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The Lost Ring...Kalidasa.

Sakoontala or The Lost Ring…Kalidasa

Binding: 8.2×5.5”, pp. xxvii, 227,31; full brown cl. with self-design to cover, gilt title to sp., cover and sp. rebacked, spotting to sp., edges thumbed, cover frayed, pp. yellowing, insert from pp.105 to 112, 137 to 141, 201 –224 of the Shakuntala play with border and decorations to each of these pages.
Condition: Average

The Poetical works of Longfellow

The Poetical works of Longfellow

Illustration: Several woodcut vignettes throughout the book, engraved frontis.
Condition: Average
Binding:19×12.5cm, pp.viii, 632; half brown morocco over green buckram, sp. rebacked, 5 raised bans to sp. with gilt title, sp. frayed and chipped in parts, red border to each pp., all edges marbled, marbled epps., personal inscription by E.K. G. & M. Fowler, March 8th, 1888.

Gems from the poets

Gems from the poets

Illustration: Several full pp. colored prints; all tissue guards have been torn, sl. foxing to pl., frontis, and title pp.
Condition: Poor+
Binding: 10×7”, pp.61; orig. Green morocco with 5 raised bands to sp., gilt title to sp., black dec. to cover, spine and cover worn, inner dentelles, last 2-3 pp. seem to be missing, occasional fingerprints, aeg. 

The Soul Of Russia

The Soul Of Russia

The Soul Of Russia

Illustration: 15 full pp. clrd. Prints, occasional water staining to pl. margins.

Condition: Average

Binding: 9.75×7.25”, pp.xvi, 307; orig. white cl., portion of the sp. and cover rebacked very well, pictorial image stuck to cover, sp. discolored and stained, cover dirty, pp. yellowed, pp.113 torn in middle.

Lalla Rookh – an oriental Romance Copy 2

Lalla Rookh – an oriental Romance

Lalla Rookh – an oriental Romance

Illustration: Copy 2: 13 full pp. b/w stipple engravings incl. frontis and title pp., sl. water stains to pp. margins with little/no harm to pl., tissue guards.

Condition: Good

Binding: Copy 2: 24×15.5cm, pp. viii, 396; full green morocco with beautiful gilt dec. to both front and back covers, heavy gilt dec. to sp. with gilt title, 5 raised bands to sp., aeg, inner dentelles, border to all pp., edges thumbed, inscription to inside front pp., sp. worn at joints, ribbon bookmark.

Lalla Rookh – an oriental Romance

Lalla Rookh – an oriental Romance

Lalla Rookh – an oriental Romance

Illustration: Copy 1: None

Binding: Copy 1: 27.5x21cm., pp.405; new leather binding, all edges blue, sl. water staining, marbled epps.

Condition: Good

Studies in Indian Painting

Studies in Indian Painting

Studies in Indian Painting a survey of some new material ranging form the commencement of the VIIth century to circa 1870 A.D.

Illustration: 17 clrd. pl tipped in on contrasting grey paper.+ 44 half tone pl., full pp. all clrd. pl. with printed tissue guards.

Condition: Good

Binding: 11.5×9”, pp. xi, 127, index; orig. green rexine with gilt title to sp., dj sl. worn, pp. yellowed.

Silent Gods and Sun Steeped Lands

Silent Gods and Sun Steeped Lands

Silent Gods and Sun Steeped Lands

Illustration: Six prints of woodcut illus. Inc. Frontis, extremely sl. spotting with little or no harm to plates

Condition: Good +

Binding: 20x 13cm, pp.222; orig. cloth with black decoration to cover, black title to spine, untrimmed, edged thumbed, foxing throughout, pp. getting brittle, cover slightly dirty, sp. torn at lower end

The Novels of Jane Austen

The Novels of Jane Austen

The Novels of Jane Austen

 

Binding: 21.5x14cm., orig. Blue colour With gilt title and dec. to spine, paper becoming brittle, untrimmed, title page in red and black, cover slight Worn, text clean, teg.

