BURNS. ROBERT.

THE POETICAL WORKS. With notes, Glossary,Index of first lines and chronological list.Edited by J. Logie Robertson. The Oxford Complete Edition.

Henry Frowde. London. 1904. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary binding of 1/4 vellum with gilt roses and branches along the spine length. Tan morocco title label with gilt, lettering, ruling and leaves. Smaller label has "Oxford" within gilt ruling. Beige cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Previous owners five line inscription from1919, written neatly in ink on front free endpaper. .A very good, bright copy.

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Book number: 6959

BURROUGHS.EDGAR RICE.

THE RETURN OF TARZAN.

Methuen & Co.Ltd.London.,1919. Fourth edition of the London edition,the second of this cheap edition.In the uncommon original colour illustrated dustwrapper.Book in publishers red cloth with black lettering and decoration to the spine.Rubbing to edges and splits to the top inch and half of front and rear spine hinges.Dustwrapper with loss to bottom 2 inches of spine and top half inch,affecting the letter t of The in the title.The rest of the title and author present.Loss to all edges and rubbing to hinges.Not a very good example of the wrapper but any pre 1920 Tarzan jackets are scarce and this one is about 90 intact.:

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Book number: 4732

BURY. LADY CHARLOTTE SUSAN MARIA. ; PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY.

FLIRTATION. A Novel.

Henry Colburn. London. 1827. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 8vo. (7.5 x 4.7 inches). Bound, without the half titles and adverts, in early half brown calf. The spines with decorative wide raised bands. Compartments decorated in gilt. Dark brown title labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Marbled endpapers. Ex library copies with the library name stamped in perforated lettering to the bottom of the title pages. Verso of titles with ink library stamp, otherwise the text is free from marks and stamps and generally clean throughout. Front paste down endpapers have library ticket holder and library rules and times sheet stuck down. Some rubbing and wear to the bindings, with the hinges all cracked but holding firm. Some chipping and minor loss to the tops and bottoms of the spines. Overall a good only set of what are still an attractive set of bindings. Sadleir 477. Wolff 1013.

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Book number: 7208

BURY. LADY CHARLOTTE SUSAN MARIA. ; PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY.

THE SEPARATION. A Novel. By the Authoress of Flirtation.

Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. London. 1830. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 8vo. (7.5 x 4.6 inches). Errata leaf at end of Volume three. Bound, without the half titles and adverts, in early half brown calf. The spines with decorative wide raised bands. Compartments decorated in gilt. Twin black labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Ex library copies with the library name stamped in perforated lettering to the bottom of the title pages. Verso of titles with ink library stamp, otherwise the text is free from marks and stamps and generally clean throughout. Front paste down endpapers have library ticket holder and library rules and times sheet stuck down. Some rubbing and wear to the bindings, with the title label for volume three showing some loss that affects four letters. Overall an attractive set of bindings. Sadleir 479. Wolff 1015.

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Book number: 7207

BUTLER. ALFRED. ; PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY.

MIDSUMMER EVE. A Tale.

Saunders and Oxley. London. 1842. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. (7.5 x 4.4 inches). iv,274; ii,312; ii,270pp. Library stamp of Cape of Good Hope Public Library on title pages & Author's name written in red ink to the title page of volume one, otherwise a very good set bound, without half titles, in recent half tan calf. Spines with raised bands, red titles labels, gilt. The compartments lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Not in Sadleir or Wolff.

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Book number: 7547

BYRON. LORD George Gordon Noel.

THE WORKS. + DON JUAN.

John Murray. London. + For the Booksellers. London. 1827 and 1826. EIGHT VOLUMES. 8vo. (6.5 x 4.2 inches). Six volumes of The Works, dated 1827, and two volumes of Don Juan, dated 1826. All uniformly bound in attractive fine early leather bindings of full red straight grained morocco. Spines with four raised bands, each with gilt ruling. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Gilt decorative borders on boards, with four blind stamped ruled lines inside the panel. Turn-ins with floral gilt roll. Board edges with gilt tooling to corners. All edges gilt. Neat previous owner bookplates on front paste downs. One gathering slightly sprung in volume one. Some light spotting to a few pages in each volume, but generally a clean set. Spine of volume three is a bit faded and worn and a bit of rubbing to the extremities of the other volumes but overall a very good and beautifully bound set.

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Book number: 10650

SHELLEY. PERCY BYSSHE.

POEMS OF SHELLEY. Selected and arranged by Stopford A. Brooke.

Macmillan & Co. Limited. London 1926. Reprint. 8vo. (6.2 x 4.2 inches). Contemporary fine binding, by Riviere and Son of full dark blue calf. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Burgundy title and dark brown author name labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Double gilt rule line borders on boards. Board edges with decorative gilt roll. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Housed in a blue cloth covered slipcase. A beautiful binding with a hint of fading to the spine otherwise in near fine condition.

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Book number: 10777

CALVERLEY. C. S.

THE COMPLETE WORKS. With a biographical notice by Sir Walter J. Sendall, G.C.M.G. Governor of British Guiana.

George Bell and Sons. London.,1902. Reprint of 1901 edition. Frontispiece portrait. 8vo. Contemporary binding of half vellum with gilt rules and decorated with dots and small floral devices along the spine length. Tan morocco title label with gilt lettering and ruling. Beige cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A very good, bright copy.:

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Book number: 7530

CAMERON. D. Y. RINDER. FRANK. DESCRIBES.

AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF HIS ETCHED WORK. With introductory essay & descriptive notes on each plate by Frank Rinder.

