A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In Antiquities Concerning the Most Noble and Renowned English Nation by Verstegan, Richard - 1605

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1891. Hardcover. Fine condition.. The Tauchnitz Edition published in 27 volumes over a six year period between the years 1885 -1891. This set is beautifully bound in the publisher's uncommon half tan calf with marbled boards and end papers. Condition is excellent. Occupies 21 inches (53 cm) on the shelf. Height of each volume is 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm). Picture available on request.

London: Brandbury & Evans, 1857. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. W. M. Thackeray. 1857-59. The original twenty-four numbered parts in the original yellow wrappers in publisher's crushed morocco solander case. Illustrated yellow paper covers, with the fourty-eight etched plates and woodcut vignettes in the text, all after drawings by the author; the original yellow pictorial wrappers a little soiled and frayed, otherwise very good condition.

Philadelphia: American S.[unday] School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, 1853. Good with foxing, prior owners name in ink twice and final leaf torn a bit but not affecting text.. Brief chapbook with one woodcut illustration and the ominous warning to the presumably impressionable young audience, "take warning in from these examples, and remember that life and health are given thee only to prepare for the tremendous and important hour of death". 32mo. [2], [3]-8pp. Not in Rosenbach. In publisher's wraps, but this appears to be a variant as the rear wrapper has different wording that OCLC 950909583.

Hutchinson, 1961. First UK edition-first impression. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.Hutchinson,1961.First UK edition-first impression.Translated from the French by Xan Fielding.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover and spine) with protected Dj(number written on the edges of the front Dj cover, numbers written on the back Dj cover, very small tear ,small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a couple of ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC except for the written numbers on the Dj cover.Price clipped.487pp including Author's note.A collectable and scarce first edition but with the Dj cover.

vi+158+[12 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's cloth with black lettering to spine, red decorative florets to cover and Maggie in gilt with black back ground, deckle edges. Housed in red slipcase. (BAL 4075) Two states noted, (1) Title page printed in upper and lower case letters and (2) Title page printed in capital letters only. First edition, first printing under Crane's name.Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is an 1893 novella by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). The story centers on Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risque by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. Crane, who was 22 years old at the time, financed the book's publication himself, although the original 1893 edition was printed under the pseudonym Johnston Smith. After the success of 1895's The Red Badge of Courage, Maggie was reissued in 1896 with considerable changes and… Read More

Hurst and Blackett. London. 1856 . FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.2 inches). Integral publishers advert leaves at the end of each volume (iii, i, ii) but bound without the publishers catalogue in volume one. Some minor foxing to a few pages but generally a very good clean copy finely re-bound by Bayntun of Bath. Half brown morocco. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt decoration. Compartments double ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Tan cloth on boards Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. A lovely copy in a fine quality, highly attractive leather binding. Loosely inserted is a 4pp hand written letter from the author (" Your affectionate Dinah") to "My Dear Alice" ( her God Daughter, the subject of the poem "My Godchild Alice"), closely written in black ink on four sides of folded leaf, each side measuring 4.5 x 3.5 inches. The letter is undated but circa 1859 and discusses, among other things, the publisher Alexander Macmillan's approval of Clarence Dobell's illustrations for her… Read More

Philadelphia: American S.[unday] School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, 1853. Good with foxing, prior owners name in ink twice and final leaf torn a bit but not affecting text.. Brief chapbook with one woodcut illustration and the ominous warning to the presumably impressionable young audience, "take warning in from these examples, and remember that life and health are given thee only to prepare for the tremendous and important hour of death". 32mo. [2], [3]-8pp. Not in Rosenbach. In publisher's wraps, but this appears to be a variant as the rear wrapper has different wording that OCLC 950909583.

Hutchinson, 1961. First UK edition-first impression. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.Hutchinson,1961.First UK edition-first impression.Translated from the French by Xan Fielding.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edges of the cover and spine) with protected Dj(number written on the edges of the front Dj cover, numbers written on the back Dj cover, very small tear ,small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a couple of ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC except for the written numbers on the Dj cover.Price clipped.487pp including Author's note.A collectable and scarce first edition but with the Dj cover.

vi+158+[12 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's cloth with black lettering to spine, red decorative florets to cover and Maggie in gilt with black back ground, deckle edges. Housed in red slipcase. (BAL 4075) Two states noted, (1) Title page printed in upper and lower case letters and (2) Title page printed in capital letters only. First edition, first printing under Crane's name.Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is an 1893 novella by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). The story centers on Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risque by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. Crane, who was 22 years old at the time, financed the book's publication himself, although the original 1893 edition was printed under the pseudonym Johnston Smith. After the success of 1895's The Red Badge of Courage, Maggie was reissued in 1896 with considerable changes and… Read More

London: Vale Press, 1897. Very good with a few instances of minor spotting.. Single leaf announcing the book's publication, size, binding, and edition limitation. Printed in Vale type. Tomkinson 11 (for the book).