London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. [printed by the Temple Press], 1922. Hardcover. Six volumes (complete set), duodecimo size, 1928 pp. The celebrated writer Jane Austen (1775-1817) is known for her novels examining the lives of English families living in the country, often with poignant observations on the characters' relationships..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd. / Lawrence & Jellicoe, Ltd., 1910. Aldin, Cecil. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with illustrations by Cecil Aldin, quarto size, 927 pp. Dickens' first novel, with which many of us are familiar; the quixotic Mr. Pickwick is the main character in "The Pickwick Papers"..... More
[Berkeley, California]: The Hart Press, [1975]. Anderson, Victor R. Limited Edition. Wraps. Limitation not stated, quarto size, [8] pp. The annual Christmas publication issued by Ruth and James D. Hart, to friends in a limited edition; the limitation not stated, but likely an edition of 140 copies. James D. Hart..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California (printed by Vivien & Mallette Dean), 1953. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 325 copies, quarto size, 76 pp. A perfectly lovely retelling of the old legends. Fifty-four illustrations, including those on the title page and half-title, were all drawn and hand-coloured..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, printed by The Grabhorn Press, 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 375 copies, folio size, [23] pp. Wynkyn de Worde (d. 1534/5) "was Caxton's right-hand man and successor. Caxton may have taken him on at the start of his printing career in Cologne..... More
London: The Scholartis Press (printed at the Alcuin Press), 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1260 copies, octavo size, 174 pp. This is Johann Wolfgang Goethe's (1749-1832) famous semi-autobiographical novel, which influenced the course of European literature, notable for being the first novel of the "Sturm und Drang" movement. Often..... More
London: James Cochrane and Co., 1831. Cruikshank, George. Leather. Volumes I and II (Novelist's Library), sixmo size, 882 pp., in a custom binding. A stand-alone story, this story was part of the Novelist's Library (Vol. III). Edited by Roscoe Tobias, Esq. (1791-1871), himself an author and translator; his own works..... More
Oxford: The Limited Editions Club [printed by the Oxford University Press], 1931. Austen, John. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), no. 183 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 798 total pp., signed by John Austen. This Limited Editions Club publication of William Makepeace Thackeray's (1811-1863) best-known work, "Vanity Fair", contains line..... More
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London: Chapman & Hall (printed by The Whitefriars Press, Ltd.), 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition with John Austen illustrations, quarto size, 214 pp. Morality plays have been an important part of society for centuries, with their conveyance of religious and/or moral lessons; the earliest dated morality play was..... More