James Maclehose and Sons. Glasgow. 1912. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. (10.6 x 8 inches). One of 200 copies, from a total edition of 700 for England and America, on hand made paper and with the plates printed as proofs on Japanese Vellum. Each of these 200 special copies has an original print of the etching "The Lion and the Unicorn" , signed by Cameron, as the frontis and is numbered and initialed by the publishers. The etching was not issued separately. Illustrated throughout with 434 etchings, each with the original measurements, date of the plate, number printed and other general notes by Frank Rinder. Some occasasional light offsetting from the plates to the text pages opposite but generally it is faint where it occurs. Endpapers a bit browned but overall a very good clean and tidy copy in the publishers original delux binding of beige cloth on the boards with a white vellum spine, lettered and ruled in gilt. A few minor spots to the vellum but it is still clean and white and the gilt still bright and vibrant. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A very good copy of this beautifully illustrated and well produced book.

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Book number: 8270

CAREY. EDITH. F. DESCRIBES.; WIMBUSH. HENRY. B. PAINTS.

THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.

A. & C. Black, Ltd., London.,1904. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (9 x 6.7 inches). Illustrated with 76 colour plates, each with a prnted tissue guard and a fold out map. Some minor offsetting to the endpapers and a few small spots to the fore edge, otherwise a near fine, bright, clean copy in the original dark blue cloth boards which are lettered in gilt and illustrated in colour to the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. One of only 3000 copies published. A very attractive book. Inman 13.:

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Book number: 7826

CARPENTER. THE RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM BOYD. LORD BISHOP OF RIPON.

REVERENCE - THE SECRET OF GREATNESS. A SERMON. Preached in the Church of St. Margaret, Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, on sunday May 22nd, 1887, in commemoration of the fiftieth year of the reign of Her Majesty The Queen. Printed at the desire of the house.

Henry Hansard and Son. 1887. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.9 x 8.4 inches). 27pp. Presentation copy from the author "The Rt Hon W H Smith MP. With Grateful regards W B Ripon. Feb 1888" inscribed on the half title. Printed opposite the title page is a note about a resolution to offer the thanks of the Houses of Commons to Lord Ripon for his sermon and an instruction to print this work, proposed by two people, one of them Mr William Henry Smith, the Bookseller and newsagent, who was the recipient of this copy. Finely bound, with the original printed front wrapper included, by Zaehnsdorf in full dark brown morocco. boards with ten ruled line borders within two gilt ruled ones. Front board with the full title and date lettered in gilt. Spine ruled in blind and gilt. Lettered in gilt. Inner boards with ruled, dotted and wavy lined borders. Gilt binders name to the bottom of the front inner board and their circular gilt stamp to the rear inner board. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A fine copy.

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Book number: 9165

CARROLL. LEWIS. ; TENNIEL. JOHN. ILLUSTRATES.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. New Edition. With Forty-Two illustrations by John Tenniel.

Macmillan & Co. New York. 1889. New edition. 12mo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). xii, 192, 12 pp publishers catalogue. Also an extra gathering bound in so that pages 117 to 124 appear twice. One gathering slightly sprung. Publishers dark green cloth with gilt and black decorative band across the top of the front board and the top and bottom of the spine. Black decorative roll to the bottom of the front board. Title on gilt to the middle of the front board. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Rear board with blind stamped floral roll to the top and bottom. Floral decorative endpapers. Neat two line inscription to the front free endpaper. The rear endpapers have an early previous owner's name and address written in red crayon to the free endpaper and a few short lines to the pastedown. Cloth a bit rubbed to the edges and a couple of small marks to the boards but overall a very good copy. An uncommon and attractive nineteenth century edition, printed in New York by J. J. Little and Co. This 1889 new edition was issued in several different coloured decoratve cloth bindings, with no priority established.

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Book number: 10176

CARROLL. LEWIS. ; TENNIEL. JOHN. ILLUSTRATES.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.

Macmillan & Co. London. 1876. EARLY EDITION. 8vo, (7.4 x 5.2 inches). Forty Ninth Thousand. Beautifully Illustrated throughout with forty line engravings by John Tenniel. Minor foxing and creasing to some pages but otherwise a very good copy in recent full deep red morocco binding, gilt ruled borders on boards. Spine with raised bands, compartments decorated with gilt stamps of The Mad Hatter and playing cards. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.

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Book number: 10330

CARROLL. LEWIS. ; TENNIEL. JOHN. ILLUSTRATES.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND. & THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. With all the original engravings as drawn by Sir John Tenniel.

Heritage Press. New York. 1941. First printing of this Heritage Press edition. 8vo, (9 x 6.2 inches). Illustrated throughout with 94 line engravings by John Tenniel, each with double ruled line borders printed in red and blue. A lovely clean copy finely bound, by Maurin, in contemporary full dark blue morocco. Spine with two raised bands, each with gilt wavy lines. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt, including the March Hare within a floral border. Double ruled gilt border on both boards with circular gilt illustration of Alice carrying the pig on the front board. Board edges with gilt ruled line. Gilt inner dentelles and double ruled borders. Multi coloured floral endpapers. Top edge gilt. Purple silk page marker. A bump to the top outer corner of the lower board, but otherwise a near fine copy in an attractive mid twentieth century fine binding.

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Book number: 10381

CARROLL. LEWIS. ; Tenniel. John. Illustrates.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. With ninety two illustrations by John Tenniel. New edition in one volume.

The Macmillan Company. New York. 1910. TWO WORKS IN ONE VOLUME. Reprint of this single volume /edition, first published in this format in 1906. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated throughout with ninety-two (42 +50) fabulous line engravings by John Tenniel. Very good clean copy in fine leather binding of half dark green morocco for Charles E. Lauriat of Boston. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Boards covered in Mid green cloth on boards, with the gilt stamp of Brooks School, Andover, Massachusetts seal on the front board. Top edge gilt. Plain green endpapers. Minor fading to the spine but overall a very good copy in an attractive fine binding. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master Bookbinder.

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Book number: 10589