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Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution.
First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 1959. 21 x 13 cm. ix, 422 pages. With a frontispiece and a fold out map. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front hinge starting to open, but sound binding. Some edge wear to dust jacket, now in protective plastic jacket.
EUR 32,-- Order
Kathrina Her Life and Mine in a Poem.
New York, Charles Scribner & Company, 1869. 17 x 23 cm, xii, 281 pages. B&W Illustrations by W.J.Hennessy and C.C. Linton, engraved by W.J. Linton. Original gree cloth with elaborate gilt decorations on boards and spine. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Spine darkened. Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Small tear near the hing of the title page. Textblock bright and clean.
EUR 38,-- Order
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by A. Pope, Esq.
London, Suttaby, Evance & Co. & Crosby & Co., 1811. 13 x 7 cm. xxviii, 480 pages. With a Frontispiece and Vignette on title page. Contemporary half calf over marbled end papers. Red spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean. A lovely copy of this classic in a miniature sturdy binding. See images.
EUR 95,-- Order
The Iliad of Homer. Together with: Translations of Poems Ancient and Modern. Rendered into English Blank Verse by Edward Earl of Derby.
Fifth Edition, Revised / Third Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, John Murray, 1865 / 1868. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: x, (2), 402 pages / Vol.2: (2), 432 pages plus 88 pages [Translations of Poems]. Fine contemporary calf. Two spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Gilt decorations. Dentelles.Raised bands. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good + condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small book dealer sticker on verso of front free end paper (Henry Sotheran – Booksellers & Bookbinders). First and last pages in each volumes mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.
EUR 295,-- Order
The Moores of Moore Hall.
First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1939. 20 x 13.5 cm. 287 pages. With B&W Photos. Original green cloth hard cover with black title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Ex Libris and name of previous owner on front paste down. Some edge wear and minor material losses to dust jacket. Internally clean.
EUR 120,-- Order
The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist 1840. Edited by Theodore Hook, Esq.
First Edition. Part The First. Part The Second. Two Volumes. London, Henry Colburn, 1840. 22 x 14 cm. Part The First: iv, 580 pages weith seven Plates / Part The Second: iv, 572 pages with five Plates. Uniform cloth. Two hard covers. Very good condition. Bindings worn and weakened. Some pages protruding or lose. Spine labels missing. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally dust dulled and occasionally stained. Plates show browning / foxing. See images. Remains a very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.
EUR 100,-- Order
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