Search Results: ENGLISH LITERATURE from Compass Books

London: The British Council / Longmans Green & Co, 1951. Covers are generally discoloured with a split and some creasing to rear cover. Text tight, bright and clean. A good reading copy. bibliographical series of supplements to 'British Book News'. Revised Edition.. Booklet. Good.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Book has red leather binding with marbled boards and red leather corner reinforcement. Rubbing and bumping to corners, edges and spine ends. Marbled feps and page ends. Heavy foxing to frontispiece, and foxing to illustrations throughout, to a greater or lesser degree. P/o inscription on title page, with date of 1887 A smashing copy. Please contact for images.. First Collected Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Browne.

London: Folio Society, 1986. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Slipcase.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963. green boards with faded spine, some shelf wear, tanned page edges and a previous owner's inscription and bookplate on fep.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. Book has red leather binding with marbles boards and red leather corner reinforcement. Rubbing and bumping to corners, edges and spine ends, and some grazing to hinges. and discolouration to spine. Marbled feps and page ends. Heavy foxing to frontispiece, and foxing to illustrations throughout, to a greater or lesser degree. A smashing copy. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Browne.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1949. Book has slight shelf wear and very slight tanning to page edges, Wrapper has some general discolouring and rubbing to corners, edges and hinges.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

London: The British Council / Longmans Green & Co, 1963. Booklet has a little fading to spine. Bibliographical series of supplements to 'British Book News' on writers and their work.. First Edition.. Booklet. Very Good.

London: Dent & Sons / Everyman's Library, 1946. Everyman's library no. 10. Book has red/orange boards with gilt lettering to spine. Wrapper is blue with light rubbing wear to edges and spine ends, and some very slight darkening. Please contact for images.. Reprint. Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1946. Boards are slightly faded at very top and there is light spotting to endpapers and page edges. D/w is showing signs of wear to edges and is creased at the top of front cover, slightly discoloured around edges and on spine.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Quartet Books, 1977. Paperback. Fine. First Thus. Unread. First Thus. Paperback. Fine.

London: Cassell, 1894. Boards have some nicking to head and foot of spine, rubbing to corners, edges and hinges, bumped corners, tanning to page edges and eps and a previous owner's name and a small nick to top of title page.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1850. Book has leather binding and corner reinforcements, with marbled boards. Rubbing anfd bumping to corners, edges and spine ends, and about 1" loss of leather to bottom of spine, but the spine itself is still sound. Some general darkening to boards. Plate from the Isle of Wight Institution on inside of front boardanbd a stamp of same on back of each illustration throughout. A few notes in pencil on fep. A litle tanning to paghes, and occasional spotting, but all commensurate with age. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. Book has green leather binding with a banded spine, green boards, and leather corner reinforcements.. Marbled feps and page ends.. Heavy foxing to frontispiece, and foxing to edges of illustrations to a greater or lesser degree throughout. A really stunning copy. Please contact for images.. First Collected Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Phiz.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Both volumes have marbled boards with black leather binding and corner reinmforcements, and a gold tooled spine. Heavy foxing to frontispiece in vol. 1, and foxing to a lesser degree to all illustration in both volumes. Rubbing and bumping to corners, edges and spine ends to both volumes, and some grazing to hinges. A couple of notes in pencil on feps. Occsional spotting and slight darkening to pages commensurate with age. Please contact for images.. First Collected Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Phiz.

London: Hutchinson, 1980. Book has light shelf wear. Wrapper has a little shelf wear and slight discolouring to covers.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.

London: Macmillan, 1979. Book has some white marking to front board and to hinges and a patch of speckling to fep. Text tight, bright and clean. Wrapper is prioce clipped with a little shelf wear, a split to top of front fold over hinge and slight fading to spine.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. Book has brown leather binding with marbled boards and leather corner reinforcement. Rubbing and bumping to corners, edges and spine ends, and some grazing to hinges. and discolouration to spine. Heavy foxing to frontispiece, and foxing to illustrations throughout, to a greater or lesser degree. A smashing copy. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Browne.

London: Dent & Sons / Everyman's Library, 1950. Everyman's library no. 837. Book has red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Wrapper is red with light rubbing wear to edges and spine ends, and some very slight darkening. PLease contact for images.. Reprint. Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Robson Books, 1975. Blue boards with a little fading to spine and slight shelf wear.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. Book has maroon boards with leather binding and corner reinforcements. Gold tooled spine with gilt decoration and a black title label. A little bumping to corners, and a little general darkening to board edges. Marbled feps and page ends. P/o notes written in pencil on rear of fep. Some foxing to first several pages, and occasional spotting throughout. A really lovely copy. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good +. Illus. by Fildes.