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AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON: Fourteen volumes nicely bound: Tower of London; Crichton; Flitch of Bacon; Spendthrift; Ovingdean Grange; Star-Chamber; Windsor Castle; Boscobel; Mervyn Clitheroe; Auriol; Miser's Daughter; Lancashire Witches; Rookwood; Guy Fawkes.
London: George Routledge 1897 and n.d.
Illustrations by Phiz, Sir Joun Gilbert, H.K. Browne, Cruikshank, Johannot etc. Fourteen volumes. Large 8vo, contemporary half burgundy calf, marbled boards, spines floral gilt in compartments, top edges gilt. A little light rubbing but generally very good and attractive on the shelf.
Quote Item No. 7584
Price: £250.00

BRONTE, CHARLOTTE, EMILY, and ANNE: The Novels. Five of Six Volumes - FINELY BOUND.
London: J.M. Dent, 1922.
Coloured illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Tragically Volumes 1-4 and 6 only of this finely bound set. Lacking Volume 5. Present are: The Professor, Wuthering Heights, Shirley, Villete, and Jane Eyre. Finely bound in contemporary three-quarter tan calf, the spines elaborately gilt within bands with double lettering pieces, top edges gilt others uncut. The binding by Bayntun, Bath. Handsome bindings in truly excellent condition.
Quote Item No. 7049
Price: £150.00

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD: The Works.
London: John Murray, 1823.
Five volumes. Small 8vo, contemporary full calf, gilt and blind rules to sides enclosing central device in blind. Attractive early re-back in matching calf with lettering and numbering pieces. Some foxing, small patch of darkening to one backstrip.
A pleasing set attractively bound and in excellent condition.
Quote Item No.3365
Price: £140.00

CONRAD, JOSEPH: Works.
London: Heinemann, 1921.
Number 333 of 750 sets signed by Joesph Conrad. Twenty volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cream buckram-backed holland cream boards, uncut. 1, some light bubbling and soiling to some backstrips; generally a pleasing set.
Quote Item No. 6064
Price: £700.00
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COOPER, J. FENIMORE: Novels.
London: George Routledge, n.d.
26 volumes (complete) bound in 13. 8vo, 19th Century half red calf, spines decoratively blocked in gilt within raised bands, double green lettering pieces. A very pretty set in excellent condition.
Quote Item No. 4252
Price: £350.00

CRAIK, GEORGE L. & MACFARLANE, CHARLES: The Pictorial History of England during the Reign of George the Third. Illustrated with Several Hundred Woodcuts.
London: Charles Knight, 1841-1844.
Four volumes. Large 8vo, contemporary full tan calf, sides ruled in blind and gilt, spines gilt extra with crimson and black lettering and numbering pieces; some slight scuffing to boards, one inner joint cracked but very firm; a handsome binding in very good condition.
Quote Item No. 2583
Price: £220.00

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN: The Strand Magazine. Volumes 1-30, attractively bound.
London: George Newnes, January 1891 - December 1905.
Containing the first appearance of Conan Doyle’s "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" amongst, of course, much else. Profusely illustrated. Thirty volumes attractively bound contemporary half tan calf, marbled boards, the spines decorated in gilt within raised bands, with crimson lettering pieces and green numbering pieces. Some minor rubbing, numbering piece of Volumes 20 and 22 chipped. Generally a handsomely bound run in very good condition.
Quote Item No. 7129
Price: £750.00

GIBBON, EDWARD: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With Notes by Dean Millman and M. Guizot. Edited with additional notes by William Smith. In eight volumes, complete. Elegantly bound.
London: John Murray, 1854. Published 1854-1855.
Engraved portrait and hand-coloured engraved folding maps. 8 volumes. 8vo (9 x 6 inches) elegantly bound in 19th Century three-quarter crushed burgundy morocco, spines double gilt ruled within compartments and on raised bands, top edge gilt; bound-in silk bookmarks. The bindings by Bickers, Leicester. Finely bound and in very good condition indeed; excellent both externally and internally.
Quote Item No. 8517
Price: £650.00

KINGSLEY, CHARLES: Works. The Eversley Edition, complete in 13 volumes. Finely bound.
London: Macmillan, 1881-1888.
Thirteen volumes comprising:
"Hereward the Wake" in two volumes;
"Westward Ho!" in two volumes;
"Two Years Ago" in two volumes;
"Alton Locke" in two volumes;
"Hypatia" in two volumes;
"Yeast" in one volume; and
"Poems" in two volumes.
Thirteen volumes in all, the complete "Eversley" edition. 8vo, bound in contemporary half polished burgundy calf, lettered in gilt on spines and gilt ruled on bands; the bindings by Pearse of Warrington.
With the contemporary engraved armorial bookplates of J. Monro Walker on front endpapers; bookplates removed from some volumes.
A handsome well bound set in excellent condition.
A scan can be supplied upon request.
Quote Item No. 3573
Price: £240.00

LYTTON, LORD: A collection of uniformly bound novels: Harold, Last of the Saxon Kings; Alice or the Mysteries; Kenelm Chillingly; Paul Clifford; Lucretia, Children of the Night; Rienzi; My Novel; The Caxtons; Leila; Pelham; A Strange Story; Night & Morning.
London: George Routledge, n.d. ca. 1880's.
Thirteen novels bound in 14 volumes ("My Novel" is in two volumes). Frontispieces. Fourteen volumes. 8vo, contemporary polished maroon half calf lettered in gilt. Spines uniformly and not unattractively faded to dark brown. The bindings by Pearse of Warrington. Some volumes with the armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker. Sound strong bindings in very good condition.
Quote Item No. 7596
Price: £200.00

