DE QUINCEY.THOMAS.; BOYLE.STUART. ILLUSTRATES.

REVOLT OF THE TARTARS. Or flight of the Kalmuck Khan & his people from the Russian territories to the frontiers of China.

Dropmore press.London.,1948. LIMITED EDITION.4to.One of 400(of a total 450) copies,numbered,hand printed on hand made paper.Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette line drawings.Original binding of quarter brown morocco,spine with two raised bands and gilt lettering and front leather panel with gilt stamped Tartar on horse back.Boards with brown cloth.Bound by Evans of Croydon.Decorative endpapers.Top edge gilt,others uncut.Fine copy in very good original dustwrapper with some minor marking to spine but is overall very good.A lovely copy.:

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Book number: 1617

DE LA MARE. WALTER.; CANZIANI. ESTELLA. ILLUSTRATES.

SONGS OF CHILDHOOD. New Edition.

Longmans, Green and Co. London.,1923. FIRST CANZIANI EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 8 wonderful full colour plates and dozens of line illustrations by Estella Canziani. A fine, bright copy in a fine, contemporary leather binding by Birdsall. Half dark green morocco, spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and decorated with gilt flowers, each with red coloured petals. Green cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A fine pretty binding on this beautiful book. There was also a large paper, limited edition of this edition.:

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Book number: 7354

DEFOE. DANIEL. ; CRUIKSHANK. GEORGE. ILLUSTRATES.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER. Illustrated by numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank. Edited by John Major.

Chatto and Windus. London. 1883. LIMITED EDITION. Large paper. One of 100 numbered copies, this No. 32. Large 8vo. (10.1 x 8 inches). xii, 563pp. Illustrated frontis and 39 engravings, printed proofs on fine India paper, mounted onto the pages. A clean and bright copy of this attractive edition. Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with a gilt dot roll design. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Floral gilt roll border on boards. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. A fine and handsome volume.

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Book number: 10477

DEIGHTON. LEN.

AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE.

Jonathan Cape. London. 1967. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, designed by Raymond Hawkey, with some minor fading to the spine. With the 'Top Secret- In Transit Docket' loosely inserted.

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Book number: 8537

DETMOLD.E.J.ILLUSTRATES.; MAETERLINCK.M.

HOURS OF GLADNESS. Translated by A.Teixeira De Mattos.

George Allen & Co.Ltd.London.,1912. FIRST DETMOLD EDITION.4to.Title page illustarted with line drawings and 20 full colour plates.Some foxing to the page edges,not affecting the text or illustrations.Overall a very good copy in a fine leather binding executed for Henry Sotheran of London.Half dark blue crushed morocco,spine with five raised bands,compartments lettered and decorated in gilt.Blue cloth on boards.Marbled endpapers.Top edge gilt.A very attractively bound copy of this beautiful book.:

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Book number: 4049

DETMOLD. E. J.

TWENTY FOUR NATURE PICTURES BY E. J. DETMOLD. Produced in facsimile. Edition of First Proofs limited to 500 copies and signed by the artist.

J. M. Dent & Sons Limited. London. 1919. TWENTY FOUR FINE FULL COLOUR PLATES BY DETMOLD. Each mounted onto card with a printed border and protected with a tissue guard. The title of each picture printed on the guard in brown ink. The colour plates measure 14.9 x 9.6 inches. The card mounts measure 20 x 15 inches. They are housed in the original publishers portfolio with printed title and publication details to front panel. Spine and board corners in beige cloth. Cloth ties to top edge missing but the original ties to the fore and bottom edges are intact. Printed label on inside of front board with the limitation details and numbered and signed by Detmold. This is copy number 204 of only 500 sets produced. The illustrations are held in place with brown card fold-overs to the top and bottom, the fold over at the fore edge is missing. Overall a very good set of these beautiful plates. It is rare to find a complete set of all 24 plates still in the original publishers portfolio, many having been framed to hang on walls.

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Book number: 10893

DICKENS. CHARLES.

AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION.

Chapman and Hall. London. 1850. FIRST CHEAP EDITION, with a new preface written by Dickens expressly for this edition. 8vo. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis of steam ship leaving port, by C. Stanfield.Finely bound in nineteenth century half green calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments with rules and jagged lines and floral centre pieces, all in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Plain brown endpapers with a small book label of Mills Bookshop of London to the rear paste down endpaper. Some minor rubbing to binding and edges a bit bumped but overall a very good copy.

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Book number: 8541

DICKENS. CHARLES. ; FROST. A. B., GORDON THOMSON, & DALZIEL. E. G. ILLUSTRATE.

AMERICAN NOTES AND PICTURES FROM ITALY. Bound with.----- The Uncommercial Traveller.

