Literature from Thomas Rare Books

London: William Heinemann, 1910. 671pp. Pub. buff patterned hardback, gilt. 'Richard Dehan' was the authoress Clotilde Graves who became a successful playwright in London and New York. [1863-1932]. 1st edition, fifth impression. Hardback. V.g./No d.j.. 8vo.

London: Penguin Classics, 2010. lxxxviii, 1032pp, A fine copy of a large volume with a fine illus. d.j. No marks, fading or inscriptions.. 1st hardback edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.

Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 6 George Street xlviii, 432pp. 8 full page steel engravings. Fine late Victoiran pebble -grain cloth binding with gilt frame and urn to the front cover. All edges gilt. Nice school prize ink inscription dated 1868. Hardback. V.g.. Small 8vo.

London and New York: Longman, Greenm And Co., 1893. viii, 325, 24 [pub. cat.] pp. Original pub. cloth binding with gilt titles to the front board. and top of the spine. Bevelled edges to the boards. Swan patterned end-papers. Illus. with frontis. and plates throughout. [complete]. Rather rubbed to the edges of the boards in a few places but a… Read more about this item

London: Virage, 2010. xvii, [ii], 491pp, Colour illustrated d.j. All mint. No inscriptions, fading, marks or wear.. 1st edition. Hardback. Mint/mint. large 8vo..

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. .xxvi, 830pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) was appointed by the Library of Congress as the first Poet Laureate of the United States in 1985. Foreword by Harold Bloom. Thick octavo. New condition. 1st edition, 1st Impression. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large 8vo..

1860: Chapman and Hall [2] x, 254 [2]pp. Single Volume. Original green buckram blocked with gilt titles to the spine and dec. borders to the front and rear boards. ASpoine a trifle toned.16 plates by Phiz. P 213 corrected. but 'affectionately' correcte on p134 and 'Stryver' is missplelled on p.94. The orginal end-papers are unmarked and both fine. No… Read more about this item

London: Walter Scott Ltd, 1893. xxv, 464, [iv ads]. Pub. maroon clothbinding with attractive gilt titles and illus. to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illus. with b/w drawings throughout. by Paul Frenzeny. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine. Illus. by Paul Frenzeny. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1995. 268pp. Red illus. d.j. [triflesunned to the spime].. 1st edition, 1st Imp.. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Connecticut: Wesleyn University Press, 1975. 180pp. Blue and white d.j. Trifle toned to the cover spine otherwise fine. No inscroptions or marks.. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo.

London: Thomas Hatchard, 1854. x, 366pp. Original publishers polished full dec. calf. Rubbed and worn to the extremities but a sound text block. Some foxing to the outer pages printed on quality paper with the top edge gilt. Bound by Hayday. Very rubbed and worn original binding. [The 1st edition was 1837.]. Illus. Editiom. Hardback. V.g.. Large 8vo.

New York & London: W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, 1996. xl, 928; b/w portrait, [34567809] Fine half moroccocalf illustrated pictorial boards ennclosed within a fine original maroon slipcase featuring Shakespeare's portrait to the front. Introduction by Peter W M Blayney. Light mark to the front slipcase board. A LOVELY UNMARKED COPY [Originally pub. in 1968 in this format].… Read more about this item

Cambridge, UK: D.S. Brewer, Rowman & Littlefield, 1981. x,158pp. Complete and unfaded d.j. [price-clipped].Maroon hardback with pale yellow d.j. [orig. pub in 1971 by Boydell and Brewer Ltd,] (Chaucer Studies, Volume 6). 1st re-issue Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

London: The Reader Digest, 1992. 271pp. Hardback with black spine, silver titles. An attractive volume in mint condition. Hardback. Fine/No d.j.. Illus. by Steve Salerno. 8vo.

London: Thomas Nelson, 1914. 328pp. Pub. brown cloth, gilt. Dedicated to HG Wells, "in the hope that you will read it". Clean and tight text block bound in the original brown cloth. Small pictorial block to the front cover 'Nelson Edinburgh'. 1st Eiditon, 1st Printing. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.

London: Downey & Co. Limited, 1897. 342pp. Pub. original cloth, gilt. Spine gilt dec.. 1st edition. Hardback. V.g.. 8vo.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1925. Printed at The Chiswick Press. Butler, Samuel. End-papers foxed and toned as often but a nice clean text block and bound in blue cards with a cloth spine and with fine paper labels. Facsimile. Hardback. Fine/V.g. large 8vo.

London: Methuen and Co., 1896. half-title, xv, 230pp, pub. cat. dated October 1896 39,(i]pp. Pub. brown-red cloth, gilt. with uncut fore-edge. No gilt image to the front cloth. Untrimmed fore-edges. 1st Uk Edition. Hardback. V.g.. 8vo.

2004: Yale University Press 326pp. A fine copy with no fading, inscriptions, marks or wear.. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. Hardback. Fine/Fine. large 8vo.

Lincoln and London: Published by University of Nebraska Press, 2006. [lviii],310pp; [xviii],292pp [viii]. Original blue d.j.'s. A nice unfaded set with no inscriptions, marks or fading. One small rubbing mark to front of volume one. [LACKING THE LATER VOLUMES 3 AND 4].. 1st Editions. Hardback. Fine/Fine.