Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - 1927

Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcase: Fine Second Edition. Four vols. Bound by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, England in 3/4 calf with marbled boards. Gilt top edge. Internally clean. Ownership bookplate on FFEPs. Vol. I external hinge has some external cracking to leather but still bound tightly. Light wear to the bindings. Some pencil underlines/markings to the text (can be erased). Also, a small number of pages have flaws with occasional stains/ and a few tiny holes. Overall, the internal pages are in excellent condition (minimal foxing and toning), given their age. They have been well cared for.Eugenia Stanhope, the impoverished widow of Chesterfield's illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope, was the first to publish the book Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774), which comprises a thirty-year correspondence in more than 400 letters. Begun in 1737 and continued until the death of his son in 1768, Chesterfield wrote mostly instructive communications about geography,… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. One of only 152 copies printed by the De Vinne Press on hand-made paper in full leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Full calf, light green binding. Ownership bookplate of James William Ellsworth. Light rubbing to board edges and tips. Rubbing at crown and foot of spine. 1/8" chip at front and rear of the foot of the spine (at the hinge). A few light scuffs to the calf on the rear board. Offsetting to title page. Tight and square binding..

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Trade Edition. Bound by Whitman Bennett bindery (1 of 12 bound by Whitman Bennett) in full decorated crushed morocco, with a note by the author. Beautiful, marbled endpapers. Gilt text block edges. Tight and square binding. Edges and hinges rubbed. Stephen Vincent Benet, a prominent early 20th century poet, wrote his most famous book-length poem about the Civil War. Benét won the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed poem named after the song about the great martyr for emancipation, John Brown.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Bound by Riviere & Son, London. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham in full color and b/w. 12 plates. 8vo. Full blue Levant raised bands and compartments on spine heavily decorated. All edges gilt. Elegant, marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcase: Fine Second Edition. Four vols. Bound by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, England in 3/4 calf with marbled boards. Gilt top edge. Internally clean. Ownership bookplate on FFEPs. Vol. I external hinge has some external cracking to leather but still bound tightly. Light wear to the bindings. Some pencil underlines/markings to the text (can be erased). Also, a small number of pages have flaws with occasional stains/ and a few tiny holes. Overall, the internal pages are in excellent condition (minimal foxing and toning), given their age. They have been well cared for.Eugenia Stanhope, the impoverished widow of Chesterfield's illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope, was the first to publish the book Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774), which comprises a thirty-year correspondence in more than 400 letters. Begun in 1737 and continued until the death of his son in 1768, Chesterfield wrote mostly instructive communications about geography,… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. One of only 152 copies printed by the De Vinne Press on hand-made paper in full leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Full calf, light green binding. Ownership bookplate of James William Ellsworth. Light rubbing to board edges and tips. Rubbing at crown and foot of spine. 1/8" chip at front and rear of the foot of the spine (at the hinge). A few light scuffs to the calf on the rear board. Offsetting to title page. Tight and square binding..

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Trade Edition. Bound by Whitman Bennett bindery (1 of 12 bound by Whitman Bennett) in full decorated crushed morocco, with a note by the author. Beautiful, marbled endpapers. Gilt text block edges. Tight and square binding. Edges and hinges rubbed. Stephen Vincent Benet, a prominent early 20th century poet, wrote his most famous book-length poem about the Civil War. Benét won the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed poem named after the song about the great martyr for emancipation, John Brown.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Bound by Riviere & Son, London. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham in full color and b/w. 12 plates. 8vo. Full blue Levant raised bands and compartments on spine heavily decorated. All edges gilt. Elegant, marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy.