The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction: Containing Original Essays... Vol XXVII January - June 1836

London, J. Limbird. 1836, First Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. half leather with shellacced marbled boards, gilt decorated raised bands with red title label, vol number 27 to spine, light rubbing wear to corners joints and spine ends, name to paste down 'Madeline Treleaven', foxing to engraved frontis port. of Miss Mitford, some offset to title, vii prelims to the annual edition, 1-440pp includes the index, the parts have the stab sewn holes showing near margin, very minor occassional spots of light foxing, very clean internally, many engravings within the text, being numbers 757-783 complete for the first 6 months of the year 1836. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007772

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Keywords: Ninettenth Century Journal Miscellanyweekly Magazine Broadsheet Parts in Annual Volume 1836

The Quiver : An Illustrated Magazine for Sunday and General Reading Vol. VI Toned-Paper Series + the Silver Bow, Being the Extra Part of 'The Quiver' for Christmas 1870

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. 1871, First Edition. Half-Leather, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (2000 gram rate so double standard shipping cost) viii, 1-832pp + plates, plus 64pp of The Silver Bow bound at rear, leather spine and corners, gilt to spine, top third of upper joint split, minor foxing to prelims, includes peices by R M Ballantyne, W H G Kingston and others, illustrated throughout. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008415

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REID ALEXANDER

Rudiments of English Composition & Key to Rudiments of English Composition

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd. 1870, reprint. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. two works bound into one volume. first works title continues "designed as a practical introduction to correctness and perspicuity in writing and to the study of criticism; with copious exercises, for the use of schools" seventeenth edition, the second work is an undated 'new edition'. 134 [2 blank] 114, 24 pp adverts. original marbled eps, plum red blind embossed leather with greek key design to borders, rubbed an worn to edges, joints partially split but holding, black spine label with gilt title 'REID'S COMPOSITION AND KEY" some minor staining to boards. small advertising errata tipped in at title. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013085

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Keywords: English Languag Grammar Composition Victorian School Text Leather Bound

POE EDGAR ALLAN (RACKHAM)

Poes tales of mystery and imagination illustrated by Arthur Rackham

London, Book Club Associates. 1979, reprint. Quarter cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Arthur Rackham. reprint facsimile of the Harrap 1935 edition. light grey boards with black skeleton, black quarter cloth. dec endpapers. VG dustwrapper very minor spine fade. 318pp + plates. 12 colour + 17 b&w illustrations. Very Good/Very Good.

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POE EDGAR ALLAN (HARRY CLARKE)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

London, Harrap. 1928, reprint. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Harry Clarke. blue green pebbled grain leatherette cloth with gilt panel to upper and blind panel to lower board, gilt titled and decorated spine, joints rubbed and showing cloth along the edges, name and date to fep dated 1932, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, half title has a small tear along the hinge fold at the top part, final illustration page after last page of text is almost detached but neatly along the hinge, as is final free end paper, book size 11 x 8 inches, 382pp + 32 b&w and colour plates by Harry Clarke and with decorations in the text, beautiful and eerie art deco style gothic illustrations to complement the dark masters poetry and prose, (overweight, probably double standard shipping cost). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012876

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TROLLOPE ANTHONY

The Claverings. With Sixteen Illustrations by M. Ellen Edwards. In Two Volumes

London, Smith Elder & Co. 1867, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: M. Ellen Edwards. (excess shipping charge due to weight and value) ORIGINAL CLOTH Victorian double decker first British edition in book form (after Cornhill serialisation), scarce, tidy copies in green cloth with extra gilt decorative titling to spine and boards, spines have some black blocking, lower boards stamped in blind, original chocolate endpapers, VOL 1 = rubbed at spine ends, minor patch of white at tail, corners of bevelled boards starting to split, small patch soiling to upper board, (i-ii) 1- 313 (+1 printers imprint) +2pp adverts, VOL 2= lightly rubbed spine ends with minor fraying, two small holes rubbed into upper joint, corners rubbed but not yet frayed, (i-vi) (1-)309 + 2pp adverts, No half-titles called for, all sixteen engraved plates by H. Harral after M. Ellen Edwards (including frontispiece in each volume) with tissue guards intact, plate facing pp 225 of vol 1 has small water mark to top margin, faint sporadic foxing throughout both volumes, this is very minimal and infrequent but mentioned for completeness, all edges untrimmed, binders ticket "Bound by Burn. 37 & 38 Kirby St." on rear pastedown of vol 1, bank transfer as payment for this item please. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006029

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Keywords: British First Edition in Book Form Double Decker Victorian Original Cloth Extra Gilt Cloth Fiction Literature M. Ellen Edwards

BROWNING ELIZABETH BARRETT

The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

London, Oxford University Press. 1913, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. very tidy near fine in gilt decorated red imitation-leather cloth, spine is slightly sun faded, the leather is drawn over padded boards, all edge gilt, A E G, silk marker ribbon, viii 667pp + port. frontis. small (miniscule) nick from the fore edge of the fep, a very tidy and attractive collection of her works in the "Oxford Edition" , double column. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005466

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KENNETT BASIL

Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, The Antiquities Of Rome. In Two Parts

