Search Results: Literature & Fiction from Interquarian

London: George Routledge & Co., 1878. 15 volumes of a 16 volume set (lacks Guy Fawkes) uniformly bound in red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and "The Original Illustrated Edition" in gilt to the front cover. Three books are dated, Boscobel 1878, The Lancashire Witches 1882, Windsor Castle 1883; eps are either publisher's lists on green paper or chocolate brown paper. All have tissue guarded frontispiece illustrations and carry the armorial bookplate of R.E.G. Weddell on the ffep or the half-title. Spines faded, boards of one book faded, top edges dusty, a few marks but generally a firm, clean set with minimal foxing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by George Cruikshank, Hablot K. Browne, Sir John Gilbert, Tony Johannot. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

New York: William Sloane Associates Inc, 1948. 10, 278, two-tone publishers cloth, spine faded with small marks. Owner inscription on ffep. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Charlottesville Virginia: Sisson, Foss & Co., 1982. 228 with woodcut frontispiece and decorations by Barney. A tale set in Albemarle County Virginia in the early 20th century; reprint of the edition of 1929. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maginel Wright Barney. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1863. (12), 30 full-page engraved rural scenes with an accompanying poem on a separate page. Heavy paper mounted on tabs, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, full black morocco with gilt decoration, 5 raised bands to the spine, some rubbing to edges. Title page badly foxed, diminishing in intensity after poem no IV. Titles include The Green lane, The Mill, The Old Chair mender, The Reaper, the Smithy, the Wood-Wain, old Cottages, the Ferry Boat, the cottage on the beach. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Engraved by the broethers Dalziel. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. frontispiece, title, contents pages, vol. I, 320, 19 plates, vol. II, 320, 20 plates, publisher's green cloth gilt, new eps, ink stain to lower edge of front cover extending to lower margin of frontispiece and title page, a little mild foxing. suamme 41 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (thick). Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by H.K. Brown, Miss E. Taylor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (thick). Book.

New York: George H. Doran, 1918. xviii [3] 21-192, pale green cloth with dark green titles to spine and front cover, spine faded, corners bruised, small stain to front cover. No inscriptions, internally very clean and firm. A rare work (only one in in the Library of Congress, 4 in US university libraries) now only available in reprint. The poems are a collection of works printed in magazines, The English Review, for instance. His success was hampered, perhaps, by the fact that the New York Times listed his book as "City Times"in their Latest Publications list for October 6th 1918. 8vo. First. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Book.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1910. vii, 574, 31 page catalogue; publisher's blue cloth gilt, spine faded, clth worn through at rear hinge. suamme 36 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". 5th Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Dublin: William Curry, Jun. And Company, 1843. xv, list of illustrations, 440, frontispiece and 27 further steel engravings by Phiz. Publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration to spine and blind stamped dec. to covers, Rebound with original covers, spine relaid (somewhat askew), new endpapers. Foxing to margins of frontispiece and plates throughout.. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: L. Tallis Illustrated throughout by Phiz, frontispiece, illustrated title page, 19 plates engraved on steel. 344, half calf, new spine and eps, marbled paper to boards. Plate margins dust-stained, covers rubbed, firm copy. Published in the series Collected Works of Charles Lever. No copy on Worldcat or COPAC with the Tallis imprint.. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Phiz,Hablot Knight Browne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: James Blackwood & Co., 1870. Authorship attributed to Irving Lyons (British Library Cat.) viii, 312, adverts to rear eps. A "Yellowback", original pictorial boards, list of publications to rear cover, bottom half of spine missing, edges scuffed, boards loose but still attached, pages browned at the margins, ownership inscription for 1872 on verso of ffep. Chapter headings; The bank parlour,The bank robbery, How the panic was stopped,The art of honest thieving,What is bred in the bone, Boots at the Catherine Wheel,,The diamonds robbery,How to make money, How we robbed the Queen, A post-bag robbery, My Lady Campbell at home, How we robbed the Great Western Railway, How we robbed the jewellers, Lean Jem tells his story, Wonderful Jack, What became of wonderful Jack, What became of me, The escape from Lancaster Jail, How I robbed Dr. Bowring, How we robbed the Bank of England, The silver robbery, I learn manners and robe Lord Foley, I become respectable, How we robbed Louis Napoleon… Read More

Paris: Morizot, 1861. xii, 476, with illustrated frontispiece, title-page vignette, numerous in-text woodcuts and 9 full-page plates. Half leather with compartmented spine with gilt title and decoration, maroon percaline boards, silked eps, aeg. Page edges foxed, leather a little rubbed, eps toned. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gavarni. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Brussels: H. Lamertin, 1912. 164, title page printed in red and blue at l'Imprimerie Veuve Monnom, quarter purple leather with gilt titles and decoration to raised bands at spine, marbled covers and eps. Owner inscription on first blank dated 1912. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. 254, translated by Daphne Hardy, publisher's beige cloth, red titles to spine and front cover-cloth dust-stained, spine darkened, owner inscriptions on ffep, very good internally 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.

London: J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1754. [4] lacks all before title page (seemingly published as a pamphlet with paper covers, 40, title page dust-stained, small ink stain on final page, generally clean and well-preserved. Rebound in recent half calf with marbled boards, gilt titles. This edition with the price (1s 6d) at the foot of the title page. One of several editions published in this year, this without an English translation presumed earlier. He was an imitator of Swift and Pope and went into politics as MP for Much Wenlock (1744-54). Died in Bloomsbury Square in 1760 after having "drunk hard for thirty years" according to Dr Johnson. Text in Latin only. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1854. xv, 624, frontispiece, illustrated title page, title contents, list of plates (38 as listed). Half dark brown leather with raised bands and gilt titles, marbled boards, pale brown eps. A good, firm, useable copy marred only by marginal water stain to engraved frontispiece and title page. No inscriptions.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (thick).

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910. 314, publisher's green cloth. gilt tiles to spine, pictrorial front cover. Mild foxing to eps, some small marks to covers, no inscriptions. Advert. for the 3rd impression at the end.. 1st Edition (second impression). Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber, 1950. 628, 2 pp "corrections of misprints", publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, dj complete, spine darkened, no inscriptions.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Abacus, 2005. 212, 10, 4 pp adverts, author signature on title page, together with owner signature of architect David Medd in pencil (2005). Apparently unread-no creases to spine.. Signed by Author(s). Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

London: Editions Poetry, 1947. xviii-483, publisher's brown cloth gilt, dj with edge wear, bottom of spine section missing (not price clipped)-no inscriptions, title page in red and black, translated from the Spanish and Portuguese by Harriet de Onos and others. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. viii, 864, 350 engraved illustrations, hald dark brown morocco with gilt titles to spine, brown eps. Includes chapters 1-XV of Charles Dicken's Little Dorrit, Coomodore Perry's Expedition to Japan, A visit to the silver mines of central America, Passages of eastern Travel, the Story of the Whale, Fur-Hunting in Oregon, George washington by John S. C. Abbott, Virginia Illustrated, Rememberances of the Mississippi by T.B. Thorpe plus the usual monthly articles by the editor, fashion etc. Owner inscripton of A. Muntz to ffep. Some corners turned, a little spotting else clean; covers rubbed with a few marks. Large 8vo. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large 8vo. Book.