Instant Libraries

London, Blackie etc., 1910-30's.

Mixed collection of original Angela Brazil first editions and early reprints. A few dulpicates (some with colour variants). Shelf length 52", max. 8" high. One boook has it's original dust jacket. Some creasing/wear to edges. Some foxing and other minor faults.

Good + to Very Good condition

Mixed collection of 30 English and French imitation leather bound books. This collection includes English literature (Bronte, Austen and Hardy), history and European literature. All books are hardbacks. Sizes 8vo to 4to. A few minor chips to edges and the gilding has faded to a four volume set of the History of England. Good + to Very Good condition

Eighteen antiquarian velum bound English and European books on many subjects. This is truely an eclectic mix of classic literature, poetry, songs, art and letters. Titles included in this collection are as follows: In Praise of Bishop Valentine 1893 limited edition (125), Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield 1904 colour ills by Brock (ex library), An English Woman's Love letters 1900, Palgrave's Treasury of Sacred Song 1889, John Galsworthy Maid in Waiting 1931 signed limited edition (no 221 of 525), Charles Kingsley's letters and life 1901 two volume complete set, Robert Bridges The Testament of Beauty 1929, The Lyrical Poems of Beaumont and Fletcher 1897, Setchley's Watts 1904 (art reference), Crawfurd's English Comic Dramatists 1883, The Sonnets of Shakespeare 1902 (art nouveau binding), Political Letters ans Speeches of George XIIIth Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery 1896 (vol II), Austin Dobson's Eighteenth Century Essays 1882, Austin Dobson's Selected Poems of Matthew Prior 1889, Lallemand's Les Fables de Phedre 1809, Dante's La Vita Nuova 1921, Balzac's The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau 1896. Mixed conditions with some foxing and missing silk ties.

Good + condition or better

Good collection of highly decorative childrens books. The collection includes various runs from sought after authors such as Kingston, Ballantyne, Henty, Stables, Verne, etc, etc... Book sizes are small 8vo (about 8 inches high). Some 19th century first editions and early printings are included. Dates are nearly all from 1870's-1920's. Condition varies with some faults noted, e.g. torn plates, water stains, wear to edges. Excellent instant library that fills approx. 260 inches (approx 21 feet or 6.6 m). Packed weight 105kgs.

Overall this collection is in Good to Very Good condition