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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
£4,750
First editions, first impressions.
10 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. The occasional minor... 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
WILDE, Oscar.
The Works. 1908
£4,750
First collected edition of Wilde's works, limited to 1,000 sets. The texts were mostly taken from the last editions to be supervised by the author. Also included is material that had...
14 volumes, octavo. Recent full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. The... 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
WELLS, H. G.
The Works. 1924
£8,500
The Atlantic Edition, one of a limited edition of 1,050 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf, and with new prefaces written especially for this edition by the...
28 volumes, octavo (228 × 150 mm). Recent dark blue morocco, two crimson labels, decoration to spines, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, 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
(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
WALPOLE, Horatio.
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1823
£375
First published in 1806. A handsome set.
5 volumes, octavo (208 × 129 mm). Contemporary straight-grain dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines, gilt panelling to boards, roll to turn-ins,... 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
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
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Works. 1900-1902
£4,500
A particularly handsome set of Trollope's works.
30 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by Lauriat's of Boston in crimson half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, matching cloth boards, pink endpapers,... Read more
TROLLOPE, Anthony.
The Works. 1909–12
£4,950
The most complete early collected edition, scarce in contemporary binding. This edition collects together the Chronicles of Barchester, the Parliamentary novels, the Manor House...
42 volumes, small octavo. Contemporary dark blue half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides and endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece... Read more
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TROLLOPE, Anthony.
[Prominent novels and short stories.] [c.1860–1920.]
£4,750
A collection of early editions of Trollope's most prominent fictional works including the Barsetshire novels, the parliamentary novels and the dramatic novels. Also included are the...
45 volumes, octavo. Bound in burgundy half calf by Bayntun-Riviere, titles and centre tool to spine, raised bands, matching cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges... Read more
