Rare books from PWK Books

Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front. Deckled edges. Binding is quite tight.FON on FFEP of each volume. Volume one is inscribed and dated 1866.Covers are faded and bumped, with wear on the top & heels of spines (volume 2 top spine is frayed). Pages are age tanned with occasional stains.

Charles Dickens' Bleak House complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front. Deckled edges. FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded and bumped, with bumping and wear on the top & heels of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. All volumes are cracked at half-title page.

Charles Dickens' Nicolas Nickleby complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with wear on the top & heels of spines (volumes 1 & 4 top spines are frayed). Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. Volume 1 & 2 are cracked at half-title page, volume 1 is also cracked at back endpaper.

Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist complete in two volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded and bumped, with fraying on the top of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. Volume 1 is cracked at pages 62, 94, & 160. Volume 2 is cracked at half-title and page 160; torn edge on half-title.

Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded and bumped, with wear on the top & heels of spines (volumes 2 & 3 top spines are frayed), and bent corners. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. Volume 1 protective tissue is torn, cracking at half-title all volumes.

Beautiful two-volume collection of the poetry of Alfred Tennyson. All edges gilt, blue jacket with gilt spine and blindstamps on spine and cover. Portrait of the author with tipped-in protective tissue.Wear on covers and spines are sunned and darker than rest of jacket. Pages are age tanned.

A six-volume edition of the works of Tennyson, published in 1892. Blue cloth with gilt on spine. Deckled edges. Volume 1 features B&W frontispiece of Tennyson; frontispiece and tipped-in protective tissue are intact.All volumes have some staining, bumping, and wear on the covers. The tops and heels of spines have some fraying. Pages are age tanned with occasional small staining. FON written in front endpapers of all volumes; volume 1 also has some small marks on FFEP.

Elaborate black leather with gilt on front, back, and spine. Text block has gilt all edges. 17 of 18 B&W illustrated plates are intact, as is protective tissue. 18th plate (Bathesheba) is chipped at edges, although the picture itself is intact.FON inscription dated Christmas 1849.Front and back covers are entirely loose, leather on spine is very deteriorated and extremely fragile. Leather is worn, especially at edges and corners, where underlying boards are visible. Pages are foxed and stained, with some chipping.

Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend complete in four volumes. Part of Hurd & Houghton's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with wear on corners and the tops & heels of spines. Volume 4 has a tear up the spine hinge and across the spine. Endpapers are discolored. Pages are age tanned and foxed. Volume 1 & 2 are cracked at half-title page.

Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with wear on the top & heels of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. Volume 4 is cracked at back endpaper.

Charles Dickens' David Copperfield complete in four volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with fraying on corners and the top & heels of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. All volumes are cracked at half title. Volume 4 protective tissue is loose.

The 1772 London edition of Whitefield's life, complied by Gillies. Brown leather over boards. B&W illustrations.Front and back cover are completely detached, and are larger than the text block and spine (perhaps replacements?). Leather is worn and black & colored leather on spine is faded and flaking. Small writing on front pages. FFEP is completely loose. Pages are age tanned and stained.

Part of the Marjory-Joe series of novels for young readers. Gray cloth with red lettering and three-color art on front and spine. All six B&W illustrated plates are intact. Deckle edges.Book has suffered water damage with staining on cover and pages. Cover is stained, bumped (especially on front cover), and worn (especially on tops & heels of spine). Pages are age tanned, with some stains, tears, and chipping.

Blue cloth with black on front. Red & white decorative endpapers featuring Leaf's distinctive artwork. Red, black and white print on inside.Signed by author on title page--see pictures.Boards are badly warped. Cover is stained with significant tearing on spine. Binding is shaken and endpapers and interior pages are cracked. Pages are age tanned.

1907 edition of the St. John Genealogy, copy #216 of 500. Blue cloth with gold stamping on spine, rub mark on back cover. Previous owner made a protective dust jacket of plain white paper and glassine.Title page is orange and black. Fifteen B&W photographs of members of the St. John family and other family material. Protective tissue on front illustration and about five of the interior portraits. Pages are age-tanned, with stains and some writing.