Literature
Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours.
Rouen: circa 1480-1500. Illuminated leaf, 166 x 112 mm., panel border on each side of the leaf composed of blue and gold acanthus, coloured flowers, fruits and leaves; 15 1-line initials in dark red and blue alternately. Fine leaf from a French Book of Hours with a typical Rouen decorative...
Price (AUD):
$1,450.00
Ref: #2909747
A Guide to the Collector of Historical Documents…
London: S.J. Davey, 1891. Octavo, finely bound in morocco by Riviere, all edges gilt. A very fine copy, from the library of Reginald Huth. Includes an appendix illustrating early English watermarks 1363-1611.
Price (AUD):
$540.00
Ref: #2400178
Collected works of Sir Walter Scott.
London: Marcus Ward, 1878-1879.
Victorian medieval fantasies unfold
Octavo, 26 volumes, a handsome set in uniform black polished half calf with gilt spine lettering. Comprehensive illustrated edition of the Scott's complete works, enriched with charming plates and vignettes throughout.
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
Ref: #3804600
Set of The Novels.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1894.
large format edition
Large octavo, 25 volumes; illustrations and plates throughout, bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards. A substantial set of the novels of Sir Walter Scott, often considered the best collected edition on account of its lavish illustration and ample size...
Price (AUD):
$1,750.00
Ref: #3411406
The Works of Sir Walter Scott…
Edinburgh: Constable, 1820-1826.
First editions of the great chivalrous romances
Uniform partial set, twenty five volumes, duodecimo; all bound without the half-titles and advertisements, handsome set contemporary polished calf. First editions, works include Redgauntlet, A Tale of the Eighteenth Century; Kenilworth a Romance; The Abbot; The Monastery. A Romance; The...
Price (AUD):
$1,750.00
Ref: #2408401
The Works… containing his Poems…
London: S. Briscoe, 1722. Two volumes, octavo, frontispiece portrait; blue morocco gilt, by Smith. First edition thus: expanded from an edition of 1702, it has been conjectured (probably unsubstantially) that this edition was prepared by Defoe. Dashing, profligate and witty, Sedley was a favourite of Charles II. He 'gained a....
Price (AUD):
$485.00
Ref: #2408416
Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824.
With the introduction by Mary Shelley
Octavo, 415 pp., bound without the errata; contemporary polished green calf, An attractive copy of this important collection, with a short but poignant biographical notice by Mary Shelley. Shelley died in July 1822, drowned in the sea...
Price (AUD):
$4,250.00
Ref: #2408424
The miscellaneous works with a life of the author…
Oxford: D.A. Tallboys, 1829. Octavo; vii,[3],69,[1],[2],[3]-329pp. in nineteenth century half maroon roan. First edition thus, with errata slip. "This volume is very carefully edited; it contains Sir. P. Sidney's Sonnets, Masque, Defence of Poesy, and some letters now first published" (Lowndes).
Price (AUD):
$250.00
Ref: #2408435
The Adventures of Roderick Random.
London: B. Law et al. 1792. Two volumes, small octavo; engraved frontispieces; contemporary half roan, flat spines lettered in gilt. A fresh and attractive copy, from the library of the Marquess Conyngham at Slane Castle, Ireland, with his bookplates and his signature at the top of each title page. This...
Price (AUD):
$985.00
Ref: #3409287
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker.
London: T. Longman, and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1792. Three volumes, small octavo; a fine copy in contemporary half roan, flat spines lettered in gilt. A fine set of the fourth edition of this famous novel, from the library of the Marquess Conyngham at Slane Castle, Ireland, with...
Price (AUD):
$1,150.00
Ref: #3409288
The Works of Edmund Spenser.
London: Bell and Daldy, 1862.
Homage to Elizabeth Regina
Five volumes, large octavo, fine in half polished calf binding by Bayntun of Bath, spines gilt. Handsome collected edition, edited with notes by J. Payne Collier and featuring a special biographical section titled The Life of Spenser. As with the writings...
Price (AUD):
$850.00
Ref: #3805633
"Plain or Ringlets?"
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. Octavo, 13 handcoloured illustrations and numerous woodcuts; full calf. First edition with illustrations by John Leech: a classic of Victorian sporting literature. Surtees was an aficionado of the hunt and failed solicitor, who began writing his Sporting Magazine in 1831. Immensely popular in the Victorian...
Price (AUD):
$450.00
Ref: #2509683
Voyages de Gulliver.
