Books and Manuscripts

L'Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de La Manche, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Translated and annoted by Louis Viardot and Vignettes by Tony Joha...

Sylvia Lyndon; A Novel of England, by Maud Diver.  Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh and London, 1940, stated first edition....

On the Edge of the Cliff and Other Stories, by V.S. Pritchett.  Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1980 first edition. A near fine brown clo...

Journey Through the Wilderness, by Moris Farhi. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academi...

Mary Shelley; Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot, Edited with an introduction by Claire Tomalin. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clai...

The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. Published by MDS Books/Mediasat, under the Children's Golden Library imprint. Promotional copy in association ...

Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. SOLD Published by The Children's Press, London and Glasgow. Part of their New Challenge Library for Boys and...

Theatre Complet de J. Racine, Edition Variorum. Annote; D'Apres Racine Fils, Madame de Sevigne, Le Batteux, Voltaire, La Harpe, Napoleon, Schlegel,...

The Works of Dickens, 15 Volume set, complete (as described in the prelims). Some volumes contain 2 books. SOLD A vintage facsimile edition of The ...

The Hills of Home by L. Maclean Watt with the Pentland Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson; An Old Scotch Gardener, The Manse: A Pastoral and the Pent...

Publishing, Editing and Reception; Essays in Honor of Donald H. Reiman. Edited by  Michael Edson. Provenance; from the library of the late William ...

Aeschylus; Eumenides. Edited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Anthony J. Podlecki. Provenance; from the library of the late Will...

Aris & Phillips Classical Texts: Euripides; Selected Fragmentary Plays. General Editor, Professor Christopher Collard. SOLD Volume I: with Intr...

The Last Man, by Mary Shelley. Edited with an Introduction by Hugh J Luke Jr. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 ...

Mary Wollstonecraft; Mary, A Fiction and The Wrongs of a Woman. Edited with an Introduction by Gary Kelly. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the...

Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories, with Five Illustrations by William Blake. With an Introduction by E.V. Lucas. SOLD Provenance; from the lib...

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (The 1818 Text) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Edited, with Variant Readings, An Introduction and Notes, by ...

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary W. Shelley. Edited with an Introduction by M.K. Joseph.  Provenance; from the library of the late Wil...

First Folio; A Little Book of Folio Forewords. Introduced by Catherine Taylor. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2008. First edition thus.  B...

Aristophanis Comoediae - The Comedies of Aristophanes. Edited by Immanuel Bekkerus (August Immanuel Bekker 1785-1871). 4 Volumes (from 5 - missing ...

H. De Balzac - Oeuvres Completes - Scenes de la Vie Parisienne; Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850). Published in Paris, Michel Levy Frer...

H. De Balzac - Oeuvres Completes - Scenes de Province; Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850). Published in Paris, Michel Levy Freres, L...

Theatre Complet de J. Racine, Precede D'Une Notice par M. Auger, Secretaire Perpetuel de L'Academie Francaise. The complete theatrical works of Jea...

Le Nabab, Moeurs Parisiennes, avec une Declaration de L'Auteur, by Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897). Published by G. Charpentier, Editeur, Paris. 57th e...

Autour D'Une Source by Gustave Droz (1832-1895). Published by J. Hetzel et Cie, Editeurs, Paris. 4th edition - Undated but c. 1875. The first editi...

Waterloo, Suite du Conscrit de 1813, par Erckmann-Chatrian (the joint pen name of co-authors Emile Erckmann, 1822-99 and Alexandre Chatrian, 1826-9...

Histoire D'Un Conscrit de 1813, par Erckmann-Chatrian (the joint pen name of co-authors Emile Erckmann, 1822-99 and Alexandre Chatrian, 1826-90, wh...

Histoire D'Un Paysan; La Patrie en Danger 1792, par Erckmann-Chatrian (the joint pen name of co-authors Emile Erckmann, 1822-99 and Alexandre Chatr...

Histoire D'Un Paysan; L'An I de la Republique 1793, par Erckmann-Chatrian (the joint pen name of co-authors Emile Erckmann, 1822-99 and Alexandre C...

Wheat and Tares; A Tale, by Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham.  Published by Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1862; A New edition (first published 1861). Bo...

Une Femme Genante by Gustave Droz (1832-1895). Published by Victor Havard, Libraire-Editeur, Paris, 1880. Bound by Maclehose of Glasgow. A very goo...

La Derniere Aldini and Francois Le Champi par George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, French novellist, 1804-1876). 2 volumes bound as one. SOLD...

Sir Roger De Coverley by The Spectator. The Notes and Illustrations by W. Henry Wills (there are no illustrations included in this version). De Cov...

La Guerre Des Femmes Par Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). 2 Volume set complete; the first containing parts I-II and the second III-IV. Published by C....

H. De Balzac - Oeuvres Completes - Scenes de la Vie Parisienne; La Derniere Incarnation de Vautrin, Un Prince de la Boheme, un Homme D'Affaires - G...

The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures of A Father and Mother and Four Sons in A Desert Island. New edition, Combining the First and Second Seri...

Testament of Stephen Fane by Neil Bell. Published by Alvin Redman, London, 1961. Reissue of 1937 novel - as noted by the author in his presentation...

A Bibliography of the First Editions of the Works of Maurice Baring, Compiled by Leslie Chaundy, with Poems by Maurice Baring, and an Introductory ...

Stories from The Arabian Nights Retold by Lawrence Housman with drawings by Edmond Dulac. SOLD Published by Hodder and Stoughton, New York, London....

Landfall at Sunset; The Life of a Contented Sailor, by David Bone. SOLD Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, London, 1955 1st edition. Signe...

Capstan Bars by David W. Bone. Published by Porpoise Press, Edinburgh and Faber and Faber, London. Printed in Glasgow. 1931 1st edition. This is a ...

Bowsprit Ashore by Alexander H. Bone, with an Introduction by H. M. Tomlinson and Woodcuts by Freda Bone. Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1932 ...

SOLD Published by George Routledge and Sons, London. Undated but c. 1906 (from inscription on first pastedown). The first publication of this novel...

The Plays of William Shakspeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmund Malone...

Mark's Reef, or The Crater, A Tale of the Pacific. In Three Volumes, complete.  By James Fenimore Cooper (although not credited on the title page, ...

A Bibliography of The first editions of E OE Somerville and Martin Ross, Compiled and Edited by Elizabeth Hudson with explanatory notes by E OE Som...

Arabian Nights, One Thousand and One Nights, Alf Laylah wa-Laylah, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ. SOLD This a 3 volume set of the classic Arabic colle...

The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher in Fourteen Volumes: with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Henry Weber, Esq. Published by James Ballanty...