NICOLE, PIERRE: Essais de Morale, contenus en divers traites sur plusieurs devoirs importants.
Paris: G. Desprez, 1781-1782 ( the last volume dated Liege: 1767 ).
14 volumes in 15. 12mo, contemporary quarter tan calf, spines gilt with crimson lettering and numbering pieces, speckled boards. A few headbands chipped but generally a pleasing set.
Quote Item No. 6605
Price: £150.00

PERIODICAL: The Retrospective Review, Volumes 1-14 & Volumes 1 & 2 New Series (complete).
London: Charles & Henry Baldwin, later volumes Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1820-1828.
Sixteen volumes. Engraved titles. 8vo, contemporary half tan calf , spines floral gilt and with black lettering and numbering pieces; a little rubbed, a few headbands slightly chipped, lower joint of Volume 16 cracked, attractive on the shelf however.
Quote Item No. 2580
Price: £400.00

SCOTT, SIR WALTER: Waverley Novels.
London: Routledge, 1879.
25 volumes (complete). 8vo, contemporary half tan calf, spines with gilt thistles with corner ornaments within raised bands with red and black lettering pieces; a very pretty set in excellent condition. With the armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker on front pastedowns.
Quote Item No. 4253
Price: £495.00

SCOTT, SIR WALTER: WAVERLEY NOVELS. 48 VOLUMES FULL CRIMSON CALF.
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1877 - 1879.
Illustrations. 48 volumes contemporary full crimson calf, sides gilt ruled, spines decoratively blocked in gilt within raised bands, with double lettering pieces, the bindings by Bickers. Some light very occasional rubbing but generally a most attractive set in excellent condition.
Quote Item No. 5727
Price: £850.00

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM [FINELY BOUND]: Works. The "Whitehall" Edition in 12 volumes.
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1893.
Edited from the Original Texts by H. Arthur Doubleday. Twelve volumes. 8vo, contemporary half crimson morocco, spines gilt ruled on raised band, gilt ornaments in compartments. A handsome set in excellent condition.
Quote Item No. 4298
Price: £360.00

SULLY, MAXIMILIAN DE BETHUNE, DUKE OF: The Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great. Translated from the French of Charlotte Lennox. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected.
London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1810.
Portraits. Five volumes. 8vo, contemporary full marbled calf, decorative gilt rules to sides, spines blocked in gilt with military trophies, black lettering and numbering pieces. Some foxing, a number of joints cracked, headbands chipped.
An image is available upon request.
Quote Item No.3487
Price: £120.00

TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD: Works. The Cabinet Edition - FINELY BOUND.
London: Henry S. King, 1874 - 1875.
Ten volumes bound as five. Frontispiece to each volume. Five volumes full contemporary emerald green polished calf, sides with double gilt rules, spines gilt extra within raised bands, with crimson and burgundy lettering pieces, all edges marbled. A very pretty set in excellent condition. Contemporary gift inscription on front fly-leaves.
Quote Item No. 7043
Price: £75.00

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE: The Works, with Biographical Introduction by his daughter, Anne Ritchie. 13 volumes, complete.
London: Smith, Elder, 1902.
Thirteen volumes. 8vo, contemporary half dark green calf, marbled boards, the spines floral gilt in a vaguely art nouveau design; a little light rubbing but generally very good and attractive on the shelf.
Quote Item No. 7585
Price: £325.00

THIERS, ADOLPHE: Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire. 20 volumes.
Paris: Paulin, 1845 - 1862.
Twenty volumes. 8vo, contemporary half tan calf with black lettering and numbering pieces. A number of headbands chipped, a few chipped at base of spine, a few lettering pieces chipped. That apart this is still an attractive set on the shelf.
Extremely heavy and therefore not viable for export.
Quote Item No. 4999
Price: £200.00

TREVELYAN, GEORGE OTTO: The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay.
London: Longman, Green, 1876.
First edition. Portrait. Two volumes. 8vo, pp.xi:475 & viii:480, contemporary half tan calf, spines with gilt ornaments within compartments, gilt decorative rules to raised bands, with crimson and green lettering pieces; a little light rubbing, generally very handsome. Signature on front free endpapers.
Quote Item No. 5270
Price: £50.00

WHYTE-MELVILLE, G.J: Twenty-two Novels: Good for Nothing; Riding Recollections; Roy's Wife; Market Harborough; General Bounce Satanella; Katerfelto; Brookes of Bridlemere; Uncle John; Kate Coventry; Rosine and Sister Louise; White Rose; Bones and I; and nine others - see under.
London: Ward, Lock, n.d. ca. 1900.
Also: The Queen's Maries; M. or N; Black but Comely; Songs & Verses; The Interpreter; Cerise; Sarchedon; Digby Grand; & Contraband. In all 22 volumes. Illustrations by Kemp-Welch, Jacomb Hood, etc. Contemporary half black calf, marbled boards, the spines blocked in gilt within compartments with hunting motifs, a whip, fox etc. Top edges gilt. Some light rubbing but generally very sound and attractive on the shelf.
Quote Item No. 7586
Price: £330.00