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Signed first edition of Siegfried Sassoon's first part of his autobiographical trilogy. Octavo. Original grey and brown marbled cloth, titles to spine gilt on green ground, top edge dyed green. Dust jacket is NOT present (check our other listing that has the dust jacket). Copy of owner's 1963 letter describing circumstances of book acquisition mounted to front free endpaper. Internal pages are strikingly clean--a very nice signed copy of the famous English poet of the last century.

Signed first edition of Siegfried Sassoon's first part of his autobiographical trilogy. Octavo. Original grey and brown marbled cloth, titles to spine gilt on green ground, top edge dyed green. With the silver-flecked dust jacket - chipping at fold ends reinforced with cello tape, moderate fading to spine panel, faint scattered soiling. Internal pages are strikingly clean--a very nice signed copy of the famous English poet of the last century.

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, London in 1896. A collector's set of the Bard's works in 6 volumes, in FINE BINDING. Remarkable early 20th century tree calf, spines are elaborately gilted in compartments with extensive and richly decorated floral motifs; spine labels are in bright red morocco. The binding and outer covers are in fantastic condition with almost no wear or fading. Internal text pages are clean and spotless. Overall, the set is a remarkable collection of the complete works of William Shakespeare.

Extremely rare Second quarto edition of 1691, uniquely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Although Julius Caesar appeared in the First Folio of 1623, it did not appear separately in a quarto edition until 1684, almost impossible to find now. This second quarto edition offered was published in 1691; four undated later editions were subsequently published around 1695, without priority, before the turn of the century; some foxing to text leaves, paper flaw to lower outer corner of H2 without loss of text, complete with initial blank A1, a tall copy with headlines and bottom lines intact, 8 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.
Provenance-bookplate of Kenneth Rapoport, American bibliophile renowned for his library of rare scientific works.
London: Printed for Henry Herringman & Richard Bentley, 1691.

Hardcover, Octavo, with a fore-edge painting of Shakespeare's birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon. The scene shows the river, the church, some sailing boats, three figures in the foreground. Red morocco binding, hinges repaired, gilt border, inner dentelle, edges gilt. A stunning copy of the bard's works with a beautiful fore-edge painting of his birthplace!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Author: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, EDMUND DULAC (illustrator). Text in English. Size: 11 " X 9 ". Pages: 128 pages. Binding: Attractive and near fine original imitation pebbled red leather cloth elaborately gilt-decorated binding. Attractive and exquisite FIRST EDITION comprising 30 tipped-in color plates with tissue-guards, illustrated by EDMUND DULAC. 4 tales: "The Sleeping Beauty", "Blue Beard", "Cinderella", and "Beauty and the Beast." Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Oversize. Additional postage required for International destinations.