Chapman and Hall. London. ND. 1870's.. Volumes from the Household edition. 2 volumes bound in one. Large 8vo. (9.9 x 7.5 inches). Text in double column. American Notes & Pictures from Italy are finely illustrated with eighteen engravings, some full page, by Frost and Thomson, The Uncomercial Traveller with twenty six by Dalziel. Attractive early leather binding of half black calf. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt floral design. Compartments ruled in gilt and decorated with blind stamped chain borders and floral centre tool. Red and olive morocco labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Tan endpapers. Some offsetting to both free endpapers, probably a reaction to the glue used in the paste-downs. All edges speckled. Some minor rubbing to extremities and scratching to the leather of the two bottom outer board corner pieces, but overall this is a lovely copy in a fine Victorian binding.

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Book number: 7434

DICKENS. CHARLES.

THE CHIMES.

Leopold B. Hill. London. No date. circa 1910. Small 8vo. (3.5 x 2.4 inches). Finely bound in early twentieth century leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London. Full red calf. Spine decorated with gilt ruled lines, floral and bell centre pieces, lettering and gilt piping. Gilt ruled line border on both boards with a gilt stamped device showing two bells to the front board. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A hint of rubbing to the edges and a few light spots to the front board but still overall a near fine, attractive copy.

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Book number: 10335

DICKENS. CHARLES.

THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS. A Christmas Carol - The Chimes - The Cricket on the hearth - The Battle of Life - The Haunted Man.

Chapman & Hall. London. 1886 - 87. NEW EDITIONS. The first three volumes are the first printing of these reprints using the original stereotype plates from the original First editions which were published between 1843 and 1848. The last two volumes are reprints from one year later, dated 1887.---- Five volumes. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). The volumes are illustrated throughout by many different artists including, Leech, Doyle, Tenniel and Maclise. ---- Publishers red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to all five front boards and spines. Blind single ruled border on boards. Endpapers featuring printed adverts. Minor bumping to the corners but overall a very near fine set . The cloth is bright and clean and the gilt fresh and gleaming on all five books. A beautiful set in superior condition and scarce thus.

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Book number: 9866

DICKENS. CHARLES.; BROWNE. H. K. ILLUSTRATES.

DOMBEY AND SON.

Bradbury and Evans. London,1848. FIRST EDITION. 1st state with Errata leaf and "capatin" miss-spelt. 40 engraved plates by Browne (including Frontis and extra title page). Very good copy with the usual browning to the edges of plates but still generally a nice bright copy. Finely bound in recent half tan calf. Spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. Red and green labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. All edges marbled.:

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Book number: 6510

DICKENS. CHARLES. BROWNE. H. K. (PHIZ) ILLUSTRATES.

DOMBEY AND SON.

Bradbury and Evans. London 1848. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Bound without the half title otherwise complet,e with Errata leaf and all 1st state text points, including"Shewed" and "shew" on p.40, "capatin" on p.324, and "if" missing from p.426, among others. Also illustrated with 40 engraved plates by Browne (including Frontispiece and first state illustrated title page showing Captain Cuttle's hook incorrectly on his left arm). A very good copy with the usual browning to the edges of plates but still generally a nice copy. Finely bound in attractive early half rburgundy morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments double ruled and elaborately decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards and endpapers.Previous owners neat inked name on front free blank endpaper. Edges of binding rubbed and bumped and boards a bit worn but still overall a very good attractive copy.

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Book number: 8227

DICKENS. CHARLES.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. With Illustrations by Phiz.

Chapman & Hall. London. 1844. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (8.6 x 5.6 inches). Engraved title page with the pound sign before the numbers. Walter Smith's bibliography of the works of Charles Dickens states "There is no first state or priority of the illustration as has often been cited in catalogues". Fourteen line errata list. Engraved frontispiece, extra title and 38 full page plates by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). Foxing to most of the plates, a few quite heavily. One volume bound into two in attractive early half black morocco leather bindings. Wide raised bands with gilt tooling. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Plain grey endpapers. Edges of boards rubbed and bumped. Overall a near to very good copy that looks good on the shelf.

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Book number: 8277

DICKENS. CHARLES.; CATTERMOLE. GEORGE, AND BROWNE, HABLOT. ILLUSTRATE.

MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK.

Chapman & Hall. London.,1840/41. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes bound into one. Large 8vo.(10.5 x 7.2 inches). Many pages spotted, mostly to margins and not heavily. A few pages with light stains to the page edges. Overall a very good copy in recent half tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Brown cloth on boards. Top edge gilt.:w.ps.

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Book number: 6082

DICKENS. CHARLES.

OLIVER TWIST. Or, The Parish Boy's progress.

J. M. Dent & Sons. Ltd. London.,1920. ONE VOLUME EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). Highly decorative title page with elaborate border. Page opposite title page has a quote from Sir Philip Sidney, within the same decorative border. A very good clean copy finely bound in early half tan calf, raised bands. Compartments lettered and double ruled in gilt. Tan cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. School prize label on front paste down endpaper. School arms (Dagmar House School, Hatfield, Herts) stamped in gilt to front board. A very good, bright, clean copy in an attractive early leather binding.:

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Book number: 7228