[First Edition] August Derleth. The Solar Pons Omnibus, 2 volume set. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House (A Mycroft & Moran Book), 1982. First edition. Two octavo volumes. 1306pp. Illustrated with drawings by Frank Utpatel. Publisher’s black cloth, stamped in gilt to spines. Housed in original card slipcase.
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Boz (Charles Dickens). George Cruikshank, illustrator. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress, 3 Vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition in book form, first issue, with "Boz" to title page and suppressed, "Fireside" plate facing page 313. Three octavo volumes. 331; 307; 315pp. Illustrated, with plates after drawings by George Cruikshank. Brown full.....
Kate Greenaway. Set of Twelve (of 14) Illustrated Almanacks, 1883 – 1894. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1883-1888; 1890-1894 [and:] Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1889. First editions. Various sizes and bindings, approx. 2.5 x 2.25 (alphabet) inches up to 5.5 x 3.5 inches (Almanack for 1884). Most with cloth.....
Charles B. Hayward, C. T. Ziegler, Morris A. Hall, et al. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work..., 6 Vols. Chicago: American Technical Society, 1922. Reprint edition. Six octavo volumes. Mixed pagination (indexed to each volume). Ilustrated with b/w photos, diagrams. Publisher's black textured limp leather, spines lettered in gilt, edges stained red, endleaves.....
Homer. W[illiam] Cowper, translator. The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse, 2 Vols. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1791. First edition thus, on fine paper. Two quarto volumes. 668pp; 583pp. Brown half-leather over marbled boards, spines decorated in gilt, five raised bands, originally with gilt-stamped titles. Cowper's translation sought.....
Junius (presumed to be Sir Philip Francis, c. 1740 - 1818). Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures, (Now First Collected.) To Which are Added, His Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and His Private Letters Addressed to Mr. H. S. Woodfall... In Three Volumes. London: F. C. and.....
Paul Scott. "The Raj Quartet" comprised of four volumes, including The Jewel and the Crown; The Day of the Scorpion; The Towers of Slience; and A Division of the Spoils. London: Heinemann, 1966 - 1975 First editions. Four octavo volumes. [451]; [485]; 392; [598]pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt.....
Doris Lessing. Canopus in Argos: Archives, Vols. 1 - 5. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979 - 1983. First editions.Five octavo volumes. [145]; 288; [245]; [365]; [279]pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spines, original unclipped dust jackets.
Lord Byron. The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron, In Five Volumes. London: John Murray, 1817. Five sixteenmo volumes (approx. 6.5 x 4 inches). 218; 202; 222; 203; 184pp. Contemporary brown half-leather over marbled paper boards, spines lettered in gilt.
James Macpherson. Michael Laing, editor. The Poems of Ossian, &c... In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1805. First Laing edition. Two octavo volumes. 579pp; 634pp. Portrait frontispiece to first volume. Bound in contemporary tree calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves.
Cormac McCarthy. The Border Trilogy, Vols. I – III. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992 – 1998. First editions. Comprised of titles: All the Pretty Horses (1992); The Crossing (1994); and Cities of the Plain (1998). Three octavo volumes. [302]; [426]; [292]pp. Publisher’s black quarter cloth over black hardcover boards, stamped in gilt to spines and front boards, red.....
[John] Milton. Le Paradis Perdu de Milton (Paradise Lost), Vols. I - III. Paris: Chez Bordelet, 1742. Nouvelle edition, revue & corrigée. Three 16mo volumes (approx. 6.75 x 4 inches each). 247; 426; 389pp + 3pp approbation. Handsomely rebound in full red leather, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, gilt-tooled boards, all edges.....
Jonathan Scott, editor. Robert Smirke, Illustrator. The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 6 Vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. First Scott edition. Six octavo volumes. 363; 456; 448; 403; 419; 462pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces after designs by Robert Smirke. Contemporary black leather, spines lettered and decorated in gilt.....
Percy Bysshe Shelley. [Mary] Shelley, editor. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelly, in Four Volumes. London: Edward Moxon, 1839. First edition. Four sixteenmo volumes (approx. 6.5 x 4.5 inches each). 380; 347; 314; 361pp. Portrait frontispiece to first volume. Bound in contemporary half-leather over marbled paper boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, four.....
[Tobias] Smollett. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In Which are Included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. Philadelphia: J. J. Woodward, 1829. Reprint edition. Four 24mo volumes (approx. 5.5 x 3 inches each). Bound in contemporary brown leather, gilt-stamped titles to spines,
Swift, Jonathan. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts. Haslet, TX: Plum Park Press, 2011. Limited edition, No. 4 of 12 numbered copies. Signed by bookmaker and binder Tony Firman to each volume.Four miniature volumes (approx. 3 x 2.25 inches each). Publisher’s illustrated paper boards, map endleaves.....
Compiled in Conjunction with The Sporting Life. British Hunts and Huntsmen in Four Volumes. Vol. I: The South-West of England; Vol. II: The South-East, East, and Eastern Midlands of England; Vol. III: The North-East and Western Midlands of England and Wales; Vol. IV: England (North), Scotland, and Ireland (Complete). London.....
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[Limited Edition Boxed Set] Jill Timm. Nature’s Details. Wenatchee, WA: Mystical Place Press, 2005. Limited edition, No. 45 of 80 numbered sets. With handmade card signed by Timm laid-in. Collection of eight miniature (1.25 x 1.25 inch) photographic books highlighting different elements of nature: Rivers, Rainbows, Rocks, Stars, Leaves.....
Charles Wilkes. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. In Five Volumes. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. Third edition. Five octavo volumes. 434pp; 476pp; 438pp + 16pp ads; 539pp; 558pp (indexed to last volume). Profusely illustrated, with 14 folding maps (complete). Half titles to each volume.....