Condition: Average

Rupert of Hentzau

Illustration: B/w printed frontis and a few printed b/w illus. throughout the text.

Condition: Very Good

Binding: 18.5×12.5, full green calf with title to red lather label to spine, 5 raised bands to sp. With gilt decoration, sp. Hinges sl. loose, marbled epps, all edges marbled, library label pasted to inside cover.

The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Merimee. Volumes: Eight. Vol. 3 missing INCOMPETE SET

The Novels, Tales and Letters of Prosper Merimee.

Edited by Prof. George Saintsbury, M.A. Translated by: Emily Mary Waller, The Lady Mary Loyd and Dr. Edmund Burke Thompson. Illustrations by Gustave Fraipoint and S. Arco.

Illustration: Several full pp. etchings throughout the set with tissue guards, pp. yellowed and slight brittle otherwise in good condition.

Condition: Average

Binding: 22x14cm, orig. re-backed brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt dec. spine with gilt title, marbled epps, cover and edges frayed and thumbed, title pp. in red and black, untrimmed, stamp of previous seller, few pp. loose but intact, spine chipped in parts, teg, slight foxing throughout.

 

The Plays of William Shakespeare,

The Plays of William Shakespeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq with glossarial Notes. To which are prefixed an account of the life and writings of Shakespeare by Mr. Rowe and Dr. Johnson’s celebrated preface to his edition of Shakespeare printed in 1765.Volumes: Ten. Vol. 1,2,4,7,10 available INCOMPETE SET

Binding: 7×4″, original brown calf with gilt border to cover, gilt dec. spine With gilt title to leather label, 4 raised bands to spine, marbled epps, all edges marbled, slight foxing throughout, spine worn in parts.
Condition: Average+

The Works of Shakespeare SET:3

The Works of Shakespeare SET:3

The works of Shakespeare SET:3. Three. Vol 1: Comedies, Vol 2:Tragedies, Vol 3: Histories

With a memoir and essay on his genius, by Barry Cornwall, illustrated with engravings on wood, from designs by Kenny Meadows

Condition: Good Several woodcut vignettes throughout, title pp. in red and black, text in double columns.
Binding:10.5×6.7, half red morocco over buckram cl., gilt title and dec. to sp., marbled epps., edges thumbed, all edges marbled, covers sl. loose. Condition: Average

The works of William Shakespeare SET:1

Edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall with notes and introductions to each play by F.A. Marshall and other Shakespearian Scholars. With numerous illustrations by Gordon Browne.

Condition: Average + Several full-paged woodcut engravings with tissue guards, frontis, prints of woodcut vignettes throughout the book, slight spotting mostly to pl. margins.

Binding: Orig. brown color with a lady made in black and gilt to cover, gilt dec. spine. with a man with a spear in black and gilt, small child made to back cover in black, beveled edges, edges thumbed, spine ends bumped, aeg, text in double columns, sl. foxing.

Special Remarks: Vol’s 2 – 8 available, Vol 1 missing

The-Bombay-Edition-of-the-work-of-Rudyard-Kipling-SIGNED-LIMITED-ED-36

The Bombay Edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling

  • ILLUSTRATED: Only in vol. XVI (Just So Stories) by the Author, in black and white.
  • Condition: Good BINDING: Original cloth-backed paper boards, a few volumes slightly soiled or spotted, most spine labels chipped and a little worn, 2 edges uncut, t.e.g.
  • Binding Condition: Average
  • COMMENTS: Large 8vo, Volume I signed by Kipling. Printed by R.& R. Clark from the Florence Press type, designed by Herbert P. Horne, and lent by Chatto & Windus, the proprietor of the type. Includes paper title panel on the last blank, laid in.  Some foxing and offsetting to endpapers and half-title, a few joints cracking, otherwise a very good set.