The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - 1897

xxxii+423+[6] ad pages with frontispiece. Small octavo (7¼" x 5") in original gilt stamped red cloth with all edges in gilt. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. First Edition.

Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its 1893 second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fantasy world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairytale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice books, the story set in Victorian Britain is a social novel, with its characters discussing various concepts and aspects of religion, society, philosophy and morality. Carroll initially intended for the novel to be published in one volume. However, due to its length, it was divided into two volumes.

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Very rare in the original jacket. Laid in is a leaf… Read More

MODERN LIBRARY, NY, 1935. HBDJ, 1935, STATED 1ST Modern Library Edition, VG/VG, Back of DJ Lists 236 Titles & Pre ZipCode Coupon,inside of the dust jacket 236 titles are mentioned indicating a 1935 printing. tiny wear chips tears Extremities DJ, Bound in brown balloon cloth (spine #7), the book is in Very Good or better condition with light wear to spine extremities. Solid binding, bright gilt, matching topstain. Faint traces of an erased address. Contents are otherwise very clean with no writing in the text, dust jacket is About Very Good with light chipping at the bottom of the spine. Short tear at lower left of front panel and short tears with adjacent wrinkling on rear panel. Color is bright throughout. Faint traces of erasure on rear panel. , Norwegian author who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1921, but was later reviled for his pro-Nazi sympathies during the Second World War.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Very fine in very fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A remarkably bright and fresh copy.

1778 Gil Blas History & Adventures Le Sage Literature CLASSIC 4v English

"I am happy and content because I think I am."
― Alain-René Le Sage
Originally published in 1735, Alain-Rene Lesage's "Adventures of Gil Blas" is a picaresque novel dealing with the life of Gil Blas, a true 'rags to riches' story. It is considered one of literature's first realistic novels.

This rare 1778 edition was translated into English from the French of M. de La Sage, to which is prefixed an account of the author's life illustrated with copper plates.
Item number: #7473
Price: $550
SAGE, Alain Rene le
The history and adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane.

London: sold by J. Massey, R. Sprout, W. Salton, R. Tonlinson, J. Dursley [and 5 others in London], mdcclxxvii [1778].

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 volumes
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Vol. I – viii, iii, [1], 279, [1]
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Vol. II – vi, 244
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Vol. III – x, 266
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Vol. IV – viii, 273, [1]
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Provenance: Handwritten
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1894 1st ed Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark TWAIN Jules Verne Parody Illustrated Africa

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
― Mark Twain

Mark Twain and his works were immensely popular all on their own. Such notable characters as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn stood out above other 19th-century literary characters, and not just in the United States. However, Twain sought to show his level of literary ability and expertise with the 1894 classic 'Tom Sawyer Abroad'.
Jules Verne created several adventure novels, many of which are still well-known and popular today; however, Twain wanted to parody the Verne-style adventure. In 'Tom Sawyer Abroad,' Twain puts Tom and Huck in a futuristic hot air balloon ride to Africa where they encounter world wonders, robbers, and other adventure tropes. While it has nowhere near the popularity of the original Twain 'Adventure' titles, 'Tom Sawyer Abroad' is still a fine work of American adventure fiction.

This rare first… Read More

London: the Fleuron Ltd. [1927], a numbered copy from a limited edition of 310. (4to) 65pp. Very good plus. Black cloth with color patterned boards designed by Paul Nash. Printed on Zanders' hand-made paper, with five pouchoire tinted illustrations (two full page). There is a previous owner's bookplate. This is a nice copy with minimal wear. Illustrations by Paul Nash. (Fiction).

Hurst and Blackett. London. 1877. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. (7.2 x 4.5 inches). vi,320; iv,315; iv,314pp. Library stamps of South African Public Library on first and and one middle page of text. Previous owner has clumsily copied out the word "Glory" beneath the printed title in ink to the title page of volume one A few creases to corners of pages, and a few pages with brown (tea stain?) marks, otherwise a very good set bound, with half title in volume one only, in recent half tan calf. Spines with raised bands, red titles labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Not in Sadleir or Wolff.

1780 1st ed Francois Nogaret Le Fond du Sac French Literature Durand Art 2v SETFrançois-Félix Nogaret was an 18th-century French author whose most famous work was his narrative 'Le Fond du Sac'. According to Bordes, Nogaret was "one of the most original storytellers, most quaint, and most clever 18th-century French author. This two-volume, first edition features impressive caricature-type illustrated frontispieces, including a bizarre 'portrait' of Nogaret by Durand.Item number: #5541Price: $499NOGARET, François FélixLe fond du sac, ou, Restant des babioles de M.X.***, membre éveillé de l'Académie des dormans.A Venise [i.e. Paris] : Chez Pantalon-Phébus [i.e. H.-M. Cazin], 1780. First edition.Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumesVol. 1 – [2], vi, 2046 engravingsVol. 2 – xvi, 199, [1]5 engravingsSignatures: pi⁴ ( -pi4)--A-R⁶; v. 2: pi² a⁶ A-Q⁶ R⁴References: According to Weller and Gay, the printed imprint is false – was published in Paris by… Read More

1904 1st ed Mark Twain Adam's Diary Fall of Man Creation Illustrated Satire

"Wheresoever she was, there was Eden."
– Mark Twain, Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain's 'Diaries of Adam and Eve' are first-person memoirs that follow along from the beginning of creation, getting to know each other, and their final days on earth after 'the fall'.

'Adam's Diary', first published in 1904, was Twain's comedic and satirical take on the Book of Genesis. It was filled with illustrations by Strothmann; however, most of them were considered pornographic in nature when it was first published in the United States.

Item number: #6529
Price: $350
TWAIN, Mark
Extracts from Adam's Diary
London & New York: Harper & Bros., 1904. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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References: BAL 3480
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 13cm)
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Collectible-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Hardcover. 152 pages of pencil notes! A mention of West is West. 2 "EMR" initials and a few paste in clippings. The book is actually a dummy of Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Breaking Point. . 8vo. .