The second series, of two; the author's first published works.First edition, number 27 of 75 copies on handmade paper, from an overall limitation ...

A very attractive 18th-century edition of Samuel Johnson's masterpiece, and the most famous dictionary of the English language.Eighth edition, cor...

A very good first edition set of this scarce Victorian three-decker, in the original publisher's binding. The work seems to defy easy categorisati...

One of 1000 copies. A sequel to Wilde's previous collection of fairy tales, The Happy Prince and Other Tales, which he wrote for his two sons. Thi...

A very good first edition example of the first book by Henry James. One of approximately 1500 copies with the correct imprint 'J.R.Osgood & Co...

A first issue with p. 213 mispaginated as 113 and signature 'b' on 'List of Plates' leaf and 'affetcionately on p. 134, line 12With one of the mos...

The novels of George Eliot. A finely bound set of George Eliot's novels.Eight volumes, 8vo; contemporary tree calf gilt, morocco lettering pieces, ...

A thematically linked series of poems dedicated to a 'typical phase of modern love', apparently.First edition, one of 400 copies; 8vo; foxing to f...

The most sought-after of the various novels by prolific writer Grant Allen: 'More successful were the detective stories, written later in his life...

Inscribed by symons. An inscribed first edition of this anthological homage to the eighteen-nineties, compiled by The Quest for Corvo 'biographer' ...

The most comprehensive collection of the printed works of Aubrey Beardsley ever to be assembled, comprising all the important works in the artist'...

A poetic satire originally published in 1762, by a notorious friend of Laurence Sterne and author of Makarony Fables (1768).Number 147 of 210 copi...

A solid copy of a rare and early detective fiction novel, the second volume of what the author referred to as his 'Constabulary Tales'. Listed in...

With a delightful title-page designed by Selwyn Image, reproduced in A.J.A. Symonds' article 'The Typography of the 1890s' in Fleuron, VII, p.118....

Superbly bound example of the first Armenian edition of the Aeneid, with fine provenance. Very rare. This translation of Virgil's immortal epic poe...

An early collection of the poems of this prolific eighteen-nineties writer, perhaps remembered more today for his brief affair with Wilde and thei...

An attractive 18th century French almanack. The gilt device to the covers incorporates cartographic & astronomic elements, presumably emblemat...

Rare three-decker. An very good three-decker first edition of this Hubin-listed Victorian novel. This work would probably be best classified as a ...

A very well-preserved example of this uncommon large paper edition, part of the Moray Library series. Gleeson White (1851-98) was a prolific playe...

The dedication copy. Maurice Bowra's study of one of the oldest forms of poetry, the narrative poem, inscribed by him to Isaiah Berlin. The two wer...

After working on the Gazetteer of India in the early 1880s, Grant Allen turned his attention to fiction, publishing more than thirty books between...