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FAMILIAR CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, c1885. Thin card covers, stab sewn silk tie. . Very Fine/No DJ (as issued). H.Reynolds. Small booklet ( 9 x 11cms) Chromo-lithograph images (9 in text, 2 covers) on light card (after H.Reynolds). Stab-bound with silk tie (present) Gilt edges all round. Pages 18 No engraver indicated text images (note back cover image initials BDS) Text images: Sam Weller, Micawber, Gamp, Cuttle, Tigg, Pecksniff, MacSinger, Old Mr Weller, Nell's Grandfather. Plus Mrs Gamp front cover & 'daisy' design back cover. Fine clean, no damage or marks.

Ideal for Miniature Book Collectors- Price $125.00 includes postage within Australia. International Mail Welcome -Email to seek negotiation of postage costs.

London: Macmillan & Co.. 1890. Octavo Size [approx 13x19cm]. Very Good condition - square, clean and tight. School prize full leather binding. Gilt to spine and edges of boards. Red title patch to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block edges [quite attractive]. Black & White frontispiece with tissue guard. School prize plate to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 591 pages. Set in the Elizabethan era, and follows the adventures of Amyas Leigh who sets sail with Francis Drake and other privateers to the Caribbean, where they battle with the Spanish. . Very Good. Reprint. Hardback.

Edition of 100 copies many of which were, unfortunately, destroyed.
A scholarly account of two giants of the crime fiction world.
The first in the short-lived Hermit Press pamphlet series.

Publisher's deep red cloth, titled in gilt and decorated in black. Spine mottled and darkened; partially separated from front cover. Covers bumped and spotted. Light wear to extremities; all edges gilt. This is a large and impressive book. Some foxing and binding is a bit loose. Frontispiece and free front cover partially detached. Gift inscription in ink on half title page: "Philipp from his grandfather T Windeyer 2.11.35"
Book is very heavy, so extra postage will be required.

London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1898 to 1920. Octavo, 43 volumes, approximately 500-600 pages (with numerous illustrations) per volume. Uniformly bound in the publisher's colour-pictorial olive-green cloth; minor signs of age and handling (the only points worth mentioning are: the rear joint of Volume II is partially split; Volume X has a few marks to the leading edge and some margins; Volumes XIX and XXV are slightly snagged at the head of the spine; Volumes XXI and XXIV have a small puncture to the spine; Volumes XXXI and XXXIII have inner hinges expertly stabilised; wartime Volumes XXXVII-XLII are printed on acidic paper, now tanned); overall, in excellent condition. The six Wodehouse contributions to this periodical are itemised in 'P.G. Wodehouse. A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist' by Eileen McIlvaine (D126.1 to D126.6). The first one, 'The Rhyme of the Sitter-Out' appears in Volume IX, April 1903, page 571, where it is …Read more

London: Bradbury & Evans. 1850. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Half-bound in leather with marbled boards. Tape reinforcement to front and rear hinge. Bookplate to front free endpaper. 38 plates by H.K. Browne (Phiz). These are in excellent conditon. Leather corners are rubbed and there is cracking to leather spine and rubbing to its edges, rubbing to edges of rear board. Light scratching to the marbled boards and some light marking to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xiv, 624 pages. Apppears to be a a first printing with issue points including "screamed" - later corrected to "screwed" page 132 line 20; the etched title page dated 1850; chapter XXVII begins on page 282 rather than page 283 as listed in the table of contents; p.16 line 1 and p. 225 line 22 both read "recal" rather than "recall"; p.19 line 39 reads "cha pter ; ut"; p.387 line 45 reads "coroboration" rathe…Read more

Constable, London, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Contains highlight pen markings to top of some pages, does not affect text. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Anthropology; Antiquarian & Rare. Signed by Author. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 13695. .

A scarce and interesting copy of the first edition of this work, printed for the author at the Medina Press, Newport, Isle of Wight, by B. Tilling, 1806. [First edition.] A presentation copy, signed by, (the stated "gift" of), the author "Rev. John Styles", on the front free endpaper. Original boards backed with paper as issued (rear board present but detached), xi, 137 pp., 118 x 190 mm. The text block is complete, intact, somewhat loose but holding. There is the mark remaining of a liquid stain across the corner of the prelims and foxing throughout.

First Edition set of 5 hardbacks. Ali Smith's Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Companion Piece. All immaculately presented with the original wrap-around band dustjackets and all signed by the author. A wonderful collection.
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New, unread and unopened save for taking photos of signature and ISBN pages. Carefully stored in cool, dry conditions since purchase in 2005.
Includes original leather bound slip case, also in new condition.
(Note - the price is benchmarked against $2,500 USD and, from time to time, will be adjusted for the current FX rate of the AUD-USD)

New, unread and unopened save for taking photos of signature and ISBN pages. Carefully stored in cool, dry conditions since purchase in 2003.
Includes original leather bound slip case, also in new condition.
(Note - the price is benchmarked against $2,500 USD and, from time to time, will be adjusted for the current FX rate of the AUD-USD)

England: Collins, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1st UK edition Signed and dedicated in green ink by the author Canberra 1995. Jacket is not price clipped and has a couple of scratches not breaking the colours. Now in a new protective sleeve.The UK editions are the true firsts, and the first printings were (reportedly) only 3000 copies Over 750 grams packed, extra postage will be required to most destinations.