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| This selection contains 39 title(s) on 2 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| REV. R. H. BARHAM The Ingoldsby Legends London, Collins. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: T. H. Robinson. All three series are published together. In slipcase. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 001150 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| W. G. BEBBINGTON (ED.) A Kipling Anthology London, Methuen. 1967. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover, An excellent anthology of Kipling's most loved work. Clean hardback. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 003747 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| J. B. BESSINGER A Short Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon Poetry Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1960. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A helpful dictionary, in a normalized early West-Saxon orthography. Slight fading to cover. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 000448 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| GEORGE BORROW Lavengro - Shcolar, Gipsy, Priest London, Collins. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: William Sewell. Collins edition in slipcase of the classic work of Borrow. Illustrated by William Sewell. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 001142 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SAMUEL BUTLER The Way of All Flesh London, J. M. Dent. Red Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. This is no. 895 of Everyman's Library. With an introductin by A. Hoppe. The only novel of Butler but it has survived the test of time. Small stamp on back free endpaper. No previous owner name. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 001731 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| CARLYLE Essays London, Blackie and Son Limited. Blue Cloth, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardback, Clean hardback of four of Carlyle's studies in biographies on Goethe, Burns, Boswell's Life of Johnson and Sir Walter Scott. With an introduction and notes. Clean copy. Neat previous owner name on free endpaper. Fine. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 003016 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| MRS. CRAIK John Halifax Gentleman London, Collins. Full-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: A.A.Dixon. Hard Cover, Pseudonim for Dinah Maria Mulack Top edge gilt, ribbon marker, frontispiece, full page illustrations. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 000025 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| MRS. CRAIK John Halifax Gentleman London, George Routledge. 1904. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover, Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 000031 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| CHARLES DICKENS Barnaby Rudge London, Collins. 1960. Red Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. With an introduction by Kenneth Hayens. A very good reading copy of this novel. Very Good. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 001127 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| ALEXANDRE DUMAS The Man in the Iron Mask London, Collins. Cloth. A classic in small format but in clear type (as with all of these editions). Weak hinges. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 000262 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| MICHAEL FAIRLESS The Roadmender and the Gathering of Brother Hilarius London, Collins. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Roadmender is a comforting classic. In slipcase. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 001149 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| OLIVER GOLDSMITH The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Edinburgh, Nimmo. Green Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This complete work begins with a biography of the author and then reproduces his "Vicar of Wakefield", as well as poems, dramas and essays. Very little wear to the cover or inside. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 000260 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| BRET HARTE Stories and Poems London, Humphrey Milford. 1915, First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford Edition of stories and poems by Bret Harte (with a picture of author), selected and edited with an introduction and notes by William MacDonald. Free end-paper damaged; otherwise fine copy. Includes stories such as "Mission Bells of Monterey", "How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar" and "A Vulgar Little Boy". Very Good. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 000246 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES The Poet at the Breakfast-Table London, J.M. Dent. 1913. Red Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: H. M. Brock. This is Holmes third series of breakfast-Table conversations. They were met with immediate success and remain read today. In this edition, they are skillfully illustrated by Brock. Holmes himself felt that this series are in some points a clearer exposition of his views and feelings. Very Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 000254 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| CHARLES KNIGHT Half Hours with the Best Authors (in Four volumes) London, Charles Knight. 1850, First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knight decided to select and arrange, with short biographical and critical notices, pieces from what he considered to be the best authors. These pieces were to be "of sufficient length to occupy half an hour's ordinary reading". the authors include Coleridge, Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Macaulay, Swift, Ben Jonson and so many more. There is a little shelf wear to the cover, but the books are tight and complete. This is a splendid set to get acquainted with the classics. In green leather with gold raised lettering, and marbled boards. Very Good. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.5 US$ 83.05 | JP¥ 7337] Book number: 000345 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| CHARLES LAMB The Essays of Elia London, J. M. Dent. 1902. Three-Quarter Leather, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Charles E. Brock. Lamb's Essays, with an introduction by Augustine Birrell and Brock's wonderful illustrations. Spine a bit cracked at top and bottom and leather slightly rubbed at corners; No previous owner name. Decorative free endpapers. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 002179 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| D.H. LAWRENCE Mr. Noon London, Granada. 1985, The Cambridge Edition. (ISBN: 0 246 11655 2) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With an introduction by Melvyn Bragg. Fine/Fine. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 000096 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| EDWARD LEAR The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear London, Faber and Faber. 1957. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Edward Lear. Introduced and edited by Holbrook Jackson, this book was published to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense. But it is much more than a mere reprint of that famous and entertaining book. In this book, all the nonsense books written and illustrated by Lear and published during and after his lifetime have been put together. This book shows the great variety in his nonsensical adventures. Price unclipped. Some traces of old sello tape on free endpapers, but no other markings. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 | JP¥ 2348] Book number: 001275 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SIR WALTER SCOTT Ivanhoe London, Collins. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: R. Johnson. Sir Walter Scott's classic, illustrated by R. Johnson. In slipcase. Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 001147 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SHAKESPEARE Comedies London, Collins. Red Imitation Leather. Ill.: Illustrated By Photographs of London Performers. This edition reproduces in clear print five comedies: As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest and The Merry Wives of Windsor. The beauty of this edition is in the black/white photographs of the performers of these plays, such as Miss Dorothea Baird, Norman Forbes, Sir Herbert Beerbohm, Sir frank R. Benson. Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 000217 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SHAKESPEARE King Henry IV, Part II London, J.M. Dent. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Ill.: Eric Gill. This is The New Temple Shakespeare Edition. Each book has been edited by M. R. Ridley, with introduction, notes and glossary contributed by the editor, with extracts from famous criticisms of the play. Each title-page, half-title, binding and jackets have been designed by Eric Gill. Bright red cloth boards with gilt stamp on front & lettering to spine. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 000228 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SHAKESPEARE King Henry VI, Part I London, J.M. Dent. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Ill.: Eric Gill. This is The New Temple Shakespeare Edition. Each book has been edited by M. R. Ridley, with introduction, notes and glossary contributed by the editor, with extracts from famous criticisms of the play. Each title-page, half-title, binding and jackets have been designed by Eric Gill. Bright red cloth boards with gilt stamp on front & lettering to spine. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 000230 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SHAKESPEARE King Henry VIII London, J.M. Dent. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Ill.: Eric Gill. This is The New Temple Shakespeare Edition. Each book has been edited by M. R. Ridley, with introduction, notes and glossary contributed by the editor, with extracts from famous criticisms of the play. Each title-page, half-title, binding and jackets have been designed by Eric Gill. Bright red cloth boards with gilt stamp on front & lettering to spine. Very Good/Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 000233 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SHAKESPEARE King Henry VI London, J.M. Dent. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Ill.: Eric Gill. This is The New Temple Shakespeare Edition. Each book has been edited by M. R. Ridley, with introduction, notes and glossary contributed by the editor, with extracts from famous criticisms of the play. Each title-page, half-title, binding and jackets have been designed by Eric Gill. Bright red cloth boards with gilt stamp on front & lettering to spine. Very Good/Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 000235 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. | ||
| SHAKESPEARE King Henry VI, Part III London, J.M. Dent. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Ill.: Eric Gill. This is The New Temple Shakespeare Edition. Each book has been edited by M. R. Ridley, with introduction, notes and glossary contributed by the editor, with extracts from famous criticisms of the play. Each title-page, half-title, binding and jackets have been designed by Eric Gill. Bright red cloth boards with gilt stamp on front & lettering to spine. Very Good/Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 000237 Click here to order or inquire at Walter-Saxena Rare Books. |
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