Pride and Prejudice (Peacock Edition)
by Austen, Jane; Hugh Thomson, Illustrator
London: George Allen, 1894. First thus. Very Good +. Iconic original green publisher's cloth binding stamped ornately in gilt to spine and front board with the peacock design. This copy the taller variant with top-edge gilt (other edges untrimmed) and plain end-papers. Frontispiece with tissue guard and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A Very Good+ copy. Spine a bit... Read More
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam...in Five Volumes
by Bacon, Francis
London: A. Millar; J. R. Tonson; William Bowyer, 1765. Early edition. Bound to style in modern quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt and morocco labels to spines. All edges speckled blue. Measuring 285 x 225mm and collating complete including frontis to volumes I-IV (no frontis called for in V) and folding tables in volumes I and IV: [12],... Read More
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The Works of Francis Bacon (in 10 vols)
by Bacon, Francis
London: Printed for J. Johnson…by H. Bryer, 1803. Near Fine. Ten octavo volumes (231 x 136 mm.). Bound (by Bickers) for Blackwell (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in early twentieth-century maroon scored calf. Covers ruled in gilt, smooth spines ruled and lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled... Read More
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The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamram Arabs
by Baker, Sir Samuel W.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1867. First edition. Near Fine. Original dark blue cloth over boards, front cover pictorially stamped in gilt. Spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Two small bookplates on front paste-down. Collating xx11, [2], 596, including portrait frontispiece, 24 illustrations on 23 plates, 2 colored maps (1 large folding). Some very light... Read More
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The Dandy Wife
by [Honorable Prostitution] [Economics of Marriage] [Women's Education] [Broadside Ballad]
London: T. Birt, 1828. First edition. Single sheet measuring 250 x 185mm and printed in two columns to recto. Some edgewear to margins not affecting text; a bit of foxing and toning largely confined to margins. A scarce and delicate survivor, OCLC documents only one example (at the National Library of Scotland). The present is the only example on... Read More
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The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
by Ballantyne, Robert Michael
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. First edition. Good. First issue, with the plate “Terrible Encounter with a Shark” facing p. 76 (in the second issue, it was tipped in as the frontispiece). Octavo (7 x 4 5/8 inches; 177 x 117 mm.). viii, [9]-438, [2, blank] pp. Color-printed frontispiece, color-printed pictorial title, and six color-printed plates after... Read More
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Tales of Superstition and Chivalry
by Bannerman, Anne
London: Printed for Vernor and Hood…by James Swan, 1802. First edition. Very Good +. Publisher’s blue paper-covered boards with printed paper spine label. Joints beginning to split (still holding) and some wear to corners. Some minor toning but overall quite clean. A fresh, Very Good+ copy in the desirable original boards. Octavo. [8], 144 pp. Complete with the... Read More
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The Force of Example
by [Barbauld, Anna Laetitia]
London: Published by B. Tabart & Co. at the Juvenile & School Library, 1810. First edition. Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards, rebacked with gilt to spine. Measuring 125 x 105mm and collating complete in 8 pages with hand-colored frontis and 8 hand-colored plates. A Near Fine copy in and out, with minimal rubbing to boards. Occasional marginal soiling,... Read More
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The Admirable Crichton
by Barrie, J.M. Hugh Thomson (illustrator)
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being 94), signed by the artist. Original vellum over boards. Front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt within a double gilt rule and a triple green rule border. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Silk ties missing... Read More
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The Dowager's Secret
by Baseley, Mrs
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1897. First edition. Very Good +. Publisher's yellow paper over boards. Octavo. 236 pp. Some dustsoiling to wrappers. Otherwise, very fresh and clean throughout. An attractive copy of a rare and fragile item, Very Good + OCLC records only four copies (none in the United States). This mystery novel revolves... Read More
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Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales (in 2 vols)
by Basile, Giambattista. Sir Richard Francis Burton (translator)
London: Henry and Co, 1893. Two octavo volumes ( 216 x 134 mm). Bound ca. 1920 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for J.W. Robinson Company (stamp-signed in black on verso of front endleaves). Covers triple ruled in gilt, spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments. Two black morocco labels lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled board edges... Read More
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Dot and Tot of Merryland (Inscribed first edition, with MS page)
by Baum, L. Frank
Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co, 1901. First edition. Fine. Small quarto (8 5/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 211 x 162 mm.). [viii], [13]-225, [226], [2, blank] pp. Inscribed on recto of advertisement leaf "To the coming man if / not already came) / Harold McGrath / with the most obstinate / admiration of his friend / L Frank... Read More
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A Sketch of Modern France in a Series of Letters to a Lady of Fashion, Written in the Years 1796 and 1797..
by [Beaumont, Louise Elisa] A Lady
London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. First edition. Near Fine. Bound to style in modern half calf over modern boards, with morocco and gilt label to spine. Renewed endpapers. Measuring 210 x 125mm. Collating viii, 518, [2]: complete, including final leaf of adverts. Small paper flaw to margin of 509-510 not affecting text and faint dampstain... Read More
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Le Deuxieme Sexe (in 2 vols.)
