1818. Paris: P. Blanchard, 1818. 12mo, viii, 264 pp. Six copperplate engravings. Contemporary calf, gilt borders, backstrip decoratively stamped in gilt, backstrip label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, green ribbon marker. Backstrip lightly rubbed, board corners worn, pages with occasional spotting, but overall a sound, unsophisticated copy with the early..... More
1870. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870 8vo., (vi), 250, 23, 24, (3, ads) pp. Original brown cloth, pencil inscription dated 1871 on free endpaper, binding somewhat worn, spine askew; very good. § First edition in English. This edition includes two appendices; the first 23 pp. by Margaret Sweat titled “The Novels..... More
1910. Printed for his Family & Friends, 1910. 12mo, 78 pp. Title page in red and black. Original brown boards, lettered and bordered in gilt. A little bumped and scuffed, front free endpaper excised. Bookplate of Richard Montgomery Tobin (whose sister Agnes Tobin was a close friend of Alice and..... More
1931. Longmans, Green & Co., 1931. 8vo, xiii, 336 pp. Original green cloth, printed paper labels on backstrip and upper cover. Backstrip faded, hinges cracked, pages clean, a good copy inscribed by the author. § First edition, reverently inscribed by the author to Celia Clark, a member of one of..... More
1941. New York: Random House, 1941. 8vo, (x), 156 pp. Original black cloth, titled in gilt on upper board backstrip; lacking dust-jacket, small ticket of Newbegin's bookstore, San Francisco, on rear paste down. Cloth little dusty but internally a nice clean copy inscribed by Jeffers. § First edition, inscribed by..... More
1898. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1898. 8vo, viii, 343, (8, ads) pp. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the upper board and backstrip. Cloth a littled bumped and spotted, endpapers toned, else a very good copy with terminal publisher's advertisements dated Autumn 1898. § First edition, inscribed by..... More
1832. London: Bohn, 1832. 8vo, [1-5], 6-102pp, with the errata slip at p. 17 and the . Original pink boards, brown paper backstrip, with original printed label on upper cover. Slight waterstaining around board edges, otherwise a fine copy with the bookplate and pencil notes of Michael Sadleir and another..... More
1840. New York: Harper Brothers, 1840. 12mo, (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 ins.), 483 pp. Original beige muslin printed in black, rebacked retaining the original spine and endpapers. Preserved in a half brown morocco slipcase lettered in gilt. Generally a very good and well-preserved copy inside and out. Light very..... More
1893. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. 8vo, xxxi, 236 pp. With 130 illustrations by Brock. Dark green cloth, dark green endpapers, a.e.g., with pictorial decorations in gilt. A fine copy. § A fine "Cranford" volume with binding design and illustrations by a young Charles E. Brock. The work was assessed..... More
1894. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo, (xxxii), 163 pp. Original dark green cloth richly stamped in gilt with pictorial designs gilt edges. Very lightly rubbed, scattered foxing within, a very good copy. § Ten traditional songs and verses selected and introduced by Austin Dobson: Coridon's Song, Morning in London..... More
1911. London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1911. Lg. 8vo, xxviii, 524 pp., frontis. Full publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Slight wear to spine ends and corners, very good. Former owner’s ink inscriptions on fly-leaf, one dated April 14, 1914. § First edition of this classic..... More
1894. London: George Allen, 1894. Square 8vo, 127 [1]pp, full page illustrations and vignettes throughout. Pictorial robin’s egg blue cloth with gilt design of an angel scattering poppies. Edges untrimmed, fine copy. § First edition of this unusually beautiful art nouveau children’s book. Alma Gertrude Vansittart Strettell (1853–1939), was a...... More
1893. London: David Nutt, 1893. 12mo, lxv, 92 [2, ads] pp. Engraved frontispiece. Publisher's printed cream-colored stiff wrappers. Backstrip tanned, a few foxing flecks here and there but overall a fine copy of a fragile book. § First edition, one of 550 copies. In the late 17th century, Robert Kirk..... More
1894. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo, xvi, 395 pp., frontispiece, 4 plates, vignettes throughout. Discreet title page blindstamp “Presentation copy” lower right corner. Original dark green cloth, dark green endpapers, a.e.g., with pictorial decorations in gilt. Joints cracked, otherwise a very good, bright copy. § First edition thus of..... More
1911. Paris: J. Chevrel, 1911. Large 8vo, xxxii, 382, [1] pp. Engraved frontispiece and 14 other plates by Martin Van Maele, 54 woodcut vignettes by Eugène Dété. Three quarters crushed red morocco with marbled paper boards and endpapers, backstrip gilt with five raised bands tooled in gilt, top edge gilt..... More
1615. Paris: Jean Millot, 1615. Sm. 8vo, vi, 325, (3) pp. Engraved title page followed by typographic title-page with woodcut vignette; headpieces and initials. Full polished calf gilt c.1900 with ribbon marker and earlier marbled endpapers. Calf a little rubbed, some scattered foxing but generally very good. Ownership inscription of..... More
