THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET [TWO VOLUMES] by Trollope, Anthony - 1867

London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co [and] Reprinted for the Booksellers Fourth Edition, Complete in One Volume. Published the same year as the first edition. London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co: Reprinted for the Booksellers, 1832. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 9", 325pp, illustrated with 8 plates. Bound in brown linen cloth, backstirp missing, wear at the tips and along edges, fading to the cloth, name/date on title page, foxing on endpapers, mild toning along edges. Internally very good, paper bright, binding tight, all plates present. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Two separate works in one volume. First editions, octavo. Sketch of Worcester: [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. Memoirs of Charles I: [1], 22, [ii]pp, complete with engraved title-page bearing portrait of Charles I and 17 engraved portrait plates together with closing publisher's adverts. In contemporary full speckled leather (lightly worn with minor loss to extremities), gilt rolls to board margins, spine gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label, marbled endpapers with internal hinges expertly reinforced in matching blue cloth, twentieth century ownership label to front blank, sporadic light paper browning and unobtrusive soiling, overall an attractive complete copy of these two uncommon illustrated titles. The Sketch of Worcester is listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK… Read More

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 384 pages; VG-; Green-yellow spine (slipcase) with raised bands and gilt lettering; Boards show mild wear to head/tail of spine, bottom corner of back cover is slightly bumped, and a small white stain appears just below the title on spine; Textblock has deckled edges, and the ffep / front pastedown have begun to separate from the rest of the textblock; Meets first issue points: page 245, line 12 "eye" -- page 245 line 16 "so pretty" -- page 291, line 7 "brainy bumps" -- page 342, line 23 "brain of Zeus"; However, the corn graphic on spine is pointed down; Housed in dark green 1/4 leather-bound and cloth slipcase, with matching cloth chemise; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346258. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1893. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 324 pages; G+; contemporary full green publisher's cloth binding; spine with gilt lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped and shredded; scuffing to front and back boards; wear to crown and tail of spine; spine cocked; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; previous owner's name at front free endpaper; previous owner's name stamped at second front free endpaper and back free endpaper; small autograph note signed by Fuller loose within; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346610. Special Collections.

London: James Nesbit and Co, [1900]. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 256 pages; VG-; contemporary full green publisher's cloth binding; spine with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners starting to shred; mild soiling to front board at upper edge; mild wear to crown and tail of spine; multiple small dark soiled spots at back board; spine cocked; upper edge of textblock gilt; inscribed by Hope to his mother at half title; contains 18 black and white illustrations; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346614. Special Collections.

"LITTLE PAUL" from the "Dombey and Son" of Charles Dickens. Circa 1850's (there is no date of publication stated); Redfield; New York. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. Scarce volume from the 6-volume "DICKENS' LITTLE FOLKS" series which was "undertaken with a view of supplying the want of a class of books for children, of a vigorous, manly tone, combined with a plain and concise mode of narration." "With this view, the career of [Little Paul has] been detached from the large mass of matter with which [he was] originally connected, and presented, in the author's own language, to a new class of readers, to whom the little volumes will, we doubt not, be as attractive as the larger originals have so long proved to the general public."Condition:Clean covers and spine with no stains; 1" cloth tear at the top-right corner of the spine; horizontal crease across the front cover which is also visible on the opposite side of the board. Occasional foxing and staining to the pages (heaviest on end… Read More

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 384 pages; VG-; Green-yellow spine (slipcase) with raised bands and gilt lettering; Boards show mild wear to head/tail of spine, bottom corner of back cover is slightly bumped, and a small white stain appears just below the title on spine; Textblock has deckled edges, and the ffep / front pastedown have begun to separate from the rest of the textblock; Meets first issue points: page 245, line 12 "eye" -- page 245 line 16 "so pretty" -- page 291, line 7 "brainy bumps" -- page 342, line 23 "brain of Zeus"; However, the corn graphic on spine is pointed down; Housed in dark green 1/4 leather-bound and cloth slipcase, with matching cloth chemise; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346258. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1893. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 324 pages; G+; contemporary full green publisher's cloth binding; spine with gilt lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped and shredded; scuffing to front and back boards; wear to crown and tail of spine; spine cocked; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; previous owner's name at front free endpaper; previous owner's name stamped at second front free endpaper and back free endpaper; small autograph note signed by Fuller loose within; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346610. Special Collections.

London: James Nesbit and Co, [1900]. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 256 pages; VG-; contemporary full green publisher's cloth binding; spine with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners starting to shred; mild soiling to front board at upper edge; mild wear to crown and tail of spine; multiple small dark soiled spots at back board; spine cocked; upper edge of textblock gilt; inscribed by Hope to his mother at half title; contains 18 black and white illustrations; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346614. Special Collections.

First edition, first issue binding (binding A). VG+. Small octavo (6¾x4½ inches). Pp. iv, 231. Title printed in black and red. Publisher's green beveled cloth decoratively stamped in black and gold, yellow coated ends.This collection of essays on bird was Burroughs's second book, his first book of writings on nature and natural history. Burroughs was the prominent 19th century American literary naturalist for whom the Burroughs Medal (the highest award in this country for writing in natural history) is named. Some edgewear to top front and top back boards, tips, and spine. Light spotting to front cover. Gift inscription in 1871 on FFEP, otherwise a clean and bright copy.