![Item #231128001 Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park [and] Northanger...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/231128001_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701294676)
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897-1898. Brock, Charles E.; Thomson, Hugh. Hardcover. Six novels in five books, duodecimo size, approx. 2100 total pp. The celebrated writer Jane Austen (1775-1817) truly needs no introduction; known for her novels examining the lives of English families living in the country, often with poignant..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 196 pp. William Black (1841-1898) was, in his day, immensely popular and his work was compared favourably with that of Anthony Trollope; sadly, his fame has not lasted into the 21st century and he has now..... More
Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company Limited, 1908. Kimball, Alonzo. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Toronto imprint, duodecimo size, 412 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1986. Hardcover. Three volumes (complete), large octavo size, approximately 1380 pp. Geoffrey Chaucer's (ca. 1343-1400) "Canterbury Tales" is a middle English collection of stories originally written between 1387-1400. Thought of as Chaucer's magnum opus, it has been reprinted countless times and is one of the most..... More
![Item #23061005 A Visit from St. Nicholas [The Night Before Christmas]; No. 963. Clement Clarke...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/23061005_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697839863)
London and Manchester: S. Hildesheimer and Co. Limited, [1890]. Wraps. Sixmo size, 14 pp. First published in 1823 (anonymously) it is safe to say that this short poem, also known as "The Night Before Christmas" or " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" has for two hundred years been enjoyed by..... More
Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, [1939]. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo size, 23 unnumbered pp., signed by Valenti Angelo. American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900), best known for his Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage", wrote in the Realist and Naturalist styles;..... More
London: Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1820. Cruikshank, Isaac Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 212 pp. (not matching pagination, see below), with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Browne, Hablot K. ['Phiz"]; Meadows, Kenney. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, mixed state, octavo size, 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) third novel, widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Cruikshank, George. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 534 pp. First one-volume edition, with 40 sketches by George Cruikshank. Originally published in two series/three volumes, "Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November..... More
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], [1943]. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 500 copies, unnumbered. The great tragedian of Athens, Euripides (ca. 480-406), wrote "The Bacchae", from which this excerpt is taken, towards the end of his life, and it premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens (n. b...... More
(Kentfield, California): The Allen Press, 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, folio size, 90 pp., with prospectus. Although Gustave Flaubert’s (1821-1880) best known work may be "Madame Bovary", he had a deep interest in "The Temptation of Saint Anthony", spending thirty years in research and working countless revisions..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Neama, May. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 141 pp., signed by May Neama, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. A master of letters and wit, French writer Francois-Marie Arouet, best known by his pen name Voltaire, wrote on..... More
New York: Summer Garden Editions, 1998. Mikhail Magaril. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number XXX of 100 copies, large octavo size, 49 pp., signed by Mikhail Magaril. Mikhail Magaril (b. 1950) came to the United States from Russia where he had earned a Master's Degree from the Moscow Graphic Art School; today..... More
London: Printed for I.&F., Rivington, B. Law, et al, 1775. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 254 pp. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) authored many of the favourite novels of the eighteenth century, including "The Vicar of Wakefield", "The Deserted Village", and "She Stoops to Conquer". While not widely read today, these stories continued..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company (Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh), 1940. Leighton, Clare. First Edition. Hardcover. The first US edition with illustrations by Clare Leighton, quarto size, 248 pp., in the original dust jacket, signed by Clare Leighton, and with TLS also signed by..... More
New York: The Grolier Club [Printed by John Henry Nash], 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, folio size, 27 pp. The contribution of John Henry Nash to the Grolier Club's "series of six books done by eminent American printers at the invitation of the Grolier Club." This a...... More
![Item #CNJL1257 Shakespeare's Ovid [DeLuxe edition with separate etching, and with prospectus]....](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL1257_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1504050674)
(London): Enitharmon Press [Printed by the Rampant Lions Press], 1995. Le Brun, Christopher. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 47 of 50 (plus 15 HC) of the deluxe edition, signed by translator and artist, folio size, 43 pp. Published "in aid of the Shakespeare Globe Trust and its appeal to rebuild the..... More
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010 - 2016. Hardcover. Six volumes (all published to date), quarto size, approx. 2674 total pp. Jane Austen (1775-1817) needs no introduction, as she is likely the most wildly popular female author of the late18th to early-19th centuries, with her novels having..... More
Allahbad, India: A.H. Wheeler, ca. 1890. Hardcover. Octavo size, 97 pp. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) remains a literary force today through his many stories, including "The Jungle Book" and poems such as "Gunga Din". A recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 at the age of 42, he..... More
Prag [Prague]: Adolf Kuranda, (1860). Hardcover. Quarto size, 64 pp., text entirely in German. Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) served as "First Painter to the King" to the French court, succeeding to that role in 1722 upon the death of his father who, along with his father before him, were both artists..... More
Dublin: Wm Curry Junr & Co, 1839. Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing in book form, octavo size, 350 pp. First edition in book form of Lever's first book. Illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), written by Charles Lever (1806-1872) who, while a doctor by training, turned..... More
![Item #22052002 De Cupidinis et Psyches [Cupid and Psyche]; Amoribus Fabula Anilis. Lucius...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22052002_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700509146)
[London]: Hacon & Ricketts [and] Iohannes (John) Lane [Vale Press], [1901]. Ricketts, Charles. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 310 copies (unnumbered), quarto size, 31 pp., the first printing with Ricketts illustrations, all text in Latin. The story of "Cupid and Psyche" has been retold countless times, appearing first..... More
[San Francisco]: Designed and printed by Lemoncheese Press, [2019]. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 20 of 50 copies, folio size. Printed in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Herman Melville's birth in 1819 in edition of 50 copies, this no. 20. The Lemoncheese Press is owned and operated by Li..... More
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1921. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 571 pp. John Milton (1608-1674), is likely best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" and his hugely influential "Areopagitica" (a condemnation of censorship). Milton "is among history's most influential and impassioned [defenders] of freedom of speech..... More
[Oxford] Oxonii: [Clarendon Press] E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 2004. Hardcover. Duedecimo size, 582 pp., note that all text is in Latin. The Roman poet Ovid (b. 43 BCE) is one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature (Virgil and Horace being the other two). His "Metamorphoses" has been a perennial..... More