Trial of Frederick Guy Browne and William Henry Kennedy by Shore, W. T. [editor] - 1930: Notable British Trials series

New York: P. F. Collier Book. Illus. by Gustave Dore. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green cloth, lettered/decorated in gilt and black. Quite worn but still intact, with rubbed/layered corners, rubbed with exposure along bottom edges, shallow loss to spine extremities. Intact hinges, interior generally OK, with closed tear to final plate, closed tear and repair to a portion of title page. 480 pp. Many illus. by Dore. Binding Fair to Good, interior VG or better..

London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1870. Leather. Very Good. 13" by 10". Gustave Dore. A beautifully illustrated edition of Don Quixote, with engravings by the artist Gustave Dore. Edited by J W Clark, with a biographical introduction by T Teignmouth Shore. Bookplate of one A Pugh-Thomas to the front pastedown. With hundreds of illustrations throughout by Gustave Dore. Collated, complete with all illustrations. Gustave Dore was a French printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. His work was primarily with wood engravings. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, generally smart with rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Small loss to the spine. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with heavy spotting to the endpapers and scattered spots throughout. Offsetting to a large number of pages, the cause mostly being plates. Further offsetting to pages 118-119, 142-143 from something that has… Read More