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English Literature Pre 1900
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1891-1907 The Strand MagazineLondon: 1891-1907Thirty-one volumes of 'The Strand Magazine', featuring the first appearance of many Sherlock Holmes tales, including 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'.
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Signed1889 Selected Poems of Matthew PriorLondon: 1889A beautifully bound edition of the poetry of Matthew Prior, one of only fifty signed copies produced, and in a Ramage binding.
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1923-27 Eight Volumes of Limited Edition Works by Daniel DefoeLondon: 1923-27Eight volumes of limited edition works by the noted writer Daniel Defoe, including his best known works about the popular character Robinson Crusoe, bound in crushed half morocco.
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Signed1971 Ovid: The Art of LoveGlasgow: 1971A limited edition, illustrated copy of this mythological work, signed by the artist and in the original slipcase.
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Signed1896 My Laughing PhilosopherLondon: 1896A signed presentation copy of this very scarce illustrated novel by Eden Phillpotts. Loosely inserted is a letter to the author's literary agent, William Morris Colles.
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Signed1893 List, Ye Landsmen! A Romance of IncidentLondon: 1893A signed presentation copy of the scarce first single volume edition of this nautical adventure novel, with a signed letter from the author’s wife, Annie Clark Russell.
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c1890 A Voyage to LetheLondon: c1890A very scarce limited edition of this pseudonymously authored work of pornographic literature, in which the 'Lethe' voyaged to is in actual fact the female body.
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1891 The Indian Mutiny of 1857London: 1891A scarce limited edition copy of this work on the Indian mutiny of 1857, with illustrations and plans and bound in full tree calf.
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c1890 The Works of Alexandre DumasNew York : c1890A limited edition complete set of illustrated works by the noted Alexandre Dumas, including his popular work 'The Count of Monte Cristo', bound in quarter morocco.
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1903 The Works of Arthur Conan DoyleLondon: 1903A limited edition set of the collected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, an illustrated set signed by Conan Doyle.
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1896 VersesLondon: 1896The first edition of Ernest Dowson's uncommon, limited edition collection of poems, in a binding designed by Aubrey Beardsley.
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1926 Plan of a Novel According to Hints From Various QuartersOxford: 1926A limited edition copy of Jane Austen's entertaining plan for a novel, written according to the recommendations of the librarian to the Prince Regent.
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1927 The Complete Writings of Robert BurnsLondon: 1927A very scarce large paper limited edition set of the writings of Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns, illustrated throughout.
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1815 2Vols in 3 Mirror for MagistratesLondon: 1815A very smart copy of this scarce early nineteenth century edition of this collection of sixteenth century poetry about the downfall of eminent figures.
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1892 The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII CenturyLondon: 1892A limited edition copy of this poetical work by Austin Dobson, illustrated by Hugh Thompson.
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1893 Wreckers and Methodists and Other StoriesLondon: 1893A scarce first edition collection of short stories by Henry Dawson Lowry, from the library of his cousin, Catherine Amy Dawson Scott, who has annotated the text.
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1898 The Martian a NovelLondon and New York: 1898George du Maurier's autobiographical novel, a limited edition copy published in the same year as the true first, complete with illustrations by the author.
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1926 Irene IddesleighLondon: 1926A smart limited edition copy of what is considered to be one of the worst novels ever published, an illustrated edition published by the Nonesuch Press.
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1932 The Jaunts and Jollities of Mr John JorrocksNew York: 1932Illustrated limited edition of the first book following the adventures of Mr John Jorrocks by R S Surtees, signed by the illustrator Gordon Ross.
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1905 First Quarto Edition Facsimile of William Shakespeare's WorkOxford: 1905Limited edition of three works by William Shakespeare, first quarto editions reproduced in facsmile bound in uniform Bumpus bindings.
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1894 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldLondon: 1894A scarce large paper copy of Charles E. Brock's illustrated edition of 'Gulliver's Travels', a smart limited edition of only one-hundred and one copies.
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1928 The Complete Works of Thomas Lovell BeddoesLondon: 1928The collected works of English author Thomas Lovell Beddoes in two volumes, one of 750 copies printed.
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1929 The Adventures of Joseph AndrewsLondon : 1929A limited edition copy of this comic novel by Henry Fielding.
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1926 3 Vols The Berkshire SeriesLondon: 1926A limited edition reprint of three seventeenth century play.
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1936 Imaginary ConversationsLondon: 1936A limited edition copy of the Victorian authors dialogues with the dead.
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1844-1884 9 Volumes The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser-: 1844-1884A privately printed set of the complete works of Edmund Spenser. With illustrations, and a biographical introduction to the sixteenth century poet.
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1891 The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaLondon: 1891A wonderful limited edition facsimile of Sir Philip Sidney's 1590 quarto edition of the prose poem 'Arcadia'.
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1952 2 vols The History of Tom Jones A FoundlingNew York: 1952Two smart limited edition copies of this illustrated version of Tom Jones, signed by the artist.
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1911 Le Chartreuse de ParmeParis: 1911A beautifully bound four volume limited edition of Stendhal's seminal novel, about a Napoleonic era Italian nobleman.
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1910 JabouneParis: 1910A limited edition copy of Franc-Nohain's uncommon novel. Published in French.
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1787-1788 The Works of Alexander PopeLondon: 1787-1788A beautifully illustrated six volume edition of the literary works of Alexander Pope, one of the most prominent English poets of the eighteenth century.
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Signed1929 Amorous FiammettaLondon: 1929A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, signed by both the editor and publisher.
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1893 Our VillageLondon : 1893A copy of the limited large paper edition of this work by Mary Russell Mitford.
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1825 Tales of the CrusadersLondon: 1825An association copy of the four volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's works of historical fiction, 'Tales of the Crusader's'. With the bookplate of his friend, Sir Henry Jardine, to each volume.
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c1890 The Monk. A Romance.London : c1890A scarce limited edition of Mathew Lewis's infamous and celebrated gothic novel, in beautiful half crushed morocco Zaehnsdorf bindings.
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1895 2 Vols Richelieu: a Tale of FranceNew York: 1895A near fine Fontainebleau edition of G.P.R James' best-known novel, complete in two volumes.