, spines gilt in compartments, green morocco labels, double line ruling to boards gilt, marbled endpapers... 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
(WELLESLEY, Richard Colley, Marquess) MARTIN, Montgomery (ed.)
The Despatches, Minutes, and Correspondence of the Marquess Wellesley, 1836-8
£2,500
First editions. "The most brilliant part of Wellesley's career was unquestionably his government of India. He must be regarded as one of the three men who consolidated the empire of...
6 volumes octavo (218 × 139 mm) Later dark red half morocco, matching linen, for Hatchards, raised bands, titles gilt in second and fourth compartments, the... Read more
WEBSTER, Daniel.
The Writings and Speeches ... 1903
£3,750
National Edition, limited to 1050 copies only, of which this is no. 987. A lavish edition preserving the legacy of Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. Senator and Secretary of...
18 volumes, large octavo (240 × 157 mm). Bound in recent blue morocco, spines lettered gilt in two compartments, others with gilt motifs between gilt bands,... Read more
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WAUGH, Evelyn.
[The novels and short stories.] 1928–57
£5,750
First editions, first impressions, of all Waugh's full-length novels, from Decline and Fall (1928) to Unconditional Surrender (1961), and his volume of short stories, Mr. Loveday's...
17 works, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Some... Read more
(WASHINGTON, George) IRVING, Washington.
Life of George Washington. 1857–9
£3,500
First illustrated edition, "issued in [68] semi-monthly paper-covered parts." (BAL) Dates on the typographical and engraved half-titles vary from the listing provided by Blanck; "The...
5 volumes, large octavo (265 × 176 mm) Finely bound c.1900 in crimson crushed morocco by Affolter, titles gilt to spines, raised bands, spines gilt in... Read more
WASHINGTON, George.
The Writings; 1833-7
£2,750
First edition, large paper copy. Bound without title page to volume 2. This set conforms to Sabin's description of the rather haphazard state in which the work was first issued,...
12 volumes, large octavo. Recent dark blue full morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, decorative roll to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Some... Read more
(WARD, Robert Plumer.) PHIPPS, Edmund.
Memoirs of the Political and Literary Life of Robert Plumer Ward. 1850
£125
A nicely bound library set.
2 volumes, octavo (210 × 130 mm). Contemporary tan half calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, marbled sides, brown endpapers, red... Read more
WALTON, Izaak, & Charles Cotton.
The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, 1836
£2,500
First Pickering edition, large-paper copy. Edited by the noted antiquarian Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas and printed by the younger Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, himself a...
2 volumes, tall octavo (270 × 176 mm). Nineteenth-century green morocco by Riviere, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, covers panelled in gilt with... Read more
VOLTAIRE.
Oeuvres Completes. 1785
£7,500
Complete set of the best edition.
92 volumes, octavo. Early 19th-century full mottled calf, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, gilt decoration to boards, gilt lower edges, gilt inner dentelles,... Read more
VOLTAIRE.
Oeuvres. 1828
£4,500
Fine complete set of Voltaire's works.
75 volumes, octavo. Contemporary tan quarter calf, titles and elaborate decoration to spines gilt, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Engraved frontispiece to volume... Read more
VOLTAIRE.
Oeuvres. 1792
£3,500
Nouvelle Edition.
55 volumes, octavo. Contemporary mottled full tan calf, titles and elaborate decoration to spines gilt, twin morocco title labels black, roll to boards gilt, marbled... Read more
VERNE, Jules.
The Works. [1911]
£4,500
Styled the "Edition de L'Academie", though the text is in English. Limited to 300 numbered sets.
15 volumes, octavo. Recent dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With... Read more
TURGÉNIEFF, Iván.
The Novels and Stories. 1903-4 & 1922
£2,250
An excellent edition, beautifully bound and with an introduction by Henry James, whose work was strongly influenced by Turgénieff's.
16 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, blue cloth sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated frontispiece to each... Read more
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
Marion Fay. A Novel. 1882
£875
First edition.
3 volumes, octavo (180 × 115 mm). Twentieth-century red quarter morocco by Birdsall & Son, green cloth sides, olive morocco labels, marbled edges. Bookplate to... Read more
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Barsetshire Novels. 1929
£3,500
The Manuscript Edition, including a piece of manuscript in the author's hand tipped-in on the front blank of volume I. A very attractively bound set.
14 volumes, octavo. Bound in recent full brown morocco,one red and one green label, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, decorative border to boards... Read more
