DOMBEY AND SON by DICKENS, CHARLES - 1848

Green cloth, tissue guarded illustrations, spine labels chipped and faded, light edgewear, some signs of external wear, top edge gilt, some hinges cracked but bindings still tight and square, clean, unmarked, no date circa 1900, VG/--.

Italia: n.p., 1835. Very Good. 19 cm; 20 pages (three blank), including 7 full-page illustrations with captions. Text and illustrations lithographed throughout. Bound in (later?) plain wraps. Not in Melzi. No copies located. Apparently unrecorded booklet with text and illustrations produced completely in lithograph. The text reproduces an italic calligraphy that must have been lettered in reverse on stone, or written out on transfer paper before being applied to the lithographic stone. The narrative concerns a lady who is handily juggling simultaneous affairs with a young man and with the young man's father.

London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; 315, 319, 356pp. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), four raised spine bands, gilt lettered red morocco title labels to second compartments, remaining compartments richly gilt. Spotting and staining to early and closing leaves of each volume, author's name inscribed to title page, first quire of vol.1 misbound, otherwise a very good clean copy. Attractive copy of St.Leger's increasingly uncommon final novel, the last before his untimely death at the age of thirty following an epileptic seizure.

London: Henry Colburn, 1826. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; 310, 350, 326pp. In contemporary red straight-grain half morocco over marbled boards (very lightly worn, spines faded), four raised spine bands between double gilt fillets, gilt titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively. Early heraldic ownership label to front pastedowns and ink ownership name to title-pages, without half-titles, unobtrusive very light foxing to opening and closing leaves of each volume. A very attractive copy of this historical novel by Shelley's friend and financial advisor, Horace Smith, poet, novelist and stockbroker. Sadleir 328-9.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880 - The Globe Edition -
Houghton, Osgood and Company. Boston 1880.

Green cloth covers embossed with black design, gilt globe and lettering on spine. The pages are lightly browned. The boards are partially miniscule rubbed. A fine copy of this complete set (see photos).

Contains the folllowing novels (two each in one book):

Redskins / Monikins
The Bravo /Mercedes of Castile,
Sea Lions / Jack Tear,
Afloat & Ashore / Miles Wallingford,
The Pilot /Two Admirals,
Satanstoe / Chainbearer,
Pathfinder / Pioneers,
Deerslayer / Mohicans,
Homeward bound / Home as found,
The Prairie / Wish-Ton-Wish,
Red Rover / Wing-And-Wing,
Lionel Lincoln / Oak Openings,
The Spy / Wyandotte,
Precaution / Ways of the Hour,
Water-Witch / Crater,
Headman / Heidenmauer.

Every book has approx. 900 pages.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. In his novels he described the early American life (e.g.… Read More

Green cloth, tissue guarded illustrations, spine labels chipped and faded, light edgewear, some signs of external wear, top edge gilt, some hinges cracked but bindings still tight and square, clean, unmarked, no date circa 1900, VG/--.

Italia: n.p., 1835. Very Good. 19 cm; 20 pages (three blank), including 7 full-page illustrations with captions. Text and illustrations lithographed throughout. Bound in (later?) plain wraps. Not in Melzi. No copies located. Apparently unrecorded booklet with text and illustrations produced completely in lithograph. The text reproduces an italic calligraphy that must have been lettered in reverse on stone, or written out on transfer paper before being applied to the lithographic stone. The narrative concerns a lady who is handily juggling simultaneous affairs with a young man and with the young man's father.

London: Henry Colburn, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; 315, 319, 356pp. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), four raised spine bands, gilt lettered red morocco title labels to second compartments, remaining compartments richly gilt. Spotting and staining to early and closing leaves of each volume, author's name inscribed to title page, first quire of vol.1 misbound, otherwise a very good clean copy. Attractive copy of St.Leger's increasingly uncommon final novel, the last before his untimely death at the age of thirty following an epileptic seizure.

London: Henry Colburn, 1826. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo, three volumes; 310, 350, 326pp. In contemporary red straight-grain half morocco over marbled boards (very lightly worn, spines faded), four raised spine bands between double gilt fillets, gilt titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively. Early heraldic ownership label to front pastedowns and ink ownership name to title-pages, without half-titles, unobtrusive very light foxing to opening and closing leaves of each volume. A very attractive copy of this historical novel by Shelley's friend and financial advisor, Horace Smith, poet, novelist and stockbroker. Sadleir 328-9.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880 - The Globe Edition -
Houghton, Osgood and Company. Boston 1880.

Green cloth covers embossed with black design, gilt globe and lettering on spine. The pages are lightly browned. The boards are partially miniscule rubbed. A fine copy of this complete set (see photos).

Contains the folllowing novels (two each in one book):

Redskins / Monikins
The Bravo /Mercedes of Castile,
Sea Lions / Jack Tear,
Afloat & Ashore / Miles Wallingford,
The Pilot /Two Admirals,
Satanstoe / Chainbearer,
Pathfinder / Pioneers,
Deerslayer / Mohicans,
Homeward bound / Home as found,
The Prairie / Wish-Ton-Wish,
Red Rover / Wing-And-Wing,
Lionel Lincoln / Oak Openings,
The Spy / Wyandotte,
Precaution / Ways of the Hour,
Water-Witch / Crater,
Headman / Heidenmauer.

Every book has approx. 900 pages.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. In his novels he described the early American life (e.g.… Read More