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Number 16 - English Literature
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1832 PersuasionPhiladelphia: 1832A scarce, first American edition of Jane Austen's final novel. In the publisher's original binding, and with the scarce adverts.
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Signed1929 The Vicar of WakefieldLondon: 1929A fine, de luxe, limited edition of Oliver Goldsmith's noted novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. Illustrated throughout, by the noted artist Arthur Rackham.
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1903 The Return of Sherlock HolmesLonodn: 1903-04All of the stories from Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes'. These installments have been taken from the Strand Magazine and bound together.
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1848 Roland CashelLondon: 1848-49An extremely scarce example of Charles Lever's novel 'Roland Cashel' in the original parts. Being twenty parts in nineteen, and held in a very smart custom-made morocco case.
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1852 Lewis Arundel or the Railroad LifeLondon: 1852An extremely scarce set of the complete original twenty one parts (in twenty) of Frank E Smedley's novel 'Lewis Arundel or the Railroad Life'. In the original wraps and held in a charming clamshell box by Zaehnsdorf.
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1890-92 4 Vol in 1 Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories Rudyard Kipling 1stLondon: 1890-92A collection of four volumes of Rudyard Kipling's short stories, with four volumes bound as one, one of the collections, 'The City of Dreadful Night' being the first edition.
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1899 2vols The Drums of the Fore and Aft Without Benefit of Clergy R KiplingNew York: 1899A lovely two volume set of the work of Rudyard Kipling, both first U.S. editions.
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1860 Surtees Plain Or Ringlets First Edition With Thirteen Hand-Coloured PlatesLondon: 1860A first edition of Robert Smith Surtees' "Plain or Ringlets?" in the original cloth binding.
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Signed1785 Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon Lucy Peacock Signed FirstLondon: 1785A fascinating example of this 18th century allegory for children, based on Spenser’s Faerie Queene.
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1896 The MARTIAN George du MAURIER First EditionLondon: 1896A wonderful find for fans of du Maurier, the original Harper's Monthly serialisation of The Martian bound from the parts into a finely bound volume.