Paris: Lebigre Freres, 1833. Six volumes in three, duodecimo, with six frontispiece plates; in contemporary French marbled calf. A French translation of Gulliver.
Price (AUD):
$775.00
Ref: #3103123
The rule and exercises of holy living and holy dying…
London: Richard Royston, 1682.
...till the mansions be prepared where we shall sing and feast eternally
Two vols in one, octavo as issued, double-page wood engraving; contemporary ownership inscription and bookplate, contemporary black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, A beautifully bound early edition of this popular work. The Anglican bishop...
Price (AUD):
$985.00
Ref: #2408463
The works of Sir William Temple…
London: J. Round, 1740. Two volumes, folio, engraved portrait frontispiece after Lely; contemporary calf. Apparent third edition thus: Lowndes lists earlier editions of 1720 and 1731, but this edition is not mentioned. Temple, author and talented diplomat, retired from public life in 1681 to his estate Moor Park, where he...
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #2408466
Miscellanies: Prose and Verse.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855-1857.
An eclectic mix of London society satires
Four volumes, octavo; contemporary green half calf with red labels, spines gilt. Appealing four-volume set of Thackeray, collecting his major works along with more eclectic writings, such as early journalism and stories original published in serial magazines (such...
Price (AUD):
$550.00
Ref: #2408481
The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable family.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. Two volumes, octavo, with a frontispiece and 22 plates in each volume; contemporary half tan calf, marbled board. First edition: this copy is made up from the original parts which were issued serially from 1853-1855. Published under the pseudonym "Pendennis", The Newcomes was regarded by...
Price (AUD):
$300.00
Ref: #3605548
Idylls of Theocritus.
Casanova Society: 1925. Quarto; some foxing to endpapers, original blue paper boards, vellum spine. Limited edition, number 115 of 750: translation in blank verse and prose by the poet and critic Richard Calverley Trevelyan.
Price (AUD):
$100.00
Ref: #2400279
A New and General Biographical Dictionary…
London: G.G. and J. Robinson, J. Johnson, and others, 1798.
Prodigious universal biography
Fifteen volumes, octavo, a lovely set in contemporary full calf, red spine label; front board of each volume blind stamped with family crest, previous owners name 'J. N. Webb' inscribed on endpaper of each volume. A new...
Price (AUD):
$4,800.00
Ref: #4106631
Autograph Letter Signed, to Mr. Mash (?).
Sydney: 26 November, 1871.
Trollope in Australia
Single leaf, small octavo, conjugate leaf removed but the letter evidently complete, simple red device to head of recto, pin-holes, very good. An engaging letter from Anthony Trollope, politely refusing an invitation to whist during his visit to Sydney in 1871. It is...
Price (AUD):
$1,400.00
Ref: #3806737
He Knew He Was Right.
London: Strahan, 1869. Two volumes, octavo, with 32 plates; contemporary half maroon calf. First edition, primary issue (both half-titles present) of the story of Louis Trevelyan whose steadfast faith in his conviction that his wife has been unfaithful - 'He knew he was right' - drives him to child abduction...
Price (AUD):
$2,600.00
Ref: #2408498
The Small House at Allington.
London: Smith, Elder, 1864. Two volumes, octavo, with 18 illustrations by Millais; later half dark blue morocco by Roger de Coverly & Sons. First book edition of this novel which originally appeared in the Cornhill Magazine for September 1862 and ran until April 1864. With two of the points sometimes...
Price (AUD):
$1,850.00
Ref: #2408506
Voyages et Avantures de Jaques Massé.
"Bordeaux: 1710": Rouen, 1710. Duodecimo, woodcut device on title; 19th-century grained morocco, gilt gauffred edges. First edition (Rosenberg edition 'A') of this important imaginary voyage to Australia: a 'landmark' in the development of the French voyage novel (Atkinson). Friederich remarks that the importance of mining and irrigation to the Australians...
Price (AUD):
$5,850.00
Ref: #3211648
Telliamed ou Entretiens d'un philosophe indien…
Amsterdam: Chez L'honore & Fils. 1748.
Pre-Darwinian utopia dedicated to Cyrano de Bergerac
Two volumes in one, octavo, owner's name on title; contemporary French mottled calf. First edition of this important, controversial, and strangely prescient work, dedicated to Cyrano de Bergerac. By using the device of an imaginary voyage to...
Price (AUD):
$3,600.00
Ref: #3005430