Hone's Works ( Four Volumes ) The Every-Day Book and Table Book; or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events , in Three Volumes. with The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information; Etc. by Hone, William; Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Others - 1838

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1913. Twelve of the fourteen volumes published in this series, RARE as a set. Eight First Editions - The Glow Worm (1919); The Life of the Grasshopper (1917); The Sacred Beetle (1918); Bramble Bees and Others (1915); The Life of the Caterpillar (1916); The Life of the Weevil (1922); The Life of the Scorpion (1923); The Life of Jean Henri Fabre the Entomologist (by the Abbe Augustin Fabre, 1921); and four later printings: The Life of the Fly (1915); The Mason Bees (1918); The Hunting Wasps (1917); and The Life of the Spider (1913). Overall Very Good Plus to Near Fine, 3 vols. with gilt at spines faded, prior owner name, some toning to end papers. Uniformly bound in original publisher's brick cloth with embossed front covers and gilt lettering fronts and spines. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was a French entomologist, largely self-taught, who devoted his life to the study of the anatomy and behavior of insects and was influential in Darwin's later writings. Lacking… Read More

London: Treuttel and Wu¨rtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter, 1828. RARE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title page of Vols. II and III - "Mr.(&) M. Trafford Southwell, Wroxham Hall, from the author". Three volumes, First Editions, published 1828-1830. Bound in unsigned 19th c. half green morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, tops gilt, Near Fine, a trifle rubbed. William Taylor, of Norwich (1765-1836) was a British essayist, literary critic,scholar, and polyglot, to whom William Hazlitt paid tribute in "The Spirit of the Age " - "The style of philosophical criticism, which has been the boast of the Edinburgh Review, was first introduced into the Monthly Review about the year 1796, in a series of articles by Mr. William Taylor of Norwich". This Historic Survey of German Poetry is considered Taylor's major work, and was considered a major factor in furthering British interest in German literature. A copy last seen at auction in 1968 (RareBookHub),… Read More

London: Henry Colburn, 1828. RARE, last seen at auction 1953. Five volumes, I-III published 1828, IV, 1830, V, 1831, in contemporary straight-grain calf, the backs gilt with black morocco labels, ribbon markers, plain blue end papers. Near Fine, prior owner name in pencil, light edge wear, a quite handsome and RARE set. xxxi, 355, ii, 346, x, 473, v, 548, v, 475, 1 p. adverts. Isaac D'Israeli's most important work, a defense of the reputation King Carles the First, who was beheaded for high treason in January, 1649. A heavy set, additional postage required for priority and international mail orders. Please inquire. . First Edition. Straight - Grain Calf . Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1892. One of 500 copies, there were also 100 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in half calf over brown buckram, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Very Good, lacking the labels, calf rubbed at edges. With facsimile reproduction of title-page of original edition. Appended are 8 supplementary cuts added to later editions. Accompanying each cut is a related passage of Scripture in Latin, with a quatrain giving its equivalent rendering in French, probably by Gilles Corrozet. Copies of 41 woodcuts supposed to have been executed from Holbein's designs by Hans Lu¨tzelburger and originally published Lyons, 1538. 2 preliminary leaves, 18 pages, 3 leaves : xlix plates, illustrations, facsimile. OCLC Number: 2813639. Uncommon in current commerce. . Limited Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Imperial 16mo . Limited Edition.

London, 1852, 1853, 1854: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. First Editions, published 1852, 1853, 1854. Three volumes in original red-brown cloth binding, blind-stamped and gilt pictorial embossed boards, marbled end-papers and page edges, each volume with the half titles and engraved frontispieces by F. W. Topham.. Very Good, spines dulled and chips to cloth at spines of Vols. I and III, boards soiled and with light edge wear, scattered toning generally confined to end papers. Vol. II with faint contemporary gift inscription dated 1853 at head of title page. Vols. II and III with one page of ads at rear, Vol. I has no ads. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good -. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.