by Beauvoir, Simone de
[Paris]: Gallimard, 1949. First edition. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue, each volume one of 2,000 copies. Original black paper-covered boards, spines lettered in gilt, pictorial decorations on boards and spines in grey, blue, and gilt after designs by Mario Prassinos, endpapers decorated with Pegasus motif and the initial of La Nouvelle Revue française. Title pages printed in... Read More
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En attendant Godot [Waiting for Godot]
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First edition. Very Good. A Very Good copy of the first trade edition, following the 35 signed copies. A fragile softcover book. Front wrapper reattached and a tear repaired on p 29. Spine creased and a bit toned, text block also a bit browned, as often. Beckett’s hugely influential tragicomedy... Read More
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En attendant Godot [Waiting for Godot]
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First edition. Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the first trade edition, following the 35 signed copies. A fragile softcover book, uncommon in this condition. Spine slightly toned and a crease running the length, slight nicks at the spine ends and a small stain on the rear wrapper. Pages a bit... Read More
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No's Knife. Collected Shorter Prose 1945-1966 (Signed limited edition)
by Beckett, Samuel
London: Calder and Boyars, 1967. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. One of a hundred numbered copies (printed "A") and signed by the author, issued hors commerce "in advance of the first edition." Finely bound in full cream calf with the publisher's iridescent slipcase. All edges gilt. A Fine, unblemished copy in a Near Fine slipcase (with minor dustsoiling to... Read More
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Ill Seen, Ill Said (Signed limited edition)
by Beckett, Samuel
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1982. First thus. Fine. A presentation copy, outside of the 299 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Bound in blue marbled boards with navy leather backstrip with gilt tooling and title in gilt on spine. Extremely clean interior, signed by author on half-title. Published first in French in 1981 and translated by the... Read More
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Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn, with Life and Memoirs (in 6 vols.)
by Behn, Mrs. Aphra
London: John Pearson, 1871. First Thus. Facsimile reprint edition of the 1724 third edition of the Plays and 1735 edition of the Novels. Finely bound by Sotherans in half speckled calf with ornate gilt and morocco to spines. Top edges brightly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns of each; bookseller's ticket... Read More
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Letters to a Young Lady on a Variety of Subjects: Calculated to Improve the Heart, to Inform the Manners, and Enlighten the Understanding
by Bennett, Rev. John
Hartford [CT]: Hudson & Goodwin, 1791. First American edition. Two volumes bound in one. Contemporary calf rebacked to style with morocco spine label. A tight, square copy. Contemporary ownership signature of Mary L. Hurd to header of first title page; pencil equations to the rear pastedown. Light scattered foxing and toning throughout, as is common in American imprints of... Read More
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Imitation. Affectionately inscribed by the Author to her sister, Mrs. Basil Montagu
by Benson, Maria
London: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1817. First edition. Publisher's quarter roan over marbled boards with gilt to spine. Measuring 135 x 80mm and collating complete including frontis: [4], 216. A charming example, with gentle bumps to corners and binding firm; rebacked with original spine laid down. Contemporary gift inscription to recto of frontis: "Fanny Tomkinson given her... Read More
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The Holy Bible (Presentation copy)
by [Bible in English] Moser, Barry (illustrator)
North Hatfield, Massachusetts / New York City: The Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. First edition. Fine. Signed and inscribed "For Vance" in pencil by Barry Moser and with a typed sheet laid in, signed in ink by Moser: "This copy of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible is a gift to Vance Studley by the designer and illustrator...Given with affection and... Read More
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The Book of Genesis
by [Bible in English] Robinson, Frederick Cayley, illustrator
London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1914. First thus. Fine. One of 500 copies on paper (twelve copies on vellum were also produced) printed by C.T Jacobi and published for the Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner. Original full limp vellum binding titled in gilt and retaining the original fore-edge ties. Quarto. xv, [1], 88... Read More
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An Astronomical and Geographical Catechism. For the Use of Children
by [Bingham, Caleb]
Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Hall, 1795. First edition. Very Good. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. 80 x 132 mm (3 x 5 1/2 in). 32 pp. Wrappers wearing away at spine. Some light damstaining. A Very Good copy of a scarce and fragile early American educational item. ESTC records just six copies; OCLC adds five more. ... Read More
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Songs of Russia. Rendered into English Verse (Presentation copy)
by Blackwell, Alice Stone
[n.p.]: Published by the author, 1906. First edition. Very Good. Presentation copy warmly inscribed by Alice Stone Blackwell to Edward Henry Clement on front flyleaf: "E.H. Clement/ From his grateful friend / Alice Stone Blackwell." 62 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in gilt. Slight soiling to cloth. Small tear to margin of contents leaf (not touching text).... Read More
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