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London: for A. Miller, 1754. First edition. viii, 274; iv, 264. Pages slightly toned, with soiling to a few openings of Vol II. Vol I early ownership name to head of title, and bottom edges of B1-B2 cropped, almost catching the text. Vol II, corner torn off bottom of C2 (catching the text but losing none), and short closed tear to final leaf. 12mo, 16 x 10 cms, edges tinted, in new fine bindings of dark brown full calf with five raised bands, ruled and titled gilt, with plum labels. A beautiful set. Very Good+, in Fine bindings.

Price: £2,750.00

London: M. Allen, 1801. A new edition. (ii), 155pp, with six plates by Stothard. Contents good with occasional minor soiling and spotting to some plates. Marbled edges and ends, fore-edge not entirely flush. Tall 8vo, 18 x 11 cms, in contemporary full calf with decorative borders and decorated spine with red label. Marked with many old scuffs, now mellowed, joints and ends refurbished with Japanese tissue. Very nice firm copy. Very Good..

Price: £125.00

London: Houlston & Son, 1831. First edition. viii, 380; [ii], 513; ii, 464. Folding frontis to Vol l and guarded frontises to Vols II & III: some soiling or foxing to frontises and guards. Ownership name in ink to half-title of Vol I, and in pencil to title pages of Vols II and III. Smudge to final page of Vol I: contents of all vols otherwise clean. Vol I has yellow endpapers and uncut edges, is bound in contemporary dark brown grained cloth decorated in blind and titled in gilt; Vols II & III have indigo endpapers, trimmed and tinted edges, and are bound in a lighter brown cloth with bevelled boards, decorated in black and with gilt titles, spine ends puckered, with small nicks to spine head of Vol II. Vol I, being untrimmed, is slightly larger. Vols II and III, although also giving only 1831 as the publication date, have the appearance of being reprints, as they are printed on a slightly toned paper stock which may be later than that of Vol I. A very nice, though unmatched, clean and firm set. Very Good+.
[Heavy Item]

Price: £125.00

London: Macmillan, 1863. Third edition. [2] (adverts), [vi], 289, (i), [2] (adverts); [iv], 271, (i), [24] (adverts). Early ownership flourish to half-titles. Edges up to p.4 of Vol II show some silverfish damage with a few repairs. Contents clean with occasional minor soiling. In the original bindings of blue grained cloth, ruled in blind, rebacked, with the original gilt-titled spine laid down and new cream endpapers. Firm and bright, surface mottled and marked, and upper board of Vol I bubbling a little. Scarce early UK edition. VG.

Price: £120.00

London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873. First English edition. viii, 323pp: with numerous illustrations, including the guarded frontis. Some recent professional restoration to hinges. The usual black endpapers replaced perhaps a century ago, the present cream endpapers showing some mottling from age, with old handwritten and stamped ownership names, and the binder's label on the rear pastedown. Another stamped name on title page. Slight handling to prelims, and corner creases to five pages. Contents otherwise clean and bright, with occasional minor foxing. All edges gilt. In the original binding of blue pebblegrain cloth over bevelled boards blocked in black and gold: boards beautifully bright, with minor soil marks, corners a little soft: spine dulled, ends professionally restored. Very nice copy. Very Good.

Price: £750.00

London: Chapman and Hall, 1879. First edition. Vol I: viii, 219pp, (i), (3) adverts; Vol II: viii, 222pp, (i). Half titles present. Front pastedown bears a 1945 gift inscription to the author Joyce Cary, from whose library this came. Nicely printed on good paper, but showing clear signs of use - minor soiling to many pages, some straightened dog-ear creases, and a few pencilled comments, which I have left for their possible interest. Some foxing in the latter part of Vol II. In the original binding of light blue cloth, front blocked in black, lower board in blind, and spine in gilt. Rather dulled and soiled, with brighter area on the upper board of each, presumably formerly protected by a library label, long since removed, and an area on the lower board of Vol II where there may have been a spill. Very scarce. Good firm copy. G+.

Price: £680.00

From Grant & Co's Xmas Number, 1881. Presumed first edition. 104pp with 4 plates in black, white and pale orange, with advertisements in monochrome on the versos. Promising grotesque decorative title-piece to first page. Contents very clean, tall octavo, 8.25" x 5.25", in new brown buckram binding with front board ruled in blind and spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Near Fine.

Price: £48.00

London: Macmillan, 1889. New Edition. First single-volume edition, and the first UK edition to follow the (2-volume) first edition issued the previous year. Good copy with darkened spine. (vi), 276pp, +(4) adverts. 1892 gift inscription and 1957 ownership name on front free endpaper. A little faint soiling or browning to endpapers, and slightly rough edges to first three leaves: contents otherwise clean and unmarked. In the original binding of red grained cloth, front and spine blocked in gilt. Spine dulled and darkened, ends restored, boards quite bright with small bumps to corners. Scarce edition, of which apparently only 1500 were printed. Good firm copy. VG.

Price: £80.00

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1894. Reprint edition*. (iv), 198pp, (i) (undated publishers'list), with illustrated title page plus a frontis and 5 other illustrations. Old ownership stamp to front pastedown, and a couple of minor soil marks to prelims: contents otherwise clean. Front endpaper partially split at hinge, but board not wobbly. In the original carmine pictorial cloth printed in black and blue with Pears soap advertisement on the back. Boards fairly bright, spine dulled but legible, slight bubbling of cloth, extremities bumped. Good copy of a book scarce in any form. [*The first edition of 1886 has 50 plates. It is not clear whether this copy is from the first or a later printing of the cheaper edition. Unlike the reprint in the British Library (which is putatively dated 1896), this one is dated (1894), and does not describe itself as a 'new and cheaper edition'.]

Price: £88.00

London: Horace Marshall & Son, 1900. First edition. viii, 343pp +(i) adverts. Slight browning to endpapers, contents otherwise very clean and unmarked. In the original binding of red cloth over bevelled boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt, publishers' insignia bright gilt on the back. Upper board clean, spine slightly soiled and faded, lower board has nibblings to surface pigment and a little soiling. Spine ends slightly puckered, string pull mark across lower joint. Firm, generally clean and in good order. Scarce. Very Good.

Price: £140.00