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Blanchard (Editor), Laman
George Cruikshank's Omnibus
Publisher: Tilt and Bogue London 1842
First Edition Very good+ in full polished tan calf covered boards by Riviere with five raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work with a gilt on black leather label in the compartments, gilt borders on the boards, gilt inside dentelles over dark blue paper end sheets. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The leather joints are worn and cracked but the hinges are tight and strong. The leather at the upper tips of the boards is worn through and there is a tiny 1/16" chip to the leather at the foot of the spine; and, there is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8" tall by 5 1/2" deep containing 300 pages of text. Illustrated with twenty-two steel engraved plates and 78 wood engravings. Originally issued in wraps in nine individual parts. George Cruikshank (1792-1878), whose career spanned 60 years, was an English illustrator and caricaturist who was best known for his satirical portraits of English society and culture as well as being the illustrator for Charles Dickens' books: Sketches By Boz and Oliver Twist.Our code number = TB22867
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AUD 312.50 | CAD 309.28 | EUR 231.84 | GBP 198.28 | JPY 30,000.00 | MXN 3,333.33 | ZAR 2,857.14 |
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Item number: TB22867.
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Browning, Robert
Robert Browning's Works (Complete in Twelve Volumes)
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. New York 1898
Each volume of this twelve volume set is in very good+ to near fine condition each bound identically in 3/4 light brown calf with five raised bands on the spines with gilt tool work and small red and green leather title labels in the compartments with marbled paper covered boards. The end sheets continue the marble paper appearing on the boards and the top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Each volume is a 24 mo measuring 6" by 4" with an early prior owner's name written in ink in the gutter of the second free end page. Volumes X and XI are missing their small red leather title labels and red leather title label to volume 12 is chipped at its right side. Edited with introductions and notes by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. Vol. I: Pauline-Paracelsus, Pippa Passes, King Victor and King Charles in 335 pages. Vol. II: Strafford, Sodello in 396 pags. Vol. III: The Return of the Druses, A Blot in the 'Scutcheon, Colmbe's Birthday, Luria, A Soul's Tragedy in 335 pages. Vol. IV: Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances, Christmas-Eve and Easter Day in 405 pages. Vol. V: Men and Women, In A Balcony, Dramatis Personae in 315 pages. Vol. VI: The Ring And The Book volume I in 341pages. Vol. VII: The Ring And The Book volume II in 361 pages. Vol. VIII: Balaustion's Adventure, Aristophanes' Apology in 351 pages. Vol. IX: Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Fifine at the Fair, Pacchiarotto, Miscellaneous Poems in 308 pages. Vol. X: Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, The Inn Album, The Two Poets of Croisic in 314 pages. Vol. XI: The Agamemnon Of Aeschylus, La Saisiaz, Dramatic Idyles, Jocoseria in 338 pages. Vol. XII: Ferishtah's Fancies, Parleyings With Certain People, Asolando in 399 which includes an index to first lines for all twelve volumes. A wonderfully bright and clean set in extremely handsome and supple leather bindings.Our code number = TB24622
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AUD 208.33 | CAD 206.19 | EUR 154.56 | GBP 132.19 | JPY 20,000.00 | MXN 2,222.22 | ZAR 1,904.76 |
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Item number: TB24622.
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Goldsmith, Oliver
The Vicar of Wakefield
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. London 1890
First Illustrated Edition Good + in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same elaborate gilt work on the front board. All edges of the text block are gilt. The cloth at the lower fore edges of the boards has worn through; and, although the front hinge has cracked it has been professionally repaired. Without a dust jacket, probably as issued. A 16 mo measuring 7" tall by 4 3/4" deep containing 305 pages of text with illustrations followed by six pages of ads by the publisher. With a preface by Austin Dobson and illustrations within the text by Hugh Thomson. Our code number = TB22336
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AUD 98.96 | CAD 97.94 | EUR 73.42 | GBP 62.79 | JPY 9,500.00 | MXN 1,055.56 | ZAR 904.76 |
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Item number: TB22336.
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Shakespeare, William
The First Folio of Shakespeare The Norton Facsimile
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York 1968
First Norton Facsimile Edition Near fine in 1/2 pebbled red leather and red cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations in the compartments, with printed end sheets and a gilt top edge to the text block and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the top edge of the spine. A folio measuring 14" by 9 1/2" with light wear and rubbing to the leather at the head of the spine and with seven tiny, 1/16" dots of darker red stain over what may have been spots on the leather back strip. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, this volume is contained within a very good+ cloth covered slip case. 928 pages of text preceded by a 27 page preface and introduction. Pages 1 to 923 represent the facsimile copies of the various Folger First Folios used. Our code number = TB23872
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AUD 208.33 | CAD 206.19 | EUR 154.56 | GBP 132.19 | JPY 20,000.00 | MXN 2,222.22 | ZAR 1,904.76 |
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Item number: TB23872.
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