Dublin, S. Hyde, J. Leathley, A. Bradley, T. Moore. 1743, Tenth Edition. Full-Leather, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (16) xxx, 375 (24) 2pp adverts+frontis. port. +11 plates most of them folding, some minor foxing or old watermarking, full leather with 5 plain raised bands and gilt stamped title label to spne, corners rubbed through, joints just starting to split at ends, rubricated title. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009836

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Keywords: Rome Roman Antiquties History Antiquarian Full Calf Leatherbound Rrae Folding Plates Roman Commonwealth City of Rome Roman Education Tenth Edition

SHELLEY PERCY BYSSHE

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited By Mrs. Shelley ( 2 Vols of 4)

London, Edward Moxon. 1839, First Edition. Original Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. only 2 volumes of 4, original blind embossed cloth with gilt titled spines, light bumping to edges, vol 4 has splitting to the upper joint, both volumes have a tidy and faint name stamp to the title pages, "Walter Mantell" in an oval, (probably Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell), vol 3 small area discoloured to front hinge, as issued with pale yellow endpapers, untrimmed top edge, head of spines are slightly chipped with minimal loss, vol3; viii 314+2pp vol4; viii 361+3pp, First Collected Edition, and the first with Mary Shelley's notes. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010301

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Keywords: Percy Bysshe Shelley Early Edition First Authorised Collection Works Mrs Shelley Contemporary Binding Original Cloth First Collected Edition Nineteenth Century Romanticism Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell

DICKENS CHARLES

A Christmas Carol, a Ghost Story of christmas

London, Reprint Society. 1951, First Edition. Quarter-leather, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Ill.: John Leech. (200 gram rate) first edition thus, being Reprint Society edition of the "Charles Dickens Edition' of 1858-70. quarter red leather spine to brown cloth with gilt title medallion and gilt title to spine, endpapers offset browned, neat rubber name stamp to fep, col frontis + 3 col plates by John Leech, 4 woodcuts, 117pp. VG book, DW has short edge tears top and bottom edge and along spine folds, with minor chipping loss. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004629

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WATERTON CHARLES

Essays on Natural History, Third Series

London, Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts. 1858, Second Edition. Original Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) lower joint split, otherwise the book is tdy and clean with minor handling wear, and light edge rubbing, front hinge cracked but tight, xvii pp prlims and intro + content + xlviii biographical note of the author, 1-290pp, various essays including on the Monkey family, Pigeons and Pigeon Stealers, the Humming-bird, the Dog family, Cannibalism, the Fox, Snakes. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005551

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Keywords: Charles Waterton of Walton Hall Essays Belles Lettres Monkey Pigeons Pigeon Stealers Humming-Bird Hummingbird Dog Dogs Cannibalism the Fox Snakes

KINGSLEY CHARLES & CLEMENT SHORTER

Geoffry Hamlyn

London, Ward Lock. New edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Herbert Railton. maroon red bevelled cloth boards, decorative banded spine, decorative boards, all edges gilt, dec endpapers, two line inscription to fep, rubber stamp of a turtle and the date 3/12/84 in pen to first blank leaf after fep, frontis with tissue guard. a little water marking to top edge extreme margin, spine joints lightly rubbed, two splash marks lower board (faint). With a memoir by Clement Shorter and illustrations by Geoffry Hamlyn. xxx + 468pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012703

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Keywords: Charles Kingsley Victorian Fiction Deluxe Uniform New Edition All Edges Gilt Herbert Railton

KINGSLEY CHARLES & CLEMENT SHORTER

Reginald Hetherege & Leighton Court

London, Ward Lock. 1895, New edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Gordon Browne. maroon red bevelled cloth boards, decoratiive banded spine, decorative boards, all edges gilt, dec endpapers, two line inscription to fep, rubber stamp of a turtle and the date 3/12/84 in pen to reverse of frontis, frontis with tissue guard. spine joints lightly rubbed. 472pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012704

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ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN & W H ROBINSON

Danish Fairy Tales and Legends (Andersen's Fairy Tales)

London, Bliss Sands & Co. 1897, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: W H Robinson. red cloth, sun faded spine, gilt vignette to upper board and spine, top edge gilt , fore edge untrimmed, minor surface soiling to boards from handling, remains of gift prize plate to front paste down which is partially removed, offset toning to fep, 332pp + 20pp adverts + 16 b&w plates, frontis tissue guard is foxed, first 27pp are a memoir of the author, some pages are unopened. Robinsons first book as an illustrator and thus rare. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001639

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Keywords: Heath Robinson Fairy Tales Illustrated Danish European Aryan Folklore Myth Childrens Rare W H Robinson

MARLOWE CHRISTOPHER

Hero and Leander

Christchurch New Zealand, Caxton Press. 1945, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. stiff paper boards with printed dust jacket glued at spine, 37pp + imprint etc, not one of the 14 special copies, still a nice example of the quality achieved by Christchurch's premier (semi-) private press, no limitation given but would have been quite small considering War Economy Measures and the nature of the company. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007877

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Keywords: Caxton Press Christchurch New Zealand de Luxe Fine Printing Private Press Limited Edition Christopher Marlowe