The Memsahib
Blue Cl. With Silver Title To Spine, Dj, Vg.
L’art Et Les Grande Civilisations – L’art De L’ancienne Egypte
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With an introduction by. A.C. Benson. Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe.
Illustration: Colored photographic prints throughout, full pp. and vignettes, gilt and ornate clrd. Border to all illus., highly colorful and dec. frontis and title pp.
Condition: Copy 1: Good.
Binding: Copy 1: 32×23.5cm, pp.16, notes, list of illus.; full creme cl. with heavy gilt peacock made to cover, gilt dec. sp. with title, cover dirty and worn in parts, teg, dec. epps, highly gilt dec. calligraphic text throughout in red and black, light foxing throughout.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
J.M.Rigg, with an illustrated introduction and 16 hand colored illustrations From original drawings by Louis Chalon
Illustration: Several full pp. clrd. prints throughout.
Condition: Good
Binding: 22×13.5cm., pp.xix,332, xiii, 404 ; full grey cl. with gilt title to spine
Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance
Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance
Illustration: Copy 3: 13 full pp. b/w stipple engravings incl. Frontis and title pp., water stains to pp. margins with little/no harm to pl., tissue guards.
Condition: Good
Binding: Copy 3 : 8.2×5.8”, pp. viii, 392 ; full black morocco with heavy dec. gilt border and motif to cover, 5 raised bands to dec. sp. with gilt title, aeg, inner dentelles, border to all pp., edges thumbed, inscription to inside front pp., sp. worn at joints, pp. sl. yellowed.
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
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.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam – The astronomer poet of Persia, rendered into English verse
Binding: 8 x 5.5”, pp.112; olive green morocco with gilt dec. Border to cover with gilt title, 5 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, cover sl. Sunned, dec. epps., teg.
Condition: Good
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
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
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
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 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
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
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.
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. 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
A Strange and Sublime Address
- pp.209 full olive color with gilt title to spine
- Dust Jacket,
- Very Good in Condition.
Heritage of Music
The Last Maharajas
- pp.81+1, text on grey pp, 97 pp. of colored illustration
- pp. 82+97,full brown cl. with gilt title to sp and cover,
- Dust jacket, slipcase
- Very good condition
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson
- Green Cloth Binding with gilt lettering on the spine
- Dust Jacket
- Very Good+