PUNCH, The London Chiarivari (Magazine) London, Published at the Office (Bradbury, Agnew & Co.), 1853-59, 1863-77, 1889-91. £800 Folio, 11 books, each including three volumes, copiously illustrated. Vol. 1: 1853-55: Vols XXV-XXVIII; Vol. 2: 1855-57: Vols XXIX-XXXI; […]
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DICKENS, Charles
DICKENS, Charles. The Works of Charles Dickens (The London Edition) London, The Caxton Publishing Company, [19–]. £400 8vo, 28 vols (of 29), illustrated frontispiece (some are reproductions on coloured drawings with scenes of characters from the novels, […]
CASANOVA, Giacomo
CASANOVA, Giacomo. The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova di Seingal London, Privately printed for Subscribers only. The Casanova Socy, 1922. £500 Large 4to 12 vols (xxix, 271pp. / 263pp. / 310pp. / 279pp. / 278pp. / 263pp. / […]
THE SPORTING MAGAZINE
THE SPORTING MAGAZINE, United with the Sportsman, Sporting Review & New Sporting Magazine London, Rogerson & Tuxford, 1856. £800 8vo, 14 vols, abundantly illustrated. Two volumes per year (Jan-June; July-Dec): 1856-59 complete; July-Dec 1861 only; 1862-63 complete; […]
THACKERAY, William Makepeace
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Works of Thackeray London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1869-86. £650 FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 24 vols, ill.. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Bound in elaborately blind-tooled green buckram, bevelled edges, gilt-stamped monogram of author’s initials at […]
SCOTT, Sir Walter
SCOTT, Walter. Waverley Novels Edinburgh, Robert Cadell, 1832. £550 8vo, 48 vols. bound in contemporary half calf, marbled paper over boards, red labels to spine with gilt lettering. Each volume with bookplate of John H. Mills […]
PLUTARCH [Nonesuch Press]
PLUTARCH. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. £ 600 Folio, 5 vols (No. 1533 of 1550 copies). Decorative portrait illustration for each life by T. L. Poulton printed by the […]
IBSEN, Henrik
IBSEN, Henrik. The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen London, William Heinemann, 1906. £ 300 Set of 11 (of 12) published between 1906-12, in publisher red cloth boards, with gilt title and elaborate decorations to spines, edges untrimmed. […]
THORNBURY [WITH] WALFORD
THORNBURY, Walter and Edward WALFORD. Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places. (Vols 1-2 by Walter Thornbury: The City Ancient and Modern, Vol. I; The City Ancient and Modern, Vol. […]
PEARSON’S MAGAZINE
PEARSON’S MAGAZINE (Vols 9-12, 14, 33-36) London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd £500 Vols 9-12 bound in half calf and green buckram with floral pattern, hardback, gilt title to spine. Numerous illustrations. Spines deteriorated and very worn […]