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Instant readers library. A good mix of 100 modern English cloth bound books by authors like Catherine Cookson, Jeffrey Archer, etc... The books are generally... More

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

Edinburgh and London. Gall and Inglis. Circa 1885. Six volumes. Full period Victorian leather bindings in six different colours. Prize bookplates. Titles: Shakespeare’s Dramatic Works, Pope’s Poetical Works, Milton’s Poetical Works, Wordsworth’s Poetical Works, Scott’s Poetical Works and Byron’s Poetical Works. Beautiful collection in classic Victorian (slightly gothic style) bindings. Illustrated. Very Good condition.